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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
Here is a Bargain

While facing billiards., wallowing
through snow drifts and standing
around with q pitchfork in hand feed
ing stock six months in the year,
don't go to Canada for relief. If you
are growing old and wish to try
milder climate and spend your life in
comfort, we have an offer to make:
A stock farm of 200 acres of rolling
land in Central Missouri, 100 acres in
cultivation, all under fence, divided
into eleven lots, produces corn, wheat,
Kaffer corn, hay, pasture; we'll water
ed, aud good oak timber; dwelling
house, two barns, tool shed, corn crib,
wagon shed, granary, smoke house,
chicken house, cistern, stock we'll,
orchard of Is bearing apple trees, new
orchard of IS apple trees, garden, ber
ries, grapes, peaches, pears, plums.
Price $4,000 cash, $2500 on ten years
time with interest. Apply to Journal
GooD
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
Mystery in Corner Stones.

One phase of New York life that
lures me past all resistance is the
opening of an old corner stone,' said
the city salesman. every time my
progressive townsmen pull down a
building that was put up few years
back with impressive ceremonies try
to be present at the unsealing Of the
old stone. Nothing reveals the
change in fashions more mercilessly
than it's contents. The other day they
opened the cornerstone of building
that had run it's course in IL years.
1t had been the whim of the owner to
preserve certain articles of feminine
adornment for future ages to marvel
over. Along with the more serious
documents representative of contem-
porary life we're box Of hairpins, q
baby's feeding bottle, several toys and
photographs of pretty women"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
Two Hundred Acre Farm
at SOS per Acre

This farm lies in Howard county,
near the Chickasaw county line, four
miles from Elma, the same distance
from Alta Vista, both being on the
Great Western railway.
1t is good neighborhood in which
Germans predominant, on rural
route, there ia school on land, and
surrounding farms are we'll improved.
1t lies gently rolling, but drains we'll
with the exception of between ten and
twenty acres, which are used for pas
ture, but would be tilable by thing, in
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
A Poor Mans Chance

The land where poor men have be-
come rich and are becoming richer, ia
Canada. Several hundred thousand
of them have so far attained wealth in
the great wheat fields of Manitoba
and Saskatchewan.
We are offering one Of Canada's
choicest improved wheat farms at
sacrifice price, and on terms 80 easy
that it will pay for itself.
1t isln central Manitoba only about
ITO miles from Winnipeg and two and
half miles from station on the G.
N. railway.
It consists of 4SO acres of rich black
loan, all tillable, and more than half
under cultivation. 1t has good sized
frame house, frame stable with lott,
granary, and excellent water. 1t will
make any good farmer rich.
1t is located in one of the very best
wheat districts in all Canada, sur
rounded by fine, highly improved
farms, and SCHOOL and church are lust
across the road.
Many improved farms in Canada no
better have lately sold at $45 per acre
or more. We offer it at $50 per acre,
will accept $4,000 down, and one half
of crops until balance is paid.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18

way. The remainder, which does not
really need it, is now in tame hay, so
that it is all tillable, and all in Guilt
walton.
The buildings are in good average
condition They include residence
1924, one and half stories high with
a one story addition, 1924; barn
4ox4o, with l6 foot posts; corn crib
and granary 30x30; chicken house
12xl4, etc. There is a good we'll with
windmill. 1t is all fenced and cross
fenced, and there is grove and some
fruit.
1t is a placeof many advantages. 1t
is ''close in" to market, to school, and
to creamery. 1t has fertile, black,
quick soil. It has perfect lay and
is we'll tiled. 1t has good buildings
in MS good condition as those on the
average farm. 1t is desirable farm
in every respect, and it is offered at
considerably less than it's real value.
The price is $s7 so per acre 1t will
carry mortgage loan of $50 or more
per acre, or about $500. The balance
of 81 ,S75 is asked in cash.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
A Highly Improved Model
Farm in Danish Conn
munity at Bargain

This farm consists of 27e acres of
Audubon County's best dirt, located
one mile from splendid Danish town.
1t is in high state of cultivation, $50
acres being cropped each ear, the bal
ance in grass.
1t has ten room house, two stories
high, with good cellar and large els
tern; complete system of waterworks
piped over farm, also fine spring in
yard and pasture; large horse barn 80
x50 with buggy shed; COW barn 50x80;
hog house 100 feet long; double corn
crib and granaries; scales in driveway;
chicken houses; machine shed, tool
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18

large barn, cattle shed, granary, wind
mill with tank, etc. The other in
cludes good six room house and 9TH
er buildings.
It is fenced and cross fenced into
small fields. There is an orchard of
four acres.
1t is good farm in a good locality,
and it's value is in the neighborhood
of$l00 per acre. But it is to be sold at
$40; the cash payment required being
Sd 800.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
A Magnificent Farm I'M
der the Hammer

