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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

7 who misses neither wedding nor III
neral returns and relates her days
experience, las if she had been to a
party" thinks Maysie, Indignantly,
Fastening out of hearing and choking
back her sobs. She has a plan that
can not be carried out till evening, and
she stays alone in her room till the
soft summer disk calls her out.
Unobserved she walks her way
along the lonely country road. A
few belated birds chirp sleepily; the
hum of insects. shrll near by and
softer and sweeter farther of, accom-
panies her; the light dew is falling;
all the sweet influences of the hour
fall soothingly on her soul as she
turns to the entrance of the grave
yard. She goes, as by instinct. swift
and straight to new-made grave.
The moon has not yet risen, and the
darkness increases every moment, but
Maysie cares not In her hand is q
young rose-tree and q cluster of vio-
let's, both freshly dug and with earth
about their roots. She means to set
these in the mound above her lover.
unknown to anyone; they shall be her
first and last gift to him.
Suddenly she stops and utters little
shrek. A deadly fear seizes her as
tall figure rises from the mound and
speaks.
II knew should meet you here"
says low and thrilling voice.
Maysie trembes from head to foot
and can not speak.
80 my dear!" cries the stranger,
"do you not know am his mother"
and she takes Maysie into her arms and
continues rapidly: "You could not be
among the throng-I knew that
knew my boys Maysie would hold her
grief sacred and would make her last
communion in silence and darkness.
See how we'll l read your heart my
child. / could not fail to know and
understand you, for ne who is gone has
told me about you-your pretty face.
your girlish ways, your loving and
lovablc soul. He loved you well,
Maysie-did you love him?'
But Maysie is silent; that which she
has not whispered in her lovers ear
can never now be uttered.
"Ah, well, never mind. You thought
it strange he bound you by no VOW;
this is the reason; years ago, before he
went out into the world, | exacted u
promise from him that he would not en-
gage himself in marriage without first
consulting me. 1t was foolish within
of an old woman, but he respected it.
You are not angry because his mother
longed for his confidence, are you,
Maysie?'
"No," whispers Maysic, and for q
time there is silence between the two
silence broken by long and affection
ate embrace and many tears that
soften and relieve the full and bursting
hearts. The rising moon sheds glow
ing light over the landscape before
they separate. Lovingly they set May
sizes simple tribute over the grave, and
then
They turn face from face
They loose hand from hand;
Each goes her own way back at her own
pace
To her own land.
And Maysie alone in her own cham
Der, weeping long after midnight,
knows something sweet has gone out
of her life forever
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
Bound to Succeed,

"You say that you have been on an
uninhabited island for nineteen years9'
Eyes, SIR"
"And amassed $4,000 during those
years?"
Yes, sir. kept store. F"
"See here, man, this Won't do.
Where were the customersp"
Myself / was bound to make
money, because i had a monopoly, was
always there to wait on the customer,
and never gave credit. That kind Of
business will succeed anywhere. -
! Philadelphia CdH
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
Knew What He Was,

Say, yer blooming gerloot, jest make
tracks. Clar the road. Dye ear me?
P'raps yer dunno who Ar am! Arm or
red-hot son NV er gun from Texas, Ar
am. Dye, know thatP"
80, certainly; knew you were son
Of gun, but / didn't know what state
you hailed from. National Weekly.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Gray hair, however caused, is restored to Its
original color by Halls Hair Remover
Persons suffering from Ague Of long stand
ing will find specific in Ayers Ague Cure.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

''Be candid, DOCTOR" said the patient, when
found with bottle of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup.
You know it is good medicine" and the
NJ ID. left in disgust.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Ny nerves were all shattered with rheumat-
ism, there was no strength in my hands or
feet, and Oh /! such PAIN worse at nights than
n the day. Athophoros acted like charm
and made a great change in me. David
Iittell. Sumner Iowa,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Our friend Edward Riser, who attended
Elliotts Business College. Burlington, Ia, is
now bool,-keeper for the Emkie Hardware Co.,
Council Bluffs.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett is much I'm
proved IN health, and is able to resume her
literary labors and to drive out at Nah ant
nearly every day.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

The belle of country ball was asked to
waltz "No much bleeged," was the artless re-
ply; 'them round dances alluz turn my
stomach
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on earth for
pain, has made most brilliant debut. All
druggists and dealers in medicine sell it at 25
cents bottle.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Mr. Charles T. Stratton has retired from the
editorship of the State Journal, at Spring
field, finding the work not suited to his
taste
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

