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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29
QuickaiIyer.


The ore from which quicksilver is OBJ
stained is a brilliant red rock known as
cinnabar. When of high purity, 1t is
actually vermilion in color. Cinnabar
Is the original source Of the pigment
known commercially as vermilion. It
is compound Of sulphur and quick
silver, and in order to separate the lat
ter from the sulphur the rock ID roast
ed. Passing off in the form, of gas,
the mercury is afterward condensed
and flows out in fine stream, like a
continuous pencil of molten silver.
The discovery of the famous Califor-
MIA mines came about in an odd sort of
way by observation of the vermilion
paint with which certain Indians in
that part Of the country frescoed their
bodies. 1t was ascertained where they
got the pigment. and thus were revealed
| the ricl. deposits which subsequently
became Of such commercial impor-
lance. Like gold and silver, mercury is
occasionally found in native or pure
state. Sometimes the miners pick
penetrates cavity that contains cup.
| full or more of the elusive anG beauti-
| full fluid
Miners suffer much from the poison.
GUS effects Of the quicksilver fumes Elk.
| IRENE cleanliness is the best safeguard
for workers in this dangerous occupa
ton. Use is also made of sort of lem
onade which serves to a certain extent
as an antidote, strong acid taking the
place Of lemon juice in the composition
Of the drink Saturday Evening Post.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29
An Awe stricken witness.

II we'll remember" said veteran
lawyer, s'the trial of case in which
Judge Henry T. Backus was doing
cross examining. Now, the judge was
noted for his lavish use of six footed
words. and he used frequently to
astound if not confuse an unprepared
witness with plethora of high sound
ing phrases. The case l speak Of was
tried in Sault Ste Marie, and there
was simple, inoffensive Frenchman
on, the witness stand. He understood
little of the attorneys profound Inter
rogatories> and gave his answers In q
confused and stammering way calcu-
lated to ruffie the sweetest temper.
Finally the attorney paused in the mid
die of his cross examination and OBJ
jected because the answers of the wit
ness were not responsive. He was adj
vised by the court to couch his ques-
tions in simpler language. Then Judge
Backus, pointing his finger at the meek
looking witness and looking him
straight in the eye, thundered:
"'Sir, desire you to respond to my
HETEROGENEOUS categorically and with
out prevarication or take the conse-
quencesv
"'Ohy exclaimed the Frenchman, ris-
ing from his chair in fear. ooh! What
dat?'
"Of course the incident convulsed the
spectators and the court, and it was
some time before order was restored
and the case could proceed. Detroit
Free Press.
Ok Blood Tablets are the great flesh prodrc
er For sale at W. A. Hamler's
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29

There % no pleasure in life if you dread got
ing to the table to eat and can't rest at nigh
on account of indigestion. Henry Williams, of
Boonville, Indiana. says he suffered that way
for years. till he commu enced the use Of Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure and adds, SHOW 1 can
eat anything like and all want and sleep
soundly every night" Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will digest what you eat. w. A. Hamler.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29

Ox-Blood Tablets are the great flesh prodrc
or. For sale at w. A. Hamler's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29
Practice.

Parke-I never saw child with such
a remarkable memory for names as
mine has.
LaneSHow do you account for iti
Parke-Think of the nurses she has
had!-Harper's Bazaar.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29
Their Business.

Gas Man-Hello, Tom! What are
you doing these days?
Pork Packer-I'm in the meat bust
ness. What are you doing?
Gas Mani go you one degree bet
ter. Pm in the meter business.-Ex-
change.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29

Ox-Blood Tablets purify the blood and buile
up the system Thin people gain wonderfully
in flesh by the use of them For sale at W. A
Hamlers ~
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
BALANcE OF TRADE.

