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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

I heard the grown folks talkins bout
Peary an Doc Cook;
AMI don't take much stock in all the
trouble that they took.
They didn't find a thing but ice,
for all the loud applause
I'd like to ask 'em once or twice,
Say, where was Santa Claus?'
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

A bride Of few days went to her
grocer and inquired: DO you know
where Porter house tsp
No, I have never heard of the
place. said the grocer.
Neither have I, but I wish could
find it. My husband wants one Of
its steaks she added.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

Man wants but little here below
Thus saith the ancient song;
There's one sad thing about it,
though,
He gets that little wrong.
Man wants but little here below
But how it makes him fight
Whenever congress wants to know
Just where he got his might.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

We forgot to mention in last
weeks issue that Henry Bush had
returned from Oakland where he
went to attend the funeral of his
uncle but perhaps people had no.
ticed him as he preambled up and
down our streets. If you will walk
into P. M. Chfistensen's JewelIy
Store you will see his smiling coun-
tenance there as he is assisting
there during the Holidays.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

Christmas will bring to you many joys
Food and comforts, frolic and toys;
If poor little Tim to your door
should come,
Your blessings are many, spare him
some.
Christmas will bring to some moth
ing at all,
In place of laughter the tears will
fall.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

That Baby at Jack Alsup's. Well
tell you more about it next week.
She's girl.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

Mrs. George Knox is quite sick
with the rheumatism.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

The streets are now thronged
with busy buyers and our mer-
chants are raising their heads in
our people are living we'll.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

90 PER YEAR
This week whate'er may happen to
annoy,
Phe word for US is JOY, just simple
JOY.
Laugh! yes, why not?
It is better than crying lot,
We were made to be glad
Not sad.
Half a pound of tea, please
Green or black?'
1t doesn't matter which. It's for
. blind person.
The family jars
Are those, perhaps,
In which are kept
The family scraps.
He helps his weary wife deal
1t comes te pass,
For when she has to cook a meal
He lights the gas.
Yes, Jack wears his heart on his
sleeve
Then you ought to be very, very
careful, dear, never to have any pias
in your belt
The windows in our new church
are stained said the city neice.
'Ain't that pity? Can't they get
nothing to wash it off?' answered the
sympsthizing aunt.
Said Santa Claus as he filled his bag
With the toys that stood on his
shelf
Although I'm not disposed to brag,
I'm a pretty good fellow myself'
Man wants but little here below
Thus saith the ancient song;
There's one sad thing about it,
though,
He gets that little wrong.
Man wants but little here below
But how it makes him fight
Whenever congress wants to know
Just where he got his might.
A bride Of a few days went to her
grocer and inquired: DO you know
where Porter house lisp
No, I have never heard of the
place., said the grocer.
Neither have I, but wish I could
find it. My husband wants one Of
its steaks she added.
You may boast about your culture,
you may brag about your art,
You may think that you are clever,
and may think that you are
smart,
But the woman of true wisdom is
the woman who can plan
A shopping list at Christmas
knowing what Will please man
---
l heard the grown folks talkin' bout
Peary an Doc Cook;
An | don't take much stock in all the
trouble that they took.
They didn't find a thing but ice,
for all the loud applause
I'd like to ask 'em once or twice,
Say, where was Santa Claus?'
---
Christmas will bring to you many Joys
Food and comforts, frolic and toys;
If poor little Tim to your door
should come,
Your blessings are many, spare him
some.
Christmas will bring to some moth
ing at all,
In place of laughter the tears will
fall.
The little red stockings he silently
fills,
Till the stockings will hold no more
The bright little sleds for the great
snow hills
Are quickly set down on the floor.
Than Santa Glaus noonn+s ~ &bo ,-s>e
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-12-23