Two hundred acres in southern Iowa
to be sold at fraction of its value.
An aged man, whose infirmities
make it impossible for him to take
care of the farm, to which he has de-
voted his life, has determined at last
he MUST sacrifice it.
II includes 200 acres in the blue
grass belt about 80 miles south of Des
Moines. 1t is five miles from busy
town of 2500 people, and near TO church
and school. 1t is in good neighbor-
hood with highly improved farms all
around it.
The soil is black and rich, and the
land lies we'll. A few acres is some
what rolling.
There are two sets of Improvements.
One consists Of ten room house,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18
Farm Bargain Close to
Market

This farm which consists OF 1874
acres is in PaIo Alto county, and lies
just one-half mile from q small rail-
road town, with bank, three elevators,
school, creamery, lumber yard, etc.
1t is in the northern part of the
state, in section which grows excel
lent crops, is unusually prosperous,
and in which the price of land is ad-
vancing very rapidly. According to
the government census report, the
average value per acre of improved
farms throughout Palo Alto county
more than doubled between 1900 and
1910, and at the present time the value
of the better class of improved farms
close to town, to which this farm be-
longs, is from 500 up, some of them
being held considerably higher than
this.
This farm is in splendid neighbor-
hood of mixed nationalities. 1t is
surrounded by good, we'll improved
farms. 1t is rich black loan, con-
tanning small amount of sand, which
makes it a warm, quic1 growing soil,
and very productive.
1t is beautiful farm, smooth, and
nearly level, but with just slope
enough for tile drainage, and nearly
all of it has been tiled. More than l25
acres are drained perfectly in this
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-04-18


which case the entire farm could be
cultivated. The soil is the best black
loan over clay subsoil.
The house is 14x2O, two stories, with
addition 16xl6 one and half stories,
and another addition 12x12, one story.
The barn is 40x54 with 20 foot posts;
there is double corn crib 22x3O, granary
16x26, poultry house, etc. Buildings
are in good condition.
1t is fenced and cross fenced into
four fields. There is good water
supply and windmill.
1t is priced at sos per acre. A pay
ment Of 81, 500 down is acceptable and
liberal terms given when settlement
is made next March.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Guests at the Arlington in Hot Springs Make Merry
 Xmas Day.
MANY REMEMBERED
Many Handsomely GOWned Ladies Prominent People Among Late
 Arrivals
(By H. w. Lanigan.)

Arkansas Hot Springs, Dec. 2S.-A generous display of misfletoe and holy. hung in festoons and draped about the columns and walls in par lcrs and d ming rooms. gave the !n- terior of the Arlington and the other fashionable hot.ls a cheery appear znce Christmas week. Christmas Eve Manager Joseph w. ,Corrington of the Arlington Hctel, filled the role of Santa Claus. A huge Christmas tree was on display in the gold room. There were presents for every guest and in many instances they were most appropriate
 Mrs. B. H. Fitzhrga, of Montreal, Canada, wife of the Grand Trunk railway official, was the recipient of toy train of cars. Mrs. Frederick Walbaum, of New York, whose hus- band is famous n the turf world, was given a toy pony so was Mrs. Charley Ellison, of Chicago. Wit flowed as Mr. Darlington distributed the presents and the evening was one of rare jollity.
 An unusually smart affair was the Christmas N ght ball. tMilady and the gallants, visiting and resident aliks,, were on dress parade, the dance being strictly formal affair. Among those eXquisitely gowned were Mrs. Walbaum, Miss Florence Walbaum, Mrs. s. J. Rozenwe g and Mrs. Otto Guth, of New York; Mrs. F. J. O'Hara, of Rrookline, Mass; MTs. R. H. Eitzhugh and Miss Fitzhugh, of Montreal, Canada; Mrs. G. W. Thomas and Miss Minerva Thomas, of Pittsburg; tha Misses Albertson of Magnolia, N. J.; and Miss Ruth Schaal, of Terre Haute, Ind. A splendid party looking on, though re- training from going on the floor, consisted Cl lHe bd-oHesS ue aiiallu., of London; Mrs. s. Dugas of New York; Miss P. C. Shaver of Pitts burg, and Mrs. Brunn, of Chicago. Mrs. R. Julian of Australia, noted concert singer who is pleasure seek ing at the American C,rlsbad, also enjoyed the scen,:, of merry-mak ng.
 F. c. Fox, general manager of the Santa Fe, arrived early in tce week m his privat: CT. He is nngling with the great crowd at the Arl ng- ton and plays golf regularly on the links of the Arkansas Hot Springs Country Club. MT. B. H. Fitzhugh,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
A Chilly Forecast.

