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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Held by Etiouette.

Z When Dom Pedro. then emperor of
Brazil, was entertained at the White
House, he had been told BY a confused
senator that it would be expected that
he, the emperor, should be the last Of
the guests to depart.
The presidents wife, however, inform
ed her other guests that they would be
expected to follow, not precede, the
royal party in leaving the house.
The result was that no one dared to
go for fear of breach Of etiquette.
But at o'clock in the morning tired
woman pretended illness. and the dead
lock was broken.
Great is etiquette, but common sense
is sometimes allowable.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
The Life of ! Coal Miner.

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First the boy Of eight or ten is sent
to the breaker to pick the slate and 9TH
er impurities from the coal which has
been brought up from the mine. From
there he is; promoted and becomes q
door boy, working in the mine. AS he
grows older and stronger he is adj
vanced to the position and given the
pay Of laborer. There he gains the
experience which secures him a place
as miners helper, and as he acquires
skill and strength he becomes, when in
the height of his manhood and vigor, q
full fedged miner.
IT he is fortunate enough to escape
the falls Of rock and coal, he may re-
tain this position as miner for num-
Der of years. But as age creeps on and
he Is attacked by some of the many
diseases incident to work in the mines
he makes way for those younger and
more vigorous following him up the
ladder whose summit he has reached.
He then starts on the descent, going
back to become a miners helper, then
mine laborer, now door boy, ana
when old and decrepit he finally re-
turns to the breaker where he started
as child, earning the same wages as
are received by the little urchins who
work at his side. There is no incen-
tive for ambition in the average min
er's life. He cannot rise to places Of
eminence and wealth. Only 1 in 500
can even be given place as foreman
or superintendent, and these are posi-
tons which few miners care to hold
John Mitchell in Cosmopolitan.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
A. Nongo1fer,. Opinion of Golf.

Imagine a great fat creature who
ought to wear turban and long
black robe to hide his grossness whack-
ing little white ball for miles and
miles with perfect surgery Of instru-
ments. whacking it either with baby
ish solemnity or a childish rage, as
luck may have decided, and inciden-
tally training an innocent eyed little
boy to swear and be a tip hunting
loafer. That's golf.-H. T. w. Wells
in Pearson's Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
The Color of wood.

A simple way to restore color to wood
is to mix the color with oil and turpen-
tine, applying with soft cloth and
rubbing in well. Either the powdered
pigment or colors ground in oil may
be used. For light oak use raw UNI
Der. for dark oak burnt lumber. If it
is very dark, add mere shade of lamp
black. For mahogany use burnt sien-
ma, chrome yellow and bismarck brown,
and for cherry use burnt sienna.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
A Curiou. Barometer.

A curious barometer is said to be
used by the remnant of the Araucanian
race which inhabits the southernmost
province Of Chile. 1t consists Of the
castoff shell Of crab. The dead shell
is white in fair. dry weather, but the
approach OF moist atmosphere is indi-
Gated by the appearance of small red
spots. AS the moisture in the air In
creases the shell becomes entirely red
and remains SO throughout the rainy
season.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
The Russian clim...

The Russians count upon their cli-
mate as one means Of defense, as it
was when Napoleon invaded Russia.
Their troops are accordingly trained In
winter maneuvers, including loading
battery, with its war transport and
material complete, upon sleighs, NOV
Ing it for some distance over difficult
snow covered country and bringing it
into action again.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Preoccupntion.

"Why do you speak so slightingly
of that eminent scientist?"
II didn't mean to speak slightingly
of him." answered the young man with
the striped shirt front, but it does
seem peculiar to me that a man who
knows just when the next comet will
arrive and just how far it is to the
moon should be SO utterly ignorant
When it comes to a question of when
its time fol, dinner or what train to
take to get to the nearest town" Bos.
ton Traveller.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
His Mistake,

What curious mistakes men make
sometimes! I've just been reading, for
instance, that Columbus imagined that
he had. discovered the Indies"
"Ah, made a worse mistake than
that! When married my wife,
thought I'd discovered paradise!
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
A Wise Proyhet.

