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The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13
FEATHERSTON AT HENDRIX
Company to Give Muscal Entertainment
 Here Tonight.

The first number of the Hendrix lecture course will be gwen to- night at the Hendrix auditorium by the Featherston Musical Com pany. This is high class enter tainment and one that will be en- ioyed by all who attend. The company playy on many different instruments and are continuously on the stage. The performance will begin promptly at 8 o'clock Admission, 75 cents.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13
U. D. C. Officers.

The following new officers have been elected by Robert E. Lee Chapter U. D C.: Mrs J. A. Pence, president; Mrs w. D. Cole, ST., first vice president; Mrs G. H. Burr, second vice president; Mrs. L. B. Atkieson, recording secreta- ry; Miss Della Pence, correspond ing secretary; Miss Bessie Randell treasurer.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13
LITTLE ROCK NEWS

Little Rock, Nov. I3.-Slower than ever proceeds the Weldon F.. Wright will contest, though the attorneys for the mother and sister, who are contesting the will which gave the property of Wright to Judge K. J. Lea, have announced they will conclude the introduction of their testimony this afternoon. The defense has already introd lced some evidence, but will only get started on its witnesses by the end of the week, and 1t is safe to say the case will not end before the close of next week, for day will have to go for arguing instructions to the jury, while another day will be spent in arguments. The sensa- tion of the trials yesterday was the reading of dispositions of Mrs Lucy M. Wright, the mother of the de- ceased, who is paralytic and a resident of Helena, in which she testified that Judge R. J. Lea, several days before her son first went to the asylum in 1890, struck him several times over the head with a heavy poker, from the ef fects of which he was confined to his bed for number of days. The defense will probably endeavor 70 show that Judge Lea was defending the other members of the family from Wright's insane attack when he struck the blows.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13
On a Special Train.

On a special train of three coaches, the comic opera troupe playing "The Burgomaster, , pass ed through this city this morning en routc from Little Rock to Fort Smith.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13
Marriage Licenses.

sss County Clerk J. H. Bailey this issued marriage licenses to the following:
 John A. Clanton, B, Mt. Yer non, and Hattie M. Lane, I9, Enola. T. C. Brown, 22, and Bessie Langrell, IS, Damascus.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13
Eastern Star Meeting.

Conway Chapter of Eastern Star will meet at the Masonic hall to- morrow night.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13

General Powell Clayton, accom- panied by John Scullin, of St. Louis, president of the Missouri X North Arkansas railroad, after tour of inspection of the line, which is nearing completion, ar rived in Little Rock this morning to spend the day. They did not come on matters pertaining to the railroad, though they are talk ing of the possibility of the line coming in here from Negro Hill, with some of the business men of the city Gen. Clayton just came by the city to have a pow WOW and jollifcation with some of the other Republican leaders of the state over the election of Taft, and to talk over some of the appoint ments which will be recommended by the executive committee later in the year. Gen. Clayton express es the opinion that Taft will make the greatest president in the his tory of the United States.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-11-13

Telephone any news to us, Phone 2I, we will be glad to pub fish it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
NAMING the Baby.

The naming of baby is considered
important even among people whom
we are apt to regard as uncivilized.
And, curiously enough, these very
folk contrive to avoid the arguments
that so often ensue when father and
mother disagree over whether the lit
tie stranger shall be called Jack or
Marmaduke, Priscilla or Jane.
The Mahometan father and mother
each write the choice of a name on a
slip Of paper and place both in the
Koran. Whichever slip is drawn first
is the name given to the child.
A pretty Egyptian custom is to light
three candles, naming each after a
god or some exalted parsonage. The
child is called after the candle which
burns longest
Hindu mothers name their children,
roterfamilias not having word to
say in. the matter The naming cere-
mony usually takes place when the
baby is about II days old, and flower
name is usually chosen.
Chinese girls are simply numbered
one, two, or three, until they reach
years Of discretion, when they are al
lowed to choose a name for them
selves. The boys, however are given
temporary name until they are 20,
when pa decides what magnificent APP
pellation they shall rejoice in for the
rest of their lives.-N. Y. Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
IT WILL BE RALPH HEREAFTER.
A Youngsters outspokenness That
Taught Grandpa a Lesson.

