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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21

which Tied ub street car tramc IN
many cities and delayed railroad traf-
tic.
In northwest Michigan, where the
roads had not recovered from the pre-
Vlous storm. a heavy wind has come
up, which is expected to do much dam
age.
Wisconsin reports heavy SHOWS, with
the rivers and streams out # their
banks. Near Racine serious floods are
feared. At Prairie du Chen the lower
part OF the town is flooded, and IS
inches of water is over the railroad
tracks.
Minnesota was also in the grasp of
a severe blizzard.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21
Tagal Leader wounded.

Manila, March ia force com
manded by Captain Shanks of the
Eighteenth United States infantry has
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21
Sick Soldiers Retn,.n

San Francisco, March 1S.-The trans
port Fitzpatrick, with 400 sick soldiers
mas arrived from Manila. Four pri-
Yates died on the voyage.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21

7T7--rlr S1r---' %-.------,.uv,,
STEADY, H4fa0o.lO; native lambs. $4,000
o.4o; western lambs, 5.OO65. 40
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21
be an lnumate FRIEND of John w.
Mackay. fhe two deaths are supposed
70 have resulted from shock.
Three BOYS Poisoned.

Sharon, Pa, March 19.--Three bows
in search of wintergreen, on Winter
green hill, about half a mile west of
Sharpsville. yesterday. ate a quantity
OF poisoned berries and died in terrible
agony about an hour later They We're
Claud Morford. aged 10 years; Fred
Norford, aged II years, and Howard
Miller. aged IS wears.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-03-21

ONLY ALL HonE PRINT NEWS
PAPER IN THE
COUNTY. clRCU- III n III III
LATION GUARAN- Il NbB
TEED TO EXCEED N EHEe
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
FUTURE WORLD CENTER.
This Authority Says That Puget SOUND
Is the Hub of the Pacific
Coast Trade.

Great as is the local development In
all parts of the state of Washington,
it sinks into insignificance compared
with the prospective transcontinental
and oceanic business already heading
for Pugent Sound, says W. ID. Lyman,
IN Atlantic. Consult again the map,
and note the position that this body
of water occupies with respect 10 the
world. 1t sounds eXtravagant now,
but sober and cool-headed business
men, familiar with the facts, believe
that Washington holds the key to the
future commerce of the world. She
stands at the crossroads of the ma
tions, at the confluence of the commod-
titles of the four quarters of the
globe. She is the successor of Phoe-
nicia, Glrthage, Italy and Eng
land, as the natural exchange point of
all lands. Europe and the United
States are at her back, Alaska and
British Columbia at her right hand,
the tropics at her left, and the orient,
with half the population of the world,
in front. Formerly California was sup
posed TO be the natural center of our
western frontage. We cannot dis
credit the magnificent location and re-
sources of that state, but it is true
that Washington is gaining on Cali
fornia by leaps and bounds. This is
due to three causes: First, Washing
ton has five transcontinental railways
IN reach, California is under the des-
potism of one; second, the vast de-
velopments of Alaska and British Coz
lumbia have made Puget Sound the
hub of Pacific coast trade; third, and
most important, the route TO the
orient is materially shorter by Puget
Sound than by the Golden Gate.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
THE COTTON INDUSTRY.

Under British rule the cotton crop Of
Egypt has doubled, and now amounts
10 over 5OO,oOo,OOo pounds a year
1t is calculated that the cotton crop
Of the south this season will yield
S50O,OO0,O00 in cotton and seed, and
S1O0, O0O, 900 worth Of oil.
The 112 cotton mills Of Mexico con-
sumed last year 100000 pounds Of
cotton and produced nearly 10000, 600
pieces Of woven and printed goods
These mills give employment TO % 200
operatives, and the sales for the year
amounted 10 more than S2s. 10000
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27

Mrs. BackiotsI'ye Jest beeuras
the account 90 the Weekly C5r5w,
about Jed fuckers accident Hu
"the excited horses, while alta hi
rate Of speed, attempted to turn Al
very acute angle, which resulted
several abrasions 20 the conygyaacsa
the precipitation ofits occupaBtst5t
ground" Now, everybody knows d
Jed simply tipped over in his bud
while he was turnin' old Gipes q
ners.
Backlots-Yes, it's gittin' 50 d
can't rely on anything On these b
yaller journals any more.-BrooA.
Life.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
SELLS RABBITS FEET.
Old New York Woman Who Is Maxi
ing Much Money In the odd
Business