ION the WHOLE" said the aged wealth
er prophet, Il have found that the SAT-
est course is to predict bad weather"
Why" asked the neophyte.
Because people are much more ready
to forgive you If the prediction does
not come true"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
A Curiou. Entinp cu.,o,,,

The Dyaks divide In pairs when the
hour arrives for taking food, the father
and mother at one platter, two sisters
at one and still two brothers at anoth-
er. When the family is not equally
divided as to sex, brother and sister
may eat together, but this must al
ways be the youngest and Oldest of the
family.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
He Wa. Too Slow,

Magistrate - Your husband charges
you with assault
Madam-Yes. your honor. 1 asked
him If he would always love me, and
he was so slow in answering that hit
him with mop. Pm only a woman
judge, and woman's life without love
is a mere blight.-Illustrated Bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
An Example.

"After all. it isn't the big troubles
that bother a fellow SO much; it's the
little things that annoy us most"
'That's right. Why, they say a hor-
nets sting is only e-thirty-second Of
an inch long. Philadelphia Press
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Her Pet Name.

"Ah!' he sighed after she had blush
ingly whispered Eyes" in his bosom.
My own Mehitabel! Oh, that names
so formal! Surely your friends use
some shorter one, some pet namev'
Well she murmured, "the girls at
boarding school used to call me Pic
kles. "-Philadelphia Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
To the Best Of Her Knov1edue

A lady was looking for her husband
and inquired anxiously of a housemaid,
"Do you happen to know anything of
your masters whereabouts p,
I'm not sure, num-" replied the
careful domestic. ''but I think they're
in the, wash" Pathfinder.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Spicy,

"If you intend to dine on us"
queried the captured mariner, "why
did you greet us with a fusllade?"
Because we always pepper our food
before eating it." grinned the cannibal.
Philadelphia Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31

1t is claimed that dentistry prolongs
life. AS has been said of matrimony, it
certainly makes it seem longer.-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Quite Realistic.

"This," said the eminent artist, 'is
my famous study of the Cows In the
Clover"
But where is the clover?" was ask
ed, none appearing in the picture.
"Oh. the cows have eaten it. you
know" American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Partly Accounted For.

Bizzer-Where does that man Film
mer get all his money?
,Buzzer-Well, loaned him five dol
lars two years ago.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Candid.

Miss Alma-When did you become
acquainted with your wife, doctor?
Doctor-After the wedding. Heitere
Welt.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Good Reason.

Professor-W Why does the earth move?
Hardup tabsently) = Can't pay the
rent. I uppose.-Exchange
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31
Her Size.

Young Mani want an engagement
ring.
Jeweler-Yes. sir; about what size?
II don't know exactly. but she can
twist me round her finger, if that is
any guide"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-31

No man can build character by trying
to ra2e that of others.-Nashville Ban
per.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11

is much jealousy and rivalry among them. Society has turned flying ma- chimes and air sailing into fad, and factories for the manufacture of bal looms are springlng up on every hand. Balloon racing is becoming a feature of Parisian life, and so it Is also of London life, although Paris is the leader on aeronautic affairs.
 All hope that the roads of the fu- ture will lie in the air, where chert and rocks are not needed. When mid air sailing and racing are cult, some thing of value may be expected to spring therefrom. M. Santos-Dumont has certainly built balloon that can be steered and rapidly propelled in calm weather. The trip round the Eiffel tower was 91a miles long, and 1t was made in little less than thirty minutes, half of it against the wind. Thus far no one has outdone the Bra gillian, and he has shown that dirigi- ble balloon is possibility, and basis upon which the others may build, or he himself may build. It seems now as if air sailing is to be reached by gradual steps, as the locomotive was, and not through a daring and abso- lutely novel invention.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
HOW sRIToNs ARE TAXED.

