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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

All the lady clerks of the different
.stores were invited to the Dorr res
idence to spend the evening Mon
day. All report a lovely time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

Theo Patty wae a business caller
in Brayton Saturday afternoon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

Mrs. Ad Seibert was taken quite
eick with rheumatism Thursday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

The Misses Clara and Franc An
derson Of Audubon arrived Friday
to visit their aunt, Mrs. Hicks and
family. Miss Clara returned to her
home Saturday but Franc remained
to visit short time.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

Mrs. Howard Kittell of Audubon
who has been visiting with her par
-ente, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebbe Hansen,
returned to her home Wednesday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

Arthur Hansen OF Brayton was in
our city Saturday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20
COUPON

The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Christian Church met with Mrs. P.
NJ. Christensen Friday afternoon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

Rev. E w. McDade, our district
superintendent, will preach in the
Methodist Church here next Mon
day evening, January "a, and ad-
minister Sacrament of the Lord's
Supper. We invite mem bers of our
sister Churches to this communion
and service.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

Mr.. P. S. Stone and daughter, Ru-
by of South Dakota arrived here
last week to visit short time with
his brother, Abel Stone and then
they will go to Denmark to visit the
home of his childhood days. 1t has
been about 81 years since he left his
native land.
The Skating Rink is drawing
large crowds of both old and
young. 1t is the round of pleasure
both who go to participate in the
art of skating and those who go to
watch the jolly skaters. They de-
voted Saturday afternoon to ladies
only, thus giving the ladies fair
chance to learn.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20
We Were fortunate

In securing limited number of the Patent Tension
Steel Shears fully nickeled and will present one to
each subscriber OF the Journal who pays his or her
subscription to date, and ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE. Or
to new subscribers who pay ONE YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-01-20

}, 1910. 81
/; Sense and Nonsense !;
From Our Exchanges )
l~~~~~~~~>~e
Life is dreadful bore
'Oh, cheer up! Suppose you were
centipede with a tight shoe on
every foot
4 stable disposition
Is just immense,
And answers fine in combine
With plain horse sense.
'Wot's yer hurry, Bill? p said Jerry.
I've got to go to work
Work! Why wot's the matter
with the Misses? Amt she well?'
A wealthy gentle man of Dublin,
Ireland made will which left all
his money to the older son of his
brother, and if he had no elder son
to the second.
want some breakfast fooa, sir?'
No, I'm a manufacturer of break
fast foods. Bring me some pork
sausage, hot biscuits, fried potatoes,
and real coffee.
we sure do need rain, parson,'
said Lemuel.
That's what we do, I'll remember
it in my prayer tonight at the meet
ing said The parson.
'T'wont do no good, parson, as
long as the wind is in the west
A fish dealer ordered supply of
haddock for his store When the
nsh arrived the box was marked G.
o. D.
You needn't unload it, won't ac
cept it. They can't fool me, stwan.t
cod ordered; it was haddock,' he
said to the driver.
I give you my word SAID the
judge, the next person who inter
rupts the proceedings will be ex-
| PEELED from the court room and or.
dered home.'
sHooray" shouted the prisoner.
Then the judge pondered.
When the new teacher came to
the school he took note of his sur,
roundings. Seeing three legged
stool he asked: is this the ounces
stool?'
A little voice piped out from the
rear of the room: Yes, sir; the
teacher always sits on it.
He was doing his Christmas shop
ping and stopped at book stall in
pne of the big department stores
Have you any books about the
north pole?' he asked of lady clerk
who smiled at him from behind the
counter.
Which do You wish? Cook book
or a Pearyodicals' she queried.
Willie, what is leather?' asked the
visitor.
Leather is skin,' said Willie.
And for what is it used?
TO make shoes WITH replied
Willie.
You can't make shoes out of all
kinds of skins. You can't make them
out of banana skins, said the visitor.
No, but you can make slippers
said Willie.
They have been saying fur long
time that the horse must 90, OBJ
served Uncle Jake, but just yester-
day one of these airships came a
tumbling the other side of my place
and hired fellow with an auto to
tew him home, and the auto broke
down in front of my house, and I
had to hitch the bay team to it and
pull the whole contraption to town.
1t was in a colored school and the
first day for the new teacher. There
was whispering among the little ne.
groes before her.
I want absolute silence she said
but the whispering continued.
i want absolute silence she re.
psated. At the third demand small
girl spoke up.
Absolute Silence amt hvar. shess
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22
CHAPTER Y.

