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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Mr.. links WAS DISCOURAGED
With All His Hard Work on "Flivver,"
All Ne Could Do Was Make
the Horn Squawk.

Mr.. links has been the proud pos
SCISSOR of brand-new flivver for nearly
three weeks, and his precious treasure
is never far from his thoughts. Every
moment he can spare is devoted to pol
ishing its glossy coat or tinkering with
its vitals in the effort TO discover the
cause of its occasional spells Of mulish
balldness.
The other night-about two o'clock
Mrs. Jinks was awakened by terrific
yowls emitted by the family cat. Now
the cat was peaceful pussy and not
at all given to nocturnal vocal demon
strations. Imagine Mrs. Jinks' aston
ishment when she arose and discov-
cred her husband sitting on the edge
of the bed. vigorously twisting the cats
tail round and round.
"John," she protested, rescuing her
pet with some difficulty, what on
earth are you doing?"
Mr.. links was evidently in SOM
nambulistic state. for he scratched his
head and responded sleepily:
Ssh won't go, honey sh' simply
won't go. I've cranked an cranked an
tn horn squawks, an thash all. Guesh
II have t SEN 'er up fer repairs. Some
thin mush be matter wizzer magnetic.
'Sdarn shame, an amt paid fer yet,
even Prom Nuggets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Eastern Women Adyaneina.

Feet fit for feats. both as to shape
and shoes. are no longer confined TO
men nor yet to the women of the west
ern world, says bulletin from the
national board of the Y. w. @. A. In
the recent Olympic races of the Far
East, held in Shanghai, 200 girls and
young women took part. OF these 200
were from Japan and the Philippine
islands, and the rest from China. 800
being Shanghai girls. The Shanghai
delegation was selected and trained
for the events by the Young Women's
Christian association of Shanghai. 1T
is within the last six years that this
activity in the land Of little bound
feet has developed" writes Miss Flor
ence Brown of Rochester, n. Y, who
Is at present in Shanghai for the Y. w.
@. A. "In 1915, when the last Olym-
pic games were held" she says, "the
only girls who took part were few
Filipino girls, who formed a baseball
team"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
DOG RECOGNIZED ITS HOME
Even at Sea, and at Some Distance,
Animal Knew Destroyer to
Which It Belonged.

Except for the serial numbers
painted boldly on the bow, most per-
sons have the greatest difficulty in
recognizing one of the 800 destroyers
in the United States navy from anoth-
er, but there is a dog aboard the de-
stroyer Schenck No 159 which seems
In this regard to have far more than
human intelligence.
This dog-of no particular breed
has been aboard the Schenck for about
two years.
Officers aboard the Schenck are tell
In the story Of how, not long ago,
when the vessel went from Pensacola
to Guantanamo, the dog was lost. He
could not be found when the time for
departure arrived although the crew
had been searching the town for him
for almost two hours.
1t developed that the dog, after the
Sehenck departed reached another de-
stroyer and vert TO sea with them.
During the voyage the two destroy
ers passed well out to sea. The dog
was on the bridge and barked so loud
ly that he attracted the attention of
the Schenck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Reached for Hip Pockets.

Making of moving pictures is rather
novelty In Arizona, and Bisbee resi-
dents have difficulty in getting used to
seeing gaudily dressed western bad
men" rushing around with artillery
strapped on their belts.
Some of the real Old-time western
ers are apt to jump TO the wrong con-
cluslon when movie westerner" goes
on the warpath. For this reason a
moving picture company, planning to
stage holdup scene at the depot at
Osborn, eight miles south of here, had
tie train crew warn passengers no less
than ten times before reaching the sta
tiDn that movie train robbery"
would be staged. In spite Of this sew
eial old-timers on the train reached
for their hips when the bandits" ap-
peared and had TO be convinced by
fellow passengers that the holdup was
not the real thing.--Los Angeles
Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Royalty in a Freight Yard.

