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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
CAPTAIN Dave.

Captain Dave of the Piute tribe
of Indians is character in his way
and has achieved considerable repu-
tation as wit. Civilization has done
much for Captain Dave. Among 9th
er things it has taught him the Yam
kee way of replying to one question
by asking another. This is well H.
Illustrated in the story which The
Chronicle of Virginia City, New,
tells:
Some white men were joking Cap
tain Dave the other day about his
claim that he could tell all the vari-
Gus tribes of Indians. But as usual,
when one attempts to get ahead of
Captain Dave, they came out second
best. One question put to him was
as follows:
Captain Dave, doesn't Shoshone
look pretty much same as Piute?"
yep"
Doesn't Shoshone dress all same
as Piutes'
yep"
"Then, when Shoshone talks Pr
ute, how you tell himS''
"When Dutchman talk English,
how you tell him2" came the laconic
but pertinent reply in faultless
pronunciation.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
Ancient Gallantry.

The respect and veneration paid
to the fair sex formed an essential
ingredient in chivalry. This, it is
supposed, was derived from the Gus
toms Of the primitive Germans,
whose females are represented to
have been very high spirited and to
have exercised considerable sway
over the other sex. Whatever truth
there may be in this statement, GER
tain it is that a high species OF gal
lantry forms the very spirit Of mod
en- chivalry, and as a proof of this
we have only to refer to the CLASH
fcation of a knights duty, to fear
God and love the ladies, to perceive
how necessary female alteration is
to the very existence of this order.
This principle of female adora-
ton, SO prominently displayed in
every aspect of chivalry, extended
its influence to the laws of the
times, for we find James II of Ara
gon ordering in this manner: 1--WE
Will that every man, whether
knight OF no, who shall be in com
pany with lady, pass safe and I'M
molested unless he be guilty of muir
der"
And Louis II, duke of Bourbon,
instituting the order of the Golden
Shield, enjoins his knights to honor,
above all, the ladies, and not permit
any one to SANDER them, because, :"
adds he, from them, after God,
comes all the honor that man can &C
quire. New York Ledger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
THE REAL SNAKE CAARMER.

How He Differs From the Ordinary Ma
nipulator of Harmless Reptiles.
The famous snake charmers of In
dia are divided into two classes
viz, the genuine and tho imitation,
or the real charmer and the tricky
but clever manipulation of snakes.
The former actually charms the
venomous reptiles into temporary
docility and harmlessness, while the
latter merely handles those which
have been rendered harmless by the
extraction of their fangs.
The real charmer seldom performs
in large town, because snakes are
not as numerous there as in the
smaller villages and the jungles.
One of this class carries his worldly
possessions in two bags hung on a
bamboo pole which rests on one of
his shoulders. His most important
and highly priced belongings, his
pipe, rude musical instrument
made of gourd and a section of
bamboo, he carries in his hand.
If you are living in the mofussil,
or rural district, and desire to ascer-
tain whether there are snakes har-
bored within the precincts of your
garden, pay the charmer rupee or
two and he is at your service. Care
fully depositing his bags on the
ground, he sits down beside them,
crosslegged, closes his eyes and be-
gins to play a mournful melody
upon his pipe.
To the occidental ear there is moth
ing impressive or thrilling in the
performance, and you fail to detect
even a faint resemblance to a har-
monious arrangement of tones such
as you have heard in your native
land. 1t appears more like an IT.
regular series of melancholy means,
soulful wailings and dismal shrieks,
aot unlike the productions Of be-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
wouldn't Hurt Himan

A German who had emigrated to
the United States ssucceeded in be.
ing admitted to allsinteryiew with
President Lincoln, and by reason OF
his commendable and winning de.
pertinent and Intelligent appearance
was promised a lieutenant's com.
mission in cavalry regiment. He
was so enraptured that he deemed il
his duty to inform the president
that he belonged to- one Of the old.
est houses in Germany. r IN
ooh, never mind that!' said Lin.
coin! You will not find that,to be
an obstacle to your advancement.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
ginner on the clarinet. You listen

