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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-31
GRAY


John Renftle was in town one day
last week.
Miss Bertha Shelley was in town
last Saturday.
Roy swaney was in town Satur-
day afternoon.
Rev. Fleming has been in Missouri
the past week.
II. B. Kennels was business Wis
itor in town Monday.
Mrs. John CARRIER was an over Sum
day visitor in Audubon.
Pete Ludwig was home between
trains Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Greenwaldt was transacting
business in town last Thursday.
Mrs. Charles McLachlin and Alma
were Manning visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Stetzel visit
ed with Elmer Ellis's Sunday.
Miss Grace Swaney visited her
sister, Mrs. Barger over Sunday.
T. B. Creveling and family spent
Sunday at the John Cameron, home.
Mrs. Kittell spent several days
with her sister, Mrs. Mease, last
week.
Mr., and Mrs. Brammer, of Ded-
ham, visited at the Lewis home last
week.
Mr.. Bonwell, also Mr.. Vermilya
and other candidates were in town
last week.
White frost Monday morning early
but didn't seem to do any harm
to gardens.
Miss Grace Lancelot of Extra came
up Saturday and stayed until after
Commencement.
Ormsby and Clio Beers were home
tor Commencement and to stay over
Memorial Day.
Cameron Ross and his sister, Miss
Bessie spent Sunday at the George
McLachlin home.
Mrs. Farrell was called to Esther
vile Saturday on account of the
illness OF her mother.
Mrs. Sievers returned from the hos
pital at Carroll last Thursday much
improved we understand.
Matilda Jensen's school closed last
Friday. Her parents took out ice
cream to treat the school.
We understand that Mr.. Bonesack
who used to live here, died very sud-
denly last Saturday morning.
A fine shower of half hours du-
ration last Wednesday forenoon. AL
so rained afternoon and evening.
Last Wednesday forenoon the town
was full of teams to help haul out a
carload of tile for Charles Rooney.
Mrs. Buford and the girls came
Monday night for few days visit
with her sister, Miss Slough, at the
Wayside Inn.
George Hendricksen and family re-
turned week or so ago from Dem
mark, bringing with them couple
of young men.
Miss Gertrude Stephany came
down Monday morning from
Manning and remained until after
Commencement.
Mr.. Nels Christensen is having a
large cave built OH his place and
came in Monday evening in his auto,
after the workmen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forsbeck and daugh-
ter, Ella, went to Audubon the tore
part of the week and purchased a
lot of nice furniture.
Rev. Mitchell, OF Irwin. preached
a fine sermon in the U. b. Church
last Sunday evening during the alb
sence of Rev. Fleming.
William Barger has been moving
the old luton building onto the east
side of his house 70 make comfort
able rooms for "Aunt Wager"
On Thursday morning of last week
DIR. Beers was called to the bedside
of Mrs. Robinson, northeast of town,
and found that that good lady had
fallen and dislocated and broken one
bone in her right wrist. She is get
ting along nicely at this writing.
Gray Exercises Are Good.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-31

depend We do not hesitate to recon-.
mend it as i, winter apple for any of the
territory of the northwest north of 70
degrees. 1t seems to be perfectly hardy
and while late in coming into bearing,
not bearing much fruit until it is ten
years old, it will after that time prove
a regular and productive bearer. While
the apple is not high in quality it is
usually large and handsome and is in
every way better fruit than the Ben
Davis for all purposes. We think so
highly of this apple that we should re-
gard it as an almost certainly safe in
vestment to plant from twenty to forty
acres of it, feeling assured that in ten
years thereafter it would return q
very handsome income.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-05-31

AS TO SALT.
A reader asks if the craving for salt
by nearly all our domestic animals is
a natural or acquired taste and how. If
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
VARIETY IN CHEWING.
Gum and Tobacco Are Not the Only
Materials Utilized.

