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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-03-20
Last Lecture.

Tuesday night, large audience as
sembled to hear the last lecture, in the
regular course, given by the ladies of
the Columbian Club. 1t was one of
the largest audiences ever gathered to
listen to lecture and one that would
thrill and encourage any speaker. The
opinions of the speaker varied. But
those who have read Burdette writings
and went expecting to hear much Of
humor and be delightfully."- entertain
ed and to have their minds carried
from the cares, duties and responsible
ties of the life about them, went home
pleased and satisfied. If they went
expecting to be carried on the wings
of breathless climaXes and anti-cli-
makes of deep reasoning, they went
home disappointed. The lecturer gave
the life's history of a boy. Not an I'M
real, hair-parted-in-t the middle, go.easy
boy, but the boy we know full of and
over flowing in joyous, bubbling, awk-
ward, animal life, who goes scolded
and bull.dozed through his early life,
until he reaches mans estate and the
speaker plead for more consideration
of this great rollicking boys comfort.
He gave noble plea for all manly
muscle, giving support even to base
ball with all its present barbarian at
PENDANTS. He took him on through
life, weaving in the beautiful, the SUI
blime and the ridiculous until he left
him the noble patriarch of the family,
looking back over the lapse of life
we'll spent and to future bright with
rainbow, glory tinted clouds, silver
lined and gold tinted to soothe, caress
and gladden. the midnight of his years,
while his companion in grief and Joy
and shadow and light stood by crown
ed and decked with halo of matron-
ly dignity that will be reflected in the
children, who gather about their glow
ing hearth.
1t was very successful closing of
successful course. No course ever Civ
en- has been of as much universal sat
isfaction as this one. The committee
who had it in charge are to be con-
graduated upon the winters enter
tainment. Although the club went
into the project merely to help to en-
tertain the people and have heretofore
made nothing out of it, they came out,
this year, about $3.50 ahead, which
shows that the people truly appre-
ciate their efforts to entertain. The
course, as has been conducted, has been
of lasting benefit to the town, as it has
given metropolitan privileges to the
place and afforded soul inspiring gray
matter producing food to many, who
would never have received it and it is
to be hoped the club will continue the
good work
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-03-20
Friday At The Taberna Gle.

The features of the day were the
large attendance at the meetings, the.
presence of the Audubon delegation
and the sermon on amusements. Mayor
John A. Nash, of Audubon, spoke of.
the great change in that place as the
result of the meetings. He mentioned
the absence of profanity. the fewness
OF arrests for drunkenness and disorder
the great improvement in moral toHN
He mentioned a recent Sunday wherf
one hundred and seventy. one were re-
ceived into one church and one humid
red and thirty-seven into another. He
urged business men in Atlantic to give.
themselves to God and to this work.
Mr.. Nash is hard headed businessl
man and yet his whole heart is in this
work with wonderful enthusiasnM
What blessing if Atlantic would
turn to God as Audubon has! The SER
mon in the evening dealt with amuse-
ments. chiefly card playing and dane
ing. 1t was mastery showing of the
evils of these vices in their results in
breaking down character. He showed
that every church has expressed its
disapproval of these designations, and
that church members who indulge iisS
them go against the best christian SEM
timent of the times. Progressive eu-
chre and other prize games were puts
where they belong, with other gamb-
ling schemes. -REy. e. S. HILL. in
the Friday Atlantic Telegraph.
Good news came to us from the
school world when we learned that
Leroy township had increased the
wages and will pay $500 per month
for the year. Oakfield too increased
theirs and pay $32, $34 and $36. per.
month, owing to grade of certificate.
This is a raise of two dollars month.
This is highly commendable in each
of the townships and should be follow
ed in all the townships. It's wonder
full how much people expect for moths
ing. Teachers. as a rule give more for
what they get, than any class of work
man on earth. They labor shortdN
hours it is true, but at the same times
they have more hard work, for to
stand before school means that just
so many people are tngging at their
nerves and in the end they either quit
because worn out or their nerves col
lapse and they have to stop. Then like
old stage horses broken in purse and
in health and they know not where
to lie down and rest.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-03-20

