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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Little Genevieve Kline has very
sore eye caused by catching cold in
it and Inflammation setting ~.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Manning is the place to sell Tim
othy hay. Their markets report
Timothy per cwt. 5000 to $ll.Oo
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Dennis Petersen's little three year
old son who had both arms broken
a week ago in runaway, is getting
along nicely at this writing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Before You Reach The Limit

of physical endurance and while your
condition is still durable, take Foley
Kidney Pills. Their quick action and pos
tive results will delight you. For back
ache, nervousness, rheumatism and all
kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
For sale by all druggists.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Mr.. McNeeley was business vie.
itor in Anita this week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Miss Marie Faust went to Audi.
bon Sunday to visit her friend,
Miss Eva Smith and to attend the
Fair.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Mrs. Mike Metz is expected home
from Canada sometime this month,
where she has been visiting her
children for several months.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Isaiah Hunt & Son will hold a
Public Sale on the formers place,
mile northwest of Extra, on Tues
day, Sept. 26th.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Sale Dates
Juhl Philipsen. Sept. %
Isaiah Hunt & Son. Sept. 26
M. E. Church Notes

Sabbath School at 1O-a. m.
Preaching at II and 7:3o every
Sabbath. A cordial invitation to
all.
Epworth League 700 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday eve.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Who is Smith?

Miss Eva Smith visited over
Thursday night with her friend,
Miss Marie Faust.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Mrs. Austin Guernsey and little
sons went to Audubon Saturday
morning to visit her husbands
mother, Mrs. E. A. Bates and hus-
band.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

The Misses Irene Porter and Min
srva Rabsou went to Audubon last
Thursday morning on busine sc, re
turning on the afternoon train.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
PUBLIC SALE

Having decided to quit farming the
undersigned will sell at public sale at
his place mile northwest of Extra, on
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Harry Ramsey. poor blind m n
of Botua, Iowa became the owner of
the Post Office building of that city
last week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Secure your tickets early for Mys-
terious Smith Co.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Get your handcuffs ready, Smith
is coming. II
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

DR.. Hully OF Grlswold who was
inj ured in an auto accident some
time ago as told of in the News at
the time ,wae brought to this city
today by his wife end taken to his
home in Griswold shortly after. He
is much improved News.
At the School Board meeting
Tuesday evening it was decided by
the Board to allow the pupils re-
cesses and the east half of the
school yard for play ground. Ger
man was taken from the grades and
and added to the High School
Course of Study. Had we been vot
ing we would have voted against
the recess and for the entire school
yard for play ground.-Manning
Monitor.
There is altogether too much
County Fair horse raciug done in
the barns. In other words the rae
ing is too often fixed before the
horses are brought on the turf. It
destroys the sport that clean race
would afford and caste a "stung"
| look over all the crowd that goes
many miles to witness an anticipa-
ted good race. Such arrangements
should meet the condemnation of
Judge, officials and the patrons
1 alike,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Don't forget to see Mysterious
Smith and Vaudeville Company.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

200 Cords Stove Wood
Dry stove wood, also chunks,
$500 per cord Cash.
s21 John II. RendIeman
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21
Can you hold Smith?

Don't fail to attend Isaiah Hun,
& Sons Sale, Tuesday, Sept. 26th.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-09-21

Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03
colvIey Sl54I oF = N2lNzVY AIAleg,N =

west where timber was too scarce to be wasted
on rail fences and where there were no stones to
be cleared. The wire fence has proven an even
greater boon to stock raisers, many of whom must
needs fence large tracts and who are not disposed
to bubble, over cost If they can get fence that
be put up quickly and will stand hard usage
OF course the dramatic incidents of wire cut
ting" days in the cattle country proved that the
wire fence easy to destroy it quick
to build but of that turbulent condition is
not that has continued
And while the subject of the wire
fence it may be noted the regeneration of the
wire fence has been of the most marked
features of the present era of more presentable
farm fences The treatment that has been
corded many of the old wire fences reminds one
in its ingenious expedent for covering up old ma
teria with new-of the scheme now SO frequently
followed in coating old brick houses with layer
of stucco concrete that gives them pristine
freshness In instances ivy. roses rap
idly-growing vines Of one kind or another have
been planted at frequent intervals along wire
fence-say at each post-and in surprisingly
shorf time the fence becomes tres for uxur-
liant growth that is bound to charm even the
most fastidious person and one to whom wire
fence unadorned would prove perfect eyesore.
Another present day ruse for making the wire
fence unobrusive and yet retaining all its virtue
as boundary is to have the fence
core for hedge. The bushes. shrubs or other
hedge-mak king vegetation may be planted eth
er both sides alternately of the fence and
in few years the presence of wire strands and
their supporting posts would be complete sur
prise to person who attempted to pass the bar
rier. so completely will they be hidden. Indeed
a close growing hedge reinforced by wire fence
has twofold value a preventive of trespass
by or beast and many persons of wide ex
perience declare that 1t is the ideal form. The
hedge may be permitted to grow to any height
and there is of course, necessity for farmer
to keep such hedge trimmed In symmetrical
fashion Is done with those in tho formal gar
dens 70 the rich
The hedge. close-cropped beautifully rounded
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

