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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-06
Two of Il Kind.

Jenkins-What an egotistical fellow
Jasper is.
Hawleigh-Not more so than Blare.
When the two get together. it reminds
me of the law of retaliation; an | for
an I. you know.-Boston Transcript.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-06
Fugitive convicts Located.

Placerville, Cal, Aug. 5.-If the ex-
pectations of Sheriff Bosquit of Edo
RADIO county are realized there will be
a fight in what is known as the Web
Der creek country before another day
and Placerville and the escaped con-
victs, who on several occasions dur
ing the past few days. forced by hun
ger, have had to show themselves at
ranches and other places to obtain
food. EX-convicts are focking to this
section and the sheriff says that no
less than thirty have already been
seen
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-06
Orient Completes Road Into Fairview

F'alrvleW, Okla, Aug. 5.-The Kan
sas City, Mexico and Orient railway
has completed its road into Fairview
from Milton, Kan. a distance of 100
miles. and began the handling of
freight and general business. The
first shipment of 800 freight cars or
dered for use on this part of the road
to be used particularly in moving the
wheat crop has arrived. From Kan
sas City to Milton Kan, the Orient
uses the Missouri Pacific tracks.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-08-06

Here are some facts about Colo
RADIO which few people know:
1t is the greatest gold-producing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08

be possible, and then you will have not
novels about Mars and the moon, but your
lunar and your Marian newspaper corr
respondents. Their work will be more in
teresting reading than either N. Wells
or my own. f. III s. T
You might tell your readers" went on
M. Verne, that the books in which 1 have
published prophecies about the later-day
discoveries of science have really only
been means to an end. 1t will perhaps
surprise you to hear that do not take es-
pecial pride in having written of the
motor car, the submarine boat, and the
navigable airship before they became
actual realities.
when | wrote about them as realities,
these things were already half discoveries.
simply made fiction out of what became
Interior fact, and my object in so doing
was not to prophesy, but to spread
knowledge of geography among the young
| In as interesting a dream as could COM
pass. Every single geographical fact and
every scientific in every book that I
nave ever written has been looked up with
care, and is scrupulously correct. IT, for
| instance, I had not wished to point the
| TACT that a journey round the world en-
| tailed the apparent loss of a whole day,
my Round the World in Eighty DAYS
| would never have been written And The
mysterious Island owed its inception to
! my wish to tell the worlds boys something
| about the wonders of the Pacific.
| My eighty-fourth book, which has just,
| been published. is a description of the
| home life of the Missing Link. as believe
the LIE of that queer bond between the
ape and the man will one day be found to
be. And l have placed my missing link
| In an African Forest in a place where it
| very likely may be found, for it is one
of the few corners of the world which laas
not yet been thoroughly explored"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
FINDER OF AMERICA
Was tho Welsh Prince Madoc the
First European to Visit North
J. America?
The Ancient Story Of the Welsh In
dams Refuses to Remain Bur-
led in Oblivion. /
st. Louis 9lohe-Democrat

, 81. LOUIS sSflODc-D61nOCTaH.
Was American discovered and colonized
by Prince Madoc Of Wales in the year
ITO. and are there living descendants sof
his followers among the Indians of North
America? -.
=, The subject Of the Welsh discovery is
by no: means a new one. : In the days of
Queen Elizabeth, before the first English
colony was planted in America, the be-
lief; In. the story of Prince Madoc was uni
versal in Great Britain, and was incor-
porated into the histories that were writ
ten. =; 80
3 Later, in the time of the English COL
onies, seemingly reliable accounts Of an
Indian tribe that spoke Welsh and pos
sessed Welsh relics began to accumulate,
and a systematic Investigation Of them
was planned. This was given up an ac-
count of the revolution. After that long
period Of war it, was declared that the
Welsh Indians had removed to the Span
ish, territory beyond the sA1ississippi. The
trans Mississippi became ours by pur-
chase nearly a hundred years ago,s but
the Welsh Indians we're declared to- have
gone Ito, a place very remote. from civil
tzation, and expert investigators were
few. ".<." {. ( 1850. .s.':'.
The popular belief; remained, however
fullest demonstration of the alleged facts
Southey's poem of ''Madoc" published il
1869 added to the public interest in the
subject. Catlin. the greatest authority or
the American aborigines, found the Welsh
Indians, and identified them with. the Man
dams, to his own satisfaction and to thai
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
PAUL KRUEGER'S THRIFT
His Wealth Fairly and Honorably OBJ
r. taIned and 100000 Loaned to
he Boer Treasury.