ginner on the clarinet. You listen
with some degree of interest at first,
for the music, if it may be SO called,
is decidedly novel; then you feel
rather bored and are gradually
drifting toward the conviction either
that you are being bunkoed out of
your rupee or that there are no
snakes on the premises, when sud-
denly you notice movement in the
grass some distance from the player
and the head of a snake appears
above the blades, swaying to and
fro at least a foot or two from the
ground.
If it is cobra, the hood is expand
ed and the eyes flash and sparkle like
electric lights. Presently, perhaps,
another snake will appear in diff
ferent part of the garden, followed
by another, and, if your place is
well supplied with the reptiles, there
may be dozen of them moving to-
ward the player in spasmodic leaps,
While swaylng their heads and at
least one-fourth of their bodies clear
of the ground and keeping perfect
time with the music. They seem to
give themselves up entirely to the
fascination of the weird sounds and
to lose all consciousness of every
thing else.
AS long as the man plays, they re-
main within two or three feet of
him, while he sits with closed eyes,
apparently unconscious of their
presence. And still, he seems to
WELD a mysterious power over
them, holding them at a safe dis
lance from him, while they never
cease to oscillate as if in supreme
ecstasy. Suddenly he removes the
pipe from his lips and opens his eyes.
Slowly the snakes sink flat upon the
ground, and then glide swiftly away
through the grass, disappearing be-
fore you have sufficiently recovered
from your establishment to begin to
think of killing them. The charmer
never kills them; his religion for
bids it,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
Cannot Imprison For Debt.

ST. LOUIS, March 23.-The case of
S. j. Brannan against William M. Con
ogol from Kansas was reversed and re-
manded in the United States court of
appeals today. This was an action for
false imprisonment, the plaintiff being
confined in Jail for debt. A Judgment
was rendered against him and he was
incarcerated the second time in default
OF payment. In the decision Judge
Phillips decided that man could not
be imprisoned for debt.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
The Poor Devil.

The following theological discus
sion took place in a west side nur-
sery the other day:
Mamma, do you love the devil9"
"Of course not, my child"
docs papa love the devil?"
"Of course not. y
Doesn't God love the devil?"
mo, no; nobody loves so wicked
a thing as the devil
We'll, then, mamma, if nobody
loves him, l don't see how he can
help being wicked. New York
Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
CANDLE MAKING IN SWEDEN.
Some Are Made From Stearin That Is OBJ.
saincd From Insects.

ONiSOIC slNNllN0 jim OVCOElN,
Some Are Made From stearin That Is OBJ.
sained From Insects.
w. S.. HARDWOOD has an article in
st. Nicholas on "a Giant Candle"
describing one of the unique fea-
lures at the Stockholm exposition.
Concerning candle making in Swe-
den, MI. Harwood writes:
The candles of Sweden are not
dipped in the old fashioned way,
but are made on what might be call
ed scientific principles, after the ex-
perience of good many centuries
has told the makers just what ma
terials will produce the best results.
They are not run in hand held
molds, at the risk of burning some
body's fingers or spotting the kitch-
en- floor with splashes of tallow.
Tallow in its crude state is, indeed,
used in the manufacture of these
Swedish candles, but it must pass
through long treatment before it
yields up the pure stearin from
which the snowy candles are made.
Some of this tallow reaches Swe-
den after long ship journeyings from
South America, while some of the
stearin does not come from tallow
at all, but from palm oil gathered
by the natives of South Africa, and
still another supply Of stearin is Sc
cured in a curious way-from in
sects shipped from China. The in
sets, in dying, turn into wax very
rich in stearin.
When the stearin is ready for the
mixing, it is nearly pure white in
color, clea. liquid that has the hue
and consistency of melted white
sugar. In the factory the attend
ants fill their large, wide Tipped zinc
pitchers with the liquid stearin, step
to long row of candle molds, and
pour in the melted stearin. The
molds are in sections, ~ candles to
section Of the smaller sized can
dies. The wicks for the candles
have first been twisted from threads
into the proper size and threaded
through the molds by machinery.
AS soon as the stearin has cooled
around the wicks a keen knife passes
under and cuts the ends of the
wicks, the candles in the section are
lifted out and another set of wicks,
all threaded through another set of
molds, stands ready for the next
pouring. Swiftly breaking the can
dies apart, the attendant passes
them on in box to another work
woman, who sends them whizzing
through trimming and polishing
machine, from which they go to the
counting table.
watched a young woman who
was at work one day in a factory in
Sweden (and the factory, by the
way, was located in the candlestick
Of the giant candle), counting these
candles--a small kind it happened
to be that they then were making,
perhaps five inches in length. With
a deftness which was quite extraor-
binary she thrust her hands into a
pile of candles and unerringly drew
forth 24-never more, never less.
All day long she stands at this coun-
ter and not once in thousand times,
SO was told by the superintendent,
would she draw out other than "a.
l suppose it had become a matter of
intuition, so to speak. She knew
exactly how many candles would be
included in grasp of her hands and
she practically never made a mis-
take.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
Not What He Expected.