Gum chiclc which forms the basis of
most American chewing gums, is by no
means the only chewing material
though chewing gum has spread over
n large portion of the world.
Among the old fashioned the gum Of
the spruce tree is still in greater favor,
and druggists near the great spruce
belts driyca thriving trade in the brown
Jumps
Although the chicle comes from the
tropics. IL is seldom used as a chewing
gum there, uncured rubber being the
fashion In Peru "cuca." or cocoa
leaves. form the staple chew, the plant
being Il powerful Stimulant, since from
its leaves cocaine IS extracted. In the
east the bctCl nut is chcwed in prefer
eucc. the nut being prepared with lime.
TO it might be accorded the place Of
first prominence. since because Of the
congestion of population practically
one-tenth Of the human race give it
their preference.
One of the oldest chews is the leaden
bullet which the English soldier used
10 chew before the Introduction Of the
jackcted bullets now in use. They de
clared that it lcSscned their thirst and
TO some extent deadcned their hunger
on long marches
And then there is tobacco.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
ON THE
PRATRI
By HcNORE WILLSIE

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As far as the eye could see the prairie
stretched as smooth rs n floor. Rhoda
and little Dinny strolled on and on till
the home paddock was only dot
against tie blue sky line Little Dinny
darted fro# g1c buttercup patch to
another, with Wild shrieks of delight in
their yellow glory He pulled up great
handfuls OF them. rolled over and over
in their bed OF gold and covered his
mother WI i showers of their petals.
Rhoda pad little heed to Dinnys
JOY. The blue delight of the June skies
might Il y,-li have been November
cleaning f,r all the pleasure reflected
in her brown eyes. The ranch walls
seemed 10 st.fe her lately. She had
planned all night tD take the boy and
spend the lonely waking hours In the
open. But low. with all the wide space
Of Sky and prairie about her, her sense
of deSolation aud disappointment SEEM
ed a.cpntuated instead of lessened.
She WAS tired of thinking, utterly
weary oc trying to straighten her end
less taugie Of questioningS. She want
el 10 &c; away, to find complete rest.
She wondered. in spite of the soft
hand of Dinny in hers, If things might
not have been vastly better had she
never come west 10 the ranch with
Donald. somehow marriage was SO
different from her girlish dreams of it.
And now at twenty-three. after five
years she was wondering if it really
paid Not but that Donald was kind,
not but that he gave her all that he
could Of himself he could spare from
the ranch 1t was the hopeless stupid
ity Of it that was wearing on her. Her
life was made up of inanities.
After the advent Of Dinny and the
continual surprise that he really was
theirs. that he did smile, that il was
tooth and that be had taken step
nothing had occurred to disturb the
cloying eyenness of her existence. And
Donald, all the OLD ecstasy of the first
marriage days gone. how unessential
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
ODD THINGS ABOUT WORDS
when the word '.Lunch" Was First
Used IL Meant IA Lump"

A "Iuuch." ctymologically. is just
lump. In the sixteenth century
"lunch Of bacon" meant merely a slice
or hunk Of it 50 Burns speaks OF
bread md cheese dealt about in
lunches" and Scott records that little
Beuiic WAS ramming huge luncheon
Of pie crust into his mouth While in
modern times lunch is an abbrevia-
ton from luncheon" the latter was
originally an elongation of lunch A
philolJgist shows how the old moon
shcnk. noon drink, came TO mean noon
eating. ANA 70 appear as "nunsheon,"
ana the Development thereafter Of
"lguclcon" from "lunch" was very
natural
Curious changes Of words sometimes
take place between two languages.
thus English has borrowed the French
'poseur'' and has given to France
'suob" in trade. Irenchmen have u
way Of taking polysyllablc word and
using half Of it, Thus Of ''steeple-
chase they have appropriated the
'steeple." ;tnd now the French sports
man speaks Of mounting a steeple'
when he means to ride a race over the
customary obstacles. \ smoking jack
ct is with him IL smoking and sleep
ing car is a sleeping"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
The Indian of Today.

Something more than four centuries
have Sone by since Columbus dawned
on the view of the American red man.
The red mans horizon has broadened
in that time. \ young man who de-
scribeS his adventures among the Sioux
for the Bookloyers Magazine found the
warriors of the plains unimpressed by
the noble paleface.
why do they call the Fourth Of July
Independence day." an old warrior
asked as they sat by the campfire.
The explanation was somewhat inco-
herent, but included mention of a war
with Great Britain.
'Oh, yes, | have been there" re-
marked the Indian reminiscently.
London Is a fine city"
Then up spoke another brave form
from where he squatted, with dripping z
rain streaking his war paint, Il like
Paris better"
The white man gasped.
"Archibald was born in Berlin said
the female sphinx at the lard pals,
turning to indicate the child who grin
ned toothlesSly in the background.
Which do you prefer they asked.
1T has stopped raining" said the
white man, land | must be going"
Later it transpired that one was a
Carlisle graduate. and all had been
abroad with Buffalo Bill
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
Ia Mirror SunersfifinnH.