TEe earth is growing in bulk on ac- count of the meteoric dust that fails on it. It has recently been estimated that loo tons fail daily over the surface of the globe. and ,that millions of years hence this will have increased the thickness of the earth considerably This would have a tendency to brin. us closer to the sun. But centrifugal force is augmented at the same time ill greater proportion aud counteracts this tendency; consequently the earth would be swept away from the sun, with the result that it's distance from that body would be considerably augmented This is spoken of as having possibly happened to some of the larger oute, planets, notably Jupiter. in the remote past.-ilarper
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AN ARCTIC ADVENTURE.
Nansen's Daring and Perious Swim For His Drifting Boats.


 Among the periIous adventures of the NanSen arctic expedition was the narrow escape of NHnSen and JOhan sen on their return trip to the Tram after their unsuccessful dash for the pole. After many mouths of hardShii; a n&rrOw channel opened in the ice. and they launched the two light kaiak, that they had carried on their sIrdges for more than q year X few days aft. erwai'l disaster nearly put an end to the eXpcditiOn The incident i> rr!atrn in "TEe Siege aud Conquest of the North Pole by Mir. George Bryce.
 In the evening their legs felt StiH with sitting il, the kaiaks all day. and they landed on the edge of the ice ta that they might stretch them a little. After the kaiaiS. which were lasiled together. had hcen moored by mcanS of one of the braces they aSccnded :! llummock close by and had been stand Ing there only q moment when JOhan- sen raised the cry tilat the kaiaks were ;,drift.
 They ran to the edge of the ice. hu, the boats were already q little wny off and were drifting quickly. The posi- 'ion was q terribI" one. for all they DoS> cSScu was on hoard E1nsrn at once threw of some of his clol hing" handed his watch 70 .Iolansen and sprHn@ into the icy water. He knew that if the boats were lost it meant death to him and his companion. At first it seemed more than doubtful whether he could manage in regain them When he got tired he turned over and swam on lli back At length he gained !; little and redoubcd hi. eXertions.
 By this time Nansen felt his !iinl' stiffenny and losing all feeling. Iii strokes became more and more feeble but the distance from the lniakS be came shorter. and at last he was ahh 10 grasp q snOwShoe that lay across the SternS. He now tried to pull him self up, but his body Was So stiff witl cold that he could not do SO After little Inc managed to swing one leg up 10 the edge of the slr,lge that wn> IaSlled 10 the deck and then raised the rest of his body They were saved. .
 With some difficulty he paddled the llaial>s back to .lolianscn. who ted that these were the worst moments he had ever lived through. .Inhnnsen now pulled off N:nsall,S wet clothes. put on the few dry ones.they had in reserve" spread the sleeping bag upon the ice and covered NanSen with the sail and everything he could find to keep out the cold The next day Nansen was all right again. and in the evening they pressed forward once more on the march that finally brought them out ot the arctic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29

