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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

VIM. Thielen, Jacob Wagner and
Barney Doffing returned this morn
ing from a visit at the Omaha Fair.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

Chas. Van Gorder was here We'd
nesday looking over the affairs at
the Exchange Bank.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

Lawyer kapp has moved into the
Jesse Miller property, on North
street.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

Every day continues to bring
more nice new goods to Walkers
big store.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

HI. Heath is at present at Lorah
where he is enga .sed in carpenter
work
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

Mrs. Vim. Schnur returned from
Atlantic Wednesday evening.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

hlnley, will leave Washington about
the 18th Of this month. They expect to
be absent for three or four weeks
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08
Extra News

Frank Gault goes to Chicago next
Saturday to buy goods.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

N. l.. CHRISTENSEN.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-08

In the District
Court of the State
of Iowa, in and
for Audubon coun
ty, October Term,
A. d. 1898
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
VERY NEAR TO DEATH.
The Narrow Escape That = Chicago
Family Man Had From u Pre-
mature End.

~What a narrow line divides life from
DEATH" said the man that got on at
Oak Park, reports the Chicago Times
Herald.
'Been reading something?" asked his
seat mate, with a quizzical smile.
''No. Actual experience. Do I look
like man who nearly died last night"
Certainly not. You're the picture of
health
''WelI, did. After dinner laid on
the lounge for few minutes rest,
when one of the children slipped a piece
of candy in my mouth. cracked it with
my teeth and at the same moment
coughed slightly. 1t was little cough,
but somehow I drew my breath, and
down went a fragment of candy into my
windpipe.
"The next instant I was strangling.
Ny wife and children few around in
distraction, but could give me no relief
Ny throat pulled out in my efforts to
draw a breath, my face grew purple,
and knots of sweat stood out on my
forehead. I suppose that's the way
drowning man feels. Anyhow, it was
something awful and indescribable."
"And then the doctor cameo"
There was no time for the doctor. I
held my head down and coughed, and
the piece of candy was dislodged. I
,breathed again. Blessed breath! The
revulsion was something wonderful
and in two minutes I was myself again
No, can't laugh over it yet. will
never be so near death again until my
end comes, and then pray to Heaven it
will come some other way"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
FUNERALS IN ARABIA.
Charactertstic-Wa EK-
tends to the Dogs.

"One Of the strangest and most af-
fecting sights in an Arab town." says
a Tunis correspondent of London
Sketch, sis that of the funerals, which
may be met at any street corner. The
corpse is merely wrapped in a mat of
esparto grass and carried either on a
bier or on mems shoulders. The mourn
ers lounge along, some in front and
some behind, grooming verses of the
Koran in melancholy tones, which haunt
one for days afterward.
This waiIing is, however, nothing to
that which goes on in the house of the
deceased. When I was staying in the
country near Tunis I heard it kept up
during a whole night in a neighboring
village, and I can conceive nothing
more desperately depressing than these
strains of lamentation waited through
the darkness by the breeze. My dog
stood it even less well than did and
felt constrained to join in the doleful
chorus until was haIf-tempted to put
bullet through his head. Perhaps the
strangest of all the funerals I saw was
at Bizerta. It was that of a baby, which
was being carried to its grave in an es-
parto basket"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
JUMBLING THE SERVICE.
BIunders In the Marriage vows Made
by Both Bride and
Groom

A Hampshire clergyman recently re-
lated some of the blunders he had
heard made in the marriage service by
persons of the class who have to pick
up the words as best they can from
hearing them repeated by others, says
the Weekly Telegraph. He said that in
his own parish it was quite the fashion
for the man, when giving the ring, to
say to the woman:
with my body I thee wash up, and
with all my hurdle goods, I, thee, and
thou"
He said the women were generally
better up in this part of the service than
the men.
One day, however. a bride startled
him by promising, in what she sup
posed to be the language of the prayer
book, to take her husband ito ave and
to old from this day fortni't for bet
terer horse, for richerer power, in sig
gerness health, to love cherries, and to
bay
What meaning this extraordinary
VOW conveyed to the woman's own
mind, the incumbent said. it bafied
him to coniectnre-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
WHITE LEATHERS.
and the Uses to Which They
Are Chiefly Put.