The mistrust Of the ghostly mirror IL
so old and so far spread that we meet
with It in the folklore of every land.
An old tradition warns us that the new
moon, which brings us such good for
tune when we look at il II: the calm
evening sky, carries a message Of evil
to those who see it first reflected In a
looking glass For such unlucky NOR
tails it is said that the lunar virus dis
tills slow poison and cOrroding care.
And, again, II is declared that the
friends who glance at their reflections
standing side by side are doomed to
quick dissensiOn. In Scandinavia the
Swedish girl who looks into her glass
by candlelight Is told that she risks
the loss of her lover One superstition
In this connection that seems TO be al
most universal IS that 1t Is very un-
lucky for a bride to see herself in
mirror after her toilet is completed.
If she be discreet she will turn away
from that fair picture which pleases
her so well and then draw on her glove
or have some tiny ribbon, flower Or
jewel fastened to her gown that the
sour fates may be appeased and evil
turned away from the threshold
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
CHOCOLATE.
I Was "a Luxury In This Country In
the Eighteenth Century.

Tie FIRST newspaper notice that an
bounced the sale of cocoa and chocolate
in America read:
'Amo, Track. at his house a little be-
low the Bell tavern in Danvers, makes
and sells chncp.aic which he will war
laut - J.. COOL and takes cocoa to
grind. Those r.hp may please to favor
him w..l hcir custom may depend up
Oh Icing Vel served, and at a very
cE p re"
This notice appeared in the Essex
GAO. g., of Massachusetts on the 18th
of Jane. 1771. five years before the
signing of the Declaration of Independ-
encc. Despite Mr.. Trask's assurance
that his rate was cheap, chocolate was
very expensive and beyond the purse Of
any but the wealthy folk. WOuldn' t
they he surprised to see how generally
chocolate is sold these days in packages
as cheap rs a penny:
When the Spanish soldier Cortes con-
qucrcd Mexico in 1919 he found the
people very fond of drink called
"chocOlatl." This was served TO the
ruler Mont eZuma in a cup of solid gold
When the Spaniards went home they
introduced this drink into their coun-
try. but it remained very expensive
The secret of its preparation was never
allowed 10 get out of Spain. Now 1t Is
the cheapest article OF food and drink
wp have
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12

and l keep stiIl about it, how are they
to know that | shot the moose"
There's where the trouble comes in.
You see. am deputy game warden,
and it is my duty to arrest you and see
that you are punished
And I've got to 20 twenty-five miles
through the woods with you?"
The nearest magistrate is that dis
tance away"
The girl sat down on log and began
to shed tears 1t would be in the pa
pcrs with "A vengeance if she were
brought before the law.
After regarding her with a sympa
thctig look for a moment young Tay
Ior made his way down to the edge of
the pond to look at the moose That
the animal had fallen at the discharge
Of the riuc and foundered about for
several minutes was a fact beyond
dispute The branches were broken
and the grass all beaten down, but
there was no moose. The bullet had
hit an auIIcr and stunned him, and on
coming To the cunning animal had
Skulked away with no more noise than
rabbit. He said nothing of this,
however, on his return to the weeping
girl
When when are YOU going to take
me-" She asked as she looked up
through her tears.
We'll. | suppose We ought to go to
a
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
ASPARAGUS.
Its Relation to the Famous Asphodel
of the Early Ages.

As a ticklcr OF the palate asparagus
weight Of Greek and Roman approval.
Plato ate it by the plateful, and Aris-
| tophanes. the humOriSt. regarded it as a
, great aid in disesting the crank phi
iOsophers of the day
1t is an oil fact that this culinary
plant is closely related to the famous
aSphoiel which was supposed by the
ancicntS to be tie leading flower in the
gardens OF the clySium. the Greek pur-
gatory or paradise. \ part of the
OuanueSS of this lies in the fact that
| the roots possess purgative qualities
The roots and fruit of both were for
merly much used in medicine for this
purpose
According to the superstition of the
| Romans. the names of the dead fed on
| the roots of the aSphodel. They planted
| IT, therefore, in ana around the ceme-
tcries; hence to this day it covers with
! its beautiful golden blossoms as pro-
| fuscly as dandclions the Apulian hills
| and valleys. and the sheep feed on il
! groedily.
| 1t belongs to the same natural order
! of perennialS. and the only difference
between the asparagus and the as
phodpl appears to be in the fruit and
the color of the flowers So abundant
is the wild asparagus in the steppes OF
Russia that cattle eat It like grass just
rs italian sheen devour its botanical
! cousin
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
sInrN OF I:lvEin Forrest.