Professor Knowall-Miss Vernon,
what would you say if were to tell
you that vanity is but the looking
glass that reflects imaginary virtues
and conceals real faults?
Miss Vernon (simply)-I should
say you ought to know.-Brooklyn
Life.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24

Dyspepsia Cured Shilohs Vitalizer
Immediately relieves Sour Stomach,
Coming up of Food distress, and is the great
kidney and liver remedy. Solb by Houston
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
VAY G. STARR, hardware deal


" er and president of the
Honeoye Falls Water Co.,
of Honeoye Falls, N. Y, writes: 81
have taken DR.. Miles Restorative
Nervine, much to my benefit, having
suffered for years past from nervous
prostration, dizziness and a weak tired
feeling. l had been treated by num-
Der of physicians but receiving no per-
manent benefit, I took DR.. Miles Re
storative Neryine and can only speak
of it in the highest terms, as it re-
stored me to health and saved hun
dreds of dollars in doctors bills. I
have also recommended the Nervine
to many Of my friends and take pleas
ure in telling the public OF the per-
manent benefit l received from it,,
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine is
without doubt the grandest restorer
to health, from nervous prostration.
1t is the great cure for the nervous,
weak, tired out in body and spirit. For
the sleepless, the dyspeptic, the rheu-
matte, the sufferer from fear and mel
ancholy. 1t strengthens the memory
and the mind, and imparts to the list
less and discouraged, the impulse to
he up and the will to do. DR.. Miles
Nervine is an absolute nerve tonic,
shat makes the step elastic, the dis
position cheerful and the spirits buoy
ant. 1t is strengthening nerve food
that rebuilds the decaycd and de-
stroyed nerve tissues, replacing the
WORKOUT weakened nerves with new,
fresh and vigorous life, and sends men
ind women about their daily duties
With renewed energy and vigor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
. r. FRANKLIN MILES, LIB.
commenced active practice

r. FRANKLIN MILES, LIB.
commenced active practice
more than twenty years ago,
directing his energies especially to the
nervous system on the theory that a
arrangement Of the nerve cells of the
brain exerted a wider influence in
the production of disease than was
supposed. DR.. Miles theories have
been generally adopted the world over
and the wonderful results attained by
DR.. Miles system of restorative rem
edies, directed especially to the nerves
has led to many limitations, some Of
which have been widely advertised,
but none have equalled the efficacy of
DR.. Miles scientifically prepared rem.
edies. They have gradually but surely
grown in popularity. Those who use
them are their best advertisers. {
Rev. w. B. Baldwin of Oak Cliff,
Texas, says: "For years 1 suffered
with facial neuralgia, especially in the
eyes. A plain story of my pain would
read like exaggeration. No tongue
can tell what 1 endured for twenty
years. The 1sras Baptist Herald ad-
yertised DR.. Miles Remedies. I took
the Nervine and its effects are won
derful and seem to be permanent. I
have no fear of that dreadful enemy
and say to everyone, do not suffer with
any nervous disease while you can OBJ
tain DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine."
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all
druggists under positive guarantee
first bottle benefits or money will be
refunded. Book on diseases of heart
and nerves sent free on request by the
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24
Countess of warwick a Mother.

LONDON, March 23.-The Countess of
Warwick formerly Lady Brooke) has
given birth to son,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

