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PRAIRIE.
On account of the Illness of the usu
al writer of these Items, we have not
seen any Prairie news in the paper, for
some time.
lira. R. F. Stewart is suffering from
an attack of the "grippe", but truBt that
she may soon recover.
The moving craze
haB
Three carloads of the brick for the
new cathedral arrived Friday and sever
al men with teams were at work Friday
and Saturday drawing the brick to the
church ground.
Mr. Douglas and family of Cedar
Haplds arrived Saturday with their
household goods and moved onto the
M. Mulvehill farm south.of town,
f. Misses BridgetMaroney, Josle Hogan
andMrSjPjkcUevltt are on the sick
B. Grubstlck aBdfpmily moved onto
P. McGrath'e farm west of town Tues
day. Mr. Schmock who lived there last
year moved onto P. Wood's farm north
of town.
E. A. Middlestadt and G. D. Griffin
attendc^the social dance at Winthrop
*Mon3ay evening.
The entertainment given by the
ladles of the Catholic church was
well attended, over $70 was cleared,
and every one present reports a good
time.
James Carmody moved his goodB to
Winthrop Monday where he will keep
a restaurant,
Mrs. P. McGrath who has been very
sick the pBBt week is reported much
better at this writing.
Mr. ParkhurBt, our city assessor, is
kept quite busy these days, assessing
town property.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Burns,
Feb. 13, a baby boy.
Mrs. Frank Gallery and family of
Clemy, Iowa, came Feb. 17, and are
staying at the home of F. Keegans. Mr.
Gallery and the house hold-good are ex
pected next week. They will move on
to the farm which they purchased west
of town.
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Mr. and Mrs. Yet DuBois of Man
chester were callers in our city Thurs
day.
Mr. Cnlligan and family moved to
town Tuesday and occupy the house
recently built by Thos. Ryan.
Richard Coil, M. A. Hogan and iiert
Orvls drove to Manchester Saturday.
Miss Anna Welch la quite sick at this
writing.
C. Hennesy and Miss Mayne Mc
Mahon, teachers in the Masonviile
school, closed a very successful term of
school Friday. Mr. HenneBy returned
to his home in Strawberry Point Tues
day.
Chas. Martin, formerly of this place
but now of JeBup, and Miss Ola Bloom
of Fremont were married at the "home
of the bride's parents, Tuesday. Con
gratulations are extended.
"BAILEY'S FORDT
Mre. Cora Porter visited Mrs. It. E.
Grommon last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lillibridge tranB
acted business in Manchester last
Thursday.
Miss JoBie Grommon and Mrs. Sbaw
were Manchester callers one day last
week.
Tne young people of this vicinity at
tended a party at the home of S. Shaw
last Wednesday evening.
Mr. Reinbird is moving on the Col
lard farm.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Grommon assist
ed J. M. Paris while moving last Tues
day.
John Wilson has moved onto the
JDunlon farm.
Joe Winnistorpher will soon leave
the Wm. Dudley farm now owned by
Chas. Thorpe.
Jay Lillibridge met with a very pain
ful accident Thursday evening while
carrying a can of milk. He had placed
the can on his shoulder to carry it from
the barn to the house. In passing
through a gateway the can struck the
post and overbalanced him. He fell
backward the bottom of the can strik
ing in the palm of his hand cutting it
severely. Dr. Bradley wis summoned
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seized the peo­
ple, and many loads of goods
dally.
Miss Anna Welch has
who
were present were very liberal and the
ram of 810.70 was realized, which was
very gratifying to the pupils and their
/teacher, Miss Grace Annie. The last
entertainment was well attended and
the earn of 832,40 was netted. The
program was especially interesting and
-much credit Is due Miss Mamie Annis,
teacher, and her pupils.
EAD'S GROVE.
Fred Densmore and Frank Wiley
wete buying cattle in this vicinity last
week.
Sam Way 1b kept almoBt constantly
"'Sat the bedside of his mother who is
yery low.
Charley Bobison's baby is much bet
ter at this writing.
Three gentlemen from Minnesota
were Inspecting thoroughbred cattle be
.longing to Ead's Grove farmers last
week,
Mr. Retherford filled his lce-houEe
last week, baniing the ice from Funk
pond near Edgewood.
Tom Parkinson delivered a One
thoroughbred' calf at Earlville last
Thursday.
Mrs. Howard Smith, of Edgewood,
mother of W. A. Smith, of this neigh
borhood, not expected to live. She
has been an invalid for several years.