- -
Mrs. Henry Dutler of York, Neb.
is visiting at the Engle home this
week.
The Mesdames Conhling and
Moore were shopping in Atlantic
Monday.
Harry Bell and wife of Anita came
Tuesday to visit with his brother
D. Bell.
Jesse Macklin was in town Friday
and Saturday and tuned number
of pianos.
Otto Born of Oakes, South Dakota
was here on business from Satur-
day until Monday.
That Baby at Jack Alsup's. We'n
tell you more about it next week.
She's girl.
Arthur James and Lawrence
Hoffmarter of Anita was visiting
friends in Extra few days.
Miss Gertrude Basham came up
from Atlantic Wednesday to visit
her parents during the holidays.
There was a dance out at Mr..
Moore's Saturday evening given in
honor of their son Jesse's birthday.
Il
Charley Herrick returned home
from Iowa City Thursday morning
to spend the holidays with his pa
rents.
| The waste basket at the printing
office contains more information
than the ordinary congressional
reports.
| Hensley was still paying the
highest prices for hogs the first of
the week but reports that the mar
ket is still going down.
Mrs. Ada Bartlett and niece Miss
Morrissey left Tuesday noon for
their home in Shadron, Neb. after
pleasant visit here with her mo-
ther, Mrs. Statzell and brother D. E..
Stranger.
| Sunday morning last ats O'Clock
the thermometer rscor ded 20 de-
grees below zero on the main street
of Exira. Oh for the good old cum
mer time in the shade of the old
apple tree.
One of those cold days, Lutte
Wells rode out in the country after
some cattle and before he realized
1t he had frozen one of his feet and
it is feared one of his toes will have
to be amputated.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
LOTIONS FOR HAIR
Some Preparations
That Keep TresSes
i'm Curl aDd Will
Do no HaED.

or the many preparations recon-
mended to keep the hair in curl none
is easier for amateurs to make or Is
more effective, even in damp weather.
than bandoline, made from ounce
seed. 1t is harmless and keeps
straight locks in curl
The only objection to 1t is that when
dry it assumes a powdery aspect sug-
gestive of fine dandruff.
An old method of preparing this
toilet preservative is to add table
spoonful of the seeds, bruised, to a
pint of soft water. Boil gently until
the quantity is reduced to three gills
Then strain. and when cold two table
spoonfuls each of cologne and alcohol
are added. If the hair is naturally
oily one.half a teaspoonful of powdered
alum may be added. dissolving it first
In the alcohol. For applying to tho
hair small sponge is the best agent
This lotion must be put on before
using curriers'.
Another that imparts luster to the
hair Is made from l " ounces of care
fully picked gum arabic dissolved in a
gill OF rose water. 1t is strained
through muslin and a drop of ana.
line dye is added.
This is put on before arranging the
hair, and acts as n bandoline as well
as a polish.
A third preparation would be suited
to oily hair, 1t is composed of one
ounce Of gum arabic and half an ounce
of the granulated sugar which is
moist. These are dissolved in three
gills OF hot water, and when the mix
ture is cold two ounces OF alcohol are
put in, first dissolving in the latter six
grains each of bichloride of mercury
and sal ammoniac. Enough water is
then added 10 make a pint. The mix.
ture should not be used II there is the
slightest abrasion of the scalp, because
of the mercury 1t would be harmful
to the hair.
Preparations less sticky than any
of these may be tried sometimes with
success upon oily hair. One liked by
many persons is IL grains OF carbonate
of potash dissolved in half pint Of
strong tea. This should not be used
by decided blondes. 1t is applied Just
before dressing the hair. which is laid
in waves and done loosely. the appli.
cation taking effect as it dries.
However harmless curling irons may
seem. they are ruination II used much
1t is undoubtedly true that once in
a while they are harmless and become
less likely to cause dryness IL the
metal is warm and not hot. The
trouble is that the irons are not so ef.
fective unless the degree OF heat is
rather great. and this means an imme.
diate drying OF the natural oils and
consequent dullness and breakage.
The best way of attaining curls when
nature has not endowed n woman with
them is TO apply one OF the prepara-
tions already given. by way of moisten.
ure. and then take to the curler that
works the best
The state herald., 1909-04-16
HATS OF STRAW
Girls Of from q TO lA
Are WeariDg Odd Lit
tie Wusbroom
Shapes.

