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Master Audas is out at the M. M.
Corner home this week visiting Lewis.
Mrs. J. E. Mc Guire, was down to
Audubon Sunday visiting her parents.
Forrest Ferrel's mother and sister
are over from their home in Irwin this
week visiting him.
Frank Mc Laughlin took advantage
of the harvest excursion Wednesday
and went to Ames on a visit.
Mrs. F. C. Kepp and daughter Flor
ence went to Manning Friday and
visited for a day with friends.
John Liken arrived home Tuesday
from Illnois where he has been for a
few weeks visiting his family.
Miss Jessie Packard went up to
Manning Monday and is visitiug at
the home of Mr. and Mrs Tom Wilson.
Bert Lacy and will Barger began
work Monday on the section and will
help to keep the great system in shape.
Geo. Gray expects to shell out the
corn he has stored in cribs at this
place and to put it upon the markets.
Jim Tuton ceased working for J. C.
F.Wicker Monday on the school build
ing and will now attend to affairs of
his own.
Groteluschen & Forsbeck gathered
up a couple of cars of cattle and hog3
and shipped them to theeastern mark
ets Saturday.
John Archer and family came up
from Audubon Tuesday morning and
took a team to drive into the country
to visit relatives.
Miss Lottie Delaney who has been
visiting for some time at the H. B.
Shelly home returned to her home at
Conn Rapids Friday.
Sam Randies the veteran stock feed
er and farmer purchased of Grotelusch
en & Forsbeck seventeen head of stock
cattle for winter shipment.
F. M. Leet drove through town last
Friday on his way to Manning but
stopped long enough to see how busi
ness was progressing at the bank.
M. M. Corner has decided that stock
and farm animals would be better off
this winter with a new barn and ac
cordingly will soon have one construct
ed.
Milton Goonough'a father came out
trom his home in Story County and
brought with him little Mable Good
nough who has been down there visit
ing for several weeks.
Word came down from Carroll this
week that John Crow who has been
quarantine for some time for small pox
was released Monpav. but the family
are still uner quarantine.
Hi Packard and Ol Mease havo both
decided to put up new houses on their
respective places that will be patterns
of modern conveniences and add to
the beauty of their places.
The president of the school board
and the teachers met Wednesday even
ing to formulate & course of study for
the coming year, to Rave every thing
/"in readiness for school to open.
j* School will begin next Monday
morning. The two lower grades will
begin work in the old building and
the high room is to wait until some
time later to begin in the new build
ing.
Nels Christensen sold the remainder
of his feeders this last week. 18G head
in all for $3.35.. He has given them
a good long feed and they are well
bred so that they represent a fine
bunch.
Frank Rogers of the restaurant pur
chased of Gene Mertz the tirst of the
week the barn on one of his lots and is
now putting it up south ot the restuar
ant and making it to fit his accom
modations.
Charley Beers who is now clerking
in the general store of T. B. Creveling
is developing into somewhat of a horse
trader doing his initiatory trade last
week and of course as is usual both
sides made a good deal.
F. Huffman returned home last
Thursday from Lincoln Nebr., and
vicinity where has been visiting and
reports that they can beat us in every
respect in corn, wheat and oats, but
in grasses we can go way ahead of
them,
Tuesday John Garber was out in his
corn and husked part of a load of corn
and it shows up as good as the average
year. John thinks he will have a
good yield and from observing this
load we know that it will be of good
quality.
Ora Corner was one of the progres
sive farmers last spring who had the
nerve to try barley and" as a result not
long ago put on the market about five
hundred bushels of as nice bright grain
as is often seen and getting a good
price for it.
The bronce man was in town last
Friday and as a result got several
trades out of the boys, "Sandy" Peter
son buying one, and Monday the
champion rider, Jesse Higgins, was
busy breaking it so the saddle which
he successfully did to their entire
satisfaction.
IK spirit of improvement struch the
inhabitants of the north side of town
this week and began building new
Fine line of
SAMPLES
for winter
CUTHINC
Good Overcoats
from $14.00 up
Stylish Suits
from $16.00 up
Work and lit guaranteed
WM. MEHLE
AUDUBON, IOWA if
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sidewalks so the children will have
food
roads to school. Mr. Jensen,
ohn Campbell and in front of the
Bargers are all in good shape. This is
commendable and should be followed
up all over town.