the Grand Trunk Railway official, is also guest at the Arlington. MT. Fitzhueh is accompanied Soulh by h s wife and family.
 After two dark and .dreary days the weathsr frightened up finely Tuesday and it was clear and pleas ant the remainder of the week.
 Prominent smong the weeks arriY-- als at ths Arlington Hotel were w. E. Provost and c. c. Adams of Pitts Lurgh: B. w. Bond of York, Pa.; Nr. and Mrs. Otto Guth, Miss Flor ence Driver, James J. Walsh. B. l.. Rowe. l.. A. Hunton and C. J. Vion, of New York; J. 1. Larrimcre, Of Ph .ladeIphia; R. B. Cochran, Of san Luis Po;osi: H. Morrison, of Bos- ton: Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Fltzhugh 'snd daughter. of Montreal; Williams Lansing, of Buffalo, N. Y.; MT. and Mrs. F. J. O'EIara JT., of BrOokllne, Mass; Miss Fabby K. Browning, M. Metzger and B. w. Shock, of Louis vile, Ky; l.. H. South, of Bowl ng Gre:n, Ky. J. $. Lock and A. M. Cowan, of Barbourville, Ky; M. w Steele, of Corbin, Ky: F. c. Hub- bard, of Maskogee, Okla.; E. Y. Har' ris, of Athens, Ga.; R. D. Oliver, O. Mineral Wells, Tex; MT. and Mrs. Louis N Raphael, of Houston, Tex; l; G.. C.. Lee, of Dallas, Tex; Sidney Busch, of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas w. Keafns, of Kansas City, Mo-; J. A. Trenkamp, of Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. E w. Henderson, of Indianapolis, Ind; Mr. and Mrs. VI. Sumner, A. F. Mayer, C. C. \Deam- CT, George F. Munson, F. l.. Stone and M. c. O'Donnell of Oh cago; Will A. Ebbssb of Pekin, Ill.,. Mrs. A. J. Wes. and daughter of Port Huron, Mich.; Mrs. P. M. Morgan of Omaha, Neb 'Nr. and Mrs. F. B. Nipps of Topeka, Kan. MT. and Mrs. J. P. Olsen and Caleb Stone of Denver, Col, and H. G. Stone oi Seattle, Wish.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
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BABY WOOD DUCKS.
The Journey <, the Water When They
 esre Their Lofty Nests.

Tho Journey Ac the Water When They
 Les.Ve Their Lofty Nests.
 Somebody. Burroughs, believe. said "thc notion that the mother duck takes the young birds one by one in her beak and carries them to the creek is doubt less erroneous" I could not sec how else if could hc done. writes contrib utor to the Youths Companion. and l spent several valuable days of several different years in trying to find out how it was done
 The thing that puzzled me was how the mother wood duck (AiX sponsa) managed to get her numerous progeny down from their lofty cradle and upon the water without ininring them. l was not alone ;n my ignorance; some very eminent ornithoogists have won dered about the matter as well.
 After d five mile pull one hot June day l let my boat lie in the shade of some lofty cottonwoods that grew on the lake shorc, while lay back and watched thc play of shadows, on the calm water.
 A splash ne,r by attracted my atten- tion. and looked round to see I moth er wood ducN just alightin-. There was a little ono by her side but l dit Aot see how il got there. ln mo mcnt the old duck rose. rirclcd few times to gnin altitude. and made di rect for d hole in d large ticad tree d few rods awaN The hole was It least sixty fee. from the ground. The duck squeezed hcr body through the open ing and disappeared. She came back in a few moments with Il uuckiinG in her mouth. After resting for q mo- ment she came sailing down and plac' ef this baby beside the first. One aft. nr another She carried down the entire brood of eleven little yellow and black fluffy balls. They happcd their tiny wings and tluttered in the water as 1t that were not the first time they had ever hecn in swimming.
 The mother duck returned once more to the tree to make sure that she had not overlooked one. came back placed herself at the head of the procession. called softly to her babies and swan away. followed by the entire family in single file.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Milk and Ministers.

Milk became a very important part of the food of families in the colonial days of the eighteenth century. In 112S q discussion took place in the Boston newspapers as to the expense of keeping q family of "midlling fig ure" These writers all named only bread and milk for hr"akfaSt and sup per As cows increased in number. milk. of course. became more frequent ly used. Roy. Mir. Iigginson in 1G9o wrote that milk cost in Salem but a penny quart. while another mlniS
 ter. John Cotton. said that milk and ministers were the only things cheap In New administration Clltivator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Knew the Symptoms.

Doctor. my husband is losing his mind. fear. He continually mumble> and mutterS to himself"
 "lS it possble:"
 Yes; he muttcrS to himself, and when you speak to him he stares at you blankly."
 II know what the trouble iS," said the doctor. smiling. He is memorizine some lodge work. belong to tine same lodge "-L louisville COurier-.Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
That Occasional Chord.

There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying things, which are only struck by accident; which will remain mute and senseless to ap. peals the most passionate and earnest, and respond at last to the slightest casual touch. In the most insensible or childish minds there is some train of reflection which art can seldom lead, or skill assist, but which will re- veal itself, as great truths have done, by chance, and when the discoverer has the plainest and simplest end n yiew.-Charles Dickeons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Increase of Dope EIends.