3 y III
The following items are taken from
an article puDnshed In the Boston
Pilot of July Z. under the title !. Of
Starving India This article had
number Of facts and figures taken.
mostly from Yearly Famine in In
diaii" ny George e. Buell. Of Rochester,
N. Y.
The wheat crop in India in 1899 was
232 ,5S5, 600 bushels. The average an
nual wheat crop for the last eight
years was 234.O57. 75O.
Over35, 400 900 bushels Of wheat we're
exported from India IN 1899; 16,50o, TAO
bushels is the average amount annual
" exported from India for the last
eight years. Il.
Note from the above figures that In
dia raised a little less than the aver
age OF wheat last year: but that she
shipped out OF the country two and
one-eighth times more than the aver
age shipped. i
The Pilot comments as follows upon
the foregoing paragraphs:
According to the favorable balance
OF trade" theory, India Ii the most
prosperous Of countries, for her ex-
ports, and especially SO In famine
ports are always in excess OF her i'm
years.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
CRUELTY IN TONE.
Cross Words XIII Bird in II. Ca

Cross Words XIII Bird in Its Cage.
A bird which receives scolding is
made as miserable and unhappy there
by as child would be. To illustrate
Our Dumb Animals tells the following
story: A Massachusetts woman had, a
few years ago. beautiful canary bird
which she dearly loved, and to which
she had never spoken an unkind word
In her, life. One Sunday the church
organist was away, and she stopped
after church to play the organ for the
Sunday school. In consequence of this
the dinner had to be put of an. hour,
and when she got home her good hus-
band was very hungry, and he spoke
to her unkindly. The things were put
on and they sat down In silence at the
table, and presently the bird began to
chirp at her as it always had to attract
her attention. To shame her husband
for having spoken 30, she turned to
the bird, and for the first time In her
life spoke to 1t in most violent and
angry tone. In less than Eve minutes
there was fluttering in the cage. She
sprang to the cage-the bird was dead.
Mrs. Hendricks, the wife OF the late
e-president OF the United States,
says that she once killed a knocking
bird In the same way. 1t annoyed her
by loud singing. To stop it she spoke
in q violent tone, and pretended to
throw something at 1t, and within Ave
minutes it was dead.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
WEALTHY MISSIONARIES.

Contemplating the formidable fig-l
ures for articles Of personal apparel
incorporated In our bill against Tur-
key on the missionaries account, the
Hartford Times Is moved to conclude
that our missionaries in Asia are good.
dressers and do not have to sleep on
the floor One preacher put In a
claim for s72 worth of shoes. A lady
missionary is represented by a bill
Of SIS for footwear. The same preach-
er's loss in clothing is computed at
1919, and in bedding. $3.50. The lady.
missionary's lost wardrobe is inyento-
ried at 81 ,13S, with an additional item
of $2l5 for bedding and another Of
$500 for pictures ad photographs. A
preacher Of The same name as the lady
missionary, presumably her reverend
papa, is put down as having lost 81 =
342 In clothing. $1,000 In furniture AMI
1920 in notes and bonds. The per-
sional effectas Of this single individual
aggregate $1,000 in the bill. for dam
ages. There are other. claims show
ing that either the missionaries were
as the Times infers, remarkably well
heeled," or else are gambling on the
indemnity. It is not strange that the
sultan refuses to be bulldozed into
summary payment OF the alleged dam
ages. Monitor
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
BRITISH CRUELTY.

A correspondent Of the Bundaberg
Queensland, Australia) Patriot, re-
ferring to the charges against the
Beers OF cruelty to the blacks, says
that in western Victoria, Australia,
there is a cave into which, not a great
many years ago, over a hundred black
men, women and children were driven,
walled in, and then smothered by
smoke from fires lighted at the en-
trance. The correspondent also states
that "squatter" is still living who.
boasts that he exterminated the bulk
of tribe by poisoned -four, and shot
the survivors dead; that he has known,
in West Australia, "of scores OF Mig
gers on the chain' being marched for
over week without their shackles be-
Ing removed. and without other sus-s
tenance than the scanty gleanings OBJ
tanned by their women, who followed
them from their native hunting
grounds to the outskirts OF the settle.
ments,'' when these defenseless women
We're flogged of by the native police
and Started on their return journey
through country occupied by hostile.
tribes"
The correspondent also says that
Western Australia papers during the
last few years, have reported score
Of instances Of 'niggers' being logged
to death by their owners (for slavery
disguised under the milder term OF
assigned service is still legal in West
Australia); and for such case brought
to the. light Of day there are scores
unheard Of. On the Rand, Just before
the outbreak of the present war, the
mine owners were attempting to In
crease the working day Of 'niggers' and
whites alike from nine to ten hours a
day, but the Boer government discour-
aged the attempt"
In the face of all this, British writ
ers and journalists hypocritically
charge the. Beers with cruelty to.
blacks, although in all the British pos
sessions in Africa the treatment of the
blacks is fieldish, slavery being as
openly recognized in Zanzibar as In
the Sulu islands. The Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
SHORT EMl!oFtIEI;s.