Mrs. Ed. B. Cousins has been on the
sick list for some days but is now much
improved.
A very fine line of wall paper, that
we will sell to somebody.
A. HI. ROBERTS.
The baby of VIM. Armstrong has
been quite sick for some time threaten
ed with lung fever but is now improv-
ing.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07

1888, and prbably antedates that period
by many years. Many times has it been
rebuilt, the last time following the mo
popery" riots of 1880. when the struc-
ture was plundered and burned, the
prisoners being set free. to join the
maddened mob. During the reign Of
Henry VIII. historians say that 72.OOO
Thomas More writes in his Utopia that
twenty thieves might be seen hanging
from a single gibbet and hangings
were almost of daily occurrence. In
these good old days. which some Of our
misguided moderners would wish to re-
a hare on game preserve was punish
ed with death! Torture, too. was re-
sorted to, and men and women, strip
ped naked, were put upon the rack un-
til the bones and joints were torn asun-
der There were many other methods
Of torture, and brandings and mutila-
ton were Of frequent occurrence.
Executions at Newgate were carried
out often in bungling manner. Often
the condemned would not be strangled
and the executiOner would catch hold
Of the victim and add his own weight
to that Of the suspended unfortunate.
This usually made the crowd hilarious.
Nor was it the rabble alone who en-
joyed the degrading spectacle. People
Of fashion would pay as high as $25 for
n good vantage DOnt In window OD-
posite and frequently would spend the
night there so that no detail Of the
spectacle might escape.
1t was a ribald, reckless, combative,
brutal mob who witnessed the execu.
lions. Fights were common and spec
tatOrs often had their limbs broken and
their teeth knocked out! These dread
full public executions were carried on
until 1868.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07

II. LABoUCHERE. care fig for pub
lie opinion or for the good will OF any
creature under the sun, yet in some re-
spects he is immensely popular.
Mr.. Labouchere Is no longer young.
He passed the seventy-tive-milep post on
life's journey some months ago. He Is
an omnivorous reader, but small eat
er. Except at the stern command OF
his physician he has not touched wine
for years. and then the order was lin
tied to one glass Of claret daily. He Is
equally Indifferent to eating and to his
surroundings and would dine as will
ingly in the cheapest restaurant as in
a fashionable hotel and sleep as COM
fOrtably in an attic as in palace.
He is a radical of the radicals and
represents Northampton in Parliament.
He has been involved in many libel
suits, and at one time Sir Charles Rus
sell accused him Of wearing shabby
clothes in order to reduce the damages
In such cases Of litigation.
At % years "Labby" was an attache
of the British legation at Washington,
where he Is dlmly remembered as a
rather "fresh" yOungster, fond Of play
Ing Mr.. SelfmpOrtant. In 1868 he was
made second secretary Of Constantine
pie, but failed to assume his duties.
Formal inquiry was made as to the
reason for his delay. and In due course
a letter arrived at the Foreign Office
stating that as inadequate provision
had been made for his travelling ex-
penses and that as his private means
were limited the attache was walking
and would in due time reach the shores
Of the Bosphorus. In the following
year he left the diplomatic service.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
NOT PURE CARIB INDIANS.
Remnant Of Tribe ON St. Vincent In
termarried with Negroes.

Remnant Of Tribe ON St. Vincent In
termarried with Negroes.
A New York paper recently printed
cablegram from St. Vincent to the
effect that the volcanic eruption OF
Mount Soufriere. on that island, had
exterminated the remnant Of the Garth
Indians, the aboriginal inhabitants Of
the West Indies. whose villages lay d.
rectly in the path Of the lava food.
This Is an item Of news that needs
explanation, for, otherwise, it Is liable
to be misleading.
The facts are that the Caribs did
survive on the Island Of st. Vincent
long after they were exterminated on
the other islands. BY 100 the small
remnant Of 1000 had become very
much mixed with the negroes, so that
very little, IL any. pure Carib blood
remained on the island. In fact, 1t is
said that the last pure-blooded Carib
Indian. and the only person on the Is.
land who still spoke the Carib tongue,
died in st. Vincent some ten years
prior to the above mentioned date. In
1920 the population of that island was
2.151 whites. 14,4S5 negroes, and 1852
Caribs. The latter were so badly mixed
with the negroes that they had lost
their language, and no longer had the
straight hair Of the Indian.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07