E. E. BeemB purchased Monday the
building he now occupies as a biiliard
hall and barber shop owned by Ge ne
Mertz, and will now go ahead and fit
it up in first class repair, for the on
coming winter- He will relay the
covering and put cloth over the ceil
ing inside and then paper it so it will
be quite a neat tasty place.
F. Huffman piloted Chas. Doodey,
ChaB. Borkoski and Emil Muckke to
South Dakota Tuesday evening on a
land seeking excursion. They are
going to a part of the country wherein
are good opportunities like unto those
here twenty years ago when this
country seemed to offer no induse
ments to the settlers.
Last Sunday S. P. Peterson the
harness man passed the corner stone
of his age that marks the time when
he can and must accept citizenship
and by his vote help to elect the law
makers and law enforcers of our
country, and out at his home the time
was properly spent in a manner that
will help him always to remember the
time he passed his 21st. birthday.
Tonight, Thursday the young people
of the vicinity are to gather at the
home of John Lacy to catch the tune
that falls from the violin and like elfs
in Shakespeare's Midsummers night
Dream, to while away the hours in
pleasure and joyous nlirt. When the
firefly has sought its rest they will be
seen wander forth in the "starlight
thence home to catch what sleep they
may.
In the dim gray dawn of Monday
morning, Fred Daher and wife were
called upon to mourn the death of
their little boy who was called upon
to depart this world and mingle with
innocence, purity and bliss in the
great mysterious hereafter. The call
came as a wave of sorrow to those torn
and bleeding hearts who no longer
feel the touch of infant prattle or the
hand of innocence and,love. After the
services -the little one was taken to
Audubon where it was laid to rest in
the cemetery.
CZOLGOSZ SILENT IN COURT.
Prisoner Refuses to Plead When Ar
raigned—Crowds Hiss Assassin.
Buffalo, Sept. IS.—Leon F. Czolgosz,
the assassin of President McKinley,
was arraigned before Judge Edward
K. Emery in the county court yester
day on the indictment of murder in the
first degree. Again the stubborn pris
oner refused to plead or even to ut
ter a word or sound and the Hon.
Loran L. Lewis, ex-supreme court jus
tice, entered a plea of not guilty. The
accused wili be tried in the supreme
court next Monday morning.
Crowds flocked to the city hall to
see the prisoner and the most notable
incident of the day was the hissing of
the prisoner by the crowds who surged
around him as he was being escorted
down the stairs, which were still
draped in mourning garb. The strong
guard of patrolmen and deputy sheriffs
had been dispensed with, so that the
people were able to get nearer the
prisoner as he passed to and from the
court room. Czolgosz's appearance
was that of a man shamming insanity.
Colombian Insurgents Routed.
Colon, Colombia, Sept. 18.—The Co
lombian cruiser General Pinzon re
turned to Colon yesterday, bringing
news of an easy victory for the gov
ernment troops at Bocas del Toro last
Saturday, the liberals, or insurgents,
being utterly routed and their guns
and ammunition captured. The reb
els lost 30 killed and wounded, and
had 10 prisoners taken. The others
made their escape. The government
forco lost five killed and four wounded.
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Features of the Trading and Closing
Quotations.
Chicago, Sept. 17.—All grains were active
today oil the board of trude la response to
reports of frost lust night. December
wheat closed lV4c higher, December corn
up uiul December outs l%e im
proved. Provisions were active and closed
with gains of from lTVie to 21iV6o. Closing
prices:
Wheat—Sept., 00%c Dee., 71%e.
Corn—Sept., 58%c Dec., OOVic.
Outs—Sept., 3594c: Dec., 37%c.
l'ork—Oct., $14.90 Jan., $1U.02%.
Kills—Oct., $8.70 Jan., $8.37Vj.
Lard—Oct., $9.63 Jan., $U.32V4
Cash quotations—No. 2 red wheat, 71®
71%c No. 3 red wheat, G9@70e No. 3
spring wheat, old, US'/jSTOe No. 2 hard
wheat, Ui)@70c No. 3 hurd wheat, 08V4@70c
No. 2 cash corn, 5SVic No. 3 new corn,
58®58V4e: No. 2 cush oatB, 35Ms(&36c No.
