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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Showing the Queer.

The game Of counterfeiting in this
country is played by people Of all ma
tionalities, and. although some women
and children are used as tools, men
take the principal parts. After having
made the coin the great problem is how
to convert it into good money. The
maker rarely takes part in that opera
ton. 1t is the business of gangs, which
consist usually of two persons, known
as the "holder" and the shower"
The holder carries a stock of the
counterfeit money, and the shower has
one piece. This he takes to store or a
saloon and buys something for small
amount, and when he comes into the
street the holder sees him from his DO
sition block away, joins him, receives
the good money and hands him another
counterfeit.
The object is to work SO that the
shower, If detected. may plead limo.
cence and prove that the piece is the
only one that he has and that he has no
other money. Some clever operators
go SO far as to mix good coin with the
bad.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Posing as a Model.

a curious feature of q models occu-
patton is her posing for an artist who
is painting some one else Wealthy
people are capricious and often do not
care to give long sittings. Therefore,
after the artist has caught the express
sion of the face, he will call in model
to pose for the figure. Some models
j do not care to do this, as part of their
enjoyment of their occupation consists
in seeing themselves reproduced on
canvas, but there are others who are
quite willing to help fill out.
Various models have various points
of excellence. and often painter will
employ at different stages in the prog
reSs of his work from three to four
models for one figure on his canvas.
One model is known for her coloring,
another for her hands, another for her
hair. An artist generally notes in his
address book the characteristics of a
model after her name These quota
lions are taken at random from an
artists address book: ''Fine young
Jewess," English, tall and slim, blond,
costume" Good back" Good figure,
short legs, ivory tone" -Cosmopolitan.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
GREELEY.

Clifton Carter visited in Greeley,
Sunday.
The Misses Jenkins were visitors at
the Masterson home, last week.
Tbs news comes that Isaac Covalt
is rapidly improving in health since
his arrival in Colorado.
Miss Myrtle Picking departed fol
Adair county Sunday where she will
stay for an indefinite period.
Oscar Wards new Mccormick bin
der, which he bought over i'll Guth-
RE Center is running all o. X.
Because of illness, Miss Roxy May
was compelled to forego her work III
the Summer School and come home
VIM. Masterson and little daughte,
Veda spent the latter part of the week
visiting with his brother in law, Per-
ry Carter, in Cameron township.
Miles Kpess broke one Of his pull
leys in his new hay fork Saturday,
snd was compelled to leave his stack
exposed and HE himself away 10 Au-
dubon for repairs.
We quail before the hot winds
And in our titful dreams.
we see fresh, green prairie,
Meath network OF cool streams.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
UNlNHABlTED ISLANDS.
There Are Thousands of Them In the

There Are Thousands of Them In the
Indian Ocean.
If you should want an island-that is,
an uninhabited island-for the purpose
of occupying it alone, Robinson Crusoe
like. or to use it for romantic fiction or
for any other purpose, to the exclusion
of all others in the world, you need have
no trouble in finding one if you see fit
to make q journey to the Indian ocean,
In the waters between Madagascar and
India you can find more than $4,000 Of
them, where there Is not a human De-
ing and where you can, if you will, be
monarch of all you survey.
An English traveller has recently been
among the small islands that dot the
western end Of the Indian ocean to
make an inventory Of them and re-
ports that he counted 16,1OO and found
only about 600 Of them inhabited.
Now, there is q good chance for any
one who may want an island.
These particular islands are not large,
as islands 60, but very many of them
are sufficient for the purpose of Rob
inson Crusoe or any other novel here
or for even small colony of ship
wrecked mariners or other persons who
might be cast on one of them or seek
for the purpose of making home pref
ty much out of the busy world.
Some of them are only an acre or
two, we'll elevated above the tide, while
others are a quarter of a mile in diam
eter and running from that up to mile
or two in length and a quarter or less
of the length in breadth. Many of
them are granite structures that rise
steeply from 20 to 100 feet, well cover
ed with rich soil, through which small
fresh water streams hurry to the sea,
which they reach after flowing over
beaches of glistening calcareous sand
that are begirt by coral reefs, which
form walls about the islands.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
BAIT FOR suNFIsH.
,ne Mans Method of Going Fishing
With His Boots.