EIwiu Forrest. The great actor, was
ut Columh"s O.. en- one of his tours.
1t was in tie railroad station at mid
night. !, Was cold bleak, biting wealth
or. ana the Old fellow hobbled no and
down the platform. but there was maj
cSty even in his worry hobblc An I'M
dertulcr'S wagon pulled UP at the sta
ton aud Il corpse was removed from
1t. The bag"a@2man carelessly hustled
the body into his dray and wheeled 1t
Gown the platform. As he halted, old
Forrest broke out into the most hOr-
rible curSing and with his tongue lash
ed the naggagcmnn for his careless
handling of the human clay. Then he
turned. approached the corpse and
broke into the Grafton Of Mark Antony
over the body of Caesar. No one was
there but the frightened haggageman
end handful Of actors. The great
actors voice rose and fell and the sub
tie tears and resolutc thunder Of the
Grafton awole the echoes Of the station
as grand organ in a majestic cathe-
dral. lie read every line Of the Grafton
and said in an aside speech HS a climax:
There t"l,e jhat YOU poor clay in the
coffin II be dead myself Inside q
year" And hc VS.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
STOCKHOLM.
The City of Thousand Islands and
Rocky Reefs.

From Swcden's capital an enthusias-
tic yts:32! wGites: The sky has an al
most italian radiance rs the sun shines
clear and bright on the glitterIng levels
of the lagoon that divide the new town
from The old Across the water, on
which Il 1lcet of white ferry boats ply,
rises the broad front of the palace, the
stern outline of which is relieved by the
ruSSet glow which time has lent 10 the
bricl,Wogk In front of the palace runs
a broad quay crowded with shipping,
behind which one may catch peeps Of
narrow. winding streets. with slOping
roofs and painted houses bent with
age The square front of the palace
rises abpv" the red and gray roofs,
seeming To command the old city. On
my right the waters narrow 10 a swift
rushing stream. over which a stately
bridge has been thrown, uniting the
palace with the pictures ue pile Of the
opera house or. rather. with the broad
square IN which it stands. Behind the
opera house lie broad streets of mod
ern houses. in which there are unex-
pected glimp>es of waterways crowded
with shipping.
"Stockhom is built on series Of is
lands formed by Lake Malaren. 1t is,
indeed. the city Of thousand islands
and rocky reefs, which are sOwn broad
cast many miles beyond the mainland,
where the lake and river join the sea.
The steamers which ply up and down
the lake afford endless excursions.
Seaward YOU may sail Il day among the
islands until YOU reach the long, low
reefs on which the Baltic beats.
In spite of their cold climate the
SwedeS delight in the open air. After
the indoor life of English or Amer
| lean cities it is a great pleasure to take
ones meals out of doors. although Il
/ may sometimes be necessary to dine
wrapped in an overcoat. We have
seen people dining in the Tivoli gardens
beneath awnings and umbrellas in the
/ rain. This habit may explain the health
and vigor of the Swedes."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

How soon we learn that the average
mans bark is about al there is to him
When people say anything good about
YOU. ever notice what few are pres
ent?
We all of us claim to be natural, but
we all of us know that the only time
when we are not putting on is when
we are asleep.
Somehow the hundred dollars some
other man has always looks larger and
as If it should go further than the hun
dred dollars you have.
There are not many sights more de
pressing than 10 meet farmers wag-
on on country road going out from
town with a coffin in il.
When man says he got up nine
times with the baby six nights in sue
cessiOn il means that one night he
woke up and heard his wife get up
AtchiSon Globe
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12

