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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-31

At last the anticipations of the
officials of the Soldiers Home are
to be realized in part at least. and
the much needed room that has
been sought for since the compile
ton of the new home for old people
recently erected on the grounds of
the Iowa Soldiers Home, is forth
coming. Thirteen rooms are to be
furnished at once, and the furniture
for the same is arriving. This is
not quite half the rooms in the
building, but the furnishing of that
number will greatly assist the man
agement of the institution IN caring
tor the older couples, many of whom
were admitted before the building
was erected, when it was not
thought but what the building
would be furnished as soon as com
pleted.-The Marshalltown Times
Republican.
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Beware of new blotters! Here is
what lady in neighboring town
found on fresh blotter when she
dropped into her husbands office
the other day: emo gnilrad nwo AN"
Having received no such commu-
nication from him for years, a ques-
flon arose which has not been salts
factorily anSwered.-Ex.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-31

President Mckinley appeared be-
fore the Methodist Conference, at
Ocean Grove, New Jersey, last Fri
day and made brief address in
which he said in part:
There has been doubt expressed
IN some quarters as to the purpose
OF the Government respecting the
Philippines. l can see no harm in
stating it in this presence. Peace
inst, then, with charity for all, an
established government of law and
order, protecting life and property
and occupation, for the we'll being
OF the people, in which they will
participate, under the Stars and
Stripes"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-08-31

Watch the papers every weak for
fair news. Full program, as tar as can
be arranged, will appear next week.
Many attractions have been secured
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
S DIAMONDS.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: Ac-
cording to an expert goldsmith, the prac-
tlce of wearing fake replicas Of valuable
diamonds is considerably more common
than one would suppose. 1t is usually
done by people Who are in temporary
straits n wish to borrow a little money
on their jewelry without exciting suspi-
cion by it's absence. OF course, such a
thing as a paste diaond that would stand
even the briefest scrutiny of an expert
does not exist outside the pages Of ro-
ance, but those who are known as the
owners of handsoe ges can wear an imi-
tatlon with a good deal of impunity. 1t
never occurs to any of their friends that
the familiar stone may be a substitute.
and 1t is passed with at most a usual
glance. 1t Is said that a number of these
doubles exist in New Orleans. They
must be specially mounted to pass mus
ter, and the job, when properly done. is
far from easy. Some years ago a local
jeweler was commissioned to make a
paste duplicate of a lady's bracelet. It
was a narrowhoop of gold set with 10 per-
fectly matched brilliants weighing o
two carats each, and alternated with a
similar number of very handsome en-
eralds. There was no telling exactly
what the trinket was worth, for the value
Of such things is largely arbitrary when
they are entitled to be classed as unique,
but it ran some distance into the thous-
ands. The settings of the stones, which
was Of the style known technically as
"gipsy''-that is to say, flush the metal
made them rather easy to initiate, but
when the work was partly done, the
jeweler grew suspicious that it was In
tended for some improper purpose and
refused to proceed without an explana-
ton. The man who gave the order. who
was a stranger in the city, pocketed the
original and disappeared in some agita-
ton. He was never seen again, and
there is doubtless a queer story behind
the episode: The half finished bracelet
is still in the jewelers. safe.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
BRIDAL GIFT STOLEN.

