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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-29
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to understand that you will always get
the truth from them. Their idea of
irankness is not that of common open.
ness and sincerity. They rather seem TO
consider il the art OF saving diss agreeable
things. They enjoy giving pieco Of
their mind in season and out of season.
They are always ready to detach a por-
tion of what they call their mind and
hurl il ut YOU, BY some cur,ous cir-
cumstance these pieces are invariably
disagreeahle aud generally hurt. No
one ever yet heard one of these persons
avow the intention of being generous
with her mentality without realizing
that the gift was going to give annoy
ance or pain.
They evidenily, in the donating Of this
commodity, feel that they are exercis-
ing most commendahle virtue: they
never seem To have any question ms to
the value OF the article they bcstow so
generously,
There are times when nothing less
than truth the most searching and frank
ness the most absolute will answer, but
there are thousands OF tunes ia the petty
turmois aud triSal emergencies Of
daily life where u wise silence, era.
cious ignoring of the unpleasant thing.
whatever IL may be, IN worth all tins
miscalled flankneSs. II is not necessary
to ones personal integrity, ones soul's
salvation, Ia always say the Disagree
able true thing.
True selt-csprct is sometimes most
honored IN the refusal TO pain another,
aud sclf-Sacritlcc may flourish at the
expense of qualities less fine,
IL these people who plume themselves
q ,in -.
pleasant or complimentary piece of their
mind, how different IL would be. II
instead Of telling you of some time
when YOU looked or appeared worst.
they would speak of tho occasion when
You were most charming, that would be
an excuse for any amount of dreotness
of speech.
II instead OF criticising foolish ne
ton, or condemntng II possible wrong
one, they would lave praise for the
good, that would make their vnunted
irunkneSS u blessing. But they do not do
so. They 30 on their self-saisiled way,
in their egotistic spite aud vanity, in
in their sort of Holy Willie righteous
ness forgetting that there Is anything
noblor or more important than this mos,
ignoblc aud omimportaui piece of their
mind. There are always SOME pleasant
things that can In a,d, II was very
sweet old lady who said that Satan could
be- commended for his industry, u was
Christ, when everybody else, in tho
legend, abused the foul cur, who said.
GLOW white are his teethY" This II no
plea for insinccrity, II is only plea
for II wise md gracious charity, for the
unsellishness that reprcsses the speech
TINT wounds.
II also recommends TO these, our
frank people, TINT they look carrully to
SEQ II their iiqnknoss j. really the nobla
virtue thoy deem II to lp l.ei thom sea
IL the piece Of their mind that they are
50 anxious 90 give away i not thar
piece Of MI Others they most need 10 keep
FOR themselves, cAHLorfA PERRY.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-29
Dressing Babe. for Eun.

In the dry.Goods stores we'll cut aud
well put together garments always have
"a run, and many women are anxious
to secure hand made lingerie for them.
selves and children, and little dainty
articles Of apparel whose preparation ~
an art. To satisfy this demand mer-
chants can afford 10 pay from fair
to good prices for this limo Of special
work.
Talking with New York telegram
reporter lady said: II have Just been
IN ut Mrs. J.. Is and she's been showing
mo the most perfectly beautiful work
] ever saw in my life it's Just lovely,
"She boards here, you know, and the
housemuid kept saying TO me: Indeed,
mum, can't understand II about Mrs.
L. She's that busy making baby
dresses all the year round. aud sure not
chick nora child has she got about
the house to wear EN-, now nor ever
"Woll, Of course, IL wasn't amy Of my
business, but she's right here IN the
house, you know, and happened TO be
IN there today aud she was working on
one and she told me all about IL.
'She does IL all the time, right along.
you see, for one Of the big dry.goods
stores, aud they pay her 50 apiece for
them. They sell them for n lot more
than that you may be sure. but then
she doesn't need tho money she's rich.
you know, her husbands wealthy, and
her father died not long ago aud left her
n fortune; she does IL because sbr likes
il she hasn't anything else 10 do, aud
il aniuses her. But She could make
good living ut IL, even Mt that price, II
she had TO, and likely they'd give her
more II they couldn't get them for that.
"Tle finest work! Not embroidery,
but drawn-tbread work. She uses the
most delicate, cobweby cnnbrics and
'l2O thread, aud Just delights in invent
ing new stitches and patterns. No
ruiiles nor fol-de-rols, but all beautiful,
line work in yoke and sleeves. and above
the broad llcmS, and down tlis fronts,
and all around.
IL don't see how She does have lio
patience TO dol and ] asked her il it
didn't hurt her eyes, and she said: %.
no; not at all! Why Two been doing it
for years, my dear. It's the greatest
pleasure of my life. IL Is an art with
me IA gift, like painting or music; |
delight in it''
And. do you know, she can make
any kind Of lace, the finest YOU see in
the shops. and mend laces so that il can
not possibly be told. ] just wish | had
such Il gift.'
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-29
Gossip for women.

