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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

Billy he said, you and have been together
for more than 20 years and In all that time
we've never haG hard word. Win you let my
name stay the old sign tin get back from
Washington
The tears came into Herndon's eyes He took
the bony. prehensile hand of the rail splitter" in
his own
Abe" he said, IN have another partner
while you live" and until the day OF Lineons as
sassinaton the dingy "shinge" before the once
bore the name Lincoln Herndon."
On January 3. 1853. with the aftermath OF Fred
ericksburg on his hands, and the mooted appoint
ment of Hooker 20 chief command and thousand
and one other things obsessing his mind and his
heart. lincoln teleEraphed his wife at PhiladeL
phiai
Mrs. Lincoln. Philadelphia. Pa.
Think you had better put Tads pistol away.
had an ugly dream about him.
"A. LINCOLN"
In August OF the same year the month after the
surrender OF vicksburg, we find Lincoln writing
to his wife:
Tell dear Tad poor Nanny Goat is lost and
Mrs. Cuthbert and in distress about IT, The
day you left Nanny was found resting herself and
chewing her little cud on the middle OF Tad's
bed; but now she's gone! The gardener kept com
planting that she destroyed the flowers. till It was
concluded to bring her down to the White House.
This was done. and the second day she had cisap-
peared. and has not been heard OF since. This Ii
the last we know OF poor Nanny"
The next year there vera two goats, and Lin
coin incurred the cordial displeasure OF his en-
courage by his fondness for the society Of these
animals.
il seemed 10 be Lncolns peculiar misfortune
10 be surrounded most OF the time by people who
knew not the meaning OF the expression The saw
ing sense OF humor" The mere hint OF appro-
pirate parable. or quotation from Artemus
Ward. was enough to excite Secretary Stanton
Senator Wade strobe in one day like rotary
snowplow and wanted Grant dismissed. Grant
had been winning victories, sleeping on the
ground with no overcoat or blanket and with
toothbrush for his entire baggage. Halleck apd
Mcclellan had had him arrested for drunken
ness" Lincoln had often been asked to remove
him. and had replied Il can't spare that man; he
fights"
SO when Wade came In with the demand that
Grant should be deposed Lincoln caught eagerly
at a chance remark OF the irate and pompous SEN
ator and said Senator, that reminds me OF
story"
Yes, yes" retorted Wade, "of course: with
you It's always a story! You are the father OF
every military bunder that has been made during
the war You are your road to hell, sir with
this government by your obstinacy; and you are
not a mile on this minute"
Senator" said Lincoln very mildly, that Is
just about the distance from here to the Capitol
isn't it?"
Wade, in speeohless indignation-to Lin
coins words-"grabbed up his, hat and cane
and went away"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