2 white outs, 3814&3SV4C.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Sept. 17.-Cuttle-Kecelpts, 4,500,
Including 2,500 no choice natives here und
murket steadier good to prime steers,
$6.00(36.40 poor to medium, $4.00@3.80
stockers and feeders, $2.50®4.25 cows und
heifers, $2.00@5.00 cunners, $1.50@2.30
bulls, $2.00:£4.73 calves, $3.00@3.75 Tex
as steers, $3.00®4.50 western steers, $3.75
@4.25. Hogs—Uecelpts, today, 18,000 to
morrow, 12,000, estimated left over, 2,000
active and EktiSlOc higher mixed and butch
ers, $6.30^6.80 good to choice heavy, $6.70
@7.07% rough heavy, $6.3O@6.0O light,
$6.75(^6.80 bulk of sales, $6.50@6.73. Sheep
—Receipts, 25,000 slow and 10@15o lower
good to choice wethers, $3.80@4.00 fair to
choice mixed, $3.55®3.S0 western sheep,
$3.25@3.75 native lambs, $3.00@3.00 west
ern lambs, $4.00@4.80.
Kansas City Live 8tock.
Kansas City, Sept. 17.-Cattle-Ileoe!pts,
14,700 generally steady to 18c higher
choice export and dressed beef steers, $0 75
®0.25 fair to good, $4.90@0.05 stockers
and feeders, $3.00@4.25 western fed steers,
$4.85@j.80 western range steers, S3.25®
4.80 Texaus and Indians, $2.70@8.73 Tex
as cows 2.10@2.80 native cows, $2.50®
4.25 belfers, $3.00@0.50 bulls, $2.25®4.23
calves, $3.00443.50. Hogs—Receipts, 10,
000 5gl5c higher: top, $6.85 bulk, $6.50®
6.80 heavy, $6.50@6.85 mixed paokers,
$5.80K6.80 light. $0.00@6.70 pigs, $4.70®
6.10. Sheep—Receipts, 5,000 steady lambs,
$4.00g4.63 western wethers, $3.29@3.6S
ewes, $2.7003.25 feeders, $8.00@3.40 stock
ers, $3.00@3.75.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, Sept. 17,-Cattle—ReoeJpts,
0,400 strong to 10c higher nutlve beef
steers, $4.50@6.00 western BteerB, $3.60®
4.90 Texas steers, $3.25@1.25 cows and
heifers, $2.83@4.25 cunners, $1.25@2.75
stockers and feeders, stronger, $2.75@4.20
calves, $3.00@5.00 bulls, stags, etc, $2.00
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Hobs—Receipts. 7.900: StfYuo
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Jake Ruhs went to Omaha Tuesday
evening on business.
Markets: Corn, 46c oats, 30c bar
[ey, 45c wheat, 54c hogs, $6.20.
Fred Tessman Jr. was on the Ross
markets Tuesday with 500 bushels of
corn.
A. K. Heuss had the threshers at
his place Tuesday turning put his
cereal crop for the year.
Dr. A. L. Brooks and wife and
daughter spent last Sunday at the
pleasant home of A. J. Eddy.
John Rickett was clown to Exira
last week to see about getting a farm
to lent for the coming summer.
A car of coal wa=? expected in Ross
Wednesday, much to the satisfaction
of man who are longing to see it.
Laren Krans had 500 bushels of old
corn shelled out Tuesday and brought
it to town and placed it on the mar
ket.
Ferdinand Weiderstein cut corn
Monday f'orWni. Diest and fixed it
so he could easily put it in the shock
for this winter's use.
Max Ehlert arrived at Ross Tues
day and commenced clerking at the
Farmers Store where he will be
pleased to meet his friends.
(Jeo. Stemm and Jake Ruhs had a
well sunk on their place in the rear
of their business houses last Tuesday
getting a good supply of water.
There will be a social gathering of
the young people at the home ot Gene
Clark for one ot the good times such
as they are in the habit of having
Friday.
Mrs. Hart went up to Manning
Monday to be present at the funeral
of her little niece who was buried
there. She returned home Tuesday
evening.
Fred Tessirian Sr. has 1200 bushels
of old corn that he expects to have
shelled out this week to put on the
market now that he is sure of a good
crop this year.