in rapid motion. Spencer describes
what would happen in his recently pub
lished book, Facts and Comments"
He says: 1.-THE effects of rotation
would be first faintness. and then in
sensibility-an insensibility soon made
permanent II rotation was continued.
For when, after a few revolutions at
considerable speed, the brain has been
emptied Of blood, as well as the ascend
ing aorta and in large measure the
heart, cessation could not be followed
by back-fiow from the lower parts Of
the body sufficient to re-establish the
actions Of the organs thus thrown out
Of gear; and, unquestionably, continu-
ance Of rotation for some time would
make revival altogether impossible"
Death, almost immediate and certain
ly painless, has been caused in expert
ments already made with dogs. using
similar appliance.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
TALKS IN NATURAL TONES.
Machine that IL Vast improve m emit
ON the PhOnOgraph.

Machine that IL Vast Improve m emit
on the Photograph.
While the reproduction Of the human
voice by means Of the photograph aud
graphophOne Is remarkable achieve
ment. there are objections to the strain
ed and unnatural quality Of sounds re-
produced by the ordinary photograph
and gramophOne. The peculiar metallic
quality heard from those instruments
is due to the fact that in order to make
the reproductions as loud as possible
the original must be Of abnormal effort.
Emile Berliner, the well-known cleo
trical Inventor, has. however. devised
reproducing machine wherein this
trouble is remedied. 1t is composed Of
number of separate gramophones
operated simultaneously. The art has
advanced so far that the records may
be made exact duplicates Of each 9th.
err even to the minutest detail. Ths.
only difficulty in operating several ma
chimes Is to have them registered ex-
actly with each other so as to insure
simultaneous operation. A table or SUP
port is provided, on which there are
mounted a number of rotary tables of
the usual gramophone type and adapt
ed to receive the well-knOwn record
tablets Of commerce. These tablets are
generally arranged In staggered row.
each being supported OIL an upright
spindle or shaft journaled in a stand
ard fashion to table.
Upon each shaft just below the table
is secured disk having equally spaced
radially projecting pins of it's periph.
cry. The disks are all Of the same size,
with the same number Of pins, and they
are driven together with the tables at
the same speed by means Of belt,
having perfOrations spaced to fit the
pins and operated by motor of any de-
sirable construction. The registering
devices make it possible to insure the
contact of each stylus with a CORE
spending point Of each record BY the
mere act Of placing the stylus on the
proper line. Power being applied to rO-
tate the records. identical sounds issue
from each Of the horns, and the CON-
bined body of sound may be made rs
great az desired by using an appropri-
ate number Of records. Therefore, it is
possible to provide an exact reproduc-
ton Of the human voice or to make it
louder or softer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
Queen VictOria's Husband.

Writing Of Prince Albert in an arti
Gle in the Century. Oh The Royal
Family Of England" Professor Oscar
Browning says:
From the first the Prince identified
himself with the Queen in all her la
bors. They had one mind and one
soul. Rising every morning with the
dawn. the Prince went into his work
room. where their two tables stood
side by side, and read all their CORE
spOndence, arranging everything for
the Queens convenience when she
should arrive. He knew all her
thoughts and assisted all her actions,
yet so adroit and self-sacridcing was
his conduct that all the merit and pop
ularity came to her The people had
no idea that he interfered with public
affairs. yet, had they reflected, they
must have known that 1t was newt.
able. Once during the Crimean war,
when the notion got abroad that the
Prince had interviewed. there were
talks Of treason and of sending him
to the Tower; yet on the day Of the
Princes death, on that cold. ice-bound
Saturday, Charles Kingsley said to the
present writer: He was King Of En-
gland for twenty years. and no one
knew IT,"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
For SDinDt0rO.

In Sweden and Norway there are sew.
eral homes for spinsters. One Of these
Mt least Is as attractive as it Is unique.
1t is the monument to the memory Of
an exceedingly wealthy old man, who,
dying more than 200 years ago, left
the major part Of his fortune to the old
maids among his descendants. A su.
perb home was built. furnished and
managed by salaried trustees. 1t -four
ished and has continued. Any unmar-
ried woman who can prove blood rela.
tionship to the founder of the institu-
ton is entitled to admission In the
home She Is given suite Of rooms, a
servant, private meals, and Is subject
to no rules save such as ordinary good
behavior demands.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
Sensation SnOiled.