White cowhide has long been used for
various purposes, though its place has
now been taken to a considerable ex-
tent by other and cheaper feathers. It
is used, for example, in making sus-
pender tips, and its use in making mill
tary belts is familiar. For this purpose
it is made up with the flesh side out, and
the belts are whitened as occasion may
require with chalk or pipe clay, says the
New York Sun.
White calfsLin is more extensively
used than white cowhide. White calf
is used for fine and costly work in book
binding, it may be for gift books, and
sometimes for prayer books. White
calf is also used for suspender tips.
More extensively used than either
white cowhide or white calfskin are the
white sheepslcns. White sheepskin is
used also for suspender tips, and for
covering trusses and other articles of
metal, and for the trimmings of shoes.
1t is used for book binding, especially
for the binding of medical books, in
which use it is first sprinkled with
coloring material which gives it mot
tied appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
MILK IN THE COCOANUT.
There Are Two Good Ways of Getting
at 1t When One Wants to
Drink 1t.

Every boy knows the three eyes to be
found in one end of a cocoanut, and
many a boy has bored these eyes out,
or one or two of them, with the small
blade of a poke tlnife so as to get at the
milk in the cOcoanut, which he has then
drained out into a cup or drunk direct
from the cOcOanut itself. But there is
a more fascinating way still of getting
at the milk in the cOcOanut.
By this other method the cocoanut is
opened at the other end from the eyes.
The cocoanut is struck all around
gently and repeatedly with a hammer,
or stone will do, at a distance OF
about one-third of the way down from
the top, about where the arctic circle
would be on a globe.
A continual gentle tapping will final
ly crack the shell of the nut all around !;
not in a line exactly on the circle, per
haps, but pretty near to it. Sometimes
it cracks shell and meat of the nut, too
SO that both can be lifted off together;
sometimes it cracks out only a shell
cap at the top, which is lifted off, and
the cap of meat underneath is then cut
out around with a knife.
And then there you are with a white.
lined cocoanut cup to drink from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
IN A NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.
Men Are Silent and Orderly and Are
Simply Part of the Machin-
cry OF the Ship.

We are all curious to know how the
men who man the guns on a warship
are affected by an gement-whe TIL
er they are full of the excitement of con-
hict that soldiers experience in battle.
H. C. Skinner, of Hudson, Mass, who is
on the Cincinnati, which took part in
the attack on Matanzas, answers the
question in a letter to the Hudson En-
terprise, as follows:
''You are just one of the parts of the
fighting machinery of the ship, and you
must do just as you are told, without
asking questions or wondering why you
are doing it. must say that had al
ways supposed that an engagement Of
the kind would work man up to the
highest notch; that his blood would boil
in his veins, and that his brain would
reel from the madness of excitement. I
thought that cheer after cheer would
pour from the Threats of eager sailors;
that the light of battle would shine in
their eyes till they cleaned. I thought
that men new to battle behaved like
demons, or like the proverbial tiger who
had tasted blood and would not be salts
fed until be had gorged himself to re-
pletion. But there was no sight of any
thing like that. The men were silent and
orderly in going to their stations at the
sound of general quarters I could see
little difference from the ordinary pro-
cee0inCs at drill''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
THE INDIAN BLUsHED.
How He Quietly Rebuked the Girls
for Their Impertinence
and Curiosity.

Visitors at the worlds fair in 1898
will recall the Indian exhibit or en-
campment on the shore of the south
pond. One of the tents or wigwams
was occupied by an athletic and fine
looking, but somewhat taciturn, speci-
men of young Indian manhood as his
particular home, and while it was open
at all proper times for the inspection of
visitors, he resented any approach to i'm
pertinent curiosity, says Youths Com
panion-
A bevy of young women dropped into
his tent one day before his usual hour
for opening it, and found him sewing a
rent in a blanket.
''See how he blushes!" exclaimed one
of the visitors. eve have caught him
doing squaw's work"
why, that's his natural color" gig
gled another. HE always bushes"
Eyes, young ladies'" said the Indian,
in perfectly good English, che bushes
for some of the civilized and enlightened
white Americans of the nineteenth CEN
tury."
The visitors Joined him in blushing
and shortly afterward went out with
out further remarks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
DECLARED A NUISANCE.
Camp Merritt is so Designated by
Board of Health.

