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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-08-30

Berwind is mile below Tabasco and
the Hood was not of SO great force
there as at Tabasco, much of the
water having sunk in the sands and
run off into tributary arroyas.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
The Waste of Health.

Yes, we adj value health, and yet
how we waste it! There is no way in
which we do not disregard the rules
that compass it. We read, for exam
pie, in the dark and in bed and in the
cars instead of waiting for light and
quiet: we sit all day at work when we
should vary the day with exercise; we
eat ins a hurry, as if we feared each
morsel was to be snatched from us,
when we should eat slowly, and invoke
the powers of digestion; we steal from
sleep the hours that belong to that be-
nign restorer of tired nature; we de-
light our gustatory nerves over ban
quets which millstones could not grind
to digestion, and we drink drafts which
infame the stomach and set the brain
on fire and bring the body to naught.
And when all is done we go about, il
we are still able to go about, complain
ing that there is no health in us. and
we blame fate and the divine laws
when we have ourselves to blame and
our ancestors.-Selected
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
Lincoln Center

Gustav Rudnick is on the sick list.
Miss Ida Polzin spent Monday
with Augusta David.
Eleonore Ehlers called on Bertha
Rudwick Monday afternoon.
Mr. g Otto of Atlantic, visited
with Reverend Ehlers last week.
Alfred and Theodore Elhers spent
Sunday at the August Raebel home.
Mr.. Albert Rudnic and wife Wis
tied at the Albert Polzin home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Meyer at
tended a party at the Chas. Juergen's
home.
Mr.. Alb Rudnick accompanied
by his wife visited at the Abb Pol
yin home.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Schrum, of Tenn
pleton, were visiting with August
meyer SUNDAY.
Mrs. Hedwig and Ida Rudnic
visited with Claudia and Emma
Ehlers, Monday.
Mr.. Chas. Juergens and family
and Helen Raebel visited with Rev.
Ehlers Sunday.
Alarge crowd gathered at the home
of August Meyer to help celebrate
his sixtieth birthday.
Reverend Ehlers and wife Wis
tied in Manning With Reverend
Ansarge and other friends.
Rev. Ansarge of Manning, deliv-'
cred fine sermon at the Evangel-
ical Lutheran church Monday. In
the afternoon he left for st. Louis
to attend the thirtieth anniversary
of his parents marriage.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
The Enelishwoman.

The American or the French woman
never allows herself to be daunted by
the fact that she has not been en-
dowed by nature with good looks or a
good figure. She dresses as carefully,
carries herself as grandly, as her beau
tiful sisters and indeed assumes rather
more Of an air than they, with the
happy result that America aAl France
seem to have no i'll dressed and no
really plain or ungraceful daughters.
We Englishwomen are too modest and
fancy we are altogether hopeless I'M
less we have good material on which
to work.--London World.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15

The Democrat has recently heard
reports of a remarkable cure effected
by DR.. A. III. Weber, the Des Moines
oculist who comes to the Hotel Lewis
once month, and after investigation
we find the reports to be true. The
cure was in the case of Mrs. Scurlock
OF Cherokee, whose picture is given
herewith. The case is an interesting
one and will attract attention both
from scientific standpoint and in the
interest of humanity in general. Mrs.
Scurlock has had her sight restored
after seventeen years of blindness.
She has daughter Is years of age
whom she has never seen until three
months ago.
Mrs. Scurlock was afflicted with
cataracts which rendered her totally
blind.
According to her own story she ha d
been treated by oculists without the
least benefit, and gave up all .hope of
ever seeing again, when friends told
her of DIR. Weber having cured many
difficult cases of eye trouble. II called
on him." said Mrs. Scurlock, land
when he informed me that he could
restore my sight it seemed too good to
be true. He has done so to my perfect
satisfaction. DIR. Weber removed the
cataracts painlessly."
Mrs. Scurlock has recently called at
this office and her sight seems to be as
good as that of the ordinary person.
She has good reason to feel overjoyed
and is unstinting in her Ipraise of DIR.
Weber and his miraculous cure.-The
Cherokee, Democrat.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Let the boastful man have his own
way. He won't listen to you anyway.
The only way to tell love story, aft
er all, is in kindness and good cooking
1t is too late to congratulate some
people after they have been married as
long as week.
A great many people have con-
sciences that would require an alarm
clock to wake up.
Artificial roses never appear to SO
poor an advantage as when they bloom
on girls cheeks.
Come to think of it, if you hate any
one don't you hate his laugh more than
anything else about him?
A pessimist is one who sees the time
ahead when he will break with friend
and therefore tells the friend nothing
An optimist sees only eternal friend.
ship and tells the friend all-Atchison
Globe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
EDlsoN's TRIUMPH
An Incident In the Great Inventors
Start In Life.

