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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

History will some day do justice to
John Hampton and his barrel. Two or
three different persons have gone over
Niagara falls III a barrel and claimed
to be the sole and only originator Of
the idea, but the fact is incpntestibIe
that John Hampton had his barrel pre-
pared twenty years before the country
heard of it from any other source. If
he did not go over the falls amid the
cheers of a vast crowd and bob around
In the whirlpool until drawn ashore it
was because he had other and more
agreeable business on hand
John Hampton was an old bachelor,
living on farm just outside of the
village of Orian, when the Widow Da-
Wis came to live on the farm adjoining.
He did not fall in love with her at first
sight The feeling came slowly and
gradually. like an old she'd getting
ready to fall down. AS a neighbor he
had lent and borrowed hundred
times, and as neighbor he had
dropped in and talked over farm mat
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30

wagon. 1t was an overgrown. swell
front barrel-a barrel big enough to
furnish shelter to a yearling calf. The
slaves had been painted blue and the
heads red, and it looked as if it had
just escaped from a circus. The wild
ow glanced from the barrel to John
and paled a little. If the barrel looked
-circusy' John looked desperate, and
she realized that the tv&o were con
nected in some desperate enterprise
"Nidder Davis" began the man as
he looked straight into her eyes, my
love has been rejected There is moth
ing left for me but death and l am
going to die like man
IL wouldn't" she replied as she
looked at the barrel and wondered
what part it was to play in the uag-
edy.
But l will. am going to Niagara
Fails. When l get there l am going
to be barreled up and sent over the
falls to my death There will be thou
sands to ask why l want to die. When
l enter that barrel your name shall be
on my lips. l shall remember the
custard pie, the currant Jelly, the spring
chicken and the rice pudding, and bless
you for your kindness. May l hope
that you will think of me when l am
floating around?''
John had repeated this little speech
a hundred times over during the last
two days, and he got it off without a
break. 1t touched the widows heart,
just as the sewing machine agent said
1t would. She blushed and looked this
way and that and finally said:
Il was wanting q vinegar barrel this
fall and meant to ask you to get me
one next time you went to town"
"A dead man can't be hunting up
vinegar barrels"
But Il live one cam replied the wild
ow with smile. II think. joint
think
What do YOU think, Lacy
Il think You'd better roll that bar
rel under the wagon Shed and leave it
here. l like the color of it and I'm
sure it viii hold vinegar enough to
last us two or three years"
is" exclaimed John as lie clam
bered out of the wagon
Did l say us? Well. We'll have to
let it go at that, AS l was saying. it's
a very nice barrel, and when think of
it going over Niagara falls to be all
smashed up and lost, OF course
why, Of course" said the sewing
machine man when he came that way
again.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Queer Africnn Mask.

GrOtesque masks are Worn in many
parts of Africa during dances and reli-
giouS ceremonies The reason is be-
cause symbolic significance is at
tached to them and they are especially
supposed to possess the power of pre-
serving those who wear them from the
influence of evil spirits.
The masks are generally made Of
wood, and some are carved with rare
skill. When a chief or the head of a
family dies, he leaves his mask to his
successor, and the latter is bound to
wear it, In every village there is an
artist who repairs masks and occasion
ally makes Il few new ones, and it is
said that no one does more thriving
business than he.
Ethnologists have been trying to find
out the exact time when these masks
first came into use, but all they have
learned as yet is that they have been
popular in Africa for many centuries.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
ZINES EER MEN
old hare er walked musta,

old hare er walked mustach cent,
BACKED boots cent, pipes exempt,
Watches not waterbury l cent. stove
pipe hat ! cent, klerical ties | cant,
Stand collars > cents, patent Leaf r
shoes > cents, died mustash / cents,
button whole bokay 5 cents, chewing
gum | cent,
N;ras
Flirting cents, making love 10
cents, Spoonin p cents, sittin in sor-
ner and refusin 10 talk 10 cents, teln
sekrets cent.
Whites: | scream Il kake all fer 10
cents
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30

