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WHY?
WHY!
Democratic Cvtinty Ticket. I SOME FAMOUS GARDENS.
For Reprosontativo Thos. L. Kelly
For Treasurer T. J. Coglati
For Slioritf .J.H. Joues
ForSupt. of Schools Rob'tC. Sponcor
Republican County Ticket.
,.For Representative S. M. Gurdner
For Treasurer L. D. Phelps
For Sheriff Thos. Davis
For Supt.of Schools D. P. Repass
For Supervisor Nels P. Hoeuh
For Surveyor 11. S. Wattles
For Gorouer W. R. Koob
Made Him Feci Good.
"John," said the editor to liis of
fice boy, "John, am I a rich man—
a—very rich muni"
"I never liearn tell that you wuz,"
replied the oiuce boy.
"Ain 1 not even comfortably well
off?"
"Not that 1 knows on."
"Have 1 uot money in bank and
checkbooks without number lying
all around meV"
"Nary one."
The editor sighed, then turned to
three letters that lay on his table
and read aloud:
"Our bank has a claim against
you tor $100. Please send check on
receipt of this."
"Our firm has been instructed to
collect $b0 out of you. Kindly for
ward your check at once."
"We have a claim for 470 againBt
you. Please remit us by check as
early as possible."
"God bless the banks and the law
yers I" lie exclaimed. "Tbeydomake
a poor, struggling devil feel so
good!"
And. then he silently dropped the
letters into the wastebasket and
wrote an editorial on ^'Brighter
Days Ahead."—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Wanted a Change.
On the one excursion north 'v'
Bon and
Bitlorioa] D«partm«m
rt
XMMSjF*'
Tiuor is rnifhowuiD
WUV9 Because our stock is new and up-to-date and has not been in company with the moths on dusty
II111. shelves fof years.
Spots of Beauty and Recreatiou From t«i
Earliest Ages.
In Babylon, crowded city bin'
on a flat plain, the queens lmd t'
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For Supervisor E. B. Porry
For Surveyor Petor Lykko
For Coroner...5 Jno. 1. Uousley
Because our store is complete and we can satisfy your ever desire. Another good reason, is it not?
WHY? kuy f°r two stores, large quantities of goods, and one who understands anything about it
11111 knows that by so doing we obtain the lowest prices. Good argument.
WRY? Because we buy for cash and obtain every possible discount, an item in which our customers par
11111 take of the profit-sharing.
Look at a few of the bargains we offer and you will more readily understand WHY.
Loolj the Lis*:
Men's Blue Chinchilla Overcoats $4 40 We sell Wright's best health Wool Fleeced Under
Men's Blue Kersey Overcoats 5 75 wear at $1.00 per garment.
Men's Light and Dark Brown Cheviot Overcoats 4 40 We sell the best 50c Unlaundered White Shirt in
Men's Blue Chinchilla Ulsters 5 75 the market long or short bosom.
Mens Fancy Plaid Suits 5 00 We are agents for the Gotham Stiff Hats—the latest
Boys'Long Pant Suits 2 50 blocks on hand.
Child Black Cheviot Knee Pant Suits 1 50 We are agents for the Great Western Glove. Every
Child's Cape Overcoats, from 75c to 4 00 $1.00 glove warranted.
Men's Fifty Cent per Garment Boys' Underwear, 50c and $1.00 per suit.
Fleeced Underwear! Men's Duck Coats, 75c to 2.50.
We have the best article to be found at that price. Men's and Boys' Duck Coats, 25c to $1.00.
The lioary-lieaded sage proclaims that winter is near at hand. Prepare for the chilling breeze and biting
blast and buy your clothing, your underwear and the many, many things you'll need. We will protect
your purse and our clothing will protect your forms.
J. Friend 5t SorV
Boston One Price Cash Clothing House, Audubon, Iowa.
P* S.—The Utica Clothing Co. of Des Moines, is sending catalogues into this section, soliciting
orders. We have compared tlieir prices to our own and find that we are lower in everything.
We invite those who receive a catalogue from them to make a like comparison.