iater on and he wants to keep cattle, etc. out OF
MS cultivated tracts II he has no stock of his
own tnat ne wishes to restricted to given
but IN the old days farmer felt that
he could afford to lay out much money In
liking such limitations. Almost invariably the
pioneer or early settler In any community
was anxious to find material for his fences
on the place. This will explain the al
most universal use In our whole broad farm do
main Of the old familiar type of ziglzag rail
fence. And just here be 1t noted that 1t is
admirable type of fence. too. Cheap to construct.
II the rails be split from timber on the place;
easy to keep in repair; substantial and enduring:
It is calculated to yield excellent service This
is the type of fence that Abraham Lincoln con-
structed and its fame may go down to posterity
through the rails which treasured precious
relics because he split them
The early settlers in stony districts such as
New England and certain sections of New York,
including the famous Mohawk Valley, in many
instances made their first fences of stone. In
this respect they were in one sense ahead of their
times because stone fences are constructed now
adays because of their artistic and picturesque
attributes and preferred by people to whom
expense is no object AS matter of fact fence
of loose stones was never cheap form of con-
struction On the fact of things It has always
been extravaganza compared with the rail
fence. but the consideration that leads to its Sc
lection in many localities that the land had
to be cleared of stones ere 1t could be titled 1t
was no trouble to pile the stones thus col
lected In the form of fence than in pile which
would serve good purpose and 1t took less time
to thus arrange the stones along the boundary
lines than to cart them to some distant dump
So the average farmer working such land killed
two birds with one stone, so to speak, and set up
fences that In most localities have endured TO
this day
The appearance of the wire fence and particu-
larly the barbed wire variety marked new era
in fence building In rural districts NOBODY
has ever contended that the average wire fence
was anything very beautiful to look upon. but It
has proven boon to thousands Of farmers in the
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03
M OIDEN3AIO1Z0 Nh EZGZNZD
E4RN EZ1YIE

and with no wire fence concealed is seen muci
more frequently than formerly as one traverse
the most travelled roads in America Such hedges
however, usually bespeak the indulgence of
wealthy land holder who is willing to spend free,
for the sake of appearances. The invasion of the
country districts by this leisure class retired
of means and so-called gentlemen farmers. has also
resulted in the appearance of numbers of
and concrete walls OF course such barriers, like
wise the UNCOVERED brick walls costly and par
ucuary so when take into account the massive
gateways which have usually been provided in such
There is doubt. however. that such
walls add much, In the estimation OF most per-
sons, to the beauty of our rural landscapes In
deed. it is the walls and hedges than any
thing else which cause turned travellers to grow
enthusiastic rural England.
The iron fence has shared in the stimulated
activity but the iron fence. alike to the stone
wall calls for pretty heavy outlay. although
If 1t is kept painted 1t will endure for so many
years that it is rendered fairly reasonable in the
long run The picket fence, preferably painted
white white and green, continues to have
many stanch friends among the farming class and
the running board fence which is said to have
originated in New England has spread many
other sections of the country and taken few
frills suggestive of the designs of barred pie"
Rustic work when well done is always mighty
effective in any rural surroundings and the pic
turesque appearance of the logs with the bark
is heightened by the Introduction of some bright
hued posies Another latter day development Is
in the latitude manifested in the height
of the fences in the rural districts generation
ago pretty much all the fences about the
height Nowadays they vary greatly. In
instances where the fence or hedge is pure
ly ornamental its height is very much restricted
whereas on the other hand 1t is not unusual en-
counter a wealthy land owner whose desire for
privacy has prompted him to erect-at least in
the Immediate vicinity of his dwellng-a wall
SO high that man ON horseback cannot
IT. A comparatively low stone wall surmounted
by high iron fence is another form OF construc
ton that has been introduced extensively.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03
HE KNEW.

