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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
Wedding Presents.

Wedding presents have for years
been a trial both to the donors who
cannot think what to send and to the
recipients who are compelled to &C
cept what they do not like. A bright
notion would be to have a collection
at the church lin bag, not plate)
for the benefit of the young couple,
to which each friend might contribute
the amount Of money he would have
spent on perhaps -unappreciated Of
fering. This would save him the ter
rible worry Of choosing something
suitable, and the bride and bridegroom
the hypocrisy Of being grateful for
articles they would rather have been
without. Shopkeepers would no long.
er be called upon TO supply wares
which appear to cost more than they
do. and affection and incomes would
cease to be estimated by the value of
the gifts they produce, since the lat
ter would be anonymous.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
Worse and Worse.

did you ever notice." said Walter
Grimes, ''how fellow, when he once
gets 'balled up and says the wrong
thing, has a tendency 10 get in deeper
and deeper?
"A friend was first telling be of his
experience in attending a reception in
indianapolis some time ago. During
the progress of the function an elabo-
rately gowned woman sang for the
guests. Her voice wasn't anything to
brag on. and my friend, who is very
plainly spoken, turned TO a meek-look-
ing little man at his right and ask
ed in low voice: who was that old
hen who has just squawked for us?'
That replied the man addressed.
is my wife
MY friend gasped. ooh, b-b-beg your
pardon he suffered. She's really a
rather nice-looking woman, and know
she'd sing better If she made a bet
ter selection of his music. Who do you
suppose ever wrote rotten song like
that?
" L am the author of that song re-
piled the meek looking little NAM
Louisville Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
Humor In a Courts Documents.

Not more frequently than once in
the span of mans life does the court
of claims at Washington contribute
anything to add to the gayety of ma
tions, but there Is something of the
light of humor slowed away In one Of
the documents which accompany the
courts findings in the matter of the
claim Of Edward Cruselle, heir-at-law
of Thomas Cruselle. deceased, against
Uncle Sam.
Mr.. Cruselle made a claim for pay
ment for certain supplies furnished to
the United States by the testator "for
use for the suppression of the re-
bellion.'" as the legal documents
stated it. The goods which Mr.. Cru
selle owned and which were seized by
the government and subsequently used
by the Union troops as a means of
crushing their Confederate brethren
We're "sixty-seveu boxes of fine chew
ing tobacco" The specific brands of
ammunition were early Dew"
Choice Gem" and "Peach Leaf"
The members of the court rather
lodged the tobacco issue. They sim
ply found that Mr.. Cruselle was loyal
to the United States and that the
EARLY Dew" Peach Leaf and the
rest We're seized under General Sher-
mans famous forage literally on the
country" order.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
CHANGES IN FLOWERS
MODERN TASTE AS COMPARED
WITH OTHER YEARS.
Gardens of Today Would Be Things
of Wonder to Our Ancestors
All Countries Called on for
Beauty Of Color.

1t is a truly astonishing thing to re-
fleet that Shakespeare, for all his love
of Gcwers, would have been able TO
name scarcely a single bloom in
twentieth century garden, says the
Strand. He would hardly have been
able to distinguish the queen Of flow
ers itself, so greatly has the rose
changed in the last three centuries.
AS for the begonias, the chrysanthe-
NUNS, the dahlias, the geraniums. the
fuschias and carnations; these were
unknown even to our great-grandfath.
ers. Many of our most beautiful flow.
ers are purely modern productions.
Three centuries ago there were no
flower gardens in England. What
were then thought of as gardens were
herbaria, places where rosemary, mint,
rue, thyme and sage grew, and per-
haps few primitive blooms, such as
violets and primroses, were suffered
to exist, much as peoples and corn
flowers do today.
Many well known plants have been
developed from specimens discovered
in various parts OF the world, and there
is no doubt that a number Of charm
ing novelties are still lurking undts-
covered in remote spots. The chances
of valuable finds are, however, becom-
ing unfortunately less every year. A
small army of collectors is always at
work in every corner OF the world
searching for new treasures to enrich
our floral store.
From South America came many
years ago the recently questionable
fuschia; from the hills of northern
India and Tibet have been brought
many useful varieties; from China we
have had among other things many
new primulas; Japan has yielded
wonderful irises; Africa many varied
plants, usually Of most brilliant and
gorgeous coloring; while numerous
charming members of the narcissus
family have been discovered In the
Pyrenees.
But this cannot continue indefinite
ly, and even in the realm OF orchids,
for which perhaps the most systematic
search OF all is made, there is not
much left to be explored. For our fu-
ture novelties We shall have to rely
then chiefly on the skill Of our hybrid
lists, who are constantly engaged in
mating different species OF the same
family of plants, and our cross fertiI-
izers, who are doing similar work with
different varieties of the same species.
The flowers Of today are the result OF
cross-breeding, stimulated by electrt-
city, drugs and hot water baths.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
CAVALIER Or THE DESERT
With Good Horse and Good Voice
Life Was Sweet to All of the
Sons Of Freedom.

