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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
TAKE FISH WITH BARE HANDS.
One Way of Making Good Catches in
South Carolina.

b. ID, Smith, A. H. Gasque, c. and
A. Hugh Hines went fishing near Eff
flngham the other day where a creek
runs into Lynches river. They had
fine sport and caught 10S of the finest
red breasts in the country
Fishing down there is done with the
hands. All you have to do is to feel
under the logs and in the stump holes
and pull out the fish. 1t is character
istic of the red breast, we are told,
not to leave their hiding place. They
stick so close to it that one can liter
ally pick them out of the water with
the hands. These gentlemen had fine
fun. They caught some shad, but they
were poor, except one and were put
back in the water One snake was
killed
The only bad thing about fishing
this way is the fact that there are
some snakes under the logs, and if by
chance the fisher gets his hands on a
moccasin there is generally something
doing. Mr.. Johnson, who lives in
that section, interviewed a snake the
other day in some trash where red
breasts We're hiding, and now he has
a game tinger.-Florence Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
BELIEVES FAST is TOO LONG,
Physician Sees Danger in Emptiness
of Stomach During Sleep.

Many persons, says well-known
doctor, though not actually sick keep
below par in strength and general
tone, and he is of the opinion that
fasting during the long interval be-
tween supper and breakfast and espe-
cially the complete emptiness of the
stomach during sleep, adds greatly to
the amount of emaciation, sleepless-
ness and general weakness we so oft
en- meet.
1t is logical to believe that the sup
ply of nourishment should be some
what continuous, especially in those
who are below par, if we would coun-
teract their emaciaton and lower de-
gree of vitality. and as bodily exercise
is suspended during sleep, while diges-
ton, assimilation and nutritive activi-
ty continue as usual the food fur
nished during this period adds more
than is destroyed, and increased
weight and improved general vigor are
the results.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
Poor WAGES in British Arny.

In the British army the daily pay of
a second lieutenant is 5s, 3D. with
deductions), and when that officer
goes on a government transport he
has to pay IS. Cd. a day for his food
alone. The pay of major is 13s. i'd.
a day, average service is to 20 years,
so he would be about 40 years of age
and very likely married. There are
no married quarters for him and he
is allowed no lodging allowance Hith-
erto he had hopes of better pay and
allowances when he became command
ing officer of a regimental district, but
those appointments have been swept
away and major has nothing to look
forward to as such, unless he is a staff
college man. The only officers who
receive a living wage are the staff
the royal engineers and the depart
ments. The regimental officers, the
backbone of the army, receive little
or nothing and, unless they have
friends who can provide for them
with an annual allowance, they are
bound to get into debt.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
A Mounted Nurse corns.

The American navy has been given
its female nurse corps by act of the re
cent congress, but now Great Britain
goes us one better by proposing for
its army mounted nurse corps. Ac-
cording to the Inter-Ocean there is
now in existence company of young
women which has been trained by a
veteran officer and will be ready for
the test. The Islington Drill Brigade
Girls 1eomanry. they are called, and
now are tive-and-twenty strong and
efficient riders. The girls wear the or
binary military rank badges surmount-
ed by spur and crossed whips. One
had the crossed flags of a signaler
The uniforms consist of red tunic
blouse, with blue skirt with white
braiding round the bottom white
sauntlets, black leggings. and yellow
sash. A red and blue field service cap
is worn with a chin-strap. Riding
whips are carried.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
DIFFER AS TO ELECTRICITY.
Experts Disagree Concerning Its Eff
fects on Human Beings.

Dr. Mcconnell recently told the
mothers of New York that men and
women We're nothing else but electri-
cal machines, which Cor WHO'D when
out of order could be put together
again like ordinary electrical appa-
ratus. The idea is bright, and the
great Fourier, in his Theory of Elec-
trons, suggests something of the
same kind. Dr. Milener of Buffalo
would, however, appear to disagree
with the idea. He placed under OBJ
sewation 10 of the employees in the
Niagara Electric works, and drew the
following conclusions from his obser-
vations:
When the men We're brought into
close proximity with the electrical dy-
namos they experienced organic dis
orders of the stomach, loss of appe-
tite, faulty digestion and became as
pale as limekiln laborers The doctor
attributes these phenomena to the
chemical influence of the electrical "a
diations, or of radiations of nature
as vet unknown.
The late Sir Henry Thomson, the
London surgeon, was of opinion that
an abuse of electricity in the home led
to badness, bad eyesight, wrinkled
skin and rarely failed to disturb the
normal circulation of the blood.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
New Fountain of Youth.