CHAPTER Y.
WHEREIN CERTAIN PEOPLE MEET UyEx-
PECTEDLy.
~ RIS came back from the void 10
81 find herself lying on { ruckle
e bed in dimly lighted hovel.
She gazed up with uncompre-
bending eyes at TWO brown skinned
women bending over her.
One, the elder. was chafng her
hands. The other, & tall, graceful
girl, was stirring something in an
ea-tbenware vessel.
Where am I: How did I come
here" Iris asked.
Then she remembered, and memory
brought a feeling OF helplessness not
wholly devoid Of self reproach. Il.
was bad enough that her presence
should add 50 greatly to the dangers
beSetting her friends. II was far
worse that she should have tainted al
the very moment when such weakness
might well prove fatal to them.
Why did she faint: All. a lively
blush chased the palior from her
checks. and few strenuous heart
beats restored animation to her limbs.
OF course in thinking that she had
yielded solely % the stress Of sur
charged emotions Iris was mistaken
What she really needed was food. y
young woman Of perfect physique and
lowered with the best Of health does
not collapse into unconsciousuess be
cause q young man embraces her and
each al the same moment makes the
blissful discovery that the wide world
contains 10 other individual Of su-
preIne Importance. She hardly realized
how hungry she was until the girl
handed her the bowl. which contained
& couple Of eggs beaten UP In milk.
while small quantities Of rum and
sugar cane juice made the compound
palataule
While the girl Manoela was furtiyeiy
appraisiug the clothing worn by Iris
her mother was listening ever for
hasty footsteps among the trailing
vines.
At last, with a muttered prayer. she
went to the door and unfastened the
stout wooden staple that prevented in
truders from entering unbidden. Some
one approached.
Is that you, ManoelT' asked Luisa
Gomez in a hushed voice
There was no answer. The woman
drew back. She would have closed
the door. but a slim, active figure
sprang across the threshold. She
shrieked in terror The newcomer
was a Brazilian officer.
81 think you are here, mademoiselle,"
he said In French. II am come to
share your retreat for a little while.
Perchance b. daybreak l may arrive
at some plan. At present you and i
are in difficulties, Is IT notT
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22

Iris recognized the voluBle. jerky
f speech. 4 wild forebodiuG gripped her
heart until she was Ike TO shudGer un-
der its Eerce anguish.
You. Captain san Benavides"' she
asked. and her utJerauce was unuatu-
rally calm.
=, mademoiselle." he said. and.
alas. l an alone. May I come in II is
not well 10 show & light az this hour,
seeing that the island is overrun with
infuriated soldiers"
The concluding sentence was ad-
dressed u Luisa Gomez in Pur,u-
gueSe- Realizing instinctively that the
man came as a friend. she stood aside.
trembling, on the verge Of tears. He
entered. and the door was closed be
. hind him.
Il am the only man who escaped,
mademoiselle. The others: Well. it is
war. and war Is q lottery"
DO you mean that they have been
killed. ali killed*' she murmured. with
a Ditiful sob
IL think So"
you think: Do vou not know"
BE sighed. His hand sought an emp
y cigarette case. Such was the cor
rect military air he fancied-to treat
misfortunes rather as tests. He frovn-
ed because the case was empty, but
smiled AZ Iris
1T is 50 hard mademoiselle, vhen
one speaks these things IL q strange
tongue. Permit NE 10 explain that
which has arrived. We encountered q
picket and surprised il. Having Sc
cured some weapons and accoutef-
menrs we lasTeued 10 the quay. where
was moored the little steamship In
happily she was crowded with sol
diers. They fired. and there was a
short fight. l was knocked down. and
what do you call it-etOurGi-wlile
one might count ten. l rose. half
blinded, and what do I seer The yes
sci leaving the quay full of men en-
gagged in combat while just beyond
the point a warship IS signaling her
arrival Il was q Brazilian Warship.
mademoiseile. She showed two red
rockets, followed by a white one. It
was only q matter u minutes before
she met the little steamship. l tell
you that IL was bad luck. that-a vile
blow. was angry. yes. stamp my
foot and say foolish things Then
run
Iris made no reply. She hid her face
In her hands. She could frame no
more questions. san Benavides was
trying TO tell her that HOzier and the
rest had been overwhelmed by fate al
the very instant escape seemed 10 be
within reach. The Brazilian. prOba-
Dly because of difficulties that beset
him il using foreign language, did
not make II clear that he had flung
himself fat il the dust when he heard
the order to fire given by some one on
board the launch.
Then the lightning Of a woman's in
tuition pierced the abyss Of despair.
Surely there were curious blanks in
this thrilling narrative AS was her
way when thoroughly aroused, Iris
stood up and seized san Benayides al
most roughly by the arm. Her dis
traught eyes searched his face with a
pathetic earnestness.
why do you think that the launch
did not get away she cried. 1T was
dark. The moon might have been In
shadow. If the launch met the war
ship and was seen there must have
been firing"
"Chere mademoiselle. there was
much firing" he protested.
"At sea-"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22

