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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
WANDERING Youth.

Sudden disappearances Of men and
women unhappily are a pronounced
feature in the life of all great cities,
but London has been the first OF the
worlds maelstroms to attempt tabu-
lation and classification. Last year
1876 women over sixteen years of age
were swallowed up in the insatiste
vortex OF that metropolis without i'm
mediate trace. More startling and
pregnant with thought to all who are
concerned with the problem of safe
guarding the young is that, during the
same year, lib girls between the
ages VI ten and sixteen were reported
TO the metropolitan police as missing
The ultimate tracing Of these victims
OF the dangers of large city to adele
scent womanhood resulted in sad rev.
Citations to parents and friends. Some
of the missing are still missing and
viii be. The moral is clear. He who
runs may read. Watch, guide and
help the youth, girls and boys, who
have reached or passed the critical
time OF maturity. 1.-THE thoughts Of
youth are long, long thoughts"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
High-caste Pushcart Men.

At railway station in Calcutta,
early in the morning, long train, con-
sisting largely of third-class carriages,
Is made up, amid the clamor of dis
putes, invariably incident to any pur-
chase in the Orient. Ny fellow-pas.
sengers, pilgrims on their way to the
Holy City, are buying from vendors
greasy sweets or tough dough cakes
indigestible to any but an oriental
stomach. These vendors are invaria-
bly, of high caste, according to the Hin
du system of social position, for no
Hindu will buy food or drink FROM
one of lower caste than himself
The great civilizer in India, how
ever, as elsewhere, is the railway,
which has made it necessary for the
Brahman to sit next to the despised
Sudra II he would travel. On all or
binary occasions, should the passen-
gers Of one compartment all be of one
caste, they put their feet out of the
window-for want Of space--and sleep
In peace and security. Should they
be of different castles, however, all
but the lowest, the Sudra, sit rigidly
erect. guarding against defilement of
their caste by touch of their more
unfortunate observation-disclosures
tian Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
WHERE SEDAN CHAIR is USED
The 3-century-old Vehicle Is Still Seen
on May Day In knutsford,
England.

The news that there is a woman still
living who rode in Sedan chair is a
reminder of the fact that there is one
town in England where Sedan chair
is still used. 1t is at Knutsford, in
Cheshire-the Crawford" of Mrs.
Gaskell. Every May day Knutsford
arrays itself in gala attire. Sports are
held on the village green, the May
queen is elected and crowned, and
in order that no aspect of antiquity
should be missing-the Sedan chair is
produced.
Whatever may have been absolutely
the latest date at which Sedan chair
was used, the chair, at any rate, had
longer life than most forms of public
conveyance. For it appeared in Eng
land as early as 1881, and in London
fifty years later, when Sir Francis Dun.
comb obtained the sole privilege of
letting and hiring them. Thus the
Sedan chair was in use for roughly
three centuries, and how many hand
SONS are likely to be carrying passen-
gers in 2133, which will be the tercen-
tenary of their Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
LINEN OVER 5000 YEARS OLD
Fabric Found In Cemetery at Tarkhan
as Fresh as When First
~ Woven.

In one OF the apartments at Univer-
sity college Prof Flinders Petrie has
placed on exhibition some remarkably
Interesting antiques unearthed at Tark-
han, Heliopolis and Memphis under
the auspices of the British School of
Archaeology in Egypt, says the Wash.
ington Herald.
The great cemetery of Tarkhan,
which occupied a mile of desert 40
miles south of Cairo, and which dates
from the earliest historic age until
the race of the pyramid builders, has
proved to be exceedingly prolific in
antiquities. What has struck Prof.
Petrie is the extraordinary preserva-
ton of the woodwork and clothing I'M
earthed from these places of inter-
ment of long ago.
A great sheet of linen which is
placed on exhibition is as fresh and
as 9rm as when cut from the original
length-and it is some 5000 years old.
So, likewise, with the woodwork,
which in but few instances shows signs
OF decay. Here are boxes that served
their purpose as funeral caskets, built
or planks of acacia and shittim wood,
and as firm and secure as when low
cred into the bosom of the earth in
dim antiquity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
FRENCH PAPERS FOR SALE
Thief With Valuable Historic Docu.
ments on His Person Arrested
In Madrid,