From the Cleveland Leader QRspl
 It is thought by weIa-lafornae1 B-zfsh newspapers that the income tax in the United Kingdom win proHAhay be made about 774 per cent next year The in crease from the already AagA rate will be due to South African war expenses,
 In the British Isles incomes which are considered big enough to be s&xahae range down as low as s6oo or y7ab a year. Ahore that limit everything a resident of the country receives. from any sO@rcsA Is made subject to the exacssons 0f the gov- ernment. People Of very modest station who own hardly any property are com pelled to divide their incomes with the national treasury.
 A tax of Faa per cent on incomes means that a man earning S1g0 B year would have to pay ST5 of his salary or wages to the gopeTnmsn1 On S9aR the tax would be no less than Snsa a year which means more than the taxes. fnSrrr- ance and repairs on 8 nice h02s. worth $6oo0 or sse0o in an average A@srfcan city. The British income tax takes from a man whose income Is only SAa1t s a day almost one months pay every year It deprives him of money enough to buy all of his clothing or to pay three 0r four months rent.
 The marvel Is mot that emigration from Great Britain to the United States has lately tended to increase sozaSWh4r- but that 1t is not greater than it ever has been. Such taxation wo>aa <zsoEl any eoun- try as a place od re<aaeace for a good many a1nhifious men
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
soERsE GROWS sTAeNANr.
Coal and Iron Shows Improvement
 But Others Fall of.

Berlin. November 1o.-The Boerse has grown more stagnant, although values have been generally ntained. Coal and iron shares improved several points on the week, but others fell off. All other industrials were weaker. Ocean transpor- tation shares experienced a new fall, Hamburg-American declining 250 and North-German Lloyd {. The latter went below par for the first time in five years.
 The Frankfurter Zeitung explains these declines by pointing to the growing con- viction that the bad industrial situation of Europe must eventually affect the lines unfavorably."
 The Cologne Gazette argues that the competition of American anthracite with German anthracite Is not to be feared, inasmuch as the price of coal delivered to Rhine boats at Rotterdam is 2s marks for the American product, whereas the German mines offer the same quality at 2S marks. To this the BerliEer Tageblatt replies that the continued imports of American anthracite demonstrate the ability of the Americans to compete, and 1t expresses hope that American com petition will compel the German pro- ducers to reduce prices to a point where imports can be easily stopped.
 The Frankfurter Zeitung reports that American speculators are inouiring whether this is favorable time to invest in German coal shares ar tho present re- duced prices, and that the answer is generally in the negative. For this req son." says this journal the export of shares to ths United States has nearly ceased, and there is only very slight prospect of early resumption"
 American railway securities were ac- tive. Interest was confined chiefly to realizations occurred toward the end of the week.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported ia the
 South in a Week.

Chattanooga, November 1A-Ths E,o-s important of the new industries reported by The Tradesman for the week ended November g include B barrel and Sszvs factory at Plauqemine, La hTscS works at Abbevine. Ga; a factory for the man ufacture of all parts of b1gzsss and wag- ons at Givens Switch, near Mckenzie. Tenn; a S25,O00 cigar factory As Tampa. Fla; coal mines at Wilsonhlrx. w Va a S10a,0OO cold storage plant at Hunt ington, W. Va a Ss0a0o8 copper mining company at DanVdlle. Va . sSBa8 cot ton compress at Seguin, Tex a eeston gin at Fort Valley, Ga a cotton mill project at Viclzsburg, Mss s S9SaR cleo tric light plant al Golasboqo N C. s5o0oo electrical company al A<AsvIlle. N C.; foundry and pipe works at Char lotte. N. C.; sl50eo foundry at Tyler. Tex; furniture company al CoCSsc2nA Tex; a $25o 900 furniture factory aS ThozP asville, N. C.; ssOOeo gannsry and oors- press at Merkel Tex-s ss6agN ASrawarS company at Charlotte. N C. ice sscso-sss at Brooksville, Fla; Murfrex<No-o. Tsnrls Marlin, Tex, and fsarg4sonourz. w Vs-s iron mines at Bnena Vista. VS-s z s1sla ae land company at Louisville. KS-s & SlA- 600 land and coal company al BsassxVfras. Ky; a sl0OO0OO land company org2nizes at St. Louis to develop Iron rrcpe-ssss near Paducah Ky a &a8 laundry ss Denison, Tex; a <2se8O lumber conpar- at Kingston, Tenn; a S700ba0 humber eoE> pany at Murfreesboro, Tsaa-s a ss9gpe lumber company at Besunoat- Tex q $10O, 600 mining company at Rsnsso14 Tsxs an oil company at FSni1Aurss- Ala d s1,O00,e0o oil syndicate as Jennings, La $1o0.0oo oil company at Be2u@o1s. Tex a $50o.0oo oil and pipe line company at Hammond, La; a power plant sr Angus ta, Ga; a saw min al Chz@ncsr, Ga a shoe factory al Louisville. KS>s spoke and handle factory al Huntsville Ala; a S200, 900 telephone company al Fort Worth, Tex; a S2sAAa0 sslspAoze and telegraph company at Mo1sgO7erx, Ala; and tobacco stenmezr zt Lsexfps- ton, Ky.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
Lumber GoinQ Up.

