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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
cycles. Fish In Boiling water.

One Of the most remarkable discover
les in the shape of peculiar species Of
fish ever made on this continent was
that made at Carson City, New, in
1876. At that time both the Hale and
Norcross and the Savage mines were
down to what is known as the "2,2O0
foot level" When at that depth, sub
terranean lake of boiling water was
tapped. This accident flooded both
mines to q depth of 400 feet. After this
water had all been pumped out except
that which had gathered in basins and
in the inaccessible portions of the
works, and when the water still had
temperature of 1913 degrees-nearly
scalding hot-many queer looking little
blood red fish We're taken out. In ap-
pearance they somewhat resembled the
goldfish.
They seemed lively and sportive
enough when they We're in their native
element-boiling water-notwithstand
ing the fact that they did not even have
rudimentary eyes. When the fish were
taken out of the hot water and put in
to buckets of cold water for the pur-
pose of being transported to the sur
face, they died as quickly as q perch or
a bass would if plunged into kettle
of water that was scalding hot; not
only this, but the skin peeled off exact
ly as if it had been boiled
Eyeless fish are common enough in
all subterranean lakes and rivers, but
this is the only case on record Of living
fish being found in boiling water.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
A HORSE AT THE SHOW.
Story of Ribbon Winning From an
Eanina Y,iornoir,f

Story of a Ribbon Winning From an
Equine Viewpoint.
One of the popular features of the
annual horse show in New York is the
squad of park police horses that is al
ways entered. The winning Of a blue
ribbon by one of these police horses is
told in Horses Nine," by Sewell Ford,
from the viewpoint of the horse. The
author says:
So it happened that one morning
Skipper heard the sergeant tell Reddy
that he had been detailed for the horse
show squad. Reddy had saluted and
said nothing at the time, but when
they were once out on post he told
Skipper all about it.
"Sure an it's app'arin' before all the
swells in town yen be, me by. Plat
do We think Of that, Ell? An mebbe
yell be gettin' blue ribbon, Skipper,
me lad, an mebbe Mr.. Patrick Martin
will have roundsman's berth an
chevroAs on his sleeves afore the years
out"
The horse show was all that Reddy
had promised and more. The light al
most dazzled Skipper. The sounds and
the smells confused him, but he felt
Reddy on his back, heard him chirrup
softly and soon felt at ease on the tan
bark.
Then there was q great crash of
noise, and Skipper, with some fifty of
his friends on the force, began to move
around the circle. First it was tours
abreast, then by twos, and then a rush
to troop front, when, in q long line,
they swept around as If they had been
harnessed to beam by traces of equal
length.
After some more evolutions q half
dozen were picked out and put through
their PAGES. Skipper was one of these
Then three of the six We're sent to join
the rest of the squad. Only Skipper
and two others remained in the center
of the ring. Men in queer clothes,
wearing tall, black hats, showing much
white shirt front and carrying long
carefully.
Skipper showed these men how he
could waltz in time to the music, and
the people who banked the circle as
far up as Skipper could see shouted
and clapped their hands until it seemed
as if a thunderstorm had broken loose
AT last one Of the men in tall hats tied
blue ribbon on Shippers bride.
When Reddy got him into the stable,
he fed him four big red apples, one
after the other. Next day Skipper
knew that he was a famous horse.
Reddy showed him their pictures in
the paper.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
FIVE KILLED in FRISCO WRECK.
Detective Rail Causes Passenger Train
to Go Into the Ditch,

'Ne'' OoSSSS aSSCIlSSi tram
to Go Into the Ditch.
Kansas City, April 22.-Five persons
are dead as the result of the wreck
near Everton, Mo-, of passenger train
NO. l03 on the Frisco system. Tho
wreck was caused by a defective rail.
The dead: e. r. Mead, engineer,
Fort Scott, Kan; Bert Coffman, fire
man, Fort Scott; G. B. Campbell, pos
tai clerk, Kansas City; l.. Coleman,
mail clerk, Kansas City; Clyde Wilk-
ms, postal clerk, Fort Scott.
Fatally injured: Louie Columbia,
passenger. Kansas City.
The engine, baggage, express and
mail cars went into the ditch and were
badly damaged.
The engineer and firemen were
buried under the engine. Fireman
Coffman and Postal Clerk Campbell
were dead when taken out. Engineer
Mead was in dying condition and sue
cumbed soon after being removed
from the wreck The passenger
coaches remained upright, and the pas
sengers, except Columbia, escaped
with severe shock and slight bruises.
The accident Is believed to be the
work of train wreckers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Bad Fire at Lacrosse.