An Incident In the Great Inventors
Start In Life.
DR.. Norvin Green, for many years
president of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, once said that but
for the dizziness Of himself and his as
sistants Thomas A. Edison might new
er have obtained the confidence and
support of the great corporation. Ed
ison had been trying for months to in
duce the officials to take up some of
his inventions until they began to re-
gard him as bore
He went to the main Office one day
and was greeted by DR.. Norvin Green
and the other officials with sneering
smiles. DIR. Green said: "Mr. Edison,
we are unable to get into communica-
ton with Albany, and a large amount
Of important business is in peril. 1
suppose that since you know more
about telegraphy than all Of the rest
Of us combined you can locate the diff
ficulty."
Whether Edison noticed the sneering
tone or not, he quietly answered, 81
can locate it inside of two or three
hours, SIR
Dr. Green and the others laughed out
right, one of them saying, Edison, you
have now fully demonstrated that you
are crank"
Edison never smiled or addressed
word to the speaker, but looked at Or.
Green and said, "1f locate this diff
Guilty in two or three hours, will you
take up my inventions and give them
honest consideration?
Eyes, will,'' said DR. Green, "and
will do it if you succeed in two days."
1t was very simple thing, and yet
Edison was the only one who had the
comprehensive mind to think of it in
stantly. He did not tell them for many
years afterward how he accomplished
the feat, but he did it inside of one
hour
Edison Went to the main Offices,
where he was known as an expert op-
orator, and called up Pittsburg. He
asked for the best operator there, NAM
ing him, and then told the Pittsburg
man to call up the best man at Albany
anu NIlCNi Hiili uON LuC
line toward New York as far as he
could and report back to Edison as soon
as possible. Inside of an hour Edison
had this telegram:
II can telegraph all right down to
within two miles of Poughkeepsie, and
there is trouble with the wire there
Edison went back to the Office Of the
president and gravely announced that
if train should be sent to Poughkeep-
sic with materials for the work they
would find break in the line just two
miles on the other side Of Poughkeep-
sic and could repair it that afternoon.
They begged him to tell how he had
found it out, and he replied:
"By knowing more about telegraph
ing than all of you put together, as DIR.
Green has said.''
They located the break, repaired it,
and DR.. Green took up Edison's inven-
tons, and that was Edison's great start
in life.-Youth's Companion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
New York Subway Hard Hit.

New York, June 1o.-Under the
most favorable conditions, it was adj
mitted by the management of the sub
way that the road, which was blocked
Sunday by the bursting of water
main at Forty-second street, could
hardly be opened for through traffic
before the rush hours today. Under
ground traffic was practically sus-
pended, although some trains were
run below Fourteenth street and
above the point of the blockade, leav.
ing a gap of over mile in which the
tracks were under water and the tun.
mel filled with the fumes of charred
insulation and ties.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
Southeast Greeley.

VIM. Pine is working in Guthrie
County.
VIM. schawb is working for Chas.
Palm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert PARROT spent
last Sunday at the VIM. Hensley
home.
Henry Benton has just completed a
convenient and commodious house on
his fine farm in south Greeley.
Jim Shannoh's had the misfortune
to broak their buggy on the way
home from the U. B. church Sunday
night obliging them to borrow one TO
continue their way home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
Two very fine young
Registered Short Horn
Bulls for sale cheap.
j. C. HARDnAN,
Brayton, la.
MAYOR WEAVER HAS NEW FIGHT
This Time it is Over Granting Of
Street Railway Franchises.


