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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
The LIGHT of the Home

Mr.. Rich-I suppose you find that a
baby brightens up the house?
Mr. Benedict-Yes; we burn nightly
twice the gas we used to.--Answers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

IT'S as easy to secure bargain In a used
automobile, through want advertising, as II
used 30 be-and still is---tO secure . horse
and carriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Some Things Can't Be Blamed on Him
Mr.. imsonbeak-Anyway, you can't
say I'm responsible for the forest fires.
Mrs Crimsonheak-No that's quite
certain! 1t takes something more than
hot air to start forest fire!-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
LONG BEACH

No. Pine Street.
Phone Home s4 Sunset 1851.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

(The author OF this touching poem. after
many years OF eminent professional success,
was obliged, through Illness, to give up all
and lead quiet Iife.)
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

THIS FILM WAS PRODUCED FROM THE
REoT AND MNST CQhlpI EnE OpIcIMAI
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Thought Town Had Moved.

About eight miles from Lebanon,
Pa, lives an old German farmer who
makes brooms and brushes and car
fies them to town on wheelbarrow.
He generally gets a good price for his
brooms. and on one occasion got a
larger cargo of beer on board than
was good for him, so that it was quite
late when he started home
About six miles from town there is
a sort of a tavern, and here Fritz
stopped. He left his wheelbarrow
around so that it faced the other way.
Fritz came out fuller than before,
took the handles and started back for
town. 1t was daylight when he got
there and recognized his surroundings,
and it took a full hour to convince him
that the town was not moved out into
the country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
MORAL VALUE OF THE SWORD.
Weapon Purely Ornamental, But Can
not Be Discarded

Officers of the German army are to
be ordered to resume their swords,
discarded after the Boer war The
fact is of interest as showing a recog-
milton by the army authorities of the
moral value of a weapon now become
purely ornamental. With the enemys
firing line miles away, the sword has
come to be regarded as a military toy
merely. One of the minor lessons of
the Japanese war was the demonstra.
ton of its usefulness as a distinguish
ing mark of the officer.
To do away with the sword would
be to effect military economy at the
expense of the spirit of the service, of
kind with the silencing of the drum
in the French army In the sword lies
half the poetry of war Where else
on canvas is martial glory so vivitied
az in Meissonier's "Friedland," with
the cuirassiers galloping before Ma
pcleon, their swords raised on high?
Sober fact makes it true that the
long-range rife no less than the pen is
mightier than the sword. States can
be saved without it, and peaceful ma
tons will continue to beat their
swords into plowshares.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
An Up-to.Date Car.

A new pay car has just been put into
commission on the Monongahela and
Conemaugh divisions of the Pennsyl.
vania railroad. 1t has a fine shower
bath, the first to be installed in any
car of its kind in the United States
There are six sleeping cots of CLEAN,
ing brass, and the interior of the car
looks like an arsenal, for it has a
complete set of the latest shooting
arms" calculated to discourage the
pilfering ambitions of the nerviest in.
dividual. There is a burglar-proot
safe, which only time can unlock when
set. The banking end of the coach can
be converted at will into an observa,
ton parlor and an elegantly appointed
superintendent otfice.-Philadelp
Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Fancy Dress Nuntials.

Each season sees the wedding cere-
mony becoming more and more of a
theatrical pageant, until nowadays the
only one of the protagonists who APP
pears in the character of AN English
gentleman is the bridegroom. Bride
and bridesmaids run riot in medieval
robes, directoire fantasies, and even
in the sandals, wreaths, and chitons of
ancient Hellas, while the unfortunate
small boys WHO ofticiate are dressed
in any fearful and degrading fashion
that may happen to please their ma
ternal parents. Needless to say, these
urchins feel their position acutely,"
and will possibly take their revenge
later on by eschewing matrimony alto
gether, or by forcing their brides to be
married-from u taXicab-at a regis
trars office.-London Sketch.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Bartenders Do Not Drink.

Chicago has a novel organization in
the Bartenders and Saloonkeepers'
Total Abstinence society, which is now
said TO have 1000 members. Many
saloon keepers in the windy city, it is
reported, are bound by an agreement
not to employ men who drink While
New York grog sellers have no such
society and no such agreement, so far
as the public has ever heard, all the
better class of drinking places strict
ly enforce rules against employees
drinking while on duty, and there are
scores of bartenders in this city who
never drink a drop of the liquids they
dispense.-New York Tribune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
HE WAS FACING A "DRY" DAY
Thirsty Man, True to Promise, Reall,
in Desperate Straits.

