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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
Observation-Disclosures
A REDHEADED ;
GIRL {:
BY c.. b. LEWIS
G Copyright, 1908, by 7. G. Mcclure
o
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
BY C. B. LEWIS

1t was while the brig Daisy, Captain
Josiah Barnes, master, lay at Port au
Prince, after loading up, that red
headed girl came aboard to secure pas
sage to Boston. She had gone to the is
land from Salem two years before with
an American family as governess, but
had become tired of it and desired to
get back to the United States. The wife
of Captain Barnes was aboard, and his
crew numbered seven men. He had
also taken as passengers two American
shipwrecked among the West Indian
islands. If it hadn't been that one of
the captains offered to surrender his
stateroom to the redheaded girl and
sleep in the main cabin on shake
down she could not have taken passage
by the Daisy. Indeed it was a close
shave at best, as Mrs. Barnes, who was
fat, forty and plain faced, looked her
over and said to her husband:
Josiah, she's redheaded, and that
means that she's giddy and sassy"
Eyes; she's got red hair" replied the
captain, "but l don't see nothin' giddy
about her. She looks as sober as any
gal with any colored hair, and that pas
sage money will come in handy for us.
She'll probably be seasiclS clear up to
Boston light and not eat 50 worth of
provisions"
'.Well, Wen take her." said Mrs.
Barnes, wit!l d doubtful Shake of the
head, but YOU see il it don't result in
tornado waterspout or calamity of
some kind. Redheaded girls are born
to make trouble"
A day later the Daisy weighed an
Choir and SET out on her return voyage,
and the attitude Of the redheaded girl
as she moved about was so demure that
the captain almost felt like patting her
on the head AMI Speaking words of
sympathy and encouragement. The
brig sailed at 8 O'clock in the morning,
and the girl passenger did not make
her appearance at the table at noon
Mrs. Barnes motherly heart forced her
to look into the stateroom and offer her
services, but at the same time she was
secretly glad to find the redheaded girl
in her berth and apparently suffering
the pangs of seasickness.
Something like surprise party await
ed the dame when supper time came
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
Write Notes to Themselves.

ACTORS are great hands to write
mash notes to themselves said
stage manager 1.-The leading young
men, you see-the heroes that marry
the beautiful girls-are supposed to at
tract to the theater myriads of young
women. They draw big pay on this
account; their friends talk seriously of
the powerful, almost hypnotic, infu-
ences that they exert on romantic fe-
males. This power is the stock in
trade of the actor who travels on his
beauty instead of on his art, and he
must always have tangible proof of IT.
So if the young women don't come up
each mail with bunch of authentic
mash notes, he sees to it anyway that
he gets mash notes all right. He times
them so that they reach the theater
during rehearsal. The manager every
afternoon brings them to lima half
dozen pink and blue and cream en-
velopeS, smelling of violet and orris.
He takes them with guffaw, reads
pretends to be amused at their silly
contents, but the minute the actors
back is turned the murmur passes back
and forth: They're fakes. He wrote
them himself. He spends two hours a
clay writing himself mash notes. To
tell the truth, this actor gets number
Of authentic mash notes, but nobody
believes it. 1t is thought that every
note is fake" -Washington Post.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
and my words have come true. sh,
even made eyes at you across the ia

