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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
THE Willy BADGER.
Row He Rid Himself of a Plague of

Vermin.
Paul w. Heinrich, the real estate
dealer, is also student of entomology,
natural history and animals in gener-
al. He lived down in Nebraska at one
time, where the badgers have taken
the place of the buffalo. One night
Mr.. Heinrich was explaining the pecul-
iarities of the animal and stated by
way of introduction that a genuine
Nebraska badger was sharper than a
politician.
''They have several bright ways Of
doing things" he began. perhaps
need tell of but one to make their in
telligence plain. Now, if a badger has
vermin, do you know how he goes
about it to rid himself of them?"
Scratches 'em off," said the pro-
prietor.
mo, sir; Mr.. Badger isn't fool enough
for that. He just goes to some stream;
then he stands on the bank and reach
es around with his mouth and pulls a
little tuft of hair out of his tail Now
listen closely. With that bunch of
hair in his mouth he turns around and
backs slowly down into the river. The
vermin naturally crawl to keep out Of
the water and begin to wend their
way toward his neck, and as he dips
himself down deeper into the water
they hasten to his nose and then out
on to the bunch of hair which he holds
in his mouth. When Mr.. Badger finds
that they are all out on that little tuft,
he opens his mouth and let's the cur
rent drift it down stream. Then he
crawls out on land again, shakes him
self and laughs, while he listens to
the vermin floating away, singing "A
Life on the Ocean Wave denver
Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
WIND LYRICS.

East wind
Through gates of pearl, with sapphire set
steal at dawn to fly, while yet
The clouds with silver dew are wet,
On wings that brush the morning star
OF song afar
North wind
From fields Ct frozen stars blow,
l bear the fragile flowers of snow
That fall upon the earth below,
With pure celestial lips to bless
In soft caress.
South wind
On wings OF perfume, born of spring,
Sweet memories of the south l bring;
From birds and blossoms pink that fling
To heav'n their gladness in an ecstasy
OF melody.
West wind
Back through the gates of gold and rose,
Where late the star OF evening glows,
slip, before the evenings close,
On pnions woven OF a sigh,
Into the night seem to die.
But, hush! The night will soon pass by.
Before the lark, when morning breaks,
The east wind wakes
Carrie L. Ward in Danad
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
FIRST AMERICAN PATENT.
Granted Mt Boston In 1913 and Call.
ed n Monopoly.

ed Il Monopoly.
To the general court of Massachu-
sets belongs the honor of granting the
first American patent. This was in
164S and was then designated as q
gion controlled by Massachusetts, I'D
the one issue apparently included all
the invention of the inventor connect
ed with engines that depended upon
water for their motive power. The
limit of the monopoly was IA years,
and the court not only retained power
to forbid expectation, but to prevent
eNorbitant charges upon the public for
their use.
The patent was issued in this form:
"JENKES NIONOPOLYE.
"At general Courte at Boston the
9th Of the 9th Mo 1913. The cor't con-
sidinge We necessity of raising such
water for speedy dispatch Of much
worke with few hands, and being suffi-
GENTLY informed of We ability Of We pc
tition to peforme such workes grant
his petition (yet no Othr per sen shall
set up or use any such new invention,
or trade for IA yeares without We Ii
cense of him the said Joseph Jenkes)
so farr as cOncerneS any such new in
vention & so it shall be alwayes in We
powr Of this cote to restrain We eX-
portation of such manufactures & We
prizes Of them to moderation if occa-
sion so require"
This inventor, Joseph JenlSes, or
jerks, as it would now be spelled.
came from Hammersmith, England,
settled in Lynn in 1913 and died in
16S2-S3, aged 81. He was black
smith and macMnist, made the dies
for the coming of the "Pine Tree"
money and built the FIRST fire engine in
this country, altogether man Of great
inventive genius and the ancestor of a
large number Of descendants. One of
his sons removed to Rhode Island,
where he built several mills.-Boston
Transcript.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Wave Clouds.

The atmospheric ocean surrounding
the earth is frequently disturbed by
gigantic waves, which are invisible en-
cept when they carry parts of the air.
charged with moisture, up into colder
atmospheric stratum, where sudden
condensation occurs. In this manner
times make their appearance at great
height, marking the crests of ripple
of air waves running miles above our
heads
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Not His STYLE.

