/^udiibop. Miss Hannah Kennedy went down

to Exira, Wednesday, to help to attend to the wants of a sick friend.

Wm. Burnside returned home from Grinnell, Wednesday, where he has been for some time visiting.

Wehotice by the dispatches from Washington, D. C., published in Iowa State Register, Tuesday, that the salary of the incumbent of the Audu­bon postofflce has been increased from $1600.00 per year to $1700.00. This means that there has been an increas­ed business during the past, year, which speaks highly for the business patron­age received at this place.

Etta Spangler departed, Sunday, for Omaha to visit over a day -and then go on to Missouri Valley where she has charge of a rail road eating house.

The Fair Association are quietly wcrking and planning to make this a great year. Some ot the races have already closed with more entries than was expected. The two-year-old coun­ty trot has about eight entries, which is about three more than was expected,

Nels Hansen returned home from Des Moines, where he has been in at­tendance at Highland Park School. He has completed his studies in the phar­macy department and is now a regis­tered pharmacist. He Is thoroughly capable man and will do a good hon­est business, wherever he begins work at any place.

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J. S. Dennis, the genial drayman, took a lay off Saturday and went into Chicago to mingle business and pleas­ure. He returned home Tuesday, re­porting a good time while gone.

Last Friday night as Arthur Tal­bot, son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Gene Talbot, was sitting at home doing some work, about the house having forgotten that another year had rolled around mak­ing the time his birthday, when he was startled by a crowd of his friends rushing in upon him, and he precipi­tately and hastilyly retreated and rushed for the stairs for safety. How­ever after he found that they meant no harm and he had fixed himself to be presentable to company, he came down bade them welcome and helped to make the evening one long to be remembered.

Voting Contest.

The followingis the standing of the voting contest o'f the second citizen's vote.

Audubon Agriculture Society Audubon Fire Department Catholic Church, Audubon Rebeckah Lodge, Audubon Christian Church, Audubop M. W. A., Audubon Presbyterian S. S., Audubon, P. E. O., Audubon. Columbian Club Clover Leaf Quartette Epworth League,Audubon Audubon M. E. Church Masonic Lodge, Audubon Melville M. E. church. Presbyterian Church, Audubon i Baptist Church, Audubon Yeomen Lodge, Audubon Evangelical Church, Audubon G. A. R. Lodge, Audubon Kimballton church Bethauia Church, Audubon Lutheran Church Llnclon Center Old Hamlin Presbyterion church Ebenezer Church, Lincoln Catholic church, Exira D. B. S. Society, Exira K. P. Lodge, Audubon M. E. Sunday Schoftl, Audubon Advent church, Audubon Old Hamlin M. E. church K. P. Lodge, Exira Melville Center S. S. Christian Church Aid, Audubon U. B. church, Gray Odd Fellows Lodge, Audubon Uuion Baptist church, Greeley Viola Center church Evangelical church, Hamlin M. E Church Ross German church, Ross Maccabee Lodge Woman's Relief Corps Iowa Legion of Honor M. E. Church Aid, Audubon Liberty Sunday School Bethel Church K. P. Lodge, Kimballton German church, Audubon Odd Fellows Lodge, Gray Longfellow Literary Society Danish Conservative Club. Eden Valley U. B. church

LIBERTY GATHERINGS.

Bert Wiley made a trip to the home of Geo. Patrick Sunday evening.

Mr. Shrawder gave a dance to the young folks of their neighborhood.

Bert Duling and wife visited at the home of his parents Monday of this week.

Mr. Bert Firebaugli was a business caller at Audubon Saturday of last week.

Nat McFadden made a trip to the new creamery Friday morning of last week.

Webster Firebaugli transacted busi­ness at the Fiscus store Monday of this week.

Owing to the rain last Sunday the Sunday School at Liberty was ad­journed.

Mr. and Mrs John. Slay ton visited over Sundas with relatives east of Audubon.

Last Sunday evening Winter Bros, made a business trip to the home of W. Firebaugli.

Mr. and Mrs. Miller gave a social gathering last Sunday to a large num­ber of friends and neighbors.

Jack Helsebeck, Friday evening of last week, hurt oneof his horses and is in consequence unable to work.