Street Railway Franchises.
Philadelphia, June 13.-The princi-
pal developments in the local polit.
ical situation was the resignation Of
Samuel Salter as assistant to the chief
clerk in the Office of the county com.
missioners and the issuing of an order
for the dismissal tomorrow Of sixty
five employees in the bureau of city
property and fourteen in the electrical
bureau. Their dismissal will mean a
saving to the city of more than SAL.
900 a year. Mayor Weaver has an
other contest with the councils. This
time it is over the granting to the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
of franchises to operate surface cars
on an additional ITO miles of street
without the city receiving any COM
pensation. Two bills granting the
franchises were passed over the may.
ors veto. The mayor has had bills
introduced in the councils repeating
the franchise bills.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
No Action in CHICAGO Strike.

Chicago, June 13.-The transfers
strike has come to the stage where it
will die natural death unless new
life is injected into it by the strikers.
During the past twenty-four hours
nothing of any Importance mas devel.
oped, neither side having made any
aggressive move. According to the
employers involved in the trouble,
they have succeeded in getting their
business almost back to normal con-
ditions. The teamsters are doing alb
solutely nothing in the strike, not a
move being made either for peace or
spread of the difficulty.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
First Life insurance Policy.

The first life insurance policy Of
which the details are on record resulted
in lawsuit. William Gybbons insur-
ed himself on June Is, 1888, for 1883
against dying in twelve months. He
did die on May 10 Of the next year, and
the Disguised underwriters (the COM
pany of those days. contested payment
on the plea that he had lived twelve
months Of twenty-eight days EACH
Worlds Work
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
Marken's One Crop.

Marker, in the Zuyder Zee, is one Of
the most curious islands in the world.
Horses and trees are unknown. The
island produces one crop, hay, and Of
this the women manage the growing
and harvesting.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
who has been here visiting for four
or five weeks returned with them.

or five weeks returned with them.
The following officers were elected
in the Canterbury Bell Rebekah
lodge last Thursday night: Mrs.
Cora Mclaughlin, N. g.; Mrs. Ma
bel Barger, V. g.; Miss Mary Hig-
gins, Sec; Miss Ella Denton, Treas.
With this corps of officers the lodge
is sure to have a prosperous term.
Mrs. w. j. Lancelot was elected dele.
gatesto the State Assembly to meet
at Cedar Rapids in October. Mrs.
Lydia Chandler was in attendance
at the meeting and spent the night
with her old chum and schoolmate
Mrs. Higgins.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
The Horse Dealer

"What is the secret Of your success?'
asked the young man.
I'm buying" said the old horse deal
er, II look sharp, and in selling look
just as ignorant as 1 cam Chicago
News.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
A Costly Poem.

My hat is perfect poem, isn't it,
John?"
ut ought to be. paid more for it
than Bryant got for Thanatopsis.' p
Houston Post.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
Audubon Township.