Bertie Jensen the expert butter
maker js now running the creamerv
alone, doing all the work as the
cream is not coming in very fast this
time of the year.
Jim Rutherford is back from Vail
and is busy in the Farmers Store
helping in every department. His
former experience will enable him to
make a good and efficient clerk.
Martin OlSen went out to Omaha
Tuesday evening to get some feeders
for future use. He is a good and
capable judge of stock and will be
able to tell when he sees a bargain.
Geo. Sleuim is still having a tre
mendous trade in his harness business.
He now employs three men in the
shop and then even is rushed to get
out work for the people who demand
it.
The executive board of the stock
holders of the creamery in their re
cent meeting decided to build onto
the residence of lhe buttermaker and
make it a more commodious and han
dier place.
Jim Rice and wife, from Kirkman,
and Miss Mae Harvey, of DesMoines,
were at the home of Albert Fest Sat
urday night talking over old times
and the future. Jim is growing fat
and doing well in the land business
as his friends will be pleased to learn.
Tonight in the silence of the even
ing gaily dressed young people may
be seen wending their way to the
home of Sam Mulford to chase for &
time the pleasure of the games they
may introduce and carry out. They
are a jolly crowd and in their gather
ings have such splendid times.
We scarcely know to whom to at
tribute horse trading propen
sities as so many are getting into the
habit of it. Jake Ruhs now and then
tries his hand and Walter Lee too
shows up once once in a while in this
line. In fact any man can gee any
kind of trade he chooses of any man
in town.
Last Tuesday night the sparkling
lanterns of the night smiled and spar
kled down upon a crowd of gav young
people who iu gala attire directed
their teams toward the home of Matt
Frost where perhaps they meet for
the iaBt time to enjoy themselves in a
night of frolic, fun and dance. They
have had many lovely times here and
this one was but a repetition of for
mer times.
The board of directors of the
schools of Cameron township met
last Monday and transacted what was
necessary, electing the following ofi
ficers:
John Lovelace, President.
J. J. Courtney, Secretary.
Geo. Ross, Treasurer.
Directors:
No. 1. M. D. Crow.
No. 2. A. D. Gray.
No. 3. Walter Greenlee.
No. 4. Ora Corner.
No. 5. Frank Corner.
No. 6. August Schraeder.
No. 7. Harry Bovaird.
No. 8. L. G. Kopp.
No. tt. John Lovelace.
Threshing Engine Explodes.
Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 17.—It is re
ported that a threshing engine ex
ploded yesterday near Frederick, S. D.,
killing two men, named Nelson and
Oasterdahl. Particulars are not od
tainable, but It Is feared others were
Injured.
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AN EXPLANATION.
If you'll make a diagnosis when you're feeling aid
and dreary,
As you would with any everyday disease
If you'll simply question science as to why you're
glum and weary
And everything seems dull and ill at ease,
Perhaps you will discover, after devious calculi
tions,
The cause of all these symptoms which appall,
And you'll smile as you reflect, in spite various
irritations,
That it's nothing but the weather after all.
You'll find a sigh denoting neither sorrow nor
contrition
A tear drop's not indicative of care.
They are products of the meteorological condi
tion,
Of extra moisture that is in the air.
So perhaps it's not in reason fortune's chance to
be reviling
Or to vow life's store of happiness is 6mall,
For when the sun comes out again, again we will
be smiling
It's nothing but the weather after all.
..... —Washington Star.
SPIRIT SLATE WRITING.
How the Mysterious Sentences Are
Prepared Iu Advance.
Spiritualistic slate writing, if cleverly
doije, always makes a marked impres
sion on a magician's audience because
it utterly baffles their efforts to detect
the trick. They see a small cabinet
suspended above the stage by means
of cords or ribbons. It has an open
front and is empty. The magician
turns it around so that every part of
it may be seen and taps it inside and
out with his wand to show that it is
hollow.
On a stand near by he has a small
easel, a common school slate, a bottle
of india ink with a quill pen in it and
a few sheets of ordinary white writing
paper. All these he passes around
among the audience for examination.
Then he fixes a sheet of the paper to
the slate by means of wafers, places
the slate on the easel and the easel in
the cabinet, together with the bottle of
ink, the latter having the pen still in it.
