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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
THEY KNEW THAT BAD ROAD
Mark Twain Tells How Three Natives
Dodged Task Of Hauling Stage
Through Mud.

Mark Twain was firm believer in
the national movement for good roads,
and had many a tale to tell about the
incredibly bad roads of some sec
tons. A Hartford man recalled the
other day this experience of the IA
nous humorist's: 81 once had 80
miles"-so Mark Twain began-"to go
by stage in Mississippi The roads
were terrible, for it was early spring.
The passengers consisted of five men
and three women-three large, we'll
developed women, swathed ii shawls
and wells, who kept to themselves,
talking in low tones on the rear seat.
Well, we hadn't gone mile before
the stage got stuck two feet deep in
the black mud. Down jumped every
man of us, and for ten minutes we
tugged and jerked and pulled till we
got the stage out of the hole. We
had hardly got our breath back when
the stage stuck again, and again we
had to strain our hearts out to release
her. In covering Is miles we got
stuck eight times, and in going the
whole 80 we lifted that old stage out
of the mud IL times by actual count.
We five male passengers were wet,
tired and filthy when we reached our
destination, and so you can imagine
our feeling when we saw the three
women passengers remove, as they
dismounted, their wells, their shawls
and their skirts, and, 10 and behold!
they were three big, hearty, robust
men. AS we stared at them with
bullying and ferocious eyes, one of
them said: Thanks for your labor,
gents. We knowed this road and pre-
pared for it. Will you licker?'"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28

s1dered as Whole and so studied as
to its separate parts that in divid-
ing it into sections for a stencil cut
out the proportions will not be dis
turbed. The outline also must not
b. altogether abandoned. AT most
the stencil reproduces upon the mate
rial only a portion of the designed
article, and the painted spots that go
to make up this limited portion should
be such parts as suggest most
definitely the whole The darkened
spaces in the stenciled butterfly be-
fore you carry out, you will observe,
the full outline of wings and of body;
otherwise the character of the insect
would be lost.
Now return to it with fresh vision
and choose the outline only with a
view to embroidery Here there is
less trouble, because our eyes are
more accustomed to this usual form
of decoration. Along the edge it is
made solid in over-and-over stitch,
and also to leave the body of the in.
sect intact for solid work, both of
which will preserve the character.
The marks upon the wings may be
varied according to pictures of but
terflies, but should be so planned that
the open eyelet treatment will give
the desirable tilmy look.
Many things, such as the bird, the
fish, the swan, the peacock, are sub
jects for like treatment atkthe hands
OF the amateur who cares to study
out these little processes.
Great strides are possible to even
the inexperienced, who never really
know their capabilities until they have
tried some of the more simple ideas
suggested by others whose skill is
only, after all, trife beyond.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
WINDOW BOX ARRANGEMENT
Home Decoration Capable of Addinq
Immensely to Appearance of
the House.

] Inc artistic arrangement of window
boxes is form of decoration that in
terests almost every woman, espe-
, cially the home gardener, who has dis
covered that certain combinations
flourish so they need no renewing
{ throughout the season. OF the lat
ter geraniums are satisfactory be-
cause they require little care and put
, forth an endless succession of flow
ers. | often wonder why climbing
geraniums are not used more, for they
are effective. In England one seq
them everywhere and they grow fine
ly in any place except where hot sun
beats on them all day. They require
little shade and an even amount of
moisture. Given that they flourish.
English daisies are also pretty for
boxes and if clipped occasionally will
put forth blooms several times a sea-
son. Their foliage is fine and the
little white blossoms are lovely. Mas
, turtiums' are as obvious as geraniums,
and for the same reason.
Many persons will say that hello
trope will not thrive in tindow or
piazza boxes, but such has not been
the experience of the home gardener.
She has raised both purple and white
ones. Nor does she find the care of
them difficult. Heliotrope cannot have
too much sun, and it must be watered
often. Heliotrope cannot be placed in
box which is narrow or thin because
the roots will feel the heat of the sun
too much. The box holding them
must be deep, SO the same conditions
will prevail as if they were In the
ground.
Petunias, especially the double va
rieties, are charming for window
boxes. Not good for cutting, the flow
ers have delicate odor which be-
comes evident the instant they are
damp. Double white petunias suggest
roses, and once firmly established
these grow rapidly
Amateurs must not try to raise
them from seed. The small plants in
two-inch pots cost little and bear
transplanting.
The most common cause of spin
ding and Scraggy looking window
boxes is that the roots are not kept at
an even degree of moisture. To douse
the soil to condition of mud and
then let it dry to powder affects the
plant precisely as extreme changes of
temperature do human beings. They
become weak trying to adapt them
selves.
The soil must be kept damp, and to
do this successfully the boxes must
be intelligently observed each day.
When high wind has been blowing
the dirt will be dryer than on damp
day, and when the sun beats down Sc
verely moisture will naturally dry
sooner. For this reason the amount
of water given varies from day to day.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Pongee ParasoIs Stylish.