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gardens in the air, hanging or
gardens, whence they could look
far away to the distant sky liuc
Hero rich and rare blossoms n\v
and lovely'foliage gave shade, ami
a cooler air refreshed the brow th..n
that of the heated streets lar below.
The rich also had liiyli, terraced
gardens on land, and, sweetest of
all, floating gardens on the lakes.
These were made on rafts, and in
tho rioh soil and abundant moisture
the flowers bloomed marvelously.
while in the waters another garden,
counterpart of the first, bloomed
in a fair shadow world. In such a
garden as this one might have the
enjoyment of movement gliding
slowly over the waves or rest at
will moored to the bank.
Another fairy like garden was the
desert garden in which the royal la
dies of Persia and of Egypt delight
ed. Sui rounded by burning sands,
they yet contrived, by artificial
means, to extend the waters of some
spring in an oasis and rear beauti
ful shrubs and a prolusion of flow
ers and tender grass, sprinkliug the
air continually with fountains that
laughed and played in the sun.
Think of the delight of entering
such a retreat after a toilsome jour
ney on camel's back in the hot glare
and across tho parched sands of
some desert route. In the groat
tanks were cultivated aquatic plants,
the lotus, or water lily, of the Egyp
tian river, with coiling stems and
cool, veined leaves.
lhe Romans and the Greeks de
lighted in gardens, and those ol
Pompeii, the city destroyed so many
Cold Facts!
predominated. Tlie Pompeiians lov
ed red they sometimes painted the
lower part of the columns in their
graceful peristyles or porticoes a
bright red, leaving the upper part
untouched. You looked through the
portico across hall and parlor and
perhaps picturo room, all open and
cheery, into the little garden be
yond with its trim flower beds, its
little fountain, its vases on podes
tals nnd statues in the shrubbery.
Illusions and fanciful devices were
in great request. The garden walls
were tinted and painted in perspec
tive, trees, temples, etc., to produce
an appearance of more space than
really existed. Bronze boys with
silver eyes and nymphs scattering
wroaths were favorite ornaments.
Eveiy thing looked ready for a feast.
In Italy, during the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries and even
later, the greatest attention was be
stowed on gardens. These were full
of fountains and little lakes and
winding walks and borders of flow
ors, of course, but their Bpecial fea
ture was the resemblance to the old
gardens of Rome. Their boundaries
were marked by marble pillars with
a sculptured head of Hermes under
the statoly stone pines were little
templos built in classic style beside
the streams wore grottos with stat
ues of water nymphs and deities in
the groves you came suddenly upon
a white marble Pan with his pipes
or Apollo and Diana with their
bows.—Philadelphia Times.
sue fcouiu wait.
It is often very difficult for new
comers in a community, especially
if the community is a small one, to
understand the looal ideas of social
requirements, for otiquette—a tick
lish thing.at best—is often greatly
modified by local usage.
A Mrs. Cathcart, who had gone
large city to live in a small
Island, was a worn-
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TWELVE YEARS OLD. EXIRA, IOWA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1897. $1.00 PER YEAR
\V£ deal with the public through the newspapers
the same as we deal with people personally—
honorably—and by this method we have gained the
confidence of intelligent people and shall not betray
it. To-day our trade is larger than ever and we intend
to increase it. There are many reasons why people
should deal with us.
cart rose to go
and said, "Now, Mrs.
Johnson, I hope, since we have be
come acquainted, that you will
come over and see me."
"Well, my dear," said Mrs. John
son, "I ain't no hand to gad. You
see, I have so much to do at home,
't I don't get no time. I hain't ben
out but once all winter, 'n' that was
when Aunt Sally fiashford was bur
ied. Of course, I make it a p'int
always to go to the funeral when
any o' my friends die, but I don't
get out no other time."
"In that case," said Mrs. Cath
cart, "I hope you won't be in any
hurry about returning this call."—
Youth's Companion.
The Last Match Bared Them.