The kids bad a party at Jake Moser's
Wednesday evening. Needless to
that all enjoyed a good time.
Henry Parkinson was laid up a few
5 days with a carbuncle on his neck, but
Is somewhat improved and expects to
go to Volga City, March 1st, where he
.' has secnred a position for the season.
5 MASONVIIXE.
Richard Coil of Cascade is transact
ing business in our city this week.
Martin Crooks, who has been em
ployed in the barber shop here returned
to his home In Chicago Monday.
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by telephone and found it necessary to
take fifteen Uitches to cloBe the wound.
James Sheppard sawed wood for M,
S. Banta Friday and Saturday of last
week.
John Pohlman has moved onto the
Ed Hamblin farm. Hub Davis has
taken possession of the farm recently
occupied by Mr. Pohlman.
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seriously
111, but from the last report we learn
that she is some better. Her hoBt of
friends earnestly hope for her recovery.
The school entertainments which were
held in districts No. 3 and 4, recently
were both successful. Inclement
'weather prevented the attendance of
many at the
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one, but
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John N. Smith has rented Mrs. Max
well's farm.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lillibridge are
spending a few days with their son Jay,
Elihu Todd will soon take poBBesBion
of the farm bought of Mr. Shlck. Fred
Hicks is moving onto the farm which
he purchased of Mr. Todd.
Julius Eldredge will soon -be located
on the farm bought of Fred Hicks.
Mr. and MtB. Jerry Kaster assisted
the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Parle, while moving laBt week.
Mrs. Chambers Is not much better at
this writing.
J. P. Belcher was in this neighbor
hood last week, taking an inventory of
the belongings of the farmers.
Mrs. E H. Blanchard, Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Jakelin,Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hart
man, Mr. and MrB. R. E. Grommon and
MiBs Josie Grommon were among those
who assisted In instituting a Rebekah
lodge at Hopkinton last Friday evening
Clem Dunton has taken possession of
the place bought of Julius Eldredge.
S. Shaw has taken poBseBsion of the
L. M. Davis farm.
Mrs. Baker Hersey gave a birthday
party for her son Dana last Saturday
afternoon.
EARLVILLE.
Mrs. Wm. Hunt bought the block of
land lying juBt north of W. T. Wood's
residence property last week for 8650,
of Wood, Millen & Laxson.
A pleasant surprise waB given Mr.
and Mrs. W. H, Gladden last Friday
evening by their neighbors and friendB
when they assembled at their home and
spent the evening in games, etc. Mr.
and Mrs. Gladden leave this week for
Verndale, Minn., near which place
they have bought a farm.
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C. H. Angell visited his parents in
Mount Vernon over Sunday.
The teacherB of Delaware Co. held
an association here Saturday which was
well attended and which was an inter
esting and Instructive meeting. Prof.
Kelley, Supt. of the schools at Cedar
Falls, was the principal speaker and his
address
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Rev. R. F. Paxton is in Colorado
where he will spend a month recuper
ating his health.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hockaday were
visitors at the home of S. Ede apart of
last week.
Clair Whipple, of Edgewood, spent
Sunday with his sister Laura. He re
turned by way of Independence, where
he viBited friendB.
Mrs. Will Dudley was down from
Spring Branch a part of last week at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. T. Reding.
Miss Bertha Staehle stopped on her
way home from Chicago at Dubuque,
where she remained until Saturday the
gueBt of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Slattery
and Mrs. Annie Leekley.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Millen were
called to Mount Vernon Friday on ac
count of the illness of their daughter,
Ciro, who is having an attack of the
"grip." Mrs. Millen remained a few
The neighbors and friendB of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Gibbs gave them a Bur
prise last Wednesday evening and
pleasantly reminded them that it was
the twelfth anniversary of their mar
riage. A very enjoyable evening was
spent and before departing ail wished
them many more anniversaries.
Arthur Barre has moved to Dyersvile
where he will work on the News Letter.
Their many friends here regret to have
Mr. and Mrs. Barre leave Earlville but
are glad to know that Arthur baa
secured a good position.
Henry Heiden held an auction sale on
Che Ham farm south of town, Friday,
which netted him about $2,000. A.
LeFevre acted as auctioneer and S.
W. Klaus
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clerk.
Frank Powell has moved Into the
Stoner property in the south part of
town.
MrB. Carhart, representing the Child
ren's Home Society of Des Moines,
spoke at the Cong'l. church Sunday
morning and at the M. E. church in
the evening.
DELHI.
Joe Michael has moved bis family to
Oelwein.