All was son of the sheik, and was
handsome young cavalier, although
the desert sun had burned him al.
most as black as a negro. His
costume was that of regular Turk.
ish soldier-a dirty blue coat with
furnished brass buttons, dirtier blue
trousers just short enough to show a
considerable amount of dirty brown
ankle above the dirty yellow slippers.
But, as free son of the desert All
refused to wear the fez of Turkish
supremacy, and bound his flowing kat
uyyeh with the horsehair ring of the
Arabs. A long scimitar, inland with
silver and gold, clattered bravely
against the saddle-bags, and a rain
bow-hued sash was stuck full Of an
tique pistols and short, sharp knives.
There was nothing servile or shod-
dy, however, about Sheik Ais bear
ing; no false regrets for the boule-
wards and buses of an effete civiliza-
ton; but supreme content with life
as Allah had ordered 1t. Ali had two
chief assets: a good horse and a good
voice.
The former he rode at breakneck
pace, with his accoutrements rafting
like the pans of runaway peddler.
Once in while, however, Ali would
graciously wait for the carriage and,
after inquiring anxiously concerning
our distinguished healths, would can
ter along with us for a few rods, sing
ing to himself in a pathetic minor
key.
They were no hackneyed music hall
ditties that he sang, for every Arab
is poet and an improvisation. A mo-
ment of intense, frowning thought, and
then Ali would raise his head and
gurgle out new distich of Arabic
gutturals. He sang of the speed Of
his horse and of the barley in the
khan at Jericho; he sang of the beau
tiful weather-it would have been
about hundred in the shade, IL there
had been any shade-he sang of the
magnificent honorableness of the Eng
lezee gentlemen; and especially he
praised the immense oakrsheesh
which the generous travellers would
surely bestow at the end Of his jour-
ney.-Lewis CASTOR Leary in Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
Remarkable Escape.

He was talking very loudly and
boastfully in the railway carriage and
compelling everyone to hear him,
whether they wanted to or not.
'Ive been all over Europe in my
time. To France a score of times;
Italy, Germany. Spain, everywhere.
What / don't know about them isn't
worth knowing. Why, I've been to
Egypt, and I've been to Constantinople
ten times at least. Funny thing, now.
the way the dogs are scavengers
there, and eat everything In the
streets. Awfully dangerous to touch
'em. They eat up every scrap of rub
bish."
A young lady In the corner said,
thoughtfully, II really wonder you got
home alive"
And presently a blessed silence
reigned in that carriage.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
WHEN HUBBY 'HELPED'
BEAUTIFUL MIxUP IN THE
KITCHEN, OF COURSE.
And Wifey's Period Of Rest Was Ride
Iy Interrupted as She Went to
the Rescue of Her Lego
Lord

