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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27
MRS. NATION AT HORSE SHOW.

Kansas Reformer Delivers TRADE and
Is Elected by the Police. Fl
New York, Nov. 21.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton created a sensation at the horse
show yesterday She harangued the
great gathering on the evils of over
dress, attempted to break a bottle of
champagne and finally was elected
from the building by the police.
Mrs. Nation entered the garden
quietly. Stationing herself in front
of the Vanderbilt box, she delivered
TRADE on over-dress. In the box were
seated Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt,
Reginald Vanderbilt and Miss Nichol-
son.
you ought to be ashamed of your
selves" the woman screamed at them.
"You ought to be ashamed to wear
off, take them off at once and attire
| yourselves more modestly."
Alfred G. Vanderbilt hastily left his
position at the rail and came over to
where Mrs. Nation was standing and
pushed her away.
The outburst of the woman attract
ing great crowd of people and the
occupants of the Vanderbilt box we're
evidently very much embarrassed.
Mrs. Nation then turned her attention
to other boxes. Finally she started
for the cafe, where she bore down on
party of men who were drinking
wine. Mrs. Nation seized the bottle
and, glazing at the men, shouted:
young men, don't drink such
filthy stuff. You are going straight tc
hell. Where is the man who sells this
stuff? Show him to me and 1 will
tell him what think of him."
Mrs. Nations request was speedily
granted by the sudden appearance O
M. Vile Pigue, the caterer at the gar
den.
Get out of this horrible business,
she shouted at him, you are also go
ing to hell and running the bodies ant
souls of men. You are dragging then
down with you. Shame on you"
The Frenchman, however, ran t.
Mrs. Nation and rescued the bottle
which she had repeatedly brandishe
in the air to emphasize her remarks
Then he pushed her out of the dool
Here the police took hold of the Kar
sas reformer and forced her out G
: the building.
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27
ELEPHANT HUNT IN GEORGIA..
Mad Brute Kills Her Keeper and Es-
capes to the Woods.


Savannah Ca, Nov. 24.-Gypsy, the
big elephant belonging to circus and
which injured it's keeper in winter
quarters in Chicago several years ago,
went crazy six miles from Valdosta
yesterday and killed her keeper, James
O'Rourke. The circus train had been
in a wreck at Triton early in the day,
when several of the animal cars were
wrecked and two or three trained
horses killed. The elephant Gypsy
was in a highly nervous state when
the train pulled out of Valdosta, the
next show point. Six miles out from
that town Gypsy became so noisy and
restless that O'Rourke entered her
car as the train stopped at small
station to try to quiet her Immedi-
ately the mad brute attacked the man
and crushed his life out against the
side of the car. O'Rourke, for some
reason, did not close the door of the
car after him, SO, after killing her
keeper, Gypsy escaped to the woods
Her absence was noted before the
train left the station, and hunt was
organized. The big beast was shot g
number of times before she succumbed
20 rifle bullets in the brain.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. kreamer
are spending their Thanksgiving
today at the home of her son.in-law
Mac Mccall in Audubon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27

Il Mr.. and Mrs H. G. Banister de-
parted for their home in Chicago
last Saturday evening after short
but pleasant visit at the home of
their aunt Mrs. Celina Wheeler and
their cousin J. L. and o. G. Wheeler
and Mrs. r. E. Hamlin.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27
Audubon County Journal
CIV. MARLIN. Editor.
Thursday, November II, 1902.

FouND:-Good pair of ladies
knit gloves. Call at Journal office
describe and get.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27
starlha lnstaIled as Bishop.

Lead, S. D., Nov. 24.-The Rt. Rev.
John D. Stariha was yesterday form
ally installed as Catholic bishop for
the Black Hills diocese. The cere-
monies were held at ST. Patrick's
church of Lead. Pontifical high mass
was celebrated. Bishop Ordman Of
Sioux Falls presided and delivered the
sermon
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-11-27
GRAY
Missouri Lands!

We have 500 Improved Farms for
sale in Holt, Buchanan, Jackson,
Cass, Henry and Bates counties,
Missouri, ranging in price from SIS
to $50 per acre. Our properties are
all located near Kansas City and in
the heart of the corn belt. If you
desire home in this beautiful south
land where crops are sure and CHM
ate superb. Write us.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
The Fishes of japan.