lie IL passion o. grlef that rlvaled
the outer tempest
The girl, 3ianoela, weeping out of
sympathy, crept TO Iris side ana gen
tiy stroked her hair. Like her mother.
she could only guess that the English
iady's friends were captured. perhaps
dead Even her limited experience OF
lies yicissitudes had taught her what
short shrift was given to those who
deffed authority. The republic Of Bra
I'll does not permit It's criminals to be
executed, but it shows no mercy TO
rebels. Manoela. Of course. believed
that the Englishmen were helping the
imprisoned Dom COrria to regain pow
er. She remembered how a mutiny
was once crushed on the island, and
her eyes sireamed.
Meanwhile Lulsa Gomez was touched
by the good looking soldiers plight.
I'VE must try 10 help you Senior
Capitano.' she said. If the others are
dead or taken you may not be
missed
He threw out his hands in an elO-
4uf44l EfHAuAt- Lie VI uealA was a
matter OF complete Indifference to him.
it implied.
"We shall know in the morning." he
said. Have you any cigarettes;"
But listen, senior. Why not take
of your uniform and dress in my
clOthesf You can cut of your mus
taches and wear a mantilha over your
face, and we will keep you here until
there is chance Of reaching ship.
Certainly that is better than being
shot"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22
Get The Genuine Always

A substitute is dangerous make
shift especially in medicine. The gen.
uine Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs and colds quickly and is IN a
yellow package. Accept no substi.
,uoes. Burnaugh & slayfield
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22
ITo BE Continued

Tor carrot and rug weaving see
j. H. Aialley, Enterprise, Oregon .59b4
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22

The words came duly. She was
stricken again even more shrewdly.
The gloom was closing in on her. yet
she forced herself 10 drag the truth
from his unwilling lips.
Yes. NJ course could not wait
there in that open place. l was com.
PEELED 10 seek shelter Troops Were
running from town and citadel. l
avoided them b. a miracle. And my
sole concern then was your safety"
"OA. my safety" she walled broken
y. How does it avail me that my
friends should be slain: Whv was /
not with them: l would rather have
died as they died than live il the
knowledge that l was the cause of
their death"
San Benavides eSsayed q confidential
hand on her shoulder She shrank
from him he purTed amiably:
'MademOiSelle is profoundly unhap-
Py. Under such circumstances one
says things that are unmerited. is it
nocf If any one is to blame it is my
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-12-22

WreJched coun =
Try, which cannot
settle its political
affairs without
bloodshed. an.
MAIDEN oiseue. l
weep with you
and tender you
my most respect
ful homage"
\ delD ge Of
tropical rain beat
on the hut with
a sudden fury.
Conversation at
once became diff
cult, nearly i'm
pos Sible. Iris
threw b ers elf
back on the tres
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

bushmen how to act and dress before
a white woman. He warned me when
there was any mischief brewing, and
when he got into trouble. which was
very frequently. he looked to me for
aid. But he never forgot his position.
He was small. slight, 80 years of age.
could read inc write, and sing Moody
and Sankey hymns. He came into my
employ the day I landed in the bush
and left me only when I took the
steamer at the coast to return to civil
ization. On the march, he was the
first to start away with the cooking kit
on his head: upon my arrival in camp.
he met me with hot coffee. No matter
how d~iscouraging the conditions. he
was faithful. Had l raked all Africa
I could not have found a more faithful
servant. Only those who have lived in
h bush can appreciate such a one. II
native cooks do not like their master,
they have a habit Of feeding him slow
cook first partake OF the food.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
BREAKFAST TABLE CHARM.

