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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
Died Alone In His Room.

SHELBY, Ia, Aug. 3.-Bryon NJ. Craw
ford was found lying dead on his face
on the floor Of his sleeping apartment
over the horse stalls in the Shelby Fail
barns. He was well known over the
state as trainer of trotting horses. Eff
forts are be made to find his relatives
and the efforts Of the postmaster Of
Mitchell, S. D., have been enlisted te
find the dead mans mother, who, it is
believed from letters found, lives il
Mitchell
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
May Disarm the Deputies.

DENVER, Aug. 3.-The miners union
has appealed to Sheriff Thompson to
disarm the deputies brought from Den
yer by the Northern Coal company to
guard the men working in the Mitchell
mine. AS the sheriff sympathizes with
the strikers it is believed he will at
tempt to do as requested. The union
miners are incensed at the refusal of
the company to accept the decision of
the state board Of arbitration.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
None In Stock.

~ have been in the business 40
years, said the foorwalker, "but
don't know it all yet. You saw that
young woman with the green hair?"
eyes, replied the ribbon clerk.
"She came up to me and asked if
we had any nice house gowns es-
pecially suitable for wearing when
one was looking fer burglars. -
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
All Stocks Show Gains.

New YORK, Aug. 3.-Small gains
were shown throughout the stock list at
the opening. The demand was quite
active and comprehensive, both for rail
road stocks and industrials, and there
was no feature of weakness to exercise
an unsettling influence. A heavy tone
for American stocks in London had no
effect in the local market.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
English Queens and Good Cheer.

The English queens have nearly
always been fond of good cheer.
Queen Anne was no exception. She
was fond of holding profound Gull
nary discussions with her cook, and
English cookery books still contain
many dishes latter Queen Anne's
fashion. -
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

An examination was made of some
electric belts sold by a street fakir
at Ottawa. 1t was found that be-
meath strip of gauze was layer
of dry mustard. When the wearer
perspired little, the mustard was
moistened and set up a burning SEN
sation, and tho deIuded victim be-
ieved current of electricity was
passing through him.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
Burroughs For Sick and Wounded

WASHINGTON, Aug. a. Adjutant
General Corbin, at the direction OF the
secretary of war, issued an order grant
ing sick and wounded soldiers at hos
pitfalls when able to travel, one month
furlough and transportation to go to
their homes. This order has beA. sent
to the commanding officers at tx gen,
eral hospitals, headquarters of army
corps and military departments.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
]. N. Carr
A Time Limit Motto.

A Parsons father is happy in thu
possession Of parlor motto which
reads, "God bless our home,' until
10 o'clock at night, and then, with
clicking noise suddenly changes
front, and "Timeto skip" meets the
gaze of the astonished young man
caller. The Parsons boys are said
to understand it. Kansas City
journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

The smallest republic in the world
is Franceville, one of the islands in
the New Hebrides. The inhabitants
consist of 40 Europeans and 500
black workmen employed by a
French company.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, a
Scotch writer, who died in 1915,
wrote to the Marquis of Montrose,
the Earl of Rothes and others, 81
once knew very wise man that be-
ieved that if man were permitted
to make all the ballads of nation
he need not care who should make
the laws of nation.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
A Case of Strategy.

Dick-Yes, you see, I'm in no end
of fix. | would never have pro-
posed if I'd had the least idea that
she would accept me, but she did.
Jack-Well, propose again, as if
you had forgotten. That ought to
make her angry enough to refuse
you.-London Tit-Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
start with Nonunion Crews,

OSHKOSH, Wis, Aug. 3.-Five of the
* big sash and door plants, which have
',een closed down for the past five
weeks, on account of the woodworkers'
1trike, started today under police pro.
lection with small nonunion crews.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

More than 10000 specimens Of
fossil insects have been collected
from various portions of the world.
Or these the rarest are the butter
flies, less than 20 specimens having
been found.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

General Grant once said in refer
ence to musical joke band played
on him: with me a musical joke
always requires an explanation. 1
know only two tunes-one is Yam
kee Doodle, and the other isn't
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

The average size of the kangaroo
is from 3 to feet in height. Speci-
mems from 6 to feet are frequently
met with on the Australian plains.
A kangaroo has been known to
make leap of 80 feet.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

Every one familiar with Longfel-
lows "Hiawatha" remembers the
references to the famous red pipe.
stone quarry, which is situated al
the extreme eastern boundary OF
South Dakota. This is the only
quarry of the kind known to exist
on the American continent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

A photographic phriend, pheeling
phunnily phigurative, FURNISHES
the phollowing: ATTY 4tunate 4est-
ers 4tuitously 4tifying 4lorn 4tress-
es 4cibly 4bade 4midablc 4eigners
aiming 4aging aces. Exchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

Pitt had answered speech of
Sheridan's, and complained, when
the latter proposed to rejoin, that
Sheridan always wanted the last
word. 'Not at all, said Sheridan,
instantly withdrawing his request
to be heard, 81 am content with
having had the last argument.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

Ships built of steel are said to be
able to carry 20 per cent more
freight than those of iron.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

Beer was the universal drink of
the English until the introduction
of tea and coffee about 1850.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

The Suez canal is So miles long
and reduces the distance from Eng
land to India nearly 1900 miles for
ships.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
Violated the Code.