Charles M. Schwab, at the reception
that he gave to the American Boiler
Makers during their convention in De-
troit, said that among his many mil
lionaire friends all were honest, and
that he did not know of a single Amer
lean millionaire who had made his
money dishonesty.
But the millionaire looms big" said
Mr.. Schwab, and everybody wants
to find fault with him. We are as
anxious to find flaws in our millionaires
as old Bill Lush of Loretto was to find
special occasions.
Yes, SIR said Bill one night, 4
faithfully promised my wife 81 years
ago never to take more than three
drinks except on special occasions.
Friday was my birthday, Saturday was
Decoration day, Sunday my brother
in-law concluded a visit to us, Monday
we had fine weather after a long wet
spell, tomorrow my oldest girls new
dlrectoire dress comes home; only to-
day, durn it, can't think of anything
special"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Railroad Helps African CITY.

The completion of the Uganda rail
road from Mombasa TO Port Florence,
on Lake Victoria $50 miles, suddenly
brought Mombasa into prominence as
one of the future mainland ports of
East Africa, and this has enhanced
from year to year until now Mombasa
is port of call for all the regular
steamship lines maintaining commune
cation with Europe. The Uganda rail
road taps not only the heart of Central
Africa, but draws considerable
amount of its carrying trade from sec
lions of German East Africa not
reached by the German railroads.
Very little if any of the goods shipped
to or from points served by the Uganda
railroad reach Zanzibar for trans
shipment.-Consular and Trade Re
ports.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Girl Students Win Honors.

The thirteen honor students in the
class OF rs graduated this year from
the College of Liberal Arts of Boston
university are all women. Because
they have attained the highest rank
during the four years of their college
coarse all 13 will become members
of the Phi Beta Kappa This society
has a similar record in the University
of Missouri where all five of the mem
bers added to its roll last year were
girls.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Must Not Smoke in the Theater.

Paul Mounet appeared at Havre re-
Gently at the Missionary Bishop in lie
Duel" which we saw in New York
last year with Eben Plympton and Otis
Skinner AS he lighted cigar at the
wings an officer of the fire brigade in
formed him that he must not smoke in
the theater
But it is in the play" explained NJ
Mounet; 81 am smoking as / go on and
then throw my cigar on the stage"
Very we'll" replied the officer. So. NJ
Mounet made his entree as usual, but
following him We're two firemen, one
of them with bucket of water and
the other with huge sponge. The
audience, appceciating the situation,
roared and applauded with delight,
and M. Mounet carefully deposited his
cigar in the bucket and wiped his fin
gers on the sponge before proceeding
with the dialogue. They enforce the
regulations against theater fires in
France.-Sports of the Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Puzzled Over Radium.

Radium is still puzzling the French
scientists. The latest conundrum is:
Where does it come from?' One
scientist says that radium comes to us
from the sun in some form of solar
emanation. He does not believe it to
be something inherent in certain earth
born substances, such as the pitch
blend, from which it was first extract
ed. He thinks that it comes to earth
continually in infinitesimal quantities
with every ray of light, so to speak,
that reaches us from the solar orb.
This accounts. he says, in a measure
for the traces of radium being con.
tinually discovered in all sorts of
things, gaseous and mineral alike.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Got kipling's Autograph.

Rudyard Kiplng, on his last home
ward voyage from South Africa, not
so long ago, was watched carefully
by lady autograph hunter who
longed to approach him, album in
hand, but did not dare to do so. One
morning she saw him scribble on one
of the little cards which are used
when passengers order any drinks
they may require. These cards are
collected into little bundles at the end
of the week and then redeemed. The
fair huntress darted after the stew
ard who had the card, and begged to
be allowed to keep it and pay for the
order, which read: Two sodas and
one whisky and the signature was
"R. Kipling."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
New Problem Of Watchma kers.

