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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

sands are yellowish, but when dry are
pure white. They are firm and unyield-
ing. like wet beach on the seashore,
and one can walk across them almost
without leaving footprints Taken in
the hand, the grains OF sand are dull,
but when viewed from a distance they
sparkle with an uncanny brightness.
II one walks little way across the
white sands, In the middle of one of
the hot, sunshiny days common in
New Mexico, the glare proves almost
binding, while the heat radiated from
this sea of sand is terrific. A peculi-
arity about the sand is it's perfect sol
utility. Taken in the hands, grains
OF the white sand can be rubbed into
powder with little effort.
Oldtimers in New Mexico, who have
known OF the white sands for many
years, assert that the white sands are
constantly moving. The Indians tell
all kinds of uncanny stories concern
ing the white sands, which are sup
posed to be bad medicine" and the
red men are careful to keep away from
the place. 1t is estimated by careful
observers that in about twenty years
the white sands have advanced east
ward one-half mile, and that steady
movement in that direction is going
on, In fact. wagon road leading
around the edge Of the sands has been
changed several times, because the
shifting sea of sand has obliterated
parts of ii.
Nobody has ever made the trip
across the white sands, to the knowl-
edge OF white men In the southwest.
II would be easy for "tenderfoot" to
become lost in the sand dunes half a
mile from the edge Of the Tularosa
desert proper. The dunes look much
alike, and. unless one had compass
he might wander for days in the maze
Of glazing white sand hills and never
find his way out 1t would require but
a few hours in such blaze Of heat,
however. for man to succumb, I'M
less he had taken the precaution to
provide himself with an ample supply
of water. q
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
STRANGE WEDDING COSTUMES

When 1t comes to originality in the
matter of wedding clothes, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold H. Deeming of New York
have everybody beaten. The couple
were married In the studio OF the
brides parents and the keynote OF the
ceremony was unconventionality. The
bridegroom wore a smoking jacket OF
white vicuna. finished with white satin,
and his trousers were trimmed with
broad strips of white satin at the sides.
The bride, who was Miss Katherine
Burritt. was gowned in long-tailed.
sleeveless medieval costume of white
charmeuse. deliberately trimmed with
ropes OF pearls. Upon her hair was a
cap of woven strands OF pearls, but she
carried no bouquet. nor did she have
wedding veil.
This robe concealed her figure when
she stood still, but revealed II at every
movement. and was declared by the
500 fashionable guests to be superbly
beautiful.
The studio was illuminated with
thousands OF candles instead OF cleo
trio lights, and the walls were draped
with Oriental hangings. The eonven-
honal orchestra, playing the familiar
wedding march from "Lohengrin," was
superseded by eight girls in Greek cos
tune, who sang a Swedish wedding
march and selections from Grigg and
others. There we're no bridesmaids.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
CITY DWELLER UTTERs Wall
Among Other Things, He Seems to
Have a Grievance Against the
Fresh" Egg.

An unmatched crocodile. according
to a learned Journal. utters a cry from
inside the egg. As ws dwellers in
this metropolis know TO our cost, the
egg Of our acuuaintsace--the domes.
tic breakfast vaSsiy, to-wit-cries
aloud after being placed under our
noses. Eggs are Lgually regarded az
comic subject. and the late Dan
Leno was wont to deliver a most a.
verting dissertation concerning them
Too long have We suffered, howeye,
from that CHASTITY imposture. thu
fresh" egg. which may go back 10
the days Of good King George-the
Fourth-for all we can tell. Eggs are
Tar more uncertain than woman's love
or horse races. and whenever think
of them | long to be in the country.
For there the milkman brings them
along in the morning and we have a
guaraptee that they win not revive
memories ofs-Nethuselah. With all
our boosted advancement we tako re-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
WHY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN.

The chamber of commerce in Roch
ester, N. Y, has compiled some in,
teresting statistics regarding acct
dents. The classifications is of 100,
900 accidents on which several casual
ty insurance companies have paid out
S,455,568. Heading the list are the
travel accidents, with total of 29,726,
of which 24,936 were railroad, 1856
street car, and 434 steamboat and
steamship accidents. But the type OF
accident to come second-that of fails
lis distinctly surprising, the total be-
ing 1887, or more than IS per cent
OF these S,222 were falls on the pave
ment, and 1,946 falls from chairs and
ladders Accidents having to do with
carriages, wagons and horses come
third, with a total OF s,135. while the
numbers Of automobile accident
among this particular 100000 was
only 1920, or about IL per cent. 1t
is likewise interesting to note that 200
Of the accidents were caused by trip
ping over door mats and rugs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
CoREAN PEDDLER is STRONG