the Boer Treasury.
The ex-President Of the South African
republic is reported to have driven hard
bargain with the publishers of his Memoirs
Gehmann of Munich, Nighof of Holland
and Irwin Of London). He is said to
have received in all at least $4,000 !
Michael Davitt, in his history of the
South African war, 1.-The Boer Fight for
Freedom" adduces this trait OF thrift
ness in Mr. Kruger's character as an ex-7
PLANTATION Of his wealth, and reply to the
charge against him of corruption. He
says:
1.-THE gold of the Transvaal, which has
made milionaires of Mr.. Kruger's bitter
est enemies, has also, doubtless, enriched
the president and many OF his friends,
Mr. Kruger sold farm, named Geduld,
near Boxburg, in 1898, for 8120,o00. It
Is now worth millions to the purchasers.
He divided the greater portion Of the pro-
ceeds of this sale among his numerous
children. gave certain sums to churches,
and loaned 6 900 to the Transvaal treas
ury on the very eve Of the war-not pen
ny of which has yet been paid back. When
leaving Lourenzo MARQUEE Tor EUROPE, IN
1900, he took with him a sum of only
$4,000. -sas-- e..s.e.e- y. Is. ..'sg-..
.'Other Beers sold rich farms; the land
of the tWatersrand, now known to have
covered the richest gold reefs in the whole
H World. was owned by burghers, and was
purchased from them ny 1lole oIIuidLe
spectators. Possibly Mr.. Kruger has In
vested some of his money we'll and wisely.
Rumor asserts that the late Queen Vic
toria's savings were similarly set aside.
The presidents salary was $1,000 a year,
while his mode of living, simple and econ
omical in keeping with his whole career.
would not draw upon more than one-tenth
of that salary annually. Here there is
another evident source Of accommodating
wealth. when taken into account with the
Income already referred to, would ex-
plain the possession Of riches. but OF
wealth fairly and honorably obtained in
his own country"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08

of his readers. But for an amazing event
his Investigations would have been fol-
lowed by others of a most exhaustive
character. That event was the destruc
ton Of the tribe, which occurred in the
winter of 1859, when an epidemic of
smallpox occurred and carried off all but
thirty one Of the 1000 or more Mandans.
l.. The survivors of the tribe were mainly
women. They fled in terror from the
scene Of death and intermarried with the
Ricarees and the Sioux, by whom they
were captured. It is said that they sell
dom spoke after the time of horror. Be
tween 200 and 800 Of their descendants re-
main, and now live with the Indians of
different tribes on the Fort Berthold res.
|ervation in North Dakota. ,t "a i
It is unfortunate that the advocates of
the Welsh theory have been deprived of
an opportunity to sift the matter to the
bottom with the thoroughness Of modern
archaeological and pathological investiga
ton. Yet enough is known to carry a
very strong conviction of the truth of the
Welsh claim. Taken altogether the story
of: Prince Madoc and the, Welsh Indians
has passed through the strangest vicissi-
tudes from the burning of the Welsh rec
Ords in ancient days to the destruction Of
the Mandans in the last century. The vi
| tality of the Madoc legend and Of - the
folklore pertaining to the Welsh Indians
is phenomenal. They have persisted
through ages, in spite Of the most de-
structive ,calamities Of various natures. It
would seem that only the truth could sur
ViVe so many adverse influences. The ST..
Louis exposition will afford an excellent
opportunity for a revival of the legends
| of the Welsh Indians of the Louisiana
purchase, and an exhibit of the evidences
which corroborate Them >.r r. :
owain .Gwynedd, the. ia Their Of Madoc,
was one Of the greatest Of the old Welsh
monarchs. He reigned from 1137 to 1863
His capital was Aberfraw. He had seven
teen sons. Hyweuu; succeeded to the
| throne, but when he made visit to Ire
land Davydd seized the throne and began
to Stay or imprison his brothers: Madoc
was in charge. of the fleet. He improved
the opportunity to sail westward over the
broad Atlantic, and reached an unknown
! land: z: Later, he returned to Wales and
organized an expedition of ten ships and
about 800 people. These sailed away
! from point on the Isle of Anglesey
about five miles from Holyhead,. in ITO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08