H. c. Carpenter, representative OF
a watch company of South Bend, Ind,
held up sample watch as he stood in
his room at the Hotel Baltimore yes
terday.
And now the jewelers. have a new
job-that of inventing something that
will make watches used in skyscrapers
keep correct time" he said Don't
suppose you know it, but the perpen.
dicular steel construction of these
high buildings forms magnet that
acts on the wheels of the watches, &C.
celebrating or retarding the balance
wheel. That's why SO many watches
in skyscrapers won't keep the correct
time. Now the manufacturers must
remedy that defect-if it's possible. >
Kansas City Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Musk Deer of Tibet.

Consul-General William H. Michael
reports that a number of Tibetian trad
ers who visited Calcutta in March,
1908. brought with them, among other
articles, large quantity of musk,
which is held in high esteem by the
high-caste Indians. The little deer
from which the musk is obtained
ranges in the Himalayas and Tibetan
mountains, 5000 feet above the sea
level. The male deer yields the finest
and greatest quantity of musk. The
deer are shy and alert, and difficult to
capture.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Danced on Gold Dust.

The great dancing expert, My Fancy,
who is dong the Moss & Stoll tour,
has danced on gold dust
When starring with Charles God
frey's company in Western Australia, /"
she told me, no sand was procurable
for my dance, so the people in the
place said they would get me some
gold dust and accordingly they
brought quite a quantity of the pre-
cious stuff along, and found that it
answered the purpose very we'll.
reckon that was about the queerest
use gold has ever been put to- OF
course, it was mixed with quartz, but
when put it in water l could see the
gold grains shining ever so prettily."
-Pearson's Weekly
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
The Caraboa Express.

Have you been in Washington, d. C.
On hot August day? Dagupan is hot
ter than the asphalt pavements o
Washington. Quite number of tour
lists pass through Dagupan on theil
way to Baguio-a result is the TRAY
elers' Hotel" Perhaps a description
OF the impossible should not be at
tempted, so we will get into the gov
eminent spring wagon and with fou
good mules drive away from the
Travellers Hotel AS for GU
trunks, they are loaded on "carabo;
express cart" and reach Baguio, s.
miles distant, after just one week o
constant travel.-Army and Navy Life
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
FAVE NO CHANCE FOR GOSSIP.
e Argument in Defense of Reserve
Of City Life.

There is much to be said of the
custom prevailing in large cities, the
indifference with which families re-
gard each other. They may live with
only thin wall as a separation, and
never know their neighbors by sight
1t is heartless, in way, to have no
knowledge of misfortune which one
might relieve, but it is rather agree
able to be able to live as one Dleases
with the certainty that prying eyes
are not taking stock of economies and
habits. 1t is almost impossible to be-
gin system of retrenchment in a
town or neghborhood where there are
keen eyes to inspect every movement
and sharp tongues to discuss each dis
covery. So we have families always
living beyond their means because
they have not the moral courage to ad-
vertise their true financial condition
1t is not wise to take the public into
ones confidence When il becomes
necessary to give up home it lessons
the chances of recovering from pc
cunlary losses to allow the neighbour
hood TO discuss the matter with certain
knowledge A graceful retreat can
generally be managed save in gossip
ing places, and even there silence is
much better than confession
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
AND THE cowBELL.
Incident of Presidents Early Life
Caused Political Feud.

Rev. DR.. Frederick Cast, professor
emeritus OF Hebrew in the Reformed
Theological seminary at Lancaster,
Pa, is one of the very few persons liv-
ing who We're Intimately acquainted
with President Buchanan, and he has
a large stock of stories about the
Pennsylvania that have never ap-
peared in print
Buchanan was born in a sparsely set
tied part of Bedford county, and in his
youth his mother was accustomed to
place around his neck COW bell so
that its tinkling announced his where
abouts whenever he wandered into
the woods surrounding the family
cabin. Neighbors' children, nearly all
of whom We're of German parentage,
Invariably thereafter called him
"Chimmy nit de bells on" nick
name which later in life led him into
one of the fiercest political feuds that
ever existed in the keystone state.
Thaddeus Stevens and Buchanan
were practicing lawyers in Lancaster,
and We're intimate friends until one
day, opposed to each other in the trial
Of suit, Stevens banteringly referred
to his friend as "Chimmy nit de
bells on
Buchanan made no reply in court,
but as soon as the trial was ended
he lured his insulter into an alleyway
and gave him a drubbing which Stew
ems had reason to never forget. There
after the two We're implacable en-
emies.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Red ParasoI Stopped Train.