"My dear Olivia" said Pumperton,
firmly. as dinner ended. 81 am going
to wash the dishes tonight. You are
to sit down in front Of the dining room
fire and rest. While we are without
a maid it is only fair for me to assume
my share Of the work"
Mrs. Pumperton smiled. VERY well,
John. But as the hot water is not
coming very well, you'll find it better
to set the dishpan, h II full, on the
stove to heat up. Put some soap pow
der in 1t. The package Is on the
shelf" And with a sigh OF relief she
went into the living room and sat
down to rest.
Pumperton cleared off the table
without any serious accidents, then
set the dishpan over an open stove
hole to heat up. He took off his coat,
rolled up his sleeves and tied on a
large Bingham apron. Then 1t oc-
CURED to him that Olivia had told him
to put in some soap powder, so he
took yellow paper box from the
pantry shelf and poured in a generous
supply. The water by now was almost
boiling, but the soap powder obstinate
ly refused to dissolve; so lPumperton
took kitchen spoon and began to
stir in vigorously. Instead of becom-
ing fine foamy soapsuds, the water be-
gan to thicken and thicken-and the
more 1t thickened the harder Pumper-
ton Stirred.
At last Mrs. Pumperton, quietly
rocking and reading before the coy
open fireplace. was startled by an ag-
onized appeal from the kitchen.
"Olivia!" came her husbands call. IL
want you! Quick!" She jumped to
her feet and hurried to the kitchen, to
see her husband perspiringly, but with
determined action. stirring dishpan
full of white mixture, in which knives,
forks and china came systematically to
the surface as he stirred-all coated
alike with something like strained
-four paste.
She looked at the dishpan with a
gasp. What on earth is the matter?"
she asked. What are you doing
thara7"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16

IOFu.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
1T don't know" came the discour

II don't know" came the discour-
aged response. whats the matter
with that soap powder of yours? Look
what it's doing! How can any man
or woman, for that matter-be expect
ed to wash dishes in that?" r.
She took one look at the white por-
ridge, then snatched up the package
standing open on the table. John
Pumperton," she laid, calmly, II told
you to put little soap powder in that
water. Instead you poured In a good
half package of cornstarch, and made
pudding out of it,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
A Nice Point

Every student of history knows
that our Christmas customs are a de.
velopment of the Roman Saturnalia."
20. surely not ALL"
II think So"
mo, no! There's no reason to SUP.
pose, for instance. that the Romans
were all the time being hunched to
do their saturnalian shopping early.
Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
Fer Sale.

100 acres, well improved, tin artesian
belt, Miner county, S. D., for sale. Rea-
son for selling is desire to settle estate.
For full information, prices, etc, ad-
dress E. L. Schager, Box 35, Sioux
Falls. S. D. 16td.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
AGAINST the Fat Man,

Somebody again points out that all
prominent criminals are scrawny per-
sons.
Poor fat men! Nobody sends them
any jellies or flowers or tender SYM
pathies. ,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
Just the Other Wav.

Arctic Hunter think II your wife
should wash her face 1t would i'm
prove her appearance.
Esquimau-Ugh! You never seaD
her face!-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-16
INSURANCE

Why not invest in a Fire Insurance
Policy before you have fire. Rates
are too low to run a RISK. SO years
experience. Get our figures
NASH & PHELPS, Agents.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
CITY PENSION ACT
At CLIMAX
Clayton and Goldsmith Will
Make Enemies Show Their
Hands at Meeting Today.

showdown in the game of a mum :
Der of members of council, seeking to
retire R. M. Clayton, chief of construc-
tion, and j. n Goldsmith comptroller.
on account of their ages will be de-
manded at a meeting of the council
committee on charter amendments this
afternoon.
The meeting is called to consider the
resolution giving the council this au-
thorty. 1t was introduced by the or
dinance committee at the last meeting.
1t provides for charter amendment
giving the council the broad authority
to retire any official on pension. Since
the authority was so broad there were
objections and the wording Of the reso-
luton is to be fixed" at the meeting
this afternoon
Captain Clayton and Mr.. Goldsmith
are both ready for fight, but they
have not been able to determine the ex-
act source of the attack upon them.
The charter amendments committee
is made up of the tax and ordinance
committees of the council
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
Records Broken
In Rush to Aid

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. June 12.-
with friends who had assembled to
meet the excursionists from Calhoun,
and when the news Of the wreck spread
through the station the grief shown
among relatives of the Calhoun folks
was heartrending First reports indi-
Gated a heavy loss of life, and the local
officials we're besieged with pleas for
complete reports of the dead and in
iured.
+. H. Dowler. agent of the road here,
equipped a special relief train when
the first news was received summoned
as many physicians and nurses as could
be secured on short notice, and rushed
them down the road toward Dalton.
orders for clear tracks were given by
the dispatchers. and every train wait
ed on its siding for the relief train to
pass. The special is said to have set a
pace over the road hardly equaled in
the history of the Western and At
lantic
A half hour later. two special coaches
carrying additional emergency sup
plies and a corps of helpers left the
station, and the leaving of the second
relief train caused renewed excitement
in the crowd of men and women, who
feared the wreck was more serious than
at first reported. 1t was several hours
before a correct report could be given
out. and all that time the anxious
watchers remained grouped around the
bulletin board. dreading to see the
name of a friend or relative Before
the facts came in the station was jam
med almost to suffocation with anxious
and excited friends of the picnickers
aboard the wrecked train
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
WOMAN HE MARRIED
HAD ONE HUSBAND,
ATLANTA MAN SAYS