Listen. sister! believe l hear the
voice Of man" exclaimed Principea
as she tip-toed across the room and
placed her ear against the elevator
shaft. Miraposia Joined her aged
spinster sister and together they heard
these words. spoken In dulcet tones,
float up from the fat below:
"Ah. thirty love. Now let's make II
forty love-"
Horrors! Mfraposia, do you think
they are speaking Of osculation?"
"Sister Principal, am shocked at
your suggestion. The honor Of the
building demands an Investigation
Come"
Together they stoically stalked down
the stairway to the fat below.
The door was open and Harold Nc.
Swat babe them enter.
I'VE are having a delightful game
Of ping-pong. Miss Flatdweller has
just won the game. Will you Join
US"
The invitation was coldly declined
and the spinsters sought the secluslon
Of the apartments, crushed that the
vernacular Of ping pong had robbed
them of a choice bit Of gOssip.-T0ledo
Bee.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
FIRE DRAWINGS.

Show the audience an apparently
blank sheet Of white paper. touch it
with a glowing match. and in a short
time you have a figure burnt out Of
the paper.
The preparation of such fire drawing
sheets is simple. and everybody with
a little talent for drawing can produce
them at small expense.
Dissolve tablespoonful of saltpeter
in tumbler Of water and draw with
the help of a pointed brush an outline
figure on thin white paper, and put it
aside to dry. The drawing on the
paper will be invisible. Then light a
match. blow it out Immediately, and
touch a certain point in the outline
figure (Which we have marked secret
ly) with the glowing match. The salt
peter will catch fire Immediately and
burn along the line drawn with the
brush, burning out the figure as it
goes along.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
Particularly Ont.

An acquaintance called on some la.
dies who had been much wearied by
an endless succession of callers. The
door was opened to her by Pompey. the
faithful old servant.
Are the ladies in. Pompey?" said
the young lady.
mo, ma'am. they'se all out, ma'am,"
responded the old retainer.
I'm so sorry missed them" replied
the visitor handing in her cards. 81
particularly wanted to see Mrs. Bell"
Eyes. ma'am. thank We. ma'am.
They'se all out, ma'am. and Mrs. Bell
is particularly out, ma'am," was the
reply that greeted her hearing as the
visitor opened the gate and the front
door closed.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
MORGAN BUYS VALUABLE PORCELAlNS
FROM THE GARLAND COLLECTION.

]. P. Morgan purchased the Garland
collection of oriental pOrcelains, the
finest collection In the world, which
has been on exhibition at the Metro
politan Museum Of Art In New York
for many years. 1t was announced
that London dealer had purchased
the collection from the Garland estate
for $6OO.OOO and would take 1t to Eu-
rope. Morgan decided that the collec-
ton should remain in America. What
he paid Is not known, but it is sup
posed that he gave considerable more
than the amount offered by the Lon.
don dealers.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
FAMOUS OLD PRISON.
NEWGATE, LONDON, AND ITS
MEMORIAL HORRORS.
Soon to Be Raced to the Ground
Shocking Scenes in the Days When
Executions Were Public-Ths Popu-
lace Acted Like DE mOns.

Grim, forbldding old Newgate pris-
on. London. which in the course of its
long period Of existence has housed so
many men and women condemned TO
destruction, and around which have &C.
Cured many remarkable scenes OF hor-
ror. is at length to be torn down. Sew
eral times before the historic prisons
impending doom was announced. but
now the work of demolition has actual
ly begun. Old Bailey, the scarcely less
famous court house. which adjons
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
Bank of England
Found to be Unsafe.