New York Journal: The Italian COLONY
In Flatbush is very much exercised over
a question of etiquette on which the
opinions of the best experts differ wide.
The problem is this: At a wedding, If a
guest sees $500 sticking out of the pocket
or the brides father and he is an absent
minded man who wouldn't notice it If a
house fell on him, to whom does the
belong?
The puzzle grew out of what happened
at the wedding of Miss Philomenia
Muzzia at No. 41s Tulip street. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dominica Muzzia,
gave one of the finest receptions the To-
caiity ever saw. Pasquale Arrola, the
bridegroom, who is a clerk in a Wall
street banking house, wore evening
dress. a new satin tie n a large bunch
OF orchids. The whole thing went off in
the most successful down to the
point when the alleged breach of eti-
quette occurred.
Mr.. Muzzia was making the speech of
his life. which every one knew was to
have as a climax the production of a roll
of $500 which he had in his trousers
pocket. This he was to hand over to his
son-in-law with a dramatic flourish,
amid thep laudits of the crowd.
But some n reached into Mr.. Muzzia's
pocket before he did, and the speech end
ed with some words that were not in the
typewriter copy given out for publica-
ton.
The police raided the guests and
searched the six men who had been near
est to Mr.. Muzzia. They were discharged,
as their pockets contained nothing sus-
picious except stilettos. Then they ar
rested Manzi, Of No. 267 Pacific
street, who a been prominent among
those who edged up to the orator when
1t became known that he had 5000.
Manzi is a cousin of the bride. He said
he was innocent. Etiquette, he added,
made the father of the bride exempt, i'm
hume and sacred or the day of the we'd
ding. The police, however, said they had
evidence aginst him, and in the Flatbush
police u yesterday Magistrate Steers
held him for trial.
The father-in-law said he remembered
feeling a tug at his pocket just after he
gave away the bride, and the money may
have gone then. He added that of all his
guests there We're not many who had
such bad manners as to pick pockets at
a wedding. He knew this, because the
list of invitations was revised very care
fully.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
TO PLEASE.

Washington Post: A woman who Wis
tied one of the hospitals in the south last
summer has been telling a story since
she came back to Washington which is
good if true, and just as good, perhaps.
if it isn't true.
While going through the hospital in
question, so she narrates h incident, a
busy looking. duty-loving woman bus
tied up to one of the wounded soldiers
who lay gazing at the ceiling above his
cot.
Cant 1 do something for you, my poor
fellow?" said the woman. imploringly.
The poor fellow looked up languidly.
The only things he really wanted just at
that time was his discharge and a box Of
cigars.
When he saw the strained Inc anxious
look on the good woman's face, however,
he felt sorry for her, and with perfect
sangfroid he replied:
why. yes; you can wash my face II
you want to-"
I'D be only too glad to-" gasped the
visitor eagerly.
"All right" said the cavalier. gallant
ly. go ahead. It's been washed a times
already today, but I don't mind going
through it again il it's make o any
happier."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
white man. Just on the border Of this

white Just on the border Of this
mans farm Is a spot which seems to
nave been the thickest settled part of
the village and here is a grove
OF black oak trees. In this grove are
Two very large postoak trees, one in the
south and n in the north end of the
grove. In the grove can be heard most
any day the buzzing of a swarm of bees
SO plainly thai the noise has fooled many
old bee hunters, but all their search has
never revealed a single bee.
NOW comes the most peculiar part of
TINS peculiar tale. The large postoak tree
standlng at the north end of the grove is
carefully up each tree in the grove until
the curiosity of the bunch, for not long
a young man hearing of the bees
went to the spot and proceeded to look
ne came to the north tree. He was with
IN two feet of this tree. looking up, when
ne heard a noise just like a carpenter
at work mailing on boards, n the nosie
seemed to come from the tree. He went
around 1t several times trying to locate
the hammering. but it still seemed to
come from the tree. The hammering
until he happened to touch the
Tree with his hand, when it suddenly
stopped. The man then went away
amazed. A day or so later this man had
occasion to pass that way. He slipped
up to the.tree and listened for the ham
merlng, and, sure enough, it was as plain
as ever. He touched the tree with fine
END OF his finger, and, as before, the
noise stopped at once. This man and sew
eral others have tried touching the tree
several times since, with the same result.
They say that the humming of bees and
the curious hammering can be heard any
day., but no one has been able to explain
the mysteries of this enchanted grove.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
WHY HE LOVES HER.

Other faces may be fairer
Than your face, sweetheart of mine:
Other eyes may be more lovely
Than those true blue eyes of thine.
Other girls may be more graceful,
Sweet Rosina than thou art;
But l care not, oh my darling!
You are mistress Of my heart
Other girls may have more learning
Than thou hast. oh, love of mine!
others, too. may have compilations
That are lovelier than thine:
But care not for their graces,
ALI my owe goes out to thee.
Since you're always telling what a
Wonder you consider me.
Chicago News.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
NOT A POET.