The islands Of Japan are remarkable
for their richness of animal life. The
variety in climatic and other condi-
tions, the nearness to the great conti-
nent of Asia and to the chief center Of
marine life, the East Indian islands;
its relation to the warm black current
of Kuro Shivo (he gulf stream Of the
orient and to the cold current from
Bering sea, all tend to give variety to
the fauna of its seas. Especially nu-
merous and varied are the fishes Of
japan. 1t has been noted that the fish
fauna Of Japan bears striking resem-
blance to that of the Mediterranean,
and DR.. Gunther has suggested that
this can be accounted for by suppos-
ing that in recent times a continuous
coast line and sea passage extended
from one region to the other, the 18TH
mus of SueZ not existing.-Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
He Was a Financier.

Two members of the Chicago Stock
Exchange went to a restaurant for
luncheon, and after hasty glance at
the bill of fare each announced what
he wanted.
I'm for a fried bass" said one.
"Ditto," said the other. Waitress,
two fried bass, please"
In few minutes the two bass on a
platter and two plates were placed on
the table. One bass was larger than
the other, and the financier before
whom the platter had been placed
calmly passed the smaller bass to his
companion.
NOW call that downright mean
trick!' said tn, man who received the
smaller bass.
What is a mean trick?"
why, to give me the smaller bass
and keep the big one for yourself"
What would you have done if you
had been serving the fish?"
81 should certainly have given you
the larger one"
'Well, in that case should have had
the larger one. I've got it now What
more do you want2"
The argument did not seem convinc-
ing, but at the moment the other man
was unable to find satisfactory an
swer to it.-Chicago Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
A Sacred Chinese Coin.

One Of the coins of the Chinese EN-.
peror Kanghi is very much sought aft
er by the Chinese, who use it in max
ing rings for the finger 1t is slightly
different from the other cash issued
under the same emperor in the form Of
one Of the characters that indicate the
regnal period. The Chinese call it "Lo-
han cash." the word Lo-han being a
transcript in Chinese characters of the
Sanskrit word Arhan, venerable"
the name applied to the eighteen at
tendants of Buddha, who are frequent
ly seen ranged along the two sides of
the principal halls in Buddhist tenn
pies.
The tradition is that while the en-
peror was intimately associated with
European missionaries he became i'm
bued with feeling of contempt for
Buddhism and illustrated this phase
of his faith by having set of eighteen
brass Lo-han images melted down and
cast into cash. This brass is said to
contain considerable portion of gold;
hence the demand for the cash.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Beyond Belief.


When Abraham Lincoln was q youns
imam. his prodigious strength and hii
skill in wrestling were matters Of note
throughout central Illinois. Few in
deed were the men who could boast OF
having laid him on his back.
Somewhere along in the thirties there
was case on trial In one of the circuit
courts in that section in which an ef-
fort was made to impeach the testimo-
ny of one Of the witnesses. The evi-
dence was conflicting. Some would
believe the witness on oath and others
would not
at last middle aged man with a de-
termined expression Of countenance
was called to the stand The usual
question was put touching the reputa-
ton of the witness for truth and verac-
ity:
Would you believe him on oathT
mo, l wouldn't" he answered, and
before the lawyer on the. opposite side
could interpose he gave his reason:
Il heerd him braggin' onct that he'd
throwed Abe Lincoln in q fair an
square rassle." El
No other witnesses were called. The
attempt to impeach was successful
Youths Companion.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
A Question Of Dinner Time,

A cardinal who commanded the
troops Of Pope Boniface TX. In the
march Of Acona, finding himself on one
occasion in position in which he must
conquer or die, promised his soldiers
that If they secured the victory those
who fell should dine that very day
with the angels. They marched to the
combat with alacrity, but finding that
the cardinal was careful not to expose
himself, How is it," said one Of them,
that you show no anxiety for the ce-
lestial banquet to which you have in
vited US SO warmly" Because 1t is
not yet my dinner time, and I am not
hungry."-An the Year Round.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Guest. Pass with Glaciers.