Having allowed the audience to see
the articles thus arranged in the cabi
net, he throws a large silk handker
chief over it. Mysterious sounds are
immediately heard, and the cabinet
shakes as if some living thing had en
tered It. When the sounds and the
shaking cease, he removes the hand
kerchief, showing an inscription writ
ten in bold black letters on the paper
and the pen not in the ink bottle, but
lying on the bottom of the cabinet. He
then removes the paper from the slate
and passes it around for examination,
when the writing is immediately recog
nized as having been done with India
ink.
The explanation of the trick is sim
ple. The writing was done in advance
by the performer, the fluid used being
a solution of sulphuric acid of the pur
est quality. To make the solution 50
drops of the concentrated acid are add
ed to one ounce of filtered water. Writ
ing done with this solution is invisible
until exposed to heat. When so ex
posed. it comes out perfectly black,
looking exactly like dried India ink.
The heat is applied by means of an
electric.,current running over wire with
which the slate is wound. The cords
by which the cabinet is suspended con
ceal copper wires, which conduct the
current to the slate. Black silk threads
suitably attached enable the performer
to make the sounds in the cabinet, to
cause the cabinet to shake and' to jerk
the pen out of the ink bottle.
Several sheets of paper are prepared
in advance, each with a different in
scription, the performer telling one in
scription from another by secretly
marked pin pricks.—New York Herald.
Keeping at It.
There is a very old but very good
story about a boy who was engaged
one winter day in putting a ton of coal
Into a cellar. His only implement was
a small fire shovel. Noticing this, a
benevolent old gentleman expressed
surprise and commiseration.
"My son," said the gentleman, "you
surely do not expect to put in all that
coal with that little shovel?"
"Oh, yes, I do," replied the boy cheer
fully. "All I have to do is to keep at
it."
There is a lesson in this story for
young and old. and it is exemplified in
the lives of the great men of the world.
It is a mistake to suppose that the best
work of the world is done by people of
great strength and many opportunities.
"Keeping at It" is the secret of success.
—Exchange.
Left Handed Medicine.
An Atchison druggist tells this story
and declares that it Is true: He had
tonsilitis. but did not send for a doc
tor, as he knew he would be all right
as soon as the swelling "broke." But
his wife was worried and insisted on
sending for a doctor. When the doc
tor arrived, he'looked through his medi
cine case, and said he had nothing
suitable for the patient that the medi
cine he had was for the right side,
whereas the swelling in the throat was
on the left side. Then he hurried away
to get his left banded medicine.—AtcLl
son Globe.
Catching a. Feminine Flab.
"Do you really think there are mer
maids in the sea?"
"Certainly," said the dime museum
man.
"Then why hasn't anybody besides
you succeeded In catching one?"
"Because nobody else wns smart
enough to bait a hook with the latest
style of Paris hat." was the answer.—
Washington Star.
The Mean Thins.
Miss Passay—I dread to think of my
fortieth birthday.
Miss Pert—Why? Did something un
pleasant happen then.—Tit-Bits.
In a ton of Dead sea water there are
187 pounds of salt Bed sea 93. Med
iterranean S5. Atlantic 81, English
channel 72, Black sea 2G, Baltic 18 and
Caspian sea 11.
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Insects and Itaya,
A
writer in The American Ray
Journal tells of some unusual experi
ments upon insects with P.oentgen rays.
A box was made, half of wood and
half of sheet lead. In the wooden half
a number of larvse of flies, bees, bee
tles and other insects were placed, and
the box was then put In the field of the
rays. The insect colony at once be
came greatly excited, and after crawl
ing to and fro finally emigrated to a
worm to the leaden half of the box,
where the rays could not penetrate.
The experiment was repeated many
times and always with the same result
A similar experiment was tried with
the blind larvse of a certain species of
beetle. A number of them were placed
in an open cigar box, which also con
tained a metal box with an opening.
No sooner were the rays turned on
than the insects showed signs of dis
tress. Their uneasiness increased, and
in a little while they all sought refuge
in the metal box. As the larvse in the
second experiment were entirely sight
less their perception of the rays must
take place through the nerves of the
skin.
Getting a Day Off.