A curious incident has come to light
in connection with the stopping of a
London express train on the Gale
DOMAIN main line near Rockcliffe sta
ton, few miles north of Carlisle.
The train was running at full speed
when the driver observed a red object
by the side of the line which he re-
garded as a danger signal.
The train was accordingly pulled up,
when il was found that the object in
question was red parasol carried by
woman Who wishing to cross the
line at level crossing. was awaiting
the passing of the express.-London
Daily Mail.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Has Yours a Halo?

Has your husband halo? A cynical
old bachelor remarked that in very
fortunate cases it is whole year after
her marriage before a wife notices
that the halo above her husbands head
has entirely disappeared. Is your hus.
band still wearing his? Don't forget
that it isn't husbands who manufac.
ture halos. A wife weaves them out
of her love and imagination And it's
an admirable home industry to keer
bright and fresh the illusion with
which one so cheerfully entered double
harness.-Chicago American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Bull DeraiIed an Enoine

While the Andalusian express was
travelling at the rate of 20 miles ar
hour a bull suddenly appeared on the
lire near the village of Rabonales
Before the driver could pull up the
cred head, and the impact was so ter
rifle that the engine was derailed
The driver applied the brakes just in
time to prevent the entire train from
falling over an embankment. A fresh
engine secured, the express proceeded
London Standard.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
CANNING FACTORY
To Be Opened Soon Under The Eff
Gent Management of The Allan.
tic Canning Company

j. w. Cuykendall of Atlantic has
the canning factory leased for year
and he with the local manager, Jay
III. Pratt of New York, who is en-
ployed to run it was in the city last
week preparing the factory. All the
canned corn that was in there is being
shipped away. The factory is being
put in first class repair for the season.
Mr.. Pratt comes here highly recon-
mended and is very pleasant gentle
man,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Special Trains

Station Agent w. w. Smith of the
Rock Island depot informs us that
special trains will be run on Sunday,
August 9th and Sunday August Is,
1908. Leaving Audubon at Is min.
utes to nine end reaching the Atlantic
Chautauqua grounds at ten O'Clock.
Returning the train will leave Allan.
tic in the evening. On Aug. IA next
Friday the day Gov. johnson of MINI.
lectures special will run up that
evening at 10 o'clock.
j. II ARLAN,
President
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
An Ideal of Patriotism

Let cur object be our country, our
whole country, and nothing but our
country. And, by the blessing of God
may that country itself become a vast
and splendid monument, not of oppres
sion and terror, but of wisdom, OF
peace, and of liberty, upon which the
world may gaze with admiration for.
ever-Daniel Webster
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Stones in Animals stomachs.

There was recently brought to the
British museum about half peck of
stones asserted to have been taken
from the stomach of an African ele.
phant. The stones are angular and
unworn. Other instances of the same
nature are known to hunters. The
man who gave the curiosities to the
museum has demonstrated the exist.
ence of the stone-swallowing habit in
crocodiles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Co. Superintendent
On Way to Typographical Convention

Clarence E. Drake, who used to
work on the Audubon Advocate and
who is one of the best printers and til 9
best fellows who follow the "art pre-
sentative" was in the city this NOR
ming accompanied by his wife and
child on the way to Audubon for a
visit with relatives and their host of
friends. Clarence is now located at
Beaumont, Texas, where he is en-
ployed in the ad room of the Beau
mont Morning Enterprise, and is on
the way to Boston, where he will at
tend the 54th annual convention of
the United Typographical Union as q
delegate from the Beaumont Union,
No. 339. He was welcome caller at
this office this morning and left for
Audubon this afternoon.-Atlantic
Daily News, August g.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Shepherd Must Wear the XIII.