Chas. Kopeska made a call at the home of Mrs. Miller for her assistance in the case of a very sick child.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Patrick, Friday of last week, a bouncing baby boy. This is the 4th boy in that house­hold and Geo. says they are all good to help him.

Thursday of last week one of Alfred Firebaugh's horses was taken sick. A. D. Fiscus was called and adminis­tered the kind of medicine necessary for the relief of the animal, which is now better.

Some two or three weeks ago S. Baker ordered an incubator and brood­er, which has not yet arrived. He was to pay $11.00 for the outfit. Dear­est are generally cheapest and more certain of arrival.

Notice To Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the undersign­ed for the erection of a school building in the Independent District of Gray, Iowa. Plans and specifications will be found with the Secretary on and after May 3, 1901. Contractor will be ret|uirail to give bond. Bids will be considered on May 25th. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. GFORGE E. BERTCH, C. II. WILSON, President.

Secretary.

Notice To Contractors.

Notice Is hereby given that the projxwals for the erection of a school house in Sub-District Number Eight, in the School Township of Hamlin, in the county of Audubon, will be received by the undersigned at his home, One-Half Mile North of Hamlin Station, where plans and speci-cations may be seen until one o'clock p. M., June 3, 1001, at which time the contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder.

The Board reserves the right to re­ject any or all bids.

HENRY YOUNG, SECRETARY. Dated on this -9th day of April,

1901. nii'f,.

Dr. Iiisuer was down from Man­ning last week visiting a patient.

Tony Peterson began plauting corn May 1st and was one of the first of all to begin. •

John O'Leary was clown to Audu­bon Tuesday between trains in the morning.

Mrs. Nels Christenseu has been laid np from labor for some time with rheumatism.

Miss Goldie Archer returned home Friday from a ten days visit with friends at Avoca.

Groteluschen <fc Forsbeck shipped out a car of hogs Saturday night to the Chicago markets.

Thos. AVilson and wife and mother boarded the train Tuesday for a day in the city of Manning.

John French has the contract to put up considerable woven wire fence for Hon. Asmus Boysen.

The ladies of the Mite Society were to meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mi-s. Christenseu.

Miss Goldie Archer is staying at the home of Aus Liun during the ab­sence of Rev. and Mrs. Bertch.

Jim Mulford was sightseeiug in Manning Monday while it was too rainy and wet to do anything else.

Frank Flinn, who works out at Ora Corners, took a day off from labor Tuesday and went up to Manning for a day's visit.

Aus Linn and family have moved into the house belonging to Alta Crow and now have space for a gar­den and a neat nice home.

J. J. Perion was over from Manila Monday visiting with his brother, Peter, manager of the Green Bay Lumber Co., at this place.

Miss Alta Crow, one of Audubon's best teachers, came up Friday night and spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives and many friends.

A. F. Greenwaldt has been spend­ing a great deal of time up here lately looking after business and keeping the books in first class 6hape.

Mrs. Fred Hepp, who was quite sick last week, is convalescent and her triends hope soon to have her with them again strong and well.

Jolin Lewis and wife, from Man­ning, were down, Sunday, and visited at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lewis, east of town.

Ben Brookfield went out to the Bluffs, last week, accompanied by his wife. She returned home, so we are told, but he weut on further west.

Walter Jump, the efficient wall paper hanger and painter from Audu­bon, was up the lirst of the week pa­pering C. E. Mertz's new building.

Louis Groteluschen and wife re­turned home, Tuesday, from Colum­bus, Nebraska, where they have had a good visit with relatives and friends.

John French and llenry Wolf have the contract for putting up 1,100 yards of woven wire fence around Gray just as soon as they can get it put up.

That unwelcome guest, mumps, has entered the home of Win. Porter, and now the children are going through the trials and troubles attendant with the disease.

Jay Bfidenstine has been quite sick for a week or more with appendicitis. This is rather a hard disease to com­bat against, but all hope he will soon be around again.

Miss Paulin Polzine, who has been visiting for a time at Cedar Rapids and Spirit Lake, returned home Thursday much pleased with her visit and time of pleasure.

Geo. Dyke returned home Friday from Texas, where he has been for a short time at the Gray ranch. We understand that he likes that country all right, but that Iowa is good enough for him.