A certain government officer was
noted for being a hard taskmaster to
those who were under him, the serv
ants in his own establishment being
no exception. His valet was expected
to be on duty SG5 full days in the year.
Being detailed to accompany a scien
tific expedition on an extended cruise,
the officer unbent a little in communi
cating the news to his personal attend
ant.
"Well, Jr.mes," he said, "how would
you like to go with me around the
world?"
"Do we go from east to west, sir?"
asked the valet.
"Yes."
"We lose a day in going that way,
don't we?"
"We do."
"Well, sir, I'd like it first rate. It
would give me one day off."
His master was so pleased with the
aptness of the retort that he gave him
a week off to prepare for the trip.—
Youth's Companion.
Tl»e American Soldier.
That West Point i3 the best military
school in the world is conceded by all
impartial critics. Its methods trans
form the average raw youth into the
honorable,
refined
officer of our army. He is pre-eminent
ly taught the "habit of command,"
which, as a rule, he uses without any
of the arrogance shown by officers of
some of the armies of Europe, notably
that of Germany. He is made to realize
that he commands men who are as sen
sitive as they are brave and who ap
preciate and respect a character com
bining generosity, kindness, firmness
and, above all else, physical and moral
courage.
These traits of character are careful
ly cultivated at West Point, with a re
sult that, besides having the best en
listed personnel, we have in the United
States army, without question or doubt,
the best trained and mpst capable gen
tlemen as officers. Army and Navy
Journal.
An Arctic Bill of Fare.
The Eskimos at home in their native
frozen wilds do not believe in cooking.
Their meat, be it seal, fish, veniscn.
trout, salmon, whale blubber or cod
fish, they devour in its natural raw
state and with the same gusto with
which the average small boy tackles a
watermelon. As for bread and vege
tables, they have nohe. They set their
seal oil lamps going, suspend a soap
stone dish filled with snow over it, and
with the water thus obtained they mix
an equal quantity of molasses procured
from the Hudson Bay company. That
they drink and are happy. That is the
sum total of an arctic cuisine.
A Flame Combination.
If a small quantity of chlorate of
potash be powdered and mixed with an
equal quantity of powdered sugar, a
caudle may be lighted by means of the
mixture without matches.
Place a llttl-.* of it in the depression
around the wick of a candle that has
been previously used and then touch
the mixture with a glass rod the end
of which has been dipped in oil of vit
riol. It will burst into flame, lighting
the candle.
An Elaborate Bank Note.
The most elaborate bank note Is the
hundred ruble note of K-tssia, of the
time of the Empress Catherine, which
is a gorgeous piece of paper about 4
Inches by 10. The note Is barred from
top to bottom with all the colors of the
rainbow blended as when thrown
through a prism. In the center In bold
relief is a large, finely executed vi
gnette of the Empress Catherine I in
black.—London Tit-Bits.
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Testimony of the Xoae.
An eminent physician now proclaims
that the ancient and general opinion
that the nose is an index to charac
ter is a fallacy. And It may be pro
claimed with fully as much confidence
that there is nothing which any emi
nent physician knows to be so that
other eminent'physicians do not know
to be "ain't so."—Louisville Courier
Journal.
Declined the Honor.
"Perkins," said Colonel Hankthun
der, "you have named a new brand of
whisky after me, have you not, suh?"
"I have taken that liberty, colonel,"
answered the distiller.
"Well, suh," rejoined the colonel, "I
shall have to ask you to call It some
thing else. I have tried It, suh."—
Chicago Tribune.
The growth of grass that comes In a
long, mild, moderately rainy autumn Is
said to be far more nutritious for cat
tle than the spring grass. It is richer.
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and highly educated
The Camphor Tree.
The camphor tree (Cinnamomum cam
pliora) is an evergreen, a member of
the laurel family, belonging to the
same genus as the tree whose bark fur
nishes the spice called cinnamon, and
is related to the bay aud to the sassa
fras cf the United States. Of sym
metrical proportions. It is one pf the no
blest objects in the forests of eastern
subtropical Asia. In its native habitat
it attains gigantic dimensions, notably
In girth of trunk, some specimens
measuring 10 to 15 feet in diameter. It
Is said they have been known to reach
as much as 20 feet, and they may bo CO
to over 100 feet high, and live to a
great age.
