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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
PROPOSAL ACCEPTED.

Washington, March 3.-Attorney General Knox to-day announced that he had received from the Panama ca- nal company an acceptance of the pro posaI for an extension of an option on the canal company's property held by the government The option will be kept alive until the ratification of the pending treaty, whether the treaty is ratified before or after the present sesion of congress.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
EXCHANGED RATIFIcAr1oNs.

Washington, March 3.-Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert ex- changed ratif1cations of the Alaskan boundary treaty. to-day. The prepara- ton of the cases of the two sides will be proceeded with all speed, for, under the treaty, they must be submitted to the arbitrators within sixty days.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
TWENTY-FIVE TON FLY WHEEL

New Haven, March 3.--A twer i've ton fly wheel in the New Haven Pulp and Board factory burst during the night and knocked down the entire sront wall of the building. No one vas hurt. The plant will have to close down for month. The damage is estimated at 5000.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
HOLDERS ON STRIKE.

Went Out Because Company Refused
 to Discharge Man.
 New Britain. March 3.-Eifty mold CTS In the foundry of the Russell & Erwin Manufacturing company, refus- ed to work this morning unless Will jam Morgan. former member of the union paid up his dues and be reinstat- ed or the company discharge him. The company refused to discharge him and the holders went out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
GREAT GRANDSON OF CLINTON.

Chicago, March 3.-DeWitt Clinton, an actor who came to Chicago as lead ing man in the stock company playing at the Bush Temple, died early this morning of acute nephritis. His wife, known on the stage as Edna Ellsner, was with him. Clinton was great grandson of former Governor Clinton of New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
English Speaking Catholics
 Watching the Vatican.
SECRET CLOSELY GUARDED.
Tn Rome, More So Than In Any Foreign Office in Europe-The Pope's Ad- vanced Age Reminds People That There Must Be Limitation to His Vitality.

Vitality.
 New York, March 3.-Much uneasi- ness is caused among English Roman Catholics by the reports from Rome of the increasing feebleness of the Pope, says the Tribunes London correspond- ent. The vatican keeps it's secrets more closely than any foreign office in Europe, and Cardinal Rampolla is not likely to create alarm by premature disclosures. The influential Romam Catholics here are remembering the Pope's advanced age, and are not re- assured by che press dispatches giv- ing an account of the consistory or by statements of his physical condition. They know that there must be limita- tions to his extraordinary vitality. Car- dinal Vaughn is expected to exert as much influence as Cardinal Manning did in his time on determining the sue cession, and he is reported to be con- vinced that the relations between the vatican and the quirinal require am Italian pope, and that no foreign car- dfnai can adequately represent the claims of the papacy to temporal SOW. ereignty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-03
CoMLjEY BOBs TIP AGAIN.

Hartford, March 3.-The senate after a long and heated discussion accepted the report of the committee making Judge Comley judge of the city court Of Bridgeport.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05

do that they will have to meet in
extra session next Monday night.
The novel contest of sides chosen by
the Venerable Counsel and worthy
adviser to see which side could get
most members in the month, ended in
defeat for the Worthy Advisers
side. Fifteen were accepted during
the month.
Mis- Larsen, justice of the peace, for
Clay township, had the distinguished
honor and privilege last Saturday to
Pronounce the words that made Chris
Jensen and Anna Christina Petersen,
two young people out southeast Of
Elkhorn, husband and wife for better
or for worse until time do them part.
The groom is about twenty hit
years old, prosperous and progressive,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
ki11nballton- Elkhorn

