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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
FUNERALS OF THE HlNDoos.
Rites Observed in India by Relatives
and Friends Of the Deceased.

Rites Observed in India by Relatives
and Friends Of the Deceased.
When Hindoo dies the services of
an undertaken are not needed, as word
Is Immediately sent to the relatives
| and friends OF the deceased, who meet
at the house and attend to all the de-
tails of the funeral. Some of them
buy at the bazaar the articles neces-
sary for the ceremony, such as piece
OF linen, copper pots, pieces Of sandal
wood, one earthen pot, some ''ghee,"
or clarified butter, rice, few split
| chips OF bamboo and two strong bam-
boo poles for the bier. In rainy weather
some oil and resin to revive the flames
are added to the stock of necessaries.
A sacred grass, the "durbhas," and some
"tulsi' leaves are spread over the bier.
1t is very necessary that the SON OF
the deceased should perform the cere-
mony. If he is absent at the time of
the death the father or brother of the
deceased or some other male member of
the family may take his place. When
there is no son in the family one is
adopted for the purpose. The perform
er of the ceremony must first battle,
then shave off the mustache and battle
again. The priest constantly recites
the "muntras," or sacred hymns, from
the "Vedas." A sacred fire is lighted
in the earthen pot and the body, after
it is washed and bound about the waist
with a piece of cloth, is stretched upon
the bier and completely covered, save
as to the face, which is left exposed.
The friends then carry away the bier.
The son, who lights the funeral pyre
and is the chief mourner, walks ahead
with the earthen pot in his hands.
Every mourner is bareheaded-it must
be so. I have frequently seen such pro-
Cessions in Benares and listened to tho
sad funeral dirge: Ram, sri ram, ram
volo bhai ram"
When the body reaches the burning
CHATS the mourners erect a pile after
this fashion: Four strong posts about
five feet high are firmly driven into the
ground, and between them the piles
are erected, so as to keep them from
falling apart while burning. The body
is placed upon the pile when half of it
has been laid. During this part of the
ceremony the ''muntras' are repeated.
When the body has been placed upon
the pile some of the relatives and
friends scatter pieces of sandalwood
over the body. 'Muntras" and prayers
are again repeated and the remaining
fuel is placed on the body. Then the
chief mourner walks around the pile
three times and fires it. Very soon it is
huge flame, and in about three hours
the whole body is reduced to ashes.
The fire is now put out, every mourner
drops some water on the spot, in the
name of the deceased, and then all pro-
coed to the river or sea or one of the
many tanks that abound in India to
battle. The poor are not forgotten, as
aims are distributed. Before the
mourners retire to their respective
homes they return to the residence of
the deceased to look at the lamp that
was lighted on the spot where the
body was kept.-N. Y. Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
HUMOROUS.

Young Playwright-"And what did
you :hink Of my climax?" Critic-"It
was very welcome. Brooklyn Life.
~ saw man to-day who had no
hands play the piano." ''That's moth
ing! We've got girl down in our fat
who has no voice and who sings!"-
Yonkers Statesman.
PA, who was Shylcck?" "Great
goodness, boy! You attend church and
Sunday school every week. and don't
know who Shylock WASP" cried his fa-
ther. go and read your Bible, sir
Tit-Bits.
81 don't like the way her hat is
trimmed" said the woman at the the
alter. NO." replied her husband, who
was immediately behind the headwear.
1T was great mistake not to trim it
carefully across the top with pair OF
scissors. Washington Star.
"A Possible observation-disclosures is a
remarkable boy" said the lads mother
to the eminent musician. ''He remem-
bers every tune he hears" "Indeed!"
isn't that valuable faculty?" "Well
it may enable him to become a sue
cessful composer Star.
How the Mix Up Began.-"It was
thisaway, jedge. Ye see, doled de
cards, and Jim Brown he had pah of
aces and pah O kings" What did
you have?" Three aces, jedge, and"
what did Jim do?" "Jim, he drew"
what did he draw" "He drew rag
ger, jedge! "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The new arrival joined the crowd.
"May ask what is going on?" he in
CURED of native. you may. We're
hangin' Teller for stealin' a Wheel"
But don't you think that's a pretty
tough punishment for rather simple
crime?" Simple crime! Why, good
Lord, stranger, it was a '97 model
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