The Kansas City Times. as the
exponent of Western beliefs and in
tcrests, has become the most widely
known paper in the West and De-
mocracy has gained for it thousands
of admirers, and, backed by the
rural ..ress and the approval of the
major portion of the people in this
section, its power for good is con
stantly on the ipcrea e. The good
it is now able TO render for Demo
cratic principles, as embodied in the
Chicago platform, can be 81 realty in
creased by the support at the people
who live ir Southern and Western
states. The conicmptible practices
used IN Ohio are but u forerunner
of what will be attempted in the
general stat elections this fall.
This year important elections will
be held in thirty six states and ter
ritories. The most determined Ell
forts, accompanied by every con
ceivable species Of political trick
cry and corruption, will be brought
forth to defeat the Democratic forces.
Events of great Importance to the
people will transpire, and live, up
to.date newspaper will be vital
necessity in every home if one
would keep informed on current
events. The news service OF the
Kansas City Times is in every sense
complete In addition to the full
Associated Press report, it receives
special reports from its own cores
pondents in every importan, news
center in the country. Its policy
is unequivocalIy Democratic and TO:
the interes, OF the west.
By means of three fast early
morning trains, north, south and
west. The Times is delivered at
points 200 miles from Kansas City
in time for breakfast, and over
Western Missouri: and thee iourths
Of Kansas, the same day it is pub
lished. 1t will be sent by mail one
year for 81; fog six months, So, and
for three months, ST.. The Twice.
a week Times contains the cream OF
the worlds news aud the best mar
ket report compiled in Kansas City.
Sent ore year for 81; six months
so cents Address The Kansas
City Times, Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
He came home with bugles playing;
the specie sneaked back home.

He came home with bugles playing
the specie sneaked back home"
A chilly atmosphere pervaded the
convention and seriously affected
the delegates who had just been
applauding the poets imported
speech. After that things didn't
70 as was expected, and-well' Mr..
Ware was saved the humiliation OF
going to congress. He has since
become prominent and prosperous
railroad attorney
And soon after the incident re-
lated above las the professional
story.teller would say "lronquill'
penned the following soulful mel
ody.
"The world does not care Tor the
fragrance that is never lost IL
perfuming:
The world does not care Tor the
blossoms that wither away before
blooming.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
Great Music Otter.

Send us the names and addresses
of three or more performers on the
piano or organ, together with ten
cents in silver or postage, and we
will mail you five pieces full sheet
music size consisting of popular
songs, waltzes. marches. etc, ar
ranged fer piano "r srgan. Address
Chicago Cook & News Co., 2l5 22l
wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
First Published January II. 1893.
yHERIFF'S SALE.
la he District Court of Anderson
county, Kansas.

la he District Court of Anderson
county, Kansas.
STATE OF KANSAS. |
ANDERSON COUNTY, w.
Melvin Foliz. administrator
of the estate of Willis l.
Priest, deceased, plaintiff,
VS.
Samuel Priest, Emma Priest,
Iva e Prizes Mabel A.
Priest, E. L Warner and
j. 4, Stout, defendants.
By virtue Of an order OF sale Ia
me detected and delivered, issued
out of the Fourth judicial district
court of the state OF Kansas, sitting
in and for Andersen county, ia said
state, will, ON woudav, the l4tn
day of February, A. d 1898. AT 2
O'Clock p. m. OF said day, at the
court house door in the city OF
Garrett, in the county and state
aforesaid, offer at pubic sale ahd
sell to the highest bidder, for Cash
in hand, all the right. title aud in
terest of the above named defend
ants in and to the folI)wing do
scribed real property, towi': h"
four az, FIVE (5), six (6) and ten
OO), in block thirty (30). in the
city of Colony, in Anderson coun
ty, Kansas. Said property to BE-
sold as the property of the abnve
named defendants.
PIE. KEENEy, Sheriff
By A. P. FARRTs, Under Sheriff
Sherif's office, Garnet, Kas /,
Jan'y 10. 1898
john w. PooRE,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

Subscriptions The New Time will be received and forwarded
by the Agtaor We offer years subscription for The New
Time and the Agitator for 81 60.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

The world does not care for the
chimes remaining unrung by the
ringer.
The world does care for the song
unsung in the soul of the singer.
y X *
The motives, the hopes and the
schemes that have ended in idle
conclusions.
Are buried along with the failures
that come in life of illusions
GEORGE WAGNER
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
First published January IA. 1898.
PU ELICATION NOTICE