The once great forests in the North west are beginning to yield fewer and fewer first class logs. and white pine as becoming correspondingly scarcer and higher. The mills are now cutting small logs. and narrow boards are Burned out which would have been un- acceptable to the trade twenty years ago. and even ten years ago. The cut ting down of the small trees means that there will soon be famine of white pine. Formerly an eight-inch board was the minimum width of firsr. grade lumber, but the minimum width of such lumber is now but four Inches.
 There is a large supply in the Can Rdian forests, but all Canadian lumber is subject to a heavy duty, and con- tractors will turn to yellow pine be- fore they will pay tariff rates in ad- hilton to transportation rates from Canadian points.
 The price of lumber must go up in the South very soon, and it Is now to the interest of all to make the most Of the great forests fin the South They, too, will soon be gone, unless Indeed practical forestry be introduc ed, and young trees be started as fast as old ones are cut. In this way the timber wealth of the South might be indefinitely extended. But if land owners do not adopt approved fores try methods the Southern forests will be swept away, and the entire country east of the Rockies will become tim berless and treeless. Forestry laws are greatly needed. and national as distance should be extended on gen nrous lines.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
A NEW COTTON GIN,

From the New York World.
 It is probable that no single industrial invention of this nineteenth century say- ed so much labor and produced so much wealth as Eli Whitney's cotton gin. Thomas W. Prior of Chicago claims, how ever, to have invented a new cotton gin, which, by passing the cotton through rollers. will remove all foreign substances without any breaking or cutting of the fiber. It Is said to have double the capa- city of the Whitney gin and to be capa- ble of adding from one to one and a half cents per pound to the value of the cot ton.
 On an average cotton crop this new gin, if its inventor Is not mistaken, will put $50.0OO000 year at least into the pockets of our Southern planters. Ell Whitney, on whose big idea the anti-bel- lum South made a large part of it's wealth, made nothing for himself out of 1t. His successor, if his gin Is what he claims. may fare better-if he escapes A lifelong patent suit.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
ARE WHALES BECOMING EXTINCT

From the New York Commercial.
 But few years ago the whaling busi- ness was one of the most prosperous in this country The New Bedford whalers made fortunes, and some of the wealth. fest men of New England owe their wealth to fortunate voyages in search of whales. But of late years this busi- ness has declined, and this season of whaling has been the most disastrous ever recorded. The latest news of the San Francisco whaling fleet is that but thirty-two whales have been caught by the entire squadron. Two vessels have made no captures whatever. and when they reach San Francisco, after a cruise of three years, the members of their crews will receive the magnificent sum of $1 each for their labor. These facts certainly seem to indicate that the whale is becoming extinct as a species, or else that he has become so cunning as to avoid the approach of his pursuers.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
IN PRAISE OF "KIM."