A, L. Gleason was here from Water
loo last week. We bear tbBt Mr. Glea
son will move bis family to this place
soon.
MisseB Ona Blanchard and Alma Sul
livan of Masonviile are guests of Mre.
E. H. Blanchard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Swinburne visited
in Earlville Wednesday.
Ed McMullen has moved onto a farm
near Hopkinton.
Tbe boBrd of BupervlBors took an in
ventory at the poor farm last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Maxwell of Delft'
ware were In town last Thursday.
MrB. Sarah White of Manchester,
visited Mrs. Flack recently.
Mrs. Berkey and Mrs. Frank Soder of
MaBonvllie are visiting Mrs. Rimmer.
Mrs. Geo. Angell and two children
left for their new home in Minnesota
Monday.
Mrs. Gustafson is visiting her daugh
ter at Rockford, Iowa.
Fred Brownell baa moved to a farm
north of Manchester.
The Epworth League social and busi
ness meeting will be held Friday even
ing, March 0, with Mra. Gustafson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Peterson and son
Dale of Hawkeye are guests of Mrs,
Flack.
Mlsa Amelia Jones came down from
Manchester Wednesday evening to at
tend to some business matters and
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The Ladles of the M. E. Aid Society
have purchased a fine new organ for
the M. E. church.
The Bible Study Class meets every
Monday evening at the parsonage.
Jay Lillibridge, living west of town,
met with a painful accident Thursday
evening. He fell and cnt his band so
badly that fifteen stitches were required
to clOBe the wound. Dr. Bradley is at
tending him.
J. R. White jr. Is building anew barn
on his farm east of town.
About 45 of the members of Delhi
Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, went to
Hopkinton, Friday evening, and insti
tuted a lodge of RebekahB at that place.
This lodge starts out with 33 charter
members and will be known
Waiter Miller bas moved to the Laban
Pierce farm.
Isaac Ritchie of Hopkinton is mov
ing on to the farm recently purchased
of Mr. Dunham.
Miss Ella Harris went to Greeley Fri
day to see Cepba Doollttle.
The M. E. Aid Society meets Wednes
day afternoon March 4 with Mrs. Erie
man.
Henry Vesey has bought Cassie Cun
ningham's place. Mrs. Cunningham
sold her goods at auction Saturday.
•WVKS COGGON. goCvW
Mrs. Wm. Woods Is visiting her
mother, Mrs Callan, of Winthrop.
Mrs. D. F. French visited relatives
and friends in Central City Saturday.
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Supervisors Lindsay and Legasslck
were down this week measuring up
work and sizing up bridge work that
will be required this BeaBon.
E. E. Todd from Ryan
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daughter, Mrs. E. B. Johnson, left Fri
day for her home In Lake City.
Rev. Gilbert held services at the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
Harriett Day visited friends in
town over Sunday.
M.
J.
McEnauy and Miss Maggie
Turner, both from this vicinity, were
married at Independence Tuesday.
Frank Sutherland moved from Mon
ticello to the N. Fuller farm north of
town, Monday.
Mre. Dr. Scofield left Monday night
for Washington, D. C., where she will
spend some time visiting her mother,
Mrs. Bragdon.
S. Todd, who has been visiting rela
tives in this vicinity for some time, re
turned to hiB home in Canton, S. D.
Tuesday.
Mrs.
excellent. The scholars
of the school here took a part in the
program, one number of which was
a dumb bell drill, and was well received.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Cong'l
church served dinner and supper at the
church Saturday.
JOB.
McNamara died at the
home of her son Edward, near Castle
Grove, Sunday night. Her funeral was
held at the CaBtle Grove Catholic church
Tuesday. Mrs. McNamara was the
mother of Mrs Thos. Woods Bouth of
Coggon.—Monitor.
HOPKINTOH.
Jim Halgh Is in Manchester today
II. Moulton and wife were at Monti
cello on Tuesday, visiting with James
Ferguson and wife.
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Lodge No. 115. After the lodge work
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over the guests enjoyed a fine ban
quet and report a very pleasant time.
in town
Monday with a hog for Hogan & Co.
The animBl weighed 530 pounds and
brought bim $34.45.
Mrs. Geo. CrouBe, wbo
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been visit
ing for a couple of months at the home
of her parents, Peter Lux and wife, re
turned Monday to her home at Man
chester.
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Petrle and Mre. F. A. Bort viBited with
Mrs. H. E. Blanchard at tbe poor farm
last Sunday. They report that Mr.