A certain poet famous for the
warmth of her earlier effusions desires
to avoid the learned wrinkle that be-
comes a part of the literary face. So
she has above her desk a little mirror
in which she glances occasionally as
she writes. and if she finds her brow
wrinkled in thought she breaks it
by smiling wildly and murmuring
some assertion of Peace, Joy and Sc
renity!"
One day as she was doing very
learned essay of the High Think or
der she found that the crease between
her eyes persevered. She got angry
then and stopped the assertions. On
the spur of the moment she tore a cor
ner from her writing pad, dabbed it
with mucilage and placed it on the
wrinkle.
1t stuck fast in few minutes and
then hardened, and now she declares
that she has discovered a new fountain
of eternal youth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
"Roston,s Stump"

"Bostons stump" is the local name
of the tower of the parish church of
st. Botolph, in Boston, England, which
was damaged by lightning not long
ago. The church dates from the four
teenth century, and its tower, 272 feet
high. is the tallest but one among the
parish churches of England 1t has
800 steps. one for each day of the year,
and the church has seven doors, SO
windows and - pillars, for the days
in the week and the weeks and months
in the year. For the "a hours in the
day there are "a steps in the porch by
which the library is reached Two
flights of 60 steps lead to the roof, one
for the seconds, the other for the min
utes; and the tower is in four stories,
for the four seasons. Thus does time
stand still in Boston, Springfield Re
publican.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
NEEDED AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE.
James R. keene's Advice to Would
Be Wall Street Speculator.

James R. keene, the daring specula-
tor and financial magnate, was sitting
one day in his Wall street office when
lank Yankee, who in accent and ap-
pearance gave every indication of hav-
ing come from the rural districts, was
ushered in.
We'll, sir, what can do for your"
asked Mr.. Keene, genially. The man
gave his name and address, the latter
being a small village in Massachusetts,
and announced that he had come to
New York to go into speculation, and
wanted Mr.. Keene's advice.
II mmm-m,' rehectively murmured
the old-time antagonist of Jay Gould.
May ask you how much money you
are prepared to invest?"
1t developed that the Yankees CAPT
tai was exactly $40.
Go back TO Massachusetts" coun-
seled Mr.. keene, solemnly, and don't
come here again until you have
amased at least $25. Twenty-Five dol
lars is positively the smallest sum on
which man can begin and hope to
be a success in the street"
The man who overheard the CONVEX
sation is still wondering whether
keene was joking or in earnest. In
view of keene's wizardry it is quite
likely that he himself would be able
to do things in Wall street with a sum
no higher than $25.-Illustrated Sun.
day Magazine.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
WORST FOES OF THE LEvgEs.
Sources of Danger to the Artificial
Banks Along the Mississippi.

People who know little about our
system of levees the artificial banks
built to confine the flood waters that
pour into the Mississippi, no doubt
| imagine that the heavy rains are the
only enemy with which the levees
have to contend" said d. j. Gerry of
Baton Rouge, La.
"On the contrary, the levees, both
during times of flood and low water,
are subject to the incessant attacks
of living foes, the destructive work
of which costs millions of dollars.
These foes are alligators, turtles,
muskrats, field rats, fresh water terra
pin and crowfish. OF all these bur-
rowers that prey on the levees, eX-
cavating within them goodly chambers
or tunnels, the crawfish do the most
damage, with the turtles and teTapins
a good second. The harm done by the
alligators is comparatively small.
I'm repairing the banks crawfish
holes are often found of immense size.
1t is these hollow spaces that in time
of fleshets cause a caving in and
break of the levees, which of course,
brings on an inundation of all the adj
jacent country. The worst part of the
business is that no way of exterminat-
ing these pests has yet been found,
and the only thing to be done is to
try to keep them away from the banks
as much as possible"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
Potato Dinner at Plaza.

\ unique dinner was given at the
Plaza hotel the other evening. All the
courses consisted of the common gar
den potatoes, served up in various APP
petizing forms. There We're potatoes
la Raleigh. potato straws cooked
in sherry, potato PURGE, potato cream,
potato salad, baked sweet potatoes
and so on. There We're a dozen differ
ent courses, and most of them were so
cleverly disguised that the diners were
skeptical as to whether they were
eating ''spuds" or not One of the
guests at this potato blowout" said
he never enjoyed meal so much in
his life.-New York Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
New WAY of Iouahenina.

In novel method of TOUCHING lately
brought out, the metal treated is
placed in a closed retort with a small
quantity of mercury, the retort is sub
jected to pressure, and as it is heated
to point below melting temperature
a current of electricity is passed
through the metal. Besides increased
toughness, greater resistance is given
to corrosion by sea water and other
agents. The hardening is especially
adapted for iron and steel, but is
claimed to be useful for other metals.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
KILLS THE TOWN MARSHAL.
Gowre Youth Revenges Self Upor
the Officer.