Lieutenant Commander Hugo w.
Koehler in the Worlds Work says:
Our nearest neighbors in squalid
out-freight yard where we took UP
quarters in Noyorossisk were the for
mer president of the Yladikaykaz rail-
road, the best system in Russia, who,
with his children and grandchildren,
occupied one small coach. The Grad
Duchess Marie Pavlova with members
of her former suite and their families,
also had single coach, while her son,
the Grand Duke Audrey, with his son
Of oddly indefinite parentage and said
sons mother, famous balerina In
her day, likewise lived for moNths in
a tiny railroad coach on the opposite
side of our. mudhole. The grand
duchess was charming lady, nor did
the terror Of her situation and the
utter squalor of our surroundings take
one whit from her delightful sense Of
humor and her quality of une grande
dame
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
PROMPT Delivery.

George L. Loft, son of the candy
magnate and former congressman,
created a sensation on the stock ex-
change recently. when he sold suit
Of clothes off his back for $50 and
made spot delivery The young bro.
ker breezed onto the floor of the ex-
change early in the session, wearing
a brand-new Palm Beach suit II was
so conspicuous some of his colleagues
roughed him a bit and in the fracas
the coat was torn slightly Thereupon
Loft yelled out for bid for the out
fit, just as If he were selling 100
shares of Loft, Inc. A broker in the
crowd snapped back bid of $50 and
demanded instantaneous delivery. Loft
was game. He peeled off his coat and
then shed his trousers and departed
for the Luncheon club attired in his
b. V. DIS. He was able to resume bust
ness later through the discovery of an
old suit of clothes 'in locker.-New
York Tribune
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
HERB FARMS TO BE COMMON
culture is Becoming Popular
in England.

Without doubt herb culture is the
coming science One of the most ar
resting facts in the domain of medl-
cines today is the progress made in
pharmacy, London Tlt-Bits states.
Herbs, from having been used ad
lib. in medieval times. fell into dis
repute, and in modern times herbal
remedies, apart from drugs which
could be numbered on the fingers of
one hand, were tabooed, save by the
enlightened few.
Herb farming is a new branch of
horticulture, writes A. X. Norwood,
F. L. s., in the Homeopathic World,
II is an Interesting and intellectual
pursuit specially suited for women.
Before the war there were numerous
herb farms run ON commercial lines
by firms of manufacturing chemists.
But there were no schools for the
training of amateurs. Since the war,
however, a school and herb farm has
been started at Chalfont st. Peter,
Buckinghamshire, by Mrs. NJ. Grieye,
f. II. III. S.
One of the main objects Of herb
farming is to cultivate plants of medi-
cinal value. Besides the drug plants
in general use. such as beliadonna,
henbane, fox-goye, aconite, datura
and so on. a vast number of herbs
whose real value Is known are used
In medicine, including such common
plants as dandeion, couch grass, red
poppy, colchicum, barberry. chamomile.
dill, fennel, blessed thistle, yalerian
and male fern.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Famous Grove pIsappearlna

Mexican children gathering firewood
are slowly wiping out a clump of cot
tonwood trees northwest of, Juarez,
Mex, across the Rio Grande from FL
Paso, Tex, which has been known as
peace Grove" because 1t was there
that Gen. Francisco l. Madero agreed
to a series of armistices which preced-
ed the end of his revolution. Approx
mately 25 trees marked the historical
spot in 1911. Today, II is said, less
than half this number survive the raids
of the children sent to search for fuel.
The grove won its name in 1911 when
Madero led his troops against the
Juarez federal garrison. which re-
manned loyal to President Porfirio
Diaz. The commander of the garrison
and Madero arranged several armis.
tees under the trees of the grove.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
SAW BIG PLOT m FOOTBALL
That the Game Was Not Revolu-
tionary camoutIase.

1t has always been a difficult matter
to be sportsman in Turkey. One
Turk, Rechad Bey, tried it with re-
suit weird enough to serve as a basis
for detective story.
1t appears that the young Turk had
organized football team among his
friends, together with some Greeks
and Armenians, and began practieing.
Shortly thereafter, in the middle of
the night, police came TO his house
and carried him off to Scutari There
he was submitted to long examina-
ton as to the club and the game of
football.
The authorities were convinced that
they had found great plot and that
the club must be a secret society. A
special messenger was sent for the
ball. and that was duly examined and
found to be an internal machine. The
rules of the game were considered to
be another piece of damning evidence,
and still worse were the sweaters and
colors Of the club.
After long deliDeratlon the culprl
was sent to the higher police authori-
ties in STEAMBOAT, who went through a
second long examination and came to
the conclusion that the empire had
been saved from disintegration by the
early discovery of great plot. They
dispatched the whole matter to be In
quired into at the sultan's palace at
Yildlz. and a special commission took
the matter in hand.
After much careful thought and ex-
animation of the evidence of the crime
1t was decided that there might be
nothing in it, but that it must not be
committed again.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
KILLED WIFE 70 E..0 AGONY
curabIy ~ and Then Ended
His Own Life.

