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Evening journal., 1903-09-26
SAENcERBUND HoNoRED
Great Composer Dedicates Latest Com
noaition in Its Homer.

In honor OF the Delaware Saenger-
bund, Gottfried Angerer, who composed
the song sung by the Delaware Saen-
gcrbund al the recent Saengerfest Ia
Baltimore. has dedicated a new compo-
sition called "The Vcsper' to the local
organisation. Although the Whining
ton singers fuIy expected to receive a
prize II did not come their way and
the members accordingly feel honored
by Professor Angerers act.
Evening journal., 1903-09-26
The hrown october.s comIn'

To singln' field and town;
she'll toss her curls at alSthe girls
An shake the 'simmoT down.
Evening journal., 1903-09-26
Help WRNTED--MALE.

WANTED FAITHFUL PERSON TO
cali on retail trade and agents for
manufacturing house. local territory:
straight salary $50 paid weekly and
expense money advanced: previous ex-
perierce unnecessary; position perma-
nent: business successful. Enclose
self-addrcssed envelope Suporintend-
ont Travellers, 620 Aonon Building. Chi
cago. sepi0-14t
Evening journal., 1903-09-26
E0R SALE

One of the best located and pay.
ing Hotels and Restaurants in the
city A great chance for a hustler.
LAMBERT ). FOULK,
$50 77arIsct ~.
Delmarvia Phone l 3O8
Evening journal., 1903-09-26

WANTED-coiored boy. Phillips
Candy Store, $50 Market st. s26-lt
Evening journal., 1903-09-26
FoR Sale

FOR SALE-Oak bedroom set, oak
sideboard, oak dining table, oal, hall
seat, sundry household goods Apply
1910 Delaware Ave. s2j-3t
Evening journal., 1903-09-26

ROOMS FOR BENT WITH BOARD
FOR RENr-Furnished rooms.
7otih Market Street.
WANTED-Single man wishes board
in private family Address T.. A.,
this Office sIo-tf
Evening journal., 1903-09-26

NVN oHIlTt-h ITAVt OF TnlfIy-slN hcft1
Of cultivated land at Centreville, Del
on Kennett Turnpike. having a present
md increasing value. there being several
admirable building sites. The Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Co.. Trustee
WANTED-ro buy old feathers old
feather beds; will pay highest price
Must have 500 feather beds ia FIVE weeks
Send postal American Feather Co., 336
Catherine St. Philadelphia, Pa. sir-fm
Evening journal., 1903-09-26

The Evening School of Goldey College will
reopen for its 18th year, next Monday, Septem-
Der 28th, and offers the following courses:
1-PENMANSHIP. c. II. French, Penman
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18

waste and every dollar expended in
drainage will be made up in extra
crops.
The Gray ball team are preparing to
meet the Ross team Saturday on the
Gray diamond and all are anticipating
a close game. There will be dance
at the hall in the evening and all are
cordially invited to attend as good
music will be had and good order
maintained.
Mrs. Lewis has been quite seriously
sick the past week with erysipelas but
is now better. When she was first
taken the girls We're both over at
Manila visiting an aunt and the men
folks had time for while, but all is
running smoothly now and she is
recovering nicely.
The Goth Century Club OF young
ladies met Tuesday evening on the
Lancelot lawn for a lawn party. We
are not on the inside of the working of
this order but if the name is portentous
of great and lasting results this club
will have an influence that coming
decades will feel. One thing however
is sure-the evening was more than
spent as is every evening
at that home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
The Original Carnatton.

The original carnation was five pet
aled bloom native in the south of Italy.
1t was imported into England about
the time of the Norman conquest. AS
early as 1919 horticultural works gave
minute directions for the cultivation Of
the flowers in winter. The carnation
industry has risen to considerable i'm
portance during the last ten years, ac-
cording to Town and Country. AS
100000 of young carnation plants are
sold each year and florists produce an
equal amount grown By themselves
which are not sold, the entire produc-
ton of young carnaton plants approxi-
mates 100000 and upward a year.
These plants are grown under glass
during the winter time for cut flower
purposes, producing an annual average
of more than 1OO,OOO,OOO blooms. What
becomes of this enormous number Of
flowers is somewhat of mystery.
They,are put to innumerable uses.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
asgend of the Looking Gr...