With His Boots.
There is about as much sport in
catching the big sunfish as in hitting
out the crappie if you can get the
former in one of it's savage moods.
Peiker is q great CRATER on sunfish.
He has got dozen different kinds of
bait, but he says that it is all nonsense
to trouble about digging worms. He
declares that beef run through ham
burg steak grinder is just the proper
caper for the sunfish at Creve C9ur
lake. The tougher the beef the better,
as it will cut in long strips like angle
worms.
when the sunfish are biting right
smart, it is about all that can do to be
kept in the shop" said Picker. II be-
lieve me and the sunfish are the most
cheering things out. Do you know,
have noticed old time fishermen at
Breese's lake wading around in the
shallow water, where the sunfish are
found at spawning time, as carefully
as if they We're fishing for trout. Now,
it is different with me when l go out
with my hamburg steak to feed the
/ golden bellied beauties on. l just tie
! the line to each leg of my boots, take a
little short rod in my hand and stride
into the water and go ahead. On the
bootleg lines l use red flies. Why, the
sunfish come up and get stuck on my
| fly hooks three or four at time That's
the way to catch mess of fish in a
| few hours.
II can catch crappie with crawtish
tails to beat the band If I cannot get
minnows. Crickets are great sunfish
and bass bait. while the katydids will
make crappie leave its bed at mid
night. Just let your hook sing once
with green katy on. and if there
is crappie within a radius Of
10 or Is feet it will come like
hound at q coursing match. If
you get no bite, you can pull your
freight up a few car lengths and try a
new place. caught all those big crap
pie last week with craw tails. l could
get no minnows for love or money, SO
l chased up some crawfish and went
in to win. When it comes to catfish
bait just try tripe. 1t is tough and
cannot be pulled off the hook easily
ST. Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
ItDazzIes The World

No discovery in medicine has ever
created one quarter of the excitement
that has been caused by DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Its
severest tests have been on hopeless
victims of consumption, pneumonia,
hemorrhage, pleurisy and bronchitis,
thousands of whom it has restored to
perfect health. For coughs, colds,
asthma, hay fever, hoarseness and
whooping cough it is the quickest. sur
est cure in the world. 1t is sold by
Nick Doffing d Co, who guarantee
satisfaction or refund money. Large
bottles SOC and $1.0O. Trial bottles free.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Will Fry, whose home is to the
north of us, came down to the Station
one day this week and passed some
time visiting with bis friends and
attending to business matters.
j. Oberholtz brought the most milk
to the Blue Grass Creamery for the
month of June, being sos pounds.
The creamery, during that period re-
ceived 100000 pounds OF milk.
James Crees and Miss Jessie Gerard
and Mart Story and Miss Nora Nc
Daniels passed last Sabbath very
pleasantly at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Young, in the Station.
Dan Fullerton was down from Au-
dubon one day this week and put
some finishing touches onto Frank
Pteiffer and Alex McGuire's thresh-
ing outfit and some of these fine morn
ings these gentlemen will go sailing
out into the wheat fields about the
Station.
Harry Percy and family were down
at Dexter, the last part of the week,
visiting with his mother and other
relatives. Harry came home Wednes-
day morning but Mrs. Percy and the
children journeyed on out to Nicola
where she will pass a few days visit
ing with her sister. Mrs. Theo. Gear
heart.
Will Mcclure received letter from
John Mosier, who is located down at
Norman, Oklahoma, Tuesday morning
saying there was large stock of
hardware in that city that could be
had cheap. Will said it looked to
him good deal the same way as he
supposed piece of cheese would TO a
hungry rat, and that he had a good
notion to take nibble at it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Never Left the Road.