No one should permit himself to inn
agine that the road to political greatness
in this state is literally strewn with flow
ers. For every moss rose that humbly
bushes at the feet of the truly great, a
cookie burr rasps = corn. Governor Bob
Smith is slowly but painfully discovering
this fact. For awhile after taking the
g~ubernatorial chair he had a chrysan-
themum sort of a time. But as he grows
old in office his sensitiveness increases
with the burdens Of his position.
The oftener he changes his politics, the
harder it seems to be for him to culti-
vate an alligator hide and stand up
bravely before the heartless ~jokabusti-
cuses of the newspaper world. Recognize
ly avoided hurting his e~xcellency's feel
ings, for the taxpayers of this state can
not afford to pay the chief executive
$4,000 a year. and furnish him Office rent
as a lawyer, and have him put in his time
suffering from the nettle rash.
Months ago this paper attempted in a
mild sort Of a way to criticise a policy
hat had been adopted by the state land
department, whereupon his excellency
flew into print with the statement that
such criticisms were only 1.-The mouth
ings of a noisy press" Thereupon the
Inter Mountain Immediately subsidized,
realizing that il the governor should
happen to get mad enough to break any
of he bric-a-brac in the state house we
would be morally responsible for having
unduly irritated the head of the govern
ment.
But some OF the other in
the state did not permit the example OF
the Inter Mountain to shine as much as
II should. They have from time to time
tried to enjoy themselves with his excel
lency, not stopping to think that il the
governor resented a criticism Of his land
department he would be still more sensi-
tive along some other lines.
The latest newspaper to provoke execu-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
THE BEEF REPORT.

The nding Of the court Of inquiry
relative to the embalmed beef scandals
are substantially in line with the fore
casts heretofore given by the press. 1t
was found that the charges made by
General Miles were not sustained by the
evidence, though some of the meats
spoiled through exposure after their re-
ceipt, and furnished a basis for the
charges made. The general is censured
for not having reported this fact with
promptitude.
The allegation that meats had been
chemically treated by the packers was
not proved by the evidence, n 1t was
shown that a very large mountain had
been created from a very small mole hill
by newspapers interested in promoting
a scandal. The meats furnished the army
were the same as those furnished the
public, the improper exposure and hand
ling of them in a hot climate by mex
perienced men causing the results COM
planned Of.
The democratic press will accept the
report Of the board Of inquiry with a
great deal of reluctance, as it spolls q
carefully nursed campaign issue. They
viii insist that the report is a whitewash
and that the administration was in
league with the packers to feed the SOL
diers on chemically prepared meats.
Indignantly poisoned with a view to kill
ing them off. in order to reap a profit on
the contracts.
Fortunately. the public has learned to
expect all sorts of ridiculous charges
from the democratic press and has
ceased to estimate public men from that
standard of morality. For months the
people have been agitated and wrought
up over a beef scandal that really
amounted to nothing that could not have
been readily explained on the face of
things at the outset, had it not been for
the persistency with which the demo-
cratic newspapers insisted that a great
wrong had been perpetrated by the ad-
ministration.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

DIRECTORS. A. Creighton. Omaha:
q. W. stapleton. A. II. Barrett. e. d.
Leavitt. s. ". Kemper. T. M. Hod9ens.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09
GROVE.

Galveston News: Away back in the
ffties there was a Shawnee Indian vii
lage on the South Canadian River about
IS miles west OF South McAlester. but the
old village has long since disappeared.
On the spot where the young Shawnee
buck sang his kiowala to his dusky
maiden and courted his best girl by the
light OF the full moon only an occasional
rock hearth and a few graves are left
to indicate the former hunting grounds
OF the red man.
Near the old village site now lives a
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

The Helena Independent is terribly
worried over the future Of Butte ana
Great Falls, fearing that all the smelters
will be moved to Anaconda in a short
time. Our esteemed contemporary is
doubtless afraid that the dandelions may
get a footing on our principal streets
and thereby entice the remainder Of the
Helenaites to come over and abide with
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

When the anti-expansionists resort to
mass meetings to show public sentiment,
they should remember that there are 9TH
ers. The public meetings held in Chicago
by those who approve OF the presidents
policy in the Philippines have been veri-
table tidal waves Of people. eager to show
their appreciation of the work of the
national administration.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