There is a very wellknown man in
Of his grandson, bright boy of four
years and few months. But, like
all fond grandpas, he believed teas
ing amusing to the child as we'll as
Ato himself-and he recently received
the shock he deserved. The little lad
was playing industriously with doll
when the proud grandpa said:
My! playing with doll-why your
name must be Susie-not Ralph"
No word from the boy, who kept
right on playing with the doll.
Susie" said the grandpa, just rush
ing to his fate, do you like dolls?"
The boy moved perceptibly, but
chung to the doll.
Dear little Susie-you used to be
a boy"
The boy lifted his head indignant
ly and with deep pathos, said: Grand
pa, l hate to tell you SO, but you're a
d fool"
Great was the CONSERVATION of the
grandfather and amazement of the
mother, who tragically ordered the boy
to his room, while she called atten-
ton to the tears that rolled down her
cheeks at such a fearful offense. FL
nally she told the little fellow that he
might be forgiven IL he begged his
grandpa's pardon. But the boy be-
lieved his grandpa the offender and
said so. His mother sternly read hi0
a lesson against profanity, and espe-
cially about disrespect to grandpar-
ents. The little fellow was touched,
and going over to his grandpa said,
compromisingly:
Il am sorry l called you a d
fool-but If l cannot call you fool
can call you a lemon?"
Hereafter grandpa will call Ralph
by his right name.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
WIFE WON
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some men are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and then gen.
erous enough to give others the bene-
fit Of their experience.
A very conservative" Ills. man,
however, let his good wife find out for
herself what a blessing Postum is to
those who are distressed in many
ways, by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
mo slave In chains, 1t seemed to
me, was more helpless than |, coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerable
waking from a troubled
sleep with feeling of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, at
lacks of palpitatlon Of the heart that
frightened me.
Common sense, reason, and my
better judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble. At last my
nervous system was so disarranged
that my physician ordered no more
coffee.
"He knew he was right ami he knew
knew 1t, too. / capitulated. Prior
to this our family had tried Postum,
but disliked 1t, because, as we learned
later, 1t was not made right.
Determined this time to give Post
um q fair trial, / prepared it accord
ing to directions on the pkg.-that is,
boiled it Is minutes after boiling COM
menced, obtaining dark brown liquid
with a rich snappy flavor similar TO
coffee. When cream and sugar were
added, 1t was not Only good but de-
licious.
Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it-all
except my husband, who would not adj
NIT that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which / drank
Postum two or three times day,
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: I have decided to drink Postum.
Your Improvement is so apparent-you
have such fine color-that / propose
to give credit where credit is due And
now we are coffee-slaves no longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
ono appears from time to time. They
are genuine true, and full Of human
interest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

A BEAUTIFUL woman who leads q
"A double life is the latest person OF
interest in Washington's smart set
The beautiful woman is Miss Harriet
Richardson, and her double life is per.
fectly proper as well as highly inter.
esting
Three hours of each day she is Miss
Richardson of the Smithsonian institu-
ton, authority on the isopods Of North
America, one of the who's Who's" in
the American Men of Science and with
a long string Of degrees filling out the
page after her name. The other FL
hours of the day she is Miss Harriet
Richardson of Wyoming avenue, N. W.,
a society favorite.
Miss Richardson inherited fortune
from her father, G. e. f. Richardson, a
wealthy land holder. She is one of
the most exquisitely dressed young
women in Washington, skilled horse
woman, a globe trotter and an adept at
bridge whist. Her suitors are many
and some have been ardent. But thus
far suitors have been unable to tempt
her-for there are the isopods.
Her first deviation from society's
beaten path came when she refused to
be bud" going to Vassar instead.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