plant Lin
coin in the presidential chair did not worry Lincoln
half so much as it did the Jobs comforters who
surrounded him. To one OF these Lincoln said.
You were brought up farmer, wern't you?
Then you know what ehinfIy Is My brother and
| were once blowing corn on farm, driving the
horse and he holding the pillow. The horse was
lazy but on one occasion rushed across the helds
so that I, with my long legs, could scarcely keep
pace with him. On reaching the end Of the fur
row / found an enormous chinny fastened upon
him and knocked him OF. My brother asked me
what did that for. told him didn't want the
old horse bitten in that way. Why said my broth
er, that's all that made him GO. Now. II Mr..
Chase has presidential chinhy biting him am
not going 10 knock him on il II will only make
his department 60"
Edward Deey. in the Spectator, gives the i'm
preston made by Lincoln's outward appearance
on the mind Of typical cultivated Englishman.
To say that he Is ugly is nothing; TO add that
his hGure Is grotesque Is 10 convey no adequate
impression. Fancy man feet high and thin.
bony arms and legs, which, somehow, seem to be
always In the way. with large rugged hands which
grasp you like a vice when shaking yours, with
a long. scrsggy neck and chest too narrow for
the great arms hanging by his side: add 60 this
figure head, coeoanutshaped and somewhat too
small for such a stature covered with rough I'M
combed and uncombabe lank dark hair, that
stands out in every direction at once; face fur.
rowed, wrinkled and indented as though It had
been SCARED by vitriol; high narrow forehead.
and sunk deep beneath bushy eyebrows, two
bright. somewhat dreamy eyes, that seemed TO
gaze through you without looking at you; n few
irregular biotches Of black bristly hair in the
place where beard and whiskers ought 10 grow; a
close set, thin Tipped stern mouth, with two rows
OF large white teeth; and and ears which
have been taken by mistake from a head OF twice
the size Clothe this figure, then. In long,
tight badly fitting suit Of black creased, soiled
and puckered up at every salient point OF the
hgure-and every point Of this figure Is salient
put on large. iIlhtting boots gloves too long for
the long bony fingers and nuify hat, covered TO
the top with dusty. puffy Grape; and then add to
ali this air Of strength, physical well ~
moral and strange look Of dignity coupled with
all this srotesqueness and you win have the Inn
preston left upon me by Abraham Lincoln. Yoc
would never say he a gentleman You
would still less say he not there
are men 10 whom the epithet appears Ut
terry lncongruous, and OF such the president 10
one. Still there is about him complete lack Of
pretension, and an evident desire to be courte
GUS to everybody, which is the essence II not the
outward form OF high breeding. There is soft
ness, too, about his smile, and sparkle OF drJ
humor about his eye, which redeem the expreB
sion of his face and remind more OF the late
Dr. Arnold, as a childs recollection recalls him to
me. than any other face I can recall to memory
lie is humorist not buffon. :"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
ITCHING TERRIBLE ON LIMB

X. +. d. No. 3, Clarkfeld, MINI.
my trouble was of long standing. IL
started with some small red and yel
low spots about the size Of pin head
on my leg and every morning there
was a dry scale on top covering the
affected part and when those scales
were falling of the itching was more
than could stand at times. The FIRST
year did not mind 1t so much as II
was only itching very badly at times,
but the second year il advanced all
around my leg and the itching was
terrible. had to be very careful to
have my clothing around the affected
part very loose. At night time often
happened TO scratch the sore in my
sleep. Then had to stand up. get out
Of bed and walk the floor till the spell
was over.
Il bought lots OF salves and tried
many different kinds OF medicine but
without any success. got cake OF
Cuticura Soap and a tifty-cent box OF
Cuticura Ointment and when ] had
used them was nearly over the itch
ing. But kept on with the Cuticura
Soap for six weeks and the cure was
complete (SignedD S. o. Gorde>,
Nov. 90, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
Z throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston. Adv.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
rhsrn,a Many 4 Way.

C. Roy Hill. secretary OF the Auto
mobile club OF Minneapolis. has In
vented this:
motorist was telling OF trip
through the Red River valley. The
party. he said. came to stream, but
the bridge had been washed away dur
ing a cloudburst
After we got on the other side we
found ourselves on the finest kind OF a
road" he pursued.
Yes" he was asked, but how did
you get your car across that stream q
"oh, We just sat down and thought
il over"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

was shut out After they were sen
fenced It was discovered that they
were husband and wife. The female
prisoner appealed from conviction,
and not only did she fail to raise the
point OF marital coercion, but she in
sisted that she didn't know the co.
defendant. In spite OF this the court
OF criminal appeals felt bound to
quash her conviction on the ground
Of the woman's relationship with Rus.
sell. probably for the reason that the
woman was undefended and was un,
aware OF her legal .ghts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

A unique case involving the old pre-
sumption OF martial coercion" In
criminal cases is reported by the Lon
don Law Journal in Rex. VS.. Mary
Ann Green, in which II appeared that
the prisoner and a man named Rus
sell were jointly indicted for stealing
two suits OF clathes from a pawn
brokers' shop. The prisoners were
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Just Acting Natural.