Tired Treadwell - Say, fellers,
we've got to fire Sloppy out of de
association.
Lettering Larry-W'at fers
Tired Treadwell-He admits dat
when de women come out of de last
house he approached, he worked
up gradually to de point of askin fer
meal. Note de admission he
makes of workin cleveland Lead
az.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

Be not deceived! A Cough, Hoarse-
ness or Croupe are not to be trifed with. A
dose in time CT Shiloh's Cure will save you
much trouble. Sold by G. w Houston,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

There are more than $4,000 peo-
pie of Welsh blrti: II London
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04

The price of camel varies in
Arabia from SIS to 81 900.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-04
Brick

Any amount Of Brick
ct the best quality can
be found at our gard
in Vest Eris'N. 1T y0sx
are going to b,sSid giDe
>. eIS u ctIZL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

discover that they made a lnistaks
in not complying with Gov. Leedy ;:
order to send in the uniforms anG
equipment OF their companies
Many ofthese suits were worn to To
peka by recruits who did not pass
and as they brought no other clothe:
they had to wear them home and have
failed to return them. AS the cap
tains were under bond to care for tn,
company property they will have to
pay for all that were not turned in.
Last Sundays Kansas City Jour
nal publishes a dispatch from Sar
francisco saying that Col. Little had
the honor of being the first colone,
toreport to General Otis. When the
small fry Republican editors who get
their ideas from the Journal read
this they will secretly wish they had
kept their mouths Shut about Kan.
sas going TO get to the front after
the show was over.
Kansas City has decided to begin
using the new State school books
with the beginning of the next school
year.
The oil inspectors office yielded a
net revenue of 1928 to the State
during April.
Lieutenant Governor Harvey has
resigned. His appointment as Major
OF the twenty-second Kansas com.
pels him to take this acton, as the
army, regulations prohibit any mill
tary officer from holding civil Office.
Most of his duties will fall on Senator
Householder, who is president of the
Senate, and who would be Governor
if a vacancy in that office should now
occur.
The bill for recruiting, modifying
and mastering Kansas volunteers
amounts to SIS, 600. 1t costs IS .O0O
Tor groceries alone. 1t was paid by
the State but the government Will
pay it back.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
ATrip TO ST Louis.

One bright summer afternoon
found me d passenger for st. Louis
on the outward bound train. | stop
ped at Kansas City for few days,
and then went on to st Louis, ar
irving there at 1926 A. II. / viii
describe a few of the most interest
ing points about the city. The first
thing that attracted my attention was
the new union station, said to be the
finest in the world. There are thirty
six tracks for the use of the trains,
and they are covered by an immense
shed. On the Midway !" which is a
promenade, there are gates that are
about seven feet high. GaEe-heepers
stand here and see that no one goes
through the gate who has not ticket
or a permit. These gates number
about twenty.
The paris next took my attention.
These parks are the pride of the
citizens and the delight of her guests.
From the largest and most famous
ones, ike Forest Park, Tower Grove.
Shaws Garden, Caronde,et, down TO
the scores of smaller ones scattered
throughout the city. These parks
afford great lettering places for the
citizens and the visitors.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

The Usage Indians are said to be the
richest community in the world They
number but 1.729 souls, all told-mep
women and children; they own $780,
600 acres of valuable land; have So.
100000 in trust with the government
which pays per cent. interest, and
have leases with cattlemen for the ISL
OF their pasture lands, which bring
them between $4,000 and $4,000 8
year, without counting the rent from
the agricultural lands and the pro.
ceeds of their own labor. That, how
ever, is very small. They have SC
much money that they are lazy, idle
and in state of rapid degeneration.
The entire tribe Is composed of about
800 families, of which ITO are adults
and 800 are children Of school age.
This gives them over 5000 acres OF
land for each family, and more than
$50 acres per capita, with $40, 900 cash
for every family. Including the grass
money" as they call 1t, which is receiv.
ed from leasing pastures, the income OF
the tribe will average $500, 900 a year
which Is about $500 per capita, or ST..
500 per family, without any labor what
ever.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
Some Safe Business Rules.