We understand that Tom Wilson was in Manning the first of the week, looking for a location on which to build a house. He is said to have a contract to help put in the new elec­tric light plant and expects to make Manning his future home.

K. II. Kettleson, one of Lincoln township's best farmers, took the train Tuesday to look at the country in that section. Mr. Kettleson has by hard work gained a great deal ot this world's goods and now can go and come whenever he pleases.

John Renftle spent Sunday with his parents over towards Dedham.

The Town Council held a meeting last Monday night and ordered a gen­eral cleaning up of the streets and alleys in town. Their orders are in ac­cordance with the recommendation of the State Board of Health and should be complied with as the cleanliness of the town means, in the loug run, a lessening of disease, for filth is a breeder of all kinds of disease.

Rev and Mrs. Bertch departed for Maryland Monday to be present at the general conference of the U. B. church. They took thgir children with them and will leave the two older ones with relatives in the east­ern part of ihe siitie. They expect to be gone about three weeks, and when they come back their parishioners will see that they have gained by their being away.

W. II. Brainier, the affable and courteous agent for the Deering bind­ers and mowers, was here last week canvassing the county for his ma­chines. He is *1 gentleman thatunder-stands both his work and his machines and one whom you can depind upon. His wife twd little girl drove across from Dedham Saturday and visited with friends for a few hours when all drove back home.

The Christian Endeavor will give an ice cream social Friday night, May 17. at the home of Tom Wilson, to which every one is invited. A peanut walk will be one of the special at­tractions of the evening. You who love fun and frolic, who love to forget trials and troubles and those who love the taste of ice cream, put your money in your pocket and come out. You will have a good time and will help in a good cause.

Tony Peterson, one of the hustling young men of the township, sent money Tuesday to two of his old time schoolmates in Denmark that they might come to this country. He purchased the tickets over the Amer­ican line and the boys will start for England June oth and leave England June 8th on the steamer St. Paul. They expect to arrive here about June 20th, when they will need some place to work so they can pay back the money loaned them.

GROWING OLD.

Old—Wi are growing old, Going on through a beautiful rood* Finding earth a more blessed abode. Nobler work by our hands to be wrought* Freer paths for our hope and our thought.

Because of the beauty the years unfold We are cheerfully growing oldl

Old—we are growing old. Going up where tho sunshine is ckunr, Watching grander horizons appear Out of clouds that enveloped our youth, Standing firm on the mountains of truth.

Because of the glory the years unfold We are joyfully growing old!#

Old—wb are growing old, Going in to the garden of rest That glows Uirough the gold of the west. Where the rose and amaranth blend And each path is the way to a friend.

Because of the peace that the years unfold We are thankfully growing oldl

Old—are we growing old? Life blooms as we travel on Up the hills into fresh, lovdy dawn;, We are children, who do but begin The sweetness of living to win.

Because heaven is in us, to bud and unfold. We are younger for growing old!

—Lucy Larooro.

The Fata Morgana.

The fata morgana Is a singular aerial phenomenon akin to the mirage. It is seen in rnuny parts of the world, but most frequently and in greatest per­fection at the strait of Messina, be­tween Sicily and Italy. So many con­ditions must coincide, however, that even there it is of comparatively rare occurrence. To allow of its production the sun must be at an anglo of 43 de­grees with the water, both sky and sea must be calm, and the tidal current suf­ficiently strong to cause the water in the center to rise higher than on the edges of the strait. When these condi­tions aro fully met, the observer on the heights of Calabria, looking toward Messina, will behold a series of rapidly changing pictures, sometimes of most exquisite beauty.

Castles, colonnades, successions ol beautiful arches, palaces, cities, with houses and streets and church domes, mountains, forests, grottoes, will ap­pear and vanish, to be succeeded, per­haps by ileets of ships, sometimes placidly sailing over the deep, some­times inverted, while a halo like a rainbow surrounds every Image. It is supposed that the images are due to the irregular refractive powers of tho different layers of air above the sea, which magnify, repeat and distort the objects on the Sicilian shore beyond, but to the Italians these singular ap­pearances aro the castles of the Prin­cess Morgana, and the view of them is supposed to bring good fortune to tho

J/o (iocs his own mailcMlng? and can fhmish you any plan you dosiro.