A French subject has been arrested
in Madrid after trying to sell impor.
tant historical documents stolen, with.
out doubt, from some museum or
French official center. The arrest
was made by policemen. who had the
man under observation, under the pre-
tense of being probable buyers.
They found upon him the ratification
OF the secret treaty of peace between
Louis XIV. and Philip TX. of Spain.
This treaty, commonly called the Ply.
renees Treaty, was signed in 1859, and
terminated the war between France
and Spain. In virtue of 1t Louis mar.
ried the Infanta Maria Teresa, Phil
lips daughter.
Another document contains the mar.
riage articles, in which the princess
renounces all rights to the crown OF
Spain. Finally, the man exhibited a
parchment signed by the emperor,
Charles v. The documents present all
the appearance of authenticity. The
two former bear royal seals and the
signatures of Maria Teresa, Louis
XIV. and Philip Nv.
The prisoners body is covered with
tatooed designs In colors, beautifully
executed. He has deep scars on both
his wrists.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
LIFE PRESERVER UNDER COAT
inventor Gives Test Of His New
Device In the Hudson
River.

A new style of life preserver, de-
signed for expert and amateur swim
mers as well as for all manner of yes
sells, was tried out in the Hudson river
off One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street
the other day. The device was worn
by its inventor, Nathan Martino of
704 Ninth avenue. 1t consists of a
rubber belt, with two sacks, or in
fiated balloons, just in front of the
shoulders. Mr. Martina demonstrated
that the life preserver can be worn
when Debated underneath a bathing
suit or any ordinary clothing, and in
fiated within seconds time by
means of the tubes, which hang over
the shoulder. II swimmer Is sud
reach for the tubes. put them in his
mouth and initiate the bags before he
could sink. This is what Mr.. MARITIME
said, and he demonstrated it by plung-
Ing into the Hudson river, where the
water is 20 feet deep inflated the de-
vice and fioated about without effort.
Two hundred bathers watched the
demonstration.
The new life preserver is made of
india rubber. The one used by Mr..
Martina is the only one ever made,
and cost ten dollars. Mr.. Martina said
that duplicates could be made for half
that sum. He made the assertion that
It win support person weighing 800
pounds, and has the advantage over
the ordinary cork life preserver that
any one on board ship or swimming
can wear one Debated, without its fig
uring as any addition to the ordinary
clothing. Mr.. MARITIME, who says he
weighs 210 pounds and looks every
pound Of 1t, foated about In the wa
ters of the Hudson without effort.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
Prehlstorle plnoaaura Found.

What is believed to be an important
find Of hitherto undiscovered species
and genera of prehistoric land reptiles
has just been made. Twelve fossils
or skeletons of dinosaurs, among them
two complete brontosaurs-the largest
animals that have ever lived-were
unearthed from the side of cliff nine
miles north of Jansen, Utah, in what
was, In distant ages, river; as the
cobbles, mussel shells, and sand en-
vironing the bones showed Besides
these specimens Of the extinct bronto-
saurus fossil, remains of several stego-
saurus specimens were also brought
to light. These, Mr.. Hartley M. Phelps
tells us, are very rare. The stegosau-
rus was the most grotesqque animal
that ever existed. The brontosaurus
often attained length Of 80 feet, but
1t had a small head. Its neck and tail
were short. Like the stegosaurus, 1t
lived by eating succulent herbs. 1t
had powerful legs, 10 feet or SO in
length. The diplodocus measured 70
feet long, had an immense body, pow
erful legs, and an enormously long tail
and long neck, but a small head. 1t
lived in swamps and ate waterweeds.
Its remains have only been found on
the slopes of the Rocky mountains.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
JUDGE LIKED GOOD SCRAP
Because Plaintiff Was Not Injured
His Honor Discharged the
Defendant.

In a case tried before a Maine Jus.
tice of the peace, one Jones, a lumber.
man, pleaded guilty to assault upon
one Libby, another woodsman. The
justice seemed a bit perplexed how
to proceed when no evidence had been
produced, and finally called upon Lib
by to stand up. Libby stretched w
his six feet of husky frame
"Any bones broken?" asked the
Judge
'Nary one," said Libby, shaking his
head seriously.
"Any bruises, Commissions, sprains OF
dislocations?"
mary one?" said the plaintiff. re
gretfully.
Make your nose bleedT
mot mite" ..
BLACK your eyesf"
Neither one."
why, you don't appear to be In.
1ured at ALL" said the Judge in sur
prise.
mo, your honor" answered Libby
HE didn't injure me none, he only
struck me few times"
Well" said the Judge, slowly and
with disgust showing in his accent
when this court strikes man that
man always has at least one black
eye. I'll assess the costs of this court
that's one dollar and twenty-one cents
on the defendant, but you don't gel
no damages for any such scrap"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
New School Sanitation Plan.

