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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05
Anton Kerr was up from Lorah
last Sunday visiting his friends.

Anton Kerr was up from Lorah
last Sunday visiting his friends.
Nels P. Hoegh has carpenters busy
building handy addition to his resi-
dence.
A little Miss will givean elocution-
airy entertainment at the Hall, in
Oakfield, this evening.
B. F. Simpson shipped heavy car
load of hogs from his farm, over in
the Valley, to Chicago Tuesday.
Miss Dossy, daughter of Station
Agent Barry, has returned from a
pleasant visit with friends al Nicola.
Carson Walter is hauling material
from Bmyton to build one of those
big red barns, TO be 5Oby5O feet in
size.
Our people are having great sport
scooping up the fish that are to be
found in the bayou and ponds that are
nearly dry.
New oats are coming to town and
starting at 129c, corn is worth from
| 15c to 1Sc and hogs are worth from
$500 to 1926 per hundred.
Doug Hamlin hauled twenty fine
porkers to Brayton, Tuesday morn
ing, which he sold TO Lie & McGov-
ern. This energetic firm is shipping
four or five car loads of hogs week
these days.
l. P. Haliock will soon ship anoth-
er train load of cattle from Brayton
to Chicago. This time the home folks
will go with him and Mrs. Hallock
and Percy will view the sights of the
city by the lake.
F. w. Clemensen and Frank Jen-
kins engaged in a friendly squabble"
the other day and both got mighty
fall and now our good barber goes
about with a deep furrow plowed just
at the roots of his hair.
The pastures must be fine. This
week the Oaktield Township Cream
cry shipped one hundred aud twenty
nine tubs of butter, to Boston, and
the Elkhorn Creamery shipped fifty
tubs Of butter to the same place.
Mrs. Virginia Robinson, mother of
Mrs. P. F. Howell, died at her home,
in Avoca, last week Thursday. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. DR..
S. M. Ballard, and it will be remenl-
bered that Mrs. Robinson received
severe fall several weeks ago which
resulted in her death. Mr.. and Mrs.
Howell and their children, Miss Maud
and Ben, attended the funeral at
Avoca.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05

for the first time after my departure
from Chicago, the dear girl wrote me a
letter. TWAS beautiful epistle. full
OF regret for our misunderstanding
hopes that my wound would not prove
serious, assurances that she never could
have doubted my ability and requests
for forgiveness for her mistake. an
swered it, and harmony was restored.
cat the close of the war I at once
sought her, the colonel added, "and
found her-already married. Chicago
Times Herald.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05

Karl's Clover Rost Tea, for Consti-
patton it's the best and if after using
it you don't say 30, return the package and
get your money. Sold by Houston
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05
Sheep In New South Wales.

In the year 1888 there were only 80
head of sheep in New South Wales, but
at the beginning of this century the
number had increased to ., 900, 900, and
now the stock has reached go, 200, 900.
Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania
together possess about 1870, 900, 900
sheep, which is more than four times
the number in the whole of Europe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05

little sufferer and tried every remedy We
saw advertised for such cases but got no re-
lief. We began giving DR.. Miles Nervine.
and after taking four bottles she was rum
ming about as we'll and happy as ever
DR.. Niles Remedies are sold BY all drug
gists under a positive guarantee. nrst bottle
benefits OF money refunded. Book on Hsa1t
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart Ind.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05
Special PRICES
We viii Sell Until August l4th

Six Cups and six Saucers for IS 30
Two Packages of Lion Coffee Is
Mems Best Congress Plow Shoes Is
Ladies' Kangaroo Calf Shoes : l As
Dukes Mixture Smoking Tobacco 20
Star Tobacco, per ib--- SO
White Laundry Soap, 8 bars for 25
Good Prunes, per ID a
36-inch Negligee Shirts, each--- 3S
Suspension Bridge Overalls. 49
Straw Hats at Cost!
Our 81 SO Knives and Forks for 90
All Sc Prints, per yard 4
Ladies'. Shirt Waists at Cost
500 Page Tablets for 4
Ladies' Ribbed Vests for s
Peerless Corn Starch .- 4
Yankee Rolled Oats, package s
Good Vinegar, per gallon. 10
Best White Salt, per barrel 500 ! 90
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05