with red, white and blue bunting.
Wires were stretched across the street
from these poles and from each wire
two American flags were suspended.
The flags hung over the street and
were weighted" to prevent them from
becoming tangled and torn by the
wind.
On Seventeenth street the scheme
was the same, except there were only
six poles to each block, two at each
corner and two at each alley.
Business Houses Decorated.
At each crossing two wires were
strung diagonally across the intersec-
ton, from which red, white and blue
incandescent lights hung. The bust.
ness houses along the three streets
were handsomely decorated with
bunting and flags. Elaborate and cost
ly electric display signs had been
put in place on the buildings, and at
night Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seven.
teenth streets were blaze of light.
Electric display signs are one Of
the main features of business life in
Denver. Every merchant has an cleo
trio sign, and as all of the streets that
cross the three thoroughfares de-
scribed are live business streets, the
committee on illumination did not find
it necessary to add much in the way
of light to these avenues of trade
However, the business houses were
handsomely decorated with bunting
and flags, so the entire business Sec
ton of Denver was mass of color
when the big convention opened.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
Picturesque Princess Invades Capital

tire southeast wing OF the second
floor. The princess had ordered a
room with balcony and was justly
indignant when she found she had
been RELOCATED to the fourth floor,
where there was no balcony.
In vain did the manager explain
that the lower floors were not in use
In the summer. that they were closed
entirely and dismantled. They must
be opened and refurnished Madame
wanted balcony and must have a
balcony. The closed rooms were
forthwith opened and furnished In the
shortest possible time and Nine. la
Princess Paraghy was installed In
suite of something like 20 rooms
with a balcony.
She has what figures as her second
sitting room exclusively for her me.
nagerie and Is lamenting that
she decided to ship young bear, a
dear little tiger kitten, and furry lit,
tie lion cub direct to her home at
Nice.
The princess Is the most pictur
esque lady who has enlivened Wash.
ington for many moons. She was here
for a few days last February, but at.
tracted little attention after the iic.
ton that she was here to paint this
president had been denied both at the
White House and by madam herself.
She is Hungarian by birth and Russian
by marriage, but that did not last
long. Like any American girl, she had
to get rid of her Russian prince.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

JINGLE SAM is busy these days
u counting house flies. He has
started sort of fly census for the pur'
pose of ascertaining the Relationship
between the little buzzing pests and
typhoid fever. 1t is believed by some
agricultural department entomologists
that flies do an awful lot towards
spreading typhoid germs around-in
fact. several of them have been caught
with the goods.
The plan, therefore, Is to catch the
wicked little insects, count EN-, and
compile a lot OF data for comparison
with statistics furnished by the health
department as to the prevalence OF
typhoid fever in localities where cap
lures are made. The fly census has,
therefore, been inaugurated in Wash
ington and Pittsburg and may be ex'
tended to other cities.
DR.. L. o. Howard, chief entomologist
of the department of agriculture, is in
charge o. the fiy-paper squad, which
posts sheets of good old sticky stuff
around in public places and gathers
them In again after captures Of As
hours have been made.
The greatest number OF flies that
have been enumerated at one haul so
far Is $500, gathered at the United
States arsenal, an engineer post on the
Potomac river.
The experts carefully count the VIC
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

ID RINCESS WILMA LWOFF PARA.
GHY is in town. And that's not
all. With her are three maids, by
courtesy French; first, second and
third attache; marshal, courtier, but
Ter, chef, and, for good measure, three
or four other men servants.
And that's not all. And with her al.
so are one small yappy, white woolly
dog, one pair of guinea pigs badly in
need of haircut, a couple of young
wolves, an ibis, falcon, several owls,
and family Of alligators.
And that's not all. With her also
are several drays of the gaudiest lug
gage that any local hotel ever shell
tered. 1t is all painted red, white and
green--the Hungarian colors.
All these-princess, suite, menag-
erie and iRpediments-are at the Will
lard. They arrived from Hot Springs,
Va, few days ago in a private car.
They proceeded to the hotel after
some delay, in half dozen carriages,
and after considerable excitement on
the part of the hotel employees her
highness was finally established in a
suite which comprises almost the en-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

speaker made a telling point or men,
toned the name of some one or other
of the acknowledged leaders of the
party.
All In Red, White and Blue.
Red, white and blue were the only
colors used in decorating the audi
forum, and the decorations were de-
clared to be the most elaborate ever
seen in a Democratic convention. A
unique feature was SO huge stars ar
tistically arranged on the ceiling
These stars represented the states, ter
ritories and insular possessions, the
names appearing in blue letters on a
white background in the center of each
star. The points of the stars were red
and white.
Directly over the speakers plat
form, against the wall of the building
near the junction with the ceiling, was
a large shield 16 feet high, carrying
six flags IL feet long draped in artis-
tic folds. In addition to this main
shield there were four other shields
over the platform, each ten feet high.
The six flags on these shields were
eight feet long.
Fine Portrait Of Washington.
Just below the main shield hung a
mammoth portrait Of George Washing
ton, IA by sc feet in dimensions, Red,
white and blue bunting was draped
from the sides of the shield to the
bottom Of the portrait of the Father
Of His Country"
Directly under the last shield on
each side of the Washington portrait.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