Lacrosse, Wis, April 22.-Fire
which broke out in the Park store, the
largest department store in Lacrosse,
destroyed that building and damaged
several other large stores. The loss Is
estimated at s75O,OOO, IS per cent
covered by insurance. The cause of
the fire is unknown. A special train
from Winona, Mimi, brought two fire
companies to the assistance of the
local firemen. The walls of the Park
store fell outward and crowd of on
lockers narrowly escaped death or in
jury.
At 2 o'clock this morning the fire
was under control. 1t resulted in the
destruction OF the Gile block, the
Trade Palace, Farland's millinery
store and two other brick structures.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
BY Mozart.

The average compositor has most
intense dislike for contractions and
rarely puts one in his pages when it
can be avoided. When he and the re-
porter disagree as to the meaning of
some abbreviation, the result is some
times amusing.
A good example of this occurred in a
southern city where a popular touring
orchestra was giving Sunday night
concert. Naturally their selections were
principally Of a sacred character. Next
morning the Daily - announced:
The second part opened with a
splendid rendition Of the Overture
From the Twelfth Massachusetts, by
Mozart "-Harper's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Linguistic Instinct.

The strength Of the linguistic instinct
in children is shown by the remark
able shifts they will make to find forms
of expression for their perception or
feelings. An examination of these
shifts will show that the energy of the
child manifests itself along precisely
the same lines as have been taken by
the languages Of the races of man
kind toward their ultimate forms.
Thus, lacking the word "wide," little
one said, "Open the door loud" ex-
tending the meaning of the word "loud''
precisely as we do when we apply it
colloquially to colors
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
shellnc In Chinese works of Art.

By softening shellac With heat it
may be drawn out and twisted into al
most white sticks and of fine silky
luster Extreme beauty is given to
Chinese works of art by the use of
shellac. Some of them are very ancient
and Of great value. They are chiefly
chcwchow boxes, tea basins or other
small objects made of wood or metal.
They are covered with a coat Of shell
lac, colored with vermilion, and while
the layer of shellac is soft and pliable
it is nodded and shaped into beautiful
patterns. Some of these works thus
ornamented are so rare and beautiful
that even in China they cost fabulous
sums
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
DOING A GREAT DEED.
How Phillips brooks Sobered Down
a Too Aspiring Youth

Aoo ASPIRING
When Bostons great preacher, Phil
lips Brooks, was a student at college,
ne decided to enter the ministry. His
Instructors advised him against this
step because of an impeachment in
speech. "The professors had all the
argument on their side,' said the ia
NOUS clergyman years after when by
patient effort he had gained control of
his voice, "but naturally I could not
protest, for words failed me-"
To this preachers study there came
one day a youth, physically perfect,
ambitious for honor and looking for a
short cut up the road to success. He
intimated that he wished to do some
great thing better than it could be done
by any one else.
Phillips Brooks wrote rapidly upon q
piece of paper while his visitor was
speaking, sealed it in an envelope and
then suggested that the note be read
when the man reached home. The let
ter read: "Stand in the moonlight and
you will cast shadow No man can
cast shadow just like it,
The young man realized that the
preacher had made his honest ambi-
ton seem ridiculous, but made another
attempt. On the original letter he
wrote, Possible, but 1 desire that the
deed l do be of benefit to my fellow
men,"
Back came the original letter, with
these words added: ."Then stand in the
sunlight and permit the workingman
to eat his lunch in YOUR shadow"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
THE SALT IN THE SEA.
Some Interesting Observations on
One Of Natures Wonders.