Pongee parasols in combination with
other goods and colorings are stylish.
OF these the smartest are mounted
on gilt frames with sticks of pimento
wood. One attractive model had one
half the sunshade made of pongee
tucked. This met a wide band Of
black and white novelty ribbon, fol-
lowed by plain band of blue taffeta.
Other combinations were pongee
with tucked borders of plain or dres-
den taffetas, pale tan ana green, navy
blue with dull geranium red and
brown with cream.
There seems to be a total absence
of the polka-dot effects.
The newest handles are of furze
wood. maple and bamboo.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
how lasting is the appreciation q

how lasting is the appreciation Of
their beauty.
The oriental pins, having large
jewel at the center and dull, yellow
gold, in filigree, as a setting, show
tiny points of light, in little mock
jewels of many colors embedded I'M
the gilt mounting. They are not new
and they are not destined to be dis
carded as old fashioned at any time.l
They are like the ancient, ornate, Jew
elry one finds in the bazaars which
bear the vague name of oriental
shops.
Perhaps Egypt will furnish the in
SEPARATION for new things that are
promised, in the meantime any of the
pins discussed is worth while.
For outing hats pins are rather de-
structive. Hat fasteners, sewed to the
edge of the Readsize, should be used
Instead. They are like long hairpins
made of wire. They fasten the hat
very securely to the head, cannot be-
lost and save the straw. They are,
made both curved and straight and
are either sewed or pinned into the
hat.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
Letting the Cat Out of the Rao.

The saying "let the cat out of the
bag" probably had its origin in the
trick of substituting cat for a young
pig In the days when 1t was customary
for the country folks In England to
take pigs to market in bags. These
bags, in old phraseology, were called
"pokes." If anyone was foolish
enough to buy an animal without look.
ing at it, he was said to have bought
"a pig In a poke" but If he opened
the bag the cat would jump out and
the trick was exposed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
SHOW LESS GLITTER
SPARKLE is BEING TAKEN AVIAN
FROM HATPlNS.
Paris Has Determined Fashion, Which,
the World Will Yellowstone
of the Newest Designs Just
Now in Vogue.


Although much sparkle and glitter
is still in evidence, hatpins seem des-
tined to grow less cleaning, if not
less conspicuous. Entirely new de-
partures are promised in Paris, where
30 many trinkets are made and so
carefully made. The latest of the de-
signs incrusted with strass brilliants
is the "chantecler," dashing and stri-
dent. He is all in rhinestone, except
his little red eyes which simulate
rubies. This is about the only way
in which his bigness of the barn yard
has been accepted with any degree Of
warmth, for millinery decoration.
But if Paris has new things for us.
they are jealousy guarded. Irish jew
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
Linen Needs Care.