The Inter Mountains advices from Ma
nj la today indicate that civil war among
the insurgents is imminent. When two
generals array their forces against each
other in battle line, and the conflict is
averted only with extreme difficulty on
the part of ~Aguinaldo, the beginning OF
the end is in sight.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

The mayor and city council will hold
another soiree at the city hall tonight.
The regular programme will be present.
ed, and the exercises will close with the
announcement that the sitting members
stand adjourned.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

The affectiorate interviews between thu
mayor and the outgoing street commits
sioner reminds one of the o:d saying that
"love laugho al locksmithy."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

1t can be said to the credit of Governor
Smith that he has not as yet demanded
the return Of the Montana volunteers,
when the interests q the nation are At
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

stake In the Philippines. That sort Of a
course is reserved for such narrow mind
ed executives as Governor Thomas of
Colorado and Governor Lee Of South Da-
kOta.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
Grhces de McTc.er.

Gen Mercier has said that both the English
and the American press are in the pay of the mys-
terious syndicate. The General is supported
by gentleman in Lille, who has sent the follow
ing polite letter the editor OF the Daily Graphic
signing it "Soult Due de Dalmate." the name and
style of the famous Marshal OF France who died
forty-five years ago and whose family is now
extinct The letter. Of course is in French
OF which the following is translation:
what you medding with now! You speak
OF want of conscience, but In heavens name,
look at yourseves-at your own. Then consider
the debauchery, the abasemcnt OF your lords
receivers OF commission money. Look at ad-
miro, the brigandage of your soldiers, even the
most illustrious OF them, gloat over the heroism
of your sailors, pirates, and robbers OF the Seas
You yourselves have enough vices under your
varnsh and ought to leave your neighbors in
peace Dreyfus is innocent you say. What
can you know about it? Those who accuse him
are just honorable as those who defend him.
And those who accuse him, what interest ask
you, have they in accusing him? And those who
are defending him. you know very WELL do you
not, where and how much they are paid. Silence
then, you men Of the long teeth; the day will come
when they will be pared down London is not
very far from Calais, Boulogne, and Dunkirk
and then our dreams will be realized"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03

An Assertion That the New Trust Is Uaing
the Standard Oil Policy.

TERRE HAuTE. Ind. Sent. "a manager Of Q
former whiskey trust expressed the opinion
that the announcement from Peoria OF a re-
duction from 81 26 to 81. % gallon ON spirits.
which announcement changes the quotation to
the price at which spirits have been selling for
two months. indicates a further reduction as
part OF policy to deter CAPITALISTS from inveBt-
ing in proposed independent distillereA.
He calls attention to the fact that the Standard
Oil Company. which is now largely Interested
in the trust. has always pursued that policy in
the oil business. The Merchants independ-
ent house here is running at 4. 500 bushels
daily. Its owners say they have declined Q
proposition to enter into pooling agreement
with tho trust and that the trust 10 trying to
drive it out Of business.
The Merchants is owned by Eastern whole
sale dealers and rectiaers who take all its
product, and they say they can run the house
proftably at two cents less a gallon than tito
trust can operate. because the trust Is bur-
dened with heavy fixed charges result OF
buying and leasing distilleries in the effort to
acquire monopoly OF the production ofspiris 3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
-FOUR YEARS OF SPORT END IN JAIL.

Frank McGowan Forced His Sister to Appeal
to tho Law for Protection from Him.
HEMPsTEAD. N. Y. Sept. 2.-After four years
OF sporting life Frank McGowan. at %. finds
himself bankrupt and In a cell. When he
became OF age he took possession OF a
$4,000 legacy and started out to soc how
fast he could spend it. Mrs. J. H. Bates
his only sister. has beautiful summer villa at
Rockville Centre. and MCGOWAN has been
spending this summer and the remnant OF his
fortune there. Mrs. Bates made every endeavor
TO reclaim her brother but with little success
Yesterday. having spent all his ready cash in
going the rounds OF the village. he went to his
sister and demanded more money. She re-
fused to give him any and MCGOWAN became
enraged ana began breaking chairs. windows
and other things. Mrs Bates sent n servant
for help and Constable Fred Gdersleeve after
a struggle arrested MCGOWAN and hailed him
before Justice f. Fl. Wheeler. MCGOWAN was
Intoxicated and, he became abusive. Justice
Wheeler remanded him to the Queens County
Jail until Tuesday. McGowan'a father was a
feed merchant in New York. He died eleven
yeArs ago,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03