To get relief from indigestion, bilousness,
constipation or torpid liver without disturbing
the stomach or puTging tine bowels, take a
few doses of Carter's Little Liver Pills, they
will please YOU.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Misses Ward and Iloyden, two American
girls, are trying to keep cool by five weeks
tour in Labrador They are the first American
ladies who have ever visited that desolate re-
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
Sure Cure for Rheumatism

Cure guaranteed in oil cases. Use Perry
Davis Vegetable Pain Killer according to
directions, and it will cure ninety nine cases
out of every hundred. Try it, it surely will
not hurt YOU.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

sCRATCHES.-J. H. shafrer, Madl-
son, Wis, says: Il cured a horse of the
worst case of scratches that ever saw, with
Veterinary Carbolisalve. or all the remedies
| ever saw this is the boss" 25 aud so cents
at druggists
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

A 'schooln of whales. numbering $50, were
lrven ashore and captured in Garth Bay,
Westray, one of the Orkney Islands, few
lays ago.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

One grea sing with Frazer Axle Grease will last tw
weeks, all others two three days. Tryit
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

3 months treatment for SOC. Piso's Rene
dY for Catarrh. Sold BY druggists.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

No More Sick Headache II You Use
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS. No purging. 25cts
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09

Be merciful to dumb animals. Heal
all open sores and cuts with Stewards
Healing Powder, Is and so cents box.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
Every Nervous Person should
Y TtvgB ptte ,ants
SCRATCHES.

Get Lyons Heel Stifeners applied to your new
boots and shoes b. fore you run tn EN- over.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
FOR Sale OR EXCHANGE,

Three Hundred and Twenty acres heavily tim.
bered land in Morgan county, Mo. VIII sell
cheap for cash or trade for Des Moines
city property ADDRESS FOR PARTICULARS
WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION,
Dos Moines, Iowa.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-09-09
BROWWS
IRON
BITIERS

WILL SSxkA
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS AND FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN IN THE BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA E
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
Lines on wrapper.
TAKE NO OTHER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
MEDICINES FOR HOGS.

While not believing much in dos
ing any farm animals or even human
beings, there can be no doubt that
occasional doses Of turpentine, sui
phur and charcoal, mixed with their
feed, help to keep pigs in good con-
dition. If these + given once a
week, the hog cholera will not APP
pear. ...-a ...
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02

not, neither do they spin,' yet live
in luxury and splendor upon the
fruits of honest toll wrested by force
or cunning from the industrial class
es. By intrigue and craftiness they
have gotten possession Of the gov
eminent and have control Of every
financial and industrial interest III
the country. So oppressive have
their exactions become and so heavy
the letters they are forging for us
and our children, that the time has
come when we, if we would escape
the most abject and degrading slav-
erv the world has ever seen, must
break the shackles from our limbs
and reassert our manhood, and re-
store harmony and prosperity to the
industrial kingdom.
The first step to be taken towards
our d]eliverance is to utterly exter-
inmate this class of gamblers. There
are two ways and only two ways of
accomplishing this:
One way is to resort to force and
absolutely destroy their property
and persons; but this would lead us
into rebellion against all govern
ment, human and divine, and would
produce a state of anarchy and con-
fusion too horrible to contemplate.
The other way is to resort to the
ballot box, get possession of the gov
eminent and by the enactment of
rigid laws deprive these gamblers Of
all power for evil. To do this we
must organize the three industrial
classes in this country, get peaceable
possession of the government and by
the enactment of wise laws, restore
happiness, and prosperity to u
country.
CASWELL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
TOBACCO CULTURE IN CUBA.