A linen suit is quite the most sery.i
iceable and prettiest outfit for sum-
mer wear if woman is travelling orr
If she goes downtown each day toI
business. Linen possesses fresh. /
neat crispness which few other ma
terials have, but linen suit needs,
constant care. 1t must be pressed
after each wearing or 1t will appear
mussy, and therefore if the girl CAM
not have the luxury of an electric IRON
or the use of an ordinary fiat from
must consider the difficulties of keep
ing her suit in trim condition.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28

We show here useful style for
school wear. Cherry red linen would
look very nice made in this way. A
panel is taken down center of front
and back; the sides are slightly
shaped in at the waist. A linen collar
and singlet are worn. The sleeves
are plated in to fit the wrists.
Hat of straw swathed in lawn.
Material required: yards linen AZ
inches wide.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
In SIMPLE DESIGN
HERE Is ATTRACTIVE METHOD
OF DECORATIVE WORK.
May Be Fashioned by Any One Pos
sessed Of a Little Ingenuity
The Labor Really Amounts
To Little.

The accompanying single design Of
Ia butterfly adapted for two distinct
kinds of decorative work is given to
Show what may be done by the wom-
an with ingenuity who is herself
almost able to work out these little
decorative schemes, and who, with
some added practical instruction, will
find herself altogether capable of sim
Iple design.
Given an attractive outline (Which
may sometimes be traced for your
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28

town use from picture), you should
have little trouble in the adapting of
1T to stencil work.
The design must first be suitably
ichosen for the piece of work in hand.
IA butterfly may be appropriately Sc
lected for thin curtain materials, such
las scrim, cheesecloth, silk or bobbi-
tnette, in which case both the window
curtain and the airy material contrib
ute to the setting.
The butterfly should now be con-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
To Restore Feathers.

Feathers that have grown grimy
may be given bath in alcohol, after
which they should be shaken over
heat or in the hot sun until dy.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28
Get the binder Irvine
made for the machine
in which it is used.

Get Irvine in which a reputation is
entwined. The time for test is not
when your grain is bursting ripe and
every hour counts for dollars. Without
good Irvine the best binder is hampered
without good Irvine you can't be
certain that you'll get all the profit out
of your CROP
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28

I. H. C. sisal always
measures 500 feet to
the pound; |. H. C.
manila 900 and $50 feet
to the pound. 1t won't
clog, foul or snap. 1t
fits the knotter for
which it is specially
designed. Costs no
more, so get it. A
dealer everywhere.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-28

The International
Harvester Company
.led long ago that
the farmer could only
get proper service from
its binders by supplying
him with Irvine of tested
honesty.
Every ball that bears
its mark is guaranteed.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27

are found. for the shells are readily
sold To the button factories at from
$40 to $25 per ton.
There is always a chance. however.
Of finding pearl of more than or
binary value. and the men who have
been in the business for years no
longer let go of their finds for a song.
II is claimed that a string of Hi
nOis pearls. which sold in the rough
for $500 to $1,000. will bring the
jeweler from $1,000 to $4,000 after
being polished and toned. 1t is also
said that the shell and pearl industry
Of Illinois for the present year Will
amount to five million dollars.
When the census figures are avail
able it will not be surprising to learn
that the pearl industry is quite i'm
portant in many other parts Of the
country.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
AN EFFICIENT OFFTCIAL.

Royal E. Caben, United States com
missioner of internal revenue, is in
Salt Lake visiting the local office.
which has charge Of Utah, Idaho and
Montana. He has been pleased to say
that the office ranks high in efficiency,
and Salt Lake people who had the
pleasure of meeting Mr.. Cabell yes
terday return the compliment with In
terest. The commissioner is one of
the most capable of the bureau heads
in Washington, and is recognized as
such all over the country. While still
a young man, he is rated as one OF the
best directors the bureau has ever
had. There are 800 employees in the
bureau of which he is in control, and
millions of dollars each year are han
died by his subordinates under his di-
rection. The new corporation tax
law placed additional work and re-
sponsibility upon Mr.. Cabell's shout
ders, but he has acquitted himself
with credit. Salt Lake is glad he
came.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27

