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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
Moon Crossed a Star

The ordinary observer, if he
watched the eclipse of the moon
on the night on January saw a
phenomenon OF the sky which has
heretofore been seen by astrono-
mers only. This was the passing
of the moon over a bright star.
Spectators could make out the star
just to the east of the moon as
the eclipse became total. Shortly
thereafter. the star disappeared
as the moon crept over it.
This incident happens perhaps
two or three times a. year. but
when the moon is shining the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

When no room earns the flag it
is locked in the c.oset.
4 he fourth-gIade room, BilIly's
room has not had the flag once,
but there was once when it came
very near winning. When Frid.-y
came it was the ony room that
had no tardy marks.
Billy lives ve4y near the school,
house. and he had not been tardy
ALL the term.
BUT on that Friday morning he
slept little later than usual, and
when he did get up everything
seemed to go wrorg. By the time
he was ready for school it lacked
only four minutes OF, nine.
I'm go through the garden" he
told his mother. It's short cut"
Billy ran down the garden walk
and clambered to the top OF the
fence. The school yard lay just
beyond.
clapped their hands when they
saw him coming.
But Billy did not jump dow
| from the fence. He sat there AND
acted as ii he were trying to gel
his hand in his pocket. His moth
er ran to the door
Billy, do hurry" she urged
"It's almost nine
Still Billy sat on the top OF the
fence and seemed to be tuggins
at something,
Then the teacher of his room
came to the window and calico
sharply.
William Alden, do not sit OF
that fence an instant longer. TIL
last bell will ring in a minute
and you will be tardy."
But Billy did not get down, a,
though now it was. plain that h.
was trying to reach the ground.
His mother saw something wa
wrong and ran down the garde
path.
Billy began to struggle harde
ard as she reached the fenc
there was sound of somethin
tearing and he fell to the groun
with big hole in his trousers.
As his mother helped him t
his feet the tell rang. Billy's ROOF
had lost the flag.
1T was an old nail" complaine
Billy, crying bitterly, as he wen
: to the house with his mother t
have his trousers rnended. 81
had no business there, anyway"
But later, when he and hi
father talked it over, he remen
bered about the nail that he ha
!. left half driven, and the lesso
. that Billy has learned is one thu
he is not likely to forget.
Youths Companion
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
FOR THO
: CHlIDReN
WHEN BILLY WAS T,ARDY.

This is the story of the way a
nail in the fence OF Billy AL
denis garden kept the fourth grade
room in the Lincoln School from
winning the beautiful flag that
they had set their hearts on.
The Story of the nail goes back
to last summer, when Billy was
helping his father fasten some
boards that had worked loose ON
the garden fence.
81 can drive nails, father, let
me- hammer some OF them" he
had begged.
His father handed him the ham
mer and Billy did very we'll for q
little while, but he soon tired OF
the work and dropped the hammer
to watch the ants passing in and
out of a little mound of loose
dirt.
1t did not seem important to
Billy that he had lefE one nail
driven only half way in.
AS l said before that was last
summer. Since school began there
have been weekly contests between
the rooms for a beautiful silk A
merican flag.
The room that does not have a
single tardy mark fer the week
has the flag for the following week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
sdALLOPED POTATOES.

Peel and cut potatoes in thin
slices, put in layers in baking
dish, sprinkled with pepper and
salt, dredged with flour, and with
a little butter here and there.
Pour hot milk over it until the
milk can be seen through the pc
tatoes, sprinkle with bread crumbs
and bake in hot oven for an
hour
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

proved and l am now the mother of a
fine baby girl and do all my own house
work. Mrs. ALLIA B. TIMMoNs, ZIG
Almond St., Poplar Bluff, Mo.
In many other homes, once childless,
there are now children because of the
fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy and strong
Write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co., Lynn, Mass, for advice-it
will be confidential and helpful.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
When the knocker knocks

When the scoffers scott, and the
Knockers mock,
And the knockers stand at the side
and knock,
just roll up your sleeves and bucs-
hle in,
And stick to your task and you're
bound to win
If the thing's worth while you are
sure to hear
The doubters doubt and the jeer-
ers jeer,
For never a victor has risen yet
But somewhere the jibes of the
wise has met
So, deaf to the scoffers, just work
along,
And stick to- your dream till you
know it's wrong,
And toss them a smile when you
/ hear folks mock,
It's healthy sign when the knock
ers knock.
Detroit Free Press.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
SUFFERED FROM BAcKAGHE and
KIDNEY TROUBLE FOR YEARS.