even made eyes at you across the ia
ble."
IL didn't see 'em if she did,
"You saw 'em and almost blushed
Josiah Barnes, that girl has got to stop
or she'll get a piece of my mind that
will make her red hair curl l won't
stand by and see no such chit make
fools of three or four men who ought to
know better"
The captains advice was for her to
60 slow, and he was glad to get on deck
and out of reach of her tongue. That
was the beginning of things. That
night the redheaded girl walked the
deck with d captain on each side of
her.
The next day the mink got piece
of Mrs. Barnes mind. 1t was a liberal
piece and ought to have brought her to
her knees, but it didn't. On the con-
traly, after she got fairly started the
redheaded girl got off three words to
the others one and read her long and
severe lecture ON minding her own bust
ness. In this lecture We're included a
few observations ON false teeth and
gray hairs, and when the battle was
over it was the motherly Mrs Barnes
who didn't know where she was at.
She tried to get even by calling her
husband into the cabin and telling him
what was what and that she'd take
good care to see that everybody in
Providence heard of it, but his reply
was:
Its all nonsense in your sayin' that
I've fallen in love with that girl, but
I'm tellin' you that redheaded women
are just the incest things out, and 1
don't care who hears me say So"
Inside of four days the redheaded
girl was flirting with everything and
everybody clear down to the cook, and
of course Jealousy crept in. The three
captains hurled sarcastic remarks at
each other, and the mate and carpenter
had Il glare in their eyes and feeling
of revenge in their breasts. Mrs.
Barnes tried again and again to stem
the tide, but in vain, and at length she
took refuge in tears and predictions.
The Daisy sailed on and on, and the
tlirtations went on and on, and as the
brig crept up the coast Mrs Barnes
'felt it in her bones" that Boston would
never be reached. The redheaded girl
had brought disorganization from cab
in to bowsprit and almost taken COM
mand
You jest wait, Josiah Barnes-you
jest wait for Cape Cod" the captains
wife grimly repeated dozen times a
day, and Cape Cod was finally reached.
Then a gale sprang up, the big brig
lost her foremost, and, though the red
headed girl sought her stateroom and
the crew was left free to battle with
the storm, the craft was driven ashore
and became total wreck Crew and
passengers We're saved, and in due time
Captain Barnes appeared at the office
of the owners in Boston to tell how it
all happened. He was listened to until
he had finished, and then the head of
the firm handed him a letter that had
been received the day before 1t was
from Martha. and it read:
l want to report that the Daisy is
ashore on Cape Cod and a total wreck
and ! want to report that a redheaded
gal and a lot of fool men are the cause
of it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
Attention
Farmers.

Why remain in the North
and stay in doors six months
in the year consuming what
you raise during the other
six months?
Go south where you can
work out doors every month
In the year, and where you
are producing something the
year round. If you are
stock raiser you know your
stock are now ''eating their
heads off" and, besides, have
to be protected from the RI
gors of winter by expensive
shelter.
Economical stock feeding
requires the combination Of
both esh.forming and fat
forming foods in certain pro.
portions. Alabama and
Florida produce in abundance
the velvet bean and cassava,
the first a flesh producer, and
they are the cheapest and
best fatening materials
known to the world.
More money can be made
and with less labor, in gener-
al farming, fruit and berry
growing and truck garden
ing along our road in the
South than in any other
section of the Union.
If you are interested and
desires further information
on the subject, address
G. A. PARK,
den'l Immigration and Industrial
Agent, Louisville & Nashville
r. r. Co., Louisville, Ky.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
Colds Cause Pneumonia.

One of the most remarkable cases
cold, deep-seated on the lungs,
causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs
Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, Ind.
who was entirely cured by the use OF
One Minute Cough Cure. She says
The coughing and straining SO
weakened me that I ran down in
weight from 14S to 90 pounds. 1 tried
a number of remedies to no avail until
| used One Minute Cough Cure.
Four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured me entirely of the cough
strengthened my lungs ana restored
me to my normal weight, health and
strength" Sold by Nick Doffing &
Co., Extra, and C. L. Bison, Brayton
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24

Mrs. Frank McNally was the CUES
of Mrs. 0. Gaffin Sunday.
II. G.. Rice and wife of Audubon
were here Thursday calling on friends
Henry Jacobsen of Audubon wa!
in Hamlin Friday talking land mat.
tiers.
Peter Kjargaard and G. johnson
made business trip to Audubon Sat.
urday.
The mud is too deep on our streets
and crossings as to almost preclude
travel.
Tom Bruhn has quit hauling lum-
Der to Elkhorn during the muddy
season.
Butter maker, Heileman was in
Extra the last Of the week transact
ing business.
Frank Hunt has moved from Extra
to his farm in the south part of Ham
lin township.
Lars Larsen sold good bunch of
marketable hogs to our dealers the
last of the week.
o. Gaffin is sub-director of No. 2
Hamlin township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Rattenborg Wis
tied Sunday at the Peter Nissen resi-
dence west OF town.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes and son Cal
were guests of Mr.. and. Mrs. Charley
Wells in Audubon Saturday.
Anthony Davis, a southwest of
town farmer, marketed a good bunch
of hogs here one day last week.
Oluf Hansen made his usual Sun
day trip to Elkhorn to visit his par
ents-and, we'll there are others.
j. S. Warner purchased fine,
black, male bovine and had him ship
ped here from Omaha last week.
j. G. johnson, wife and mother
wers guests of MI. and Mrs. Peter
Nissen out in the country Sunday.
James East and wife went to At
lantlc FRIDAY, near where they visit
ed his brother Frank East and familyR
Albert johnson of north Greeley
sold hogs to our buyers last Wednes-
day, receiving good price on that
day.
A number of Kimballton farmer
were here Friday hauling out lumber
for the new church soon to be erected
there.
MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Jacobsen and
baby south of Extra visited her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Olsen last
Sunday.
Otto Larsen, school director in
Hamlin Center school district, made
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24

