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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
SENSE AND
NONSENSE
Ways Of Providence.

Two dear old ladies were dis
cussing husbands. Said the first: 81
have been married three times.
Each of my husbands is dead.
though. They were all cremated."
The other was a dear old maiden
lady. She listened attentively to her
friend, and when she had conclud-
ed the sad sto.y of her life she
said: Glow wonderful are the ways
of Providence. Here I've lived all
these years. and have never been
able to get one husband, and you've
had husbands to burn
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

eve heard more talk of hard
times on the Pacific coast in the
five weeks we were there than we
have heard in Iowa in the last fiji
teen years." is the report OF the
Hawkeyes who have returned from
the exposition.
Storms along the gulf coast have
cured some grouches of the de-
sire to kick about our Iowa wealth
er.
Every time that indisputable signs
Of returning prosperity are pointed
out another railroad goes into the
hands of receiver.
The best way to get along with
some people is to get along with
out them.
The Lord freezes the water but
we are expected to cut our own
ice.
Why pray to be delivered from
temptation and then go around
looking for it.
The man who wrecks train is
a criminal, but the man who wrecks
an entire railroad is a financier.
1t seems that some people make
a speciality of condensing the milk
of human kindness.
We should always speak well
of the dead, and if we have the
time we might speak good word
for the living occasionally.
The one time when every man
IS inclined to the back-to- the land
idea is when he is seasick.
"Miss Alice amt at home dis aft
er noon, she's gone to de class
What class?" asked the visitor.
"You know, Miss Alice is gwine
to be married in de fall explain
ed the maid, land she's taking "a
course in domestic silence.
Keeping a 4man's nose to the
grindstone doesn't usually sharpen
his wits.
A self-made man is often the
only one satisfied with the job.
The wise man bottles his wrath
and then loses the corkscrew.
1t is twice as easy to fool our
selves as it is to fool others.
1T was only glad Good morning"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
she Put In Her Call.

A young lady took down the re-
ceiver Of the telephone. The line
was in use.
II just put on a pan of beans for
dinner" she heard one woman COM
placently informing another.
She hung up the receiver and
waited for the conversation to end.
Returning to the phone she found
the woman Sill talking. Three
timss she waited. Then at last, be-
coming exasIe. ated, she broke in
to the conversation.
Madam smell your beans burn
ling"
A Mortified scream greeted the
remark. and the young lady was
able to put in her call.
Young man." inquired her faith
er sternly, will you give her a
home like the one she has been
used to?"
No" replied the truthful suit
or, ''for there will be no grumpy
father to come home and make e.
very one miserable by his kicking
over trifles and swearing at mat
teis in general. There will be no
mother to scold her from morning
to night for wasting time, merely
because she wants to be near. There
will be no big brother to abuse her
for not doing half of his work. and
no little brother to make enough
noise to drive her crazy when her
head aches. There won't be any
younger sister to insist on reading
some trashy novel while she does
all the work She will not have
with me home like she has been
used to, not if can help it,"
Take her, me boy, and God
Dless you"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
HAMLIN
~ - -

Robert Clark came up on the
train from Extra, Thursday and
went out to Fred Rice's to build an
auto house.
Mrs. Garnett's cousin, Mr.. Thos.
Murphy and wife came Thursday
from Penn. to spend a few days
with her and w. l.. Clark.
Eddie Kennedy and cousin, Rachel
Wulf went up to Gray, Wednesday,
to spend a few days with their
grandmother, Mrs. S. G. Higgins.
Thursday was Jacob Sandbeck's
59th. birthday and a few of his
neighbors went in and surprised
him.
Little Almina Andersen was
year old the 18th. and her parents
invited a few of their neighbors in
To celebrate the same.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

IN front of a stranger going in the
anne direction.
"Have you lest a $40 gold piece?
asked the boy, his hands to his ell
Bows in his pockets.
"Yes-yea-s, believe have"
replied the stranger, lingering ner-
vously in every pocket. Have you
found one?"
'ioh, no; I just want to see how
many have been lost to-day. Yours
makes 40 to date"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
Neuralgia Pairs Stopped

YOU don't need to suffer those
agonizing NERVE palms i'm the face.
head, arm. shoulders, chest or back.
JUST Apply a few drops of soothing
Sloah's Imminent; lie quietly a few
ninmtks. You will get such, relief
and comfort! Life and the, world
mlll look brighter. CLEFT a bottle to-
day. 8 ounces for 25c; at ALL drugg-
lists. Penetrates without rubbing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
See Kommes Bros. for John
Deere and Flying Dutchman spread
ers.
An Effective Cough Treatment