Ho has planned and contract- • odthc* /jest buiSdlit£'& in town ' fCli-inirontiro satisfaction, •

FRANK L. EVANS

Leading Building Contractor

Practical Architect and Designer

Albert Jingst was in Ross, Sunday, a visitor at the bachelor's quarters.

Grandma Sherman is visiting, this week, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. L. Taylor.

Don,t cuss. Don't swear. Don't punish your horses, but get a pair of nets of Ruhs & Wilde.

John Quimby drove over to Bethel Sunday taking the minister to his various appointments.

Chas. Taylor braved the danger of the mud and rain and went to church in town, Sunday night.

Frank Graham came down from Crawford county with Jim Ruther­ford for a day or two to visit.

Miss Mae Cozine is home froni Ok­lahoma much benefitted by her trip and well pleased with the' country.

The bachelor's hall contained a crowd of boys, last Sunday night, and is getting to be quite a pleasant re­sort

Wm. Martin was another of the men, who were in Ross and made himself the present ot a new buggy last week.

Albert Fest took pity on his wife, when he thought of the long hot sum­mer coming on and he purchased an oil stove tor her use.

You want to have a moonlight ride and no buggy will do as well as the Kratzer's. They are up-to-date and Ruhs & Wilde sells them.

Henry Schraeder was in town, last week, and purchased a fine new bug­gy of Ruhs & Wilde and will now take lite easy aud comfortable.

Adolph Craft attended divine ser­vices, in Ross, Sunday night, but is declaring that he wants a top put on his cart to keep out the sun and rain.

Jtftinie Rutherford came down from Crawford County to spend Sunday at home and the rain came and caught him so he could not return till the first of the week.

Mrs. P. A. Rasmussen and her dpughter, from Audubon, were up last Tuesday, visiting at the home of Bertie Jensen, the expert buttermak-er at the creamery.

Aaron Anderson, up in Viola town­ship, east of the store, was down to Ross, last week, and purchased a wind mill and outfit of Ruhs& Wilde and they will go out and put it up, for him.

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Office up Stairs. I'liono S'J,

Six hole corn sheller and power, good as new. easy terms. Inquire at this office or of A. W. Quimby, Audu­bon, Iowa.

William Schraeder has purchased a new wind mill of Ruhs & Wilde and also seven hundred and forty-seven' teet of pipe to convey the water to his house and barn, so that in the fu­ture he will have it near and handy.

George Everets returned home Tuesday from Deuison, where he went, Monday, to visit his father, who lives near there but is very sick. George says it will be a miracie if he recovers, which is not expected at, all.

Harry Bovaird and wife made themselves a present of a new organ, last week, and now the sweet strains of music can be heard in their home and they are always pleasad to enter-' tain their frieuds with music and song.

Mrs. John Lovelace has been in poorer health lately than her friends like to see her. She has been quite poorly for some time, but of late her health has been so good. Her many Iriends hope soon to hear that she is much better.

A certain young man modest and backward in his manner was heard to say, the other day, that he expecled soon to open up a dressmaking shop or something of the kind, in Ross. We don't just know how he will op­erate but we will wait and tinu out.

The rain, the first of the week stop­ped all kiuds of work aud will set the farmiug back just that much. \ et the small grain and grass were beginning to need it and now when the sun comes out one may fairly hear the grass grow aud no one will be in need of pasture.

Miss Mable Coulter came down from Manning, this week, and visit­ed with her little friend, Stella Lee. These little friends turned in to have a good time aud, assisted by Mr. and Mrs Lee. they proceeded to have it. They did everything that two girls can think of and some things they don't think of, but had^a good time.

Last week, Fred Ruhs went out in the country to do some work and hfe team getting tired broke lo»'e and ran away, but did not do much damage. The seat fell oil and the tools were scattered and Fred had to walk two miles but otherwise nothing was hurt. When he found his team they were safelv put up in the barn and fed.

Merchant John Rutherford has de­cided that to be in successful coin-petition with his competitors he will be compelled to put on a wagon to deliver his goods at the door. John is never behind his neighbors in mat­ters of accommodation to hispairous. This only makes only about eighteen huckster wagons in the county. While it may be haudier to the farmers, yet we are inclined to think, that the merchants would make more money if none would send them out.