Dear Readers Il wish to tell you
that l suffered from backache and
kidney trouble for years. | heard of
Doctor Pierce's Anuric Tablets and I
tried them. They cured my backache;
they do all that is required of them.
| hope people that are troubled with
backache will give them a good trial.
l am sure they will not fail to benefit.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Gso. DaMENa,
Ayoca, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
PEACE AT HOME.

Whatever brawls disturb the street,
There should be peace at home,
Where sisters dwell and brothers
meet
Quarrels should never come.
Birds in their little nests agree,
SAnd It's a shameful sight,
When children OF one family
Fall out and chide and fight
THE BUTTERFLY.
oh see, oh, see this shining thing,
1t rests it's golden glossy wing,
Its wing so bright with COLDER
light,
Oh, is it not pretty sight?
Sister, sister, come and see,
Ills not bird, tbs not bee.
All, it rises, up it goes,
Now it settles on a rose.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
CORN SALAD.

Is big or 20 small ears of sweet
corn.
large or small onions.
1 large or small heads of cabbage
green mangle peppers. p
2 tablespoons celery seed,
tablespoons dry mustard,
Ia pint OF brown sugar,
" tablespoons salt,
2 quarts of vinegar,
Boil 20 minutes after it starts
to boil, then seal in jars. It's
good, try some.
Mildred Grow.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
CHILDREN'S SAYINGS.

Some carpenters were putting a
fence around the yard where Mol
lie lived. Night coming on before
they finished they nailed some
long strips of timber across the
posts to- protect the shrubs.
Molly, looking at it said:
"That fence is just basted, and
my, what long stitches, mama"
Mama" said Freddy, Uncle
Will has bought a new cow"
What is. it?' asked his moth
er, "a Jersey?"
Nom, that amt it"
"a Holsten?"
Nom, that amt it, neither"
said Freddy. It's a-a-a heifer."
The childrens grandma brought
them hen and some chickens
They had never seen hen and
chickens before ard were very
curious about them. Charlie listen
ed to the mother hen clucking to
her little ones and said: The
old hens got the hiccoughs."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
To PRESERVE OIL PAINTINGS.

Apply two or three coats of pure
white lead paint to the back OF
the canvass. This preserves the
canvl SIS from mold and mildew.
Many pictures of the old masters
treated this way have been pre-
served for centuries. They are
practically indistructible.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
GERMAN BISCUITS.

Mix thoroughly two cupfuls gra~
ham flour, one cupful white flour,
one teaspoonful salt, one teaspoon
sugar and three teaspoons baking
powder. Chop into this two table
spo MS butter, add two cupfuls
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
Not that he does not know

When home from schools long
day he drifts
And to my gaze his fresh face
lifts,
/ read tale of all the joys
And SORROWS that are every boys,
l had them once, l feel them yet,
Through later living's deeper fret
But still l hold him close, and say,
"Son, tell me all about your day.
He tells me. w'himpering DER each
grief,
And laughing NEXT in swift relief,
The big, bad boy who hid his hat.
The girl who Slipped from where
she sat
To meet the teachers we'll earned
frown
And how the little boy fell down.
list, not THAT l do not know,
But only that love him so. ~
When at life's troublous school
days close
Each world worn pupil homeward
goes,
Straight to the fathers eye Well
raise
Our own, prepared for blame or
praise
He'll slip an arm around and say,
Child, tell me all about your day"
mot that our father does not
know,
BUT only that he loves us SO.
Strickland w Gillian, in the
Christian Adv ocate.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
TWO BANKS.

know two boys, named Joe and
Frank,
Each has lit e penny bank.
Joe's Lank is made of shining tin,
The pennies click when they
F cank's bank is just a wooden box
Tied up with string, it has no
locks,
And yet his money grows and
grows.
Now, how is that, do you suppose?
Joe whirls and twins his bank a.
bout,
Ard shakes the shining pennies
out.
He never has a cert to spare,
His money seems to melt in air.
But Frank store has magic way
OF growing bigger day by day
The reason is it's really Frank
Who saves the money, not the bank
For what can matter bank or box
When self-denial guards the locks.
Alice Carrick.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
NO EGG BATTER CAKE.