For an every day wash dress, and
girls from four to fourteen, hats are
of straw, plainly trimmed. Funny lit.
tie mushroom shapes, in fancy or
plain straw, are seen, trimmings often
taking the form of bias lengths OF
null which wrap the crown scarf-wise
and end in soft side or front knot.
A pale blue or bright pink mush.
room for child of three or four may
be trimmed with white in this way,
or the decking may be wide white
taffeta ribbon which falls In a quaint
sloppy bow over the left ear.
In fact, quaintness is the keynote
of all the best child millinery, and it
achieves this quality through small.
ness of shape and demure trimming.
Huge over-trimmed shapes are put
forth for buyers who weigh size
against style, but no mother Of really
good taste gives them a second
thought. For young children who have
graduated from the bonnet stage, the
tiny mushrooms with their smooth
methods of trimming are very sweet.
For larger girls to whom these are
not becoming. there are straight
brimmed flats, flats undulated at the
brim, crowns low and high. Compact
ribbon knots, put on in clusters at the
side or front, and perhaps rear stream.
Others have wreath of small flowers
long worn, with perhaps a ribbon bow
in addition, while smart hat may
have knot of flowers at the front and
prim bow with shortish ends stuck
fiat against the bare crown at the
back.
But II these initiate former shapes.
in point of size they are immensely
moderated. Therefore, since smallness
is so much n feature of the prettiest
child hats. girl in one of the huge
rufiied or flowered monstrosities once
worn seems almost vulgar. Fashion
has her classes as well as the rest of
us, and to be with her one must avoid
at least the madnesses of former sea.
sons. The styles for millinery change
more quickly than for anything else,
but a moderate style, while bending
to some necessities, may with slight
changes. be worn several seasons.
Three immediate results are gained
by the present reform-better taste.
cheapness, and the knowledge that any
mother of gifted fingers can get up
any OF these hats at home. Count
from a dollar and a half to two dol.
lars for the shape itself. The rib.
bon bow and the wreath or half wreath
of posies can be had for the other two.
II one can spend more. all the better.
There Is always economy In buying
the best.-Kansas City Star.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Ww-4
!!NWQjE! !

Almost every gown has different
shoulder scarf.
Satin OF the palest pink is the new
color for evening wear.
For evening there is n revival of
the canary.colored scarf.
Belts viii match the skirts instead
of the waists this season.
All over braided and embroidered
coats are seen with perfectly plain
skirts.
Roses. in velvet or chiffon or tissue.
are figuring largely in the new hat
decoration.
The familiar white yoke has given
place 10 the colored one OF transpar.
ent material.
Double motor wells, Joined only at
the edges, are made Up In green.
brown or blue over white.
Colored foulards, with n black dot
In place OF the more familiar white
dot, have found favor In Paris.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

or died, when I read about Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so 1
began to take 1t, and am well again and
relieved of all my suffering" Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 40, Marlton, NJ.
Lydia L. Piniham's Vegetable CON-
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
thousandsof Observation-Disclosures
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, ,displacements, ,fibroidtumors,
Irregularities, periodicpains, backache,
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
II you would like special advice
about your case write n cOnfidcn-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, Mt
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is free,
and always helpful
The state herald., 1909-04-16
House Gowns.

Every woman wants at least one
but II possible three. attractive house
gowns. These make for beauty and
economy. Fortunately. women are get.
ting away from the habit OF wearing
their street skirts and blouses in the
house. This was a lazy method. for
II only meant that a woman wouldn't
take the time TO slip them OF before
dinner and put on something solely In
tended for the house.
The one.piece frock worn during the
day TO save ones cloth skirts is q
much prettIer fashion than the one OF
wearing a separate skirt and shirt
waist.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
PROBABLY HARDEST OF ALL.
Wlfey's Addition to List Of Her House.
hold Duties Of Course Was
Not Personal.

After dinner the other evening Mr..
and Mrs. Brown started to speak of
their respective duties, and soon an
argument as to whether the husband
or the wife had the hardest work to
perform was in full swing. First
Brown warbled, and then wifey sang.
"A wife" argued the good lady, has
to cook. wash dishes, clothe the kids,
scrub the floors, sweep the house,
make the beds, build the fires, carry
up coal, nail Stats on the back fence,
dig"
rs that all?" sarcastically inter
rupted Mr.. Brown.
NO" was the prompt rejoinder OF
Mrs. Brown. I'm addition to those du-
ties every wife has to keep her hus-
band from making a fool Of hlmself?"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Yokes to Open In Front.

The new fashion of fastening a yoke
In front comes from the French
blouses. which have adopted that
method. They show straight line
OF buttons down front from top to
collar to belt. and II has inspired dress.
makers to follow out the scheme on
thin yokes instead OF arranging them
In the old and tedious way.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

given me new life.
u suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
6ammation, ulcer
alton, Indigestion,
nervousness, an d
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
t rou b les were
chronic. ! was in
despair, and did not
nnrn NH hathnr l;-nJ
The state herald., 1909-04-16
rhouoht H. Wanted Too Much.