Nearly eV"ly woman dresses up for
the afternoon, or for dinner or supper
as the evening meal may be; she always
puts her best foot forward, so to speak,
IN matter of dress, when company comes
but many a woman neglects her appear
ance at the breakfast table. Daughter
will come down in a dressing sacque and
with her hair hurriedly twisted up in the
easiest way: even mother may slip OF
some sort OF negligee and comb her hair
IN whatever fashion can be done quickly.
But Why shouldn't one look as attrac-
tive in the morning, in a suitable way, as
at any other time of the day? Why not
send those who go out into the world,
away from home with such a charming
picture in memory that it will make them
long to get back again as quickly as pos
sible? 1t Is good for the children to nave
a vision of q neat and pretty mother when
their mind reverts to her during scfoo
hours. 1t is decidedly worth while for the
husband and sons to carry with them to
business a picture of a sweet and charm
ing woman presiding over the coffee urn
They go into a world of well-groomed,
smartly dressed business women. Com
PARSONS should not be thrust upon them
unfavorable to the woman at home or to
make them wish she would pay a little
more attention to dress.
Even though a woman does her own
work, her dress nowadays may be smart
and attractive. 1t need not be expensive
ever If bought ready made; and il a wom-
an is handy with her needle, she can make
simple one-piece frocks, practical for a
workaday needs yet charmingly dainty,
for very small cost.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

of being a charming. capable woman into
whose strong hands an ~overworked ner-
vous girl might safely and gladly give the
management of her wedding day with full
faith that everything will, &C right. Her
method Is to get to the house early and to
give her first attention to the trousseau.
To be we'll dressed is to be happy when you
are being married to the man of your
choice. So Mrs. Bliffns sees to 1t that the
dress. gloves and slippers are just right.
Then there is the wedding journey. Mrs.
Blifhns takes charge of the packing. The
bride eats --er luncheon in comfort, know
ing that everything she needs will be in
her trunks and bags. carefully inventoried
in a little book where the precise location
In the trunk OF each article is accurately
set down. Then there are the many final
little pats and twists every girl knows
have to be given to airy elaborate costume
II 1t is to look just as 1t was Intended 1t
should. Mrs. Biffns Is at the church door
and the bride has the comfort OF knowing
that her gown Is all correct. No detail
which could by chance add to the beauty
OF the occasion or save the nerves of the
bride from wear is overlooked. The girls
mother is ever saved from having to see
that the rooms are put in order after
the newly welded wife has started upon
her wedding journey. Mrs. Bliffins at
tends to all that.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

White We're the waters in front OF
Andrew Gregg, and white were the
waves of the lake, and over the green
surface hung a gray sky. Nothing was
in sight of the tug as she stood out
and the black smoke streamed from
the funnel. Over the after deck was a
cloud, and beneath it were the houses
of Chicago. But this was the weather
for Captain ST Latimer, and the An
drew Gregg was equal tt any craft
plying from the river and the docks.
Captain Si-whose full name as he
signed it to the reports was Siegfred
Latimer-did not know he was on the
trip that would change his way of liv-
ing when he said to Jay Stebbins. the
mate. that a dark day was before them.
The mate glanced over the water.
Not a sail in sight, captain, and the
old boat rocks like a cradle"
You can't tell what will come before
night. There'd ought to be a half doz-
en- schooners along about noontime.'
IF the weather isn't too bad for 'em
and they haven't put into some port
and forgot to say anything to the har-
bormaster or gone to the bottom"
The propeller was revolving slowly.
wind. The mate bent over the wheel
and the captain went into the chart
room. Here a chair was breaking it
self against the walls, and from the
scullery came the rattle OF tin things,
as the little vessel rolled back and
forth in the sea. The keeper of the
outer light had said many a time that
he wind never blew too hard for Cap
tain 81 and the Andrew Gregg.
The words had come to the crew and
were repeated from deck to stoke room,
and the engineer and his helper knew
the saying. Perhaps hat was the rea-
son no married man would ship on the
Andrew Gregg. For no one there, not
even the captain. who was getting to-
ward middle life. had shore ties.
A short blast from the siren whistle
and the captain came out of the chart
room and stood by h side of the mate
at the wheel.
Il think there is a sail two points to
the north, captain" said the mate.
Captain 81 took the glasses from Ii
case at the window ledge and looked
h Andrew Gregg would let him.
Il can't make out who she is, but
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
AND HOME TALKS
THE wlFE's DAY OUT.
BY BARBARA BOYD.