Frank jenkins has Just shipped il
Sa car of corn.
Mrs. Hardwick is now about re.
STORED to her usual health.
4 Walter Falkner, of Anita, was here
Hast Friday on business affairs.
Il Mrs. Harter has regained her usua1
health much to the JOY of her friends
Nels Sorensen and wife were out
Sunday near Fiscus visiting friends
Attorney Fl. NJ. Boorman, of AT.
lantic, called here last Monday OF
business.
Jenkins & McGovern shipped six
cars of stock last week and Jensen 4
Esbeck five cars:
|. p. Hallock has been on the sick
list for few days the result of toe
much hot weather.
Will and Henry Jensen went tc
Harlan, Saturday, to visit friends
returning on Monday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Meredith, of Lewis, wa:
visiting her son, Druggist Franklin,
the first of the week.
Hans Hansen went out to Omaha
Wednesday on business OBTAINING
him day in that city.
John Larsen and wife are parents
of bright baby boy born on Sunday
July %, All are doing we'll.
Charley Sykes and wife are caring
for very sick child with whooping
cough and other complications.
Chris Thompson and wife are car
ing for their five year old girl who is
sick with typhoid symptoms.
Elkhorn VS.. Brayton is Oh the bill
board for next Sunday. A brisk
game is anticipated. Come and see
it.
Mrs. Forman of Wilton left for hel
home the last of the week after Wis
it at the home of her daughter Mrs
Everett.
Mrs. Stoneking and daughter Nellie
drove down to Milford last week Oh
a visit to relatives returning the last
of the week.
Geo. 1. Hoegh one Of the recent
sufferers west of town will ship one
load of cattle and one of hogs from this
town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Andersen
claim the proud distinction of being
the parents of a baby boy born tc
them July 9th.
Home is not home without baby
so thinks Eric Hansen and wife since
the birth OF that big lusty boy born
on Monday 9th.
Miss Grace Stoneklng returned
from Milford, iowa, one day last
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30

at Harlan and Tom Hardwick will
take charge here. Mrs. Edmondson
shipped her goods Wednesday and
will follow with the children Mon
day. We regret to see this estimable
family leave us but circumstances
render it necessary and we commend
them to the good people of that city
as desirable citizens.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Oakfield and Brayton
week after short visit with her rela
tives residing there.

week after short visit with her rela-
tives residing there.
Mrs. George Freeman went out in
to the country last week and enjoyed
the hospitality of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. jeff Lewis.
VIM. Davis of Lewis, one of the
proprietors of the Franklin, Davis
store was here on business last Tues
day, returning that day.
Nat Mcyev, residing near Oakfeld,
went to Extra last Thursday and
passed a couple of days at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Chas. May.
Come out next Sunday night and
hear Rev. Sloan preach on the text
"Ephriam and Unturned Cakes"
The text is unique but it has good
moral application.
The sociabe at the Hallock store in
Oaktield last Thursday evening to
furnish funds for cemetery improve
ments was success pecunlarlly as
about SIC was received.
Landlord Beers drove to Extra on
Tuesday and on the way got his bug
gy so badly injured in smash up
that he was detained several hours
while repairs were being made.
Mrs. Chris Hansen residing north
west of town returned last Thursday
from Omaha much improved in
health from the treatment received at
the hospital to which she went three
weeks ago.
Veterinary Surgeon Ushan, of At
lantic, was out west of town Wednes-
dav looking at some cattle which
were reported sick, but he found
nothing to cause uneasiness, so we
are informed.
S. P. Daugaard, Chris Nelson and
Henry Hansen and Others whose
names we did not learn are Intending
to start for South Dakota next Mon
aav where Henry Hansen will visit
an uncle and aunt residing there.
Bernie Bintner had finger almost
severed Monday by coming in con-
tact with q reaper sickle which he
was cleaning when the horses started.
1t took several stitches to hold the
partly dismembered finger in place.
All aboard Sunday, Aug. ,, tor the
Danish picnic two miles north of Ex-
ira. Leave on the morning train
which will stop at the crossing there.
Special rates will be offered and
special train will 60 up and back at
10 p. NJ.
Bravton markets on Tuesday as
furnished by those in business were
as noted: Butchers stuff, &c and Sc;
prime steers, &c, hogs, 44c to 4!c;
wheat, SIC: oats, 25!c; corn, 399c; bar
ley, SOC, butter, l5c; eggs, lie; chick
ems, loc; hens, Sc; ducks, Sc; tur-
keys, &c.
There will be County Sunday
Convention in Brayton August 4th.
Themeeting will begin at nine O'Clock
in the morning. DR.. Hill of Allan
tic and b F. Mitchell Of Des Moines
have been secured to take part in the
services Everyone cordially well
come. Remember the date Aug. 18th.
The Ladies' Aid Society met with
Mrs. O. f. lde last THURSDAY after
noon A pleasant time is reported.
Ice cream and cake was served, The
officers for the next six months were
elected as follows:
Mrs. O. f. Ide, President.
Mrs. l.. II {. Griffith, Vice President
Mrs. Nels Sorensen, Treasurer,
Mrs. j b. Chamberlain, Secretary.
Mrs. w. f. Edmordson went to
Extra and back Tuesday. Different
arrangements, agreeable toall parties,
having been made Mr.. Edmonson
will remain in charge Of the section
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Cholera Infantun.