ELASTIC STARCH has been before the
years and 10 without doubt, the greatest starch
invention of the 10Th century. Last year its
sales reached the unprecedented number Of
twenty-million packages 1t is prepared up
on scientific principles by men who have had
years of experience in fancy laundrying. 1t
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05

~ cred Aandk ceases of spasms. st. vitus
dance and epilepsy that DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine has cured would
alone give this great remedy wide reputa-
ton. Mrs. Walter A. Steward. 77a Broadway.
Kingston. N. Y. says March 8. 1896: "ln 1899,
while on visit to friends our little girl was
taken with spasms. We hastened home to
our family physician. He did all he could
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-05

Mrs. Hardesty and ssass'es L.
Miss Lucy Shirley droSc usa II
Marine last week and passed 4 few
days with B. F. Shirley and wife.
Miss Irene Jenkins passed part of
this week with her cousin, Miss May
jenkins, at Audubon, and the other
Brayton ladies attending Normal.
There is going to be horse race on
the turnpike that crosses the Wild
Moor, next Saturday, between Char
ley Jenkins horse and the Iona Beers
horse.
Jens Juhl started up his threshing
machine Monday and shelIed OUT
Roscoe Essington's oats which aver
aged little over thirty bushels to
the acre.
Mrs. T. Ii. jenkins and Mrs. Horace
Bartlett drove to Atlantic last Satur-
day and visited Mrs. KEGS Haliock
who is still at that city caring for her
sick baby.
They have moyed the Bert Poaee
house from its foundation over to the
old home and will be fitted up for
Uncle G. T. Poage and wife when
they return.
Mr.. Asko, Danish gentleman, is
conducting school in his native
tongue, at the school house in Bray
ton. The session will close the first
of September.
Rev. Gravengaard will preach at
the Baptist church, in Brayton. one
week from this evening, Thursday,
August 18th, that being his regular
appointment.
Rev. Glnvengaard administered the
rite of baptism to the children of Mrs,
Blom, Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Hansen and
Mr.. and Mrs. Erik Hansen, at the Oak
Hill church, last Sunday.
Charlie, Marion, Frank, Isaac Jen-
kins, Frank Devine, Dick Powers
and John Koob were among those
who attended the Firemen's Tourna-
ment, at Atlantic, last Tuesday.
w. III. Pearson and his daughters,
Misses Edna and Ruby, and Richard
Powers furnished music for the dance
given by the ladies of the Thursday
Club, at Extra, last Friday evening.
Uncle Mark Heath received the sad
news this week that his brother,
Uncle Milton Heath, familiarity
known ia. all our citizens, has died at
the home. e.fa hirsisos AL. in California.
Husy Bowen WIS with his Extra
irienis last Friday Mrs. Bowen is
aniIar.ing the Inconvenience of very
sore hand, the doctor having just
killed Hood poison that had set in on
The lad hand.
George Burberry was called to
Intliaiiola, Iowa, on account of the
very serious illness of his father, and
teiegraphetl TO I. II. Jenkins to make
his trip ltoundtheHorn." Uncle
Ike made The trip Monday and reports
'ness good.
and S. A. Heath. of
township, attended business
aeet.ng Of the Baptist church in
"Vton, last Saturday. Rev. III
;epfed position ina So
DaEofa, at a salary o
and himself and q
owe up
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06

Some opponents of the bicycle have based their objections to it on the score of morality and there have been se- rious discussions of the subject, ''IS bicycling immOral?" The premises of their argument have dealt with the influence of wheeling costumes and the association of bicyclers on the sex es. But it appears that the bicycle may be proved an immoral agent on other grounds A man in a Philadel- phia court charged with forging his employers name said that he had con- mitted the crime in order to buy a wheel. The judge i'll passing sentence took occasion to say that an astonish. ing amount of crime had grown out of the bicycle trade and that "at least One-third of the business of the court was made up by persons who were led astray in some way by the bicycle" WhereupOn the complainant in the case said: Il can sit in my front win dow and count dozens of persons rid. ing merrily past who owe me grocery bills" Certainly, during the summer and fall the criminal courts of the large cities have many cases relating to bicycles, mostly theftS. Men and women alike are charged with stealing wheels, sometimes to sell again, but oftener for their own use. The police of New York are kept busy hunting up stolen wheels. and there are several insurance companies which do a fine business by guaranteeing owners against thefts. There are many lock devices and safety chains for wheels left exposed while the riders are other wise engaged, but none of these seems to prevent the thieves from making way with the attractive vehicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
use OF A PETRIFIED FOOT.
R,,I Merkle Sharpeus Bowie Knives
 ou His Stony Pedal.