When f. c. Kelley. of Decatur, mar
ried Mrs, Annie Holder he thought he
was capturing q widow, but now-seven
years after he led that woman before
a Dekalb county justice of the peace
he says he has been rudely awakened
to the fact that Mrs. Kelley had never
been divorced from George Holder
when she married a second time.
This Kelley alleges in suit for an
nulment of his marriage, filed in su-
perior court today. Kelley, who is the
father of two children. asks the court
to award them to him and issue a dec
laration of legitimacy.
Kelley's suit for annulment is not the
only information superior court has
had of the tangles in the Kelley home.
Mrs. Kelley beat her husband to the
court house by just two days, when she
filed suit for total divorce Monday al
leging desertion and cruel treatment
and requesting alimony
Kelley told the court he had married
Mrs. Holder May 25, 1905. They got
bungalow in Decatur and lived in un-
Interrupted happiness for seven years.
Two children, Lera and Frank, came to
the urion.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12

fornia' me shouted
Address yourself TO the commit
tee" ruled the chairman
u am an illustrious member Of the
committee. roared Heney 1--WE don't
propose to let any Cranes or Penroses
dictate how We shall elect our dele
gates"
Are YOU here to present the case? ?'
asked the chairman
No he cried u am here to tell
the president Of the United States that
II he is renominated it will be on
stolen goods. | want him to know that
this committee stole the votes Of the
people OF California"
Heney read into the record the fiery
statement made by Johnson when he
refused to enter the committee room.
Chairman Rosewater tried TO gaVel him
down. but the California man would not
be silenced. and shouted his charges in
q voice so loud it could be heard out
side the committee room
Then Esterbrook. of New Hamp-
shire. moved to seat the Taft men. Bo-
rah moved as substitute to seat the
Roosevelt men The Roosevelt motion
was voted down, and on roll call the
steam roller ran over the Roosevelt
delegates. and the Taft men we're
seated
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
CHURCH WINNER
IN V|ADUCT SUIT

The stale supreme court today decided
that Bishop Nelson of the Episcopal dio-
cese OF Atlanta. and ST. Philips cathedral
can recover damages from the city Of At
lanta for the construction of the Wash
ington street visduct, il damage has real
ly been done
Justice Beverly u. Evans. of the high
court in a lengthy opinion reversed the
judgment of the superior court of Full
ton county on the grounds that decision
in the trial court had been reached on
purely speculative testimony bearing on
real estate values which should not have
been admitted
Difference in Prices the Test
n bringing to a close a case that has
been rehsshed in local courts for two
years. the supreme tribunal held that
damages in such q case should be meas
ured by the difference in the price of real
estate before the vaduct was built and
it's present price II the St Philips cathe-
oral property Will bring less on the mar
ket today than three years ago. the
church has been damaged and can re-
cover
The court definitely put ban on spec
ul8tive real estate testimony when II
held that evidence allowed by Judge Pen
dleton in The trial court to the effect
that the cleaning up OF Collins street
Increased real estate values in tSat sec
tion was merely coniecturaI
Visduct i2 Feet Above Church.
The original suit vas brought against
he city shortly after the Washington
end of the viaduct fronts the church
property Tor 2sS feet and in one place
the vsduct rises Il feet above the level Of
The church The city maintained that
property had increased in value as re
suit of the erection of the viaduct and
this contention was sustained by the
Fulton courts
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
8 DIE IN WRECK
At DAL TON, CA.
Continued From Page One.