Over in HelPs Kitchen lives old Mar
tina Washington, who claims TO be
the only dealer in genuine rabbits
feet in New York. Martha doesn't
know just how old she is, but she is
very, very old and has been in the
business for 25 years, not in Helrs
Kitchen, mind you, for she regards her
present surroundings of mixed black
and white as a step backward in the
social scale; but she has to be where
the dictates of commerce call her. She
is reputed to be quite rich, says the
Herald
Few of her customers even know
that she bears distinguished name.
To the public in general she is "Old
Nanny Cottontail." Cheap sports
and gamblers constitute her game.
and they go TO the old colored woman
with all the reverence and awe due to
her position as high priestess of
chance
The left hind foot of a rabbit killed
in graveyard at midnight is notori-
Gus as possessing supernatural pow
ers as a charm against i'll luck and evil
spirits, and NANNY Cottontail" al
ways has a supply on hand.
Where she gets her stock is a mys-
terry which none of her superstitious
patrons would think of even attempt
ing to solve. When the white neigh
bors miss their pet cats they some
times cast threatening looks at mann
my Cottontail"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
HUNGER AS A TIMEPIECE.
The Speeches of English Lawyers
Are Sometimes Regulated by
Meal Time.

Hunger, according TO his honor
Judge Lumley Smith, X. c., is a check
upon forensic eloquence, says the Lon
don Telegraph. Hence when r. j.
Drake, counsel for the plaintiff in the
case of Harris VS.. Newman, rose to
address the jury at five minutes to the
ordinary luncheon time his honor in
quired about the probable duration of
the speech and explained to the five
good men and true in the box: Il like
to pin counsel to time or they 90 on
five minutes from now, and If counsel
goes out TO luncheon and then comes
back and makes a speech we find it
much longer than when he wants his
sandwich and sherry, and the interval
for luncheon depends on the length of
his speech. Can you do it in ten min
utesg Mr.. Drake-"No. sir-2O min
utes." His Honor-'No." Mr.. Drake
give me Is minutes?" His Honor
Il expect the jury thinks ten minutes
long enough" Three of the Five jury
men-"Ten minutes" Mr.. Drake fin
ished in the time fixed, his honor
summed up the whole case in three
minutes and the jury took four min
utes to find for the plaintiff.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
The Bidding Off
of Maria EairChiId
BY Blanche Elizabeth Wade.

/, .,9,-.3ec 9saeSs,,,,'s,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
THIS MAN DIDN'T KNOW

enough unhch the weight from his horse Looks rather
aren't you acting in the way when you pull along Will
palms, without unhitching heml
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
A Queer Inscriptiop

A queer sentence closes the inscrip.
ton on a tombstone in a churchyard
in Leigh, England. After announcing
the name and other particulars of the
lady there buried, these words follow.
"A virtuous woman is IS to her hus-
band" The explanation is that space
prevented "a crown being cut in full.
and the stonecutter argued that a
crown EQUALS IS.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
PUT TO THE TEST.
Public Endorsement is what
Counts.

(OunLS.
Everybody has their hour Of trouble,
But people having any itchiness of TIL
skin
Have many hours of trouble.
Nothing so annoying. Nothing so irri
tating.
Scratch it, it becomes worse.
Leave it alone and you can hardly
stand the misery.
Itchiness comes in many forms.
Eczema and horrid itching piles.
Relief and cure are here at last.
Thousands have put it to the test
Doan's Ointment cures every form Of
itchiness Of the skin.
Read the following statement.
Mrs. f. L. Robinson, of 20 Dillingham;
street, Bangor, Me-, says: 1.-TWO very
wonderful remedies are Doan's Kidney
Pills and Doan's Ointment. Anyone
troubled with any of the ailments fol-
which Doan's Ointment is indicated are
unwise if they fail to give it a trial. II
performs wonders in allaying and curing
itchiness of the skin, from whatever
cause. Doan's Kidney Pills also proved
to be all that is claimed for them.
Both preparations are SO valuable that
we would not be without them in the
house, TO have in case of need"
Doan's Ointment and Doan's Kidney
Pills are sold by all dealers; price SC
cents box. Mailed on receipt Of price
by Foster-Niilburn co., Buffalo, NY, sole
agents for the U. S.
Remember the name. Doan's, and take
no substitute,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
The Gillian Palm

Attempts are being made in Califor-
MIA TO acclimate the Gillian palm CJu-
baea spectabilis), which has seeds that
resemble almonds and are edible.
Each tree also yields 50 to 60 quarts Of
palm honey"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-06-27
Queer Origin of Post oface Nam.