building done on his farm near there,
came home Friday to see how things
were progressing at home.
Friday will be the day Of all days
to VIM. Andersen and Christina
Petersen Of Elkhorn, for they will
then be united in marriage at the
church in their home town. We will
give the particulars next week.
People living in Clay town.
ship, Shelby county and part of
Sharon and Oakfeld in Audubon
county, may pay their taxes at the
bank in Elkhorn, which accommodate
tions they will surely appreciate.
Mrs. r. M. Dickey from up by
Fiscus, came down to Kimballton
last Saturday and was visiting this
week with her daughter, Mrs. Ned
Wood, and helping to care for their
baby that has been sick the past week.
The election of directors in the
independent district of Elkhorn will
be held next Monday and it is
desired that full vote be cast as
matters of taxing will come up for
consideration as the board now finds
itself short on some things.
Peter Jensen who lives up by
Fiscus was down to Kimballton the
first of the week visiting friends.
He reports everything all right over
there and that every one would miss
Adam Fiscus and family who left
Monday for Alma, Nebraska.
A. Bergreen, Elkhorn's worthy
postmaster, noted in paper from
Denmark this week that his father
had passed to the great beyond, it
being the first intimation he had
received as he had received no word
from relatives although he knew his
father was in very poor health.
The school entertainment given by
the Kimballton school in the hall last
Saturday night was poorly attended
on account Of the rough roads and one
of the chief players was also sick
which did not make the entertain
ment the success the school desired so
it will be given again Saturday
night, March 18th. 1t will pay all
to go. Its very laughable play and
the twins are sure to amuse every one.
The money is for school library.
Go and have good time.
Chris Hansen was made a social
member Of the Modern Woodmen
lodge last Saturday night and Jens j..
Hansen, Hans A. Larsen, Nels Nielsen
and Andrew Tindahl were accepted
as candidates for future adoption.
They find they have SO much work to
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
H. A. ELMQUIST, D. D. S.
is permanently located in
Elkhorn and prepared to do all
kinds of dental work.
Opposite John Petersons. ELkHORN, IA

Let every one read the advertise
ments on this page they will perhaps
learn something new.
Hans Larsen was in Elkhorn last
week and purchased a big bill of
furniture to neatly fit up his house.
Rasmus Hedegaard moved his
goods to his farm east OF Kimballton
Monday and will look after heaffairs
there this year.
The free lunch and exhibition of the
cooking ability OF the stoves at Jerry
Miller's in Elkhorn last week was a
decided success.
The annual school election was
held in Sharon township but we
could not learn at this date the
directors. We will try and give them
next week.
G. W. Hansen, the furniture dealer
in Elkhorn, sold good bill of
furniture last week to Lawrence
Johansen that he and his bride might
begin housekeeping.
Rev. Gregersen, pastor of the
church at Kimballton, was called to
Wisconsin where he formerly lived
and worked to perform the ceremony
at the grave of friend.
Monday was great day for farm
transfers. We could not begin to tell
of the people who moved from this
section or to different farms as the
roads seemed lined with them.
Hans johnson Of the firm of Peter
sen & johnson in Elkhorn, moved
Monday into the big house that be-
longs to Rasmus Hedegaard and Anna
Thompson will occupy the one he
vacated.
Audras Carstesen, who purchased
the S. c. Petersen farm over by
Fiscus, loaded all his goods Monday
and transferred them to their new
home where they will soon have new
friends and surroundings.
DR.. Elmquist now has his dental
parlors in Elkhorn nicely rearranged,
nice laboratory partitioned off,
plenty of light and everything con-
veniently located so he is the better
enabled to do good work.
Jens Hansen of Elkhorn, who has
been out at Hooper, Nebraska, since
the first of the year having some
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
Tho Easv pill.

DeWitt's Little Early Risers do not grippe
nor weaken the system. They cure bilious
by arousing the secretions, moving the bowels
gently yet etfectually, and giving such tone
and strength to the glands of the stomach,
liver and bowels that the cause of the trouble
is removed entirely. These famous little pills
exert decided tonic effect upon the organs
involved, and if their use Is continued for a
few days there will be no return of the
trouble. Nick Doffing & Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
a, AZ M1xed Dinner.

Excuse me, sir, but haven't we met
before? Your face is strangely famil-
lar"
Eyes, madam; our host introduced us
to each other just before dinner"
"Ah. | was positive had seen you
somewhere. | never forget face
Exchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05

giving intelligent guidance to his
work that will make him ever an
honored and respected citizen of his
community. The bride is nineteen
and though not having been in our
country as long as some yet has
shown those attributes of nobleness
that will make her home one in
which patriotism and love of country
will be dominant factors.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
A Weak Stomac b

causes a weak body and invites disease.
kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and strengthens
the stomach and wards off and overcomes
disease. j. B. Taylor, prominent merchant
of Chriesman, Tex, says: 81 could not eat
and run down in weight. All that money
could do was done, but all hope of recovery
vanished. Hearing of some wonderful cures
effected by use of Kodol, l concluded to try it.
The first bottle benefited me and after taking
four bottles am fully restored to my usual
strength weight and health" Nick Do fling
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
Her cbscura Complexion.