Mrs. Higgins.
Audubon Township.
Fred Kline lost valuable COW by
lightning Friday.
Mrs. Walter Hocken berry visited
with her parents over Sunday in Ex-
ira.
Mr.. Daniels of Peoria, Ill. is here
visiting his relatives the Tibben fam
lilies.
Thos. Klemish was called to Neb.
Saturday to see sister who is dan
gerously iii.
Chas. Boehme and family attended
the Thomas Railsback funeral in
Audubon Friday.
Barney Dofing shipped two cars OF
fine cattle from Extra Saturday re-
turning home Tuesday.
Mrs. Minnie Petri has been spend
ing the past two weeks with her
daughter Mrs. Chas. Newman.
Grandpa Newman is again afflicted
with rheumatism obliging him to re-
main indoors most of the time.
A. P. Peterson was summoned to
Elkhorn to the bedside of brother
who is dangerously i'll, Tuesday.
Clarence the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernie Strickland is quite sick
with come kind OF throat trouble.
Jake Carstens is having consider
able trouble with his deep we'll and
in such busy time it is causing him
a great deal of inconvenience.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sas passed thru
Audubon township Sunday enroute
for Geo. Wesack's over in Guthrie
county. Mesdames Sss and Wesaok
are COUSINS.
Mrs. A. ]. Baylor and Miss Jennie
paid their relative, Mrs. Charles
Palm short visit Wednesday of
last week. Mrs. Palm has been quite
i'll for several days.
Three mutual phone lines and one
company line were completed in the
south part of the township last week,
with free switch boards at Geo. Ora
hams and Henry Stephenson's con-
Meeting with Adair and Anita. How
is that for Progress?
The Court House Proposition is
settled satisfactorily to the majority
of the voters of Audubon County at
least. Altho the town of Audubon
had an able representative, former
resident of this township, at work
tor some time past and also on cleo
tion day. Audubon township done
remarkably we'll there being 100 votes
against and Is for the project, surely
struth'' is mighty, and right will
prevail.
A shadow of gloom settled down
over the community Friday P. M.
when the news was sent over the
phone line that Charlie, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Franz had been
killed by lightning, the blow being
doubly sad on account of the death
10 the same way OF next older son
less than one year ago. He was plow-
ing corn in the field near home at the
time of the severe electric storm that
passed over this section Friday.
Charlie was thirteen years and mos.
old and the pride and joy OF his par
ents. The funeral services were held
Sunday P. M. by stheir pastor, the
Rev. Cloeter and the remains were fol-
10 we'd to their last resting place by
one Of the largest funeral professions
ever seen in the community. The be-
reaved family have the heartfelt SYM
pathy of the community in their sad
loss.
CARD OF THANKS.
The family of VIM. Newman here
by extend sincere thanks and graft
tude to those who go kindly aided US
during the sickness and interment of
our departed mother.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
Determination

"Our Willie shows great determina-
ton" said the boys mother.
Eyes" queried the proud papa.
Eyes. He spent the whole day max
ing soap bubbles and trying to pin one
to the wall. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
WHY SHE COULDN'T FIND 1T
inquiry Into EARLY History of Cor
many Developed a Puzzle.

inquiry xhtO CAI1y d191Ofy OF G0xS
many Developed a Puzzle.
In the state department, where a
fair knowledge Of history is the one
requisite above others, information
concerning the earlier history of Ger.
many was desired. The employee upon
whom this task of finding this devolved
is young woman who passed the civil
service examination with an Al grade
She went to the bookshelves and looked
in that section where the historical
data of this country are kept.
That's funny" she murmured after
rummaging through the volume. Here
is Germany. but these books don't go
back far enough
After anotherdesultory search through
the volumes she came and stood beside
an elder woman whose early education,
though by no means as comprehensive
as that Of today, consisted in learning
what she did learn well.
do you know where the rest of Ger
many ST. the girl asked.
"It's all there was the answer.
But it can't be, because it doesn't
go back as far as l want" The elder
woman looked at the slip of paper in
the girls hand on which date prior
to the time of Frederick the Great was
written
"There was no Germany as early as
that" she said promptly.
"Then how can l find it?' the girl
helplessly asked.
'''Look under Prussia, Of course" the
elder woman answered
"Oh!' said the girl. = Washington
Post
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-15
June Crop Report.

Des Moines, June 12.-The June
crop report for Iowa says there is an
increase in the acreage of the state
and that for the entire state it will
average an increase of per cent.
The condition of the corn is esti-
mated at 80 per cent, which is about
the same as it was last year at this
time. On June / a considerable por-
tion of the corn crop was not above
ground. The acreage of spring wheat
is reduced 10 per cent below that har-
vested last year and the condition is
80 per cent. The condition of all sta
pie farm crops is given high: Winter
wheat, lo2 per cent; oats. So; barley,
90; rye. 9S: fax. 81: potatoes, 81;
meadows. 100; pastures, 81. One year
ago the condition of winter wheat
was IS; spring wheat. a. corn, 90;
oats, 90; barley, 90; rye, 81; flax, So;
potatoes, 95; meadows, 90; pastures, 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-29
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE.
The Equitable Did Not Live UP to
Aent'S Agreement.