/ asked Col. Lopez de Querelto,
who has been often in Cuba, how it
comes that they are able on that
island to raise so much better to-
bacco thanany thing else. He replied:
Because they have its cultivation re-
duced to a science. Your American
tobacco raiser pays no attention
whatever to naturallaws. The Cuban
planter applies the exactness of
mathematical calculation to so small
a matter as the planting of his seed.
He lays out his field so that the
rows of plants shall run exactly
north and south. Thus every leaf
gets an equal share of the sun during
the course of the day as it passes
over, or rather as the earth rolls
around. This makes the tobacco
even in flavor. The Yankee planter
puts his seed in, hit or miss. 1t is
the same way about all the cultiva-
ton. Do you know how they kill
the tobacco worm? They 60 through
the fields with a three or four pound
cannon, which they load and fire
every fifteen or twenty feet. The
conclusion kills the grubs. [ have
had Americans ridicule me for ma
king such a statement, they think
ing it could not be possible. Yet
that is one of the ways the tobacco
crop is brought to perfection ."-New
York Tribune.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02

slant state of decomposition. The
more this process Called rotting) has
been effected before it has been APP
piled to the soil the shorter the period
required for that purpose when it is
utilized. But the rotting process is
done in the heap at a loss. Be as
cautious as we may some of the VIOLA
tile matter escapes, and the value OF
the manure is deprecated. But II
the substances of the heap are in a
fine condition so as'tO intimately
mix the real manure and the absorb
ents, not only will the volatile mat
ter be arrested, but the coarse mate,
rial will be more valuable. 1t should
be the aim of the farmer, therefore,
to put nothing in the manure heap
or in the barnyard until it is hrst
reduced to a fine condition. This
calls for extra labor, but the returns
will come in when the crop is har-
vested where the manure is applied,
while a portion of the labor will be
saved in the ease and facility with
which the may be hauled
and spread upon the land. Care
must also be exercised in caring for
the manur and protecting it from
the sun and rains.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
AT BIRTH

A little knowledge of veterinary OBJ
s~tetrics is often of very great value to the
farmer. Cases of wrong presentation
occasionally occur or almost every farm,
and sometimes cause serious loss, when
a very little timely assistance would
have removed the whole difficulty. The
natural presentation is that of the fore
feet, with the head lying upon them,
the belly being downward. When this
presentation occurs there is very seldom
any need of assistance, the chief excer-
tons being in case of extreme debility
OF the dam, or of dropsical swellings
about the head or abdomen of the fgtus.
Sometimes, however, but one forefoot is
presented, the other being doubled back
under the belly. In this case the fPtus
must be gently pushed back, and the
foot drawn carefully outward. A more
difficult case occurs when the head Is
turned backward. In this case endeavor
to slip a moose around the lower jaw,
then push the body of the fetus back
ward and draw the head forward.
Presentation of the hind feet occa-
sionally occurs, and cannot be considered
as abnormal, although assistance Is
more often needed here than when the
f~orefeet come first. If both hind feet are
presented, all hat is needed is to pull
gently when the pains occur.
In general it is best to refrain from
meddling, unless there is clear evidence
OF a wrong presentation, or several hours
unsuccessful labor have shown that all IS
not right. Before attempting to render
assistance, the hand and arm should be
thoroughly creased, and gently intro
duced sufficiently to ascertain just where
the difficulty lies. Then, in giving assist
ance, avoid all rough usage, pulling only
when the pains occur. Hr
The afterbirth need not be disturbed
for twenty-four hours. If not naturally
removed within that time, assistance
should be given by ~greasing the right
hand and arm, and with it loosening the
" buttons = which attach the membranes,
while the left hand gently pulls, with d
twisting motion.-Farm and Fsreside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
CONDITION OF MANURE FOR
.e THE SOIL. .tF

Manure is valuable not only in
proportion to it's. quality but also
to the condition in which it is ap-
piled to the soil. The majority of
farmers give very little thought to
the manure other than to save and
haul it to the fields. They will fill
the barnyard full of coarse stalks or
other refuse matter, trusting to the
feet of the stock for p~ulverizing it,
and resting content that they are
making manure" They n cor
rect in placing absorbent matter in
the barnyard, and they are practic-
ing economy in endeavoring to save
all the material possible for the pur-
pose of rendering it into plant food,
but they should consider the wants
of the crop and manage their ma
nureh heaps with a view of deriving
as much benefit as possible in the
shortest time.
Next to quality the condition of
the manure is the most important
matter to be considered. All manure
should be fine. Coarse mi or
litter is useless for immediate re-
suits. Such may have alb
sorbed a certain amount of plant
food, and will be capable Of nourish-
ing a crop, but the coarser or insolu-
BILE portions must decompose before
they can be utilized. True, the effects
may be more lasting, but the farmer
-I~,,1I oS-0 - 1919 q l.
as possible in the shortest time. We
have often noticed large loads of So
called manure hauled miles to the
farm that consisted of coarse, bulky
litter, and which would not pay for
the hauling if the actual manuring
value of the materials were rightly
understood. All manure is in a con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
FARMERS WIVES SADLY OVER
WORKED.