on His stony Pedal.
 Here is a man with a petrifled foot. His name is Bill Merkle, and he lives in the mountains of Texas. 4 party of hunters from Fl Paso discovered him. When they got back to town they told the story.
 Merkle was a cowboy in the days when the cowboy was In the height of his glory. He had lived in the hills for twenty-five years. It was about 1876 that the accident befel him which caus- ed him to be the ultimate possessor of the only stone foot in the world, which is attached to live leg.
 He was rounding up big lot of cat tie, when they stampeded. In trying to get out of the way, his horse slipped and he was thrown to the ground, di- rectly in the track of the maddened cattle. How he escaped being tram pied into shapeless mass Is mystery. After the herd had passed, his com panions hastened to him, expecting to find his mangled corpse. They were surprised to find him unhurt, except for a compound fracture of the left leg, below the knee, both bones being broken.
 Apparently both bones knit very rap- idly, but below the fracture the flesh seemed to be undergoing a remarkable change in color and texture. In few
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06

Few people realize the magnitude to which the electrical industry has grown ill the United States. In electric light ing alone there are more than 10000 plants in operation and the combined capital employed is more than half a billion dollars. At least S100,000,000 is invested in electrical appliances used in mining and about S15, 5,000,000 in cleo tric elevators. One of the most impor- tant developments in this branch of science has been in the direction of electric railways, in which nearly a billion dollars capital is employed. AL together the combined capital invested in all electrical enterprises in the Unit ed States is $1, 300, 100000, exclusive of that employed in the manufacture of electrical machinery, which is at least half billion more.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
JUST A BOY
Laurence Hutton's Remiuiacences of
 His Boyhood Life in New York.

Laurence Hutton's Remiuiacences of
 His Boyhood Life in New York.
 He was not a very good boy, or a very bad boy, or a very bright boy, or an un- usual boy in any way. He was just a boy; apd very often he forgets that he is not boy now. Whatever there may be about The Boy that is commendable he owes 10 his father and to his mother; and he feels that be should not be held respOnsible for it.
 His mother was the most generous and the most unselfsh of human be- ings. She was always thinking of somebody else; always doing for others. To her lt was blessed to give, and it was not very pleasant to receive. When she bought anything The Boys stero- typed query was, Who Is 10 have it?' When anything was bought for her, her own invariabie remark waS-'What on earth shah l do with itT' When The Boy came to her one summer morning, she looked upon uM as d gift from heaven; and wien she was told that it was a boy, and not bad-l0oking or bad-cOndItoned boy her iirst words were-"What on earth shall I do with it?"
 She found plenty 10 do with it. be- fore she got through with it, more than forty years afterwards and The Boy has every reason to believe that she never regretted the gift Indeed, she once tod him. late In her fife, that he had nevcg made her cry. What better benedictlou can boy have than that?
 The Roy was red-headed and long nosed even from the beginning; a shy, dreaming. scIf-conscious little boy, made peculiarly familiar with his per sonal defects by the constant remarks to the effect that his hair was red, and that his nose was long At school, for years he was known familiarity as ''Ru- fus," "Kead-Head," "C8rrot-Top," or ''NOsey.
 His mother. married at nineteen. was the eldesL of a family of nine children; and mauy of The Boys aunts and uncles were but a few years his senior and were his daily and familiar con- panions He was the only member of his own generation for a long time, and there was d constant fear upon the part of the elders that he was likely to be spoiled; and consequently he was never praised, nor peJted, nor coddled. He was always failing down, or dropping things, he was always getting into the way; and he could not learn to spell correctly nor 10 cipher at all. He was never il his mothers way. however. and he was never made to feel so. Rut nobody except The Boy knows of the agony which the rest Of the family. un- consciou sly and with 10 thought of hurting his feelings. caused him, by the fun they poked ar his nose, 1t his fiery locks, and at his unhandiness. He fancied that Dassers by pltied him as he walked or played .u .ae sla ets; and he pjtIed himself as a youth des- tined to grow up into an aW6 ward, tact less, stupid man whom the world would laugh So lo.g as his life lasted.- "A Boy l Knew hy Laurence Hutton, in St. Nicholas.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
Strawberry Culture.