Thought He Wanted Too MUCH.
"This quarter doesn't sound right"
said the smart clerk, ringing the coin
on the counter.
"Huh!" growled the customer.
What do you want for quarter, any
way? An opera solo with an orches.
ira accompaniment"
The state herald., 1909-04-16

Of
the
wokbasko
cnhc.o on \ n n ''
We thcynr
the
being Just half inch wide the ends OF hem
each
ends the
another eo ribbon through tho opposite direction
10 length
work table. These would
The state herald., 1909-04-16

Hollow cement posts have been
found by the Wisconsin experiment
station to be ms strong and as easily
made m the solid ones, The mixture
used is the ordinary 1894. which In
cludoH one part cement. two parts
snnd aud four parts stone. none OF
which II larger than will pass through
throc.quarter inch screen. The or
dinnry forms are used, which are foui
inches wide. four inches deep and
seven feet long For reinforcement
onc,dunrtcr inch round steel rod II
placed In each corner the distance Of
lis own diameter from the outside OF
the post Each end Of this rod In bent
at right angles for about two inches 10
anchor u firmly nj the ends, In ma,
king the hollow posts twoiinch core
composed Of four pleccH Of wood IL
necessary, 4 central piece Of wood
one inch square IL surrounded by -four
hat pieces rounded on the outer aid,
until they form the round core. when
N. post In finished. the central square
piece Of the core In Withdrawn which
allows tho four other pieces to be caai.
~ removed. To USE this core, Il Ia
necessary 20 have end gates for the
mold with two.inch holes IN them
through which the core can be drawn.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Star.Shaped parasoI.

The newest parasoi liz star.shnped.
SO far It is made OF cretonne and is
rcfreshingly novel. The star has eight
definite points,
The state herald., 1909-04-16
AFTER
SUFFERING
TEN YEARS
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

MARLTON, MI feel that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
The state herald., 1909-04-16

In planting oats with cultivator
some SOW them on the unprepared
soil. cultivate them In and harrow for
smoothing. This method has the nd.
vantage OF covering the seed well. yet
Il leaves the ground uneven, or in
streaks. Perhaps better way is to
SOW the oats on the soil after II has
been stirred by the cultiyator. then
harrow for smoothing and covering
the seed
The state herald., 1909-04-16

Do not make cheapness the basis OF
selection Of fruit trees and bushes
you are going to set out on your place.
II takes Just as much time and trou.
bic to do the work and Just as many
years 10 bring them into bearing as
though you had bought and planted
good varieties. With the latter you
have something to show for your trou.
BILE: with the former you have only
numbered the ground. and win get no
satisfactory returns In the way OF
fruit How foolish
The state herald., 1909-04-16

Test the seed before planting.
Farmers who have made a practice OF
doing so declare that It makes as
high as ten TO fifteen bushels per acre
difference. because they are able TO
select the seed with the greatest
terminating power.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

When ready TO turn the cattle out
TO pasture do so gradually. That is
have them well fed before turning
them on the grass and then for only
half day at first This will prevent
their overeating Of the fresh. green
grass, a thing which sometimes re.
suits In very severe cases OF scours.
Remember any sudden and radical
change In the character OF the feed Is
bad fsx live stock.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

1t is a good plan TO have n ladder
handy. so that in case OF fire one can
quickly get TO the roof and reach the
place where n large majority of fires
In farm houses start. A few moments
time in such an emergency makes all
the difference in the world. Many n
house might be saved II one could
only quickly reach the place where It
started
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-16
A Gale by Another Name.

Doubtless there were many puzzled
readers when a deep sea skipper rolled
into this harbor few days ago and
reported that his ship had been be-
lated by gale which had piped up to
force 10.'' Force TO- it was eX-
planned, meant something like a hurri
cane. 1t is term borrowed from the
Beaufort scale, scheme of wind
measurements devised by the British
admiral Beaufort before the days Of
ocean going steam. Force l was Il
calm, force . light breeze, and so on
up to the hurricane velocity. Perhaps,
too, the Beaufort scale may give a
clew to those who have been wonder
ing for some time at the title Of a
popular German picture. 1t is just one
eXpanse of frowning cloud and storm
tossed bllow. and the artist has named
it "windstarke 10, 11."-New York Sun
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-16
REVENGE In Ceylon.