Blanchard writes from New Mexico
that he Is feeling tiptop and gaining in
health, all of which will be cheering
news to his friends in this country.
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he has been appointed as a clerk for
weighing mail, and will depart next
week to take tbe job, wbich will last
about six weeks. His run will be from
Marion to Kansas City. Tbe govern
ment weighs tbe mail every five years
to determine tbe compensation of the
railroads for transporting it. —Leader.
DYERSVILLE.
Fred Engler went to Manchester Sat
urday.
MeBsrs. Chas. Kramer, Henry Rahe,
and Lawrence Jaeger visited at New
Vienna last Sunday.
John T. Sudmeler of PeterBburg
called on bis Dyerevllle friends Tues
day.
Jacob Engler and Bister Emmerence
of South Fork visited relatives In thiB
city last Sunday.
Mr. and Mr. John H. Naber of New
Vienna were Dyersville visitors last
Monday.
Henry Willenborg and lady friend of
New Vienna attended tbe card party at
St. Francis hall In this city last Friday
evening.
Supervisor LeGassIck and bis wife
of Delaware county were here last
Tuesday taking in the special sales.
They report all happy in their vicinity,
though many have bad colds.
MeBsrs, Arnold Bockenstedt, Frank
Goerdt, Ben KloBtermann, Henry Von
Lemden Jr., and H. Lechtenberg were
here Monday morning and took the
train for Manchester.
B. Willenborg of New Vienna and
Ben Diere of Granville were here on
bueineBB
Friday. Mr. DIers will visit a
few weeks with hie parents, relatives
and old friends wbo are all glad to
OUR FIRST FREE SCHOOL.
It VM BitabllMhed In Massachuaetta
ID tbe Year 1G41.
The first free school established In
the United States wns In the province
of Massachusetts Bay In the year 1041
by order of the general colonial court.
In 1047 the same authority declared
that free schools should be established
within every town having fifty house
holders under penalty of a One of £5.
This fine was doubled by a declaration
made In 1071 and ngnln doubled In
1083. Connecticut established tree
schools In 1044 and levied a tax for
their support. Maryland established
free schools In 1004 and levied a tax on
negroes, pelts, furs and berk and pork
for their supjrort. Governo&Berkeley
declared In ]f§(9 the hope
schools would&cver be esta'
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taken very sick while here. Dr. Dltt
mer of Manchester la attending her.
The W. F. M. S. meets Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Fraser.
Mrs. Boylea wbo haa been visiting her
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Virginia, Dut the towns or unarieston
and Elizabeth did establish them in
that year, and Elizabeth set aside 200
acres of land and eight cows, the in
crease from which wns applied to sup
port the schools. Four years later the
number of cows had Increased to forty.
Pennsylvania was settled by Pcnn on
the Delaware river in 1681, and tlie
some year a free school, which is still
conducted under the auspices of the
Friends, or Quakers, was established
In Philadelphia. Ampng the declara
tions of Penn In his "frame of govern
ment" he asserted this Immortal truth,
long since forgotten by the men who
have been responsible for the govern
ment of the commonwealth: "Any gov
ernment is free to the people under It,
whatever be the frame, where the law
rules, and the people are a party to
those laws. More than this Is tyranny,
oligarchy and confusion." This sen
tence Is inscribed In a bronze tablet lm
placed in the walls of Independence
hall.
INTENTIONS THAT COUNT.
OnlrThoae Pat Into Practice Amount
to Anything.
The paving of the road to a very un
comfortable place Is said to be com
posed of good Intentions. Nowhere else
has this material been tried for paving,
though it Is plentiful enough for almost
any purpose. We all know people
whose houses burn when they are
'just going to" insure, who lose a cow
or a horse when they arc "just going
to" mend tbe fence or close the gate,
who are "just going to" buy stock
when It goes up like a rocket, who are
'just going to" pay a note when it goes
to proteBt, who are "just going to" help
a neighbor when he dies, who are "just
going to" send some flowers to a sick
friend when It proveB too late. In fact,
they are ''just going to" do things all
their lives, but never get them started.
"To be always Intending to live a
new life, but never to find time to set
about It," says Tlllotson, "is ns if a
man should put off eating and drinking
until be Is starved to death."
Under every clock in a factory at
Cleveland, O., Is the motto, "Do it
now!" Such a motto, lived up to by
every one, would spare tbe world much
trouble. It would add tliousunds of
good deeds to daily happenings, save
many firms from bankruptcy through
bad debts, paint hundreds of pictures
only dreamed of, write books without
number and straighten out half the
tangles of our complicated social life.