A new idea in school sanitation has
been tested by the medical director of
Dartmouth college. About FIVE years
ago he began making bacteriologic ex.
aminations Of the air of the college
halls and recitation rooms, and soon
found a great periodic variation in the
number of bacteria colonies that de.
veloped on the culture media exposed
in the usual shallow open dishes. He
then adopted the plan OF disinfecting
with formaldehyde any room showing
more than thirty-fiSe colonies of clus.
tiers of any kind Of bacteria to dish.
This custom has been continued, and
the result has been quite striking, the
cases of epidemic Gods, influenza and
bronchitis, among the students having
been reduced about one-half.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
Puzzles for Patients.

Although the patient had waited
bali an hour for her interview, the
time had not dragged,
Il worked on one OF those puzzles, -
she said. by the way, doctor, you are
not a ehildren's specialist; then why
do you keep so many puzzles in your
reception room?"
you answered your own question
before you asked it." the doctor said.
Il keep them to amuse the grown-ups.
Most people who feel bad enough to
visit doctor can entertain them
selves better with a puzzle than a
book or magazine. Every puzzle that
has achieved popularity in the last
twenty-five years has a place in that
cabinet. Dentists also rely on puzzles
TO keep their patients in good humor.
for even toothache will share atten-
ton with good puzzle"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
IcHIMNEYs OF COLONIAL DAYS
FirepIaces Played an Important Part
In the Homes of the Early
CoIonials.

In America the early colonists had
little use for the mason's art, except
In the construction of the huge chin
pey stacks which in any dwelling of
considerable size and any pretensions
20 comfort formed a very consider
able part of the structure. The great
Kitchen fireplace and oven, with
smaller hearths in from two to four
rooms on each floor, required very
considerable part Of the material and
skilled labor bestowed upon colonial
homestead in the more northern col
onies.
In some sections where the dangers
of an attack by Indian raiders were
imminent, the wooden walls of the
lower story Enclosed a stout wall of
brick or a kind of rubble masonry.
Some of these buildings are still
standing and inhabited, although dat
ing back Cat least so far as the lower
stories are concerned) more than two
centuries. A very few brick buildings
have wholly or in part come down TO
us from the first years of colonization,
and until within the last half CEN
fury some that preserved the peculiar
features of Elizabethan and Stuart
types Of dwelling and business struc-
lures. Much of the brick and about
all the great flooring tiles and orna-
mental thing were at first imported
from Europe, but lime and brick of
good quality were soon produced in
almost every COMMUNICATIONS
Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
IN SEARCH OF BLUE ROSE
Modern Hortlculturlst Has Very High
Ambitions, Says England's Pre-
mier Gardener.

To find blue rosel That is the
great ambition of the modern garden
er, according to Sir Harry veitch,
England's premier gardener, who was
recently knighted by the king, and the
honor was well deserved, for no
one in the world has worked more in.
defatigably for the development Of
horticulture, and no one has made
more important discoveries. Indeed,
in the course of his fifty years of
business the gardening knight has in
troduced into this country many hun.
dreds of plants.
For four generations his family has
been associated with the romance of
fiowers-the late Mr.. James Veitch
was described as ''the first nursery.
man of his day"-and 1t was the
Veitchs who began the policy of ran
sackiug the world, especially the
Equatorial world, for orchids and
studied the reproduction and cross fer.
tilization of foliage plants. Early IN
life Sir Harry made it his aim to be.
COluS SOIl VI tIodl pIuNlutT
the gardening world, and for years he
has had travellers in all parts of the
globe searching for rare plants.
Curiously enough, he considers that
China is one of the most wonderful
fields for work Of this sort, and he
mentions the fact that one of his trav.
elers has lately come back from the
celestial land after three years trip.
in the course of which he got as far as
Thibet and had to struggle for life
with four bandits to preserve his spe-
cimens. The risk these travellers run
for unknown flowers are often very
great, and sometimes expeditions
prove very disappointing. at is fas-
cinating work. however," says Sir
Harry, "and has often led flower
searchers into corners of the world
which have never been trodden before
by white men"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
PompeIIan venu, is unearth.d.