A system of Cingalesc black ma gle"
peculiar to the island is still practiced
in some parts of Ceylon. 1t is stated
that there are 4,440 different methods
of causing i'll to others. Here is a
translation of one of these methods of
dealing with your enemy:
''On Sunday eleven peya"-one peya
equals twenty-four English minutes
"after sunrise Yama Devi'-the god OF
death and judgment-"goest to the west
Start at this hour; take a meal OF
blush rice; dress in red colored gar
mentS.
''Take root of ginger at the time of
the zodiac of Aries; write on it the
name of your rival. charm it 10S times.
wrap it in a golden colored cloth and
place it in your waist
when you meet your rival look
straight into his face and break the
root in your hand. Within nine peyas
he will be killed by an elephant. and
when seven months elapse six other
persons of his family will meet their
doom."-Ceylon National Review.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-16
Lonu MINDED Preachers,

Dean LEROY. who expressed the
opinion that ten minutes is long
enough for sermon. would have met
with scant sympathy from some di-
vines of past centuries, says the West
minister Gazette
Thomas Hooker considered three
hours a fair average allowance fer a
sermon. though. on one occasion. when
he was i'll. he let his congregation off
more lightly. Pausing at the END Of
fifteen minutes. he rested awhile and
then continued his homily fer two
hours longer Cranmer's sermons wcrc
each small book when set UP in type.
and Baxter, Knox. Bunyan and Calvin
rarely reached Lastly, my brethren."
under two hours.
George Herbert once said: THE par
son exceeds not an hour in preaching.
because all ages have thought that a
competency" but certain rector Of
Bilbury, Worcestershire. was of an
other opinion, for he never sat down
under two hours. The squire. We
learn. usually withdrew after the text
was announced. smoked his pipe cut
side and returned for the blessing
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-16

one disking before sowing and one
afterward will cover them better than
two after sowing. The drill is becOm-
Ing more popular for sowing oats. and
justly So 1t places the seed at an
even depth and covers them all. 1t
saves seed because it places all of it
where it has an opportunity to grow.
After the oats are drilled or disked in
at least two borrowings should be
given. Even three or four would not
be 100 many. since this is the last
chance to cultivate the crop.
In some parts of the corn belt the
practice of listing corn is followed.
This consists in throwing up a large
furrow and planting the corn in the
bottom Of it. In this case there can
lie little previous preparation of the
ground unless it is to go over it once
with the disk. Corn is listed only on
very light soils, which do not puddle
or become cloddy easily. Such soils
need less preparation than the heavier
ciajs AID loans.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-16
KenneWick Market
POPULAR SPECIALS

Good clean beds at Hotel Leard.
To Trade-A first class piano for a
team If horses. l.. K. WhitelOck
White Le,hprn eggs for Matching
by Matching or Incubator lots. Also
100 White LeghOrn pullets for sale.
h. G. Zwanzig. sec 1.
For Sale-Trnct No 3, Kennewick
Gardens ~ acres. Parity set out to
trees asparagus and small fruit. Adj
dress owner. F. Segessenmann,
S27, Frederick Ayes pOkane
Lodging by day or week at reason
a3l, rates. Hotel Lpard.
Richardson's shoe shop removed
two doors north CT Post Office.
A good REIMBURSEMENT close in. for
Sal, cheap. Inquire ar this office. I
Eggs for Hatching-Pure bred Ply
mouth Rock, Blue AndaluSians, Hose
Comb Rhode Island Re,is, S {. Buff
Lpyhorns. Rose Comb Whit" and
Brown i.pghUrns. MHlnm"th Peklh
backs, from birds of careful Secession
,ttd bets strains aud at prices that
r.. rjyht. J. A Jones. K. +. ID.
Everything in the feed line ut tht
hamilton Supply House is sold ny
,.iwht. We do not sell a HOIb sack
of rnu for 60lb sack of bran. nor =
,O,b seek ii barley FIR. an S0Eb sack
II barley, nor Il ll1lb sack al Wh'
for II l:,0lh seek Of wheat. No on 'ss-
work. here. the scales are right b.
he door all the time.
Hamilton Supply Co
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-04-16
F.RII.SA Cures Piles or $4,000 Paid

L. Dispen-
VIII
f
il ateof
I-tDdate
sell namely