OAAC va 3 tOhueTb.
The very fact that the waters of
oceans are saiay is wonder within it
self. That such is the case everybody
knows, but why? Rivers are not salt,
neither are some of the very largest
of inland seas, yet one school of scien-
lists will tell you that these same seas
Qakes) are the remains of what was
once a universal ocean, that there was
once an upheaval of the land and that
all the waters settled in basins except
that which drained Off If this is
fact, why are these lakes or seas now
fresh? Don't tell me, says an investi-
gator, that it is because they have been
evaporating through the long centuries
and that the vacancy has been sup
piled by fresh waters from rivers
Great Salt lake is no less salty now
than it was 5000 years ago and prob
ably great deal more so.
The water of the Caribbean sea is
dense compared with that of the At
lantic in the vicinity of the Cape Verde
islands, the proportion being eleven to
twenty-one. Why is this? 1t is GER
tainly fact that they are both of one
body of water. The variety of saline
matter found in all sea water is univer-
sally the same. There is another fact
which should be mentioned while we
are classifying sea water-that is this:
When the sadness of oceans is refer
red to, it must not be understood as be-
ing the table salt of commerce (chlo-
ride of sodium, for there are many
other salts in the solution. Expert ny
drographers tell us that there are
enough of these various salts held in
suspension in the waters of the oceans
to cover the whole landed surface of
the globe to a depth of 1000 feet-in
other words, that there is 60.00oO00.-
O0O,OOO.CGO tons so held in suspension!
The sea is salt by reason Of the earth
washinss which are poured into it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
He Forxaye the Bishop.

A certain bishop, an ardent advocate
of teetotalism, found one of his flock, to
whom he had preached for years, lean
ing in helpless drunkenness against
wall
wilkins" cried the bishop, mex
pressibly shocked. "Oh, Wilkins! You
in this state! l am sorry; am sorry;
am sorry"'
AS the bishop was passing by on the
other side Wilkins pulled himself to-
gether and hiccoughed after him:
Bishop, bishop!"
The bishop fastened back in the hope
of hearing resolution of repentance.
Bishop, if you are really sorry for
give your
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
.LAYLAND'S HORSES

r1AROCAIN I4473 is an imported
Percheron. color black, weight 1850
pounds. Is the best stock horse that
has ever been kept in Audubon coun-
ty, as his colts will show for them
selves, some of his grade draft horses
having sold as high as $500 this spring.
Five of his colts will be on stand this
season.
SEXTON 1000, sire Marocain is q
Chestnut Sorrel, coming 3 this spring,
weight 1850, is very promising colt.
When matured will weigh ton.
LAROY (I82o), the French Coach
stallion, is seal brown, weight 140O.
There is no better Coach horse ever
crossed the water than Laroy. He
took first premium at the Iowa State
Fair in 1899.
ST. BLAZE 1869, sire Marocain
14473, is coming this spring, weight
100 pounds, is low down, blocky
fellow with all the quality that goes
to make first-class draft horse. Will
also mature at ton weight. For
those that live near Extra, we have
left this grand colt, st. Blaze, at the
Tune Thomas livery barn in charge of
Mr.. Thomas for the entire season.
When in Extra call and see him.
Marocain, Seton and Laroy will be
at the p. L. Anderson Feed Barn, the
Henry Cooley old stand, Audubon, the
entire season. Come and see me.
TERMS for Marocain, Seton, Laroy
or st. Blaze, $3.50 to insure colt to
stand and suck. All accidents at
owners risks. Parties leaving county
or state or disposing of mare will be
held liable for service fee and it be-
comes collectible at once.
WIN. LAYLAND.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Audubon County Journal
CIV. MARLIN, Editor.
Thursday, April %, 1903
GREELEY.

The beautiful spring invites us to
sing:
Oscar Wards baby is very sick
with measles.
Frank Duval lost a valuable horse
one day this week.
Anna Kness spent Wednesday at
the Chas. Wilson home.
- Miss Ida Reynolds has returned
from a health tour and is consider
bly, improved.
We are anxiously awaiting for a
rural free mail delivery, also a
Mutual telephone.
Word comes from Guthrie county
that Mrs. J. w. Myers is in the
hospital for treatment.
Miss Phoebe Wilson is at Charter
Oak and will remain there the COM
ing summer with her sister, Mrs.
Trent.
On wings of fancy now roam
The hazy distancelik bird
Whose spirit is with summer stirred,
And deems the happy world it's home.
There creeps breeze across the lea
And the sunny fields of early spring
Oh! would that could truly sing
The feelings that it stirs in me.
In memory of Mrs. A. Burt, whose
kind and noble career causes a
community to bow in reverence
over her silent grave.
Yelled from her happiness we weep,
And in the night wake and sigh
And hear her footsteps passing by
But only disappointment deep.
Twas in the fu1lness of her time,
After long and useful life
That she was called from out the strife
To take that flight to peace sublime.
Great monuments Old Time will crush,
And over all will slowly creep
solemn ruin, vast and deep,
And Deaths weird, palpable hush.
Heavenward from this desolate scene,
The pure in heart will bend their flight
Into the realms of love and light,
And life eternal and serene.
She loved the law and lived the truth,
with me-"
She cast to Him some worn out clay
And glided into endless youth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
A Bird Much Like n Fish.