Sift together three cupfuls flour,
three teaspoons baking powder, one
half teaspoon salt. Add milk to
make a soft batter, and beat hard
Bake Immediately on hot griddle.
Serve with butter and syrup.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
MOTHERHOOD
W0MAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childless
Women.

Among the virtues of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
ability to correct sterility in the
cases Of many women. This fact is
well established as evidenced by the
following letter and hundreds of others
we have published in these columns.
Poplar Bluff, Mo. want other
women to know what a blessing lydia
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
IheE9 %ei

/ milk, and if the mixture is too
stiff to handle add enough water to
make sofp dough. Turn upon a
floured board, roll out and cut in
to- biscuits handling as little and
as lightly as possible. Bake in a
steady oven.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

E. Pinkham' Vege-
table Compound has
been to me. We
had always wanted
a baby in our home
but / was in poor
health and not able
to do my work. My
mother and hus-
band both urged me
to try Lydia E. Pink
h a m 8 Vegetable
Compound. | did
l.1ll. 49,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER

], NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER,
How many buttons are missing to-
day?
How MANY playthings are strewn
in her way?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many thimbles and spools has
she missed?
How many burns ON each little
fist?
How many bumps to be cuddled
and kissed?
Nobody knows but mother.
How MANY stockings to darn, do
you know?
How many muddy shoes all in a
row?l
Nobody knows but mother.
How many little torn aprons to
mend?
How many hours CT toll must she
What is the time when her days
work shall end?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many cares does a mother $
heart know?
How many joys from her mother
love flow?
Nobody knows hut mother.
How many prayers by each little
white bed?
How many tears for her child has
she she'd?
How many kisses for each curly
head?
Nobody knows Tut mother.
Elk
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
Notes for
Our
Bird Club

To join our Club, sign your mann
and address to the coupon below
and send ito Mrs. w. j. Lancelot,
journal, Extra, Iowa. Or copy the
pledge and sign it. 1t will cost
you nothing but the postage.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

star cannot be seen beside it
without aid of a telescope. The
obscuring of the moon by the
shadow off the earth came along
this time at the moment that the
moon was to pass in front of the
star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

Edward Hatchkiss of Red Lodge,
Mont, caught hawk last summer
and tied a bottle to it's neck con-
tanning his name and address. A
few days ago he received a letter
from native of Bogota, Column
bia, saying that the hawk had been
killed there. 1t is about 300
miles from Red Lodge to Bogota.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

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and address TO the co1nnom below
and send ito Minis w u I,a,nce1ot
journal Extra Iowa, Or conv the
nledea and siom If n will COST
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Club. and promise to study and
protect all song and insectiverous
birds and do what / cam for the
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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25
COUPON

Pledge: desire to become a
member of the Liberty Bell Bird
Club, and promise to study and
protect all song and insectiverous
birds, and do what l can for the
Club.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

A clay-cqlored junco came and
picked up crumbs in our yard re-
Gently. This was the first bird of
this species which we had seen.
The snow and ice had made it diff
ficult to- get food, and it came
for its supper.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-01-25

1t is a we'll known fact that in
sects carry disease germs, and it
is estimated that they cause fully
two-thirds of the worlds diseases.
All birds OF beautiful plumage are
insect eaters. How necessary then,
that we protect the birds.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
AMERICAN TARS
START FOR HOME
Sailors Held in German Deten-
ton Camps Are Grant
ed Their Freedom.