The ship had lain becalmed in a
tropical sea for three days. Not a
breath of air stirred the mirrorlike
surface of the sea, or the limp sails
that hung from the yards like dra
pery carved in stone.
The captain resolved to wait no
longer. He piped up all hands on
deck and requested the passengers
to also come forward.
"I must ask all of you," he said,
"to give me every match that you
have."
Wonderingly the passengers and
crew obeyed.
The captain carefully arranged
the matches in his hands as each
man handed him his store until all
had been collected. Then he threw
them all overboard but one, drew a
cigar from his pocket, and, striking
tho solitary match on the main
mast, endeavored to light it.
In an instant a furious gale swept
over the deck, extinguished the
match and filled the sails, and the
good ship Mary Ann sped through
the waves on her course.—Pearson's
Weekly.
Mo Intuit Intended*
A London exquisite—in America
he would be called a dude—had gone
vo
a west end restaurant, says
was from
A TAME BUTTERFLY.
How It Was Kept, Trained and Fed For
Several Months.
The butterfly seems to be born
and to die three times, but it is only
a case of progressive development,
accomplished in the midst of an ap
parent torpor. The caterpillar al
ready contains the rudiments of all
the forms that it is to tako on in
succession. Tho anatomist discovers
in it three creatures, one incased
within the other, and the third is en
veloped in a double winding sheet,
which it finally throws off, to ap
pear in all its beauty.
One cold, bleak November morn
ing, when all nature wore the sullen
aspect of the English climate
at that
season, a lady who had just risen
from a bed of sickness went into an
adjoining apartment, where she was
astonished and delighted to perceive
a beautiful butterfly in the window.
As the sun came out for a brief
bright space it fluttered joyously
about the window and imparted to
the sickroom an air of cheerfulness
and hope. Toward evening the tiny
creature dropped its wings, and the
lady placed it in a glass tumbler on
the mantelpiece. During the night
a hard frost came on, the room was
very cold and in the morning the
butterfly lay in tho bottom of the
tumbler apparently dead. The in
valid, grieved that her gentle com
panion of the previous day should
so soon perish, made some effort to
restore its fragile existence. She
put it in her own warm hand, and,
breathing upon it, perceived that it
gave signs of returning animation.
She then once more placed it in the
glass tumbler on the rug before the
fire.
Soon the little insect spread out
its many colored wings and flew to
the window, where tho sun was
shining bright. By and by, when
the sun retired, the window panes
grew cold, and tho butterfly sank
down on the carpet again, apparent
ly lifeless. The same means were
used to restore animation and with
the same success.
This alternation of life and death
went on for many days till at last
the little thing became quite tame
and seemed to be acquainted with
its benefactress. When she went to
the window and held out her finger,
it would of its own accord hop
Mpon it. Sometimes it wootil settle
for an hour at a time upon her hand
or her neck when she was reading
or writing.
Its food consisted of honey, a drop
of which the lady would put upon
her hand, when the butterfly would
unourl its suoker and gradually sip
it up then it usually sipped a drop
of water in the same way. The
feeding took place only once in three
or four days.
In this manner its existence was
prolonged through the whole win
ter and part of the following spring.
JVs it approached the end of its ca
reer its wings became quite trans
parent and its spirits apparently de
jected. It would rest quietly in the
tumbler even when the sun was
wooing it to come out, and at last,
one morning in April, it was found
dead.
By the transformations of the
butterfly tho imaginative Greeks
typified the change that takes place
in man when the soul passes from
its earthly existence, enters upon a
spiritual lifo and realizes the glories
and splendors of a happy immortal
ity.—Our Animal Friends.
A Picture of Hawthorne*
In "Memories of Hawthorne," by
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, is the fol
lowing portrait of her father as
Mrs. Lathrop remembers him:
"In the early years of our stay in
England his personality was most
radiant. His face was sunny, his
aspect that of shiniug elegance.