Business men, in business hours. at
tend only to business matters. Social
calls are best adapted to social circles.
Make your business known in a few
words, without loss of time. Let your
dealing with a stranger be most care
fully considered, and tried friendship
duly appreciated. A mean act will
soon recoil, and a man of honor will
be esteemed. Treat all with respect
confide in few, wrong no man. Be
never afraid to say no, and always
prompt to acknowledge and rectify
wrong. Leave nothing for tomorrow
that should be done today. Have
a place for everything, and every
thing in its place. To preserve long
frieEdsh'r, keep short credit; the
way to set credit is to be punctual :;
the way 20 preserve it is not to use it
much. Trust no mans appearances !;
they are often deceptive, and assumed
fer the purpose of obtaining credit.
Rogues generally dress well. The rich
are generally plain men. BE well sat
isied before you give a credit, that
those to whom you give it are safe
men to be trusted.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

In the last four years, according tc
Consul Dickey, at Callao, only one car,
go of wheat has been sent from the
United States to Peru. The reason
why he is not able to explain, but says
that the cargo referred to went from
San Francisco in October last year
1.-THE total import of CHILEAN wheat into
Peru during the year 1897" says tn.
consul's report, amounted to 22,613,.
1923 Kilograms (49,S54,213 pounds)
These figures show that Chill supple:
the Peruvian markets with wheat ant
-four But why Chilli and not the Unit.
ed States should supply the Peruvian
markets when our products are far SUI.
perior to those Of Chilli do not know.
unless 1t is due to the very low freightS
charged by sailing vessels carrying
wheat from Chilli, which l am told are
only 4 soles (S169) ton" The con.
sui thinks that the first thing to bt
done by the United States to gain the
trade of Peru and OF other countries or
the Pacific coast of South and Central
America is to establish a fast line o.
steamers from San Francisco. This
combined with the present lines plyins
between New York and the west coast
of South America, would greatly helr
the United States in regaining the
vast trade that she once had with this
eoast.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
''Her you are,n she said, merriiy. :.

''Her you are,n she said, merriiy. .I
have been cut hunting for you. We
have made up party to ride out to the
Shaker settlement and take dinner and
return by moonlight. Won't 1t be fun.
and don't you want to go?"
NO, guess 1 had rather stay at
home and have quiet day of it,
What a little old maid you arei
Well, you needn't go unless you want
to!" and she was off. l watched them
drive away. Then l took my sewing
and eHsconed myself in a baby window
in the quiet, cool parlor.
Scarcely had I seated myself when
some one entered the room, repeating
those lines Of Leigh Hunts little bal
lad:
Say Ina weary-say I'm sad,
Say that health and wealth have
missed NE;
Say I'm growing old, but odd
Jennie kissed mel"
My heart gave a great bound, for
recognized Guy Edgerton's voice.
Not knowing l was there, he came
to the very window where 1 was sit
ting.
He drew back the curtain and looked
in upon me.
why, Matte, you here! 1 thought
you were out with the riding party.
How coy you look here. May l sit
down beside you?"
Yes, SIR answered frankly.
His dark eyes searched my face for
moment, then he said:
Il am going away tomorrow, little
enc; will you redeem your promise be-
fore go? l have carried the kiss you
gave me last through all my travels,
darling, and have brought it back to
you pure as you gave it. Will you kiss
me and be my wife,"
/ kissed him.-Boston Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

Where q purchaser bought and paid
for all the standing timber On tract
OF land and received a written transfer
from the owner, in which it was stip-
ulated that the purchaser was ''to have
four years to take off said oak tim
Der" and was to take it clean, and
nothing was said of a forfeiture, the
Supreme Court Of Indiana held (Hal-
stead vs.. Jessup) that the purchasers
failure to remove the timber within
four years did not forfeit his right to
it. The court based its decision on
the ground that the law does not favor
fofeitures, and will not enforce them
in the absence of clearly stated con-
ditions of forfeiture.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
Ground tho Fence Wires.

1t is time for the farmers to make
their annual round of the wire fences
and put them in good condition for re-
straining stock during the summer sea-
son We wish to say that if you wish
to avoid losses to your stock by light
ming during the summer season,
to take the opportunity while you are
repairing the fences to ground the
wires. A barbed wire fence with the
wires grounded every twenty or thirty
rods acts as a lightning rod to the
farm, where as if the wires are not
grounded it acts as death trap. 1t is.
very easy to wrap piece of smooth wire
tightly around each fence wire and run
it into the ground to permanent moist
ure. 1t is easy to break the connection
absolutely. Staple wire across the
fence wire on the face of smooth
post until it is in close metallic contact
with every wire, and then push it down
into the ground six or eight feet. If
fence wires were gro unied, the losses
of lightning would be very trifing in
stead of as now comprising consid-
cradle amount of the losses reported
by every mutual insurance company.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
STATE TOPICS.