San Francisco, July 21.-Orders have
been issued by Major General Merriam
directing the troops designated for the
RIO JaneirO to embark Friday after
noon and directing her to sail Saturday.
Sixty officers and 900 men have been
assigned to the Rio Janeiro including
many officers of Gen. Otis staff. who
were left behind; Brigadier General
Otis and staff, two battalions of the
South Dakota volunteers, los officers
and men of the Utah volunteer artil-
lery and 50 men of the signal corps.
The St. Paul will be ready some time
next week, possibly by Tuesday and
will probably carry the troops original
~ designated for her by Major General
Otis-One battalion of the South Dakota
volunteers, recruits of the First Color
ado volunteers, recruits of the Thir-
teenth Minnesota volunteers and part
of the signal corps detachment.
Camp Merritt was formally condemn
ed as a nuisance by the board of health
today.
The camp has long engaged the at
tentiOn of the board and while it was
the subject of considerable legislation
and correspondence no decisive action
was taken until today.
AS the military authorities decided to
exchange the location of the camp to
the Preside some days ago, the action
of the board of health was taken mere
~ for recording purposes, presumably.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
LIEUT.. ULINE WRITES.
Says Soldiers at Santiago are Having
q Hard Time.

LeavenWOrth, Kan, July PA letter
was received by o. B. Taylor yesterday
from his son-in-law, Willis Uline, first
lieutenant of the Eleventh infantry,
now in Cuba.
Lieutenant Uline states that the IA
cilities for sending and receiving mail
were very bad and that the men had
hard time in getting paper. The men
have been living on hard tack, bacon
and coffee ever since they reached the
island and their bedding is very poor,
and many have none at all, and he is
compelled to sleep on a rubber coat.
The men have not had a change of
underwear since reaching the island
and all are in great need, as they have
no opportunity to do washing.
In speaking of the battle, Lieutenant
UHne says that it was miraculous that
more men were not killed, as the fire
of the Spaniards was awful, and his
regiment was within 400 yards of a
blockhouse occupied by the enemy. This
fertilization was assaulted all captur-
ed by the Eleventh infantry and their
regimental flag now waves over it. In
this attack Second Lieutenant Church.
man of the Eleventh was shot, and
Lieutenant Uline says that he can never
forget the mans words which were,
My God, they have got me-" Church
man suffered fearfully until his death
on July 2. Lieutenant Uline caught
the man as he fell and assisted in tax
ing care of him until his death, after
which he wrote to the young officers
parents. who reside at Newcastle, Del,
informing them of their sons death
At Caney the Eleventh captured 100
prisoners, and at Santiago they cap
tured a Spanish flag, a piece of which
he sent to his wife. All on-combatants
had been ordered to leave Santiago, and
!. 600 women and children who had left
the city We're suffering greatly for food
and shelter; and the lieutenant states
that he could not and would not de-
scribe the many scenes of suffering he
has witnessed among these people and
during the battle. His company, which
formerly was composed of Y men, has
dwindled down to SO. In conclusion
Lieutenant Uline states that he is en-
Toying perfect health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
A LOYAL AMERICAN GIRL.
Gladly Gave the Flowers from He1
Hat to Remind the Boys of
Home and Mother.