Drug taking is greatly on the in- crease in London. Somebody recent ly introduced "hasheesh" into that great city. and so popular has it be- come that two hasheesh chambers are now in full swing not hurdred yards from Piccadilly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
ADJUSTMENTS l/]////@%& &|]>
"THE TALkER."

.'The TalAer," the play in which Fully Marshall is starring, and which ran all last winter, in New York, and is now being prepared for presenta- Naples, appears to owe it's wide ap- peal to the fact that it deals sim ly and unflinchingly with one of the most vital problems of the day, the ethical and economical adjustment of the sexes.
 Kate Lennox' the vain. amusing
 .-pg wife of the play. has al over- \, ening sense of her own wit and beauty and the thought of all this equipment to charm being allowed to blush unseen i1etween the four walls of her s-little suburban home, leads her into what she considers a roman tic, If harmless, filtration with the first man who rises to her lure. This man hasn't half the real interest for her that she imagines, but sine uses him as a convenient hook upon which to hang her surplus supply of emot- ions To back up this filtration she reads Schopenhauer and other auth oIs of that ilk and hurls their re- sounding dictums at any one who dares question her conduct The point of the play is that she is not in her heart sincere, therefore she is playing with edged tools. She is too adroit to hurt herself, but there is another in the house who is less ex- comes in. Kate the "Talker' spouts sensation sentiments because it puts her in the spotlight to do it. One of her listeners take all the talking in dead, serious earnest and acts upon it.
 The remedy for woman like Kate the author of ''The Talker' evidently thinks is work-not house work-the regenerated Kate is shown with a servant or two-but work of some kind with fine object and a kindly motive. Tn the first act the wife reads a paper dealing with woman right to Ego cut into the world" In the second act she makes this experiment in futile, selfish trivial way. In the last act she really does extend her influence far beyond the confines of her home, but she makes the home the center of the circle. She proves that whether we call women new" or "old" she has an immense influence for good or evil as the case may be. If selfish. lazy and insincere, the in fluence in or our of the home must always be evil; if unselfish honest and fired by some high conception of ser vice, the influence must always be good.
 In sharp contract to this volatile wife is Mary Lennox' the takers charming. sensible, humorous, hard working husband, very much in love with her and deeply attached to the little sister for whom he has always made home.
 Tully Marshall, who is the original creator of this role which he says he enjoys because of it's humaness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29

brings with him the entire Metropoll- tan production and cast which in- cludes such we'll known players as Eva Mcdonald. Mary Malion. Wilson Day Preston Crewe and others.
 "The Talker' is booked for an en- gagement at the Elks Theater New Yeal s, matinee and night, January
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Evolution of the Mortgage.

Farming methods have changed. haven't they?'
 Yep" reI lied Farmer CorntOssel. "Now mal thinks he's unlucky if ie has to borrow money on his place. He used to think he was lucky if he was able to- Washington Star
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Amenities of the Table.

II waited ten minutes for q car to- day" the hndlady was saying. and then it passed me without stopping"
 It was afterward recalled that the habtually silent man had heea having unusual difficulty with his chops.
 Perhaps" he remarked. "the con- dnctor didn't care to have you board his car Exchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Let's Do Some Work.

"l guess their honeymoon is about aver
 "Why?"
 shes quit telephoning to him during office hours. - Detroit Free Press.
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Point of View.

"Say, pa, what is the difference be. tween visit and visitation?' Fond Father-A visit, my boy, is when you go to see your Grandmother Jones. and visitation is when your Grand. mother Jones comes to see us.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Too Good to Lose.

Jack-"Now that your engagement Is broken, are you going to make Blanche send back your letters?" Harry-"You bet am. worked hard thinking out those letters; they're worth using again"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Unnecessary Instructions.

"Now, Tommy" said his mother giv- ing her final instructions before he lief! for the party. remember, if you're asked to have something you want you must say. Yes. thank you. and if you don't want it'-
 Tommy raised his hand. "That's all right. ma," he said: you needn't both CT about that part of it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Great Convenience.

You find that an automobile helms you to keep your engagement? If does better than that" replied Mrs
 Chuggins. eff you don't want to keen them, it enables you to explain ey. erything by saying you broke down !"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-29
Well Schooled.

Captiin SuppoSing the barracks were 70 catch fire. what call would you sound: Trumpeter mewly joinedI Sure. sorr, I'd sound the "cease ire" London Punch.