Attorney General Boyle has again
won victory in the scrip and screen
litigation. The Court of Appeals full
ly sustains the law, and Mr.. Boyle
will proceed to vigorously enforce it.
TIE operators will appeal the case
from one court to another until IL
reaches the supreme court of the
United States, but in the meantime
they must obey the law. The miners
will get great benefits from a recog-
milton of their rights, and Mr.. Boyle
will see to it that it will not be an
empty victory.
Several militia captains will likely
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
Official
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08
THE PAGES OF CONGRESS.
they AFRO No Longer as Fortunate as L
tho Good Old Days.

They AFRO No Longer Fortunate as In
tho Good Old Days.
A young man who served as page in
the house Of representatives for sever
al years talked interestingly with a
Washington Star reporter recently.
Times have changed since l went into
the house." he said. They were much
better then for the page than they are
now in many different points of view.
The pay OF a page In both the house
and the senate, as is pretty generally
known, Is $3.50 per day. During the
long sessions the boy has chance to
make something extra, or, at least, he
used to. This has been done away with,
though, to a certain extent. When the
representatives had no private secre-
taTies, or when they had to pay for
them out of their own pockets, the
pages used to make considerable on the
side by working for the representatives.,
helping to mall their documents, writ
ing for them, and doing various kinds
of work. Since the bill was passed
granting the representatives private
secretaries of course all this has
changed. Nowadays the pages can't
even listen to the debates and have a
chance to learn something that way, as
was formerly the case Since Mr..
Reeds second term as speaker he has
made great revolution in this respect.
Now the pages are cooped up in quar-
ters in the cloakrooms on either side
Of the house. 1t is a regular hotel bell
boy arrangement. Instead Of clapping
their hands, as they used to do, the rep
resentatives, when they want a page,
simply touch a button. This rings a
bell in re pages rooms. There is an
electric annunciator, which is the same
as used in hotels for the bell-boys, so
that it can be told directly where the
boy is wanted. l understand they are
going still further to make arrange
ments SAVIOR of the bell-boy position, as
there is talk of uniforming the boys.
When l fret went in they had two
chief pages, who got 1000 salary, who
were supposed to look after the others.
Now, as the boys sit on the long
benches in the corners Of the cloak
rooms they are watched by an over
seer, as he is called, who receives a
salary Of 5000. He watches the annun-
ciator, and when a bell rings sends a
boy to the desk. So it is getting more
and more like the hotel system all the
time. In the senate they do not allow
boys over 16 years of age, but it makes
no difference in the house. When l was
there some of them were "a or 25 years
OF age. A boy has to be II years or
more to occupy a position as a page.
There are thirty-three in the house and
sixteen in the senate. The pages, l be-
HeVe, IN the supreme court chamber are
required to wear knee breeches when
they are on duty, but this is not en-
forced in the others
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-06-08

Alaska cut side of the mountains
Is a great expanse of bog, and larse
and small lakes with thousands Of
channels between them, and it is
claimed that The Yukon discharges a
volume of water one-third greater
than that which empties from the
mouth of the Mississippi. Near its
mouth one is struck with the mourn
ful, desolate appearance Of the Coun-
try, which is scarcely above he level
OF the tide, and covered with a mo-
notonous cloak O. scrubby willows
and rank grasses. For hundreds of
miles up, through an intricate laby-
rlnth of tides blind and misleading
channels, sloughs and swamps, there
IS to be seen the same dresry desolate
religion. 1t is watered here and there
and everywhere, and impresses one
with the idea of a vast island sea as
far as 700 Or 500 miles, where there
are many points at which the river
spans a breadth of twenty mi es from
shore to shore, During the briet
summer the whole population focks
to the river, attracted by the myriads
OF salmon, the banks being lined with
camps of fishermen. who build their
basket traps far out in the eddies and
bends of the stream, and lay I'D their
store or dried fish for the long Arctic
winter. AS 10 climate a series of SIX
months observation on the Yucon.
not far from the present gold discover
les, show that the daily mean TEN.
perature in 1SS9-90 fell and remained
below the freezing point from Nov 4
to April p, the lowest temperature
being 80 9 F. below zero in January
and So > E. below in Feb. Snow fell
about one-third of the days in winter,
and snow storms of great severity may
occur in any month from Sept. TO
May. In June the sun rises at about
3 a. m. and sets at 10 30 p. M. giving
more than twenty hours of day light.
and diffuse twilight the remainder of
the time. The mean summer temper
allure rises between 60 9 and zoe F..
and in the vast network of slough and
swamp, indescribably numerous
clouds Of mosquitoes are bred, which
cause the greatest misery and annoy
ance to the explorers. Hand book
on Alaska-by Bureau of American
Republics.
After staying here for short time
we went back, took off our rubber
coats, received souvenirs and de-
parted.
1t was my privilege to see many
other interesting things in and about
st. Louis. but l have used enough
space.
EDwARD 6. HAM.