When the soldier boys left for the
south there was one bright-Iool1ing girl
standing on the depot platform. says
the Denver Times. She wore one of the
fashionable hats which appear like a
garden of flowers. AS she stood there,
with the tears coursing down her cheeks,
she saw the other girls burying the
brave boys in literal forests of flowers.
One of the soldiers stepping up to her
asked:
please, may have one of those flow
ers on your hat?"
She took his hand, and in a voice most
womanly said: Eyes, sir, and may God
bless YOU
Then she told them all to come and Sc
lect a flower from her hat. The boys,
with hands grim and bronzed from camp
life, carefully culIed them from the
straw frame until they were all gone.
Then she put on what was left of it, and,
stepping back toward the car, said with
emotion:
Boys, I wish there were more. I
hope you viii come back again, and that
those flowers will remind you of the
pleasant scenes of home, and guide you
as your dear old mother would have
taught you to 60"
There were several girls standing close
by who whispered: 81 wouldn't ruin
my hat that way" but the wiser heads
remarked: There is a loyal American
woman - God bless her" - Denver
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
NOTHING BUT LOVE
Exists Between Germany and the
United States Diplomatically.

Exists Between Germany and the
United States-D iplomatically.
Washington, July 21,-Further inquir-
les by the Associated Press today in
official quarters as to the alleged com
plications between the United States
and Germany in the Philippines failed
to elicit anything which might serve as
a foundation for the reports of such
complications. On the contrary it is
learned that there have been recent
communications between the two gov
ernments of a decidedly friendly nature
and at no time since the war began
has there been greater reason than now
exists for confidence in Germany'S neu-
trality in the war between the United
States and Spain. Reports of misun-
derstandings in the Philippines or else
where should not be too readily assum-
ed as a basis of inference of national
unfriendliness. Indeed it is believed to
be the desire, as it is also the interest
of both governments, that the relations
of traditional friendship between them
should continue unbrOken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
TO GOVERN LADRONES.
WaKeeny Worlds Suggestion fol-
Peace in Sixth District.

There has been considerable COM
plant against the nomination of W. A
Reeder for congress in the Sixth dis
trict, by some of the old cOterie of poll
ticians whose plans miscarried.
At Russell particularly has the dis
satisfaction been freely discussed, by
reason of the fact that Harry Pestana
was defeated.
The WaKeeney World has looked over
the situation, and suggests, as q, peace
offering, the adoption of the following:
Whereas, lot of kids, farmers, and
common scrubs got the bulge of the
politicians at the BelOit convention, and
nominated a congressman without ex-
acting a pledge from him to how he
would dish out the pie, and
Whereas, we don't like to do business
that way, therefore be it
Resolved That we emigrate at once
to our new American possessions, to-
wit the LadrOne Islands, and
Resolved, That we submit the follow
ing ticket to the careful consideration
of our breechclOut fellow citizens of said
LadrOne islands:
For governor, A. H. Ellis.
For secretary, Billy Nelson, Smith
County Pioneer.
For territorial representative, John
James Jones, Russell Record.
For postmaster, Bill Simpson Of Nor
ton.
For tattOOing the body, --.
Against tattOoing the body,
For the breechcIOut as state dress,
Against the breechcIout as state
dress,
n. B.-Savages will mark XXI after
the names of all these candidates, sure
thing and also vote upon these amend
ments to the constitution.
The men mentioned are supposed to
be in revolt against Reeder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
TRADE AT SANTIAGO.
To Be Conducted as in the United
States.

washington, July 21.-The officials Of
the treasury department are daily re-
ceiVing numerous inquiries from ex-
porters and others as to the regulations
etc, to Santiago and Guantanamo, and
especially as to whether articles pro-
hibited under the Spanish customs law
would be hereafter admitted. The Off
Gals have not been able so far to take
the matter up for final determination,
but the opinion is expressed that with
the exceptions of oleOmargarine, artificial
and adulterated wines and objects Of
fensive to morality, the entire list viii
be admitted into Cuba practically on
the same basis and at substantially the
same rates as they are admitted into
the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
FIGHT OVER A DOLLAR.
Cawker City Man Breaks a Neckyoke
Over a PeddIer's Head.