This has long been regarded as one
OF the most dangerous and fatal dis
eases to when infants are subject. 1t
can he cured, however, when properly
treated. All that is necessary is to
give Chambellain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, AS
directed with each bottle. and cure is
certain. For sale by Nick Doffing
u Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Working Night and Day.

The busiest and mjghtiest little thing
that ever was is DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. These pills change weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They re
wonderful in building up health. Only
25c per box Sold by Nick Dotting
Il Co
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
FINES FER LADIES.

no apron l cent, Hat with tlours er
feathers cents, ear ring cent, ear
ring with dimend ? cents, silk dress
. cents, trimed aprons , cents, Gold
frame glasses 2 cents, finger ring
dimund 3 cents, wool dress ) cents,
silk Bows cents, bokay korsage 5
cents, Bokay hand 81 90
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Fisrt Baptist Church Services:

Preaching, Sunday at 10 a. M.
Sabbath School at - NJ.
K Junior League al 1880 p. m.
Baptist Young Peoples Association at
1:0Op m.
/ Preaching Sunday at p.n NJ.
CHARLES SLOAN, Pastor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-30
Hard Times GatherIn.

The Ladies Aid Society of Brayton
asks you to a soshable at Friday mite,
August 6, 1908.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
wabash Suburban Tracks Already
Pass Under the Eads Bridge.
NORTH ToPEKA's DEATH LIST
Situation at Kansas City Much Inn
Local EIks Give $4,000.

ST. LOUIS, June AT st. Louis the
rate Of rise will continue rapid, and 1876
feet will be reached Friday morning, and
345 feet Saturday morning. A stage of
IS feet is forecasted for Saturday night
or Sunday. Measures to protect property
from s6-foot stage by Monday should be
taken
The above local river warning was issued
tonight by Government Forecaster Bowie,
and indicates that the crest Of the food
tide will not reach st. Louis for four days.
The Wabash suburban tracks, which run
along the top of the levee and which yes
terday marked the boundary line Of the add
vancing water, are covered tonight and the
water extends to the sidewalk and in de-
pressed places laps at the foundations of
the buildings. The wharfboags have been
drawn In so closely that planks for dry
footing extend from the doors of buildings
to the boats.
The river stage has reached a height that
makes 1t impossible for the larger steam
boats to pass under the Eads bridge, which
at low stage has lightweight feet clear be-
low its middle span.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
FIRE LOSS OF $4,000
sTOnEROoM AND WORKSHOP OF
SANDER & RECKER DAMAGED.
Peculiar Manner I'm Which the Build
ing Caught Ffre-Loss Covered
by Insurance.

