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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
Two Little FIocks.

Five little sheep on a hillside
grazed
Where yelIow-e, ed daisies grew,
And up above, im a sunny spot,
Were five little clouds in the
blue. -
And the five little clouds in the
sky looked down.
On the five little sheep below,
And celed to- them, in friendly
way,
20 little white sheer, hello.
I'VE look SO very much alike,
We are fleeey white. like you
Come uu with us in the pasture
sky,
o littse white flock, please do"
But the five little sheep ON the
hill locked sad,
And iiihbDed THE grass instead
And each one smothered a soft
LITTLE sigh
Shaking his wise little head.
And they calDed to. the flock I'M
the sky, "Oh, no,
Such a thing we never could
For we must be fed ON the green
est grass,
Whths your meadow-grass as
blue.
Ard how wound we hook, when
trying to fly.
With only our feet fer wings
Sheep of the earth and sheep of
the sky
We're made for different Things. /"
And THE little white flock i'm the
sky, looked down
! On the little white flock below, J.
And they said to themselves, "How
queer when we.
Resemble each other so"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
in. the floor.

In the floor
Nettie forgot all about what her
mother had said, she forgot about
her bad habit, and remembered
only that she very much wished
to know about that strap. In a
minute she was over there, and
giving it a slight pull UP it
came. 1t was not a trap door
as she alsd suspected, but some
movable sheNes, and on the
shelves were pies, tarts and
cakes. !. j.
Just then she heard Mrs Symonlds
coming, and SHE tried to swing
the shelves back in pace, but
try as she would they would
not go back.
What should she do. She dared
taot NUM- AwaN and There was
not time to do anything else, and
SO she stood still with her face
in her hands.
I
Mrs symonds looked at her in
surprise. And SO you wanted to-
find out what we were to have
! for tea, she said.
No, no. never thought of
that" said Nettde. II just wanted
to pull the little strap
/ + i.f-
1 couldn.t think what it was there
| for"
SWELL, never mind, we won't let
it spoil our appetites," said Mrs
symomds. .You may carry the
tarts to the table"
Mrs Symlonds was very kind, but
Nettde's hapndneAs was gone, and
ahe' was glad when the visit
was over. She hurried home and
with her face hidden in her mouth
er's Jap told her the whole mis-
cradle story.
Nettie's mothers face was very
serious as she listened. When the
Story was flndshld ahlA said, q
am ashamed that my little girl
should SO far forget herself, but
am not sorry THAT 1t happened"
| Nettie could not believe her ears
4 mot sorry that it happened"
she exclaimed in, surprise
"No, sadd her mother, it needed
this notification to make you
remember. 1t is a good lesson"
"oh. shall remember ii
AL right" said Nettde. And she
always did.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15

NEW MOTHER GOOSE JlNGLEs
Little Miss Mu6fett.
Stood on tuGfet
In search Of a lunch one day
When she saw a spider
That hung close beside her
And quickly she ram away.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15

The object of our Bird Club is
to save the birds. Insects des-
troy every year more than q
billion dollars worth Of grain
end fruit. Birds degour the insects
i'm countless numbers. By saving the
birds we are saving our food.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
FOR THO
! HIEDReN

Little Bo- Peep
Has taught her sheep
From morn to night Ito mind her
All day she fooks
At picture books
Ard they look on--behind her.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
THANKSGIVING PORK cAIA,s

Now is the time to make your
Thanksgisirg cake and here is a
good one,
Put one pound fat salt pork
through the food chopper. pour
over pork two cups boiling coffee
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15

Remember the birds stay only
where they can get food and
shelter. ] hope alE our members
of the club are prepared to give
them both tlhrough the cold Of the
coming winter.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15

Richmond, IndaFor years was so sick and weak from
female troubles that when going up stairs go very slowly
hands the sit down top rest The
doctor said he tnugh should have operation
thought would not live into house
asked to try Lydia nkham Vegetable
taken IT With good results did weakness Disappeared
gained IN moved into home do all garden
enough in Of Lydia Vegetable Compound
N @ JOHNSTON, Route D, Box 100, Richmond, Ind
Ofcourse there are many serious cases that only a
surgical operation will relieve. We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters, and many others like Them
amply prove that many operations recommended when
medicine in many cases is all that is needed
you advice write Lydia Pinham edf-
cine Co (confdenta Lynn, Mass opened
by strict condolences.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15