One OF the latest and most interest
Ing things uncovered during the new
excavations at Pompeii under the d.
rection Of Professor Spinazzola, is a
fresco which is regarded as the best
which has yet been found. It is very
beautiful, and in a perfect state OF
preservation. 1t was one Of the orna-
ments Of the facade of house situat-
ed in the main public thoroughfare, of
which the roof was in an almost intact
condition. 1t represents the Pom
peiian Venus standing erect, crowned
with diadem, in the midst of flying
Cupids, on chariot drawn by four In
dian elephants. Seen from the front,
the representation of these animals is
strikingly realistic. The archaeologi-
cal value Of the fresco is extremely
great, for the colors are very fresh
and harmonious.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
Men and Wamen Of World.

The total population of the world is
now estimated at 100000. 900. This is
based upon the Lost recent censuses,
which all civilized countries now take,
with careful estimate of the number
of inhabitants OF uncivilized lands.
The proportion Of the sexes is known
for 1,03s, 100000 VI these, the ratio be-
ing LOCO males 20 900 females The
ratio varies considerably in different
places. In Europe there are ] 900 men
to 1.o45 womeni in America. 1000
men to 964 woven; in Asia, 1000
men to e61 womcn;- in Australia. 1000
men to 967 women.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
No Maltese Cats In Malta.

James Oliver Laing. American con-
sui at Malta, informs the state depart
ment that many Americans have ask
ed him to give names of breeders Of
pure blood maltese terriers and cats.
He says there are few so-called NAL
tese terriers in Malta and they are
not OF pure blood. The puppies which
the street hawkers offer for sale to
tourists are more or less mongrel,
with strain of the old breed. NAL
tese cats do not exist in Malta, at
least not one Of the color called mall
tese in the United States, has been
seen there.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
An Applied Definition.

e. Trowbridge Dana. grandson O.
the poet Longfellow. who was recent
ly married In Cambridge with beau
tiful ritual of his own composition
said the other day to reporter:
IF all couples gave to marriage the
profound thought and reverence tina,
my wife and give to 1t there would
be fewer mismatings.
"The average married pair, It some
times seems to me, are like the
Blinkses
"'Pa,' said LITTLE Tommy Blings Gus
day, what's weapon?'
"a weapon, MY son. Blinks an
swered, is something to fight with
Then, pa said little Tommy. is
ma your weaponp"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
NEW SPELLING IN ENGLAND
Board Of Reformers Are Planning to
Deliver Lectures Throughout
TIE Country.

A campaign in favor of spelling re-
form Is to be conducted in London
and the provinces in the autumn and
winter.
Mr.. William Archer, under the aus
pices Of the Simplified Spelling soci-
ETY., is to conduct lecturing tour on
his return from the east, and lectures
will also be delivered by many other
well-known men throughout the coun-
try.
The lecturers will advocate the re-
form Of what they regard as the pres
ent chaotic spelling" which they de-
clare is SO remote from pronunciation
that it is no guide to the English Ian
guage at all, and tends to degrade our
speech.
The society desires to fix standard
of pronunciation of the English Ian
guage throughout the empire.
1t has been stated that the English
people over seas, particularly in Aus
tralia and South Africa, are deviating
so seriously from the general stand
ard of speech prevailing in the mother
country that the time might come
when visitors from these parts of the
empire might fail to make them
selves understood in London
Mr., Tate, director of education in
Melbourne. has suggested several
spelling reforms to which effect has
been given in the official papers is
sued by his department. Discussions
have taken place and the council Of
public education in Melbourne is ad.
dressing a letter to the president Of
the board of education in London urg.
Ing upon him, in the interest OF edu.
cation, the necessity of a general
adoption OF simplified reform spell.
ing.-London Daily Graphic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
The Exclamation.