Who ever heard it stated that the
looking glass was first invented to spite
pretty woman? And how would it
be possible to spite a woman by show
ing her perfect reflection of her own
dainty self? Well, according to Japa-
nese mythology, the deity presiding
over the sun and furnishing light to the.
world became Infatuated at some trifie
and hid herself away in cave, thus
depriving humanity of very neces-
sary element. In order to induce her
to come out the mirror was invented
and placed in the cave. The beautiful
goddess. seeing another beautiful god
dess within those narrow confines. inn
mediately departed and the people
took care that never again should she
enter the precincts of Il cave And SO
that most valued of womans treasures
was invented for Spite but for what
different purpose has it served!
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
I1eep Sea Fish.

Great forests of seaweeds cover the
bottom Of the ocean and reach from
the greatest depthc to the surface. In
these forests there is life more diversi-
fed than in the primeval forests of the
tropics. Spiders and wormlike animals
of enormous SIZE infusoria, crabs, sea
urchins, shells, crustaceans, starfish,
turtles and millions of other living
things Of all kinds find their food in the
equally varied plant life of the deep
sea.
a curious circumstance connected
with deep sea fish is that none of these
has ever been brought up alive. Re
cent deep sea explorations reveal the
fact that the ocean still contains inn
measurable treasures which await de-
velopment and utilization by human
inventiveness. The most fertile acre
of cultivated land is sterile desert
compared with one acre of the surface
of the deep sea bottom.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
1nsune an One Potnt.

Ersktne mentions case where O per-
son who had been confined in an asy-
lum prosecuted his brother and the
proprietor for imprisonment and false
duress. The prosecutor, himself wit
ness in support of the Indictment, was
put into the witness box and examined.
When Erskine came to cross examine
him, he tried to discover some lurking
alienation OF mind, but during cross
examination, conducted with all the
skill and sagacity of which he was
master, for nearly an hour he was
completely foiled.
But gentleman who had come acct
dentally into court whispered in Err
skine's ear that the witness thought he
was the Saviour of mankind
On receiving the hint Erskine made
q low bow to the prosecutor, addressed
him in terms of great reverence, re-
spectfully begged to apologize for the
unceremonious manner in which he
had treated person of his sacred
character and called him by the name
of Christ. The man Immediately said:
Thou hast spoken truly. l am the
Christ"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
Spiders Eat Their Mothers.

One Of the most unnatural things in
nature, if the expression is allowable,
is the manner in which the young Of
the common wolf spider treat their
mother. After the little creature has
laid her eggs she envelops them in a
silllen covering, so as to make a ball
about the size of a pea, and this she
carries about with her wherever she
goes and will defend it with her life.
When the young are Matched, they
climb on her back, giving her a mon
strous appearance, and ride about I'M
til nearly half grown, and as soon as
they discover their strength they fall
to and devour their mother. As rule
the maternal relation is recognized in
the animal and insect world only as
long as the necessity for protection ex-
lists, but instances of the young actu-
ally devouring a parent by main force
and common consent are extremely
rare.-London' Nature.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
Startling EVIDENCE.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds to be unequaled.
A recent expression from T. j. McFar-
land, Bentonville, Va, serves as ex-
ample. He writes: 81 had bronchitis
for three years and doctored all the
time without being benefited. Then 1
began taking DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry, and few bottles wholly cured
me-" Equally effective in curing all
lung and throat troubles, consumption,
pneumonia and grip. Guaranteed by
Nick Doffing & Co., druggists. Trial
bottles free; regular sized Soc aud 81.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
old Coins From Old ,rints.

The mint house" in Boston existed
about thirty four years. All the coins
issued from it bore the dates 1862 or
1862, the same dies being used proba-
bly, throughout the thirty-fou years Of
coinage. Some coins had been made
in Bermuda for the use of the Virginia
colony as early as 1914. Copper coins
bearing the figure of an elephant were
struck in England for the Carolinas
and New England in 1904. Coins were
also struck for Maryland bearing the
effigy of Lord Baltimore. A mint was
established in Rupert, Vt, by legisla-
tive authority in 1855, whence copper
cents were issued, bearing on one side
pillow and sun rising from behind
hills and on the other a radiated eye
surrounded by thirteen stars.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
AUDUBON NEWS.