In the District Court of Anderson
county, HAS.
John II. Moore, plaintiff,
Geo. N. DeWolf. Agnes De-
Wolf, The DeWolf Man
ufacturing Co. Ca corpo.
ration), The Kansas City
Furniture Co 7. Fl. Riff
fee, manager, William
Murphy, Charles w. De-
Wolf, II. FL. Riffee and
William VanV elson, de.
PENDANTS.
To The Kansas City Furniture
Company. 7. II Rlff'ee. manager;
Chas. w. DeWelt, William Mar
ply, Y. II. Rifl'ee:
You are hereby notified that you,
together with your above named
CO defendants, have been sued by
John IL. Moore, who filed his petit
tion in the Office of the clerk of the
District CourL of Anderson county,
Kas on the 18th day of January,
1898, and that unless you answer
the same on or before the l4th day OF
march, 1898, the same will be taken
as true, aud Judgment rendered
against you for 81 10000 with in
tercst at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum from February Is, 1895,
costs OF suits and foreclosing you
of any right, title or interest in or
to the following described property:
Lots two. three, six, seven, ten and
eleven, in block eleven, in Chapman's
Addition to the city of Garrett. An.
derson county, Kansas. and said
property be sold to satisfy said
Judgment, interest and costs
KIRK e BRoNsTnN
Atty's for Plaintiff
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
Twenty-One Years Old.
A Curiosity.

While rumaging among old papers the other day. we
discovered the following program, which reminded us OF
time when we much younger than we are now and we
reproduce it. thinking will be of interest to some who were
children at the time this entertainment was given
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
HOW WARE WAS DEFEATED
"The Organ Grinder" Not
1.-THE WaSher-WOman,"
Buried his Ambitions.

0AA Avn AAAS AAAAANASAOASs
The following is letter to the
Kansas City Times from Topeka:
What the State of Kansas needs,
evidently, is superintendent of
Kansas history, an official whose
duty shall be to search out and elm
mate from her history all little
errors that creep in through the
mistakes of overworked and i'm
posed.upon newspaper correspond
ents.
If you don't believe it, look at
the story in The Times of January
8, which alleges that it was the ir.
religious sentiment of "The WASH
er.woman" which defeated Eugene
Ware in his aspirations for con-
gress.
That's a good story, but no bet
ter than the true one l am going to
tell--and why should not the pub
lie know the truth?
1t was "The Organ. grinder" that
defeated Gene Ware; not the mere
fact that the poet-lawyer had under
taken to bribe the machine musician
by frequently dropping a quarter
into his hat, nor yet the fact that
he had lightly referred to the said
musical perambulator as a "noble
Roman" but the more sorrowful
fact that the sentiment of the poem
did not rhyme with the prevailing
sentiment of Kansas Republication
at the time at which Mr.. Ware
posed as a candidate for congress
siOnal honors.
"Ironquill," who had recently
caught the spirit Of modern Repub
licanism, was making speech to
the convention, in which he dwelt
upon the glorious results Of the war,
the reunited nation, the best bank
ing system the world ever saw, the
credit strengthening act, and the
payment of the public debt in
specie, the substituting Of railroads,
and the numerous other acts in the
interests of capital, all of which he
approved because the Eillionaires
had saved the country and were
now developing it's resources.
All this stuff which has since be-
come so monotonOus was new argu-
ment in Kansas in those days, and
Mr.. Ware had adopted it for the
occasion. Nice as it sounded to
most of the delegates, one Of them,
a rural representative, who had
been q "constant reader" of Wares
verses, interrupted the speaker and
asked permission to read the fellow
ing gem from "The Organ. Grinder. "
Fires smouldered at the Preside
when the nation called ITO arms
My comrades left the forest the foun-
dries and the farms:
They fought the nations battles on
the land and on the sea-
Alas! alasl no millionaire went to the
war with me.
The mort of the country marched
and filed theiUnion ranks
The money Of the country marched
and filed the English banks.
At last the war was Overland johnny
ceased to roam
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

In the District Court of Anderson
county, Mas.
John IL. Moore, plaintiff,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04

SINGING. by members OF the ochool
c1amation-The tale of Mouse " Earnest Stevenson
a. The Alphabet Roundelay. by Fl Little Girls and Boy
d. Spelling Schoo-A Farce; by Numerous chaIaceiS;
r. Fe Observation-Disclosures. Miss Bowen, Teacher.
& Matrimony-An Acting Charade $3.50 -.
. TaIkino Flowers ......By Eight Little Girls
6 Nabeau yramid OF Beauty - -.
s. Song-"The Three Kittens, ''..,''by Fo" '''e ''''S
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-02-04
SHOE SHOP . . . .

Call and see me if YOU have
o shoes that need repairing !
900 make a speciality Of Rubber
O Baets All work frst-class
Shop in Opera House block,
north side. JESSE CARRIER.