An old negro in neighborhood town
arose in prayer meeting and said:
"Bredderin and sisterin, 1 been a
mighty mean niger in my time. 1 had
heap er ups and downs. specially
downs, since fined de church. / stole
chickens and watermillins, l cussed,
I got drunk, shot craps, slashed Cd
der coons wild my razor, and l done er
sight er odder things; but. tank the
good Lawd. bredderin and sisterin,
never yet lost my religior!" Blue
Ridge (Ga.) Post.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
CHECKERS ON THE FARM.

The checkerboard is all worn out
From use each winter night;
The checkers have become begrimed,
Which once were shining bright,
But still the game goes straightway on,
Although the squares are blurs,
While Cynthy pens up Reuben's men
Or Reuben captures hers.
Sometimes the old man takes hand
To show his practiced skill,
And then the farmhands circle round,
While every one is still
They would not say single word
That would distract his play;
So breathless they observe him drive
Young Reuben's men to bay.
All, what would winter evenings be
Without the checkerboard,
With double corners, jumps and moves
And fun which they affordl
Our dissipation oft consists
In too much checkers here,
Which makes the gossips tell about
Our checkcred lifc's career.
Arthur E. Locke in Boston Close
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Curing n Mule.

A mule in Il pack train which was
usually loaded with salt discovered
that by lying down when fording a
certain stream and allowing the salt
to dissolve he could Tighten his burden.
The muleteer once loaded him with
sponges instead. which absorbed water
when he lay down in the stream and
made his burden fourfold heavier. The
mule was cured of his smartness.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
The Single Thought.

"Ah." sighed the fond mother, two
souls with but single thought!'
Yes" echoed paterfamilias. land
less than one dollar. don't know how
they're going to make it. Mary, unless
er-perhaps that single thought they've
got is that papa's going to put up for
two."-Denvcr Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

You can never cure Dyspepsia by dieting.
What your body needs is plenty of good food
properly digested. Then if your stomach will
not digest it, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will 1t
contains all of the natural digestants hence
must digest every class of food and so prepare
it that nature can use it in nourishing the
body and replacing the wasted tissues, thus
living life, health, strength, ambition, pure
blood and good healthy appetite'-Nlck Dotf-
ing a. Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

There was once upon time an
Egyptian king. SO it is said. who built
a pyramid and died of melancholy. His
name was Dumops. The memory of
his tragic history is perpetuated every
time we say we are ''in the Dumps"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
In Retreat.

Down from the upper air foated the
strains of music. yet Neptune was visi-
bly, annoyed.
What's gnawing at thy vitals. sire9"
asked mermaid.
Il wish in the name of Orpheus."
said the sea king. that boating parties
could sing something else besides "A
Life on the Ocean Wave'''
And forthwith he crawled into a
cave and pulled the cave in after him.
New York Marine Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
why France Lag. Behind.

Frenchmen do not want to rule; they
want to live. The pursuit of life. of
laughter. of charming sensations. of
intelligent apprehensions. Of individual
development of character-it may all
be more important. more vital to hui
man existence than the preoccupation
to rule oneself and others. to make
laws and to fight.-Steevens' "Glimpses
of Three Nations"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
She Didn't Wear A Mask.

But her beauty was completely hid
den by sores, blotches and pimples till
she used Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Then they vanished as will all Erup-
tions, fever sores, boils, ulcers, carbun-
cles and felons from its use. Infallible
for cuts, corns, burns, scalds and piles.
Cure guaranteed. 25c at Doffing q Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

If a man is treated well at home. he
would rather eat at home and sleep at
home and loaf at home than anywhere
else.-Atchison Globe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Playing 1t Down Low.