XIX. ! 3
Miss Maude Lynch got home Tues
day and will spend the summer at
home.
Miss Alma Miller is visiting this
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM,
Cloughly.
Miss Ruby Currier got home from
Atlantic the first of the week after a
visit there of some time,
The young people of the Presby-
terrain church give their social tonight
on the church lawn.
Marriages licenses for the week end
ing Wednesday,: C. P. Kline and Irma
G. Tharnish: Frank Taylor and Clara
a. Mantz; j. j. Quimby and Augusta
Z Cloughly: Walter Hockenberry and
Mabel Smith.
John Norris was out to the John
Davis stock farm again Wednesday
and purchased one of his fine bred
sows, Mary the third, paying $4,000
for her. John has some of the best
sows that can be procured and finds
that it pays to keep no other kind.
Bert Duval out northeast of Ross
purchased pony last week of Joe
johnson and Sunday his son Charley
went TO take it to drive up the COWS,
when the pony kicked him and broke
his leg in two places. His leg is do
ing nicely now however under the
skillful treatment of.Dr. Childs
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18

A crowd of young people went Out
to the of home of S. G. Handles Sun
day to spend the day.
John Reuschling was in town Wed.
nesday and sold good driving horse
to the proprietor of the Market hotel
Miss Ethel Kuhn got home Satur-
day from Ames where she has been at
school and will spend her vacation at
home.
Thos. Davis went down to Kansas,
Tuesday to visit his old time neigh
Dor out in Viola township Peter Bick-
lehaupt.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mehle went to
Des Moines Tuesday to be present on
Wednesday at the marriage of their
daughter Ida.
Mrs. Frank Woodcock of Mulbane,
Kansas arrived Sunday and is visit
ing her sister Mrs. Jas. Marahan out
southwest of town.
Joe Dixon got back from Omaha
the first of the week where he has
been painting the cottage of III. A.
Arnold in that town.
Frank Sampson left Wed nesday for
Mt. Vernon to be present at the grad
uating exercises where his brother
takes degree from that college.
For the best furniture see w. A..
Smutney and pay one profit. No
profit instead Of three. South Park.
CLIFF
Miss Mollie Loney got home from
Ute the first of the week, where she
has been nursing and DR.. Brooks took
her Immediately to the home of Fred
Sunburg to help wait on the sick
there.
A merry crowd of young people
loaded onto hayrack one day last
week and started for the Stanley grove
for picnic. After much tribulation
they got to their destination and had
day of jollity and good time.
Sad word came from Missouri Mon
dap morning, dispatch to Issac
Houck telling of the drowning of Jno.
II. Anderson, son of P. E. Anderson.
and son.in-law of G. W. Graham, and
dispatch from T. ]. Woods to A. J.
Earl telling that his son Earl was
drowned. This occurred on Sabbath.
Whether they were together or not we
have not learned nor any of the partic-
ular circumstances of their deaths.
This is sad news to many in this
neighborhood where both young men
were well respected. Earl Woods had
been member of the Congrega tional
Sabbath School and Endeavor Society
for some years and had been received
into the church membership shortly
before the family moved to Missouri
In their affiiction and bereavement
the sorrowing friends have the sympa.
thy of this entire community
P. F. Anderson and wife have gone
down to attend the funeral and we
presume they will bring their sons re-
mains home for burial.-Anita Repub-
lican.
John Anderson is the son of P. F.
Anderson of this place and brother
of our sheriff. We were not able how
ever to learn any thing more of the
sad event.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
The Sacred Plants of the Druids.

The Druids held many plants sacred.
as, for instance, yervain, selago, mistle-
toe, and among trees the oak and the
rowan. There is, think, no serious
doubt as to the identity of any of these
except the second (selago), which is
generally thought to be the club moss.
Oak mistletoe is certainly rare, and
that may have been the reason why it
had an especially sacred character, but
it does exist.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
A Poor bureau.

YES" apologized the old citizen,
"our town is pretty dirty. know, but
we have street cleaning bureau"
Bureau" exclaimed the unsophisti-
Gated stranger. II should think that
would be about the poorest implement
you could use for cleaning streets"
well, it is."-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
Cuts, Bruises and Burns Quickly
Healed.

Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an anti
septic liniment, and when applied to
cuts, bruises and burns, causes them
to heal without maturation and much
more quickly than by the usual treat
ment. For sale by Nick Doffing & Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
Swing Him Up.

Young Wife-I want to buy hat
for my husband.
Hatter-What size does he wear?
Young Wife-I declare I forgot to
find out. know the size of the collars
he wears. though. It's 10. He'd want
about size IS or 20 for a hat, wouldn't
he?
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
Looking Ahead.

A little girl aged three asked her
father for more candy. but was told to
wait until tomorrow. Looking out of
the window for few moments. she
suddenly called out, Papa, it looks
like tomorrow now"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
No Newfangled Notions Eor Him.

Grandpa, when a little boy
is bad do you believe in the infiction
Of corporal correction?
Grandpa-No, stree! None O. yer
newfangled notions. JUS femme get
him in the wood shed with good old
fashioned hickory switch, that's ALL
Chicago News.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
what ne NInrrreu On.

'Tom Higginside married. Won saw
on $40 week? That took nerve any
how. What was he working att"
Nothing. 1t was the girl that was
earning the $40"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-12
HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK

1t is said of st. Patrick, whose an
niversary Irish Catholics the world
over March II are celebrating that no
missionary after the age of the Apos-
ties preached the gospel with greater
success. No nation in the world was
converted to Christianity in so short
time as were the Irish under ST.
Patrick's teachings. He was a man of
great courage and strong will.
Wherever he preached the people
listened to him because of his simple
and pure life. He cared nothing for
riches and honors. He loved the peo-
pie of Ireland and the single object OF
his life was to make them Christians.
When ST. Patrick was a lad of 16, as
he tells in his writings, he was taken
captive and conveyed to Ireland.
That was about the year 403. He was
sold as a slave to rich man named
Milcho who employed him to herd
sheep and swine in the present
~
years of his life. Then he escaped
and made his way through many
dangers and hardships to the home of
his family He first studied under ST.
Martin in his great monastic school at
Tours. From there he went to st,
Germaine of Auxerre.
During all this time he thought low
ingly of Ireland. He had frequent
dreams and visions about its people,
of whom he tells in his writings. AT
length receiving authority and bene-
diction from the pope he set out for
the land of his dreams ST. Patrick
was consecrated a bishop in Gaul by
holy prelate named Amator. EN-
barking for ireland, he at first landed
on the Wicklow coast, but having
been expelled. like his predecessor.
he made his way northward ~ boat
and finally landed in County Down.
Dicho, chief of the district, thought
st. Patrick and his companions were
pirates and set forth TO drive them
away. But when he saw the apostle
he was so impressed with his CAIN
and dignified demeanor that ne IN
vited him to his house. Here st.
Patrick announced his mission and
explained his doctrine. The fact that
he had studied the language and
traditions Of the land while a slave
shepherd boy made him welcome.
Chief Dicho and his whole family
we're converted to Christianity and
baptized-the first of the Irish con
yerted by st. Patrick
There was no church for him to
preach in. so Dieho presented him
i with a house A monastery was sub
seuuently erected on the site. which
was held in great veneration by the
| Irish people for many years. The
memory Of it is preserved to this day
| in the little village of Saul. near
Downpatrick Large numbers Of the
people followed the example OF their
chief and were baptized This Is the
man that Irish people all over the
world honor each March II.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-12

In the United States the various
members Of the rattlesnake family
are NEST dreaded Yet they do not
thrive near civilization, and before
striking their warning rattle chal-
lenges the most idle attention.
While 1t is true that the rattle
snake seldom ever runs from man,
yet. If not crowded. he will move out
of the way in sullen fashion. He is
conscious Of his armament, however
and almost invariably coils for de-
Tense. with his hideous bulldog head
made more hideous by the pickering
forked tongue and the ominous rattle,
that is unlike anything else in nature.
The copperhead is another dreaded
member of the snake family 1t is
sluggish in disposition. and. unlike
the rattlesnake, it strikes without
warning. In captivity, however, the
copperhead becomes even gentle, and
will take food from the hand where
as the rattlesnake often refuses food
fer weeks and months after capture.
OF the common poisonous snakes in
the United States the cottonmouth,
the water and land moeeasins, added
TO the rattlesnake and the copper
head. complete the most formidable
list
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-12