There was tho perpetual gleam of a
glad smile on his mouth and in his
eyes. His eyes were either a light
gray or a violet blue, according to
his mood. His hair was brown and
waved loosely (I take it very hard
when people ask me if it was at all
red), and his complexion was as
clear and luminous as his mother's,
who was the most beautiful woman
some people have even seen. He
was tall and with as littlo superflu
ous flesh and as much sturdy vigor
as a young athlete, for his mode of
life was always athletic, simple and
abstemious. He leaned his head a
little to one side often in a position
indicating alert rest sucli as we find
in many Greek statues—so differ
ent from the straight, doggod pose
of a Roman emperor."
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC,
The Many Requirements of au Ocean Pas
senger Steamer.
First class passengers must have
a large and handsome dining ealoon.
Indeed the commissariat
depart-|Meals
Journal.
able or unwilling to pay me nignesx
fare. In many cases a third class
of accommodation is given for emi
grants and those to whom cost is a
matter of the first moment. Ac
cording to their several ranks, all
these passengers must we waited
upon, so that a large body of stew
ards and servants must be carried
in addition to the orew of naviga
tors and engineers.
With this large number of people
to bo fed, cooking arrangements of
the most elaborate and complete
kind must be made. Provisions
must be stored in such a manner as
to remain fresh and good through
out the voyage, and for this purpose
steam refrigerating machinery and
cold storage chambers are usually
provided at the expense of some of
the cargo space. A practically un
limited supply of fresh water must
be allowed to everybody on board,
and yet the arrangements for its
supply must be such that anything
like waste shall be prevented.
The passenger is by nature a
grumbler, and being shut up for
days together on an island from
which there is no escape, with littlo
occupation but to find fault, he
must be an angel indeed if he utter
ed no complaint. It is the construct
or's province, if possible, to shut
his mouth by anticipation.
This huge floating caravansary
has to be lighted, warmed and ven
tilated. The progress in lighting by
incandescent electric lamps without
vitiating tue atmosphere has been
an immense advantage to passenger
steamers, even though it be a cost
ly light.
The maintenance of an equable
temperature, with pure, fresh air
free from drafts, warm enough in
cold climates and cool enough in hot
latitudes, presents almost insur
mountable difficulties. Where spaoes
are so contracted and nooks and
corners so numerous the air must
lie quiescent unless disturbed by
currents too violent to be admissi
ble, and it is to be feared that even
in the best vessels there must still
be a smell of the ship shippy. In
recent practice all unnecessary lin
ings have been removed and all
apartments thrown as open for the
free ingress and egress of air as is
consistent with necessary privacy—
a quality, by the way, which pas
sengers would do well to remember
is never absolute on board ship.
Hen^y H. West in CaR -^Ss Maga
zine. "V.?..: "V
This slang word seems to have
oome in at first as a mere written
contraction. I have found the word
lay gents in law reports of the sev
enteenth century, particularly those
of Popham and of Davis. In Sir
John Northcote's
"Note Book,'' Dec.
2, 1640, Lord Gray is described as
saying of one Hallford or Holford
"that ho is to gent that ia mem
ory of divers he kept hogs." The
cognate word gemman can be traced
about a century earlier.—Notes and
Queries.
The Modern Shark.
The modern shark is deteriorat
ing. In ages gone by there were fe
rocious sharks, such as would make
a mouthful of you without blinking,
70 feet in length. Plenty of their
teeth have been found which are
inches long, whereas the biggest of
the teeth belonging to sharks that
exist at the preeent day are 1 1-2
inches long.
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption
This is the best medicine in the world
for all forms of Coughs and Colds and
for Consumption. Every bottle is guar
anteed. It will cure and not disappoint.
It has no equal for whooping cough,
asthma, hay fever, pneumonia, bron
chitis, la grippe, cola in the head and
for consumption. It is safe for all ages,
pleasant to take, and above all a sure
cure. It is-ahvays well to take Doctor
Kings New Life Pill, in connection
with Doctor King's New Discovery, as
they regulate and tone the stomach
and bowels. We guarantee perfect sat
isfaction or return money. Free trial
bottles at C. W. Houston's drug store.
Regular size, 50c and $1.00.
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RESTAURANT.