Still another Of London's most ia
NOUS buildings-this time the proverb-
tally substantial Bank of England-has
been found to be shaky in its under
pinnings and, as in the case Of st.
Pau's Cathedral and the churches Of
st. Brides and Bow, this state Of
things is being blamed on the Ameri-
can-built tube railways.
1t was limited while ago that the
''Old Lady of Threadneedle street. was
beginning to show signs Of age and
that trouble was not unlikely, but
pompous official denial" hushed the
matter up for the moment. 1t is now
stated authOritatively. however, that
on the side Of the bank nearest the
Mansion House, the piles which sup
port the buildings foundations are 80
rotten that when laborers working Oh
the nearby underground railway re-
Gently took hold Of them they crum
bled away like cheese" Only lately
too, an immense crack has made its
appearance in the wall Of the bullion
room, and the experts who have been
consulted have been unable to account
for it.
At the time when the insecure con-
ditiOn of St Paul's and the two small
err churches was being considered, IL
was claimed that the borrowings for
the new Central London underground
railway had caused the trouble. and
the projectors Of other underground
lines were obliged to make larger
circle than they had originally planned
around the site Of the great cathedral
A lot of tunneling has been done near
the Bank Of England within the last
two years. and the general opinion ia
that this fact is to blame for the
cracking of the old buildings wallis
There is another theory, however
namely, that the WalbrOOk, the an
cient stream that for centuries flowed
over the site which the bank now oc
cupies, and for which one Of the city
streets is named. left the ground so
soft and peaty that the foundations
Of the heavy buildings have gradually
sunk into 1t.
The "Old Lady Of Threadneedle
street" is in trouble in another way.
too. Some fussy neighbOr objected to
her smoking her pipe in the daytime
AS the old ladys smokes were the most
expensive things Of the kind on rec
ord, consisting wholly Of Bank Of Eng
land notes, not one Of them worth less
than $25, the old lady thought she
might smoke whenever she wanted to-
The authorities. however, said the lux
ury might be enjoyed only at night
1t may be stated in explanation that
whenever one of the big white Bank
Of England notes returns to the bank
from which it was first given out. 1t
never sees the light again. but Is ig-
ANONYMOUSLY defaced and burned with
thousands Of it's fellows in furnace
especially provided for the purpose
down in the cellars Of the Bank OF
England. 1t was the smoke arising
from this extraordinary fuel that
caused the neighbOrs to complain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
A WHEEL OF DEATH.

Herbert Spencer Would Kill Criminals
by Producing ApOplexy.
Herbert Spencer, the most distn-
guished philosopher, scientist and stu
dent Of sociological problems Of this
age, has advanced new theory for the
killing Of criminals, and on the face Of
1t his plan looks plausible. Spencer
would substitute apoplexy. artiticially
produced. for all other agencies OF
oath.
His plan would be to place the con-
demned man upon rotary table. with
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
Furniture Plans.

For all important houses nowadays
a careful plan is drawn up for the pro-
posed position Of every important piece
Of furniture, with color drawings
where necessary to show the effect,
and by this means Edward and Alex
andra were able to judge Of the result
beforehand. 1t was Mrs. Astor who
first introduced the interior plan idea
among Americans with splendid house
hold furnishings. her own Newport and
New York mansions always being thus
arranged to dot Having once deter
mined on the most advantageous com
position of a drawing room, for in
stance. woe betide the servants who
misplace an article or ''discompOse"
the harmony of the tableau.-BostOn
Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
A Little Boys Moral Strength.

~
The widow Of an English army officer
was visiting me with her son. charm
ing little fellow about years old. re-
lates Harper's Magazine. The mother
told me with pride how honorable he
was, how high minded. and that she
had never for an instant seen in him
indications Of any traits that were low
or base.
The child was put to bed every night
at 6. We dined at Z. l was sitting in
the drawing room one evening before
dinner. The room was dark. the doors
open. and my seat commanded view
Of both the stairway and the dining
rom. The table was set. and in the
ceater was dish Of tempting peaches.
Presently there came to my ears the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07
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THE ORIGINAL TEN NUMERALS.

Der Of angles formed by the lines de-
noted the number that the symbol was
intended to represent. Thus:
The o was first a perfect circle-a
figure without angles. At the base Of
which was necessary to make up the
seven angles. And, though we have
long discarded 1t. you rarely see a Z
without it in Germany and France
Little Chronicle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-07

Henry Labouchere.
the A n 81 | c liz e d
Frenchman W h o
has for so long
b cen conspicuous
in the journalism
of London and the
politics of Great
Britain. He has
many imitators, but
no equals. Lab
by" as he Is famil-
iarJy called, does not