Sometimes the proverbial small brother" proves
himself a remarkably well informed If tactess per-
son. The brother of a certain confident damse
thus recently addressed shy and shrinking
sutor.
Mr.. Jones. you going to marry Sister Ruth?"
Mr. Jones (blushing and disconcerted) why.
sonnie. I-er-I really don't know. you knowi
Small Brother with giggle)-Thats what l
thought. Well. you are!
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

nothing has been more influential In this direction
than the improved means introduced for marking the
boundaries OF fields and estates. Nor has the pro
vision OF better facilities In this respect been con-
fined by any means to the wealthy folk who have
taken up country life ms fad and have the means
to indulge every caprice In that connection. The
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

All the world may be a stage. but
unfortunately we can't always hear
the prompter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

In this world one must be a little
too kind to be kind enough.-Mart
vaux.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

Teacher OF Dramatic Art-The very
arst thing is to give the scholar =
graceful bearing-to teach him how
to walk.
Student-Well, er-er-I don't en
pect to join that kind of a company.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

NUMBER Of different
factors have contrib
uted directly or indi-
rectly during the past
few years to the ap-
pearance OF American
farms and rural es-
tates as viewed from
the highways and rail-
roads. 1t is safe to
say. however. that
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03

uotiiiuohi-beuses everyday
farmer is fully holding
up his end Of the respon-
sibility Of providing a
more orderly countryside.
Until comparatively re-
cent years in most Sec
tions OF the United
States and even yet In
many OF the more newly
settled districts. farm
fences were considered
solely from the stand
point of utility. This
was perfectly natural. A
homesteader establishing
an agricultural domain
or a sheep and cattle
ranch in territory recent
ly opened to settlement
has other things to think
Of beside providing or
namental undary
markers for his acreage.
And anyway he has
numerous heavy drains
upon his pocketbook at
such a time and prob
ably can III AFFORD to go
in for anything fancy at
such a juncture. even
though he have the
strongest inclinations to
have everything about
the place In apple-pie or
der.
These considerations
explain how it has been
that as each section of
the United States has in
turn been settled the
pioneers have availed
themselves OF the most
economical means of in
dicating boundary lines.
The farmer wants to
have his lines, as vouch.
cd for by a surveyor,
marked clearly. since
that forestalls trouble
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-11-03
BELSHAZZAR'S
FEAST AND FATE
'ssdsy School Lesson for Nov. IL, lsl
Specially Arranged for This Paper
LESSON TExT-Daniei s.
MEMORY VERaES-25. 2S.

LESSON TExT-Daniel B.
MEMORY vERsES-25. 2s-
GOLDEN TExT-"God shall bring ev-
cry work into judgment. with every Sc
cret thing. whether 1t be good or whether
It be evil"-Eccl. 12:14.
TIME-The event described belongs TO
the last years of the exile. b. c. bss.
when Babylon was taken by Cyrus and
his generals.
The decree of return. and the first re-
turn. occurred a year or two later
PLACE-Babylon the capital. enlarged,
beautified and fortified by Nebuchadnez-
zar-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

are found in almost every region of
this country are known to consume
enormous Qu3ntiti Of mosquitoes,
for whose extinction many millions of
dollars have been spent by the peo-
pie OF several sections Scientific eX-
animation OF the stomachs of twenty
eight OF the Northern Phalarope va
riety OF these birds is reported by the
government authorities to have just.
disclosed the fact that 80 per cent of
their diet had consisted of such noX-
ious mosquitoes as the salt marsh
breed. which the authorities of this
city are now attempting to suppress at
great expense. These birds, which do
so much to check the mosquito plague
and it's attendant spread of disease
through the continent, are shown to
be among the species whose extinction
is at this time threatened on account
of lax laws for their proper protec-
ton.
Grasshoppers, locusts and craneflies
that destroy the farmers crops as
well as horsefies and mosquitoes that
plague his livestock are the natural
prey OF the disappearing shorebirds,
according to the warnings now being
ounded by the workers of the Audu-
bon association. The waning forces
of the. Killdeer and Upland Plover
are also able to destroy the North
American fever tick that h. an IN
curious effect upon cattle, it is shown,
while some - species OF shorebirdS
eat the grasshoppers that ruin acres
Of corn, cotton and other crops.
Few Of our native birds need pro-
lection more than these shorebirds,
some species of which are found on
the farmers fields, the coast and al
most every locality on this continent"
said T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of
the National Association of Audubon
Societies, 1874 Broadway, today. In
our constant campaign to protect the
insect-eating birds that check disease
and crop plague all over the United
States, we are at this time urging all
Americans to help save these economi-
cally valuable shorebirds from the
swift destruction that has already
driven the Eskimo Curlew to extinc-
ton"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Seals Marvellous Instinct.

The instinct of the seal is marvel
Gus, writes Sir Edward Morris in the
Wide World Magazine. 1t will leave
its young on the ice in the morning
and, going down through a hole. re
main away all day swimming, in searcL
of fopa n-,uinlng III the evening, 1t
will locate its offspring in the same
patch" among hundreds of thousands
of other baby seals, Notwithstanding
that the ice may have wheeled or
drifted fifty or sixty miles during the
day from wind and tide and not with
standing that the patch may extend
thirty or forty miles from one end to
the other Whether this instinct is of
the class that enables the bird. without
any mark or chart, in a forest with
millions of trees alike to find its way
back with ease and precision TO its
nest do BOT know. but II is one of
those wonders in nature before which
human knowledge Is brought to a full
stop
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
BIRDS Destroy
INSECT PESTS
Mosquitoes, Flies, Locusts and Grass
hoppers and Other Insects
Preyed Upon.