"The doctor gives anesthesia to
hopeless agony. The soldier spares a
thrust or a shot to writing com
rade. Any decent man shoots his
women folk to save them from dis
honor"
Such was the explanation made by
E. X. Eardley for killing himself and
his wife in their little cottage at
scarborough, says an English ex-
change.
Mrs. Eardley was hopeless invalid,
and her disease had developed to the
point where 1t became necessary to
place her in a home for the mentally
afflicted In the letter from which
the extracts above are made, Eardley
said:
"For two years now my wife has
lived in hourly torment. Her condi-
tion grows daily worse. / can do moth
ing more for her; my will 10 live and
win is broken. There is nothing be-
fore her but the madhotIse, without
even the alienation have been able
to bring.
However human law may regard
the matter, my conscience justifies
me; indeed, should live coward in
my own esteem If failed her in this
extremity"
Even in his sorrow Eardley thought
of those WHO would discover the trag-
edy, and in the letter he wrote TO the
friend telling him of his determina-
tion, he added:
"The bodies Of myself and my dear
wife will be found together in the lit
tie dressing room. Great care must
be taken in entering the house; the
dressing room and communicating
bedroom will be full of gas"
After hearing all the testimony and
the reading of the letter the jury
found that the dead man took his
own life and that of his wife while he
was temporarily of unsound mind and
added an expression of sympathy with
the relatives.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Doubles Shooting Popular.

Doubles shooting is gaining great
popularity among trapshooters Of this
country. BY doubles shooting is meant
the release of two targets at the
same time, one to the left and the
other to the right. The shooter then
tries TO break both Of them before
they fall to the ground, firing one load
at each target. This is real test Of
shooting ability. and for this reason 1t
is gaining in popularity. No one seeks
a real test of his ability more than a
trapshot Because Of the increased
interest in this phase of the sport it
is apparent that the doubles champion
ship tournament ar the Grand Ameri-
can handicap this year win be much
better event than In the past. The
shooters have had greater practice at
this style of shooting than ever be-
fore. -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01

FISH STEW EXCELLENT DISH
Department of Agriculture Rec
ommend 1t Highly

The pine bark fish stew" which Is
being marketed by the canning clubs
in the southern states along the At
lantic and gulf coasts, should be of
interest to housewives, says the New
York Times. The development of
combination foods peculiar to certain
localities has been particularly fos-
ted States Department Of Agricul-
ture and the state agricultural col
leges which carry on BOYS and girls
club work. Almost every country in
the world and practically every dis
trict in the United States, has spe-
cial "one-piece" dish made of the prod
ucts in that region. The gumbo of
the far South, the New England boiled
dinner, the bouillabaisse of Marseilles
reproduced In New Orleans. Hun
garlan goulash, Chinese chop suey, In
dian curry, Irish stew, French ragout,
are instances of this tendency to blend
iavors in one dish.
Pine bark fish stew is character
istic dish in South Carolina. Very
probably 1t was introduced by settlers
from the southern part of France and
from Italy. Italians living In south
ern California serve a similar fish
stew. The home demonstration agents,
seeking a popular and somewhat novel
product which would not be in COM
petition with commercial canned
goods, decided to have the clubs make.
a speciality of canning pine bark fish
stew.
Onion. tomatoes, celery, pimento
and fish are the ingredients, which are
cooked slowly in vegetable oil and
poured over southern style" rice. At
large out-of-doors gatherings and com
munity lunches this is served on pieces
of pine bark, giving the dish its name
In Florida, Georgia and all the gulf
states various local fish are adapted
to the combination.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Explosions.

