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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-08-18
Children Cry !.
FOR FLETCHER'S
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Life On Panama Canal

has had one frightful draw back-malaria
trouble-that has brought suffering and
death to thousands The germs cause
chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaun-
dice, lassitude, weakness and general de
bility But Electric Bitters never fail
to destroy them and cure malaria trou-
bies. ''Three BOTTLES completely cured
me of a very severe attack of malaria F"
Writes VIM. A. Fretwell of Lucama, N.
u, and Tve had good health ever
since Cure stomach, liver and kidney
troubles and prevent typhoid. SOC. Guar
anteed by Winfrey ~ Chantry.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-08-18
Farms For Sale
40 a. close to town and neatly in

40 a. close to town and neatly inn
proved;$ll5. 90 per a.
so a. of good land and fairly we'll
Improved; s95 90 per a.
4. 100 a. FIVE miles from a main line
town, ordinary land, small build
ings, will trade this for a good auto
mobile; $4,000 per a.
$50 a. of good laying, unirnproved
land, nearly allin tame grass, could
take in small amount of trade:
SS5 90 per a.
100 a. good land, neat buildings;
$1O5.0O per a.
Two fine laying, we'll improved 100
acre farms at $lO5. per acre. Each is
snap if there are any snaps left,
you to be the Judge. No trade on
these.
Two 100 acre farms, ordinary land
and buildings, no brush. $500 per a
200 a. of very goodlayingland, fair
buildings; $ll0. per a.
240a. highly improved, $3.50. per q.
Another 24O a. farm still better i'm
proved. Price $4,000.
80 a. unimproved, not far from
Extra. Price $500 per a.
l20 a. of good land and well i'm
proved; $l15. per a.
100 a. of extra good land and well
improved; $3.50. per a.
1 have 800 acres of rich, good lay
ing and we'll improved land to offer
for less than 500. per a. I know OF
no other 800 as good for less than
Sl10. Have several stocks of goods
to trade. If you want to look at
any of these propositions, be sure
to let me know before you come
otherwise you might not find me at
home.
If j. B. j. Lohner,
Extra, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-08-18

He was a good deal of dandy in
dress and manner and parted his hair
In the middle and was, withal, the wit
and wag and the most gallant of our
headquarters family. said to him:
1.-The general is scared, but go and
see what those pickets are shooting at.
and, il needs be. tell that colonel
what to do
The order was scarcely given and
the major out of sight when pantle-
monium broke loose Volleys by regi-
ments, brigades and divisions poured
into us as the enemy we had thought
so comfortably distant came rushing
through our lines, taking us complete
ly by surprise and giving us no
chance to return single shot. soon
had business in Indiana, but went first
to Winchester in an ambulance to see
the surgeons. My major, of course,
did not see again
Seven years afterward | was hold
Ing military court at Annapolis,
Md, trying an interesting case that
had drawn a great crowd to the court
eooin. III lue Veiy uluSl Vi all I'M
portant argument big, handsome Eel
low entered the door, elbowed his way
through the chowd, showing right and
left, disturbing, interrupting and stop
ping proceedings. until he reached the
judges seat. Then with a sharp click
he brought his heels together, raised
his arm in brave military salute and
sang out:
General Macauley, there isn't a
ID thing over there but General
Gordon's Georgia division!'
i quickly recognized my lost mes
senger' acknowledged his tardy report,
and told the lawyers court was adj
lourned until the next day; then the,
major and went out and had a night
Of It,"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-08-18