One of the most aggressive looking
of all reptiles in the central states is
the blowsnake, or spread head" and
it has become feared almost every.
where by reason of his monumental
bluff.
He is short, thick, with stump tail
and wide head, presenting all the
physical features of the poisonous
snakes. When approached he coils,
raises his head, and emits a sharp
kissing like that of a goose. His head
5roadens until it is twice it's natural
size, the neck contracts, and al
together the creature becomes one of
the most threatening of all the snake
tribe. Yet he is non-venomous-a
scientific fact that has been exceed
inSly hard to impress upon rural
residents who have taken the mere
TACT OF his warning to mean that he
is poisonous.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-12
Snakes HbSent from, Some Places Rot
UiSited by ST. Patrick.

largely because the ignorant natives
in their fatalistic beliefs, take no
precautions against being bitten.
They go through the jungle by day
or night with bare feet and bare
limbs, feeling that fate has sum-
moned them in case they are victims
of poisonous snakes. Twenty thous-
and people are killed every year in
India in this way without effort being
expended to counterfeit the poison in
most cases.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-12

In general the sight of most snakes
is poor. There are degrees in this,
however, some snakes being able to
cling to the outer branches of trees,
and catch even birds in their fight.
while others on the ground are able
to see their prey only when the
creatures move.
The snakes sense of smell is
doubted. But in the extreme SEN
sitiveness of the creatures tongue the
defects of sight and hearing are to
some extent made good. Some
naturalists have accredited it with a
sixth sense" believing that in
thrusting out its tongue the snake
may get impressions of an object that
is wholly out of range of it's eyes.
All nature is at war with the snake
family. The wild hog pursues them
for food, and is supposed TO be i'm
pervious to their poisons. Deer at
tack them, punching their sharp boots
and jumping on them, cutting the
and crows kill and eat them. Ere
quently, in the woods, one may hear
a hawk, high up in the air, circling
and screaming. Looking up he may
see a writing serpent, held by the
back of the neck in the birds talons,
with the hawk screaming in evident
excitement. Stories are told of fights
in the air in which the snake has
been victor, but most frequently it is
the bird.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-03-12

Dogs often kill snakes by rushing
in, Selling the reptile by the neck,
shaking it, and then springing back
to recover for another charge
Sooner or later they themselves are
victims of some poisonous variety.
To many persons snakes in
captivity are interesting studies.
Their one enemy is a small, leech-
like worm, which penetrates the skin
of the snake, burrowing into the
heart.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-23
CRACK GUNNERS BUSY
AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOOT
Indiana Tournament Is the Largest Ever
Held In Central West.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind..3 Sept. 22.-The
tournament of the Indianapolis Gun club,
which began today is the largest ever
neld in the central west. There are 125
guns here and 10000 targets were broken
today. Many of the crack shots of the
country are here including Marshall
Trap, Heikes, Gilbert, Budd, Powers and
Crosby Of the All American team Per-
feet scores in the events were made as
follows:
No. 1. Fifteen Targets-Budd. Rike, Le-
compte, Willard. Crosby. Michaels, An
thony, Phelas. Ryan.
No. 2, Fifteen Targets-Marshall, Pow
ers, c. Stephens. Smell. Crosby. Gilbert,
Boa. Herr, Peed, Ruhl. Stephenson,
No. 8. Twenty Targets snipe, Willard,
Hill, Michaelis, Fleming, Virgins. Smell,
- No. 4, Fifteen Targets-su ndruch, Le-
compile. Willard. Powers Cooper A. Con-
ner, Fleming. Peck, Faust, Stephens,
Smell, Adney, Stephenson.
No. 5, Fifteen. TargetsAR3 o. Allen,
Powers Parry. Hickock, Trout Farrell,
Carmel. Deus Bush. Peek, Virgins,
Faust. Bettmeyer, Ruhl. Smell, Taylor,
c. Stephens. Tamma Faggott.
No. 6, Twenty TargetsWSundbruch Lee
compte. Rool A. Conner, Ryan Nichols.
No. z. Fifteen Targets-Sundruch, R. o.
Allen. Burmeister, Lecompte. Strip, Hill.
Farrell, Michaelis. Ryan, Taylor, Verbarg.
In a practice shoot. G. N. Powers, of
Decatur, ILL.,, broke 100 straight.