The fire department was called to 142
South Delaware street at o'clock last
night where a fire in the storeroom and
workshop of the Sander &c Rocker Furni-
ture Company resulted in a loss of about
s, 900, which is covered by insurance. The
furniture shop is furnished with power by
means OF pulley transmission from Lang
sencamp Brother ) brass foundry, which Is
located on Georgia street directly back of
the buildings used by Sander & Rocker.
and IL IL supposed the fire originated from
q hot box on the pulley shaft in the work.
shop Of the furniture people.
The firemen had considerable trouble in
avoiding a line OF ''iive'' wires that were
strung in the rear OF the building where
the fire was burning and were handicapped
I'm fighting the flames by fear of being cleo
trocuted. The fire started in the Sander
& Rocker workshop and spread back to the
wareroom, where considerable damage was
done to both finished and unfinished stock.
The main loss, however, was on the ma
chinery. as Ii was all more or less damaged,
and several machines will have to be re-
placed.
The alarm was turned in from the court
house towcr, where the watchman saw the
flames bur ting through the roof OF the
building. T. g fire had secured considerable
Roadway before the department arrived
on the scene, but IL was soon under con-
troll.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05

purchasing commissary in Chicago, Ill
Major Krauthoff, when relieved, will go to
San Francisco, Cal, to relieve Col Charles
A. Woodruff, assistant commissary general
of his duties as purchasing commissary and
as subsistence superintendent OF the army
transport service in that city.
Maj. Luther r. Hare, Twelfth Cavalry,
has been ordered before an army retiring
board for examination.
Chaplain Francis b. Doherty, Eleventh
Cavalry, has been transferred to the Seven
tenth Infantry. He will remain on duty
in the division of the Philippines until the
arrival there Of the Seventeenth Infantry,
when he will join the regiment to which he
Capt. Lester w. Cornish, Ninth Cavalry.
has been relieved from treatment at the
general hospital. Hot Springs. Ark. and
Captain Halstead Dorey has been trans
ferred from the Fifth Infantry. to the
Fourth Infantry, and will join the latter
regiment in the Philippines
Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: Major William b. Rochester, 5r..
paymaster, four months; First Lieut.. Paul
account of sickness; First Lieut.. Henry s.
Greenleaf, assistant surgeon, one month S
extension, and First Lieut.. Willis p. Cole
man. Ninth Infantry, four months.
Contract Surgeon George F. Jueneman,
now in this city, has been ordered to duty
at Fort Columbus, New York.
Second Lieut.. James A. Higgins, Thirtieth
Infantry, has been relieved from duty with
the signal corps and ordered to duty with
his regiment.
Major Arthur Murray, artillery corps.
has been detailed to duty as a member OF
the board of engineers, vice Major sedg-
wick, artillery corps, relieved.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Lieut. H. H. Christy, from command of
the Alvarado, Naval Academy, to Asiatic
station via the Solace.
Midshipman j. H. Walsh, from the Ran
ger to the New York.
Midshipman w. Bertholf, from the Ran
ger to the New York.
Passed Assistant Surgeon w. b. Grove,
from the Naval Dispensary. Washington.
to the Naval Hospital. Philadelphia.
Passed Assistant Surgeon A Farenholt,
| from the Independence TO the Boston.
Assistant Paymaster c. r. O'Leary, when
discharged by examining boards, to Rich
| mond, Va. for duty in connection with the
Galveston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
The Platform.

The platform is largely devoted to State
affairs. 1t commends Governor Nash and
his administration, favors a more just sys-
tenn of taxation. less discrimination against
State corporations. improvement Of water
ways and roadways, and praises the work
of the last Legislature. President Roose-
Welt is Endorsed as follows:
I'VE commend President Roosevelt fidel-
ity to duty, his adherence to President Nc
Kinley's policies and his own proved ability
in his high Office showing him In every way
worthy of election by the people to be their
chief magistrate. We favor his nomination
for President in 1904
Ohio's senators and representatives in
Congress praised. Senator Hanna being
commended in these words: THE re-elec-
ton of Senator Hanna is distinct national
demand upon our State, and we hereby cor
daily promise him the undivided support OF
the entire Republican party In Ohio" The
planks on national policies follow. in brief:
Nearly three thousand millions of dollars
paid TO pensioners since the Republican
party came into power. almost all Of IL un-
der legislation enacted without a dissenting
Republican vote in Congress. but always
against Democratic opposition. attest the
contrast between the parties In this respect.
and yet further liberality was evidenced by
the pension legislation OF the last Congress.
THE Improvement In our relations with
the Philippine islands is attested by the re-
duction OF our army 20 the lowest legal
limit. Education and enlightenment under
broadminded administrative policy are
gradually obviating the necessity for con-
troll through military power. and we COM
in the preparation Of the Philippines for the
fullest practicable degree OF self-govern-
ment- In this connection voice the
grateful acknowledgment Of the Nation for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
MORE BODIES FOUND.
known Dead at North Topeka Now II
The Town q Wreck.