Gowrie.-Town Marshal Tom Mich
OILS, aged "a years, was shot to death
by William Carr, aged %. The Off
Ger had arrested the youth when the
latter had gotten into an alteration
with a stranger who stepped from a
Rock Island train. After the fight
the stranger disappeared and Marshal
Nichols took Carr off to Jail The
youth, however, broke away and went
to his home and got a Winchester
rifle. Meeting the marshal later he
fired and killed the officer. He was
later arrested and hurried to Fort
Dodge for safe keeping.
Coroner Lowrie of Fort Dodge held
an inquest, the verdict being that
Nichols came to his death at the
hands of William Carr.
Carr's father is in Jail serving a
thirty days sentence for intoxication.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
For PARCHMENT. a Crock.

Amelia Rives, like Edith Wharton.
Began to write when she was a small
girl, the difference being that while
the latter was carefully trained to it
as to a task. Amelie Rives was more
or less repressed by her circle of rela-
tives, who quite despaired of being
able to divert her to anything else.
Finally, they tried removing from her
all traces of paper upon which she
might write, and clever way she
found out of it. Carefully smoothing
her starched white frock, the young
author wrote all that she had to say
upon its friendly surface, and the op-
position fled.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
RESENTED ATTEMPTS TO ROB
Diver Turned on Gull Who SOUGHT the
Formers Prey.

A Great Northern diver made its ap-
pearance at the Cove and spent part
OF the winter there, and as he was not
disturbed and grew accustomed to the
sight of human beings he lost all shy
ness and fshed close to the rocks
One day they saw him with small
liat flSh which he could not swallow
BY and by black backed gull
swan to him and began following him
and making snatches at the founder
each time the diver tossed it up. But
the diver would not let him have the
hSh; he simply turned round to get
away from the teasing gull, and the
quiet way in which he took it only
emboldened the other, until he be-
came quite excited and was almost
violent in his efforts to get the fish
Then suddenly the diver dropped the
fish, turned on him and struck him
like lightning. driving his sharp pow
erful beak into his neck or the base
of his skull. The gull tapped his
wings violently once or twice, then
turned over and foated away, belly
up, quite dead. Instantly after dealing
the blow the diver went down and
quickly reappeared with the founder,
and resumed tossing and catching it
again, just as if nothing had hap
pened, while the dead gull slowly
drifted further and further away
From w. H. Hudson's The Lands
End"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
School Nurses are Successes

New York is quite we'll satisfied
with the nurse in the schools, and no
doubt another year will see more of
them installed AS one instance of
the work of the nurse, it is reported
that $50 children supposed to be so
mentally deficient We're found to be
so only because they were physically
unable to do the work required of
them. No doubt in the schools of the
future the school nurse, taking to the
homes the best ideas in regard to
health and hygiene. will be considered
as much a part of the school system
as the teachers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
Revivina Old Industries.

Several American women who have
married into English families are
seeking to revive decaying industries
in their parts of the country The
duchess of Roxeburghe is supporting
the Scotch plaid industries; Lady Suf-
folk is turning Malmesbury into a.
lace-making town; lace and fine linen
industries in Italy have been revived
by Marchesa de Vita, who was Miss
Durham, and she will have sale in
London very soon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State

This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State
Warden of Georgia, says Of Kodol for
Dyspepsia: "E. G. Dewitt & Co., Chi
cago, Ill,-Dear Sirs-I have suffered
more than twenty years from Indigestion
About eighteen months ago had grown
so much worse that could not digest a
crust of corn bread and could not retain
anything on my stomach. | lost % lbs;
in fact | made up my mind could not
live but a short time when a friend of
mine recommended kodol | consented
to try it to please him and was better In
one day. | now weigh more than ever
did in my life and am In better health
than for many years. kodol did it. l
keep bottle constantly, and write this
hoping that humanity may be benefited
Yours very truly, Jake G. Moore, Allan
ia, Aug. 10, 1904" Sold by Nick Dof-
fling.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia d. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard REMEDY for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration,
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinl1ham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
Safequarded,

do you expect to get on we'll with
your foreign son-in-aw?"
Neither of us can pronounce the
others name we'll enough to get on
quarreling terms of intimacy. WASH
ington Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
Riqht Back at Her.

You don't seem to know how to
manage husband" said the widow;
who was wearing weeds for the fifth
time in IL years.
NO l suppose not" replied Mrs.
Oncewed. About all know is how
to keep one alive"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
Limited.

Stella-Can you dress within your
income?
Believes; but it is like dressing
within a berth in the sleeping car
Harpers Bazaar.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
LYDIA e. PlNKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
+" was greatly rundown in health
from weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia e. Pinlsham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. It
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, Of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
81 was a very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia p. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but am now a proud
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
An Uneasy Seat.