The habit of putting off disagreeable
duties Is responsible for much needless
unhapplness, for these bugbears weigh
on the mind and prevent the satisfied
content that comes from duty well per
formed. Most tasks promptly under
taken prove less difficult than we antic
ipated, and the joy of accomplishment
often compensates for any hardship ex
perienced.
Don't get to be known for unfulfilled
good Intentions. Good Intentions car
ried out become the good deeds that
make men useful, loved and famous..
Doing things rather than just planning
them makes all tbe difference between
success and failure.—Success.
SCIENCE NOTES.
A body weighing one pound on earth
would weigh twenty-seven and & halt
pounds upon the eun.
shed In
The highest mountain In the moon fis
at least 85,000 feet In height that 1*
6,000 feet higher than Mount Everest
Vanadium Is a rare metal which oxi
dizes in air with great dfflculty, melts
at 2,000 degrees and becomes red hot in
hydrogen.
Perfectly transparent bodleB are only
visible by virtue of nonuniform illu
mination, and in uniform illumination
they become absolutely Invisible.
A transit of Venus occurs only four
times in 283 years. It is most impor
tant to astronomers because it gives
them an opportunity of measuring the
distance of the earth from the sun.
The sun and the earth are both prac
tically spherical in shape, and the earth
is evidently only a small, cooled off or
frozen sun. The sun has a shell of
glowing metallic clouds the earth has
A shell of solid opaque rocks and
metals.
A Hard Hearted People.
Filial piety finds no place In Tibet-
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character. It is no uncommon
thing for a son to turn his father, when
too old for work, out of doors and to
leave him to perish In the cold. The
superstition that the souls of the dead
can, If they will, haunt the living
drives their hardened natures to gain
by the exercise of cruelty the promise
of the dying that they will not return
to earth.
As death approaches the dying per
son Is asked, "Will you come back or
will you not?" If he replies that he
will, they pull a leather bag over his
head and smother him If he says he
will not, he Is allowed to die in peace.
—Edinburgh He view.
A Very Ancient SnAlte.
The African cobra ranges from Egypt
to the Cape of Good Hope. That it was
known In northern Africa thousands of
years ago la shown by its familiar ap
pearance In Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Near Cape Colony It is almost extermi
nated, and its destruction Is much pro
moted by that curlouB and valued long
legged hawk known as tbe secretary
bird. Six or seven species of cobra have
been distinguished, three of which be
long to the Indian region.
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him.
Mrs. Georgen of Rockville came up
here Saturday and took the train to
Manchester to visit ber son John
Georgen, the county clerk. She reports
her son Charles getting BOme better.
He hai just recovered from a bard Bpell
of sickness.—Commercial.
Yet Ripe.
The physicians were holding a consul
tatlon beside the cot of the man sup
posed to have appendicitis concealed
about his person.
"I believe," said one of the surgeons,
"that we should wait and let him get
stronger before cutting Into bim."
Before the other prospective operator*
could reply the patient turned his head
and remarked feebly:
"What do you take me for—a cheese?"
—Baltimore American.
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Husband (Inspecting house and lot,
with a view to purchase)—The lot Is ab
surdly small, my dear scarcely big
enough for a flower bed.
'Wife (fresh from flat)—Er—couldn't
we have a folding flower bed?—Smart
Bet.
Why the Preseller Vailed.
"So the Rev. Mr. Goodley was a fail
ure at that church, eh?"
"Yes, he tried to bring the congrega
tion Into harmony with his ideas in
stead of bringing hie ideas into harmo
ny with the congregation."—Eixchange.
Merely a Saneatlon.
"Man proposes and woman disposes,"
remarked the young man who gets quo
tations twisted.
"Well," replied the beautiful blond on
the other end of the sofa, "I'm disposed
to do my part If some man will do bis.1
Three minutes later she had him
fanded.-Ghicago News.
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A SWORD OF HONOR.
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the Menna of Bringing Mi»r
Nlinl Ney to Death.