There are many regions without a supply of homegrown stra wberries, and for every such section there is an opportunity for some wide-awake farmer to build up. in a small way. a business that will bring to him much better returns for labor expended than he is wont to receive from any ordinary crop. I say in a small way, because few will find 1t profitable to grow more than will supply such a section as they can cover by wagon and realize retail prices for, unless exceptional shipping facilities are enjoyed. But the quan- tity of strawberries a small town will consume when furnished continuous supply of firSt-claSs fruit is something astonishing. Many who consider the gritty, half-decayed specimens usually offered by the dealers as luXuries quite beyond their reach, will buy well-flled baskets of fresh, clean, well -ripened berries by the dollars wOrth.-Ex- change
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
James Duffy. a Boston pugilist neye

James Duffy, Boston pugilist, never regained consciousness after ring contest in the Broadway Athletic Club, in New York. This unfortunate having adopted the practices of bruteS and semi-savageS as profession. has come to a logical end, and his loss will not be much of blow to the community, but there ought to be some way to make his cOnfederateS share the punishment Every thug present, whether a thug by profession or inStinct-and that means all who witnessed the combat should be put behind the bars for a time, until they tame down, so that their freedom may not be such a men, ace to peaceful and aW-abiding citi- zens. Little distinction should be made between the principals and spectators in such an affair, for those who are not actually fighting are deterred chief. ly by physical limita tiOns, and are re- ally responsible for all that occurs. It would not be so bad if the pugilistS would meet and pommel each other to death, except that the spectacle is de- mOralizing and revolting to the com munity at large. It is time for the authorities to make laws so drastic that such contests will be practically impossible. These bruteS must be SUD- pressed.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06

There is barber in Kensington, says the Philadelphia Record, who has trained a number of common sparrOWs from the street to fly in and out of his shop at will. The birds are never mOlested by the barbers customers, who have grown as fond of them as the barber himself The sparrows simply own the shop whenever they want to, and they have learned some very anus ing tricks under the tutelage of their friend. Sometimes, when the room Is pretty well filled with the chirping lit tie fellows, the barber will make a sweep with his hand and pretend to catch a fly. Immediately all the birds will futter to him and perch upon his arms, shoulders, or knees, and watch the hand in which the fly is supposed to be imprisoned. The barber opens his hand gradually, one finger at time, while the birds sit with heads cooked to one side, eXpectantly waiting for the prize. If there should happen to be a fly there, which is seldom the case this weather, there Is a grand rush and a scramble of chirping rivals.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06

and economical that many large or chardists who have seen it at work pro- pose to adopt 1T. Spraying by steam Will be a new wrinkle, truly.
 Mutton can be produced at 30 per cent. less than the cost of beef. Experi- ments made in England with choice sheep and cattle showed that sheep stored in their bodies 12 per cent. of the food demonstrated by increased weight while cattle stored up only 5 per cent. thus proving that for mutton alone, leaving out the value of the wool, sheep are more profitable than cattle
 E. Williams advises the use of corn stalks a. a shield for young peach and apple trees. He selects a large stalk, cuts off about two feet of the lower end. splits il in half, removes the pith, and clasps il around the young tree, tying on securely, If two pieces are not suf- fcient, add more prepared the same way. Rabbits will leave them alone, and it k the best kind of protection for the tree
 The German potash salts are not caustic potash hence they do not dissi- pate ammonia by hastening fermenta- tion wheu applied to manure. Instead, they form compound with the ann monia, thus helping 10 keep 1t from washing. The nitrate of potash thus formed is the most powerful fertilizer known, and t is one that can be ap- piled to nearly every kind of crop or fruit with benefr
 Pea and bean straw gre much liked by sheep. and. as they are somewhat more nutritious than hay, i is desirable to grow them for the flock. Beans are not eaten with relish at once, but the sheep soon get accustomed to them, and then eat them readily. It is the best way to chop or coarsely grind them with corn or oats. One pound a day will be excellent for the ewes right along from this time on.
 The American Sheep Breeder says: Keep the sheep's feet dry and clean while they are in the stable It is quite unnecessary to disturb the manure on the fioor f 1t is kept dry and we'll lit tered. The packing of it under the feet will prevent decomposition, and keep the floor better i'll every way for the sheep than if it were cleaned every day. Plenty of common land plaster should be sprinkled or scattered over, the lit- ter. This will prevent all bad odor.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06