One-fourth to- one teaspoonful of
DR.. King's New Discovery, taken as
needed, will soo.he and check cough
Colds and the more dangerous Bron-
chial and Lung Ailments. You can't
hf6orM to take the risk of serious
ILLNESS, when SO cheap and simple
a remedy ais DIR. Kings New Dis
cowery lis obtainable. Go to youn
Druggist to-day, get a bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery, start the
treatment at ONCE You will be graft
fled for the RELIEF and cure Obtain
ed
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

II w. L. Clark came and got his
cousin, Thos. Murphy and wife and
his sister and husband. Mr.. and
Mrs. Garrett and took them to Aud
ubon and then out to his farm Fri
day.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Rev. Mitchell will fill his regu-
ar appointment at Eden Valley next
Sunday after which time he expects
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

School will bag,n at Sands next
Monday, August Goth. with Waiter
Kester as teacher.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Thurman Griffin passed through
Cameron Sunday, enroute from Lin
colin to his home in Viola township.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Thos. Murphy and wife, cousins
of Mrs. Garnett and w. L. Clark
left on the Saturday evening train
for Colorado.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Harry Wilson, of Manning, is Wis
iting at Audubon SheIey's at pre-
sent prior to his entering school
at Ames, where he expects to take
a four years course in agricultural
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Chris Petersen is the owner of
new Paige car purchased from
ohm Shaw, at Gray.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

John sunber Clark Griffin, Fred
Weeks, Marsh McNutt and Chas
Higgins families left Sunday morn
ing for Lake View. The rain in
the morning delayed them but at
nine O'Clock they started and reach.
ed there about noon and on coming
nome, Marsh and Fred had lit
tie treble but no one was hurt.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

% go to s. Dakota in his Ford. He
will probably be gone a Sunday or
two at least.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Mr.. Parrot. who has been in
CHS neighborhood for time past,
eturned to his home near Bray
ton, last week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Miss Flossie Thomas and cousin
Of Rock Island, are here visiting
at the home Of their friends the
Owen families
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

A prospective doctor was down
from Gray Sunday with Rev. Nit
chell. He thinks of locating in Gray
# he can secure house.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Elmer Putnam, the auto man
in Ross, went to Omaha and drove
ack an Overland car last week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
CAMERON town HIP.


The long talked of Sunday School
Picnic was held in Niels Christen-
sens grove last Friday. On account
of the busy season only a small
crowd was present.
Mrs. M. e. Wilson, of Gray. Wis
ted relatives in Cameron over Sun
day.
DR. Elery, Of Audubon, was a cal
Ter in Cameron few days ago.
Curtis Carpenter and family and
Mrs. Eli Duling, all of Viola town
ship, were visitors in our commu-
nifty, Sunday
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Mrs. Lewis Hillyer and children
are here from Sioux City, visiting
the schrader, Horning and Crow
families at this writing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Mrs. Green of Menlo is here Wis
lting the Jacob and soren Sandbecl
families.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Mrs Marie Haahr went to Audi
bon and spent the afternoon with
her chill dren Thursday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Mrs. VIM. Krohn visited Friday
with her sister. Mrs Art Horning
in Audubon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Miss Lizzie GUIDE. sWorthy Owen
and Eddie Kennedy went with Mr..
and Mrs. Chas Higgins to the Lakes
Sunday:
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26

Am Inventory of Lost Treasures.
A small boy cane hurriedly down
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-08-26
engineering.

engineering.
Mrs. Lewis Hillyer and children
are here from Sioux City, visiting
the schrader, Horning and Crow
families at this writing.
A prospective doctor was down
from Gray Sunday with Rev. Nit
cheil. He thinks of loca ting in GRAY
# he can secure house.
Mr.. Parrott. who has been in
CHS neighborhood for a time past.
eturned to his home near Bray
ton, last week.
Elmer Putnam, the auto man
in Ross, went to Omaha and drove
ack an Overland car last week.
Chris Petersen is the owner of
a new Paige car purchased from
ohm Shaw, at Gray.
Thurman Griffin passed through
Cameron Sunday, enroute from Lin
colin to his home in Viola township.
School will bag,n at Sands next
Monday, August Goth. with Walter
Hester as teacher.
Rev. Mitchell will fill his regu-
ar appointment at Eden Valley next
Sunday after which time he expects
% go to s. Dakota in his Ford. He
will probably be gone Sunday or
two at least.
Neuralgia Pairs Stonnad
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02

"A baking spoon and bowl have
wrought magic in black hands for
many generations. That the secret
4 OF their wonder working may not be
lost, and that the young Negro women
Of Kansas City may learn to render
good service as cooks and house
maids, Mrs. v. +. Williams, 1925 Jack,
son avenue, gives her time and her
home. For .six years Mrs. Williams,
herself famous cook and for years
schoolteacher, has taught the Do
mestic Science Training circle without
compensation, her only reward be-
ing the growing efficiency of the mem.
bers, nearly all Of them employed in
4 South side homes.
Although the class meets only on
Thursday afternoons, lessons are given
every day. Whatever member OF the
circle needs. that she is taught. In
( no case are the lessons measured by
the ability Of the pupil to pay. Each
girl joining the class pays one dollar
!. ~ she happens to have one" for a
years membership. This is not
enough to pay for the materials used
ia the class work. But It helps, and
the circle is growing SO rapidly that
the Council OF Women's Clubs has
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02
FROZEN FISH SAFE
Of safety which should b. sufficient
for all purposes.