"a musician out of work, are you?"
said the housekeeper. well, you'll
find few cords in the woodshed. Sup
pose you favor me With an obligato."
pardon The pronunciation, madam"
replied Peripatetic Padroosky, but
Chopin is not popular with me."-Cath-
Ollie Standard and Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
His Remedy.

The other day a little stenographer
in down town office begged some
workmcn who We're putting up new
telephone not to place it so high on the
wall as they We're doing.
you see" she said, Il have to use it
as much as any one, and l am so short
that l can hardly reach it,
"Oh, well, miss" said the humorist in
charge of the work, you can raise
your voice, can't you?"-Boston Tran
script,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Iowa's Dollar Daily.

Iowa is the only state in the Union which has
daily newspaper at 81 year. 1t is one of the
wonders of the world. 1t is the Des Moines
Daily News. The subscription price is 81 year.
payable in advance. The Daily News is a mem
Der of the Associated Press and prints all the
dress THE NEWS, Des Moines, iowa
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19

II didn't like your prayer very much
this morning" said fault finding dea-
con to his minister.
"What was wrong with it?"
"Well, in the first place, it was toe
long, and then thought it contained
warranted"
81 am very sorry it meets with your
disapproval deacon" the good man re-
sponded, "but you must bear in mind
that the prayer was not addressed to
you."-Ohio State Journal
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
The Opportunity,

"Bilkins got married rather suddenly,
didn't he?"
"Yes. Somebody gave him railroad
pass to New York good for two, and
he didn't want to waste Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Knew What He Wanted.

The Amiable Plutocrat-But riches
do not bring happiness.
The Unamiable Pauper--But amt
lookin fer happiness. All I want IL
comfort.-Indianapo Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Tell Your Sister

Beautiful Complexion is impossible without
good pure blood, the sort that only exists in
connection with good digestion, a healthy
liver and bowels. Karl's Clover Koot Tea
acts directly on the bowels, liver and kid news
keeping them in perfect health. Price 25c and
SOC q. W. Houston, Extra
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
A. to Fenthertnr Nest.

"My experience" said the reformed
confidence man who had played the
races frequently in his day, sis that it
is hard to pick the winner, but CON-
paratively easy to pluck m."-Chica-
60 Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19

Since time is not person we can
overtake when he is gone let us honor
him with mirth and cheerfuIness of
heart while he is passing.-Goethe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
The Wrong House.
There

Minister'S Wife-Wake up! There
are burglars in the house, John
Minister-Well, what of it? Let them
find out their mistake themselves
Woman's Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19

1t is in the cows mouth that you
find true equality. There you will see
no upper set.-Boston Transcript.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19
Extent of His superstitiop

care you superStitious?
'"To certain EXTENT
"What do you mean by that?"
well, | should hesitate to pass un'
der Il ladder if there was a man with
a pot of paint at the top of it."-Chica,
go Inter Ocean.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-19

When man Is missing, every ones
first impulse is to count the women
left in town to see il one Is short
AtchisOn Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
MARTIN CHRISTIAN CONFESSES
To the Murder OF His Father and
duplicates a Man Named Hodge.

Guthrie, o. r., May 10.-(SpeciaL) Mar
tin Christian, who is now in jail at Ia
logar Dewey county, has confessed to the
murder Of his father, y NJ Christian The
boy was arrested four weeks go in Sher-
man. Texas, and on being taken to the
scene Of the crime confessed freely and
fully and upon the confession a man
named Hodge was Immediately arrested.
According to the Confession Hodge and
the boy arranged. to kill old man Chris
tian and secure his herd Of cattle Hodge
was to receive twenty head Of steers for
doing the bloody work. On the 31st Of
March the boy and Hodge met at a water
hole on Christians ranch, knowing the old
man would come there in the evening.
When the elder Christian arrived the boy
told him there was a steer up the gulch
that needed attention and they would go
then headed for the gulch and when in
a dark ravine Hodge, the boy says, drew
revolver and began firing on old man
Christian, firing four shots into the old
man before he fell from the saddle, and
then dismounted and put a bullet through
his brain. Young Christian then fed to
relatives in Sherman, Texas, and Hodge
dwelt in the neighborhood in security until
the boy was brought back and confessed
the awful, unnatural crime. Both are in
Jail at Taloga.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal
LOUISVILLE. Nv. NEW YORK, N. -