W. l.. Allen in the New York Times.
 l have read Kim with the utmost care and to my mind nothing has ever been written as panorama of strange scenes and people which can for an in- stant be compared with 1t. There are dozen characters in it which are as truly creations as are any characters in Shake speare The way in which one scene of Indian life after anotsier is unrolled be- fore the reader until he sees all India as If he were looking down upon a vast landscape from some height in the clear est atmosphere, is next to miraculous.
 Kim" will live, even If every other novel written during the last century Is forgotten. It may not be fully ap- preciated until 1t has grown somewhat older, and people have become used to the idea that a novel without any love in 1t may still be readable.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Found Royalty Like Other PeopIe.

Found Royalty Like Other People.
 Sydney is chuekling over the story of the wife of an Australian politician who, being much interested in such institu- tions. was invited with her husband and party to visit one of the big Lon don hospitals. says a London correspon- dent. They were also asked by their friend-a gentleman great Tn shipping cir cles-to meet the Princess Christian. On arrival at the hospital the wife of the politician saw a lady of dignified pro- portions, whom She understood to be the matron. She spoke very graciously to her of the fine place she managed. The sup posed matron asked If the Australian lady would bring her husband and introduce him, as she would be so delighted to meet an Australian minister of the crown. Very graciously the request was acceded to, Sir Dash Blank being presented to "the matron of this fine hospital"
 On leaving the institution the politi- clans wife remarked to the shipping own CT:
 Tt is a wonder we have not met the Princess Christian; I see a carriage at the gate with the servants in royal liv- cries"
 You've not only seen her royal high ness. but you've talked to her for half an hour. and presented your husband to her." said the shipping man with an amused smile.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
Let Every Man Vote Today.

This is the day of ballots. This is the day when every man should think of Alabama and her future condition. This is the day when each voter should think of his children and his children's children, for the voting re- lates directly to their peace, happi- ness and prosperity.
 No State can be happy and peaceful and prosperous that has a corrupt bal lot, and no State ever had a more cor rIpt ballot than this State has had under the manhood suffrage clause of the present constitution. The old con- stitution puts the ballot in the hands of an illiterate negro in order that 1t may be wrested from him by fraud. This process Is demoralizing in the extreme. It demoralizes the public service in its every branch, and it de- moralizes the individual who conducts it or is knowing to 1t.
 The new constitution seeks to do away with this condition, which is fa- Ial to progress and contentment, by creating an electorate composed of the best instead of the worst in the State. In plain words, it calls for white electorate. It calls for such an electorate as Mississippi had the fore sight ten years ago to secure, and Mississippi, with no mineral re- sources, has bounded ahead of her sis ter States in public education, in hon. est politics, in contentment and in general progress. Although that State contains a majority of negroes, yet 1t has white electorate, and is secure and safe without resort to dis honest elections.
 This is what Alabama can secure today. It is what Alabama will se- cure if every white man will go to the polls. The great issue to be settled today is a race issue, and every white man should vote today for white su- premacy and against dishonest cleo tions.
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
Air Ships In Paris.

Out of common decency the com mittee of the Aero club has proclaim ed M. Santos-D -Dumont, the brilliant and Intrepid aeronaut, the winner of the prize of 100000 francs offered by M. Deutsch for a balloon that would start from St. Cloud and, going round fhe Eiffel tower, would return in thirty minutes. Because M. Santos Dumont lowered too long over the home plate before letting down a rope some said he had lost the prize by 40 seconds, and nine members of the committee so voted, but twelve members of the committee voted that he had won the prize fairly, and he got the handsome purse.
 Paris is full or aeronauts, and there
The age-herald., 1901-11-11
SPEAK GENTLY.

Author Unknown. Speak gently: 1t is better far
 To rule by love than fear. Speak gently; let no harsh words mar The good we might do here. Speak gently to the little child;
 Its love be sure to gain; Teach it. in accents soft and mild It may not long remain. Speak gently to the aged one;
 Grieve not the care-worn heart; The sands of life are nearly run;
 Let such in peace depart. Speak gently, kindly to the poor; Let no harsh tone be heard; They have enough they must endure. Without an unkind word. Sncak gently to the erring, know
 hey must have toiled in vain; ~eeharce unkindness made them so, CA win them back again. sosak gently. love both whisper low ThesvOwS that true heart bind: B r,d gently friendships acents flow, Affections voice is kind.