The Corean is OF sturdier physical
structure than either the Chinese or
the Japanese. He can bear much
greater burdens. The muscles OF the
heels and back seem never to tire.
Many Corean coolies can vie with a
donkey in burden-bearing. On a rack
made Of two forked sticks fastened to-
gether in the crude resemblance OF an
artists easel, a Corean porter can car
ry 300 to $50 pounds, and sometimes
400. With load of deer hides, or of
pottery, weighing 200 to $50 pounds,
he can go steadily up precipitous
mountain path. Yet. generally, the
Corean is an idler when it comes to
steady work. He will lie for house in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

as one would expect after three CEN
turtles Of Romanoff rule; two hours
suffices for the whole exposition.
Thousands, almost millions, of rubles
have been spent in buildings. grounds
and exhibits, and yet, the afternoon
was there there were not thirty Wis
itors on all the grounds.
While it may be The way of all exhi-
billions to prove financial failures, this
is still glaring example of that inef-
ficiency which one finds everywhere
here. The one impression the visitor
carries away from the place is the
magnitude of the possibilities OF the
soil which 1t represented. The coun-
try is still virgin, cold and all but i'm
placable; but for the strong, virile peo-
pie who have the patience to WOO her
she has smiles and gracious rewards
beyond measure. For him who has
the stamina to withstand cold, Ice and
solitude this imperial lady of the
SHOWS spreads cloth of gold and
empties her horn of plenty.
More wonderful than the exhibition
are the dairy products one meets with
in the restaurants. Here milk is
cream and cream Of nectar for the
gods; butter is CONNECTION and the
eggs more to be coveted than those
OF the tabled goose
Solitude Of the Amur.
The Amur is not unlike all great
rivers. 1t winds and twists and
doubles upon itself in manner that is
discouragingly common, while the
scenery is mostly fat and uninterest-
ing. But in solitude, isolation and the
primeval glory of the forests the river
trip surpasses even the railroad jour
ney. At night as the boat, electric
lighted, steam propelled and spouting
great clouds Of sparks from her fun
mel, makes her way down stream, 1t
is a piece of twentieth century in
truded on pristine background. One
imagines that he hears the hutter OF
countless startled wings as the rauc-
GUS whistle penetrates and re-echoss
through the forests, and the search
light playing on the banks to find
landing place transforms the slender
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
DOVE, THE
[R)(l{Iy|R( RIVER


a TRIP down the Amur river
seemed hazardous enough
A when contemplated from TIE
security Of ones study. Stv
ries Of river pirates and ban
ditti were rife. Friends recommended
reliable firearms and eternal vigilance
In care of my passport; the one as 8
protection against robbery and the
other to prevent ending my days in q
Siberian convict mine, writes c. A.
Hibeard in the Chicago Daily News.
In reality the trip was so safe as to
make all warnings ridiculous. Every
where comfort was the first considera-
ton. French cuisines, steam heated
staterooms on palatial river boats, ex-
cellent hotels and obsequious servants
are not exactly what one expects from
a bandit ridden country; had the rec
concentrations been for heavy clothing
and winter overcoat they would have
been much more to the point North
ern Siberia is cold even in August;
temperature OF so degrees at noon IL
not uncommon.
Makes It's Own Commerce.
The Amur is the Mississippi OF ST.
beria- 1t makes its own commerce,
since the fertile plain through which
II runs supplies the basis OF the trade
which It transports. For distance OF
perhaps 1000 miles the river is nav
igable and is piled almost daily by
government and private steamers of
luxurious passenger accommodation
and with a great carrying trade.
Entering Siberia at Vladivostok, my
first objective point was Khabarovsk
on the Amur. For some hours the
train traversed the famous trans
Siberian route and then at Nikoisk
shot off to the north, independently.
say shot OF" inadvertently-there
was nothing so hasty as that about 1t.
Whether 1t was a professed milk
train" OF not. don't know, but It bore
all possible resemblance to an Arkan-
sas express. After the seventh stop,
made at the seventh log cabin en- route,
one begins to rejoice that Siberia is SO
sparsely populated.
The first half-hour unfolds all the
wonders OF the country. From the car
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