sometimes Friendly Indian Did the
Padding.
became presidents, one of the United
States, the other of the confederacy
These two officers were on duty for
short time in the two other fort.
named.
While at Fort Crawford Lieutenant
Davis wooed and won General Taylor's
daughter, his first wife. 1t is said to
have been runaway match, but tina,
has been disputed. At all events Gen
eral Taylor was SO much offended
that he and Lieutenant Davis were
enemies until one day, while Taylor
was commanding an army and Davis
was colonel of a Mississippi regiment
In the Mexican war, Davis was serious
ly wounded in battle.
At the next general election Taylor
-"Old Rough and Ready as he was
called-was elected president. Four
years later General Pierce was chosen
president, and one of the first things
he did was to offer his Mexican war
comrade, Colonel Jefferson Davis, a
seat in his cabinet, which the future
Confederate leader accepted He made
very good secretary of war.
Speaking of presidents, Wisconsin
people do not forget that volunteer
captain from Illinois campaigned in
their territory during the Black
Hawk war. He camped for night
where Whitewater now stands, and
was also at Fort Atkinson before Gov
ernor w. D. Hoard made it prominent
by becoming the foremost butter and
cheese man in the country. That was
Capt. Abraham Lincoln Nor should
stop here. A young lieutenant, with
his wife and daughter, went 70 years
ago to Fort Winnebago, where the
lieutenant was stationed for several
years. He was r. B. Marcy. Mrs.
Marcy was a prime social favorite and
their girl was beloved by the entire
garrison. She grew to beautiful wom-
anhood and married captain of the
engineer corps. In 1851 the captain,
who had retired to civil life, was ad-
vanced over all the officers in the
army except Brevet Lieut.. Gen. Win
field Scott, and was placed in active
command of the army That is what
happened to Maj Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan, who three years later was the
choice of his party for president, and
officers who knew little Miss Marcy at
Fort Winnebago were almost per
suaded to favor her husbands election
SO that she could be mistress of the
White House. A recent mayor of New
York is her firstborn.
When General Mcclellan assumed
command of the army in 1861 his
| father-in-law was major and pay
MASTER. The general lost little time in
placing him on his staff as brigadier
general
Ihls story would not be complete
without reference to the social life
at those army posts Of the early days
BY the Fox river it is something ovar
100 miles from Fort Howard to Fort
Winnebago, and by the Wisconsin r,v.
er from Fort Winnebago to Fort craw.
ford 1T is 12O miles. In making visits
the travel was always by canoe on
the rivers named and on Lake Whine.
bago from Oshkosh to Neenah. The
trip from Fort Howard to Fort Winnie
bago required a week or longer.
Sometimes friendly Indian did The
padding, but more frequently the
young officers and their wives were
tho propellers.-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-08-18

To keep your health sound, to avoid
the ills of advancing years; to conserve
your physical forces for ripe and
healthful old age, guard your kidneys
by taking Foley Kidney Remedy. Sold
by all druggists.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-08-18
EoIex Kidney Pills

Tonic in quality and action, quick in
results. For backache, headache, dlzzi-
ness, nervousness, urinary irregularities
and rheumatism. Sold by all druggists.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
She Loved His Tomb.

An immensely wealthy widow who
gave yearly hundreds Of thousands to
charity decided to personally inspect
some Individual cases Of deserving
poverty herself. One Of her agents
brought before her O poorly clad wom-
an, saying:
'Here is a poor old woman, a very
decent sort Of person. Fer husband
used to 60 about with DANCING bear.
This creature, though usuAly very
tame and gentle, one day threw itself
on its master and ate him up"
"Alas, my good SIR" the old woman
broke In, "since that moment the poor
beast and myself have been without
homer
"What! The beast" asked the
wealthy woman. ''Is 1t the same that
devoured your husbandT'
"Alas, my good lady, it is all that Is
left to me Of the dear lamented ONE
New York Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
AIEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISERS.
AIfxan6ria Gazette.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV.
Fairly Warned.

A man who was writing telegram
at one Of the long tables in the West.
ern Union building was asked In Ger
man by one Of two men who stood
near him where they could find out
how much a telegram to a certain
place In the far west would cost. The
man volunteered to make the inquiry,
did so and returned, saying that they
might send message OF ten words for
certain price and that address and
signature would not count. After as
surfing himself that the men could
write he walked away, but was STOP
ped ut the door by one Of the stran-
gers with profuse thanks. II have
been In the city only few days." he
said. "and was told on shipboard and
since landed that everybody would
try to swindle me. spoke to two
men today, and both did me favor. I
no longer have any fear" "Thaps
right" said the man. "but, just the
same, look out for the third man.
New York Tribune.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Maryland Delaware and Vr-
ginia Railway Company.
SPRING SCHEDULE

SPRING SCHEDULE.
Steamers OF this line leave Alexandria
Oh and after May Is, 1910,
Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY at 80 p. III.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL TIE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments uneXcelled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with Gaze Through rates and bills OF
lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, $3.50; round
trip, $3.50; staterooms, one way, Sl.O.
Meals, soc.
REARDON & GRIMES, Agents,
Foot Of Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Gypsies and Dsath.