The name of the post office Half
Rock, in Missouri, is not to be account
ed for by any popularity of the phys
ical features of the place, as might
be supposed. II seems that one of the
first buildings erected there was a
general store. the proprietor of which
sold such bad sugar that his custom
ers declared it to be half rock" The
term was in course Of time applied to
the store itself, and subsequently to
the post Office established at the place.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
WHAT'S IN A NAME
(RenSOnS Plaster is Pains Master.)

Ii the days of wild cat money in the
West, the Ames shovels were used as cur
rency. They were as stable as gold; their
price did not vary % cent in twenty years
The very name of Oliver Ames & Son, was
synonym for honesty. It was current all
over the world.
On the same principle Benson's Porous
Plaster is the universal standard external
remedy. To say it is 'good" plaster does
not describe it; It's the best possible plaster.
For every disease in which an external rem
edy is available, Benson's Plaster is used
almost as matter Of course.
Benson's Plaster quickly relieves and
cures where other modes of treatment are
either exasperatingly slow or have no good
effect whatever. Coughs, colds. lumbago,
kidney trouble, rheumatism, lame back,
ETC., are ut once benefited and soon cured.
Capsicum, Strengthening and Belladonna
plasters have none of the curative virtues
of Benson's. More than 5000 physicians
and druggists have commended Benson's
Plaster as a remedy in which the public
may have implicit confidence; while, in a
comparative test with other plasters, Ben
sons has received .ffty.f0e highest Awards.
Beware of substitutes and cheap limitations.
For sale by all druggists or we will pre-
pay postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of Csc. each.
Seabury q Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12

Of the many extraordinary things for
which patent protection has been
granted a hole seems to be the most
useless and impossible. Yet there are
many patents for holes, and, what is
more, the patents are valid and valu-
able. One of the best relates to holes
in ships bottoms for the admission
and escape of water to the condensers.
Every one who has seen a. screw
steamer under way will have noticed a
stream Of water issuing from her side,
little above the water line; that water
is pumped into the ship for the pur-
pose of condensing the waste steam
that leaves the cylinders and returning
it as water to the boilers.
At last it occurred to genius that
if a hole were made in the bottom OF
the ship forward of the condenser and
another abaft it, the water would cir
culate around the condenser without
the aid of a pump. 1t is for the shape
of these holes, so that they will offer
less resistance to the water when the
ship is travelling fast, that several pat
ents have been granted.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
CAsTELLANEs SCORE A POINT

New York Court Sets Aside Injunction
Trying Up Gould Money.
New York, April 6.-The appellate
division of the supreme court has set
aside the injunction that tied up $780,
900 of the Countess Castellane's in
come of 100000 year as a result Of
the action brought against the eXecu
tors Of Jay Gould's will by Lester
Wertheimer, London bric-a-brac deal
err who had a claim against the Cas-
tellanes.
The decision in the appeal turns on
one point. The appellate division
holds that, although a creditor has the
right to impound surplus income, it is
first essential that he should establish
his claim by judgment. Under the de-
cision Wertheimer will first have to
get judgment at law on his claim after
personal services of process on the
debtors in this jurisdiction, and then
sue in equity to reach the income.
The court was divided in regard to the
matter-Justices Mclaughlin, Van
Brunt and Rumsey rendering the opin-
ion and Justices O'Brien and Ingra-
ham dissenting.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
Methodica1 Punctuation.