Hotel keepers in the Alps have a new
trouble and are complaining Of the loss
of patrons, who are moving away from
the glaciers. Yes, the attractive gla-
ciers are actually passing from the
landscape. and as they recede the ho-
tells along their borders find that their
registers are shortening. -
These glaciers are not running away
by any means, but they are deteriorat-
ing slowly with a persistency that
means their final annihilation. Hotels
that few years ago stood very near
to great river Of slowly moving ice
now find themselves a considerable dis
tance away, and the attractiveness Of
the site is lessened.
The famous glaciers Of the Rhone
have shrunk 5000 feet in the last twen-
ty years, or about ITO feet year. A
number Of the well known glaciers ap-
proximate this diminution, and the sci
entiflc fact is established that these re-
minders Of the great glacial period are
surely disappearing.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
The Force of Example.

When we read the life stories of men
and women, we ourselves participate
to some extent in their own expert
ences. Insensibly we place ourselves
in the situations in which they found
themselves, and the problems which
confronted them seek their solution in
our own brains. Their difficulties, their
stumblings, their triumphs, become
personal lessons by which we may
get a wider experience of life than
comes to us in our ordinary avoca-
dons, so that when the time comes
when we are called upon for some mo-
mentous decision or to pursue some
special line Of conduct we have a prec-
edent to guide US to the right course
Scottish
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30

discovery cures diseases OF the stomach
and other organs of digestion and nutri-
ton. 1t purifies the blood and enables
the perfect nutrition of the body which
means perfect health.
rFor six long years suffered with indiges-
tion and my liver and kidneys which bafied the
best doctors in our country" writes &. L. Ran
sell, Esq. of Woolsey, Prince William Co., Va
UI suffered with my stomach and back for a long
time, and at.er taking cart-load of medicine
from three doctors grew so bad could hardly
do days work. Would have death-likc pains
in the side, and blind spells. 1 began taking
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets Before had taken half of
the second bottle began to feel relieved got
six more bottles and used them, and am happy
to say owe my life to DIR. Pierce.p
Accept no substitute for tt Golden Med
ical Discovery" There Is nothing ujust
as good" for diseases OF the stomach.
blood and lungs.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser.
1908 large pages, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of Al one-cent stamps to
pay expense of mailing only. Address
DIR. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Dorothea,s Stolen Chee.e.

Little Dorothea is one of those chill
dren whose silence when awake is re-
garded as certain sign that she is In
mischief. One day when she was about
two and half years old her mother
gradually became aware Of q silence
which boded trouble. She was about to
look for the baby when Dorothea came
in, her rosy lips still bearing the traces
Of feast.
"Where have you been, Dorothea !
What are you eatingT
Cheese" said Miss Dorothea.
"Where did you get II, dearr" asked
her mother.
''In the mouftrap," answered the de-
inquent
"In the mousetrapw exclaimed the
Mortified mother.
eyes"
Then the mother laughed. "But what
will the poor mousies dof You Will
frighten them all away"
"Dey wasn't bit frightened, man.
ma. Dey was two moufies in de trap
when I eated the cheese."-Brooklyn
Life.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Lack OF Clothing In Uganda.

A lack Of clothing was and probably
still is the most salient characteristic
of the Wa-Kavirondo. II am afraid
you will find them very nakedp said q
missionary to me on the borders Of
their country, and SO we did; nothing
could have been nakeder. From their
walled villages they issued in swarms
and crowded round the tents to gaze
upon US, monsieur, madame and bebe.
without a rag to their names nor a
clout between them, unless indeed a
bead necklace or q hippopotamus tooth
stuck behind the ear could be account
ed clothing. An airy, buoyant folk,
verify, and to missionary eyes a sad
contrast to the semicivilized Waganda,
with their greasy draperies Of bark
cloth.-Cornhill.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Cicero.

Cardinal Newman was a master in
the art of writing English. In one Of
his published letters he expressed the
following opinion:
"As to patterns for imitation, the only
master Of style ever had is Cicero. l
think l owe great deal to him and, SO
far as know, to no one else"
Bishop Wordsworth Of st. Andrews,
another mastery writer Of English,
says in his autobiography:
$50 far as 1 have derived benefit
from any one In the matter of compo-
sition it has been from Cicero. / do
not underrate the advantage Of COM
bined study of authors such as Addi-
son, Swift, Bolingbroke, johnson,
Burke, Hume, Gibbon, Macaulay and,
/ may add, Horace Walpole, but
must repeat that / believe 1 got more
good, not only in writing Latin, but
for writing English, from reading
Cicero and learning him by heart than
from any other source"
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Took the Water Cure.