BERLIN, March 9 (by wireless
TO TuckertOn, y. j., March 10
Fifty-nine Americans taken from
vessels sunk by the German raider
in the south Atlantic and brought
to Swinemuende on Jan. 1. on board
the captured British steamer Var
rowdale, were released from quaran-
tine and left at 4 p. N. for the
Swiss frontier. The route over
which they departed was the one
chosen for their return by the Unit
ed States government
News of their impending release
was conveyed to them in the deten-
ton camp at Brandenburg Wednes-
day. Their attire and wardrobes
hardly qualified them for a walk up
Fifth av., but the information that
their quarantine had ended and that
they soon would be homeward bound
elected an instant cheer. Most Of
them were seamen and were un-
aware that the George and Mount
Temple upon which steamers they
had shipped were armed merchant
men and were considered by Ger
many as fair prizes of war The ma
jority o. them live in Boston, Brook
Ign or Philadelphia Their detention
for the past % days was due 70 the
discovery of spotted typhoid fever
in their camp.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
LONG CONTROVERSY OVER
SEAMEN BELIEVED ENDED

WASHINGTON. March 1O.-Al-
though the latest state department
dispatches did not announce the re-
lease of the Yarrowdale prisoners,
an official dispatch dated March Z,
said they soon were TO be released
and officials here believe the long
controversy over their status is
about 70 be brought TO a satisfactory
conclusion. Within a few hours they
should be out Of German territory
and the department has indicated
that with that accomplished the in
cidept would be considered closed.
There was some speculation Fri
day night as 70 whether all Of the
men had been included in the re-
lease orders. Reports Of the number
held have varied widely. At first Am
bassadOr Gerard sent the names OF
50. Later official reports mentioned
as many as y. and Fridays official
dispatch from the Spanish foreign
Office mentioned SIS as remaining in
Germany. The press dispatch from
Berlin saying So were released SEEM
ed 10 refer 10 the entire mum Der
held. however. and ii is assumed
that the confusion may have arisen
over some cases of disputed nation
aIffv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
IN NILADY'S BOUDOIR
BY GWEN SEARS.

soap is the best thing TO use. The
hair should be thoroughly wetted
with warm water, then a handful Of
the liquid rubbed in. II il does not
lather at once use a little more wa
ter and a little more liquid until
the whole head is in a perfect foam.
Then rinse out the lather very
thoroughly. taking the worst of the
moisture off with hot towels and dry
by brushing and tanning. Do not, on
any account, dry il by the fire.
The daily care of the hair is
most important, il should be well
brushed every night. the scalp be-
ing first treated with rather hard
brushing to stimulate the circula-
ton. and the long hair afterwards
brushed with long sweeping strokes
two brushes with rather long stiff
bristles being used. This is TO keep
the hair clear and give il natural
gloss.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
GETS ANOTHER CHANCE
Prisoners and Probation Officers
Stories Are Different.

The story told by Alexander Gil
len. who had been arrested for VIC
lation OF parole and fntoxication.
and that told by Probation officer
Lane who made the arrest, did not
agree and the city court finally de-
cided against the defendant. declar-
ing that he must be mistaken.
Gillen declared that il was
scarcely an hour after ne had been
released on probation by the city
court last Wednesday that he was
again arrested in a saloon on South
St, and brought 10 the station. Of
ticer Lane said that nearly two hours
had elapsed. The court waived the
question and decided TO give Gillen
another chance on account Of a de-
pendent family. 1t imposed a fine
Of 500 and a sentence of 80 days
at the penal farm which il prom
ised to suspend providing the de
fendert promise 70 report weekly TO
the probation officer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
NO BOOKS USED
IN THIS COURSE
Common Sense and Develop
ment of Powers OF 0bSer-
walton to be at N. D.

Did you ever read in a school cat
slog such divisions in the curricu-
lum as observation, exploration
Workmanship" etc? Ii is likely
you never did. and il is a pretty sure
guess that you never will, spite of
the flood of school catalogs and an
nouncements that sweeps in on us
every year on the wake of the
spring housekeeping, unless you
chance to get out to our local uni
versity of Notre Dame.
The new course, of which the
opening is announced for the first Of
April, is unique. There are many
schools Of training and education,
but among them all-including all
the latest ideas of faddists and
healtholoists, there is nothing that
approaches this new course - the
west For the underlying principle
Of the new course is common sense,
natural outdoor exercise, and a de-
velopment IL the powers of Obser-
walton. IL is a course conducted
without books and it aims TO en-
liven the powers of watchfulness.
While learning to observe and
while getting the outside exercise
the students will incidentally learn
a great deal about the birds Of
northern Indiana for the class will
be directed by Brother Alphonsus.
G. S. c., the associate editor of the
American Midland Naturalist, and
an acknowledged authority on bird
life.
While several students have made
a special study of ornithology in the
past, the new course was added to
the curriculum at the instigatiOn of
Rev. Thomas Crumley professor of
psychology at the university. Father
Crumley maintains that the best way
to develop the powers of observation
and TO learn 10 describe accurately
the detail of the objects of observa-
ton is TO make a study OF ornith-
ology. There will be two classes in
ORTHODOXY daily, one in the morn
ing and one in the afternoon. The
banks along the St Joseph and the
country around South Bend will fur
nish the setting for the lessons.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
LOW COST OF LIVING MENUS
BY MRS. FLORENCE MAY.