A western scientist asserts that the
stomach is the seat of life
1t is quite certain that there is no
form of upholstering that requires 30
much stuffing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-07-16
AM
A MOT Her

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
Blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11

society that has for its sole aim the
helping OF convicts to a better life and
thus reduce this strange vocation to a
science.
- Is Nine Years Old
The society started in small way
some nine years ago. Superintendent
Fred enhagen gave up regular church
work because he believed that there
were plenty of churches and preach
ersl for the average citizen of this
country and turned his attention to
those for whom there appeared no
hope in this life. The ex-conyict ap-
peared to him to be the most In need
Of help of all the classes in this coun-
try. The law had punished him for
his crimes and released him from his
prison walls. The law holds naught
else against him. He Is the same as
other men so far as 1t is concerned.
Not so society. 1t never forgives
man who has done time in prison. The
stigma of his disgrace always remains
and bears him down like a mill stone.
Under these circumstances 1t is the
most natural thing in the world for
him to turn again to crime and be-
come even worse than he was before.
The Society for the Friendless was
the result of this preachers medita-
tons on this subject. A home was
founded here for the ex-convict-a
place where he could come when he
lttl his PAiSOh airu NC "Sii tiCdtCo, @oC
given chance to do honest work and
earn his living and make a new start
in the world. He had to do his part
in this work, but as long as he tried
to do the right thing the society stood
his friend against the world. Mrs.
Fredenhagen was the shining light of
this home for outcast criminals. She
was the matron. Her gentlenesss and
tact and genius and patience accom-
plished wonders. The societey grew.
The churches took up the work. Tenn
porary homes were opened at Ottawa
Salina, Wichita, Kansas City and 9TH
er places. The scope of the work was
wfdened and it's influence grew. The
first year was the hard rub.
Soon the society was caring for
prisoners from Kansas and Missouri
penal institutions and also the
prisoners sent to Lansing from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why IL is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
II acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-11
AQricuIture.

100 acres Wabaunsee County Kansas. Is
road T town: four room house: . earns s4nn and
corrals. 70 acres in cultivation: balance
pasture and NOW land. II Of this land
Is tiliable: is now used as q cattle ranch.
Price. $500 per acre. one-third cash. bal.
80 acres. Elk County. Kansas. An
plow. 160 hay land; balance used as a
pasture. Fine room house: barn for 16
horses. with good NOW; CRIBS and all
all kinds of fruit. Price $500 per acre.
LEO acres. Rocks County, Kansas. 3
ton: 10 acres timber: all tiIiable. All
fenced; four room house: barn for 10
horses; spring; two wells with windmills
and tanks. Price. s1e@ per acre; " cash.
. $40 acres. Logan County, Kansas. All
raw land. miles to railroad town. Price,
$50 acres. miles from Topeka: school
house on land. Elegant room house:
horse barn, 24x4o, with large NOW. Grain
barn. 5oxl6; hog house: chicken house.
yards. etc. Everything complete. 20 acres
natural timber. 50 acres bearing orchard
'slegant close in. ranch Price. only
SIG. 10000 Very reasonable terms.
SIS acres. stone County. Missouri. /
walton. balance good hard wood timber.
splendid investment at 5000 per acre.
$50 acres, Elk County, Kansas. no acres
class river bottom: so acres native mead
ow land The greater part of this ranch
can be cultivated If so desired. Two good
g room houses: barn that will shelter 100
head of stock. Numerous other buildings.
corrals, etc This land produces the
any other crop adapted to eastern Kan
sas. Price. $4,000.
60 acres. four miles from good rail-
road town. in Ness County, Kansas. so
acres in cultivation: all fenced; room
modern house. barn 2Sx56; good well,
school on land; 100 acres alfalfa land.
Price. 5000 per acre, " cash
acres cultivated: II acres timber: 160 acres
smooth NOW land: 16o acres pasture: good
six room house: one four room house:
barn. 40x40: basement and NOW. Also
one barn for horses; well and windmill
4 acres orchard; IS acres alfalfa: hog
pastures; ice house: chicken house: cribs
and granary. " mile. to school. = to
Topeka. Price, 5000 per acre.
$40 acres. five miles from Topeka; two
miles from suburban car line. Fine
room house, with large pine shade: large
barn: wells; and all well fenced; large or
chard all tillable. This is bargain at
$50, coo; Must be sold by July 18th. See
this farm before you buy.
800 acres. II miles from Stratford, Hans
ford County. Texas. Also $40 acres in
Dallam County. Texas. In the great Pan
handle country. Price only sill per acre.
800 acres, Lane County, Kansas. All
smooth land: 40 acres wheat: 10 miles
to railroad. Price, $3.50 per acre. n cash:
acres in cultivation. All fenced. Five
room house. Good barn and well: q
acres alfalfa. Four miles to railroad
town. Price. $14.O00.0O.