Speaking of w. II. C'Coin') Harvey,
a Chicago man said:
can amusing incident took place
while Harvey was editor Of Coin, pa
per which he published in Chicago.
Harvey, in talking to one Of his part
ners, took exception to the want Of
punctuation in the paper. There isn't
enough punctuation he complained,
and Coin doesn't look right without it.
There ought to be a comma once in so
often, then so often a colon, and all
the rest. Don't you think So? he wound
UP appealingly.
"T do, indeed heartily replied the
partner, who was not wholly devoid OF
humor. That's a great idea Of yours,
Harvey. If l were YOU he suggested,
I'D draw up rule to that effect
Harvey thought it over, and the
thought commended itself. The next
day, therefore, rule reading some
what as follows was posted in the of
flee of Coin: Hereafter it is the rule of
this office that articles appearing in the
columns of this paper must be punctu-
ated as follows: Every II words shall
carry a comma; every three lines a
semicolon; every four lines colon; ev-
cry five lines period; exclamation and
question marks may be used as hereto
fore. The employees of this paper will
please observe this order New York
Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
Breaking Up the ayeas.

Lasting friendships are formed in the
officers mess abroad ship in our navy,
but no effort is made to keep track of
a mate when he is transferred. This
strikes the landsman as a queer freak
of nature, but the sailors accept it as
q matter Of course never to be Ques-
toned. Men get into pretty close COM
munion with each other when they
breakfast, dine and sup together for
three years. AS a rule, they learn each
others history to the minutest detail,
unless a man chooses to be disagree
able and distant. Close attachments
grow up, yet when the memorable or
der arrives from Washington, sending
the mess to the four winds of heaven,
breaking UP, as it were, the family, a
warm hand shake ends it all. Each of
ficer goes into a new mess, and the old
is forgotten.
1t was my good fortune to be intro
duced to as fine a mess as ever broke
bread together on a man-of-War. The
devotion Of the officers to one another
was an inspiration. Finally the sepa-
TdL1Ou CdUC. OuC WeuI W SOIIC navy
yard, another to the Philippines, an
other to China, another to Washing
ton, etc. They were scattered all over
the world. One day, meeting the lieu
tenant commander, who had gone up
for promotion, inquired when he had
heard from Lieutenant So-and-so.
"Why, not in several months" he re-
piled. Gin fact, not since he was or
dered to his new station. You know
we fellows don't follow each others
movements after a mess is broken up.
We form new associations, new
friends, and the old drop out of sight.
We never think of writing to each 9th
er. 1t is more than likely we shall new
CIR see each other again as long as we
live, and we haven't the time OF in
clination to worry over each others
fate."-New York Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
Thrifty.


A Canadian minister had just mar
ried a couple. The registers were
signed, and nothing remained but the
giving and taking Of the fee. The
bridegroom, strapping young fellow,
asked:
Glow much is it?'
The parson glanced at the smiling
bride and slyly answered:
whatever you think it is worth"
Now, it should have been worth a
great deal, for the girl was young and
pretty.
Il reckon it's worth about 5 shil-
lings," said the swain, holding out two
half crowns.
The clergyman looked blankly at the
coins, then turned to the fair one.
''I'll leave it to you, madam" he said.
"What do you think it's worth?'
What did this young and blushing
bride do? She reached out, took the
coins, handed one half crown to the
minister and put the other into her
pocket!
"a thrifty wife," said the minister,
with a sigh lis her husbands crown"
Perhaps he ought to have said half
croWn.-LondOn Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
A Failure In Coopering.

A certain man who was once
prominent Kentucky politician was
more a demagogue than a statesman.
He was, according to Short Stories, in
the habit of Boosting that his father
was a cooper in an obscure town in
the state-that he was lone of the
people" and didn't belong to the 'kid
gloved aristocracy."
The generals" great failing being
his fondness for liquor, it will surprise
no one to be told that the more he drank
the more loudly he detained his
political sentiments and the prouder
of being the son Of a cooper he became.
During a political campaign, where his
opponent was the southern orator, Tom
Marshall, he had been unusually noisy
and offensive in his boasting regarding
his obscure origin. In replying, Mar
shall said, looking hard at the general:
"Fellow citizens, my opponents
father may have been a very good
cooper. don't deny that; but do say,
gentlemen, that he put a mighty poor
head into that whisky barrel"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
ALIEN DECIDES TO REMAIN
Governor General of Porto Rico Abandons
His Intention of ResigninG.