A speedy wild duck can fly at the
rate OF ninety miles an hour.
A locomotive consumes, every mile
1t travels about forty-five gallons of
water.
An elderly woman in Oneida, N. Y,
secreted $500 in mattress, in
order, as she said, to have the joy
full sensation Of rolling in wealth.
In some of the largest cities of India
there are occasionally seen carpets
made Of tanned elephant-hides. They
wear for at least fifty years.
India-ink is made from burned cam.
phor. The Chinese are the only MAX
ers of this ink, and they will not re-
veal the secret of its manufacture.
Flying with strong wind, car
rier1pigeon covers 1000 yards in a
minute
Vienna has fully $4,000 beggars.
and their average income is more
than that of most working men.
Variations Of temperature in the
ocean do not exist at greater depth
than 600 feet. Below that the tenn
perature never varies.
The human nostrils, If large and
free, indicate large lungs. A pinched
and half-closed nostril indicates small
or weak lungs. These are general
points or distinction, but, of course,
subject to the usual individual excep-
lions.
The bellies of England, during the
reign of Henry VII, carried little
hand-mirrors suspended from their
girdles. The same custom prevailed
In the time of Elizabeth and James /.
They formed the center of many fans
at that period and later.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
Pretty Society Belle Studying Bugs

But when, after taking a baccalaureate
degree, she wished to go on studying,
her family rebelled. II was then that
DR.. c. w. Richardson, her brother, had
the happy inspiration of taking her to
the musty old Smithsonian institution,
where his influence procured her the
right to work as volunteer.
He thought one visit would be the
end. So he took her up the narrow
stairs to the smelly balcony, where col
lections of fossils were being mounted.
Miss Richardson calmly sat down be-
fore a compound microscope and an.
nounced that she liked It.
That's where / found her, in a Pa
risian linen suit, fondling little bottles
of preserved isopods as daintily as IL
they were thimble teacups.
Every morning from ten till one
Miss Richardson Is at her desk. There
she has written her book, "A Mono
graph on the Isopods of North Amer.
ica," dealing with specimens furnished
by the Hartman expedition to Alaska,
and Is shorter works, two of which
she has Just prepared for Paris scien.
tific paper.
But even when abroad, absent from
the allurement Of the institution, the
scientific side of Miss Richardson
mind asserts itself. She leaves the
gay watering places and season en-.
tertainments to go and visit DR..
Thomas Scott OF Aberdeen or DR.. A.
M. Norman, just out Of London, both
famous scientists. This summer she
Is invited to visit Prof. Glard, director
of the laboratory at Wimereux, France.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
CONVENTION IS
NOW UNDER WAY
Democrats Begin Work of Nominating Candi-
dates and Formulating the Prin-
ciples of the Party

Denver, COL, July 7.-Chairman
Thomas Taggart of the Democratic
national committee formally called
the national convention to order al
most precisely at noon.
The opening prayer was made by
Ri. Rev. James j. Keane, archbishop
OF Wyoming, and after short inter-
val Urey Woodson of Kentucky, secre.
tary of the national committee, read
the call for the convention.
A period of delay followed during
which the delegates exhibited symp-
toms OF impatience, although the spa
cious auditorium, crowded as it was
to the very doors, was delightfully."-
cool, and then the committee on rules
made it's report and the officers of
the convention were announced, as
follows:
Temporary chairman-Theodore A.
Bell, California.
General secretary-Urey Woodson,
Kentucky.
Assistant general secretary-Edwin
Seton, Washington, d.. C.
oC' SSdAI-dI-ulLu S-JOuu L. MdIIlH,
Missouri.
Chief assistant sergeant-at-arms-J
c. Fem, Indiana.
Chaplain for opening day-Rt. Rev.
James j. Keane, archbishop of Wyo-
ming.
Chief doorkeeper-Eugene w. Sulli-
van, Illinois.
Parliamentarian-H d. Crutchfield,
Kentucky.
Official stenographer-M. w. Blum
berg, Washington, d. G.
Bell Rouses Enthusiasm.
The eloquent speech of Temporary
Chairman Bell was listened to with
the deepest attention, but the en-
thusiasm of the audience found vent
In long-continued applause when the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