The custom Of placing the property
Of the dead in their graves has always
been followed by the true Romany
gypsies. It Is due to some old tradi-
ton of Ill luck attending the possession
OF an article whose former owner Is
gone, and much valuable property is
buried in this belief. There Is also
sentiment among gypsies against the
possession of anything that has be-
longed to a dead person. because 1t
serves to remind the living Of the de-
parted and inspire in them dread Of
death. The custom of burying their
property with gypsy dead dates from
the earliest history OF the Romany
tribes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
40 Nat His Match,

The Russian marsha! SuvaroH was
famous rs q jester and was fond o.
confusing the men under his CON-
mand BIZ asking them unexpected and
absurd questions. But occasionally
he met his match. Thus one bitter
January night, such as Russia only
can produce, he rode up to a sentry
and demanded:
GLOW many stars are there in the
SKYE"
The soldier, not a whit disturbed,
answered coolly:
"Wait a little. and I'll tell you"
And be deliberately commenced count
ing, Zone two, three" etc.
When he had reached 100 Suvaroff,
who was half frozen, thought it high
time to ride of. not, however, will
out inquiring the name OF the. ready
reckoner. Next day the latter found
himself promoted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Sleep.


The first sleep is the soundest-after
the first hour the intensity Of sleep
slowly dImnishes; hence the value Of
forty winks after dinner In quickly
recuperating shattered powers. Tenn
perature and vitality are lowest at
about a. M, so that two hours sleep
before midnight ore worth four there
after. Nature has no rule as to the
length Of sleep. except that men need
less than women, since women are the
more sensitive creatures and a wo-
mans heart beats Ave times more In
q minute than a mans. Sleep should
be Just 30 long that when you wake
In the morning a stretch and q yawn
only are necessary to land you in
daytime Of bounding rigor. AS to
early rising, It is comforting to hear
Dr.. Bryce say it is habit that has
gone far to wreck the constitutions OF
many a growing youth.-London E1
press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
His Mistake.

They were in the thick Of their first
quarrel.
81 thought your tastes were simple,
said the husband. Il didn't expect to
find you such q high fier."
Eyes, you did," she answered. You
knew all about my being high fier,
as you call it, but you thought I'd be
diriqible."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Wanted Il Matched.

Mrs. Pride-Jimmy. dear, would yaz
mind doing an .errand for me today?
Mr.. Pride--What is It? Mrs. Pride
The cook says we won't have enough
chicken for dinner, SO ! wish you
would take this bird down to the shop
and see II you can get 1t matched
London Mail.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
DIRECTORS

Robinson Thomas c. Lesdbeaeer
Field Henry Bladder. George S. French. J. K Morton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Odd Superstitions.

In England there is 4 superstition
that II a bride and groom eat peri
Wrinkle leaves together they will love
one another. Should be after mar
rage prove recalcitrant here Is way
to win him back: Take piece OF the
root Of a wallhower and partridges
heart. roll them into ball and make
the man eat it. II you want to know
whether your lover loves you. crush
some bleeding heart II the juice Is
red, he does; If 1t Is white, he does not.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Extravaoant Economy.

Economy often consists in doing
without something you want now in
order to get something you don't want
In the future.-Atlanta Journal:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02
Steamer Wakefield"
Fly YEARS. EXPERIENCE OF
AN OLD NURSE.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription OF one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States, and has been used for fifty years
with neyer-failing success by millions OF
mothers for their children. 1t relieves
the child from pain, cures diarrhoea,
gripping in the bowels, and wind collie
By giving health to the child 1T rests the
mother. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-02

I Lame back comes on suddenly and is
extremely painful. It is caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. Quick re-
lief i. afforded by applying Chamber
Iaina htHmsnt. Gold by ". 7.
6lJl9hton afh Rtotrard Gibson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-12