The birds of a feather" that "fiock
together do not belong to the penguin
family, as they are entirely destitute Of
feathers, having for a covering kind
of stiff down. Another penguin pecuI-
iarity is that it swims not on, but IN
der, water, never keeping more than its
head out and when fishing coming to
the surface at such brief and rare in
tervals that an ordinary observer
would almost certainly mistake it for
fish.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Encouragement OF a Great singer

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF u Great Singer.
Grassini, the great Italian singer,
was very much interested in the young
girls among her relatives and always
ready to encourage any talent she could
find in any of them. One day a novice
was brought to her with the unpromis-
Ing words, ''She is a spoiled contralto
and will never do anything on the
stage" But the singer listened while
the young girl began her frightened
trills, when suddenly Grassini caught
her in her arms with delight. "Why,
you are not Il contralto," she said, but
the finest soprano in the world. Your
voice is far stronger than mine. Study
well. You want none of my help.
There is rich bank in your throat"
The little singer was none other than
Giulia Grisi.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
DtBCOura EtnH.

My dear sir" wrote the editor to the
persistent young author, "in order to
simplify matters somewhat we are in
closing bunch Of our declined with
thanks notices. II you will put one
Of these in an envelope with your man
uscript and mail it to yourself, it will
make it easier for all of US, and you
will be saving something in postage
as well."-Chicago Post
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
A Case Of Necessity.

Mrs. Smtth-We missed you so much
at our party!
l couldn't come! You see, our cook had
company unexpectedly, and she needed
us to fill out the card tables.-Detroit
Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Goldfish.

There are some goldfish in Washing
ton which belonged to the same family
for the last fifty years, and they seem
no bigger and no less vivacious today
than they did when they first came in
to the owners possession. A few Of
the fish in the Royal aquarium in St.
Petersburg are known to be $50 years
old
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
DEPRESSING,

'Were there laughter and cheers dur
Ing your speech"
"Well," answered the youthful states
man, there weren't many cheers, but
now and then people in the audience
looked at one another and laughed."-
Washington Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
In n Qunndary.

MARY gets so excited when she reads
history"
docs sheY
II should say she did. She's been
reading English history, but she had
to stop when she got to the Wars of
the Roses"
why did she stopT'
"She couldn't tell which rose she pre-
ferred to have win."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Followed the Example Of Cato.

In the first year of the last century
London affected great admiration for
Cato's suicide, the feeling being arous-
ed by Addison's play. A gentleman
named Budget, after witnessing it's
performance, threw himself into the
Thames on his way home. His body
was recovered, and on it was found a
scrap of paper with these words: What
Cato did and Addison approved must
needs be right"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
A SANDER.

"See herew said the city editor. you
speak Of the bride as being led to the
altar"
Yes, sir. What of it?" replied the re-
porter.
what Of it? Why, it's nonsense.
There was never bride yet who
couldn't find her way there, no matter
what We're the obstacles" = London
Tit Bits,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
ALWAYS the Mode.

You don't care much for display"
"Not much" replied the very wealthy
man.
yet there is some satisfaction in not
being wholly out of style"
THAT is the point exactly. The
things that money buys go out of fash
lon In few months, but the money it.
self becomes more stylish every CEN
fury. "-Washington Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
keefe Gives Himself Tn.

Rawlins, Wyo., April 22.-Frank
Keefe, the business man who shot
Policeman Baxter and Lieutenant
King and escaped to the hills, returned
to town and surrendered to the off,
GERS.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23

The Friends your daughter hap
PLY married?
The Father-Well, happily she's mar.
ried.-Kansas City Independent
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
why He Moved Away.