doing that was irregular, SO he looked
sharply around the room to see what
was the matter. The next day the
midshipmen in the secret were greatly
amused to see on the morning report:
"Midshipman A, shoes out Of place"
Those shoes we're not Midshipman AS,
but Midshipman C's feet He was a
visitor, and when he heard the inspect
ing officer coming, he had only time
to run behind the wardrobe door, and,
as 1t was not long enough to cover
him, his feet stuck below it. Another
unlawful visitor was not SO success
full. His face was to the door and his
hosts not. He saw the inspecting Of
ficer coming and, making a desperate
dash. hid completely behind the ward
robe; but his action, so unaccountable
to the hosts, who had not seen the
officer. made them look toward the
spot where the visitor had hid, and
this hint was enough for the keen-eyed
officer to make him come out from COW
er.
"Hikes" In the Country.
The responsibility for order in q
room is fixed by the authorities requir-
ing one man in each room to take q
weeks turn at time, and no matter
who is the evildoer, the authorities
know where to lodge the charge.
Soon after IL the morning period Of
study and recitation ceases and dinner
formation and dinner follow At 1880
p. m. begin the afternoon periods OF
study and recitation, and at 4:30 prac-
tical exercises commence. The fourth
class will have cutters in oars or sails;
the upper classmen will have launches
under steam, rifle-range practice. or
great-gun practice on the Chesapeake
in vessels under steam. These exer-
cises are alternated in their seasons
with artillery and infantry drills. and
long hikes" in the country under com.
mand Of their proper officers.
At $50 p. m. the midsAiRmaxs u ESes~
until p. m. to do as he pleases, I'M
less he belongs to some one of the
athletic practice squads Of the Naval
academy. Then he is a slave to It,
until the supper formation, after which
there are two hours for study. At
$3.50 p. m. gun fire relieves the mid
shipman from his studies and he has
half-hour to glance over the evening
newspaper. write letter. visit a friend
tell yarn, search up "plebe" for
song or a dance. and then to bed by
taps, 10 p. m. when the bugle sounds.
and down the corridors echoes the call
"All lights outl" A few moments Ia
ter the inspection begins. and should
a midshipman have been tardy in dis
robing. he jumps into bed. boots and
all, and covers up to his chin, until
the inspecting officer looks in and sees
all hands accounted for. then the be-
lated one rises and undresses ut hiss
leisure.
II he is behind in his studies, an am
bilious midshipman viii have secured
the contraband lamp. and then he uilll
rise, tack gum blanket over his
transom, light his lamp, burn his mid.
night oil and be ready for the next
mornings recitation when 1t comes,
Sometimes the authorities allow night
study parties to stay up until IL. and
then they work and move by written
rules In slippered feet SO as not to
arouse the faithful sleepers who have
been more diligent, and have Justly
earned the slumber they are getting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
MAKING ARTIFICIAL sNAlLS

Snails. the only genuine part OF
which are the shells, are now being
sold in Paris. and 1t is said that the
imitation Of the real article is so close
that many epicures have a high opin-
ion Of the sham product. Snail shells.
it seems, are bought from the dustmen
and rag pickers, and after being
cleansed are filled with lights" or
cats meat. the soft flesh being cut
into corkscrew form, so as to At the
shell, by skillfully designed machine.
The receptacle is then sealed by
means of liquid fat. and the escargot
is ready for the consumer. The arti.
fetal snails find ready market.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
Hermit Proved n Thief

A Robinson Crusoe story comes
from Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland.
When a fisherman visited hut which
ne uses as y store during the fishing
season on an uninhabited island on
the River Forth. he found an entrance
had been effected and the interior was
crammed with a miscellaneous assert
ment OF goods ranging from pots and
pans to clothes and clocks The police
set watch. Suspicion was aroused
py movements Of man in small
boat, ana the police gave chase, finally
discovering the suspect hiding in a
large ferryboat The man arrested is
native Of Alloa. and is wanted" on
several charges of theft. He had been
living on the island for some time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

window 1t is an unchanging panorama
Of village. forest and fiat meadow land.
With now and then an isolated log
cabin surrounded by a field of waving
grain. When ones nearest neighbor is
miles away. fences are superhuous,
and fences there are none. But II the
scene IL wearying to the eye, the Inn
preston of latent fertility is stipend
Gus. With time and population every
thing seems possible.
Khabarcysk is the leading city OF
the Amur district In commemoration
of the tercentenary of the reign of the
Imperial house OF Romanoff an exhibit
ton OF Amur products is In progress
there. 1t is about such an exhibition
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

white trunks of the birch trees into SO
many ghosts.
The arrival of the boat is heralded
in the villages along our route by the
tolling OF the church bell. The whole
community comes down to the river
side. There are the men In the ubi-
quitous high boots and gayly embroid-
cred shirts, barefooted women in
cheap. print wrappers of gaudy reds
and blues and children in garments of
uncertain origin and as many colors
as Joseph's coat. Each and every one
is loaded down with bottles Of de-
licious Siberian milk which they dis
pose of TO the passengers at prices
ridiculously cheap.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
Famous Japanese mspmaker.