Tom Owens, an employe of the
Standard Electric Company, got dose
of the 'water cure" of which the
papers have had so much 10 say of late.
Last Saturday was his forty fourth
birthday, and he had been celebrating
the occasion in a manner that had a
tendency to make him top-heavy.
Arriving at the Tabeaud reservoir he
got into small boat, which he used
Tor crossing the reservoir, and the
thing upset with him. He got a good
ducking, but managed with consider
able difficulty to get out. He lost his
watch, but that was recovered later
from the bottom of the reservoir. A
tipsy man and a tipsy boat make very
uncertain combination. = Calaveras
Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Dew.s.x street.

Downing street, London, perpetuates
the name Of clever man from Massa-
chusetts. Those were the days before
the Fourth Of July had any Significance
In American annals, and George Down
ing. the first scholar in the first public
school in Massachusetts and the first
graduate sent out by Harvard college,
came to England and became q chap
lain In Cromwells army. 3
BY remarkable stroke of fortune
he was sent to represent England at
The Hague when Europe was trem-
bling before Oliver, and during three
distinct eras in Englands history he
held the Office Of British ambassador
at the Dutch court. He was as popu-
lar or as clever under the Merry Mon
arch as under the protector and the
commonwealth, and it came to pass, In
the reign Of Charles H., that the man
from Massachusetts was granted a
great tract of land at Westminster,
where he built huge mansions and laid
out Downing street.
To this day Downing's street is
Downing street still, and, though
George Downing is forgotten, there is
no name In the British empire which
Is more familiar to us than his.-St.
James Gazette.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Sen Necklaces.

Pretty nearly every one has seen the
curious "sca ruff1es," or "sea neck
laces," which are found pleDtifully on
ocean beaches. These are the egg
cases Of the sea snails. They consist
Of number Of small disk shaped en-
velopes attached along a sort of stem,
the biggest Of them being in the mid
die. In each envelope there is little
spot Of thinner material, which the
young break through when they are
ready to be hatched. When the female
gasteropod is about to lay. she buries
herself In the sand, from the surface
of which the necklace" Of eggs is
gradually extruded. Being thus set
adrift and exposed to the elements, as
well as to devouring enemies. few of
the eggs are ever hatched. but those
which do come into the world safely
and survive doubtless live to a very
great age.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Hair md Grass.

There is a major in a certain Eng
lish regiment who has a great con-
tempt for incapacity of any kind and
is somewhat impatient into the bar
gain. Some time ago he was in charge
of detachment of men, and a SER
gcant complained that he could get no
man to undertake the duty of barber
to the company.
is there no gardener in the COM
pany?" asked the major testify. "I
seem to remember one. Send him to
me-
The man was duly sent. but on re-
ceiving orders to act as barber ventur-
ed to eXpostulate.
Great heavensr' yelled the major.
'If you can cut grass. you can cut hair!
Go and do it,
The man went. but what the others
said is unprintable.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
The Education of the P.rrot.

To teach a parrot to talk it is never
necessary to place the poor bird In a
darkened room or to starve him. Com
mon sense would suggest that he
should be made as happy as possible
in his surroundings. Give him good
food-hemp, maize, oats, biscuit. AS
a slice Of fruit is always beneficial, a
bit Of apple, Of pear, of banana or Of
carrot will do very well. Also see that
your pet has pure drinking water, q
large cage, some soft wood to gnaw,
with plenty Of coarse grit on the floor
of the cage, for he needs the small
stones to aid his digestion. A parrot in
those comfortable circumstances may
then be left alone in a room while his
teacher conceals himself in another.
The teacher, who should be heard, but
not seen, should repeat, with infinite
patience, over and over again the word
or words he wishes his pet to learn.
The female parrots do not talk-the fe-
male of the song birds, it should be re-
membered, is not a singer-so that eff
forts Of education in that line are quite
thrown away.-Our Animal Friends.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
A shrewd YANKEE.

A certain Boston hotel man tells this
good story at his own expense:
When a small boy on the farm, his
folks often sent him to the neighbors
to buy a dozen eggs when their hens
failed to lazy enough.
He noticed that the old farmer al
ways held each egg before a lighted
candle and examined it carefully. In
his innocence of Yankee shrewdness
the boy supposed that this was prompt
ed more by honesty and intention to
detect whether the eggs were bad or
not.
One day, however, when he counted
his eggs, according to custom, there
were only eleven in the basket.
With determination not to be cheat
ed, the lad trudged proudly back to the
house and quickly made known his
discovery.
"Oh," said the old farmer, that's all
right. my boy. One of them has a dou-
BILE yolk. Boston Record.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
She Had to Diet.