On bank meath a willow tree he sat.
With a dream Of May meath his old straw hat I;
Pole and line ana a can Of bait.
And a Spirit Of patience To fish and wait.
And when he came homs at night-Ah mel
Could anyone guess what his catch would BET
Dreams. and dreams. and a day Of rest;
Songs Of birds and the trees a-swish.
A happy heart meath his canvas vest
But nary fish,
Down the street with his POLE r-swing
He came when the dusk with dreamy wing.
Folded the street and the little cots.
And the garden paths and the pasture lots.
In gray and silver Of highland he
Had caught what none bat the Lord could ZEE:
Briar and bramblo. and vale and hill,
Robins rapture ant waters sphsh;
The good green vale md the quiet hill
But nary a ASH
Kicking the dust in the tree-lined street
With the stubby toes Of his bare brown feet,
Whistling JIG and hummiug a match
OF an old HYMN learned meath a cottage thatch !;
Rugged and rosy-but If inside
The homemade creel on his arm you sried
Joy and laughter and cheer would glow.
Song and bloom and tie springtime glee;
And only the fish that the fairies know
In the Greenland sea-
Watching the cork bob up and down.
And the clouds 20 by-then back 70 town
Soaked and softcned and flied chin high
With sweet spring day and tho soft blue sky:
Open his basket and there you'll Sec
For all the fishing he's done. An me
Only The musc Of wood and lane,
Cricket chirp and the waters splish
A heart washed clean IN the holy rain
Bat ntry a hsh
-The Bentzsown Bard, IN Baltimore Sun
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-12

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The man IN the last seat OF the car
grinned as he opened his morning pa
per.
See that?" he asked the man next 10
him.
The other man looked. A slx-inch item
had been scissored out of column.
What Of ftp" he asked
For one thing. replied the hrst speak
er. 1T painfully illustrates the gOpd old
couplet. Oh. what a tangled wAb we
weave when first we purpose 70 deceive
You see that hole? Well, cut~eut the
item because I didn't want my wife to
read it."
Something incriminating'" she other
man asked.
Nothing OF the sort. 80 h'eiy inno-
cent But didn't wan : see it.
Then I realized that sh demand
to know what it was, an Id prob
ably borrow the neighbor's paver TO find
out. SO hid the paper and pretended
it didn't come"
well. what on earth was the item
about?"
The man with the paper chuckied and
prodded the other mans knee.
We've eot a feeble old rubber plant
at our house that's happily on its last
legs" he replied. and that miserable
item was headed. A sure way 20 revive
sickly rubber plant See?"
The other man saw.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-12
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Book REVIEW
aCAMPAIGN on TRAFALeAR.Y

II IS somewhat surprising that in view
OF the number Of books written about the
Napoleanic wars, there has not been, I'M
III the publication of Mr.. Corbetts book.
any single volume dealing exclusively
with the Trafalgar campaign. Mr. New
holds The Year OF Trafalgar" is a study
Of the battle, but not of the whole cam
paign. For the rest, only spade work has
been done. Many books have been writ
ten about Nelson. and his share OF the
work has received so much attention that
II VIII be something of a surprise to many
readers Of naval history 70 learn that I'M
III the end Of the campaign his work was
comparatively small Until the last month
of his life, when he resumed command OF
the restored Mediterranean feet he had
only dozen ships OF the line and some
twenty cruisers under his flag. while dur
ing the year there were In commission and
reserve more than hundred ships OF the
line and 900 cruisers. Furthermore. tho
military side Of that campaign has never
been adequately treated. More than $1,000
British troops were engaged overseas in
that year. Mr.. COrbett shows that the
campaign OF 1905 was a combined cam
paign and not merely a defense against
invasion, but offensive
Without detracting in the least from
Nelson's part in the campaign. Mr. Cor
bett. after long study OF the authorities,
has told the story with a due subordina-
ton Of the fascinating personality OF the
great admiral To do this Il has been
necessary 20 study the counsels Of Pitt
and Melville, OF Barham and Castelreagh.
A lecturer in history 70 the Naval War
College, the author expressly disclairns
any intention 10 teach lesson OF naval
warfare from the history OF the opera
lions OF the past. The saltwater tradi-
ton will oveTbalance, IN the end, any
amount OF academic teaching. To under
stand great naval engagements, however.
one must go back OF the crises. Mr.. Cor
bett begins with a study of Pitts war
policy, and leads up 10 the disappearance
OF Nelson's feet, which put on ViIleneuve
the paralysis Of uncertainty which had a
great moral effect.
Mr. CorbetCs volume does an act OF
tardy justice 10 Barham and the others
who went down In the face OF the opposi-
ton after the tragic death OF the great
war minister II has remained for the
present generation 10 discern that Trafal-
gar was not merely battle which saved
England from invasion. but that Il made
a naval rampant which stretched 10 the
ends Of the earth. and gave England
sea power with which Napoleon was pow
erless 20 cope. The volume. with nearly
500 pages OF well-digested matter. Is &C
companied by number Of excellent maps
and diagrams. (New York: LoDgmans.
Green & Coz
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-12