Volcanic explosions are commonly
regarded as the release of stores OF
energy kept confined by external pres
sure. and boiler explosions and geyser
eruptions are typical of this class OF
outbreaks. An expert of the United
States geophysical laboratory finds
that another class OF explosions, that
of explosive mixtures like gunpowder,
are not likely to occur in volcanoes.
But third class, that Of explosive
compounds brought into contact with
oxygen or water. is more probably
the usual source of volcanic explo-
sions, and is illustrated by aluminium
sesquioxide - finely divided - brought
into such relation with water In the
electric furnace that mechanical deto-
nation causes violent explosion. The
dust of Mont Pelee may have been
analogous 10 the aluminium sesqui.
oxide.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01

The manager of the Indiana Mason
ic home overheard group of small
boys from the home discussing what
they desired to be when they grew to,
be men. One insisted he would be
Mason. another Shriner and another
had ambitions to be a Noble Of the
Mystic Shrine, but five-year-old Jack,
drum major in the home band. said:
mo, I do not want to be any OF
those"
what" the others replied don't
want to be Shriner or Mason or
Noble; why, what do you want to be?'
He drew himself up and replied
proudly, swell. I'll tell you what. ]
want to be Observation-Disclosures
News
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
UNLIKE THE 0LD-TIME DUEL
Recent Affair Of Honor in Paris Actu.
ally Appears to Have Been Care
fully "chaperoned."

Not long ago a quarrel broke out
between a subprefect and the secretary
general of the prefecture in a depart
ment Of the west. Feeling ran so high
that blows were exchanged. Elk
changed? No, not quite. The word
isn't quite exact. If they had really
been exchanged, both the enemies
might have thrown up the sponge.
But there was bestowal of slaps by
one of the functionaries and simple
reception without return by the other.
That was serious Only. blood could
adequately wash the offended cheek
They secured their witnesses, named
the day and bought themselves swords.
But the project found out about It. At
first he tried to effect q reconciliation
between the two foes. Vain effort I
Then he tried to use his authority TO
forbid their fighting. Useless threat!
They offered him two heroic resigna-
lions to win the right to get them
selves killed.
swell, then. have your COMPOUNDED
Threats cut, If you want to-" he cried.
But you shall assist at the combat
and I'll hold you responsible for the
lives of both of them" he said to the
chief clerk Of the prefecture. "If any
body gets hurt shall discharge you'll"
The chief clerk obeyed without a
murmur. He chaperoned the encoun-
ter with a huge sword in his hand,
and whenever blow seemed danger
Gus, he warded off the murderous
weapon. In the end they made it up,
and the project was content.-From LIE
erie. Paris.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Small orphan Travelled Ear.

Her baggage consisting of two let
tiers, dealing with her fathers war
record, three-year-old Winnifred Jo-
sephine Mckinley passed through Port
Arthur, Ontario, recently on the Ca
madam Pacific on the way to her
uncles home In Swift Current, Sas-
katchewan. From her faraway home
In Glasgow, Scotland, to the Canadian
West, more than 1900 miles, the little
orphan had only the kindly directions
of train and steamship officials to
guide her.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Oil as leprosy Cure.

So successful has DR.. p Hooper
been In the Fiji islands in the treat
ment OF leprosy with chaulmoogra OIL.
that he reports to the Journal of Trop-
ical Medicine and Hygiene Uondon)
that in the years 1913 and 1919 % pa
tents were discharged on parole, of
whom one returned, and he now has
six more apparently cured and ready
for discharge.
Doctor Hooper believes that all
cases of skin leprosy and some of the
noduar form can be cured by intra-
muscular injections Of chaulmoogra
oil, cure or failure depending largely
upon how early the treatment begins
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
All Ne could See.

A sharp-tongued, red-faced lawyer
was cross-examlning a witness as TO
his sobriety. "You were SEEN" he be-
gan, entering the Spread Eagle as
soon as the doors We're open or soon
afterwardT
"Yes," replied the witness, "but not
to drink"
what object had you In view Them
asked the lawyer.
THE only object ! had in view. sir,
as went In was yourself coming out"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
superlorltx Of olI over coal.

The amazing increase in the use Of
oil for fuel is not surprising when 1t
is considered that weight for weight
and with proper burners the oil gives
so per cent more steam than coal. II
is easier than coal to handle, II oh
viates dust and dirt, makes little
smoke and no ashes and can be light
ed Instantly and controlled absolutely.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
EIorIda,s Entry Into Union.