round. She was thinking of making a
cup of tea with her own hands and add
ing slice of dry toast when the red
headed girl suddenly appeared in the
cabin fully dressed and looking as pert
and saucy as if the old brig rested in a
corntield instead of climbing up and
down watery hills of exceeding steep
ness.
"La, but haven't you been seasickw
exclaimed the captains wife after a
long stare.
'Of course not" was the reply.
"And you amt goin' to be-"
81 hope not. Where are the gentle
men? They must have missed me. Pm
so glad I'm the only girl aboard, as I
will have them all to myself Do you
know if both captains are married
men%
Eyes, ma'am; know what they are,
and each one is the father of at least
'leven Children" replied Mrs. Barnes,
with great emphasis, being determined
to crush the redheaded girl at the very
| outset.
"Well they can fiirt with me for q
few days just the same" said the CIR
as she surveyed herself in the cracked
mirror hanging over the table.
At supper the redheaded girl made
herself thoroughly Eat home" She
laughed and chatted and made eyes
and Mrs. Barnes could not help but sec
that her own captain, as well as the
two others, was more than interested
She grew red in the face, and her blood
boiled, and as soon as the meal was fin
ished and the girl had gone on deck, es
corted by the two other captains, sht
drew herself up before her liege lore
with folded arms and demanded:
Josiah Barnes of Providence, wha
did tell you?"
81 dunno" he absently replied
Don't lie to me, sirl told you tina
redheaded girl was an impudent mink
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24

A splendid opportunity to acquire beau
tfu home furntShng aras ot cost
quaintances in this community if she will
act as local secretary of Home Comfort
Home Comfort Clubs, 81 s. Madison ST.,
Chicago, Ill, full particulars will be mailed !.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
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Sale Bills.

1t pays you to put your sale bills in
the paper that is read. We print
them and run them in the journal.
Let us run them it we don't print
them. 1t will pay. 'Phone No. "a.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24

- A sallow complexion, dizziness, -
biliousness and coated tongue
are common indications Of liver
and kidney diseases. Stomach and
bowel troubles, severe as they are,
give immediate warning by pain,
but liver and kidney troubles,
though less painful at the start, are
much harder to cure. Thedford's
Black-Draught never fails to bene-
fitdiseased liver and weakened kid
neys. 1t stirs up the torpid liver
to throw off the germs Of fever and
ague. 1t is a certain preventive
Of cholera and Bright disease Of
the kidneys. With kidneys re- !.
inforced by Thedford's Black
Draught thousands of persons have
dwelt immune in the midst of vel
low fever. Many families live in
perfect health and have no other
doctor than Thedford's Black
Draught. 1t is always on hand for
use in an emergency and saves
many expensive calls of doctor.
Mullins, S. c.. March 10, 1901.
have used Thedford's Black. Drauxht
for three years and lhave not had to %
to doctor since have been taking It.
1t Is the best medicine for me that Is
! on the market for liver and kidney
troubles and dyspepsia and other
complaints. Rev. A. 6. LEWIS. {
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
Evangelical Church.

Sunday School 10 O'Clock a. m.
Preaching II o'clock a. m.
Young Peoples meeting z O'Clock
p. m.
Preaching O'Clock p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
8lo'clock p. m.
j. W1RrH, Pastor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-03-24
w I'll: DIS

Consumption is a human
weed hourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young;
when old, sometimes i'm
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
SCOTS Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump-
ton is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption SO
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump,
ton you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin IN time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat.
ment you will win.
SCOTS Emulsion, fresh air
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment anc
that's the best treatment.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
!. Is Genuine Cotton Wilt.

tion. A. +. Lever, who called
tAe attention of the department Of
agriculture to the prevalence of
cotton blight here and rques,ed
that an expert be dispatched to
this county to make a thorough
investigation to discover, if pos
sible, some remedy for the dis
ease, writes the Daily Item, that
we hope the expert will reach
Sumter county within short
time lie sends, also, letter
from he bureau of plant industry
stating the result of the examina-
tion of diseased cotton plants
sent from this county. The ex.
perts decide that the disease IS the
genuine cotton wilt that has
caused serious loss to the Sea
island cotton planters, for which
no remedy has yet been found.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
SUICIDE PREVENTED