New York, July 5.-That mosqui-
toes, flies or other insect pests are
preyed upon by nearly one thousand
varieties OF American birds, of which
the vanishing shorehirds occupy a
prominent place. is shown in special
bulletin that is today being prepared
to be sent throughout the country
from the headquarters of the National
Association of Audubon Societies in
this city. Based upon recent nyesti-
cations OF the government Biological
Survey, this circular warning will pre-
sent proof that for every shorebird of
the thousand that are now allowed to
be killed, natures fight to keep down
the spread of disease and crop plague
is weakened by the loss of very ac-
tive agent. Unless the Killdeer the
Upland Plover, the Sandpiper and 9th
er shorebirds are speedily granted
adequate protection, hygenic and agri-
cultural conditions all over the con-
tinent will undoubtedly suffer, it is de-
clared.
Nine species of the shorebirds that
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
ion I. Ne Ne CHILDREN.
The Sleepy Donkey.

mnn upuf NpI TliIIn IN ms an
innooan, ,on,,,u. si,,,t,, Iittta dnn,,av
which no knr,,s in 81 vnrd nnck nt MS
housa Eo, ANN. nm, .v..rv dno th,t
nossad mad. il 81 nnint IN sron and
hark n, ,h., ,,,,o .,,,..l animal Finn,
lv rho man n.,.nm. ,ro,u,,pd ana uus
dav when t,yo bn do,s urowl.a uu,i
tried tbeir hest r. iuulp the fence rp.
man ouietlv nn.npd I'm, ,,..tp and ,ei
them in If tbn, h,u bpan Sibr,t.,p
bloodboupds the b,rkiu. nrufes ,.uull
not have rushed with more ferornv
unon rho seaminon stutfd ittL. ami.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Conundrums.

What is the difference between a
stylish young lady and burglar? One
wears false locks and the other false
keys
Why is a watch like a river? Be
cause it won't run long without wind
ing
Who was the fastest runner in the
world? Adam, because he was first in
the human race
Why should one wear watch when
he travels through sandy, dry country ?
Because every watch has spring
In it.
What is the difference between a
baby and nighlcapt One is born TO
wed the other worn to bed
What is thar which Adam never saw
nor possessed yet left two to each OF
his children Parents.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Postinq-A Hoop Game.

In this game Il large circular track
should be marked out, with stations al
equal distances. one for each player
The player Mt the first station trun
dies his hoop to the second station
the third, and so on, the player ut the
last station taking the hoop on the
first again. Any one steadying the
hoop with his hand is out. and his sta
ton must he abolished The player
keeping in and trundling the hoop
round to all the stations wins the
game If the number of players is
large two or three hoops may be kept
going at one time
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
The First One Up.

The first one up IN our house is the small
est one OF all
Before the sunlight wakes us Up ne comes
across the nan
And gently opens mothers door TO make
his morning call
The first one up OF all the flowers out in
the garden bed
The crocus. sure OF welcome. shows his
little baby head
Before the earth has thrown aside the
blanket winter spread
-Ynuths Companion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
The Bell Buxzard,

The bell buzzard has come back TO
Ohio, according 10 the newspapers
He was seen two weeks ago in Ross
county. which is in the southern part
of the state. and his little hell was
unkling as merrlly AS ever. He has
worn the bell around his neck since
tho days of his youth when some one
necklace Every year since then he
has come back to the same part OF
Ohio
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

Right in your busiest season when
you have the least time to spare your
are most likely to take diarrhoea and
lose several DAYS time, unless you
have Chamberiain's Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhCeo Remedy at hand and take
Gose on the first appearance OF the
disease. For sale by all Dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

Never leave home on journey with
out a bottle of Cnamberlains Cole.
Clclela and Dianhoea Remedy. 1t is
almost certain to be needed and cam
not be obtained when en- board the
cars or steamships. For sale by all
Dealers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Gold Miners.

It is chickens that usually pick up
gold nuggets. In Nebraska the ducks
have gone into the business and are
likely to put the chickens to shame.
You see, gold is often found In the
sand of water courses where 1t has
been washed down from the hills. and
the ducks that 90 swimming in the wa
ter have chances for mining that dry
land fowls can never have They pick
up tiny nuggets and swallow them. and
then the gold is found in their crops
when they are killed for the table.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Net Yet Voted Out.

"Nan, thai young man who called
here last night is one OF your new ad-
mirers, isn't he?''
"Why, no. auntie. Thar was Mr.
Wregler, who has been coming here
for years He's one of my holdOvers. 9"
-ChicagO IrihMnp