Grant county and located the half sec
ton of land on which its county seat was
located. The county accepted this grant,
and the several departments of both fed
eral and territorial governments have
+ recognized and ratified the acts of the
secretary.
When congress provided for the loca-
ton of the county seat of Grant county,
without giving any authority to change 1t,
the right of the legislature to authorize
change ceased. The organic act defining
the powers of the legislative assembly
and the act of congress authorizing the
location Of the county seats in the Cher
okee Strip, must be construed together,
the later action modifies the former, and
the legislature can pass no law authoriz-
ing any change in the location of such
county seats until permitted to do so by
congress. The act of the territorial leg
islature under which the special election
for May 16 is attempted to be held IS, in
my judgment, as at present advised, in
conflict with the act of congress authoriz-
ing the location of the county seat Of
Grant county, and is therefore void. To
grant the writ of mandamus asked for
would be a judicial recognition of the
validity of the act Of the legislature I'M
der which the board Of election commits
sioners are assuming to act. This I am
unwilling to do. AS it is an elementary
principle that the extraordinary writ of
mandamus will not issue unless the right
to it is clear and undisputed. The appli-
cation is denied.
JOHN H. BURFORD, Chief Justice
Done at Chambers at Saltwater, O. IT,,
this May 9, 1899.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
a Communication.
o the Editor of the Eagle.

L
The Women's Cooperative Association
of Wichita consists of a small number of
working women, and of a smaller number
who are not workers, but who have joined
1t to help ii along. BY subscribing such
sums as they could afford they have
raised small amount with which they
have purchased material and rented and
furnished room and are manufacturing
wrappers, tea jackets, shirt waists, skirts,
etc. They have a skilled cutter and de-
signer and the garments they have so far
made have given good satisfaction and
compare very favorably with eastern
made goods, while the work IS helping
them to make living. To maintain this
work the patronage Of their fellow-citizens
Is all that is needed, and we feel confident
that il will be largely extended TO them
when their plan is more widely known
and understood.
The money earned by the members OF
the association is spent here at home and
1T is, therefore, clearly 10 the advantage
of every member Of the community that
provided the garments they produce are
as good and as cheap as those which are
made in the ''sweatshops' of the east.
they should have the preference. They.
therefore, ask the public-spirited ladies'
OF Wichita 70 interest themselves in this
association; TO come and see what they
have to offer them, and to give them a
share Of their patronage.
1t IS hardly necessary 70 point out 20 the
business men OF our city how 1t IS to their
advantage that the association should sue
coed. The greater part Of the money Il
il puts into circulation IS paid out FOR
labor TO members OF families who, u ne
cessity, spend Il among our Landlords,
merchants and professional men, instead
Of among those OF Kansas City, Chicago
or New York A good deal Of puoiic
money Is spent for the purpose Of finding
work for the fathers q families none.
that we are aware az. for anding work toF
widows or others whose families have 20
look 70 us female members FOX support,
though Il Is often harder FOR them 20
find work than il Is for the men. A suo-
scrfntlon Of s. % entities 90 an equal share
In all work gwen out b. our association
and 70 an equal share IN is profits Any
one desiring 20 he.pa ame worthy and in
dr,str.ous woman can Go 50 ~ aiding her
70 Join Us
we cordially invite anyone interested 70
call and examine our system, OF on receipt
@. your address representative Of the
assoc alton VIII call and give any infoFms-
ton desired.
IN England ard France there are hun
d-ezs q these cooperative Associations
of working people. many q Eh5ca from
very small beginnings hays 6scone strong
and even wealthy corporations Wieh.tz
can surrey support ons suca o-ga--zation-
II Is good thing Please as.p g P1sa
6, along. Respectfully.
Mrz. J P. ROSS. Manager.
- Eszt Do1zlzs AFs1us-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11