med gently on the table. 81 do not think
there will be any novels or romances, at
all events in volume form, in fifty or a
hundred years from now" he said. And
the old gentleman laughed at my surprise.
mo, I do not think there will be any
novels. They will be supplanted altogeth-
er by the daily newspa per, which has al
ready now taken such a grip Of the lives
of the progressive nations" -
But the romance?"I said. ''The novel
the descriptive story. the story historic
and the story psychological?''
"They will all disappear" said M. Verne.
'"They are not necessary, and even now
their merit and their interest are fast de-
clning. AS historic records, the world
will file its newspapers. Newspaper
writers have learned to color everyday
events so well that to read them will give
posterity a truer picture than the historic
or descriptive novel could do, and as far
as for the novel psychological, that will
soon cease to be, and will die Of hamilton
in your own lifetime"
Here M. Jules Verne, got excited. 81
am second to no living man. he cried, Gin
my admiration of the greatest psychologist
the world has ever known-Guy de
Maupassant = and he, like all true
geniuses. foresaw the trend of human
ideas and needs, and wrote his stories in
the smallest possible compass. Each one
of De Maupassants soul studies is a con-
centrated lozenge of psychology. The De
Maupassants who will delight the world
in years to come will do so in the news
papers Of the day, and not in volumes, and
they will as you newspaper men express
it, crystalline the psychology of the world
| in which they live by writing up the day.
to-day events The real psychology of
life is in its news, and more truth-truth
with a big T-can be gathered from the
police court story, the railway accident,
f4an 1cir, NJ f1,n ov1yI
and from the battles Of the future, than
| can be obtained if an attempt is made to
clothe the psychological moral in a garb
| Of felton, ...~ ~
You mentioned battles. You do not
| think, then. that in the fullness of time all
war must ceaSe?
| mo; do not think so. Nature will al
| ways sway the world, and it is mans
nature TO fight for supremacy no ma tier
| how deadly the conflict may become
| "And in your own line, M. Verne
| Where will the imaginative fantasists of
| the future go for their plots?''a s-. Pc.
II do not think there will be many of
| them,'' said Jules Verne II have heard
! of Mr.. Wells, and intend, as soon as I can
| find the time to read the French trans
| lations of his books. But I believe that
the fantastic novel is on its last legs. The
Mars, the moon and other planets, can
only do so upon human data. The moon
| men will be human beings in carnival at
! tire, that is all. One day, perhaps, com
munication with the other planets will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08

Not one Of the company is known to have
returned, though there is an old Welsh
story to the return OF one subject Gym
frig ap Rhy, which purports to be the
work of an old Welsh bard, Gullon Owen,
and is said to have been preserved by
monks in an ancient monastery It re-
lates that the Welsh taught the American
Indians to use the coracle, a peculiar
Welsh boat. This story is by many pro-
nounced a forgery d.
Jonathan Carver, who. explored the Min
nesota region before the revolution, was
told Of a northwestern tribe, -fairer than
the other Indians, who cultivated the soil
and were somewhat advanced in civiliza-
ton. sts:ss. - .'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
AN END TO NOVELS
While Engaged on His One Hun
dredth Romance Jules Verne
Makes a. Prediction.
Newspapers to supplant the Novel
Entirely, at Least in
~ .-. Book Form. s..@.-
Daily Mail


T had not M, Jules Verne's address when
r arrived at A1niens station, but I. soon
found that it was quite unnecessary, Tor
everybody knew IN. Jules" as his fellow
towns1nen call the veteran author. found
him at his club, and 1T will interest Eng
fish admirers Of the man to know that IN
appearance he is, exactly what the author
of his books should be-
OF middle height, white-haired and
r11ddy-faced, Jules Verne looks like sea
captain who is spending the autumn OF a
well-filled life on shore. Although "a
years old, suffering from cataract and
lame in one leg (the shot in the foot: by a
mailman some years ago., the old gentle
man is hearty of manner; and brightly in
terested in all the worlds doings.- -
Il really would much rather interview
you than be interviewed" he said. Yes
I suppose I may consider my life's work
as nearly finished. I am at work now on
my hundredth volume, and in the nature
Of things I doubt whether I shall ever
write another. In fact, my feeble eye
sight prevents me from doing more than
page or two of it a day Just now, if I want
to keep up with the worlds news: as well
Only eighty-four of my 100 volumes have
been published so far, and they will con
tinue to appear at six monthly intervals
so that, of course, ten or twelve of them
are very likely to be posthumous. I work
extremely quick when am in health, an6
if the operation for cataract which I>mus
shortly undergo restores my eyesight fol
me, .as the doctor hopes it will, may
after all, go on into my second century
Of volumes. For I am quite nntired an6
work either at my books or at the mum
cipal business of Amiens, .: my chief re.
creation. - a...
.""The field of the romance writer of the
future You're quite, right. the question il
an interesting one, and I'm inclined t
think my answer to- it will astonish you
Where do think will the novelist of the
future seek the plots and the environments
for his novels q ST. : =
Jules Verne leaned forward and drum
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
THE ABSOLUTE.
Youths Companion.