1t is not urged that all farmers
wives + drudges. Many of them
perform no more work than is essen
tial to vigorous health. But thou
sands and tens Of thousands of them
are worked into their graves. These
are the women who build the fires,
cook meals three times a day for a
force Of men, feed and milk the cows,
do the washing and ironing for a
dozen persons, make the butter and
cheese, do marketing, put up the
fruits, cultivate the kitchen garden
the women who commence their
round of toll by starlight in the
morning, an hour or more before the
stronger men are out Of bed, and
end it near midnight, hours after the
same strong men 60 to bed and sleep.
The farmer, working hard himself,
and hearing but a few complaints
from his toiling wife-doing his
work and seeing that hers is done,
asks no questions, and no doubt feels
that while his wife can get through
with her work, it would be a need
less expenditure of means to hire a
servant to help her. When at the
age of forty, from hard work and
collaborating, she takes on the APP
pearance Of woman of sixty, he con
cludes that she didn't have a strong
constitution" and that she would
have Jared better had she been the
wife ola carpenter or shoemaker. We
repeat, that the slavery to which we
allude is not the lot of all farmers
wives. Many farmers are as consid-
crate for the health of their wives
as for their own health; but the fact
is undeniable, nevertheless, that, as
a class, the wives of farmers are
over-Worked.-Chicago Times.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
HOW RAINS FERTILIZE THE
SOIL.
H

The rain performs a double pur-
pose-that of supplying moisture
and of adding fertility to the soil.
How is this done, and how may we
observe it? When the ammonia
escapes from the manure heap, being
lighter than the air, it rises, and
though the proportion distributed
in the atmosphere may be small, yet
it amounts to a considerable guam
tity when we consider the many
sources of it's loss. Water has the
capacity Of absorbing ammonia. If
the weather is very dry the ammo
MIA will rise above the plants. For
this reason it is supposed that plants
do not have the power of appropria-
ting it through the agency of the
leaves. But as the rains come down,
the ammonia which the water alb
serbs is brought down with it and
carried to the roots Of the plants,
and the more porous the soil, and
the finer it's condition, the greater
amount Of ammonia it regains from
the air. The air also contains nitric
acid, which is due to the action of
electricity on the nitrogen of the
atmosphere, or the ammonia is con-
verted nitric acid, but the question
is unsettled, and scientists have as
yet not decided what takes place in
the atmosphere in that respect, but
it is we'll known that some plants,
like clover, have opportunities of
appropriating it freely. We are not
prepared to claim that plants cannot
absorb nitrogen by the use of leaves,
as evidences conflict, and yet, as
plants mature on soils that are de-
ficient in nitrogen, we are easily
convinced that the rains provide
that element. 1t is best to retain
your ammonia in your manure heap,
however, as the rains may give that
which is lost by you to your neigh
Dor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-02
THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES VS..
THE VULTURES.

y EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER:-In
order for society to exist in a healthy
condition it must be constituted by
and be based upon the following in
dustrial classes:
/. The agricultural and mining
class-the producers.
2. The manufacturing class, whose
business is to convert the crude pro-
duets into articles of utility and ne
cessity.
3. The commercial class, whose
business is to take the products from
the farms and mines and the factories,
and from thence to distribute manu-
featured goods among the con-
sumerS
Now, these three classes constitute
the industrial kingdom, so to speak,
and are not only essential to a
healthy state of society but are mu-
tually dependent upon each other.
1t is therefore Of the utmost impor-
lance that perfect harmony should
exist between the members of this
industrial kingdom. 1t will not do
for one class to say 1 am of more
Importance than another and there
fore am entitled to a greater voice
in the management of the affairs of
this kingdom. They are all men,
bers of one body, and are indispensa-
BILE to the existence of that body,
which gives life to each of it's mem
bers. Hence they should recognize
the necessity of and maintain this
equilibrium or balance of power in
their government.
Unfortunately the war produced
an era of speculation at the North,
which gave birth to a fourth-class-
the speculative or gambling class
which not only has no heritage in
the Industrial Kingdom, but is posi-
lively a curse to society, holding the
position in the industrial which the
birds of prey and ravenous beasts do.
in n animal kingdom. "They toll