illustration, and the tuck should therefore
be toward the heads, SO that it will not pull
out.
The hand binding harvester with men to
do the binding is out of date, and so is the
left hand machine, which has been super
seeded by the Mccormick Right Hand Open
Elevator, the success of which makes it seem
highly probable that there will be no pro-
gressive manufacturer building left hand
machines in three years
The application of roller bearings to grain
cutting machinery was made by j. G.. Perry
in 1869, and his patent, No. S6,584, for an
improved reaper, showed and described
various ways of using roller and ball bear
ings in harvesters. In view of these facts
it is somewhat amusing to read the claims
of certain reaper maker of the present
day, who says he was the first to introduce
roller bearings in harvesting machinery. As
q matter of fact this manufacturer is COM
paratively beginner in the art of reaper
building and has originated nothing.
Unquestionably the most practical and sat-
isfactory application of roller bearings to
binders and mowers has been made by the
Mccormick Harvesting Machine Company.
The Particular form used by them was patent
ed in 1882 and is now to be found in all Nc
Cormick machines. The especially valuable
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
The Shah's Harem.

The shah has an exceedingly small
harem for an eastern monarch. There
are not above 60 ladies, and he has four
sons and % daughters. The only
occasion any of the shah's wives
are to be seen is in the streets Of
Teheran when they pass in carriages.
When the ladies go out driving they
are preceded by a gang Of farashes,
who caper ahead ON their horses. shout
ing: go and hide yourselves!" And
all men have to scamper up side streets
or be- hrashed.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

feature of the Mccormick roller bearing is
seen in the form-or cage as it is called
which holds the rollers from running to-
gether, and if for any cause the cage is taken
from the shaft the rollers will not fall out
and get lost. In order to avoid the McCor-
mick patent the other harvesting machine
company who claims to be the originator of
roller bearings in harvesters has cut out the
metal in the ring at the ends of the rollers.
If the cage is taken out the rollers slip out
and become filled with grit, or worse, get
lost.
The methods of the Mccormick Company
result in an annual saving of many thousands
of dollars to the farming public. New de.
vices are not embodied in their machines
until long and oft-repeated trials have
shown them to be practical. 1t has been the
same with the roller bearings as with every
thing else-McCormick experimenting is
done at Mccormick expense, and not at the
expense of the farmers, who are too often
duped by manufacturers who rush into
print for notoriety and bull the market with
impractical forms. "A
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
AS Good as Married.

First Sailor-No, Bill, yer don't really
know what life is till yer git spliced.
Second Sailor-W'y, shivef me TIM
bers, messmate! I've never been mar
ried, true, but I've had yaller fever and
cholera, I've been frostbit, drowned,
burned alive, eat by shark, blowed up
at sea and operated on for cancer. Wot
more does n reasonable chap want?--
London Answers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
Rolling II.

Mother-Johnny, how often have j
told you that you must not bolt your
food?
Johnny-Guess t. isn't no worse to
bolt my food than it is for you to turn
the key on it when it's in the cupboard.
boston Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
Why Mccormick Changed from tho
Left to the Right Hand Binder.

1t has been said that the conveniences Of
one age become the necessities of the next;
but no ordinarily sane man will contend
that the necessities of one age should be-
come the inconvenience of the next. When
binding was done by hand the left hand cut
harvester was a necessity. The grain fell ON
the platform of the harvester and was de-
livered into the receiver with its heads
towards the rear of the machine. The men
stood in the receiver facing the grain With
the left hand machine the heads of the
grain are at the left hand of the man doing
the binding, SO in taking out the bundle
turned to the front table or to the back
table he kept his position toward the
bundle itself-that is, with the heads toward
his left hand; hence, in making the tuck he
showed the ends under the band toward the
heads. Grain is handled by the shocker by
grasping into the heads, as shown in the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
Very Ambitious.

"Did you say that boy of yours was
ambitious?"
Ambitious! Well, l should say.
Why, that boy does nothing but sit
around all day and think of the great
things he's going to do!"-Philadel-
phia North American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
There is a CIns. of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee, Re-
grocery stores a new preparation called
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but
few can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost
over as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit Is cts. and 25 cts. per pack
age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. :
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
HOUSEHOLD DoNT.S.