A saber of honor brought Marshal
Ney to dishonor and death. When Na
poleon entered Cairo on the22dof July,
1703, he wns presented with three
swords of honor richly inlaid with pre
cious stones. He. brought them back
to Europe, and in 1802 he gave one to
Ney and another to Murat, keeping the
third for himself. Ney received his at
an Imperial reception. The sword
passed from one to another of those
present, among whom was a young
subaltern of the Auvergne regiment
When Napoleon escaped from Elbe,
Ney left the king and took sides with
his former chief. After the allies en
tered Paris, Ney made preparations to
get out of the country, but his wife and
a friend persuaded him that there was
really no danger, and he decided to ro
mnln in France. Then came the order
for his arrest. He fled to a castle in
the possession of some friends and suc
ceeded In reaching it without his pres
ence being known. One day, feeling
tired, he threw himself on a couch, first
taking off Ills oriental sword, which he
always Wore out of affection for the
emperor. Hearing voices, he sprang
up and hurriedly left the room, forget
ting his sword. A minute later a par
ty of women and men entered the room,
one of them being the young subaltern
of the Auvergne regiment, now a colo
nel. He at once recognized the sword
and, calling in some gendarmes, pro
ceeded to search the premises. Finding
that he was discovered, Ney gave him
self up quietly. On Dec. 7, 1S15, the
marshal, whose sobriquet was the
Bravest of the Brave, the hero of a
hundred battles, was shot. Scarcely
two months after tbe owner of tbe sec
ond sword, Murat, had met his fate in
the same way.
LOCATING JOHN.
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Hunter and Hli
Rctarn Home.
A story is told of a young man
named John P., who, being in poor
health, went to India. His family had
instructed him not to spare expense,
but to cable three times a week how
he was and what he was doing. The
first cable message ran:
Am w«U. Have native guide, Injo.
Hunt tigers tomorrow.
The next communication did not ar
rive till two weeks later. It was this:
John dead. Killed. Tiger. "What do?
Some mistake. Some mistake. You
send a tiger. Where Is John?
The following information was soon
received:
No mistake. No mistake. John Inside
tiger!
Nature's Monument to Wathlngton
Among the many monuments to
Washington is the one which every vis
itor to the Cape Verde islands will re
member as one of the most colossal and
marvelous freaks of natural sculptun
in existence. Along the farther side of
the harbor of San Vicente, the principal
town, rises a bold ridge of dark gray
volcanic rocks, the cres£of which forms
an exact likeness of our immortal
George, seemingly lying face upward,
as if in a peaceful sleep.
The hero's large, bold features, the
backward wave of the hair, his mass
ive shoulders and even the frill of the
shirt front are all reproduced on a gi
gantic scale with wonderful exactness.
The strange monument, sharply out*
lined against the deep blue of the trop
ical sky, is one of the first objects that
meet one's eye in approaching the is
land. Its gigantic proportions, with
the boundless ocean for a background,
form a portrait wonderfully true to na
ture and overpowering In its magnifi
cence.
Sand Danes In Gaacony.
One of the most interesting and re
markable of the many regions for the
observation of saud dunes lies between
Bordeaux and Bayonne, in Gascony.
The sea here throws every year upon
the beach, along a line of 100 miles in
length, some 5,000,000 cubic yards of
sand.
The prevailing westerly winds con
tinue picking up the surface particles
from the westward
Blope,
whirl them
over to the Inward slope, where they
are again deposited, and the entire
ridge by this means alone moves grad
ually Inward. In the bourse of years
there has thus been formed a complex
system of dunes, all approximately par
allel with the coast and with one an
other and of all altitudes up to 2&0 feet
These are marching steadily Inward
at a rate of from three to six feet a
year, whole villages having sometimes
been torn down to prevent burial and
rebuilt at a distance.
Beanttfal Tree 8uake».
Among the most attractive of the
many kinds of serpents are the delicate
and beautiful tree snakes (dendrophis),
which very rarely descend to the
ground, as they find food enough among
the birds and those frogs and lizards
which also dwell in trees. The grace
ful form of the body, tbe elegance and
rapidity of their movements and the
exquisite beuuty of their colors have
excited the lively admiration of those
who have bad the good fortune to
watch them in their native haunts. The
larger kinds attain to a length of over
five feet They are frequently adorned
with the brightest colors, green being,
however, generally the prevailing tint.
They are active by day.
Saw tbe Whole of It.
Alexander weeping because the world
was so small has a counterpart in an
old Inhabitant of Luss, a pretty litti*
village on Loch Lomond side, Scotland,
who at last has been persuaded to
climb the mountain wbich has filled so
large apart of his horizon all the days
of his life. In Luss he has lived, as his
fathers lived before him, and from
Luss he has never had the ambition to
journey, even as far as Glasgow. But
some one got him to the top of Ben Lo
mond the other day.
"Eh, mon," said he, with great self
congratulation, "but the world's a big
place when ye come to view the whole
of it!"
Renllatlc.