At crab supper in honor Of Thorn.
as F. Ryan during convention week In
Baltimore congressman said, apro-
pos of Mr.. Bryan's attack on Mr..
Ryan:
II, for my part, am against this
undertaking and mud singing. Why
should out public men be kept con-
tinually under the lash?"
There was murmur of approval.
Mr.. Ryan held up his hand to quiet it,
then smiled and said:
"After all, gentlemen. If you are In
the public eye you must inevitably be
under the lash"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
Horses In the Glacial Epoch.

" The opinion has been expressed that
horses became extinct In the glaciated
regions of North America, and prob
ably in the whole continent, about the
middle Of the glacial epoch. It has
been pointed out that all the appar-
emily authentic discoveries of fossil
horses in the United States east of the
great plains fall into two sets of To-
ealities, one along the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts and the other extended
from New Jersey to South Dakota, the
localities In the last set lying, with
few exceptions. close to the southern
border of the drift covered area. The
earliest discovery of fossil horse re-
mains was made near the Neversink
Highlands. -HarperS Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07
JEFFERSON AS A NATURALIST
Carried Bones of Common SIoth to
Philadelphia Supposing Them
Those of Mammoth.

It Is said that when Thomas Jeffer-
son journeyed from Monticello to
Philadelphia on his way to take the
oath of office as vice president he ear.
ried lot of bones in his baggage.
The bones, alleged to be those OF a
mammoth, had been found in Green
brier county, Virginia, and sent to
Monticello, where they were set up
by Jefferson, who, it appears, enter
tanned a somewhat exaggerated no
ton OF his attachments in natural his
tory, and who stood sponsor for the
bones as those of "a carnivorous
clawed animal entirely unknown to
science"
1t was not until after Jefferson
reached Philadelphia that he was I'M
deceived, for at glance the learned
Doctor Wistar saw that they were the
bones of the common sloth, several
specimens of which he showed the Vir-
gilman. Jefferson, it is related, was
greatly chagrined, especially rs his
discovery became known as Megalo-
nyx jeffersonii.
1t has been pointed out that, in.
directly, no less a naturalist than the
great Button may have been responsi.
BILE for Jefferson's error. 1t was the
virginian's practice to send Button
specimens and information, and with
the subtle flattery of courtier the
French naturalist wrote:
II should have consulted you, sir,
before publishing my natural history.
and then / should have been sure Of
the facts"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-11-07

Tad Evans is business caller in Car
roll today.
Lou Caldwell went to Atlantic today
on business.
]. H. Baker transacted business in
Manning today.
Miss Matilda Schmidt came home to-
day from Lorah, where she visited with
her sister.
Mrs. Jas. Law and daughter went to
Des Moines today for few days visit
with friends.
Mrs. John Weighton and daughter,
Miss Thelma went to Atlantic today on
friendly visit.
Mrs. f. S. Wattsis in Des Moines this
week on club business and visit with
her son Harry and wife.
w. F. Ford, who was here on busi-
ness and visiting with his friend, J. H.
Maharg, departed for his home in Glen
wood, Mo-, Friday.
Arthur Farquhar and wife went to
Des Moines today on business. While
there it is said Arthur will try to find
out what became of the Taftites.
Wanted Middle aged Danish woman,
good cook and housekeeper, who wants
permanent home and wages. Address
this paper and give references. ADV.
Mrs. A. J. Phillips came to Audubon
today from Pocahontas to visit with her
daughter, Mrs. John Sherman and fam
lily and numerous friends of former
days.
Miss Mary NFoley. following a ten
days pleasant visit in Audubon az tie
home of her father, Geo. A. Foley and
children, returned to Council Bluffs
Tuesday, where she is learning to be
nurse in the Mercy Hospital.
Saturday afternoon at 800 o'clock the
A. Fl. S. football team will mix on the
gridiron with the W. V. G. team of
iiaiiani bhC SuhiO " w pioJOu ~ bnS
Johnson Athletic Park. This is going
to be an interesting game as both teams
are said to be evenly matched and in
fine trim. Admission 25cts. Don't for
get the place and price.
Rev. j. P. Christensen departed this
morning for Mortified, Mimi, to at
tend the Danish Meeting to be held
there tonight. Friday, Saturday and
Sunday he will take part in the Mission
Meetings held at Hazelwood, Mimi. in
the parish of Rev. P. N. Petersen. No
preaching services will be held in the
Danish church in Audubon Sunday, but
Sunday School will be held at the usual
hour.