Of Weisbaden was simply overdone
and instead of a harvest being reaped
millions OF dollars have been lost. The
city having made heavy outlays fol
public improvements. and projecting
additional ones. to attract foreign Wis
itors, has ordained a general tax ac-
cOrding to which even tourists who dc
not use the waters must now pay il
they extend their stay beyond two
days. Baden Baden has recently
adopted a similar ordinance for tax
ing tourists. This innovation is to pro-
cure additional revenue to meet the
increasing municipal needs.
Under ordinary conditions the tour
lists are expected to pay for the
scenery and climate in addition to
their bed and board. The German
watering places are going beyond the
limit when they put on additional
taxes. and the hotel failures at Weis-
baden are but a forerunner of what
will happen all along the line If the
robbery continues.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
TOO MUCH ENTERPRIsE.

Even the hotels and restaurants OF
the old country. where the tourists
flock in great numbers. sometimes fail.
According to the annual report of the
chamber of commerce OF Weisbaden,
Germany thirty-three hotels and
restaurants there failed last year.
Among these places going to the wall
We're some Of the largest and most
modern hotels, equipped in magnifi-
cent style.
The sharp competition existing be-
tween these establishments, the heav-
lily increased cost in maintaining
them, and the generally unfavorable
economic conditions are given as the
chief causes OF these failures. The
guests who go for a cure by means Of
the Weisbaden mineral waters have
not increased in number. nor has
their expenditure of money counter
balanced the increased number of no
tells and restaurants and the greater
cost Of food, taxes and labor
The business of the health resort
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
EVEN TIE DUST SAVED.

II has been claimed that the pork
packers utilize everything about the
hog but the squeal. and the assertion
is not far wide OF the truth. Most of
the big corporations and companies.
after years Of experimenting, manage
TO save pretty much all the material
they handle.
The United States Steel corporation
has just discovered another by
product in the steel making industry
that viii save hundreds of thousands
of dollars a year.
Vast quantities OF ore dust for
which no use has heretofore been
found. are to be utilized through a
discovery of the engineering depart
ment OF the Carnegie Steel company.
and the process is to be put into ope-
ration at once at the mills of the lat
ter company at Homestead.
The ore dust is to be made into
briquettes and utilized in making pig
iron. 1t is claimed it's use will effect
a reduction in the cost Of pig iron.
The dust, under the tremendous
pressure of the blast, is caught at the
top of the furnace and then carried
TO the base Of the stack. to be carted
away.
Along the terminal railroads of the
Carnegie Steel company 100000 tons
of ore dust are piled, which, with ore
at 81 a ton, would represent a saving
of hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
Construction of a plant for the trans
formation OF the ore dust is being ex-
pedited.
The surprising thing about the utili-
cation of the iron ore dust is that the
process had not been discovered long
ago.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
STARVED WHILE LEARNING.

A chorus girl for one of the big
burlesque companies preparing for the
theatrical season in Philadelphia was
taken to the hospital the other day,
suffering from nervous exhaustion.
and her career has terminated for
this year.
There is a pathetic side to the case
of Miss Moore, the chorus girl in
question. 1t was not overwork alone
which sent her to the hospital. Insult
fieient nourishment had as much to
do with her breakdown as did the
work of rehearsing.
But her case is not exceptional.
Few Of the girls who join these COM
panies have any resources. Perhaps
they have saved a few dollars. but
most of them feel the pinch before the
season opens and the pay envelope
begins to appear regularly.
During the long and tedious weeks
of preparation the chorus girl gets no
salary, and, Of course, it is difficult to
squeeze along until the show finally
opens.
This is one Of the conditions that
greet the aspirant for chorus honors.
Having passed a critical examination
on voice, good looks and figure, and
been accepted, the girl must prepare
for gruelling work and no income for
many weeks. The lines and steps
must be learned by heart. In bur-
lesque there is much dancing, and
every dance differs from the others.
And often aching hearts and empty
stomachs go with aching feet.
A good job in the kitchen, the din
ing room, the bed chamber or even
the laundry would be preferable to
80 per cent of these chances to appear
before the footlights. The case of the
half-starved Moore girl of Philadel-
phia is only one out OF thousands. A
sermon on the subject. however is
probably useless
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
PURE CARELEssNEss.