thicken with a tablespoon of flour.
Add half a can of chopped mush-
rooms and boil one minute longer.
Yorkshire Muffins.-Mix two cups
Of -four with three eggs and a cup
and three quarters Of milk. Half
an hour before the roast is done.
turn it into the pan with the roast
and bake.
Stuffed Apple Salad - Pare and
core the apples, cut in thick slices
and fill with chopped dates and nuts.
Serve with a mayonnaise dressing.
MADEIRA Pudding--Chop fac half
pound of suet, mix with two cups
Of bread crumbs half a cup of
sugar. the same of flour. two eggs.
and two glasses of sherry. Boil
hard four hours and serve with a
sauce made by blending equal parts
Of butter and sugar and adding a
little sherry.
Barbecued Ham-Trim neatly one
thin slice of cold boiled ham. cut il
into quarters Put two level table
spoons of butter, two Of tomato cat
sup. and four of sherry in the
blazer; when hot put in the ham;
turn quickly once or twice and serve.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
MEN IN SALOON ON
ELECTION DAY CHARGE
Only Part of Evidence I'm Case
Against Joseph Szegety by
Court.

Though the case of Joseph Szeg-
ETY.. sol S. Chaplin ST., charged with
permitting persons in his saloon on
the day of the primary election,
came before city court Saturday
morning owing to the fact that all
of the witnesses could not appear,
the final hearing was set ahead and
only part of the testimony taken.
The petition for revocation of the
license which was filed Friday with
Mayor Keller, will no doubt depend
on the decision of the court.
Officers PABLO and Delinski, who
made the arrest, declared before the
court that they saw men in the
saloon between 4 and 3 o'clock on
election day. 1t was contended by
the defense. however, that the men
only stepped TO the door and did not
enter. The defense prayer that
other witnesses might be put on the
stand at the final hearing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
TWO HELD FOR THEFTS
Mink Fur Stolen During Meeting of
Lady Hibernians.

Tony KOhler. 100 w. Washing
ton av., is being held by order of the
court Saturday morning under a
bond of $50 for stealing, as charged
in the affidavit, SEATS in money
from Arthur Bickelhaupt, 400 +.
South ST. a hearing of the case was
set for next Saturday.
Max Unger, 523 S. Taylor St. is
held for the theft of two brass cast
ing parts of an asphalt distributor
Charges have been preferred by H.
V. Kimble of the Studebaker cor
poration and a hearing will be held
next week
Officers of the Lady Hibernians
entered a complaint with the police
department declaring that during
their last meeting on Friday night
held at Beyler hall petty thieves
broke into the lockers and stole
some wearing apparel. A $50 mink
fur is missing as well as gloves and
other minor articles.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-10
announcements

There will be a meeting at the
sumption Prairie NJ Z. church
Tuesday evening. Miss Bell, a re-
turned missionary. will speak.
The o. f. s. auxiliary will be en-
tertained in the Masonic club rooms
Monday afternoon. The hostesses
will be Mrs. Otila Kuss, Mrs. Minnie
Judson. Mrs Pet Zellers, Mrs. Anna
Larrabie and Mrs. Hattie Hobbick.
Pleasant View W. c. T. L. will be
entertained Wednesday afternoon at
TIE home of Mrs. I. H. Jackson.
Lincoln way w.
A pie social will be given at Rupel
school house March II by members
Of the Live Wire class of Auten
chapel. a debate will be a feature
of the evening