We were playing bridge the other
night (confesses correspondent and
played a game that was Just a little
rottener than my ordinary game. Il
such thing might. be conceived to
be possible. When he held the post
norton was impelled to remark:
I'm afraid made fool OF myself
in that hand
My partner. with an evident wish To
console me, FASTENED TO answer:
"Oh, don't see how you could have
done anything else!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Novel Point of the Law

undefended, and when the case
against them was presented there was
no suggestion that they were con-
nected with each other, but It was pre-
sumed that they We're accidentally in
thu shop at the same time, After
both had been found guilty detec.
tive said he believed there was some
relationship between them. but Rus
sell objected to this evidence and II
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Private o, the Line.

Private Judkins was the newest OF
recruits on the Texas border. The
corporal sent him back to the guar,
termaster for a rope. Private Smiff.
kins eyed him on his errand, and In
Quired what sort Of rope he wanted
II don't know answered Judkins.
Wen, I'll tell you" Smiffkins volun-
TERED and he did Judkins went on
and tackled the quartermaster.
Corporal sent me for 40 feet OF
skirmish line, sir" he said.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Daily Thouaht.

Just to be good. to keep life pure
from degrading elements, TO make 1t
constantly helpful in little ways to
those who are touched by IL; to keep
ones spirit always sweet and to
avoid all manner OF petty anger and ir'
ritability-that is an idea as noble as
II Is difficult.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
on. Quit IN

The tea drinking of Great Britain
amounts to about 5000 cups per indi
vldual for year, according TO stats
tics, which probably accounts for the
tannin her athletes get whenever
they enter into competition with u.s.
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

eve miss President Wilson's quiet
and trenchsnt wit sadly here at
Princeton said an instructor In
Greek.
Il remember, at one OF President
Wilson's receptions. complained OF
a man who boasted Of his bad habits.
When a man. said the president,
boasts of his bad habits, you may
rest assured that they're the best he
has"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
The Morning Sermon.
sIl r. nAa

The Morning Sermon.
CAS- judged by eXperts.)
Wasn't II .--audS'
Pity he hasn't better delivery.
What a perfectly lovely voice be
has!"
Plays to the gallery"
These ministers think they know II
ALL"
He Is so much in earnest"
why do you suppose he dragged in
the Bible?"
He means we'll"
Il thought it was so beautifully ex'
pressed"
Punk. Life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

Mollie-They tell me that ships
life is % years.
Cbollie--Well, there are lot oil
other "shes" with much riggin' that
don't have a mate for long after that
number OF years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach liver and bowels.
Sugar.costed, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy. Adv.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

No one is perfect. Even mule can
learn something about kicking from a
man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Imnortant 10 Mothera
GETTING Scarce.

q lost my head completely yester-
day"
This will have some effect on The
ivory industry"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

Stretch the truth and il will ny back
and sting YOU
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12
Only One "BRoMo ourNINE'
hidinu the Worst.

To get the genuine, call for full name. LAxA.
TIVE BRoMo QuINiNB. Look for signature q
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

hat and leave the once.
Lincoln generally got to the
Office In the morning at 8 o'clock
and when il was later, Herndon.
his partner, knew there had
been trouble at home, for LIN
coin then had no cheerful morn
ing greeting. only a grunt, as he
fell wolfishly upon the morn
ing's mail. He might have
lunched, easily enough. at home,
but he preferred crackers and
cheese at the Office and often
stayed there until after dark.
Sometimes he would knock
of" in the late afternoon and
clean out the stable and saw
wood. feed the horse and milk
the cows lie had passion for
chores" Of his boyhood days
on his fathers pitiful acres. He
was his own hired man until and
even after his election as presi-
dent. At midnight a neighbor
saw him once chopping wood for
bis supper when his wife was
away. g. 81.
In the evening, having no
club, Lincoln would ordinarily
20 to the grocery store and
spelIbind the cracker box
habitues with some more OF his
everlasting anecdotes-only two
of which. he insisted, we're his
own invention. If minstrel
chou, come tol town he was sure
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-02-12