year; in the North a similar injury Is paid
for at the rate OF so. In the South only
$50 annually is paid to those totally
blind; in the North the rate in the same
case is 1920 a year.
The south's pension list is growing
rapidly. as might be expected; the weight
of years bears just as heavily south Of
Mason and Dixons line as it does north
of 1t. The pension system in the South
was started as a measure OF justice when.
reconstruction only fairly begun. those
States were poor and unable TO pay much.
But now that prosperity is coming with
immigration and the influx Of capital. the
Southern States are willingly Increasing
their benefactions. The same spirit ami
mates the Southern States that animated
them from the first. when, poor as they
were. needing money for their schools and
other purposes. they still did not fail to
provide something out Of their straitened
means for the men who had fought so
well and bravely for the cause they be-
lieved to be just. They could not reward
the men of the lost cause as the North
could reward the soldiers who won, but
they gave what they could. in the true
Southern spirit, and with the rise OF
Southern prosperity we may be sure that
the Confederate veteran will not be over
looked.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-12
Supervision of Motion Pictures.

No form Of entertainment is to-day
giving more pleasure 70 the people than
the moving picture. II IS the most pop
ular diversion that has ever come into
vogue. and is still growing in popularity.
Washington has its moving picture
shows in every section. and they are
multiplying. because Of their prosperity.
The same is true Of cities generally. OF
the business as a whole II may truthfully
be said, There's millions in IT."
This paper looks with decided favor
upon this new amusement industry. and
is pleased 70 see it grow. But with its
growth the necessity Of closer supervision
is daily emphasized. The pictures COM
monty thrown on the screens are harm
lessly pleasing and diverting, If not up
lifting or especially wholesome. They
are Ike the average novel one reads 10
while the odd hours away-passably
good or indifferently bad, and. there
fore. calling for neither praise nor blame.
Others stir good impulses. disseminate
useful knowledge. quicken the artistic
sense, and appeal 10 our better natures.
But pictures are sometimes shown-too
often, indeed-that are positively out of
place before an assemblage that such a
show draws. Stories Of marital infdelity.
betrayals. and revolving crime. depicted
as they are in graphic manner, are quite
as injurious in their influences as wouId
be the prize fight portrayals which are
properly forbidden. The careful parent.
as between permitting his son or daugh-
ter 70 know the inner secrets Of human
life' involving a wanton disregard Of the
moral code, and becoming hardened TO
the taking Of human life. or, on the other
hand, witnessing a reproduction OF prize
fight scenes-the careful parent would
Infinitely prefer the latter
Closer supervision or censorship m
quesuonably Is needed in Washington.
A class of pictures frequently seen
should be suppressed absolutely for the
public good. The picture makers are
put TO their wits end naturally TO sun
ply new subjects daily to the many lit
tie picture houses. and it is not to be
expected that any large per cent win he
either uplifting or instructive. Too sharp
a line need not be drawn on that score
It should be studiously kept in mind
that entertainment is the end sought.
But the producers who supply the pic
lures should be taught, through Z strict.
sensible censorship here. that only clean
pictures. free from suggesuveness and
in keeping with good morals and correct
living, will be permissible in Washing
ton.
Maintaining a proper standard in this
respect is due to the community, and at
the same time win conserve the future
Of the motion picture business itself.