Street corners in the pOpulous sec
tons of cities are always dangerous.
Equally SO are the corners most fire.
quented during the busy hours of the
days. These corners become well
known in course of time. and the
average person intelligent enough to
read and arrive at conclusion avoids
them.
But there are many corners. and
after passing those regarded as dan
gerous all hands are inclined to be-
come careless. The London Times be-
lieves that a motorist who has round
ed a bend in the road any given num-
Der OF times finally becomes con-
WINGED that it is perfectly safe to go
ahead at all speed.
Familiarity with danger brings con-
tempt, the same as it breeds contempt
in any other circumstance. But the
unexpected always happens, and in
the case of motor accidents it should
be denominated the expected. A cor
ner is carelessly rounded and death or
injury to some pedestrian results. -
There is one bad habit which
seems TO afflict the drivers OF auto
mobiles. They are inclined to open
their mouths and gawk up and down
the street, instead OF looking ahead
when they are about to turn a corner.
Under such circumstances the pedes-
trian has to be more than ordinarily
alert to escape with his life. Look
ahead, not sidewise.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
NEW KINGS AMBITION.

George V Of Great Britain is said to
be ambitious. At present he is en-
peror OF India in addition TO being
king Of the home dominion. It is
claimed that the king desires the title
OF emperor OF the British" and that
it may come out that way when he is
crowned next year.
With such an idea in view, Of
course. the king would favor home
rule for Ireland and even Scotland
ard Wales Parliaments in these
countries would be like state legis-
latures over here; they would be SUI
bordinate 10 the central legislative
body.
Great interest is taken in this de-
velopment Of the fight of the Irish
people for home rule.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
RETURN OF LANGTRY.

Lily Langtry, after an absence OF
several years, is TO return to the stage.
The former favorite of the late King
Edward is now known as Lady de
Battle, having accumulated a title by
reason of her former prominence.
Lady de Battle. as Lily Langtry, was
not the most famous actress that ever
trod the boards in London, but she
achieved a certain sort of success.
Whether she can come back" now
that her chief admirer is dead re-
mains To be seen.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
NEW VERSION OF HAMLET.

The hungry Shakespearean scholar
Of the Cleveland Plaindealer brings
Hamlet" down to date in the follow
ing soulful manner:
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
TWO SIDES TO 1T.

The great number of divorces al
lowed by the courts in the United
States has long been held to be a
scandal and a shame. There are so
many different laws upon the subject
in the various st-tes that q cry for
uniformity and a federal statute has
been raised.
Since Nevada has taken the place
OF South Dakota and the mill has con-
tinued to grind regardless Of conse-
quences, there has been no let-up in
the volume OF criticism.
But there is such a thing as being
too stringent in the matter of not
granting divorces. In Austria, for in
stance, the Incorporating attitude
Of the government works unnecessary
hardships upon innocent parties.
A case in point was where a man
whose wife had skipped to the United
States with another fellow is still held
to be the husband OF the woman, al
though she obtained a divorce in Cali
fOrnia and married her paramour.
The unfortunate man, left with four
children by his faithless life, was not
permitted to obtain a divorce and
seek consolation elsewhere. AS a re-
suit it was impossible for him to
found a new home, and his little ones
were scattered.
While we are too liberal in the mat
ter OF divorces in this county, il is
evident that the laws and customs of
some Of the other countries are much
too harsh.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-27
AMERICAN PEARLS.

There are pearl divers and pearl
fishers all over the world, but little is
said or written about them on account
OF their being so widely scattered.
Few people know that a great num-
Der Of valuable pearls are found in the
United States.
It is claimed that the pearls taken
from the mussel OF the rivers in Illi-
nois this season have q value Of at
least 100000. The Fox river is cred
tied with a contribution OF $4,000,
and the Rock river with $4,000.
while the Illinois river produced at
least half Of the ornaments.
The men who dig for clans and
mussels in the Illinois rivers make
fairly good money, even if No pearls