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-20

ter of a title for his daughter In fact,
the tile is so very choice that the
Austrian and German courts do not
recognize the right of the former
Nancy Leishman to wear it. The
Croys are a mediatizeds house-that
is to say, they represent formerly
reigning family and they are not sup
posed to marry any woman with less
than sixteen quarterings in her coat
of arms.
What the American girl lacked in
quarterings she made up in beauty
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-20

. BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH
Creditors of John G. A. Leishman,
formerly United States ambassador to
Germany, have been granted re-
ownership for his property.
The object of this step is to as
certain what has become of the dip
lomat's fortune which has disap-
peared. The newspapers which told
the stoy of the receiVership carried
a smaller headline calling attention
to the fact that ''the Duke of Croy,
who married Nancy Leishman,
daughter of John A. Leishman, is
opening his estates near Duelmen,
Austria" ,
In acquiring the Dukesof Croy as
son-in-law, Leishman achieved an
unusually choice article in the mat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09

dow. II is in the north room OF the
matron's department
But when the door of this narrow
little room was locked behind her Mrs'
Carman had entirely regained ner sen
control. Or. Carman followed ms wiIe
to the door of her prison. he, too nau
collected his composure. ne eve"
smiled at several reporters
Late tonight the story OF no"
Bardes was persuaded TO give ms tes-
timonv became known. Bardes, "
seems. had been constantly troubled oy
his conscience ever since he saw the
woman on the Carman lawn the nigh'
of the shooting. He did not want 10
fcu what he had seen. as he dld not
want 70 be the cause of the arrest ana
nossiblv the conviction OF woman
PINT his conscience bothered him 80 that
:, drove him to the District Attorney
with his story.
Before he went TO Mr.. Smith. he de-
cided 10 lay the matter before pr,esI
He told his spiritual adviser the wnole
story and asked his advice. The priest
told him his duty was plain; that ne
must tell the authorities. go.
But even then ne was unwilling, ana
il took almost endless questioning ana
osort on the part Of Mr.. Smith and
sheriff Petit before il could be
dragged from him. Finally, he ex,
claimed: 81 have sidestepped until
can sidestep no longer" Then he told
MIR Smith frankly all he knew.
Strange Turn of Fate.
II was only by Quirk OF fate tna'
Re happened to be witness Al an
On the evening of the shooting nc ieI'
his boarding house to walk up 10 see
Dr. Carman. He had been troupleo pS
o sore foot. In front OF the doctor
home he hesitated and then dccioeo "
walk on a little further. HIS neei wa
not hurting him as badly as ne
thought. and he argued to hlmseit :
"Why should spend 81 to get pre-
scription from the doctor when per,
haps all need is lO-cent bottle OF
oil:"
He decided he would save money
end buy the oil. He turned ana star
cd pack. going east along the MerrlIh
load. II was on his return thai ne
heard the shot, which he frst tooh 10
be tire explosion,
lie looked down the road TO see anu
seeing nothing. glanced over at 'ne
Carman house and saw the woman near
the window. walking 20 the rear OF the
house. ,,,,
The witnesses who have been sum,
r,onrd TO appear before the grand
;rrv ore Bardes and Celia Coleman, the
Cermans' cook. There were rumoifS :
to.nicht that the negro girl had told
Inc District Attorney a different story
If the happenings II Tuesday night
from tine ore she sworc TO at the m
oucst. and that she, too, might be hello
~ custody as a material witness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09