1T haven't much use for Blithersley,"
said the proud papa
"Why?" asked the proud mamma.
II listened to him for an hour today
while he told me about what his baby
had said or tried to say. and just as
was about to tell him about ours be
left me. saying he had to catch train"
Baltimore American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Accommodating

Jinks-Have you got quarters for a
dollar. old man?
Winks-My vest pocket is rather
crowded. but pass it over, and I'll try
to make room for it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

81 am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure
was treated in vain by doctors for lung trouble
following la grippe took One Minute Cough
Cure and recovered my health" Mr. E. IT,
Wise, Madison, Ga.-Nick Doffing & Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Pine Important TIMING.

"Do you think it makes much differ
ence which planet a person is born I'M
der?"
"Not bit, SO long as he keeps on the
earth. Town and Country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

De Wits Witch Hazel Salve should be
promptly applied to cuts. burns and scalds.
It soothes and quickly heals the injured part.
There are worthless counterfeits, be sure and
get De Witt -Nick Doftins ~ Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
Mr. John Tippis. Cotton, o. says: "FoLEY's
HONEY and TAR cured my little girIof a &C.
we're cough and infamed tonsils Mick Doff-
ing & Co.



An Approach to Perpetual Motion.
A clock is to be seen at Brussels
which comes about as near being a
perpetual motion machine as can be
invented. for the sun does the winding.
The following is the method by which
it works: A shaft exposed to the solar
rays causes an up draft of air. which
sets the fan in motion. The fan actu-
ates mechanism which raises the
weight Of the clock until it reaches the
top and then puts break on the fan
till the weight has gone down little,
when the fan is again liberated and
proceeds to act as before. AS long as
the sun shines frequently enough and
the machinery does not wear out the
clock will keep in perpetual motion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

DR.. Geo. Ewing, practical physician of
Smiths Grove, KY, for over thirty years,
writes his personal experience with Foley's
Kidney Cure. ':For years have been great
ly bothered with kidney trouble and enlarged
postrate gland. used everything known to
the profession without relief, until was in
duced to use FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE.
After using three bottles was entirely reliev-
ed and cured. prescribe it now daily in my
practice and heartily recommend its use to all
physicians for such troubles, for can honest
ly state have prescribed it in hundreds of
cases with perfect success-Nick Doffing &
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Those W. Cater of Ashboro, n c., had kid
ney trouble and one bottle of FOLEY'S KID
NEY CURE effected perfect cure, and he
saws there s no remedy that will compare
with it-Nick Doffing Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Jas. G. Amherto of Della. U, writes: 81
thing else failed to heel. After one applica-
ton of BANNER SALVE it began to heal and
after three applications it was entirely healed
leaving no scar.-Nick Doffing g. Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

A bad complexion generally results from
inactive liver and bowels. In all such cases,
De Wits Little Early Risers produce crafty
ing results.-Nick Doffing q Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Those famous little pills. De Wits Little
Early Risers compel your liver and bowels to
do their duty, thus giving you pure, rich blood
to recuperate your body. Are easy to take.
Never gripe Nick Dof1ing & Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

1t is easier to keep well than get cured De
Wits Little Early Risers taken now ard then
will always keep your bowels in perfect order.
They never grippe but promote an easy gentle
action-Nick Dof6ng & Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
The Prayer Before Gettysburg.

ne 1Eayer before GettyoOur8s
General Daniel Sickles told a story
Illustrating the tenderness Of President
Lincoln's heart as well as his faith in
Providence and his beautiful optimism.
After Sickles had been wounded at
Gettysburg he was removed to Wash
ington, and the president called on him
at the hospital. When the general
described the battle and the awful
slaughter, Lincoln wept like child"
"While the two armies were converg-
Ing" said Lincoln, II went into my
room and prayed as never prayed be-
fore. l told God that if we were to
win the battle he must do it, for had
done all that could l went from my
room with a great load lifted from my
shoulders. and from that moment I
never had doubt as to the result. We
shall hear good news from Grant, who
has been pounding away at Vicksburg
for SO many months. l am in a pro-
phetic mood today, Sickles, and say
that you will get we'll"
The doctors do not say So"
81 don't care Sickles, you will get
we'll" persisted the president.
And that afternoon, General Sickles
goes on to say, telegram was receiv-
ed from General Grant announcing the
fall Of Vicksburg. His own recovery
soon followed
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