Cawker City, July IA quartette of
peddIers have been operating in this
R. r. Roberts pasture. Not being able
to catch one of them they offered Mr..
Roberts a dollar to catch the horse,
which he did, and they then refused to
pay the dollar
This brought on a dispute in Kelley's
barn and Roberts was backed up in the
corner by two of them and in defend
ing himself he struck at one of them,
Peter Haney, with a neckyOke, infiict-
ing a wound on his head which had to
be sewed up by the doctors. The neck
yoke was broken.
Roberts says only the straps and
buckle struck Haney and the neckyoke
was broken on the stone pavement.
Haney claims the neckyoke struck him.
Haney is recovering from his wound
and will soon be out of the doctors
care.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
500 DOLLAR COTTON BALE.
Tt is Sold for the Benefit of the Hos
pitaI Fund.

New York July 21.-The first bale of
new cotton was sold in front of the ex-
change building at auction at noon.
The first bid was 5000, while the buyer,
President VIM. V. King, of the cotton
exchange said $500 for the cotton. The
bale had been presented to VIM. Nc
kinley by H. and B. Beer, of New Or
leans, to be sold for the benefit of the
United States hospital fund. The pres
ident in turn forwarded it to the New
Y Ork exchange to be sold by them to
the highest bidder.
A fine new American flag was at
tached to and sold with the bale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
Earnines In early Rome.

In the early days of Rome the ladies
of that city wore such heavy earrings
that they made the ears sore, and some
times tore the lobes. There were doc
tors whose business was chiefly to heal
ears thus injured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
John Henley, of Toronto
Crushed by a Horse.
Animal Reared and Fell Back
Upon Him.
BREAKS A NECK YOKE.
Cawker City Man Strikes a
Peddler on the Head.
Western Star Mills Resume
Business at SaIina.

Toronto, July 21.-John Henley, aged
II years, a son of Frank Henley living
east of town, was killed by a horse
rearing and falling back on him.
He sustained internal injuries of the
abdomen by the horn of the saddle
striking him just above the groin which
resulted in his death. He was buried
in the Sandy cemetery the evening of
the same day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

Those who have subscribed for war
bonds without getting any might make
a further show of patriotism by in
structing the government to keep the
money and pay off the old debts with
it. This might be regarded as a sacri-
fee but it would not compare with that
of the brave fellows who have given
their lives for their country at San
tiago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
GYLLER A SMUGGLER.
Provisions Said to Be for Cuban
Ports.

Kingston, j Jamaica, July 21-The Nor
wegian steamer Gyller arrived here
after a voyage of eleven days from
New York. Her consignees said that
she had a general cargo aboard, but it
has been learned that she is laden with
provisions, which are destined for Gu
ban ports. Her mission is similar to
that of the steamer City of Kingston,
which brought a cargo of provisions to
this port a month ago and trans-ship-
ped them to the Spanish steamers Pur-
isirna Conception, Benito Estenger, En-
manuel, RaouI and other vessels, which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
WESTERN STAR MILLS RESUME
Valuable Property Idle Owing to
Financial Difficulties.

Salina, July 21.-The Western Star
Milling company of Salina viii resume
operations again. Financial troubles
have caused the shutdown and have
caused one of the mills to be closed for
good. Yesterday H H. Sudendorf paid
the last of the judgments against the
Fourth street property, SO that it is
now released from all membranes.
The amount of the judgments was $39,-
600, and the property cost over 100000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21
Salinas Band omcern.

Salina, July 21.-The Salina Military
band has elected new officers as fol-
lows: President, John Lii; vice presi-
dent, J. c. Beyler; secretary and treas
urer. Theo. Seitz; musical director, w.
p. Packard; assistant musical director,
+ a Knox
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

The IuII in the fighting has come at
an opportune time for the Klondike
transportation companies. Their in
terests are now getting a hearing before
the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

Spain still has one warship left on
the high seas. She is the Temerario
which has just left a South American
port bound northward. Here's a chance
Cor the Gloucester.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

1t will be noted that the Roanoke
laden with millions of KIondike gold
succeeded in evading that Spanish
privateer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

Toral said BIanco told him to surren-
der if he wanted to and Blanco says he
didn't know anything about it and
there you are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

If civil war should break out in Spain
now the probability is that by the time
it closed there would be nothing left
for any party to govern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-21

General ToraI made a mistake when
he failed to insist that General Shafter
train down to his weight