Protect u.s." once prayed a good man,
from the questions of our children" A
certain professor, says the New York Sun,
is noted for his physical rotundity as
for his metaphysical profundity.
Some time ago, on entering the nursery
at his home, he surprised his children in
ardent discussion of the absolute" One
young philosopher turned to him in appeal:
Father, can a man be absolutely
good:''
mo" the professor replied, "a man
can't be absolutely good .--.
Father another young sage demanded,
"can man be absolutely bad?'
No" was the judicial response, "a
man can't be absolutely bad
Then the little daughter piped up:
Father. can a man be absolutely fat?"
But the philosophers equilibrium was
rendered too unstable for him to reply.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
PROOF POSITIVE.

Roy's papa Is a boot and shoe dealer.
One day a box of liquid shoe backing
was received at the store, which Roy
helped the clerk unpack. One bottle was
found broken.
Afterward Roy's papa and the clerk were
conversing about the backing in Roy's
presence.
S The clerk said: ST wonder if it is COM
bustible."
Roy replied: 20. yes, it is, cause one
bottle come busted
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-08
BILLIARDS

Holman. one Of the scratch men in the balk-
line billiard tournament at the West Hotel.
had walk-away with Charles Robinson last
night Holman ran out. while Robinson, who
played ITS, had but 96 to his credit Holman
averaged trife over A.. This evening F. F..
nights score: ., - . 49,. -;.
Hohman-2o 1872 II a. 2O4 063 o3 2 6
} 4 1 l Z 0 8 @ 0 8 0 6 3 20 2 5 Il
% Z. Total, 200. Average, '12-47.e High
Robinson-o all a.3o43 10000 4
/ 0 1 II II 0 0 40 ga ? @, 0 2 o 1 &c
! 1 %. Total, 90. : Average, 2 PAT. High
rum II. .rs 4" &C.-.s.. 5..~ q
Hogue of Minneapolis and Thayer Of St.
Paul are now tied for. third In the amateur bill
lizard tournament at the West Hotel. - Hogue
beat Huyck last night, 300 to 191. Thayer and
Hogue meet tonight. Last nights score: -
Hogue-7 0 9 OF ID 1 o 90 0 II 8 II OF 5
/ Is 20 q o:6 7r1sS 20 Q 4 16 5 6
II II OO7 0 3 2 0 10 2. Total, 200. Az
erage, 3 ~. High run: 10 z
80 o is o q 5s1 5 40 o. 401 4 o $ A IS Z
o or OF O'2 L 81 0 0. Total, 19I. Aver
age, 1856. High run, so. -. 81. -.
csss Sensational Sale of Suits. 3, ,,,.
: Three hundred and twenty-five of sthe
newest aid most stylish sample suits at
Goodfellow's at half price; no two alike.
See pages 4 and S. ...:..-1~ ---..-t
: ar52ts.v& INFORMATION WANTED. * =
! - New York Weekly. =
ADMINISTRATIONS, now! Clear out! l won't
: Tramp-Please, mum, Il only stopped to ask
for q little Information. -
/ ron; Beg pardon What is it you wish to
know. sir p fs
eat what time do you have dinner, mum ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Fruit and Produce,