Governor General of Porto Rico Abando rs
His Intention of Resigning.
Washington, April s. = After an
hours conference with the president
Saturday Governor Allen, Of Porto
Rico, decided to retain his office, and
will return to his post about the first
Of May. 1t was his intention in COM
ing home to tender his resignation, his
wife and family preferring to live in
the United States. Governor Allen re-
flutes with figures which cannot be
questioned the persistent reports Of
restitution and poverty upon the ISL
and. He says that the people are en-
joying an unprecedented degree of
prosperity.
produced this year, the normal output
being about 10000 tons,' he said after
leaving the White House Friday. 1.-THE
present tariff arrangement with the
United States gives the planters a
benefit of about $50 ton on this SUI
gar, which means that they will clear
from that source alone $3,5O0,G00. [
have kept in close touch with the con-
ditions in Porto Rico, and have made
a thorough inspection of the island,
and can find no evidence of starvation,
of which we hear so much in the
states. After May 1, 1902, there will
be free trade between the United
States and Porto Rico, and this fur
Their reduction of tariff will greatly
benefit the people down there"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
A Precocious Baby.

The baby was only 4, but she was an
only child and had lived with her par
ents largely in hotels, and she was
always a model of propriety as to man.
ners, so that when one day a young
man, a friend Of her papa's and NAM
mas and a great admirer Of the little
girl, asked to take her out to luncheon
all by herself she was allowed to go.
A very tiny girl may go without a
chaperon sometimes. The little girl
was to do the ordering. She undertook
this responsibility with confidence and,
taking up the menu, studied it with as
much gravity as if the letters were not
as unreliable to her as Greek would
have been to her mamma.
Il will have some meat and some po-
tatoes," she said gravely, land by and
by | may have some ice cream"
The order was given, the cream fol-
lowed, and the little lady was an alto
gether charming, dainty and sweet lit
tie companion for luncheon. The meal
ended with the dignity with which it
had begun, the young woman donned
her wraps, and as the young man was
preparing to escort her to the door she
remarked gravely:
"And now l will have some flowers"
1t was the last touch of grown up
ness, and it was the proudest young
man in New York who took home a
pretty and dignified baby with a big
bunch Of roses in her arms.-New York
Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
Real Nice Bathing.

1t may be doubted if tub bath in
Jamaica is luxury. The lighthouses
make a brave show in a row of low
brick buildings in the rear of the no.
tells, each little house with a big stone
tank for bathtub.
l went out to see the baths on my
first day in Kingston and was surpris-
ed to see sign nailed against the wall
bearing the words:
Gentlemen Are Requested Not to
Use Soap In the Baths
"Why are gentlemen requested not to
use soap in the baths?" | asked the ho-
tel clerk, dignified young woman of
dark complexion.
Because it soils the water and makes
it unpleasant for the next bather," she
said.
''But do your guests all battle in the
same water?' / asked.
ooh, yes" she replied. ''You see, the
tanks are so large and the pipes are
small. 1t takes all night to fill the
tanks, and the water has to last all
day."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12

Lineman at Chicago Meets Death While at
Work.


Work.
Chicago, April 6.-Frank Coburn, a
telephone lineman, stood on the plat
form at the top of a telephone pole
cutting out a connection, and the hun
dreds of people watching him did not
know he was dead till they saw smoke
ascending from the platform. 1t was
at Garfield boulevard and Halsted
street. Coburn assembled the pole at
9 o'clock. Several men were in the
gang working in the vicinity. The
pole had a platform surrounded by an
iron railing under the crossarms. AS
the linemen reached the platform he
seized a wire with the cutters and re-
NAMED standing in that position. A
current Of 1000 volts passed through
his body when his cutters touched the
wire The soles of his shoes took fire
and it was with difficulty that they
were loosened from the platform. The
body was supported partly by the iron
railing and partly by the grip on the
wire overhead. The body was lowered
to the ground by the other workmen.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-04-12
Nerve
OGpGl

you have neuralgia, SCOTS
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oh,
will feed the nerve that is cry
ing for food-it is hungry
and set your whole body going
again, in a way to satisfy nerve
and brain from your usual food.
That is cure.
1t you are nervous and lrri~
table, you may only need more
fat to cushion your nerves
you are probably thin-a,1d
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil will give you the fat, to be
gin with.
Cure, 50 far as it goes.
Full cure IS getting the / 4,
you need from usual faod. d
SCOTS Emulsion viii ~ Il
to that.
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