As a rule, they rise 20 or 30 feet with
out limbs and then branch out in all
directions, becoming a mass of splen
did and luxuriant foliage. Their
leaves, broadly lanceolate in form, are
of a light green color, smooth and shin
ing above and whitish or glaucous
on the undersurface. Small white or
greenish white flowers are borne from
February to April and by October ripen
into berrylike, one seeded fruits about
three-eighths of an inch in diameter.—
Good Words.
The Inquisitive Antelope.
An antelope is as curious as a wom
an. If the hunter will lie down in the
grass and wave a red handkerchief, a
band of antelope will keep circling
around until within reasonable distance
for a safe shot. After completing a
circle the antelope halt suddenly and
bring down one fore foot with a vigor
ous stamp on the ground, and at the
same instant they make a sort of snort
that sounds like a half whistle. That
Is the propitious moment for peppering
them with rifle balls.
I learned this trick when a frontiers
man came along and found me crawl
ing for miles on the level prairie en
deavoring to get a shot at one of the
timid creatures. The man asked me If
I thought I could get him. I answered:
"Get him! I've got to get him. I'm
out of meat." He then posted me
about lying still and flirting with the
handkerchief, and I found they liked
that better than chasing, and I made
an entry right there that an antelope
possessed some of the characteristics
of a woman.—Exchange.
Masqneradlngr In the Past.
In the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries Venice set the fashion in all
matters of amusement and was a sort
of combination of our Monte Carlo and
Paris. Throughout the eighteenth cen
tury the Venetians were seized with a
perfect mania for masquerading and
gambling. Paris and London followed
suit, and the two most popular amuse
ments, both public and private, were
masquerades and gambling saloons.
People not only wore their masks or
visors at balls, but in the Mall and the
parks and the theaters. At length,
matters got to such a pass that when
a police raid was made on a certain
low dancing place in Soho and an
order was given for every one to un
mask what was the amazement of the
police to find that at least a third of
the company consisted of ladies and
gentlemen of the highest aristocracy,
some of whom had even brought their
daughters.—Saturday Review.
Cooking a Mackerel.
Many a dainty nose with beauty and
fortune behind it has been airily ele
vated at the mention of plain, old fash
ioned salt mackerel, but never at the
salt mackerel as cooked by the famous
John Chamberlin of Washington. His
testimony runs to this effect:
"Take one or more mackerel and soak
about 4S hours, changing the water
n'^ ^^-w
once. Then put them in a pan large
enough to hold them, cover them with
cream or the nearest you can get to it, J.,
put in oven and cook until cream is
brown. This beats any mackerel cook
ing on earth."—Xew York Herald.
A Business Tonic.
Advertising is not a cure all for busi
ness Ills, but a pharmacopla of busi
ness tonics. All depends upon the pre
scribing. Magazine space Is good for
certain business diseases that will
never yield to billboards, while the
newspaper Is the quinine for business
chills that are beyond the power of
dodgers. Every remedy in the list has
Its uses, and the whole result of treat
ment depends upon the doctor.—Print
ers' Ink.
Arriving at a Total.
Tax Collector—How much is your
husband worth?
Mrs. Wiser-About a million.
Tax Collector—Are you sure?
Mrs. Wise—Oh, yes. -You see, the
Jury awarded him $2,000 for the loss
of a finger. I think in proportion the
rest of him would be worth about 500
times as much.—Chicago News.
Losing No Chancea.
Genial Doctor (nfter laughing heart
ily at a joke of his patient)—Ha! ha!
ha! There's not much the matter with
you, though I do believe that If you
were on your deathbed you'd make a
Joke.
Irrepressible Patient—Why, of course
I should. It would be my last chance.
—Punch.
Gold la California.
The Sociefy of California Pioneers
determined after careful Investigation
that Jan. 28, 1848, was the exact date
of the discovery of gold in California
by James W. Marshall. The gold was
found In the rocky bed of the tail race
of the Sutter sawmill at Coloma, ou
the south fork of the American river.
The highest clouds lie at 27,000 feet
Mount Everest Is 29,002 feet. The
highest recorded balloon ascent is 36,
000 feet.
Women were first permitted to be
come employees In government offices
in 1862.
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