was suspended a portrait, one Of
Thomas Jefferson and the other of
Andrew Jackson. On each side of
these pictures a large American flag
was draped. These flags are 40 by
60 feet in dimensions. Beyond these
pictures, at each end of the wall, and
hanging above the gallery, was sus-
pended a pendant, ten feet in dame
ter, upon which bunting was draped.
Upon these pendants tiger was
painted. The back of the platform
was banked with palms. Twenty
stuffed American eagles, with extend
ed wings, were suspended over the
platform, each bird carrying in his
bill red white and blue silk ribbons
Large Amount of Bunting Used.
In the auditorium the balcony ex-
tends all the way around the huge
building, but the galleries are limited
to each end. The front of the balcony
and the fronts of the galleries and
boxes were draped with bunting, 5000
yards being necessary to complete this
part OF the decorative Scheme. AT
intervals Of five feet shields, three feet
high, were placed.
Thousands of yards of bunting
were used in draping the corridors of
the building and the walls Of the bal
cony and galleries. Delegates were
supplied with small American flags
to wave when their feelings reached
a pitch that compelled an extraordin-
airy demonstration.
Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets, three of the main
thoroughfares in the city, were reve-
lations in color. On Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets there are eight iron
ornamental electric poles to block.
four on each side of the street. On
these streets the poles were draped
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09

WASHINGTON.-Who will sit on
w the lid" here during the summer,
while the president is taking rest and
recreation at Oyster Bay? None of
the cabinet officials wants the job, and
so far it has been a continual perform
ance of sidestepping. Even when the
president left for his Long Island
home the other day only tentative
plans for the dog days watch had been
determined upon.
Secretary Root, who left at the same
time, will be gone all summer. Assist
ant Secretary of State Bacon will be
the lid sitter in the state department
most of the summer.
Attorney General Bonaparte will
keep out of Washington as much as
possible during July, paying flying Wis
its from Baltimore. In August he will
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
DRAGGED OVER LAKE.
5alIoonsts Nearly Drown When Gas
Baq Drops.

5alIoonists Nearly Drown When Gas
Bag Drops.
Chicago, July 6.-The Chicago ia
Ocean" balloon race ended last night
when the last of the nine contest
ants came to earth at West Shefford,
Quebec, 500 miles from the starting
point. This craft was the Fielding
owned by F. J. Fielding Of San
Antonio, Tex. It covered approx
mately 100 miles more than its near.
est competitor and is also believed to
have captured the prize for the bal
loon which remained in the air the
longest.
The contest was marked by several
thrilling escapes from drowning. The
Vile de Dieppe dropped into Lake
Michigan soon after starting and for
an hour or more Col. A. z. Mueller
and George Schoeneck, its pilots,
were swept across the surface. finally
arising with their craft to a height
Of 1000 feet from which they de.
scended into Benton Harbor, Mich.
A similar experience fell to the lot
Of c. H. Perrigo and j. ID. Case. crew
OF the Illinois, while endeavoring to
fix landing near Lake Ontario their
balloon fell into the bay of Quinlo.
Both aeronauts had donned life pre-
servers and managed to keep afioat
until yacht put off from Glen Is
land and rescued them The fate of
their balloon is nos known here. Per.
RIGGS message to SIS family stating
simply that he and Case were safe.
The third serious accident took
place near Clinton, Ontario. The bal.
loon Columbia could not be controlled
by Capt M. Peterson and G. H. LEIGH.
letter and they were dashed against
trees and dragged through barbed
wire fences. Both men we're pain.
fully injured