big union picnic excursion. at Var
nells for next Friday, but when the re-
ports of todays ill-fated excursion
spread over the town the order for the
special train was Cancelled and the
outing abandoned.
Passengers say the train was rum
ming at a high rate, perhaps S5 miles
an hour, when it struck the weak track
and left the rails. There was shock
which threw the passengers from their
seats and tossed children about the
coaches then the shrll whistle as the
emergency brakes were applied
swaying, sickening motion as the
wheels plowed through the earth-and
then the tumble down the high en-
bankment
The coaches turned over on their
sides and slid down the bank, and pas
sengers were thrown, flying, against
the roof of their cars. They fell in a
seeming inexuicable mass and hardly
a man or woman escaped painful
bruises from the tumble.
Children's screams and the walls of
terrified women mingled with the cries
of the injured That at least a dozen
persons were not killed in the fall is
considered little short Of miraculous.
Children were found wedged in be-
tween broken seats and the roof-yet
not one is believed to he fatally in
jured.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
Had Just Taken
Home in Atlanta

Instead OF the joy of a housewarn1~
ing that was to have marked his taking
up of new residence sorrow ruled to-
day at the little home of Claude Hol-
comb 373 Mangum street, the fireman
who met his death in the Western and
Atlantic railroad wreck near Dalton.
The wife was grief-stricken at the news
and two little girls. Mabel Ruth, aged
four years, and Mary. Just one year
old, cried in sympathy with the be-
reaved mother.
The heartbroken wife told between
sobs how she had been preparing to get
the house Strengthened for his home
coming. They had just moved into the
cottage Monday and he was called
away at 8 o'clock the next morning
The furniture had just been moved and
nothing had been Strengthened before
ne left.
Mrs. Holoomb planned to have every
thing arranged and in order in their
new home when the husband returned,
and today the house was we'll straight
ened to greet him. Now the furniture
must be again packed and moved, for
the widow and the two little girls will
go to Resaca Ca, to live
Resaca is their former home, and
they had Just left 1T. for AtlantagNIop
day. The funeral and interment of tic
dead fireman viii de held at Ressca to
morrow.
Holcomb was one Of two brothers.
firemen on the Western and Atlantic
road. Before going with this road he
was motorman on the street railway
system in Chattanooga. Tenn.
Engineer Kitchens left Atlanta last
night for Chattanooga From there he
carried the trains for the excursion to
Calhoun and began the return trip with
it today When staying in Atlanta he
roomed at 40 Barlow street His home is
in Adairsville, Ga. where his family re
sides
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
H0BBLE SKIRTS PUT ON
BOYS AT REF0RMATORY

WILMINGTON. DEL. June 12-
Hobble skirts have been adopted al
the Ferris Industrial school, where all
the bad boys Of Wilmington are sent
60 be reformed The feelings Of the
boys nave been sorely injured by the
innovation but the skirts have come
to stay the officials OF the institution
say. The dresses have been adopted
not 50 much to wound their pride but
to act as deterrent upon the in r.
mates who have a penchant for run
ming away When eucumberod by the
dress of 2 woman a boy can not run aa
laat as in his own clothing
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-12
Reuf Might Learn
Here, Says Heney.

Heney made this brief statement aft
81 the California vote:
II Abe Reuf were present in the
committee room he would learn meth
ods of which he never dreamed before
he landed in the penitentiary"
WAS there a contest in the Fourth
district ," Governor johnson was asked.
NO" he answered There was no
contest All our delegates were elected
at large The California Legislature,
when it passed the presidential pri-
mary Law, abolished the district system
and had all delegates elected from all
the state The Roosevelt ticket won by
a majority of 1900. Pat Calhoun has
sent in man to say that he dees not
like the California delegation. and the
committee is listening to Pat Calhoun"
DO you think they will throw out
the California delegation. governor"
he was asked.
IF they need the delegates, he an
swered They are here to steal all
they need I suppose that at first they
VIII only steal the two from the Fourth
district but if they need more they
will steal more. They have a comput-
ing machine somewhere. and when they
figure out Just what they need. they
will so and take it."
Francis j. Heney's resplendant smile
did not disappear for a moment when
the announcement Of the California re-
suit was made in the antechamber to
the committee room.
1T helps 10 put the brand on 'em,
he said. plain stealing. that's true
But nevertheless, I'm rather pleased.
They are working their own destrIc-
ton. Acts like tha: will cause the
downfalLof the raft cause