This is kind of work in
which the children cam help save
food for OUR soldiers and alllfes in
the war Every child who helps
protect the birds in amy is
doing something toward providing
food for them.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
% Manll
Operations
The Right Medicine in Many Cases
Does Better than the Surgeons
Knife. Tribute to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Doctor Said Operation Of DeathBut Medicine f,u-.,

Des MONIES, Iowa. ON husband says 1 would
have been IN my grave today had it not been for
lydia p Pinkhams Vegetable Compound / suf-
Tered froma serious female trouble and the doctors
said could not live one year without an operation
NY husband objected to the operation and had me
try Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound /
soon commenced to get better and am now well
and able to do my own housework. / can recon-
mend Lydia D. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
any woman as q wonderful health restorer. Mrs.
BLANCHE JEFFERSON, 7O3 Lyon ST., Des Moines. Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15

1t is estimated by those who
have made a study of the subject
that if all the birds were destroy
ed, i'm three years every timing green
would be DESTROYED by bugs and
worms. Even the trees would die
because their foliage would be-
eaten. $500.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
Chick and Chick-Dee Dee

There's a merry little student,
In a suit Of brown and gray,
Who says his simple lesson DER
A Thousand times day.
He's studying the alphabet
( From early dawn till night,
He only knows one letter
But he always gets that right.
He never takes his lunch to school,
AS little children do,
But when he's feeling hungry,
He will eat a bug or two.
And teen without single word
About A, B or G,
Recite the sumo old lesson,
Chick u d d d.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-15
BIRD club.
Noes

To join our Club, sign your nam
and address to the coupon below
and send to Mrs. w. j. LanceIot,
Journal, Extra, Iowa. Or copy the
pledge and sign it. It will cost
you nothing but the postage.
....s.. Cut Here. 1885,.
COUPON
Pledge: desire to become a
member OF tire Liberty Bell Bird =
Club, and promise to study and
protect all song and insectiverous
birds, and do what I can for the
Club.
Address 80.
...... $500. Cut Here. ...... ~.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Denver in the Coal Business

From "Denver's Municipal Coal Bin,'
 by Edgar C. MacMechen, in the
 American Review of Reviews.
 Last August local coal dealers ad : vised Denver citizens to expect an ad- vance in coal prices, because of labor scarcity and poor transportation ia cilities Immediately thereafter. upon the mayors suggestion, the city coun- cil passed a sweeping ordinance au : thorizing him to utilize all powers ot the city necessary to relieve wide spread and general distress caused by increased cost of living.
 Mayor Speer ordered an investiga- ton by the municipal industrial bu- reau, the only department of it's kind in America. NIT. George A. Levy, for, merly chief of efficiency standards In Pittsburg, was sent into the Ignite coal fields and closed contracts for three mines.
 The operator had threatened an ad- vance in the price of Ignite to S7,5o to sS ton, but the citys action eff fectually stopped this talk. At first the dealers showed fight, but. quick : Fly realizing the futility and danger of combating the municipality, they changed tactics and volunteered to supply 50.000 tons at the city's con tract price, in the event the municipal supply proved inadequate.
 office in city hall, selling selected lump to citizens at $4.15 ton. de- livered in the bin, the retail price of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Cutting Out Red Tape

Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.
 When Dewey planned the battle of Ma nila bay his first step was to cut the cables that connected him with the navy department in Washington. The big role played by the United States torpedo flotilla against the German submarines is largely due to the fact that Admiral Sims is fearless executive who does not hesitate to put his judgment against departmental traditions In transferring troops and supplies across the Atlantic a vigorous enemy of red tape has been called to position that demands ini.ia- tive and quick thinking. Rear Admiral Frederick R. Harris, successor to Gen. eral Goethals and Rear Admiral Capps as general manager of the emergency fleet corporation, is man who gets re- suits because he is a fighter who doesn't know the meaning of defeat. He pos sesses a genius for surmounting obsta- cles, and a wholesome contempt for tra- dition when a big job has to be com pleted in a hurry. This is why Chairman Hurley requested his appointment and why the navy expects to see the chips fly this winter. Goethals' work was made worthless by the opposition of Den man. and Capps was hobbled by the fetish of routine. Harris will be handi- capped neither by friction nor by red tape. It is his job to turn out ships al record speed, and that is just what this fighting rear admiral will do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Main Object of the War