Kind Lady-So you we've in one place
three years7 Why did you leave?
Tramp wuz pardoned, ma'am.-
Chicago Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Natural Sequence.

YES" concluded the medical racon-
teur, ''she became insane through ex-
cessive dancing"
"One might say she was hopping
mad, suppose" gurgled the cheerful
Miot-Baltimore American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23

He who has health has hope and he,
who has hope has everything.-Plato. ..
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
Cruel PervcrsiOn.

She-Do you recall the day we were
married?
He-I wish to gracious 1 could!
Yonkers Statesman,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23

The eyes Of other people are the eyes
that ruin us.-Franklin.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23

Good order is the foundation of all
good things.-Bupke. , *.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-20
COURT Is TO BE DEFIED



Grinnan Did Not Exist
Washington, June 19.-It is stated
here that proper respect will be shown
the mandate of the court so long as
they keep within their jurisdiction, but
that the navy department cannot sub
NIT to an interference with it's rights.
The cruiser Galveston at Richmond, it
was added. would be launched when
ready. Secretary Moody is not at all
disposed to act hastily regarding the
Galveston, but indefinite delay upon
the construction of that vessel, in the
event of an international emergency,
might prove grave matter, and the
department therefore feels bound to
proceed with the work as rapidly as
possible.
1t is hoped that the vessel will be
in condition for launching next Mon
@day afternoon. Secretary Moody was
informed Of the action of the Rich
mond court, but declined to talk on
the subject until after conferences to
be held today with the president and
the attorney general. Attorney Gen
eral Knox also was unwilling to be
quoted In the matter at this time. 1t
can be stated, however, that the at
torney general regards as eminently
we'll taken the contention advanced by
Read Admiral BOwles, chief of the bu-
reau of construction and repair. that
no court has the right to interfere with
work on a war vessel and that the
government would be warranted in
calling federal troops to protect its
agents engaged in such work.
Instructions have been sent Lieuten-
ants Thesis and Naval Constructor
Grosdeck, in charge of the work on
the Galveston to proceed with all
possible dispatch in the effect to get
the ship ready for launching on Mon
day. An invitation has been sent Nj s
Ella Sealey, of Galveston. Tex. Sc
lected as sponsor for the vessel. to be
present on Monday to christen the Gal.
weston with the traditional bottle of
champa gne. Captain Charles Train will
act as the representative of the gov
eminent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-20
To Encourage Emerson.


Robert Collyer tells story involving
Emerson which was told him by Wen
dell Phillips.
"Once while | was lecturing in the
west" said Mr.. Phillips, "a young fell
low came up to the platform. He in
troduced himself, explained that lee
ture course was being talked of in his
town for the next season, and wanted
to know if l would be kind enough to
suggest some good lecturers. l re-
piled that I would be glad to do so,
and named Henry Ward Beecher,
George William Curtis, Bayard Tay-
lor and Emerson.
Emerson? Emerson? said the
young fellow looking preplexed; who
is EmersonY
II informed him that Emerson was
the leading philosopher of the coun-
try, one Of it's great original thinkers.
The young fellow reflected moment
and then observed
We'll, Mr. Phillips, We'll put Emer-
son on our course if you say sol sup
pose man of that sort ought to be en-
outraged New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-20
Secretary Moody Had q Thought.

Secretary Moody was being RECALLED
by an enthusiastic temperance bore
with the necessity of national relief
for drunkards. Saturated systems
from which exuded the fumes of dis
tillers were passed in review before
the naval secretary'S mind Human
frames, wrecked by drink, drenched
in alcohol, were dangled before the
statesman's vision by the beseecher
angling for a contribution for the good
of the cause.
Nov, Mr.. Moody, what can you do
for us?" was the final report, after
the burning Of the long awn-out fuse
Of temperance lore.
Mr. Moody. as though impressed by
clipping which he held, read aloud:
1.-THE dry dock at Hunters point, San
Francisco, is the largest in the world.
1t will hold two battleships, and can
be pumped dry in two hours"
The temperance man must have ac-
copied the reading as an intimation
that drunkards should be dry -docked,
and left with unceremonious haste
Boston Post.