Neglect looking after the dried fruits
until they become wormy.
Leave the kitchen lights burning
when they are not in use.
Use dish towels for dish cloths, nor
napkins for dish towels.
Use the corner of the kitchen apron
nor convenient towels for holders.
Allow new brooms to be used in
scrubbing the floors and pavements.
Leave the woodenware unscalded and
allow it warp and crack
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13
Rocked on the Crest of the Waves,

The landsman, tourist or commercial trav-
eler, speedily begins, and not only begins.
but continues, to feel the extreme of hu-
man misery during the transit across the
tempestuous Atlantic. But if, with wise
prescience, he has provided himself with a
supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, his
pangs are promptly mitigated, and then
cease ere the good ship again drops her
anchor. This is worth knowing, and thou
sands of our yachtsmen, summer voyagers,
tourists and business men do know it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

White-Did old Green recover from
that railroad accident yet?
Black-No; but his wife did-to the
tune of 10,Oo0.-Twinkles
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

They say that the ostrich can digest stones
and broken glass. We wonder if an ostrich
ever tried to digest an American radish?-
Atchison Globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

One of the most pitiable things in the
world is the mutual disappointment of q
man and wife.-N. Y. Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

Mr.. Snaggs-"My dear, isn't the grocer on
the next corner a Celtic gentleman?" Mrs.
Snaggs-"No, indeed! He sells for cash
onlv
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

When a man refers to the happy days
when he was barefoot boy, it indicates that
his bank account will tide him to the grave.
Poor men never speak of any happiness in
connection with bare feet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

"For years had neuralgia" You haven't
used st. Jacobs Oil to cure it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

just try l0c box of Cascarets candy ca,
thartic, finest liver and bowel regulator made,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

| the ground IA though Frustrated by
the hand of a giant, my head coming
into violent contact with lump of lava
in the fall, which deprived me of con-
seriousness.
| When my senses returned another
day had dawned, aad found myself the
center of an anxious group, from which
none seemed to be lacking. 1 was
lying beside the little spring, and from
the surfeit of moisture in my hair I
concluded that some of it's product had
been recently applied to my aching
| craninm.
"We've been waiting for you to wake
up, so you could help us to hunt up the
fragments of old Barney" said Hin
man, as opened my eyes.
"Where are the Apaches?" asked.
"Gone! The evil spirit, in the shape
of our blasting outfit, spit thunder an
lightnin' at 'em, an they pulled it. for
the hills as fast as their ponies could
travel"
AS nearly as we could ascertain the
facts the FESTIVE Barney had at last
broken the rope with which he was teth-
cred, and, in endeavoring to ascend or
descend the crater, had missed his foot
ing and been precipitated down the
slope, exploding his load in the fall
lust in time TO save me from the knife
of the Apache.
The knife wound in my shoulder soon
healed, but l never see the scar with,
out being reminded how opportunely
the spirit of the crater spoke to pre-.
serve me from more deadly appliea.
ton of the steel..~Frank Leslies Week
ly
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24

when Fladge Carter came to me in Clio.
verport and told me was being knitted
there on the grounds that was tenn
perance man and an A p. A he told me
what he knew to be true.
1t does seem TO me there ought to be
a stop to these things There has not
been many races in this county for some.
time that these things did not bob up
The party cannot hope for success as long
as these things make nominations. lam
a Democrat, | believe in the principle OF
the party which gives to every man tn.
very broadcast religious liberty. II the
party desires success in the county there
must be a radical change on these lines
There is remedy and now is as good
a time to apply it as we will eyer have
In conclusion want to thank my friends
for their very earnest support. l am glad
no one dared to use these things in my
district. There was one other place they
were not used, that was Custer. 1t was
through the il fluence of Mr.. Cook they
were not used. My voting place has
brought me under many obligations for
their almost unanimous support. No
man ever had truer friends.
T. b. HENDERSON.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
JOLLY STATION.