Arthur Allen Caanute. Kan is visit
ing here
Geo Pitts OF Wellington was in the city
yesterday for few hours.
Mr.. y. ". Roy and family are now occn-
plying home at 1927 North Fourth ovenue.
Frank Smith has bought out the barber
shop at 105 North Main and VIII put n a
union shop.
]. F. Wilder and son leave today for Lsv-
erpool. England. TO be some four months
TO settle an estate.
Earl Blake, of the law firm of Blake &
Ayers. returned home yesterday from a
professional trip to Kingman.
Mrs Stella Cushman OF Humboldt. snd
Mrs. VIII Bartles Of lola are visiting tae
Misses Waggoners SCI y Market 81.
Mr.. Henry Schenebricker has changed
his residence to his new home. which ne
recently purchased at SIS Wabash avenue.
Mr.. Thomas Ebert came in yesterday
from Kildare, o. T. After visiting friends
here ne left last night for his home IN
Whitewater.
Mrs. I. Gross and Mrs. NJ. KraiIshei-
mer entertained the Entire Nous club in
honor Of Mrs. Schott and Mss Ruth
Hirsch Of St Louis
Editor and Mrs. Cline Of the Conway
Springs Star were in the city ysste 'ey,
Mrs. Cline attending the Eastern Star
session and Editor Cline visiting Wichita.
Mrs. Cara Darney and two children
Of Galveston. Tex, are visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. II T. Murphy 1i6 North Main.
and Mrs. T. H. Murphy OF CPS Moth To-
ptka.
All travelling men wishing haGs 70 decor
ate their homes can pr7cIre them at the
L. c. T. hail. Thursday afternoon. II Is
desired that all travelling men decorate
their homes
Uncle Dick" Hazelton as he IS famil-
iarly known had quite an accident with
his ocetylene plant at his place on West
Douglas avenue yesterday. He has as a
result no mustache or eyebrows and no
goatee. He thought the gas was all out
of the carbide and 1T match TO see.
Rev. c. E. Bradt VIII leave tomorrow
for two weeks visit AZ Minneapolis.
MINI. The pulpit Of tn Ficst Presby-
terrain church Will be filed Sunday next
by Rev r. r. Hitchcock Of Wcoste~ Ohio
and Sunday week by Rev. Stewart q Al
kansas C.tv.
Eva Poindexter OF Topeka Is IN the city
attending the sessions % the Eastern
Star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
MOVING
Continued from First Page)

troll is in conflict with sucn law Of Ire
United States.
In the act opening the Cherokee Outlet
to settlement congress made provision
for the location OF county seats, and as
sumed direct legislative control OF this
subject Section Il of this act provides
Before any of the aforesaid lands are
open TO settlement it shall be the duty
of the secretary of the interior TO divide
the same into counties which contain as
near as possible, not less than s0a square
miles in each county. That as
soon as the county lines are designa; ed
by the secretary he shall reserve not to
exceed one half section of land IN each
county to be located for county seat pur-
poses, TO be entered under sections 2SS7
and 23SS of the revised statutes, and all
reservations for county seats shall be
specified in any order or proclamation
which the president shall make for the
opening Of the lands to settlement"
1t viii be observed that congress omit
ted from this act the provision authoriz-
ing the legislature to change these coun-
~ seats. We must assume that congress
had reasons for this omission and that
il was the purpose of congress to perman-
entity locate these county seats, ct least
so long as We are subordinate depend
ency Of the federal government. Terri
tories are not possessed on sovereign pow
ers derived from their inhabitants, and
the inherent powers vested in the citi-
zens of a state are lacking in the inhab-
itants Of a territory. A territory derives
all its governmental functions and pow
ers from the general government, and
can only exercise such powers as are
conferred.
Pursuant 10 the authority vested In him
by the act Of congress, the secretary OF
The interior established the lines of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
FLYNN IO PROSECUTE
Those to be Tried al TaIoga
Charged With Numbering
HIS OLD FRIEND MAC OF D
Martin Christian COnfesses
the Murder of His Father.
HIS OLD FRIEND MAC OF D

Enid, o. r, May 0.-(SpeciaL)-Judge
John J. McAtee passed through the city
route for Weatherford, from which termi-
nal point he and ]. P. Renshaw, clerk
together with others connected with the
court, will drive overland nifty miles to
Taloga, the county seat of Dewey county,
which has recently been added to the
Fifth district The Dewey county term,
which began today, viii be of more than
usual Importance. The men accused Of
numbering W. G. Mcdonald (''Mc of Do,
the best known pioneer of western Okla
homa, will be tried, with Hon. D. T. Flynn
leading the prosecution. Three other muir
der trials, besides several United Stales
criminal cases, are on the docket.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
HUGE CONVEYANCES FILED
For Record at Guthrie. Trans
ferring santa Ee Properties. e.