One hundred years ago the Stars
and Stripes supplanted the flag Of
Spain in Florida. which became part
OF the United States. The sum paid
Spain. including the payments to
claimants for damages, was s6.4s9.76S
for a territory that included 59,26S
square miles, Miami Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
coaxinq II.

rs Mr.. Dubwaite's golf game i'm
proving?"
1T doesn't show much Improvements
but ne certainly Is in earnest"
How is thatT'
"Ile talks TO golf ball as II he WERE
addressing pair of dice" --Blrming-
ham Age-Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
..aaIth Of Fer. sr in Coal.

rour-foot seam of coal contains
enough ammonium sulphate to fertil-
We the land above ii for more than
SEQ years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
Honors Are Even.

a woman doesn't make much head
way driving nail but did you ever
see = man try 10 wrap up hundle
~ mundry?-Akron Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-12-01
KipIlno,s 4Brevities.n

1t is quite true, as Mrs. Gerould
says, that Mr.. Kipling's fame rests
upon Significant brevities,' but what
she and critics Of similar complex
ion cannot see Is that these 'breyities"
are significant" in sense diametri-
eally opposed TO her Interpretation Of
the word. She means. of course, TO be
complimentary, to Intimate that sMr.
Kipling is brief from choice; whereas
the exact reverse is the truth, and, far
from being brief from choice, Mr.. Kip
ling is brief from necessity. Mrs. Ger
ould would intimate that Mr.. Kipling
prefers the short story, whereas, in
point of fact, Mr.. Kipling's gifts re-
strict him TO the short story.-F. A.
Waterhouse, in the Yale Review.
Stop at Cedar Rapids Oil Co. and
have your radiator filled with alco-
haI Oar OallnY, ~ E0
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-01-05
MEN
PROFIT AMIDST
IRELAND CHAOS

DUBLIN. Jan. 5.-Insurance COM
panies. mostly English, have done a
brisk business in Ireland In issuing
policies against loss due to civil com
motion.
Everybody has an uneasy feeling
that his house is not safe from the
consequences OF the conflict between
the government and its enemies.
Many persons have suffered whom
nobody intended to injure. The mar
ket for insurance policies, therefore,
has been very active.
The ordinary fire and accident pol
icies expressly exclude damage from
the civil war or disturbances of pub
lie order which the new policies are
meant to cover. 1t has been discov-
cred, however, that a clause in many
OF the policies might render them
valuless and leave a victim who had
paid his premium no better off than
before.
It Is provided that In order to re-
cover loss the sufferer must be able
to show that neither he nor any Of
his servants has been a member Of
an illegal organization responsible
for disturbance. On the face OF 1t
this seems reasonable. but there are
very many individuals and still more
important firms who could not
answer for the political affiliations
of all the members Of their staffs.
Lately some of the most respect
able firms in Dublin owned by Union
lists and wealthy men unconnected
with politics have been raided by
the forces Of the crown in search Of
suspected employees whose private af-
fairs were entirely unknown to
their employers. II these employers
started roofing out the Sim Feiners
from their staffs the unpopularity
thereby provoked might easily ruin
their business. The facts throw an
interesting sidelight on the ordinary
conduct of life In Ireland under
guerrilla warfare.
Trouble has arisen by the action
of the British commission which since
the great war controls the sugar
supply. 1t has issued instructions
to English wholesalers that they
must not, while the present disturb
ances continue, supply Irish sugar
retailers with any sugar except for
cash down, and this order applies
even to firms whose solvency is un-
doubted.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-01-05
Hoists Union Jack
On Sunken Ship

VICTORIA. v. c.. Jan. 5-Grea,
Britain's flag has been raised under
many unusual circumstances, but
probably conditions never were
stranger than those recently al
Swanson bay. north of here. when
two divers nearly 100 feet below the
surface of the sea. hoisted the ships
emblem on the staff Of the sunken
steamer Prince Rupert, now being
salvaged.
One diver. finding the colors al
the foot of the flag staff. bent them
to the halyards and slowly hoisted
them. while his mate stood at salute
and sang "God Save the King
the national anthem. The divers
tender. working on the surface
heard the song through the tele'
phone to the mans headpiece.
Marine men have remarked that
many fine ships have gone down
with the British colors flying, but
the Prince Rupert probably will be
the first to come to the surface with
the flag at its masthead.