He—I had a realistic dream last night
She—Indeed! What was it?
"Oh, I dreamed I had proposed to
you and you had turned mo over to
your father."
"Yes, yea. And what did father say?"
"Oh, I don't know. I only know 1
woke up and found myself on the
floor."—Yonkers Statesman.
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An Alliterative Poeoi on Plga.
One of the book collectors of Phila
delphia lias in his library volume of
Latin jokes that was printed in Ger
many in 1703, says the Philadelphia
lteeord. The name of this volume is
Nugtc Venules," and it contains a
poem 300 lines long wherein every
word—every single word—begins with
the letter "p."
Even the title page of |he poem con
tains only "p's." It reads:
"Pugnii Poreorum, per Publium Por
eluin, Poetniu" ("The Battle of the
Pigs," by Publliis l'oreius, poet).
Here are two lines of the poem that
show liow strange alliteration, so heav
ily laid on, appears:
PerleBC poreorum pulcherrlma proella,
potor:
Potando poteris plaeldum proferre poeslm.
Almost incredible is the patience that
must have been required to compose
this work of 1,500 words, every one of
which begins with a "p."
Spoiling a Trnmctly.
INJA.
Back went the tearful message:
Send on body.
A month later there was delivered to
the keeper of the receiving vault of M.
cemetery a box or coffin so large and
heavy that it might have been the
home of a second Cardiff Giant. Sus
picion having been aroused, a permit,
was secured and the sealed coffin
opened. To the consternation of those
present there lay the body of a magnif
icent Bengal tiger resting on white
satin. The following message was soon
racing across the Atlantic:
Among theatrical anecdotes a time
honored chestnut Is that which belongs
to the tent scene in "Richard 111." The
story is told of Barry Sullivan, to
whom it probably occurred. Anyhow
the narrator has thrown iu a repartee
that Is characteristic enough of the fa
mous Irish tragedian.
AVho's there?" exclaims Ulchard at
the conclusion of his dreaming. Cates
by In his excitement stammered out his
answer and abruptly stopped in the
middle of his phrase, 'Tls I, my lord,
the early village cock."
Sullivan surveyed the bewildered as
poet of the officer for a few seconds
with a sardonic grin, as if enjoying the
actor's agony, and then growled in an
audible tone, "Then why the mischief
don't you crowV"
TcunyHonV Memory.
Tennyson when a young man had a
strong liking for Gray and classed him
and Burns as the two greatest lyric
poets of any age or country. He much
loved some of Burns' poetry. But be
fore all Teunyson placed his Bible. He
had also a great liking for Dante's "In
ferno" and knew it line for line. He
would boast in ills pleasant way that
if any one read one line he could give
the next from memory, and he invaria
bly did it.
An Effnilvc Combination.'
Waggsby—Gnicious! If young Got
rox and Miss Blublud are so fortunate
as to have their marriage blessed with
children, the rising generation will be
terrible talkers.
Nnggsby—Why so?
Waggsby—Why, if "money talks" and
"blood will tell," their progeny will In
herit two mighty strong inducements
to be communicative.—Baltimore Amer
ican.
What »l«l Ho Mean?
Patient (after giving the doctor $8
and receiving a prescription)—But sup
pose, doctor, tills doesn't cure me?
Doctor—In that case come back, and
I'll relieve you again. Detroit Fred
Press.
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Notice of Appointment of Adminis
trator.
STATE OF IOWA, I
ua
Delaware County
NOTICE IS HKRKDY GIVKN. That tho under
signed lias been duly appointed and qualified as
Administrator, with the will annexed, of the
Estate of C. A. Lewis Tupper. late of Dela
ware County, deceased. All persons indebted
to said Estate are reqested to make Immediate
payment, and those' naving claims against the
snrne will present thorn, duly authenticated, to
tho undersigned for allowance.
s.
E. M. OAKR,
Dated February 14th. t003. Administrator.
7-3w.
Poultry and Eggs.
Henry Perclval, manager at Man
chester, Ions, for tbe wholesale poultry
ana egg house of S. P. WADLEY, of
Dubuque. Can be found at A. 1),
Work's Meat Market. 30 6 mo.
Special Bates to California and Ari
zona.
Via Chicago Great Western Hallway
Tickets on sale daily from Feb. 15th to
April 30tb, Available in touriBt sleeping
cars. For further particulars apply to
any great Western Agent or J. P,
Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, III. 5-wl3
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Notice to Contractors.