A curious suit, in which wife sought to recover
damages against young woman for alternating
the affections Of her husband, has recently been
before the Appellate Division of the Sup,
Court in the Fourth Department The case against
the girl clear, il distinctly appeared that she
knew the plaintiffs husband a married mnn
at the time when she his attentions as
thos, Of a lover The wife ,wcver charged tho
girls mother with having participated in her
daughters wrongful conduct by encouraging her
intimacy with a married man. There was YER
dict Of 5000 against N daughter and $3.50
against the mother. The verdict against the
mother set aside by the trial Judge on the
ground that the proof failed TO snow knowledge on
her part that the man who was making love TO her
daughter married. Tho fact was generally
known in the hamlet where she lived, but she
stouuy denied that she knew or suspected il, and
the Court the more ready TO believe her because
II appeared that she devoted herself closely to her
household duties and but little OF her neigh
bors The action OF the trial Court in setting aside
the verdict has been upheld on appeal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
Religious Nutirrs.


TONGREGATIOS BETH ISRAEL
Y VIII hOli DiNIn" SeNIce, IA l7ST-l7sp Lexing.
ton aY., cor II It'll ST., which one OF Tha nnett
places ~ worship IN Harlem. good Rabbi II m
gagged. a well known Cantor, with a we'll trained
choir will Otlpatr. seats to be cured d.i!y uL
Friday evenings, from A. NJ to - aud from / 10
Pm. CHTEE, Sec.
4 ,ONGREGATION MATCH AARON a.
Y Harlum Arcade. III T. I2tth sire :.
Divine services, With sun~s and s"rluons IN Ger.
mAu and English, will bs he'd during the con- .ng
HOLIDAYS IN this hntst, most comfortable aud h"st
ventilated hall in Harlem. An excellent Cantor m
well trained choir. will conduct tlr services StatS
to be secured at the hall daily from NJ {, u and
from Pm to 10 Pm. l. scHwAHR Preytasa@
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03

The Governor OF Minnesota has appointed
MI F. J. Saedle, Populist TO fill a vacancy
on the bench Of the Sixteenth Judicial district
in that State The new Judge liz native of Austria,
and has twice been elected District Attorney Of
Traverse county on the Popuist ticket He is
a graduate of the law department Of Drake Uni
versity at Des Moines, la There is a gradual
increase in the West in the representation Of the
Populist party on the judicial bench
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
AIMED At DOG; SHOT A NAN.

A Hotel Keeper Wounds n Fish Dealer
at Canarsie.
Isaac smaley. 40 years old, a fish dealer OF
Rockaway and Schenck avenues. Cnnarsie.
was removed to St. Mary's Hospital. yester-
day. suffering from a pistol shot wound in the
abdomen. George A. Phillips. hotel keeper
at the same place, was arrested. charged with
doing the shooting Phillips owns number
OF chickens. A dog stole several last week and
when 1t made its appearance yesterday
PhillIps secured his revolver aud fired one
shot. The bullet missed the dog and entering
the window OF the fish store struck SmalleY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Earnings.

According to the statement given out by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company yesterday.
the earnings OF that corporation for August
amounted to S97l .o03. an increase OF S6.24S
over the corresponding month in 1898 and OF
So. 1888 over August. 1897. The total earnings
for the last two months were 81. 1914 94s. which
10 a decrease OF S25.17 compared with CORES
ponding months IL 1893.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-03
DIE ID.

MET"CTp On THURSDAY. Aug, 81, Anna Eliza
MAtzger. beloved wife Of jacob MeHger. in the
nth yeSr II her life.
Intermcnt SUNDAY in Lutheran.
SUYDAM.-At his residence. No. 2Is Lincoln
Place. Brooklyn. y. Y. James s. Suydam, aged
10 wears.
Funeral services at his late residence Sunday
afternoon, s, ptember 3, at $50 o'clock. Inter.
meut private. Kindly omit flowers.