Any advertised dealer is authorized to
guarantee BANNER SALE for letter, ecz ema,
piles, sprains, scalds, burns, ulcers and any
open or OLD SORE.-Nick Doffing g. Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

The greatest healer of modern times is
BANNER SALVE for cuts. wounds sores,
piles and all skin diseases. 1t is guaranteed
Use no substitute Nick Doffing & Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25

The piles that annoy yor SO will be quickly
and permanently healed if you use DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve Beware of worthless
counterfeits.-Nlck Dofing & Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
A Mi1Ier.s Monument.

4 big milestone monument over
modest miller's grave is a unique sight
near Graytown. o. The milestone is To-
Gated in the center of an old burying
ground and can be seen a mile away.
coming down the hill.
1t marks the last resting place of a
happy miller of the old school, who
knew not the cares or worries of ris-
ing or falling grain market, but who
ground his corn and wheat for his
neighbors and lived contentedly on his
small profits.
Chiseled on the back of the monu-
ment is this poem:
A MILLER'S MONUMENT.
IA milestone taken from his MILL
Beneath this stone miller lies,
Who left the world before the rise
OF modern ways OF making flour
And hence passed many happy hour.
He was not forced to speculate
Nor on Chicago's movement wait.
He did not care for foreign trade,
But sold his neighbors all he made.
Cables and kilograms were rare;
The markets did not make him swear.
Small was his mill, his profits round;
Clear was his head, his slumbers sound
He enved none, he was envied not
And died contented with his lot
Cincinnati Star.
Science has found that rheumatism is caus-
ed by uric acid in the blood. This poison
should be excreted by the kidneys. FOLEY'S
KIDNEY CURE always makes them we'll
Nick Doffing & Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
AAAA Ia A. Al aa A A n

1t is never too late to learn. but when
man thinks he knows it all that set
ties it.-Chicago News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-08-28
500 Reward. 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that that there Is at
least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages
and that is Catarah. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease, re-
quireSa constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, hereby destroy
ing the fOundati ton of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietOrs
have so much faith IN its curative pow
ers, that they offer one Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials
Address. F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-08-28
ROYAL
Baking Powder
Absolutely Pure
Notice of Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brownsville and
Gnlf railroad company will be held
at the Office of the company Browns
VILE, Texas. Thursday, 1874 of
September, 1901, at 10 o'clock a.
M, for the purpose of electing
directors and the transaction of
such other business is nav be
brought before the meeting.
The transfer books of the com
pany will be closed at 3 O'Clock u.
m, Sept. 10Th, and remain clnsed
until three days after final adjourn.
ment of the meeting.
The regular annual meeting of
the board of directors will be held
AT the same place on the same date.
K. J. PUIG. Secretary.
Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 10th, 1901.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-08-28
Texas Notes.

Small oil companies at Beaumont
are offering the output OF their
wells to the pipeline companies at
.sven cents barrel, and 1t Is pre-
dicted the price may fall as low as
two cents.
A bill has been introduced in The
legislature to create twenty deposl
.or;es for state funds. These de
nos,tories shall be under bond and
- hank shall at any time hold
more than $25O.OOO of state finds.
A bill was introduced in the
legislature condemning the abuse
80 Admiral Schley by an employe
the naval department, and en-
messing praise for Sehley.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1901-08-28
Correspondence solicited ON ON ~.

correspondence solicited on all mat.
ters OF local interest, or of interest to
the people of Southwest TexSs Each
Communication must be accompanied
Ny the name of its author, not for pub
hcation unless so directed), but as a
guarantee of good faith, and when by
request anonymous signatures appear
10 such communications the right is re.
served to disclose the name of the
writer should a necessity arise for
such disclosure.
subscribers who do not receive their
paper regularly are requested to notify
TINS office and the matter will receive
prompt attention and insure better SER
vice thereafter.