From N"The Progress of the World
 in the American Review of Reviews.
 It must not be forgotten that this great world war is wholly unlike any other recent war. although it presents analogies that recall earlier struggles in Europe. The war is not to be won simply by direct military effort with all the subsequent conditions to be laid down by victors. This is a war in which the objects are, to some extent at least. to be gained as the war goes along. Its principal object is to prove to mankind the superiority of the in : tion over the separate groupings Of national units. It is not Germany alone that must abandon those phases of nationalism, or of empire seeking, that are harmful to human kind as a whole. All the peoples--not least the Germans themselves-are having ter rible demonstration of the meaning and value of worldwide association. Each nation is undergoing something of a christening, and is facing the need of making it's own due concessions to the general good. International so- eiety had progressed much faster than means had been provided for support ing it. National governments, being a law unto themselves, had not been capable of protecting the immense net work of interests that did not own al- legiance to any one government be- cause they were worldwide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

the dealers on the same coal being SC
 and S6.50 a ton.
 Production from the city's mines
 opened at 600 tons day, but soon
 advanced to 1000 tons, a very impor-
 tant factor in the total coal consump
 tion of Denver. In addition, the city
 supplies city buildings and institutions
 with a run of mine and slack at a
 cost $1 per ton below that previously
 paid to dealers. This means saving
 to the taxpayer of $170o0 or $1S.OO0 year.
 Purely an emergency feature is the
 sale of sacked coal to the very poor
 or the man caught unawares by cold Asnap. Citizens may buy 50 or 100 pounds of coal at 10 and 20 cents, re- spectively, either at the municipal lodging or bath house. This coal IS sold at less than cost and the pur- chaser must remove Il. To secure sacked coal of the same grade from the retailer he must pay at the rate
 of $10 ton
 Denver citizens have accepted the municipal coal service with universal enthusiasm, in hundreds of instances pathetic in earnestness. Many widow, or working man, with large family. fearful that the city coal will not last, comes to the coal office and says T haven't saved enough to buy ton yet. but I will earn it by tomorrow" These are the people the administra- tion delights in serving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
M. H. MORAN WILL .BE MADE CHIEF OF
 u. s. SECRET SERVICE
New Head Won His Spurs in Detecting Monroe Head" Silver Certifi-
 cate Counterfeit

Washington, December 29.--W. 1T.
 Moran. assistant chief of the treasury
 secret service for the past 10 years.
 ceed William J. Flynn, resigned. His appointment was announced tonight by | Secretary McAdoo.
 MT. Moran entered the secret serv-
 ice 35 years ago as an operative and has had experience in all branches of the work. He was largely respon- sible for detection of the noted coun- terfeit of the s1O0 Monroe head silver certificates in 1897, the result of which was the withdrawal of the entire is-
 sue. and the discovery of an exten sive counterfeiting plot. Mir. Moran had charge of many famous secret serv ice investigations, including the cot- ton leak case.
 Discovery of the Monroe head bill gave MT Moran the reputation of be- ing one of the most clever counterfeit detectors in the world. The note was under suspicion but many experts pro- | nounced it genuine. Mir. Moran insist ed it was fraud and proved his con- tention by gathering a. pan of hot WdleE IFoIu a SOdhlnE lIto pliA and pulling the two faces apart. It was then found that the counter feiters had carefully laid silk threads | between the two faces to initiate genu- | inc certificates, and had pasted the two engraved pieces together so nicely that
 the product fooled every expert of the
 bureau of engraving and printing, and every secret service man but one. It | took year to run down the makers,
 but F finally were arrested and prose-
 cuted. It became the most famous coun- \ terfeiting case in American history, and
 tho credit went to MT. Moran.
 1 In many other cases MT. Moran gained
 the reputation for solving difficult crim- | inal cases by close analysis and unique
 methods. He ran down coin counter feiter in Louisville by affixing pins to
 a city map at every point where coun-
 terfeit was discovered, and then search ling for rlan who did business in cor
 tain streets where the pins were thick est. huckster was caught and con- vieted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Expansion of Nations CapitaI