When the three officials walked into
ur Oarman's Office there followed what
coch of the three described as the most
natbctic scene he ever had witnessed.
The physician himself opened the door
for them and ushered them in.
"Does she know" asked Norton.
"She knows" replied Mr.. Petit.
as she prepared for the srraign
ment?" and again the Sherif's answer
came: "She is"
"Will some ono call her. them.
asked Mr.. Norton, and Mr.. Levy and
DR.. Carman went upstairs to tell Mrs.
Carman she must come down for the
arrangement. Mr.. Norton seated him
self in the large operating chair, the
chair under which DR.. Carman had
ducked when he saw the pistol which
killed Mrs. Bailey dwelling upon him
through his office window. the chair
from which several seconds later he
crawled IN his effor; 10 catch her a.
she fell District Attorney Smith sat
down on the couch on which Mrs.
Bailey was lifted after she had died
Mr. Weeks took n scat beside him.
~ am ready" said Mrs. Carman when
she was told that the Coroner was
waiting her appearance in her hus-
bands office.
Mrs. Powell was in the bedroom with
her at the time. Platt Conklin, her
father, was in her mothers room, com
forting her as best he could. Mrs.
Powell was the first to 80 downstairs.
Little Elizabeth ran down TO the Of
flee moment later and was followed
by Levy and the Sheriff. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carman remained in their own room
for Il minute alone.
Taking her husbands arm, she
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09
BARDES SWEARS HE SAW
WOMAN JUST AFTER SHOT

Turned around and came back again.
Q.-Why? Al came back. | de-
cded 10 try 20 doctor myself, instead
Of getting the doctor TO me.
Q.-You changed your mind about
going to see the doctor? A.-Yos.
z. When you were coming back, did
you hear any sound? Ayes; | heard
d commotion.
Odd you hear a report A. Yes.
Odd you know what the report
was? A. No. sir; did not.
Q.-What did you think il was? A
The explosion Of tire.
Q-Now, did you look toward the
Csrman residence? Al looked both
ways.
q. When you looked toward DR..
Csrmsn's residence what did you see,
IL anything? Al looked towards the
house and ] saw a woman walking
through the lawn.
q. Where was this woman when you
saw her? A. To the west Of DR.. Car
mans residence
O.. About opposite what part OF the
house? A.-The Office.
QAbout how far west Of the Of
fee was she when you saw her first
A. could not tell
O. Was il five feet or ten feet! A.
Well, n might be ten feet and II
might be fifteen feet.
O. Now, about the woman: how WAS
she dreszed7 A. A dark skirt and a
light waist.
q. A white wsist7 A light
YaisI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09
MRS. CARMAN ARRAIGNED
WHERE. MURDER WAS DONE

walked rapidly down the stairs. As
she entered the room she halted on the
very spot where Mrs. Bailey was stand
ing when she was shot, and when she
faced the Coroner she stood almost
exactly in the same position as did
Mrs. Bailey that Tuesday night.
Mrs. Carman's bearing was proud, al
most naughty. She bowed slightly TO
the Coroner and then to Mr. Weeks,
and she murmured a word or two as
she acknowledged the greetings of Dis
trict Attorney Smith. Her husband
stood by her side.
At that moment and for the follow
ing five minutes she was the cool, col
lected Mrs. Carmsn of the inquest, the
woman Of resource, of courage, Of reso-
luton. She listened with a serious ex-
preston as Coroner Norton read TO her
the charge and the warrant with the
faintcst trace of q smile as he advised
her as 20 her legal rights.
The reading over, Norton said,
FLORENCE Carman, ! ask you, how do
you plead 10 this charge? Guilty or
not guilty.
Not guilty" The words came crisp
and emphatic.
She was outwardly the coolest per-
son present. DR.. Carman's face was
working. II was with evident difficulty
that he was able to retain any degree
Of self-control Sheriff Petit had
turned away. unable to facc,tne woman
he had just placed under custody. The
Distric, Attorney sat with his face
between his hands. Mrs. Powell was
sobbing bitterly IN n corner of the
room.
But the moment when even Mrs. Car
mans nerve must give away had come,