Of safety which should b. sufficient
for all purposes.
1T is essential, however, that the
fish be frozen in their freshest state
and jacketed with coating of thin
ice which excludes the air. In prac-
tice, the fish are now dressed by re-
moval of the entrails as soon as they
are caught, thoroughly washed, and
laid in shallow pans.
These pans are placed on the ice
covered pipes Of the freezer, which
usually is at temperature a little
lower than zero. After from twelve
to twenty-four hours the fish are
frozen solid. They then form a large
cake held together by the freezing OF
the thin layer of water between the
fish.
This cake is removed from the pan
and dipped into water, which is at
once frozen on the fish, forming a
crystal glaze Of ice like transparent
varnish. This glaze Theoretically seals
them. No air can reach them from
the outside and no moisture can evap
crate from the inside.
"The glazed fish are then kept at
/ temperature of from seven degrees
to fifteen degrees F. until needed for
consumption.
Frozen fish is thus the only fish
produce the composition of which IL
not altered in some way by the process
of preservation. Canning, rmoking
sailing or picking all alter the flavor
Of the treated article. With frozen
fish. however, the envelope Of ice has
only to be melted in order to give US
back an article Of food that is prac
tically' identical with that taken from
the sea. II 1t were not for such q
method Of preservation fish could not
be depended upon as a constant source
of food.
Another objection raised by the
many housewives is the fish odo,
which makes them undesirable com
pany for milk, butter and other ar
ticles commonly found in the family
refrigerator. Fish can be kept in a
refrigerator without affecting othe,
foods If It is first put in a tin vessel
with a tightly fitting lid AS a matte,
Of fact, however, fish should be eaten
as soon as possible after they have
been received from the retailer. They
should not be allowed to soak in
water, as a certain amount of thei,
food material is thus dissolved. In
stead, they should be thawed slowly
In an ice box and cooked as soon az
this process is completed"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02

Hannibal Beatty died the other day
at Yorkville, s. C. He was born a
slave and never rose above the station
II OF q humble worker, yet the whole
city Joined in paying tribute to his
memory. He was sexton of one Of the
churches OF the white folks for As
years the church of the quality
/ and for Al years he also was the jani-
tor Of the courthouse. By the compel
ling power Of a long life Of faithful,
honest service he won the respect Of
[ everybody. II ever he gave offense to
white or black the circumstance is not
OF record, says the Yorkville En-
Quirer, one of the best newspapers of
the South. Courteous, faithful, kindly
and obliging he exemplified in his char
acter the best qualities of his race.
When he came to die he had one re-
quest to make. That was that he
should be buried from the church of
which he had been the sexton SO long.
The services were conducted by the
white pastor with the Negro clergy
man OF the Methodist church, Of which
Hannibal was a member, assisting.
The church was crowded with whites
and blacks ii about equal numbers.
There were many floral offerings from
both whites and blacks.
Most remarkable of all the tributes
was that bench and bar, city and coun-
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02
Born Dissenter Finds Himself
With Few Friends.
The World Hesitates to Believe IN inc
Honesty Of Such an Individual
Though He May Consider
Himself Independent.

The born dissenter generally merits
a share of the worlds frowns which
he somehow manages to evade. Per-
haps it is because the world pities
him. and what it pities 1t hesitates to
frown upon. But a lively soul abhors
pity as much as it does condemnation.
Not the born dissenter, however. II
he abhors anything 1t Is the thought
that some day he will miss an oppor-
tunity to exhibit his talent for dis
senting in a situation where his ex-
ample would influence others to see
his conception of right. He denies
himself tobacco not because he does
not like it, but because he likes to
have his friends believe that he thinks
it injurious, and has the strength to
do without it. In the midst Of social
gathering he pleads business en-
gagement as an excuse for leaving.
He has no business engagement, but
1t pleases him to think that he has i'm
pressed a certain group Of persons
with his attention to business, even in
the face of a pleasant alternative. In
matters of politics and religion and
other things that do not Immediately
touch his pocketbook, his opinion is
generally contrary to that of the ma.
jority, not because that is the way he
thinks, but because to be with the ma
jority is to be merely one OF the mob,
and to admit the possession of intel
lectual attributes hardly above the or
binary. He calls this independence,
and as often as not he Is admired for
it. He is also commended for his vir-
tues. They are stern virtues, and he
clings to them successfully. AS mat
ter of fact, they are negative virtues,
and all of them involve his penchant
for dissension. He Is good because,
to his way Of thinking, the vast ma
jority of persons are not good. He is,
therefore, different and better, and
this is distinction enough for him. The
only trouble with him is that he has
frozen the soul out of himself. His
kindness consists in avoiding opportu-
mites to be unkind, and since kind
ness is the greatest Of human virtues
he is forced to live a frigid existence
In the alleyways of life, and men pity
him.-Exchange.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02