nado had passed between her and the
and wrapped it about the child, who
was limp and speechless with terror.
She herself was strangely calm.
As the darkness lifted a little she
tried to look OFF through the driving
rain TO the herding line, but she could
see nothing She lifted the child and
with him in her arms struggled in the
direction of the ranch house. Slipping,
falling wind whipped and half drown
ed, shivering with the cold, she strug-
gled on and on.
Then through the swirl of the storm
she heard hoof beats, then DOnalds
wild shout.
"Rhoda. Rhoda. Rhoda." And her
husband threw himself from his horse
and cIaSped them both in his arms
"Are you hurt? Oh you poor, poor
girl"
"Oh, Donald, Donald" she gasped.
"Oh, no, I'm not hurt. Neither Is
Dinny."
pilliN oiif vs. i'lAiis' wv
course" And he took the little fellow
from her and led her toward the horse.
Il went home for lunch" he painted,
ito surprise YOU They said you were
out here Then the tornado came, and
and went mad, guess"
Donald" said Rhoda, raising her
voice above the howl of the storm, did
you really care so much aS thai Why,
YOU even thought of me befor> you did
Dinny. Did you really care so much,
Douald:"
Donald looked down into her upturn-
ed face in dazed astoniShment. Care,
Khoda?" he asked. Care. Why, what
else do | live forF" And he put her
on the horse with a touch that thrilled
her as of old She looked down at
the child aS Donald laid him in her
lap, and the thoughts of the morning,
Of the past years. came back to her.
"IIow could | have misunderstood
so:' she asked herself. What Il fool
woman can be-
Donald, leading the horse, could not
hear, but she smiled happily at his
back through the binding rain and
hugged the child TO her with the old
joy Of living
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12

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man with Donald wore ..sorting" the
herd 1t would be long after dark be-
fore Donald came in She took deep
breaths OF the prairie Cir. sweet with
It's long sweep over flower laden grass,
clear and eXhilarating as is no other
air In the world. Nothing IN her east
ern home could compare with this she
thought The ocean itself would seem
too insistent, too restless, after the
subtle beauty and peace Of the prai-
ries.
Dinny stirred in her arms and woke.
She filled his hands with cookies and
watched him as he ate answering MS
questions In distracted mohosyllables.
Suddenly lie cr1ed ID shrlll niue
voice:
'Oh, mommle, what funny cloud!'
She looked lazily to the west then
started to her feet, Dlnny ID hef arms.
The air had grown suddenly unDeara-
bly, oppressive. There was strange
thick haze over the prairie. Moving up
from the west was the old familiar
funnel shaped cloud which for the past
Ave years had been her constant dread.
The child after "A I,.E at her WHITE
face. clung whimperngly 70 her neck:
For a moment she stood undecided. To
run with the child in her arms was
next to impossible. And, even so, Of
what use would It be TO run when she
was powerless to tell what would be
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-12
DARING OF LIONS.
incidents 10 Prove That the Brutea
Are Not CoVvardly.

1t has been said many times that
lions are cowardly brutes, but Of the
many lions with which have had per
sOnal dealings, cXpectedly and uneX
poctClly. the cpithet cOwardly is the
last | should consider appropriate in
describing them | have been charged
by q lion. and he certainly did not look
coWarlly. | have come face to face,
at a distance Of some twenty feet, with
family party Of half a dozen fortu-
natcly full fed They stood, wit, quiet
dignity, looking at Us. and then slowly
moved away, stopping every few yards
to stand and look again. There was
neither fear nor meanneSS in their ap-
pcarauce or behavior.
| have seen lions stalking game, and
have myself been Stalked by them.
IF could have encouraged myself with
! the conviction of their cowardliness
when ! was the quarry and they the
hunters. if would have put a different
aspect on In" situation. We were ut
| this tinic living in Il station over seven
! ty niles from the nearest connecting
I link with the outside world, and when
J man eating lions took possession of the
one rOai which led To this link things
| became serious
! A large troop was reported, and the
natives maintained that this troop ran
along in the grass parallel with the
caravan road "a path some ten inches
wide, and. having selected the most
edible member of the caravan. jumped
| upon him like Il fash. and seiZing him
disappeared as quickly as they came.
Our mail runners, attached TO whom
were n couple OF native police armed
with rifles. were several times attack
ed. Finally. rs the wall party was
camping one night, fortunately for it
with a native caravan. the lions be
came so bold that. in spite of fires, they
| sprang unon native and carried him
off into the buSh.-MrS. : l.. Hinde IT
| Blackwood'S Ma %gaZine