TNBorn, to the wife of Mr.. Horace Bland
the 9Th. inst a nine pound boy.
Mrs. Nelson Jolly says tell her neigh
bors that she has ten hens setting.
Mr.. Mcclure and family, of Owensbo.
70, have moved in DIR. Burch's property
Miss Clara DeJernette is talking of en-
tering Utopian College, Glendeane, soon
The new road l.ading from Mr.. Gid
Niller's via Mr.. James Lyons to M,Qua-
dy has been completed.
Frank Lyons will exchange anything
except wife, daughter and self for calves,
at reasonable consideration.
Quite a number of our farmers are
spending the week in Louisville with the
hope OF selling their tobacco.
Miss Rebecca Wilson and Messrs Ben
NJ. Miller and Taylor Tate were guests of
Miss Matte McGary, Sunday.
Little Eva Wilson, who was three
years old the 10 inst, say $ she is big
enough TO ride in papa's wagon,
Miss Lula DeJernette says her favorite
occupation is fishing, when she has a
certain "Hook" with which to fish.
Miss Annie Jolly and friend, Miss Mat
tie Miller, are visiting her sister, Mrs.
Tom Miller, Hardinsburg, this week.
Tice jolly and brother shipped to the
Pickett Tobacco warehouse twenty. four
hhds OF fine Burley tobacco, last Satur-
day.
Frank Lyons, wife and little daughter,
Jessie; Nelson jolly, Jr., and wife spent
Sunday, very pleasantly at Mr.. Hilary
McGary's.
There were jolly little crowd met at
the pleasant home Of Miss Eliza Lyons,
last Sunday. All seemed to enjoy them
selves very much.
The Anti-Sweats, Of Jolly Station, have
recognized their club with Tice Jolly,
President aud w. A. Jolly, Secretary.
Regular meeting each afternoon.
~ Miss Margaret Wilson, who has been
visiting her brother, Granville, was call
away suddenly to the home of her other
brother, John, whose wife has typhoid
fever.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
DUKES.

Oats sowing is the order of the day,
if the day is dry enough.
VIM. Campbell and wife were guests
Sunday OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Sapp
Martin Jarboe is very low with pneu-
monia, but with good nursing may
recover.
Mrs. Emma Isom visited Saturday and
Sunday at her, mother-in-law's, Mrs.
Frank Isom's.
Rev. d. l.. Bowlds will preach next
Sunday at / o'clock at the Cumberland
Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Elizabeth Starks has been almost
unable to get around for several days,
with misery in her back.
Nate Starks and your correspondent
were very plt asantly ent, aimed Sunday
Ritcheys.
Rev. S. j. Ritchey has got the black
smith shop fitted up and is prepared to
accommodate the people in that line of
business
We do love to see those beautiful
warm sunshiny days,t brings forth the
grass, the candidates and many other
emblems OF natures greenness.
Callers and visitors have been few the
past week, the weather has been of such
a nature that it was absolutely impossi-
BILE for the ladies to venture out from
their respective homes.
There was a bad cave in in Willis
Clark's coal bank this week. The fall OF
rock and earth comp etely shut off the
entrance to the room in which Mr..
John Kahal worked. He had six picks
| two shovels and one ak in the room.
More OF the roofing is expected to fall at
any time.
Saturday was court day, and the
streets were thronged with people, there
were several candidates present with all
the St liability they could command and
endeavorng to leave as good impression
as possible upon the minds of the voters
in regard to their honest fulfllment of
the offices to which they aspire.
There has been more rain fell in this
vicinity the last three weeks, than had
fallen in six months before. Farmers
are completely at stand still, unable to
do farm work of any kind and will be
late in preparing and pitching their
crops. They fear that some OF this rain
will be needed while their crops are
growing.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
A High Com pliment.

The suit of the Rock Spring Distilling
Company VS.. r. Monarch, recently de-
cid,d in the Court of Appeals, was tried
in the DAviess Circuit Court before
Chapezs Wathen, special Judge. In af-
firming the judgment, Judge Hazelrigg,
of the Court of Appeals, paid Judge
Wathen the most extraordinary compli-
ment Of adopting his opinion in tie case
as that of the APPELLATE Court, stating that
it was so we'll drawn that it could not be
improved upon. 1t is very rare that the
Court of Appeals hes done this: indeed
but one instance is now known, when an
opinion by Judge Brodinax, Of Logan
county, many years ago, was incorporat-
ed in the records Of the Court OF Appeals
as the opinion of that court. Mr. Wath-
en- stands very high, not only at the ba's
at which he practices in this section of
the State, but before the Court of APP
pea's as may be we'll surmised from this
incident -Owensboro Press.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
GARFIELD.
Held over from last week.