Indeed, for many decades OF Its
history our navy got along without a
naval academy. Midshipmen went to
sea from the first and learned how TO
use big gun on the deck of man-o'-
war Navigation was learned from
the officers of the ship as they did the
actual work A senior officer might
gather together the young men under
his care for a lecture now and then
or he might not.
1t was not until 1916, in the days OF
James X. Polk, when George Bancroft
was secretary of the navy, that the
agitation for naval school gained
Roadway. Fomented principally by the
younger officers, who saw as the navy
increased that the requirements were
multiplied, the tide began to rise IN
til It brought the first buildings to the
grounds Of Fort Severn.
Early Days In the Academy.
The course under Commander
Franklin Buchanan was fixed at five
years of which only the first and last
were to be spent at the school. In
January, 1916, four months after the
opening, the students consisted of SO
midshipmen OF the date Of 1910, 10
of the date of 1S41, and seven acting
middies appointed to the previous
year The first group was graduated
after their limited course Of one year
in 1916.
In 1850 came the first reorganization,
providing for a course Of seven years,
the first two and the last two to be
devoted to study and the three inter-
mediate years to be spent at sea. Next
year board of examiners dropped the
three years of sea service in the mid.
die of the course and the present four
consecutive years of study was in
augurated. The practice cruises OF
the summer supplied the place of the
omitted sea service.
The work of the academy was sad
ly interrupted in the Civil war, when
part of the students went to the front
and the rest were moved for safety to
Newport, R. I. But it has since then
followed the development of our navy
study until it gives today a more thor
ough technical training than any sim
liar institution in the world.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02
DOOR CANNOT BE FORCED
Inventor Claims He Has Produced
Lock That Can Defy Most Mod
ern Of Burglars.

A lock that cannot be jimmied has
long been the goal toward which lock-
smiths have been striving. Many have
been invented, but all have proved
failures, because any bolt that shoots
horizontally from door to jamb can be
forced by skillful burglar. A patent
has recently been issued, however, for
a lock in which the bolts drop perpen-
dicularly into sockets and thus fasten
the door just as it is hung upon its
hinges.
No burglar can jimmy a hinge. In
the first place, the hinge is so stu
ated that 1t is out of sight and reach;
in the second place, prying with jim
my makes the hinge hold tighter. This
is precisely what is claimed for this
new lock. The illustration shows it
open. When it is closed by turning
the key the bolts 60 right through the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02
Number Taos on Elshes.

An idea of what is being learned by
scientific study of fish life in the
waters of the coast of Norway was
given by DR.. John Hort in a recent
lecture. Fishes bearing numbered
tags have been systematically released
during a number of years, and the
records OF the time and place of re-
lease and subsequent capture, with
other facts. have been carefully kept.
IN this way much has been learned of
migration and of growth and age as
indicated by annual rings on the
scales. 1t has been shown that growth
IS more rapid in favorable years than
IN others. The basis of an estimate
OF the catch of any season to the num-
Der OF fish available has been obtained
this ratio for the common food fishes
being about one to ten. e..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-07-02

sity Of Wisconsin recommends the use
of arsenic.
Hutchinson OF the department of az.
riculture says that when manure is
so spread out that 1t rapidly dries out
flies will not use 1t as a place in
which to deposit eggs. The depart
ment recommends that manure be
scattered on the fields and thus be
rapidly dried out. This is even more
effective than treating it in boxes with
borax, iron sulphate or paris green.
To prevent flies from breeding in
stable manure several procedures are
advised. Some of these are:
Prompt removal From fly to fly
through egg, larva and pupa, the stages
when the insect must stay in one
place-varies at different seasons of
the year. In the hottest weather it IL
never less than ten days. Therefore,
If the manure bins are emptied once Q
week the flies will not reach matur.
ity in the vicinity where the eggs are
laid.
Screening of manure bins. This il
even more difficult procedure than
screening house against flies. The
female fly, ready to lay, will try hard
er to reach good laying place
than flies do to reach a good feeding
place. Nevertheless it can be accom-.
plished.
The larvae can be killed according
to the method of Forbes. A barrel
OF solution of sulphate of iron, two
pounds to the gallon, is kept in the
stable. Each day some of this solu-
tion is sprinkled in the manure box
and on the floor where the droppings
TALL. The cost is about 4 cent horse
day. The manure ia ot harmed.
The stable is deodorized.