Corrected daily by c. F. Bell 6 Co.,. 201s
 Morris avenue). Limes-Per 100. 75c@$1.
 Lemons-360 ize per box. $4.2594.75. neapples-$25 50@2. 75 per crate. Bananas-Per bunch. culls. ecD75c; straights, s1256I150.
 Blackberries-$1.2 .25 for 24-uuart crate. Huckleberries-$1.7 per 6-gallon crate. Georgia Peaches-s1@1.5 per six-basket crate.
 Georgia Plums-Per crate. $1GD1. .50 New Apples-$2q3 per barrel. aloupes-Georgia. per crate, $1.509 250
 Water Melons-1O@2Oc eac caulifiower-Per dozen. g. Cabbage-Home-grow sl .oo per crate. cucumbers-75c to s1 per crate. Tomatoes-Georgia 6-basket crates, 75c; Alabama four-basket crate. soc. Squash-Georgia, per crate, 50dD75c. Snap Beans-Bushel hampers, 30 to 40c. Peanuts-Fancy. per pound. Dc; No. 2, 4c. Pecans-;'er pound, 10c. English Walnutsr-Per pound. 15c Raisins-Per box. S1.70
 Irish Potatoes-Per bushel, new crou. No. 1, $2.25; No. g. $1.5o per barrel. Onions-Per pound, new southern, Pc, Peas = Black-eyed. per bushel. Si.25@ i.5O
 Lima Beans-Per pound. G. Navy Beans-Per bushel. s2. G09D275 Poultry--Best flyers. 20c; medium, 12@ 14c; small, Sd10c; hens, 30032c. Butter-Best Elgin. 20c best country, 156D1sc; cooking, s0D10c; Jersey. 1SQ2oc. Eggs-Fresh, 121kc.
 Honey-In comb lo912ikc; strained, SO l0c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
LOCAL MARKETS.

No changes in cotton quotations took place yesterday. The decline in the local market is holding steady.
 Stocks and bonds are steady. No devel- opments In prices are reported. Local staple groceries are quiet and steady. The market is without any dis tinguishlng feature.
 There was a general shake-up in fruit quotations along Morris avenue. Oranges are out of the running and there are no more on sale but pineappes have dropped to $2.50m2.75 per crate. Huckleberries are selling for $175 per six gallon crate. Some very fine Georgia peaches came in yester- day. The fruit is unusually large The prices rule from Sl to $l75 per crate of six baskets. New shipments of canta- loupes also arrived and the fruit situa- ton was much livelier than on the day be- fore.
 Watermelons are becoming numerous now. The prices are down within reach of the coon's pocketbook and many are being sold for 10 to 20 cents each along Morris avenue
 In the vegetable lines egg plants and lettuce may now be considered out of the market. Cucumbers are still on sale at s75c to s1 per crate and Georgia squash are bringing 50 to 75c.
 few tomatoes are on sale, but there is not heavy demand for them and the supply Is about exhausted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Baxter e co.!c cotton Letter.

New York July H.-August was the weak spot in the opening market and went off 37 points. Other months were 8 to 15 lower. Early transactions were on a small scale with the feeling mixed Cables were weak; the weather in the belt was colder and a good deal of rain fell on the Atlantic coast, especially at Char leston. The bureau report was awaited with no little anxiety.
 The opinion is gaining ground that there has been too much rain in the south to help the crop and at the same time it is not believed the boil weevil question in Texas has reached the danger point. The old crop months are not finding many friends. Not so with the new crop which are sure to bulge on every sign of adverse weather conditions
 Final cables showed no change in the new crop while the old were a trihe lower. August rallied as much as % points dur ing the morning but later weakened. New Orleans was resuming support of July, August and September and New York was disposed to follow her.
 Fine weather was indicated for the next 24 hours. The trading was slow and in- terest In the market was lacking. The weekly bureau report was more bearish than expected and especially as regards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
The Metal Market.

New York. July 14.-Spot tin declined IFS Cd to 812i los in London and futures there were points lower at e122. The lo- cal market was also easier. closing at $27. 40d27. 60.
 Copper advanced 7s Cd in London, spot there closing at e56 lbs and futures at e56 5s. Locally copper was quiet and un- changed. Lake and electrolytic are quot ed at $13.75d14.00, and castings at $13.25q 1850.
 Lead advanced 2s Cd in London, where 1t closed at 911 ss 9d, but remained quiet here at 41215.
 Spelter was unchanged in London at e2O IFS Cd and locally at s6OOd6.121k.
 Iron closed at 52s 4d in Glasgow and at 46s 41zd in Middlesboro Locally iron was nominally unchanged; No. 1 foundry northern, is quoted at $1S5Od19.5O; No 2 foundry southern. $1750d1S.5O; No. foun- dry, southern and No. foundry, southern soft at SIS 0001g50