Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1914 — Gift From Budapest Puzzles St. Louis Officials [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gift From Budapest Puzzles St. Louis Officials

ST. LOUIS, MO.—Some kind friend has sent the secretary of the city council copies of the Budapest Szekes fovaros-Kozigazgatasi Evkoyve and the Adatok Ajarwanyos Belegsegek Es Az Ovintezkedeseki Kerdeshez-ltulonos

Tekenteitel A voshenyre. Secretary David W. Voyles is vehemently demanding explanations from somebody. The package looked innocent enough and purported to come from Washington, D. C. The only thing Voyles is right certain about Is that the things are books. They open and shut, have covers, and the pages are numbered. Otherwise— —- ■ Anyway, the council members refuse to become interested in them. No one has discovered a single line that looks as if it might refer to the free bridge or the billboard ordinance- So far as can be told, there is no reference to the high price of butter and eggs. Every man who has tried to pronounce a word in the volumes has sprained his tongue. Opinions are divided as to just what the language is in

which they are written. Magyar, Sanscrit, Turkish and plain Bohemian are some of the suggestions, with all indications favoring the latter guess. Whatever the books may contain they were written by a Dr. Thirring Gusztav of Budapest, frho did not spare words. Here is a sample passage: Az ekkent megallapitott koltsegvetest, valamint a kozsegi adopotlek kulceanak folemeleset a belugyminiszter ur 1908. evi aprilis 30-an kelt 64.467 111. sz. a. kelt leirataval hagyta jova, amelyben azonban kiemeli annak szuksegessetget, hogy az eddigele a kolsconpenzekbol fodozott, voltakepen azonban a rendes evi kezeles terhet kepezett osszegek reszletekben Visszaterittessenk, valamint hogy az lor nem latott rendkivuli kiadasok fejezete megfelelobben javadalmaztassek Voyles is considering giving the books to the janitor.