The city of Manchester, IOWA, having deter
mined to build a sewer in naid city as follows:
Commencing at tbe center line of Franklin
street, at a point directly east of tho center
of tbe alley as now located between Lota 284
ucdSOofthe city of Manchester, Iowa, aod
extending westward to said alley and aloni
the center line of said alley to Lot of sale
city, and westward along and through tbe
center of said Lot 1C to tbe south side of tb«
east end of the alley between Lots 1 and 16 of
Block 4 of Toogooa & Bethel's subdivision of
a uart of Lot 1 of the Iowa Land Compa
subdivision of a part of tbe village, now ...
of Uuicbester Iowa, asd extending westwau
along said alley to tbe center oi the alley be
tween the southwest corner of Lot 8 and the
northwest corner of Lot 14 of Block 4 of said
Toogood & Bethel's subdivision In accordance*
with tho nlaus and ipeclUcatlons now on file
In the office of U. It. Robinson, clerk of said
city, notice Is hereby given that sealed bids
win bo received by said city for the con
struction of said sewer, In accordance with
said plans and specifications, at tho office of
the clerk of salu city, up to twelve o'clock
noon of Monday, March 16.1008.
Said sewer to be laid with first class Vitri
fied tile, with all joints sealed and all man
holes and connections placed, located, and
constructed. In a workmanlike manner, In ac
cordance with said plans and specifications
now on file in the office cf the clerk of sale:
city.
Said sewer shall belaid nnder the supervl
sion and direction of the city council of said
city, and its duly appointed engineer.
The work of constructing said sewei
Ing the replacing of materials removed, shall
be completed on or before June 1st. 1903.
Tbe payment of tbe contract price for the
construction of sold sewer shall be m&de on
April 10. 1W.
The contract to be entered Into between said
city and tbe successful bidder for the con
struction of said sewer iball contain a claove
binding tbe contractor to keep tbe sewer In
good repair for a period of one year from and
after Its construction and acceptance bj said
city.
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All bids most be sealed and accompanied
with a certified check payable to the order of
U. Seeds. Treasurer, in tbe sum of Fifty
Dollars, as security that the bidder will enter
Into a contract for the doing of the work, and
that he will glie the bond crntemplated by
Sections 814 and 815 of tbe Code of Iowa.
Said bids will be considered by satd city
at a frpedal meeting fIts city council, to be
held In tbe councli room on Monday. March
16,1003, commencing at 7:30 o'clock p. m., and
the city resor?es tbe right 10 reject any and
all bids received.
Tbe checks of unsuccessful bidders will bo
returned.
Dated at Manchester, Iowa^tbls Ust
day of
January. 1003, B. rTbOBINSON
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RANSOM COUNTY
The Banner County of the State of North Dakota
for Diversified Farming and Stock Raising.
RANSOM COUNTY is situated in southeastern Nor Hi Dakota. The
general lay of the country is level to rolling. The soil is a heavy black
loam, three or four feet deep, underlaid with a clay subsoil. Kainfall
averages from 20 to 22 inches per annum. Ransom county will be the
future dairying and diversified farming county of North Dakota, and is
now being rapidly taken up by a prosperous class of farmers from
southern Minnesota, Iowa. Illinois, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
These people have made a success of farming in their different localities
and are recognizing the future of Ransom county. Besides, the farm
ers that are selling lands in these old localities all the way from $50 to
$1.50 per acre recollect that from ten to fifteen years ago their land was
elling from $15 to $30 per acre, and this is to be repeated in Ransom
county. Ransom county this year harvested one of the finest crops of
corn, wheat, oate, barley and flax in its history. Hundreds of the best
farmers of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and eastern South
Dakota are selling their high priced land and are buying farms in Ran
som county, where the soil is as rich and the climate as good as in their
former homes. A visit of inspection invariably convinces -the land
seeker that Ransom county offers greater inducements for profitable
farming and dairying than any other section in the' northwest. Write
us for maps or any information you want concerning Ransom county.
We will gladly respond to all correspondence."
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LISBON, RANSOM COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.
Drugs.
and Druggist's Sundries
at
Denton & Ward's!
Are you going to paint?
Yes.
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Where will You Buy?
Grams'
Of Cowse.
They have the finest stock in town, and they will treat you
right. If you don't believe it go and see them for yourself, and
be convinced.
And for PAINT, the Paliners & Sargent paint,s, the B. P.
S. paint sold. Also a complete line of Red Seal Lead and the
best oils at bottom prices. Brushes &c.
City Hall Pharmacy,
Lawrence & Grems.
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