For Record at Guthrie. Trans
ferring santa Fe Properties.
Guthrie. o. r, May 10.-(Special.) YES
terday there was filed for record in the
register of deeds office a warranty deed
for the Southern Kansas railway to the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway,
a deed covering the Santa Fe system in
Kansas and Oklahoma territory. The
consideration named in the deed is one
dollar and no revenue stamps were placed
on the deed although it conveys S45 miles
Of road and thousands of dollars worth
Of property. There were also fled two
mortgages. The general mortgage makes
a printed pamphlet of 103 pages and Sc
cures bonds to the amount of S1O3, 020, 600
The other mortgage is a book of 70 pages
and secures practically about $14,SS4 900
additional. Altogether the recording fees
on these instruments amount TO S67.25
and will hustle one man to record them in
a months time.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
The aoiiehits Daily EaeIe Tharsday gorme gau l. 1893
the phagocyte Skunk away.

the phagocyte skunk away.
By this time the malaria germ had
reached the limit of his endurance in the
impoverished and thinning blood on sle
stage of the microscope. 1t grew slightly
larger and quite sluggish, and finally at
tached itself to the glass OF the slide and
died like warrior.
This, as far as sshown. was the frst
time such a fight has been actual been
witnessed. It has long been known that
the phagocyte and micrebe were antagen-
ISIS. but the actual battle between them
had never been witnessed.
The malaria germ propogates It's species
by augmentation. Periodically every day,
or every three days, or every four days,
according TO the type of the disease,
the full-grown germ sub-divides and each
subdivision becomes a fun-fedged microbe
with full power 70 reproduce itself. All
the germs sub-diVide throughout the hu-
man body within some minutes of one
another
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
NOT A BlGAMIST AFTER ALL
Mrs, William TOTE No. 2 Weakens on
the Witness stand

Guthrie. o. T, May 10.-(SpeciaL)-W
lam Tole, farmer, who has recently set
tied near Choctaw City, has recently been
in trouble, says the Oklahoman. He was
on trial in Justice Days court Monday
on the charge of bigamy. Tole sent for
a wife and four children whom he had
left in Tennessee. A little later a woman
arrived here from Texas who also claimed
TO be Tole's wife. She hal a child with
her. She claimed that she had married
Tole in Texas, and her story created a SEN
sation in the Choctaw community. On
the stand yesterday the Texas woman
weakened and declined TO swear that she
had been married TO Tole, but claimed TO
have lived with him and passed as MS
wife. After hearing the evidence, Tole
was discharged.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
FURNISHED ~ tae Wichita Abstract and
Land Company. Il If Dubois. Abstract
or. Court House. Phone "a
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Furnished ~ ne wichita Abstract and
Land Company. Il If Dubois. Abstract
or. Court House. Phone ga
WARRANTY DEEDS
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-11
PRESIDENT OF THE FRISCO
And Party of Officials 60 Over tho
Midland.

President D. D. Robinson Of the Frisco,
accompanied by General Superintendent
Davidson. F. NJ. Bisbee. superintendent
of tracks and bridges. Division SupaIin-
tendent c. r. Gray of Neodesha and
Freight Agent F. j. Frank of Wichita
went over the Midland yesterday in n
special train, consisting of President F.ch-
binson's car and Superintendent Da 7id-
sons car.
The special train left for Cherryvale
last night President Robinson said that
he found business prospects much more
encouraging out here than he expected
and he thinks the coming year will le
full of enterprise and progress for all
kinds of business in Kansas and Okla
homa. The party will make a ton: of the
Oklahoma lines before tht return TO St
Louis.