The Town q Wreck.
TOPEKA, Kan. June 4.-The bodies of
seven more flood victims were found to-
day. The list of known dead now reaches
seventy-one, with thirty people identified.
1t is the belief that many bodies are yet
in the wreck. Scores are reported missing
and there is no way Of Immediately locat-
ing them. The Union Pacific depot has
been improvised as a morgue, and there
the bodies were gathered to await identif-
cation.
The river to-day fell thirteen inches. This
makes a drop of over five feet from the
high-water mark. 1t is just now that the
devastating power of the flood Is becoming
known.
North Topeka is a total wreck. There is
a town there-the plaything of the ele-
ments which seem to have worried 1T until
they are tired and then left 1t stranded.
The water Is still over greater part OF the
town.
The business part of the town is sorry
looking place. the damage of the waters be-
ing almost complete. The fronts of most
of the stores have openings broken through.
The contents of most of the stores are
ruined The current came rushing through
with such force that 1t crushed counters;
boxes and whatever came In its way. and
dragged the goods stored high on the
shelves into the water. In nearly every
building which was not washed away the
contents are piled on the furthermost down.
stream streets, and over all there Is slime
of fine sand mixed with little mud. This
deposit varies from few inches to two or
three feet and is over everything.
From Manhattan, Abilene, Salina, Flor
ence Lincoln. Center and Hutchinson come
reports that the water has about spent its
force. and that the towns are slowly re-
covering.
The yield of wheat will be much smaller
as the result of the flood, and the financial
loss will be great. However. the State has
great resources. and is bearing up we'll un-
der the stunning blow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-05
NOT THE BODY OF BOOTH
ANOTHER MANS REMAINS BURIED In
GREEN MOUNT CEMETERY.
Basil MOxley, Pa1Ibearer at the Fu-
neral of the Supposed Assassin,
Breaks Silence.

BALTIMORE, June 4.-Basil Monkey
veteran doorkeeper at Fords Grand Opera
House here, who has known all the theat-
declares positively that the body buried in
Green Mount Cemetery as that of John
Will-es Booth is the corpse of some other
person. Mr.. Monkey was moved to break
his long silence by the story that came
from Oklahoma that man who died there
recently declared on his death bed that he
was really Lincolns assassin. Mr.. Monkey
said:
Certainly the body buried in Green
Mount was not that of Booth for 1 was
one OF the pallbearers and / can safely
say to you that there never were any two
things in this world which resembled each
other less than that body did John Wilkes
Booth.
81 had known Booth all my life and was
very close to the family, which / think is
shown by the fact that they asked me to
act as palibearer at the funeral of some
dead man whom they had been led to be-
lieve was that Of their relative. / saw the
mans head was of a reddish brown color.
while Booth was as black as Jet.
Mrs. Booth. the mother of John Wilkes.
was naturally nearly Frustrated with grief
at her sons action and the stories of his
horrible death in the barn and later the
report that the government had taken
charge of the body. In order that the af-
fair might become a thing Of the past as
soon as possible some friends determined
that 1t would be best to bring the body
here and bury II in the family lot in Green
Mount. Through these friends Mrs. Booth
applied to the government for the body.
This brought matters to a crisis, for 1 do
not believe that John Wilkes Booth was
ever killed in that barn and if any one was
slain, ii was some innocent man who knew
nothing of the real assassin.
'At any rate IL was incumbent upon the
government to furnish a body to make
good their report that Booth had been
killed, and they did so. Well, of course,
We were all very much surprised at first
the four of us-who were selected as pail
bearers. We concluded that it was better
to say nothing more about it than to raise
another hue and cry which might kill the
mother, so we kept our discovery secret,
consoled the mother and buried the body
as that of John Wilkes Booth"