"IS she y brunette?''
"a brunette! Why. she's so dark her
father has to turn the light on in the5
paror to find her in the evenings."-
Princeton Tiger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05

Married constables of the London,
police force receive forty pounds of
.oal week all the year round.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
HANS MADSEN-
kimbalIton, Iowa.

Spring Goods
have been coming to our store for a month until
every shelf is crowded with beautiful Dress
Goods that will compare favorably with the
goods in the big stores of the cities We mean
this and you will say the same if you come and
examine. We can best them in the same lines on
prices because we have bigger cash trade less
insurance. taxes etc.
Applique Lace.
We have fine line of Applique Lace in fact
the best line have carried and will sell it
at from 75c to 15c per yard.
Silk Waist Patterns.
A lew years ago we would not have dared
put in the line of Silk Waist Patterns for Shirt
Waists that we now have, but we have a fine line
this season.
r1erCeriZed Goods
The Mercerized Goods will again be the pre-.
vailing goods this season and we have the
Zephyrs in multitude Of colors that will make
up into beautiful garments
Regala and Djalmatta Zephyrs.
Our Regalia in stripes is very pretty goods
and although Of recent weave is sure to be a
winner. The Djalmatta Zephyrs are about the
newest things in the market. They are of style
that seldom reaches this place for year or two
after being introduced in the east but we mt
them out the first year. To see these goods is to
buy them.
Wool Chevots.
Our long Wool Cheviots cannot be beaten for
White Suits, Shirt Waists and for Childrens
Dresses
Anotolean Fancers
The Anotolean Fancers in stripes is another
OF the new weaves and will be seen in all the city
styles. You can get it at home cheaper than
your city sisters
Our Lace Leno for Waists gives the soft,
beautiful effect of lace, but with frmer texture
Will Wear longer and better
Soil Trico and Juniper Swiss.
The Soil Trico in black white red and green;
the Juniper Swiss, just as light and beautiful as
softest down. will make gowns that all who see
you and have not had equal opportunity to buy
will envy you.
Fancy Shifting
we also nave a nice line OF goods Tor Mems
and boys Fancy Shirts.
Melton Goods for Walking Skirts
The celebrated Melton Patterns for Walking
Skirts have no superior and few equal goods.
Mems Shirts, Jackets and Overalls.
We have on hand big line of Mems Laun-
dered Shirts and Collars that will soon be in de-
mand. We also have the biggest line of Work
Shirts, Jackets and Overalls ever carried
Ladies' Black Underskirts
fine line of Ladies' Black Underskirts that
every we'll dressed lady should wear. They give
her nice, trim appearance. Our line of Wrap
pers is far in advance of others and should be in.
spected before you buy.
Laces and Ernbroideres.
You will need Lace of all kinds to give the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05

Let every one read the advertise
ments on this page they will perhaps
learn something new.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
Gas Baths for Trees.

Il California the business Of waging
war on insects destructive to vegetation
has been regularly organized. They now
have professional fumigators, whose
outfit is scientifically complete in every
particular, and whose services may be
engaged. not by the day. but by the
night, for the process of determination
by gas must take place at night, as sun
light or heat makes the gas used de-
structive to foliage as we'll as to In
sect.
The fumes of prussic acid gas-hydro-
cyanic acid gas-are deadly, and the
trees must be Enclosed in a gas tight
receptacle during its application. The
method used in is TO drop a tent over
the tree. 10 generate the gas in a dish
OF chemicals under the tent and TO allow
the tree to remain in its gas bath for
some time. While one tree is being
indicated others are being tented, and
so the work proceeds.
A number Of men and tents are re-
quired in a single gang" usually half
dozen workers and fifty tents. and there
are about thirty professional outfits in
Southern California. Each outfit costs
about s1,5c0, including teams and
wagons. One Los Angeles firm has s10,-
600 invested in the fumigating or ''gass-
ing business. The cost of treatment de-
ponds upon the size of the tree. and
contracts are made with growers at
agreed rates-usually about % cents
tree. Operators have found it not only
expedient, but profitable ID secure the
best machinery and materials. and the
highest expert knowledge as we'll. in this
merry and effective warfare upon the
common enemy TO the seasons prosperi-
" the caterpillar
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
THE OLDEST INN IN ENGLAND.