 From Washington Expanding" by Ernest Knaufft, in the American Re- view of Reviews.
 Washington today is human ant hill of activity. As you pass the pub- lie buildings you hear the impetuous click of hundreds of typewriters. The sound is staccato and vivace. A gen. | eration ago our forebears heard only the large ticking of the grandfathers o'clock; the tempo was slower then, there were but two whole notes to bar, but with the typewriters today there are 16 quarter notes. and in their rapid percussions we seem to hear the quickened pulse of the nation. The eye, too. detects an accelerated
 movement throughout the city. Public servants, men on commis- sions, dart hither and thither with a nervous step; the very pivotal 4atz0 doors of administration building seafa impediments to these khaki-clac err E. saries.
 Washington Is awake. l And it is evident that the Citizens are assembled to do, and not to talk. Conversation Is laconic and pitched in | subdued tones. On every visage we read plainly signs of determination {; every mans bearing signifies respon sibility. Chicagoans bring with them their afr of 'T will" and the young men froM other parts, when asked if | they will serve here or there, arc quick to respond with the vernacu1ar affirmation, "Sure!"
 l It is inspiring to see all these alert and ready citizens assembled in tho national capital, quite at homo in it's streets and buildings. testing the hos | pitality of the city to it's utmost. And | the sight suggests the question, "What part does the material city. the silent stones. and static bronzes-public | buildings and statues-play in the hur- rying pageant of preparednessT | It is the adaptability to the nations l business which is being developed at 1 the present moment in the new build ings in Washington that so few peo- pie know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
.RUMANIANN KING
 ADVOCATES, STATES |. PETROGRAD REPORT
Persistent Rumors to This Effect Continue to Reach the Russian Capital
 From South

PetroErad, Friday, December 2S. There are persistent rumors here that King Ferdinand of Rumania hns abdi- cated in favor of Crown Prince Charles.
 Disturbed conditions in Rumania were reported in dispatch from Petrograd dated Monday. It was said news of revolutionary plot against King Ferdinand had been received a the bolshevik headquarters in Petro- grad. Other reports, it was added, tended to confirm indications of a has been little news from Rumania since the Rumanian army was forced to agree to an armistice on the east ern front. It had been reported that bolshevik and German promagandists were at work among the Rumanian troops.
 King Ferdinand, who is member of the Hohenzollern family, succeeded his uncle, King Charles, October 1914, King Charles having died at Sinaia on October 10. Rumania declared war on Austria on August 27, 1916, and King Ferdinand took personal command of the army shortly thereafter.
 King Ferdinand Is the son of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sig -Sigmaringen and two of his brothers are generals in the German army. He was born at Sigmaringen, August 24, 1885.
 Crown Prince Charles was born Oc- tober 31, 1893, and is an officer in the Rumanian army He is unmarried, al- though early in 1914 it was reported that his betrotha1 to the then Grand Duchess Olga of Russia had been ar ranged.
 Queen Mary of Rumania, who was a duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, is a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and was married to King Ferdinand on January 10, 1893.
 Since Rumania's entrance into the war, more than two-thirds of her ter ritory has been overrun by the enemy. The royal family fled from the capital, Bucharest. in the fall of 1916, and since that time has been at Jassy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Brain is in the Stomach

Jean Price, in World Outlook.
 Ignorance is responsible for the guess work of the Chinese about the anatomy of the human body. ''Notiing is known of the nervous system or of the circulation of the blood. and every organ except the brain is said to have a pulse. The heart is considered to be. the center of being, and therefore it must also be in the cen ter of the body" The Chinese also be- lieve that the brain is in the stomach. Perhaps that is the reason that more than half of thought and conversation of the common people relates to food!
 1t is ignorance which makes a mother chew her childs food before putting it in the little ones mouth It is ignor- ance which allows mother to wash the clothes in a green, stagnant pool while the child at her side eagerly drinks the same water. It is ignorance which our mission doctors have to light when they suggest that women should not use pos- onous face paint should bathe the baby at least once before it is grown, should wash the dishes once a month in clean water. Ignorance which makes the sub ject of microbes more difficult to teach than the English in which it is taught.
 And though it's hard to say, it is ig- norance which causes lover to take wa ter in which his body is washed and secretly mix it in the drink of his loved one. But then, that is romance and we mustn't mention germs in the same breath.
 Iax. r1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