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Nuts, Temperance
Drinks, IceCream,
Cigars, Pies and
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rHE NEBUL/E.
ifot an Aggregation of Stars, bat a La
minoas Gas.
On the Evening of the 29th of Au
gust, 1884, I directed the telescope
for the first time to a planetary neb
ula in Draco. The reader may now
be able to picture to himself to some
extent the feeling of excited sus
pense, mingled with a degree of
awe, with whioh, after a few mo
ments of hesitation, I put my eye to
the spectroscope. Was I not about
to look into a secret place of orea
tionf
I looked into the snreotro®^^
No spectrum such a^ipqjecteu.
single'bright liueWny I At first
suspected some displacement of th_
prism and that I was looking at a
rejection of the illuminated slit
from one of its faces. This thought
was scarcely more than momentary.
Then the true interpretation flashed
Upon me. The light of the nebuln
was mqnochromatic, and so, unlik
any other light I had as yet subjeci
ed to prismatic examination, could
not be extended out to form a com
plete spectrum. After passing
through the two prisms it remained
concentrated into a single brigb*
line having a width correspc
to the width of the slit and oct
ing in the instrument a position
that part of the spacLrum to which
its light belongs in refragibility.
A little closer looking showed two
other bright lines on the side toward
the blue, all the three lines being
separated by intervals relatively
dark.
Tho riddle of the nebulae was
solved. The answer, which had
come to us in the light itself, read:
Not an aggregation of stars, but a
luminous gas. Stars after the order
of our own sun and of the brighter.
stars would givo a different spec
trum. The light of this nebula had
clearly been emitted by a luminous
gas. With an excess of caution, at
the moment I did not venture to go
further than to point out that we
had here to do with bodies of an or
der quite different from that of the
stars. Further observations soon
convinced me that, though the Ehort
span of human life is far too mi
nute, relatively, to cosmic its
for UB to exjr-' 'o see in
any dif
i, the
whelmi.
tion in th-
Greetings*
The Arabians shake hands six or
eight times. Once is not enough. If,
however, they be persons of distinc
tion, they embrace and kiss one,an
other several times, and also kiss
their own hands. In Turkey the sa
lute is to place the hand up
breast and bow, which is both grace
ful and appropriate.
In Burma when a man meets a
woman he puts his nose and his
mouth close to her cheek and draws
along breath, as if inhaling a deli
cious perfume. He does not kiss her
cheek, strange to say. A man is
greeted in exactly the same way.
In the greater part of Germany
it is considered an act of politeness,
not of gallantry, for a man to kiss
a woman's hand. In Italy that priv
ilege is allowed only to near rela
tives, while in Russia it is extended
to kissing the forehead.
The men of continental Europe
have a custom that would seem
queer, not to say laughable, here.
They greet one another with a kiss,
if they be friends, not on the cheek,
but right on the lips. Harper's
Round Table.
Oiprey Plumes*
Speaking of osprey plumes an
English tourist says: "I have seen
the ground covered with these white
plumes round many inland lakes in
India at certain seasons, and picked
up handfuls and sometimes found
them lying in quantities under trees
on which the birds have built. All
over India this is the case I believo.
My experience was in the Punjab,
but I could show a bunch of ospreys
picked up under a tree in a Rajpu
tana by my daughter. All over In
dia every bit of water is oovered
with these white aigrets.
Hindoo Birth Customs.
When a Hindoo ohild is bor
many ceremonies are gone throv
with priests and astrologers,
•n "in the fi
-si
0"nS
of the he* uma sur
ly existed Wgi-iiirf^atter now con
densed Into the sunttnd planets fill
ed .tho whole space occupioil by the
solar cyst em, in the condition of
gae, which then appeared as a glow
ing nebula, after the order, it may
be, of some now existing in the
heavens. There reinainod no room
for doubt that the nebulie which
our telescopes reveal to us are the
early stages of long processions of
cosmical events which correspond
broadly to those required by the
nebular hypothesis in one or other
of its forms.—William Huggins in
Nineteenth Century.
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