Held over from last week.
How about the candy pulling, WIS il
SUCCESS?
Mr.. A. A. Richardson returned from
Louisville, Friday.
Rev. II. G. Truman is visiting relatives
near Irvington this week.
Miss Lola Norton was the guest of the
Misses Board, Wednesday night.
Miss Blanche Claycomb, of Irvington,
is visiting relatives in our vicinity.
The many friends of Mrs. NJ. +. Pate,
Of Louisville, regret to hear tf her SER
ious Illness.
j. G. S, Board and d. II. Smith have a
large contract for hauling slaves for Mr.
- Otto, near Mcdaniel
Misses May Claycomb, Nellie Bandy
and Wallace Claycomb, of Irvington,
came down Friday to attend the candy
pulling.
Mrs Mamie l.. Gregory came home
Friday, accompanied by her little dau-
ghter Mary, WHO'S attending school at
Hardinsburg.
Miss Kettle Board returned home on
the East bound train, Monday, after a
pleasant visit at Hardinsburg, Rock Vale
aud Glendeane.
A. A. Richardson, Garfield, is the
place for all kinds Of goods. Millinery a
speciality. A first class mlliner. Coun-
try produce taken in exchange for goods.
The young men here got up candy
pulling at Mrs Mamie Gregory's, Friday
night, in honor OF her guest, NJ 81
Blanche Claycomb, large crowd attend
ed and the many gay young folks were
glad to see the success with the candy.
They pulled and pulled and ate and
carried IN with their noisy sport until a
late hour and all left feeling sure Mr..
and Mrs. Gregory would soon welcome
them all back again.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
Why Attempt TO Cure

catarrh by the use of so-called blood rem
edes? That catarrh is not caused by
blood troubles is self evident when you
ref ct that attacks are alwaysdue to sud-
den climatic changes or exposure, and
occur me- st frequently during the winter
and spring, though the blood is as pure
then as in summer or fall. A remedy
which quickly relieves and cures the ca
tarrhal attacks has been found in Ely's
Cream Balm.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
From Cripple Creek.
Z. Il. HENDERSON

After the big fire in Cripple Greek, l
took very severe cold and tried many
remedies without help, the cold only be-
coming more settled. After using three
small bottles of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, both the cough and cold left
me, and in this altitude it takes meri.
torious cough remedy to do any good -
6. b. HENDERSON, editor Daily Adver-
tiser. For sale by A. r. Fisher, Drug
gist.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
THE MINOR CONTESTS.
Hawkins Wins One Of Them and George
Green the Other.

Hawkins Wins One Of Them and George
Green the Other.
CARSON, New, March 1S.-The Fla
herty- Hawkins fight. the first Of the
two minor contests, was set for 8
o'clock, but it was A o'clock before the
men entered the ring. At the time
there was about 1900 persons present.
Both men were weighed in at 1873
pounds. The fight was soon over
There was one exchange of blows, q
clinch and knockout, Flaherty going
down as though he had been shot. 1t
was all over in one minute and four
seconds.
The fight between mysterious BILLY
Smith and George Green, weller
weights, followed Immediately. Smith
had the worst of it until the end of the
18th round, when he gave up the fight,
saying that his arm had been broken in
the fourth round. Malachi Hogan Of
Chicago was referee, and he had his
hands full. The men clinched repeated
ly and were loath to break away. Smith
devoted most Of his attention to in
fighting, and in the clinches would get
Green around the neck and with his
right arm free play tattoo ON the San
franclscO boy lids. Green constantly
jabbed with his left and soon had
Smiths nose and mouth in pulpy con-
dition. II was noticeable that Smith
refriined from using his left arm, which
had been broken three months ago, and
could only land an occasional right
swing.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will find
the true remedy in Electric Bitteis. This
medicine does not stimulate and contains
no whiskey nor other intoxicant, but
acts ss tonic and Alternative II acts
mildly on the stomach and bowels, add
ing strength and giving tone to the or
gans, thereby aiding nature In the per-
fofmance OF the functions. Electric Bit
tiers is an excellent appetizer and aids
digestion. Old people find II just exact
| ly what they need. Price fifty cents and
81 90 per bottle ct A. K. Fishers Drug
Store.