Standing on one OF the ancient side
streets of Manchester is a tavern where
the visitor can go in and get a glass Of
bitter or stout, and the barmaid Will tell
him that this was the room in which Guy
Fawkes and his comrades drank a toast
to the success of the Gunpowder Plot.
The Seven Stars, as the inn is called.
has the reputation Of being the Oldest
house of entertainment TO the traveller
in Great Britain. and, perhaps, is the
oldest in the world As indicated by
the photograph, It bears a sign saying
that IT has been licensed to sell liquors
for more than 500 years. The records
of Manchester show that customers were
served around its quaint oak tables more
than two hundred years ago. and the
building has been but little changed
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
MaypOle Survivor.

Like most old English and American
customs, which are gradually becoming
extinct, the rearing and painting of the
village maypole has not escaped In
America the custom has been abandon
ed almost altogether. and its observance
is now so rare IN England that the few
exceptions cite remark
Naburn. a small village in the coUn-
ty of Yorkshire, England, still clings TO
it's mapyoIe, which is the admiration of
many American tourists. This tail shaft
was last raised in 1S47- Formerly it
was taken down on the LIST OF May in
each year and repainted. Then, upon
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

In West Point, a cemetery for colored
persons in Norfolk, Va, is q simple
grave, unmarked by inscription, yet cor
spicuous above all other graves IN the
cemetery. 1t at once arrests the at
tention of the passerby, for IN place of
the usual stone at the head Is colossal
bust of the Apollo Belvedere.
How happened such an homogeneous
decoration has oft been questioned Sew
eral years ago a young artist of Norfolk,
having occasion TO dispose Of studio
effects. ordered the destruction OF 4
much soiled plaster cast Of the Apollo
An old family servant was appointed
executioner- Apollo was placed in po-
sition, the uplifted ak about 10 descend.
when 1t was suddenly arrested The
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

since that time, with the exception OF
the roof, which has been renewed.
The curious windows are of a pattern
common in the middle ages, and the oak
beams, which can be seen in the dining
room and upper chambers, have been lit
orally blackened by time. There is no
question that the Seven Stars has been
doing business for fully three hundred
years, and possibly as long as its sign
indicates. It no longer shelters guests
but the barmaid is kept busy serving the
scores of daily visitors who have heard
Of the place, and drop in more to see 1t
than TO get refreshments. At the same
time. however. IL is noted for the quality
of its brew, which is served in old-time
mugs, and poured from the historic
pitcher so associated with English his
tory.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
WHY JAPS ARE SMALL.

Recently the editor of "Chouo- Karon. -
a journal published at Tokyo, determined
TO find our why the Japanese. as q rule.
are of lower stature than the natives of
other countries, and after spending con
siderable time at the task he arrived at
the conclusion that the reason is be-
cause from time immernorial they have
been accustomed to squat on mats in
Turkish fashion. instead of sitting down
on chairs. as Americans and Europeans
do. The Japanese method Of sitting.
he says. interferes with the free circu-
lation of the blood. and naturally pre-
vents the limbs from being thoroughly
developed.
AS a proof that he is right he draws
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

the 18th OF the month-the feast day
the young women Of the village pa
raded the streets, dressed in white and
adorned with flowers, singing songs ap-
propriate TO the season and occasion.
The children, too, came in for much at
tention. They received gifts of money
and then adjourned to the maypole's vi
entity to sing the following verse:
The maypoIe is up.
Now give me the cup
I'll drink to the garIands around it;
But first unto those
Whose hands did compose
The glory of flowers that crowned it.
Probably the custom of rearing the
maypole arose in the beginning OF the
fifteenth century from the practice OF
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

old man said, with emphasis: '.Missus.
I'll do most anything, but I amt gEtne
ter kill dat ere man. It'll gimme bad
luck"
With less conjunction, however. he
placed the Apollo in an ignoble ash bin,
whence Fl course OF time along With
the ashes. It was earted away and rele-
gated to forgetfulness. Two years after
this event another colored attache of
the family, in annual call, volunteered
the surprising information that ere
Mr.. Apollo who used to sit IN Miss
Els studio was now a headstone IN
de culIed cimetery."
And so he was, and is today, while his
majestic pose and lofty mien seem
strangely undisturbed either by time,
storm or circumstance.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
Electric Freak.