Nothing like an authentic map Of
Japan existed until Ino Chukei nm
ished his labor Of love in 1921. His
carecr was marked, for it was not I'M
III he had reached the age OF fifty-iye
years, having been sake brewer
from toyhood, that he turned his at
tentioa to surveying These maps
were found to be so good and so free
from large errors that they were
adopted as the basis of the more re
cent trigonometrical, survey OF Japan.
During his work he surveyed $4,000
square miles. using instruments which
he made himself. but he met with no
reward during his life, for on the
termination OF his undertaking he was
thrown into prison by the Shoguns,
where he remained until he died. He
has since been honored by imperial
decree, and monument. erected In
his memory. now stands in Tokyo.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

kind" he said, teach girls and wo.
men what they ought to know. Ex-
perience teaches men. A man goes
through bitter experience: he comes
out Of It enlightened, and society for.
giving him, he leads thereafter a good.
clean life. But girls and women can't
profit by experience in this way, for
society never forgives the experiences
of girls and women-and hence the
necessity for plays like The Guilty
Man, which might be called expert.
ence-substitutes. For experience, yer
liable experience. is, alas, for a girl
or woman, comb that comes into
her possession after she has lost her
hair"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
BED AS A PUNISHMENT

No more fantastic punishment can
well be conceived than that melted out,
while since, by magistrate at Ben
nington. Kan, to man charged with
being intoxicated. The prisoner was
sentenced to seven days in bed, and
was conducted home by policeman.
who stood by while he undressed him
self. and then tucked him up snugly
between the sheets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
OUTOFThEORp[NARI

the sun, fat on his back and sucking
away on long-stemmed pipe. And hi
can drop to sleep anywhere and almost
in twinkling. With his head down
and his mouth wide open he can
slumber for hours in the broiling rays
of sun an American could not endure
for a quarter of an hour.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
Ever Faithful

Henry, | believe you are like all
the men. When / give you letters to
mail you think it's good joke to
carry them for days and days in your
pocket"
Abigail, ! give you my word mail
every one OF them-eventually."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

markable risks where provisions are
concerned. Some OF the timed pro
ducts observable in hucksters win.
dows should be sorry to sample for
a royal ransom And ] couldn't eat a
Wrinkle II you paid me $50 down. II
was Lizzie Coote who used to sing:
Did you ever catch Wrinkle asleep?.
Most Of us would plead mot guilty"
As FOR seeing an oyster walk upstairs,
to- chances are hopeless. The oyster
:. swagger mollusc today and would
iasist on being taken up in a lift
london Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

During the revolution colonial sym.
pathizers knocked from its pedestal
in Bowling Green. New York, leaden
statue of King George OF England
and 1t was secretly carted to Itch.
field. Conn, and there melted in cont.
mental bullets by loyal women of the
town in the orchard back of the
Phelps home. Recently the old house
was taken over by the village improve
ment society 10; preservation as the
finest example of colonial architecture
now standing and the old copper ladle
used by the women was found with
lead still sticking to II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
Experience Substitutes.

The brilliant Holbrook Blinn was
defending the sociological play, "The
VGuilty Man." wherewith the Medical
lkeview OF Reviews will follow up
Damaged Goods" plays of this
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

We get our beauty from the anthro-
poid ape. says DR.. Campbell All Of
usi
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18
Another Antl.sa, Cure.

You certainly have grown thinner
in the last few months. my dear. Ave
you taking an anti-fat curer'
Goodness, no! It's only the anger
the new cook is causing me that does
that"
And are you not giving hsr no
tice?'
"of course! But l want T., work
down to 20 kilos. Then out she goes,s
--Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich).
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-18

Bear In mind that opportunity only
knocks. You have to do the rest
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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-09-16
West Mineral, Kans.

Obvcsca Sc vsc sodruge. oziro-
ma clane kluba Stew. 81. j. S. H.,
da sc pOlnostevilno udelezijo pri-
hodnje mesecne redne seize, kate
ra sc DO vrsila 81. septembra oh
3. uri p%opoldan. Dolznost vsakega
sodruga JIG, da vpoSteva obvestilo
in pride ma sejo oh navedenem
casa. ker imamo wee vaznih zadev
%resiti. pOsebno zaradi prihodn.ie
vcselice. lie TEN potion nam .ie
napredak zagotovljen, ako Sc
bono udelezevali sci in razmotri-
vail o zadevah, katere spadajo V
podrocje socijalisticne stranke.
John Gorsek, tajnik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1913-09-16
JOHN HRovAT UMRL.

petek II. sept. .je nenadoma
umri PR delu v tovarmi rojak
john Hrovat. Ranjnki je bill
donna IL Vavtevasi, ma Dolenj
skem IN je bill V Ameriki mad 20
let, V Chicago zapusca soprogo l.
dvema n~edoraslima otrokoma.
brata IN nekaj ozjih sorodnikov.
PokoJni je bill razrednozaveden
deiavee socialist in je svoje.
casno spadal tudi k jugosl. soc.
klubu st. l. Med svojimi poznanci
v Chicago, je bill spolSni priljub-
lien. y. V. m p