To the average nnssosus there d
no better. capital D which tc trade
than the short memol e q, the people.
Upon this he can ban with absolute
security. And of this Ne Republican
campaign managers taRes the most
complete advantage in their NeapefAte
efforts to substitute the less troIbae-
some empire for the nominal republic,
which still remains to the people.
B In his opening speech at the Hanna
convention, Senator Wolcott waxed
eloquent over the prosperity which
had followed its advance agent, show
ering blessings upon the workingmen
OF the country In this the wordy
senator banked on short memories, but
must have blushed as he recalled the
following assertion made by him In
the senate May 2S, 1893 Let the date
be noted:
For myself. Mr.. President. / still
cherish, and I shall cherish as long as
4 live. the conviction that prosperity
can never come to this country until
it comes by a restoration OF both sill
yer and gold as a standard. upon a par
ity to be internationally agreed upon.
II you like. but In some method to be
restored to the coinage Of the world.''
This statement is not worthy of. COM
ment simply ~ coming from repre-
sentative Of silver state. Nor Is II
to be dignified because Of the fact that
1t was uttered In the faces of men who
realized how easily its author would
trim his course to suit the political
breeze. But 1t Ia important a. show
Ing the condition Of affairs over four
teen months after the inauguration OF
the great Mckinley. Mr.. Wolcott was
speaking at a time when every news
paper In the country was daily record
Ing the lowering Of wages and the clos i
ing Of mills. From all over New Eng
land there arose cries Of the deceived
workingmen who had been assured Of
steady and remunerative employment
If they would only rally to the standard
Of protection and elect Mckinley and
congress to aid him. Senator Wolcott
must be accepted as authority by Re-
publicans who have lately held him up
as their chief spokesman. The words
quoted were spoken before the exigen-
cies of war for humanity" had
drawn from the ranks Of idle working
men the vast army recruited for the
purpose Of land-grabbing and loot.
They were spoken more than q year,
after the coming OF Mckinley and
after many months Of the Dingley bill.
with its notable failure to open the
workshops.
Wolcott Is still alive. but he is not
In the .cherishlng business as he had
promised.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
CHAPTER II.

Murdered! Could this awful word,
SO full of terrible meaning, apply to
her stepfather, who she had last seen
standing at the door of Chalfont
House, full of life and health, holding
the fretful Kate by the hand? Mollie
sat up and turned hastily to the two
ladies, the color fading from her face
my name is L'Estrange," she STAN
mered nervously, looking from one to
the other II am Mrs. Barlowe's eld-
est daughter l thought l ought to
tell you. Ii did not know that
he died like that; no one told me.
Are you sure?''
Mollie could see the ladies were gaz-
marks; but she was too eager to learn
the truth to mind that, or anything
else. Why had she been allowed to
come home in ignorance of the trag-
edy that hung undiscovered over Chal-
font House? In the pause before any
one spoke she was not conscious of
feeling any sorrow for her dead step
father, nor had these ladies expressed
any; but she did feel "a thrill of horror
at the thought of the crime that had
been committed in the house where
she wa: born-her mothers house
and could not repress shudder. Then,
the first lady got up. and, coming over,
sat down heavily in the seat opposite
to her.
II am heartily sorry you have heard
me, my dear she said kindly. ct is
lesson to me not to talk Of my
neighbors in the train. But are you
really Amy Barlowe's child? Yes,
looking at you. l can see your dear
father. Your parents were my dearest
fri,s.ds. You do not remember me,
but surely you have not forgotten
Reggie and Joyce?"
Mollie started, and, leaning forward,
turned her beautiful, miserable grey
eyes on the speaker with dawning rec
ignition.
"Yes-yes, / do now she cried.
"You are Mrs. Anstruther; you live in
that pretty white house near the
church. Oh. Mrs. Anstruther, about
this dreadful thing about Mr.. Bar
lowe. Madame Dubois wrote that he
died suddenly, and she was now my
guardian; but how did it, happen?
Why was not told?" And she glanc-
ed imploringly at the pleasant mother
sly face now regarding her with a
troubled frown.
Ito be continued.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07