weeks the bandages were removed. The bones had knit firmly, but the low CT part of the leg shows unmistakable symptoms of having undergone hard ening process, which could not be ex- plained. AS time went on the foot con- tinued to harden, until the entire foot and leg below the fracture became completely petrified, although remain ing joined to the live flesh.
 Merkle declares there Is no pain any where in the region of the old frac- ture, and while the weight of the petri- fled limb necessarily retards his prog resS he can stand upon it, and even take few steps, and his general health Is excellent. Of course there is no sen satiOn in the petritied member; 1t may be struck, scratched, or pricked with impunity, and lifting the foot cross the right knee Merkle uses it as a whet- stone, sharpening knives against the hardened sole.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
 OUR RURAL FRIENDS,
Best Time to Kill Timber Making Good Butter in Winter-WhoIesome Advice to Husbands-Mice and Rab- bits in tho Orchard.
Time tn Kill Timber.

My experience in cutting bushes or healthy timber is that no time in the year will kill all, but I find big diff ference in the time. 1 have best sue cess cutting sprouts and deadening young sprouts in the dark of the moon. August Is the best month, but July and September will do. Dry, hot weath- CT is favorable for this work. The best success I ever had in my life in cutting bushes and deadening young timber was several years ago when the sign was in the heart in the dark of the moon in August. Very little sprouting was needed after that cut ting. But" says one, what has the moon and sign to do with the life or trees?' Peal the bark from bushes in the dark of the moon, then again in the light of the moon, and see how much easier 1t peals; also, cut a few hoop-poles. Those cut in the dark Of the moon will continue longer clear of worms and rot than those cut in the light of the moon; but many people have too much faith In signs and the moon. We all know the top of tree dies without a root; much the same a root will die with no top to support. Thus we see by cutting an old or ma tured tree, if bushes are closely sprout- ed, they soon will die.-Jacob Faith, Missouri.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
Farm Notes.

Sunlight is a great tonic and health giver. No stable should be without a window on the sunny side.
 When it is time for any sort of work to be done push it along as fast as pos sible Never let it push you. It costs no more to hire ten men one day than one man ten days.
 Hoard's Dairyman says: ''The man who would set up a stove out of doors to keep himself and his family warm differs only in degree from the man who fails to provide adequate shelter for his stock; and the man who keeps two fires running where one would sui flee is just as wise as the one who feeds stock that does not bring him profit
 The park commissioners of New York City have been spraying the tall elms, oaks and other shade trees of the city with an old fire engine. and the ap- paratus works so we'll and is so rapid
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06
Making Butter in Winter.

With care In making the proper ar engagements, good butter can readily be made in winter, and the cost be not materially increased. There must be fresh cows. Good, warm, dry shelter, plenty of good food and water, proper arrangements for handling milk and cream so as to secure the desired tenn perature from cream raising and butter making, and with these essentials good butter at only slightly increased cost per pound can be made. But the qual- ity must be good to make the most out of 1t, as the consumer demands good butter in winter the same as in sum- mer, and the price is largely determin- ed by the quality at all seasons.-Mas- sachusetts Ploughman.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-03-06

There is one State in the Union which permits the death penalty to be inf1ict- ed by shooting. That State is Utah.
 the newest of all. A murderer named Patrick Coughlin was lawfully shot to death in Rich County recently by fir ing squad composed of six deputy sher ifs. The law, which is derived from the previous territorial legislation on the subject, allows the convict to choose whether he will be hanged or shot. The validity of the statute was questioned some years ago in the Supreme Court of the United States, but it was upheld.