BY way of adding new, picturesque
teuch to its beautiful Druid Hill park,
Blitimore's park board has directed a.
newly-engaged shepherd to attire him
self when on duty, in real Scotch kits.
The board has appointed Peter Mac
kenZie of New York to watch ever the
sheep in Druid Hill and has sent an.
order to Edinburgh for a supply of
kits
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
Teachers Notice

To the Teachers of Audubon Co..
As soon as could procure the names
of the newly elected directors, / made
list for your benefit. If you wish a
list write for it. Though I shall be
out of town for week, l have made
arrangements for your requests to re
ceive prompt attention
ELLA M STEARNs,
Co. Superintendent
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
"Bi-PoIaritvD

The Hamburg expedition to the Ma
gellan straits has issued volume in
which particular attention is given TIC
"bi-polarity,' that is to say, the oc-
currence of similar types of animal
life at the two poles and their absence
from almost the whole of the inter.
vening area
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06

Mrs. r. r. Finch owner of the
Golden Eagle store of Jefferson last
week bought the residence property of
w. II. Barrett on State Street Just
east Of the Barrett home. This Is the
house which has for many years been
the home of Julius Oppenheime r
family. The consideration was So, 500
and she received $500 for her driving
horse. 1t is pleasure to note this evil
dence that Mrs. Finch has deter
mined tomake her home permanently
among US.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
To Ship Timber from Honduras

American capitalists contemplate
working concession of 5000 acres of
hardwood timber in Honduras Twenty
miles of railway, with spurs, are to
be constructed. Shipments will he
made to the United States. AS the
land is cleared, rubber, banana ami
cocoa will be planted.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-08-06
AUDUBON NEWS
FARM LOANS.
At 5 PEI. Cent. Complete set
of abstract of Title to all
Lands and T0,Cn Lots in 4tt-
d,tbOn County.
CHARLES BAGLEY

CHARLES 6ASLEY
Dora Larsen departed Monday noon
for Waterloo.
Miss Hazel Hubbard of Mason City
is visiting here
Bessie Evans departed Tuesday for
Red Oak to visit.
DIR. ]. M. Fulton and family are Wis.
iting friends in Anita.
TIE Mantz boys have opened BIZ
cycle and repair shop.
Ed Young and family returned
Monday from Canada.
Lillian Conybeare of Cedar Rapids
is visiting friends here.
Thirty new cement crossings are
being laid around town.
Miss Julia Smutney is here visiting
her brother Ed Smutney.
Today, August 6, 1908 Mrs. A. I
Brainard is Is years old.
A son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Brooks arrived here this week.
Chas. White returned last week
from an out of town business visit.
L. E. Simpson and 8. A. McHargue
and wife departed Saturday for Lost
Island.
Lucille Brooks and Lucy Lieb went
down to Lewis Tuesday to visit a
short time.
Rev. S. Conybeare went down to
Old Hamlin this week to call on his
parishioners.
A. G. Ross, wife and niece Gwendo-
Ign Garry are visiting at Dell Rapids,
South Dakota.
Mrs. Ed Freemeu of Scotland, South
Dakota arrived in the city Sunday to
visit her parents short time.
County Superintendent Miss Ella
Stearns' departed Sunday for Cedar
Rapids and other eastern points.
Mr.. Hermanson of Douglas has
bought the planning mill of M. Hart,
who is going to kingfisher, Okla.
Rev. L. K, Billingsly of Des Moines
filled the pulpit at the M. b. Church
Sunday both morning and evening.
George Keigbtly and family re
turned to their home at West Bend
Monday after visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Harry Mertz of Sioux City ar
rived in the city the first of the weel
to visit her parents, B. L. Darnold ant
wife.
Mrs. w. F. Earhart of Menlo who
had beeu here visiting her father, j
G. Davis, returned to her home, Mon
day.
Little Maude Heath of Brayton ha
been visiting at the L. B. Jenning
home in this city since Saturday will
her cousins.
Geo. Scott of Hamlin twp. was
city business visitor Monday. He i
helping Tom Sweezy haul materia
for new house.
Victor and Myrtle Lang went t.
Extra Monday. Victor will work TO
John Thompson on his farm -four
miles west of Brayton.
The first attraction at the Oper'
house for the season at the Modern
Woodman Hall will be the Funn.
Man from New York Sept. 5th.
Mrs. Melville of Davenport has beer
here visiting her brothers f. w. ant
81 Earhart. She also visited her ne
phew in Viola who got very badly
hurt on a reaper.
Ralph Scott departed today for Ev
ert, Washington state stopping a
Portland. Oregon to visit an uncle, HI
has position as manual training
teacher in the public schools.
Rev. Samuel Conybeare d. d. for
mer pastor of the Presby terian church
in this city but now of Cedar Rapids
preached Sunday in the Presbyterian
church to delighted audience.