through the green country. It even
amused her to see the great open fires
in the waiting rooms once more as
they flashed through the stations.
Then she suddenly became aware that
the two ladies were talking very hard,
and she heard her own name.
You will find Reverton looking
much the same, Louise" the elder was
saying. The people alter, but not
the place. Why, you have not been
here since the year poor Mrs. LES
TRANCE married Mr.. Barlowe, have
you?"
No; how pretty she was! I know no
one liked him; you thought him en-
adventurer. What has he done since
her death?"
.Oh, he feathered his nest we'll
got the whole of her property for him
self and his wretched little girl, to the
exclusion of the elder child! Every
one knew that his poor wife was hor-
ribly afraid of him, and he had it all
his own way. Well, must not say
more, for he was hurried to his ac-
count with all his sins upon his head
and no time to repent him of his
wickedness"
What do You mean?"
did you not see it in the papers?
! 1t was the talk OF Reverton! He was
found murdered in his study nearly
twelve months ago. Yes, remember,
1t was on Easter Sunday"
"Murdered?" ecnoed the other
blankly. That handsome man? Who
did it?"
1T has never been found out"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
A Boys Revenxe.

The present German emperor, then a
small boy. attended the wedding Of the
prince and princess of Wales. He was
under the charge Of his two uncles, the
duke Of Edinburgh and the duke Ut
Connaught. AZ may be expected young
William ddgeted sadly, and conse-
qlently received an occasional warn
ing tap the shoulder. But how he
did revenge himself! His uncles were
In Highland dress, and the future em-
reror slyly knelt down and bit into
their bare legs with great earnestness.
Boston Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
The Mound city Kansas. Standard

The Mound City, Kansas, Standard
calls attention to- the circumstances
that Cuba Is a little less than Kansas
In both area and population, but 1t costs [
Sl2, 0O0, 900 to govern Cuba from Wash
ington, and but II 100000 to govern
Kansas. the Cuban expenditures being
all for ofiicial salaries; also that I'M
Porto Rico, only 80 by 81 miles In
extent. more is paid In salaries alone
than in any two Of our larger states,
while even the preliminary prepara-
ton to govern the Philippines sruns
up into the millions each year. be-
sides $700, 900 day for the army and
navy The fact Is clear enough to boz
seen by blind man that besides land
and franchise grabs. the only reason!
for the United. States holding any OF
these islands Is to secure salary grabs
for politicians. 4
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
FOR HOUSEWIVES.

The sugar trust Is not for Bryan!
That is the slogan of the sugar trust
and 1t is being passed along the line
with all the hurrah that the trust can
muster.
But what will the American house,
wives and their husbands. the Ameri--
can housekeepers, do about it?
Less than two months ago the sugar
trust compelled the surrender of all
competitors by arbitrarily reducing
prices SO that competition was out Of
the question. as the subjoined figures,
taken from the York (Pa.) Press will
show.
The Press, after telling that the
tariff has raised prices on sugar.
quotes:
May %. 1900. So. 20 per 100 POUNDS.
May %, 1900, IS. 80 per 100 pounds.
May rs, 1900. $40 per 100 pounds.
May 81. 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds
June l. 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
June IA. 1900, $50 per 100 pounds.
June IS, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
July 5, 1900, $3.50 per 100 pounds.
July 8, 1900, IS per 100 pounds.
These figures, the Press kindly In
forms its readers, ARE the refiners'
card rates, from which the wholesalers
are allowed rebate of Is points and a
discount of l per cent. This would
make the So rate Of today yield $7.79
per hundred pounds to the refner."
And yet each raise of one-tenth of a
cent per pound on sugar imposes a
gross tax OF $5,O00,O0O per year upon
the people of this country; for every
man, woman and child is sugar user,
and the annual consumption is 5,O00,-
100000 pounds. Thus the raise from
$500 to Sc per 100 pounds is equivalent
to an additional arbitrary tax of $4O,-
100000 per year, though the sugar mo-
nopolists were already drawing from
the pockets of American housewives
$2OO,O00000 year in excess of their
rightful profits.
But that's what the sugar trust is in
business for and SO with all other
trusts. And therefore the sugar trust
and the other trusts will not support
Mr.. Bryan. whose election would mean
their destruction.
And now what will the homemakers
and homekeepers do about it?-Demo-
crat Johnstowr.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07