To the Editor:-In today's paper
under the heading People Must Act
you say people must quit paying to
insurance companies two dollars to get
back one dollar, when they die. Let
me give you my experience with the
Equitable"
In $50 l took a ten year policy for
one hundred dollars, through the
agency of p S. Pescud, of Raleigh,
whose word | would take against the
whole Equitable Society.
Mr.. Pescud told me that | would be
classed, and all the profits of that
class would be divided at the end of
ten years to the sums | paid during the
ten years, 1925 which you see is one
half the amount of the policy. At the
end of the ten years, | called for my
money. The reply was that | could let
them keep the money and apply the
proceeds to payment of a large policy
or they would give me paid up policy
to be paid at my death, or they would
pay the cash. | took the last, and they
offered $3.50. / claimed my $1,000.
They refused to pay that amount. /
consulted a lawyer and he said | could
not force them to nay more than they
that my head was in the lion s
mouth so | had to take tne $3.50 or
nothing, thinking that if they would
cheat me while alive, they would cheat
ymfamily when dead.
The Equitable Justly owes me $500,
with fifteen years interest. You see
where their immense wealth comes
= '' P. e. SMITH.
Scotland Neck, N. c., April q.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-29

Spray, N. c., Sept. 20, 1904.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Two Young Ladies Struck by Light
ming While EnrOute Home.
Carthage Blade.)

Carthage Blade.)
Perhaps one of the most shocking
incidents that has occurred in the
county for a good long time, was the
two excellent young ladies, Misses
Grace and Mamie Womble, of Glen
don, being severely shocked by 1ght-
ming while enroute to their home a.
few days since. 1t seems that they had
been visiting friends and relatives
near their home ana while returning
home in a buggy an electric storm
came. shocking them very seriously,
and frightning the horse to the eX-
tent that he tore loose from the buggy
and returned home at breakneck
speed. leaving the young ladies in an
unconscious condition in the public
road A brother of the unfortunate
young ladies on seeing the frightened
animal coming home without buggy
or driver, Immediately went in search
of the stricken sisters, finding them
living in the public road, as stated
above in q terrible condition. After
carrying them home and summoning
a physician who worked heroically
for some time in order to save them,
the young ladies were able to tell the
terrible story of their experience. 1t Is
aaid that they are getting on very
nicely and will soon be able to leave
their rooms.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-29
GEN. FITZHUGH LEE.

The whole country will mourn the
death of General FitZhugh Lee. 1T
will come upon the American people
as shock, for but yesterday in the
full vigor of health he was visiting
Northern States and enlisting their
cooperation in the coming James,
town Exposition. Only II few weeks
ago he was an honored visitor to RAJ
oigh.
General Lee was a Confederate SOL
der who won distinction by his per-
sonaI courage. AS Governor of Vir-
ginia he demonstrated ability as an
executive. AS Consul General to Ha-
vana in a critical period he made
worldwide reputation and was hon
ored in every portion of the Repub-
lie AS a soldier in the Spanish
American War he added to his rc9u-
tation. In all the relations of life
he showed himself worthy of the
noble name of Lee. No higher praise
than this could be written
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-29
MOST OF THEM LEFT OUT.

Mr.. Carnegie denies to most of the
patton in his ten million dollar fund
to pension men who devote their best
years to instruction in colleges and
universities. He especially excludes
those who teach in institutions sup
ported by the State or by a church.
There are no other colleges of high
grade in North Carolina. His theory
doubtless is that the State and the
church should pension their profess
sors in their institutions. The men
who teach in these institutions do the
hardest work in any colleges at the
smallest salaries. The institutions
privately endowed are the only ones
that would be benefited under Mr..
Carnegie's terms-the very institu-
tons that are the richest and where
the professors stand least in need of
pensions.
So far as North Carolina is concern
ed it would not in this generation or
the next participate in Mr.. Carnegie's
fund at all. 1t has no colleges except
those supported by a church or by
the State, and no wise philanthropisr
would establish another but would
rather help those already established
The magnificent pension fund, there
fore, would be another case of giving
to those who have. The benefaction
is noble one if Mr.. Carnegie had not
made the two exceptions that deny the
help to those most deserving and most
in need of it.
1t is a sad fact that most of the col
leges that will be benefited by Mr..
Carnegie's great gift have come to be,
not places where youth are trained to
become of great service in securing
justice to the toiling masses. but the
centres where the strongest Young
men are imbIed with the ideas that
are Federalistic ard rnonopollstic
What Political Economy that teaches
that the Standard Oil Company is 4
robber and plunderer could be