This is not a puzzle picture, though il
bears every indication of being one, and
indeed, some sharp witted person might
work ii to reasonable solution. 1t is
no more than the photograph of an cleo
trio arc light. and it is a freak at that
Ordinarily. if the camera is pointed at
such point of radiance the plate will
show only white. It would seem from
the photograph that the current does
not travel in one direction. as has al
ready been demonstrated in the wireless
messages sent across the Atlantic. for
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

spective is without a flaw On the
shores of Snake River. close by miners
cabins are scattered about and noun
tains loom UP in the distance. Mr..
Roth has introduced two other miners
at game of cards, with all the para
phernalia that accompanies taking a
hand at this jovial sport
Then, 10 embellish it ALL he very ap-
propriately put a circle Of Nome gold
about his beautifully carved and finely
executed crib board.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

Near the Arctic circle the days get
pretty short during the winter months
and the nights become tedious. To while
away time he undertook a novel plan.
Providing himself with the tusk of a
walrus he began his work on his crib
board, carving on the top surface in
bold relief polar bear, which is a
regular habitant OF that far north coun-
try Not far off is the inevitable Es-
kimo, lying stretched. out at full length
on the ley ground in the act of shoot
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

attention to the fact that the boys
in Japan at the present day are taller
by five or six centimeters than their an
cestors. were at a similar age, and he
maintains that the reason is. because
the former. when they attend school
are obliged to sit on benches, whereas
the latter squatted while they learned
their lessons. That the Japanese ought
to be taller than they are is the editors
opinion, and he has appealed to the
government to prohibit the use of mats.
pointing out that until that is done the
soldiers of Japan will neither be as tall
nor as vigorous as the soldiers OF other
countries
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
He Ties Knots Quickly.

NJ. Duchemin, the assistant of the
mayor Of Havre, has acquired the happy
reputation of being able to perform rne
ceremony more quickly than
any other man in France. Recently he
Joined fifty-one couples in wedlock IN
the space of four hours, and it is said
that such a feat has never been per-
formed before.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
Odd WOman'S Dress.

Though lacking in picturesqueness. the
costume portrayed in the accompanying
picture is decidedly useful. Take trip
TO Fano, that little known island, which
belongs to Denmark and can be reached
in few hours from Hamburg, and you
will see almost any day many women
attired in this unusual manner.
Young women they are, as a rule,
though you cannot tell it from their
faces. since they are covered with black
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

almost entirely dependent upon grain as
a means of subsistence drought means
famine and starvation. During a recent
drought in KumaOn a Hindoo fakir i'm
posed a penance on himself, and was
suspended by his feet from q wooden
beam. In this position he was swung
back and forth for a considerable time
by means of a rope attached to his body
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

ant pulled by a feIlow-fakir. Both men
were besprinkled with ashes and mud
and were minus all clothing, except for
a small cloth around the waist.
1t is to be regretted that such pious
zeal should have gone without the ex-
pected reward, for the chronicler sadly
after.
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
Extraordinary Hive.

Here is one of the most remarkable
beehives erected in modern times. 1t
represents an elephant carrying a castle
on his back, and is the work of two
young men who are employed in a stone
quarry This singular hive is made OF
The Washington times., 1903-05-10
ONE WAY OF PRAYING FOR RAIN.

No country subject to drought is with
out its own peculiar method of suppl
eating for rain. That in Kumaon, north
ern India, is not the least curious of
them, although our own Kansas, at
times, furnishes some sensational novel
ties in this line.
In a country where the population is
The Washington times., 1903-05-10

This photograph shows the method OF
decapitatiOn OF criminals in China. It
was taken by Capt. Harold Hammond.
Nineteenth Infantry, L. S A, during
the execution of nine members of
band Of robbers. beheaded in Petin dur
ing the foreign occupation of the city in
19O0-19O1