This wonderful husband. further.
more, believes u wife should have at
least some certain time each week
when she can get away from her house.
hold cares into a entirely different at
mosphere. So always II evening q
week, he takes entire charge Of the
children, puts them to bed and she goes
Off for any pleasure she wishes. He
comes home in time to look after them
at the evening meal n she can go to
a friends or with some woman friend
enjoy a restaurant meal which Is a
treat to the housewife kept much at
home. Afterward, it Is the theater, a
concert, a lecture, club meeting, social
evening. anything she longs for. Such
an outing refreshes her physically and
mentally. She takes up her duties the
next morning with renewed zest and a
~ireshened outlook.
Happy? One could scarcely find a
happier home. two happier people, or
better, more unselfish children. Such
love as this puts a song into q woman's
heart all the day long for 1t is real love.
the love that genuinely cherishes and
protects. And the man himself who
loves his wife in this way and is will.
ms to do these things for her is hap
pier for it. Unselfsh love always
brings happiness.
This sort of husband Is rare. But
that he has appeared is hopeful. More
men would probably do these or sim
liar things for their wives If they
thought of them. But they don think.
They accept the conventional and trad
itional view OF married life inHwhich
certain duties have been shifted ION the
woman and they never probe these du-
ties to see If the load is too heavy for
her. This husband did. He studied the
problem as IL this were the very first
time in the history of the world it had
arisen. He came to the conclusion the
wife's was the heaviest and most mon
otonous share, n so he decided to
even things up in accordance with pro-
gressive ideas.
Many a home would be happier If
the husband would deliberately and
carefully study how much Of the family
burden the wife carries and also if he
could not tighten and brighten the day
for her. Not perhaps just as this hus-
band did Every household would
its own solution. But IL unselhsh
love and a genuine regard for the wife's
welfare tackled the problem. 1t would
soon be solved to many a wife's I'M
speakable JOY and to the ultimate
greater happiness Of the husband.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

But 1t is not only ones dress that
gives charm. The hair must be p@rettily
combed, not the elaborate %coifture Of
afternoon or evening II one Is a follower
OF the fashion in hairdressing. But curl
ers should be banished, the hair not Just
twisted up in any old way but combed in
some simple, becoming style. In addition.
one should have the fresh. well-groomed
air that comes from some time and atten-
ton having been given to the toilet. One
cannot achieve this IL she jumps out OF
bed and into her clothes and hurrles down
stairs all in a few minutes.
1t means rising earlier enough to make
a toilet, not the elaborate toilet. OF
course. OF the afternoon; but one should
have time to properly battle. care for
the hair, teeth and hands and to dress
neatly. TIE result Wei repays the effort
for freshness and daintiness at the
breakfast table are a potent factor in
happy home life.
Thu table and the appointments Of the
dining room. too, need the eye of the mis-
tress OF the home ever though the maids
may be Dainty china, flowers,
If possible, luscious looking fruit heaped
on a graceful compete. all these add to
the charm and the appetizing flavor Of the
morning meal. Such a home mistress.
such a table will cause the master of the
house to discard the newspaper to feast
his eyes on the pretty picture before him.
And no matter what comes in the busi-
ness day, the start from such a home as
this arms him to meet it with confidence
and courage.