Doctors sometimes give their direc:
tions for taking drugs or other treat
ment In language beyond the compre-
hension Of the patient. Occasionally
tragic. but more often amusing, mis-
takes occur thereby. Judge tells one
of the amusing kind, although 1t might
have been uncomfortable at least.
A small colored girl went to a drug
store and said to the clerk, ma man.
my wants some of de handsomest dye
ye got"
'The handsomest% repeated the
clerk. "Well, I don't know. What
does she want it for?
"She done got de misery in her stum-
mick, and de doctor say she must dye
1t, and she say If she hab got ter dye
1t she want it q handsome color"
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Cats In Ancient wales.

An ancient statute ascribed to Howell
the Good, Welch prince. who ruled in
94S, regulated the price of cats. A
penny was the price Of a kitten before
Its eyes were open, twopence until 1t
had caught its first mouse, fourpence
when 1t was old enough for combat.
He who stole a cat from the royal
granaries forfeited either a milk eve,
with its fleece and lamb, or as much
wheat as would cover the body Of the
cat suspended by its tail, with its nose
touching the ground. A penny was a
coin of great purchasing power in the
tenth century.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Placing HfmseIf.

One day a drill sergeant in the Brit
ish army had a number Of recruits to
drill and wanted the married men sep
arated from the single ones. 80 he form.
ed them in line and gave the word
Of command, "Singie men advance
and married men fall back in the rearr'
All took their positions except one
an Irishman. who stood still. The ser.
geant asked the reason why he had
not moved, but no answer came from
Pat.
Come, my man. are you marriedF'
"No," replied Pat.
"Then you are singler
mo"
"Then what are your
II am courtin' Biddy," was the re.
ply.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
How a spaninrd Smokes,

The Spaniards are the most expert
smokers In the world. A Spaniard, ac-
cording to an observer who has trav-
eled through Spain and South America,
takes a heavy pull at his cigarette, in
hales 1t, takes up wine skin or wine
bottle, pours a half pint down his
throat, holding the vessel foot from
his mouth and not spilling drop, and
then with sigh of satisfaction closes
his eyes and exhales the smoke from
his nose and mouth In clouds. He will
also inhale the smoke, converse for a
few minutes in a natural manner and
then blow out the smoke.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
uncnIIed For courte.x.

The Vicomte Toussaint was formerly
n colonel In the French army and may
or of Toulouse. He was brave man
and a ,!%slling officer. During one of
the hottest engagements of the terri
bic year. noticing that his troops were
bending forward under a CALLING fire
to escape the bullets Of the enemy
while he alone maintained an erect po-
sition, he exclaimed, "Slnce when,
should like to know, has so much po-
likeness been shown to the Prussians? p
The sarcasm took instantaneous effect,
for the soldiers rushed forward and
carried everything before them.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Madasascar,s Two Climates.

The island of Madagascar has two
distinct climates, two classes Of natives
and two classes Of fauna and fora.
The island is about the size of France.
Along the coast it is tropical and ma
larious, and the natives are darker than
in the interior. The interior is a high
tableland and mountainous. There the
climate is cooler and the natives small
er and lighter in color than on the
coast. But in the interior they are
more intelligent, and they rule the is
land.
Amador ledger., 1902-05-30
Long Flight of the Humm,ne a,r.

Long Flight of the Humming Bird.
That it may have the entire field to
itself and escape the keen competition
Of hosts Of tropical relatives for the
nectar and minute insects in the deep
tubed brilliant flowers that please him
best that jeweled atom. the ruby throat
ed humming bird. sole representative of
his family east of the Mississippi, trav-
els from Central America or beyond to
Labrador and back again every sum-
mer Of its necessarily active little life.
Think what the journey from Yucatan
even to New England must mean for a
creature so tiny that its outstretched
wings measure barely two inches
across! 1t is the smallest bird we have.
Wherein lodges the force that propels
it through the sky at a speed and a
height which take it instantly beyond
the range Of human vision Ladies
Home Journal.