White House every four years, your
congress every two.yet, once this trust
of the banks be rooted, you'll never
change your ruler. You will bow eter-'
nally before this never-dying, change
less dynasty of money.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07
ALI ron a susH1L OF CORN.
Here is an analysis given BY Ken

Here is an analysis given by a Ken
ttlcky newspaper:
From a bushel OF corn the dis MA
tillers get four gallons of whis Z
ky which retails at =. 316 so
The farmer gets. !. i. I ]. /. |. /. rs
The u. IS. government gets. 40
The railroad company gets. ..... ool
The manufacturer gets. y. j. 49,. 4 O0tj
The drayman gets i...,......... ID
The retailer gets, 90
The customer gets .s........ Drunk
The wife gets. Hunger
The children get. Rags
The politician gets. .............O Once
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-07

Now Forming After Plan That wiz,
II Carried Out. Make the Producing
Glasses Slaves OF the Gold Power ard
the Trusts.
Evening journal., 1900-06-30
sWARTHMORE
THE AETNA

THE STRAND
Ocean end OF Ninth street Most popu-
lar hotel IN Ocean city; extensively en-
larged rofurnishcd and improved; mod
crn in every respect; rooms en suite with
private bath music. billiard tables and
shufflcboards Liberal management.
Write for booklet
NJ COWPERTHWAITE. Manager.
Evening journal., 1900-06-30
P. 0. CHURCHMAN
IN CHAIR MAN
Succeeds Hugh c. Browne
on the Republican State
Committee

Republicans are in force in this city
to-day. They came from all parts OF
the state to attend the meeting of the
Republican State Committee. which
met In the rooms Of the Young Mems
Republican Club. to effect an organiza-
tion.
Among the visitors We're State Treas
urer l.. Heisler Ball. Henry Cannon.
ManlOve B. Hayes. George B. Hynson.
and Charles Maull.
Philip @. Churchman was elected
chairman of the Republican State
Committee to succeed Hugh c. Browne
The report OF the delegates conven-
tion was received and accepted. A reso-
luton endorsing the stand of the dele
gates was adopted.
A resolution thanking Hugh G.
Browne for the faithful manner in
which he performed the arduous duties
imposed unon him during the cam
paign in which he was chairman. was
adopted. Mr.. Browne responded to the
action of the committee by thanking
them for their disposition toward him.
A resolution TO appoint an Executive
committee 60 make an address to the
Republicans of the state as to the stand
which will be made and to attend to
the work OF the organization was
adopted. Chairman Churchman will
select the committee.
a committee was appointed to draw
up resolutions on the death Of the late
Congressman John H. Hoifecker.
IL was decided not to elect a perma-
nent secretary. and William II. Heald
was chosen temporary secfetary until
Mr. Churchman can be consulted.
The members OF the committee pres
cnt were Samuel N. Knox. Thomas A.
D. ilutson t. r. Shurter. James r.
Challenger, J. Moody Rothwell. DR.. T..
~. Ball, George II. Dick. Manlove B.
Hayes. George p. Hynson. Frank L.
Speakman, Charles IT, Maull. c. p.
Swain, George z. Smith and Robert G..
Houston.
Evening journal., 1900-06-30
SAYS HIS LIFE
Is His ANSWER
Former Senator Higgins Re-
fuses to Discuss His
Future in Politics

In the Daily Republican Of yesterday
an editorial was printed in which ref
erence to the Augustine Park meeting
was made. In conclusion the article
said: Delaware should. by all means,
have two Republican United States
senators this year. and a congressman
and nearly every official in the state.
You don't find Anthony Higgins max
ing a fool of himself; he has too much
gumption. He has fallen into line and
viii Loyalty support the Republican
ticket and throw fire brands into the
party councils. He, with j. Edward
Addicks, will be the next United States
senators from Delaware. There is no
question about it,"
When asked to verify or deny the
statement of the Republican, Mr.. Hig-
gins this morning said: MY life is my
answer" He was asked If he would
join with or aid in the election of Mr..
Addicks. but he positively declined to
discuss the matter.