The startling announcement
that II preventive of suicide had
been discovered will interest
many. A lum down system, or
dependency invariably precede 8
suicide and something has been
found that will prevent that condi-
ton which makes suicide likely.
AT the first thought of self des
tructlon take Electric Bitters. 1t
beng great tonic and nervine
will strengthen the nerves and
build up the system. It's also a
great Stomach Liver and kidney
regulator. Only soc, Satisfac
ton guaranteed byCrawfordBros
j. +. Mackey and Co, Funder-
burk Pha rmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
a physician Healed

Dr.. Geo. Ewing, practicing
physician of Smiths Grove, ky.
fer over thirty years, writes his
ers' MI experience with Foley's
kidney Cure; "F)r years | had
been greatly bothered with kidney
and bladder trouble and enlarged
pr ostrate gland. | used every
thing known to the profession
without relief, until | dcommence
to use Foley's kidney Cule. AT
ter taking three bottles | was
entirely relieved and cured. [
prescribe it now daily in my prac
tice and heartily recommend its
use all physicians for such trou-
bles. | have prescribed it in
hundreds of cases with perfect
success. Sold by Fnnderburx
Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
Boil Weevil Increasing.
Cotton Menance Spreading IN Tex>
rs and Indian Territory

The government is sending out
in South Carnliun, through Section
Director Bauer, statistics C ,n,.ern-
ing the boil wervll. The wctvii
is making inronds i'm rexns ~, d
from july Is to Aug 81 it became
known in many new localities i'm
the Lone Star State.
"Colton continued to make good
growth and |, fruiting and hollirg
well, with bolls opening and sone
picking hoing done; on accoHnt uf
hot weather and boil worms the
crop has suffered some d,mage
over nearly all portions of the .ec,
ton, especially Over the Chickasaw
and Choctaw nations, where much
shedding has been reported; gen
erally the crop condition and pros,
pect continues good" says the
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
report.
The Texas report is not more
cheerful It reads: "rhe cotton
crop has suffered decidedly from
the drouth and high temperatures
in the northern two thitds of the
State. Growth has been greatly
rclurded. Very little new fruit
is being made and most of that Is
soon thrown off The boil worms
continue to be quite destructive in
II number Of northeastern counties.
Boil weevils arc puncturiny nearly
all the squares in the outhwestern,
central, eastern and cnast division
and arc doing much damage rs far
north as Dallas, Kaufman and
Hunt counties. The hollis open
RAPIDLY, in some localities prem,-
:urely, and picking is now in full
progress. The staple is generally
rcporte 10 bc rather short"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
Bridge to Let.

will on Tuesday, Sept 9th,
1904, at !! o'.lock q. IN let the
building OF II new bridge across
Horton Creek on the road leading
from Fork Hill to Kershaw.
Plans and specifications will he
known at the letting, Bond will
be required of the successful bid
der i'm double the amount of the
bid, The right to reject any or
all bids is reserved.
l.. ). Perry,
County Supervisor.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
BOTH SIDES OF THE GREAT POLITICAL BEB FULLY ANDfIRLY GIVEN
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
W. F. LA NEY
Physician and Surgeon.

Calls answered from Office in
rear of Funderburk Pharmacy
during the day. and from resi-
dence on Elm street ut night.
Residence phone, 3S.
Office phone, 11S.
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
PILES! PILES! PILES!

DIR. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cu'e Blind, Bleeding, liberated
and Itching Piles II abs ,rbs the ia
mos aliays the itching at "nce acts
A. ""ulti'e. gives instant relief. DR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment is
the private pats. and 'othing else.
Every box Is guaranteed Sold by
druggists, sent by mail, for soc, and
81 90 per box WILL ms 'F'G
o.. Props, Cleveland, Ohio.
Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07

Many persons IN this cummuhi
" are suffering from Kidney cnn
plant who could avoid fatal -
suits by using F"l"y's kidney
Cure Sold by Funderbnrk
Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1904-09-07
ALTON B. PARKER. SAWS.
T Read the NEW YORK WORLD Eperv Dav..
THE WORLD Elected Cleveland.

ut may DC said tDithoatt reservation
that u the Democratic party in my
Grst campaign had lacked tho /oroeJ,l
and potent advocacy of Democrats
principles at that time by tie N3GW
YORK WORLD the result mtoAt
have been reversed. ."-Grovcr Clcvc-
lands Letter to The World, May 10,
1908.