Potash has been found in Arizona, 9 miles north of Parker. It is confined to an underground basin in a state of so- lution and the brine is pumped easily. The basin is not far from the Colorado river. but the two are not connected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
lar AlNo MAJ nBERo

Malmberg we'll known Finnish woman For long time actively working for the independence o Finland She is also well Finnish lecturer both Eng land and in the United many years she has been exile from her. native land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Henrx s. worthy-Aged 6a. died va.

Henry S. Worthy-Aged 63. died yes- terday at the family residence. 2303 1s' North Fifth avenue. Funeral serv- ices will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Masonic temple. and at o'clock from the private pariors of the Shaw Undertaking company. He is survived by one sis- ter. Mrs, Camilla Rrown. All Masons are urged to attend the services this afternoon Interment at Oak Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

The law in Switzerland protecting rare plants is so strict that to be found in possession of specimens illegitimates
 collected Is a. penal offense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
charle. w. Torcht-Aged e2. died xes

Charles W. Forcht-Aged 62, died yes- trday at the family residence, S725 North Twenty street Fu- neral arrangements will be am nounced later. He is survived by his widow. one son, Charles William, and three daughters, Mrs. J. P. Saw age Misses Margaret and Dorothy May Forcht
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
DEATHS

Mrs. AIathea Caroline kinK--Aged 73, died yesterday at the family resi- dence, 1104 North Twenty-sixth street. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at o'clock from the residence with Nnterment at EiTu- wood. She is survived by six daugh- ters. Mrs. l.. K. Rainey, Mra W. c. Hernandez, and Mrs. I. G. Gallup of Birmin gham, Mrs. A. I. Ham of New Orleans, Mrs. D. o. Cash Of Jacksonville, and Mrs. w. H. Moore of Evergreen. Pallbearers will be: ]. F. Cheatam, R. D. Beatty IT, N. Ross. J. c. Ware, L. L. Gallup and W. R. Mckinney. Johns in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

them quarrel with other nationalities in Austria-Hungary and to play one against the other, thus spending their force in futile discussions and losing valuable time for material and spirit ual development; (d) not only spiritual but even economic intercourse between the Servians in Servia and Montene- gro and those in Austria-Hungary has been hindered in all possible ways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-02
Delaware Led States
With SIS Per Capita
Gift to Red Cross
New York's Rate Was SIPS;
South Dakota Lowest,
with 9 Cents

Washington. July --latest tabula-
tons by the American Red Cross, an
nounced tonight, show that Delaware
led all other states in per capita con-
tributions to the Red Cross war fund,
with rate of IS. Figures for other
states follow:
Connecticut, s2.05; Ohio, s1.s1; Mas
sachusetts, $3.50; Rhode Island, s143;
District of Columbia. $1.37; New York
(outside New York City,, SIPS; Colo
RADIO. $1.27; Michigan. s1.1s; Pennsyl-
varia. S114; California, Slip; New
Jersey. S11O; Missouri, SO.95; Mon
tana, so.9f Illinois. $O.SS; New Hamp-
shire, SOS4; Oregon, OS2; Maine,
500; Utah, 1913.
The other states we're as follows:
Idaho. SOIL; Indiana, $O.49; Wisconsin,
sO.4s; Kansas, sO.4s; Mississippi, sO.47;
MARYLAND. sO.41; Louisiana, SO.4O;
Iowa. sO.4O; Tennessee, 1898; Vermont,
sO.39; Arizona, sO.3S; West Virginia,
sO.36; Virginia, 1924; Oklahoma, $O.2l;
Florida, 1925; Texas, S0.25; Nevada
1921; Kentucky, sO.16; Arkansas SO.l5;
Alabama. SOILS; North Carolina, $O.l2;
Georgia. sO.12; North Dakota, SOIL
New Mexico, 500; South Dakota,
5000. and Hawaii, 5000.