Mrs. Gladstone is homeopathist.
Mrs Randall Is the plainest-dressea
woman in Washington.
Miss Josephine Rawling hasa diamond
necklace worth S65,000.
Mrs Cleveland has become an en-
thusiast on tennis playing.
Mrs A. Hamilton IS the owner of the
best outfit gu the Erie canal.
Mrs ,Iohn L. Newman. the methodist
bishops wife, advocates i's 'aitli cure.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-29
NEBRASKA AND WYOMING.

Its TRAIN SERVICE is carefully arranged
to meet requirements of local travel, as well
as to furnish the most attractive Routes for
Through Travel between important
TRADE CENTERS.
Its EQUIPMENT of Day and Parlor Cars,
Dinir.. Snd Palace Sleeping Cars is without
rival.
It's ROAD-GED is perfection. OF stone
baiasted Steel.
The Northwestern is the fayoritc route for
the Commercial Traveller, the Tourist and the
Seekers after New Homes In the tiOldeu
Northwest. Detailed information checrfullv
f r. CRANE, Agent,
Audubon. Iowa
J. NJ. WHITMAN. II. c. WICKER,
General Manager. Traffic Manager.
L. =. WILSON, Gen. Pas. Agent.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
Fruit Storage Houses.

We must aim for fruit storage
houses above ground. You will never
get what you want in building under
ground, where there is always damp
ness. think you can erect a wooden
building with walls thick enough to
keep out frost Fruit kept in the cell
lar with other fruit and vegetables is
not what it ought to be; there is a faint
to the flavor, and a great deal of the
fruit is injured by being kept in this
way. A person living in the city ought
to have a house to preserve the fruit
he wants for the table. If we do not
see fine fruit on the table every day
through the winter, it is sure mark
of great negligence on the part of
somebody. 1 do really believe that it
is not an impossible thing to build
fruit house above ground simply by
having walls lined with hay, straw or
sawdust. and provided with dead air
spaces. - FIcE's AGgGE1lS
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
A Turkish Lamp-Lighter.

This functiOnary is tall and gaunt
Mussulman, with a fierce mustache, an
embroidered scarlet jacket, and huge
''fustanelle." He carries a ladder, q
box of lucifer matches, and huge
green cotton umbrella He plants his
ladder against the wooden post, on the
top Of which common tin lamp is in
securely fastened, and taking off the
glass chimney opens his umbrella to
keep of the wind. The handle of the
umbrella is tucked under his arm, and
then balancing himself on the rickety
ladder he proceeds to strike light
with his lucifers, carefully protecting
the suffering flames with both his
hands. Naturally this is a slow proc
ess and by the time the dozen lamps
are lighted every body is safe at home,
for the citizens do not go out at night,
but retire to rest at a very early hour
All the Year Round.
But isn't your nephew rather
young to Join the army?" asked Cob
wigger. "He is very young to be
sure" replied Mrs. Malaprop; ''but,
then. you must remember that he i:
only going to join the infantry. "-1h'
Epoch
whats the matter. Patp" ''MorC
fun in the family this morning, sor. y
Eyes; twins again?" mo, sor. Faith,
and it's triplcts this time" You're
getting on" Getting on, is itP b
hiyins. sor. behave the next'l b.
quadrupeds."
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
BUILDINGS ON FARMS.
Few Thoughts Based on Measurement
of Barns in Various states.

A Few Thoughts Based on Disbursements
of Barns in Various states.
How much poor management is seen
in the construction OF buildings on the
farm. The wagOn-hOuse is made so
the wagon must be backed in by hand
or with the team; the consequence is
the wagon stands ont in the sun and
rain a good portion OF the time. If it
had been made open at each side it
would be just as handy to drive into
the shed as to unhitch outside. Corn
cribs are so built that the rats and
mice can eat all they want of the very
best, and spoil ten times as much
more. Cribs are usually located quite
a distance from the barn. Cribs set on
posts p feet high and timed, will be
proof against rats and mice. and if
located each side of the fill of the
driveway into bank barn, they would
be handy to the stables and easy to
fill. A portion of one building can be
used for storing wheat, etc, away
from rats, and save valuable room in
the barn where granaries are usually
put. Fifteen or $50 is put into a tank,
to hold water for stock, which will
last only a few years, and freeze up in
winter. A few more dollars would
build a cistern, in the fill Of the drive
way to a bank barn, which would not
freeze, and would last a life time, and
being elevated, the water would be
conducted by pipe to the barn-yard,
or any place desired. This arrange
ment would give water in the feeding
room for mixing feed, etc. We often
hear men who have bank barns 50x70
feet, complain of not having room
enough for their stock in cold weather.
Room in the lower story is valuable,
every foot should be economical, but
in almost all stables the ceiling over
the cattle is as high as that over the
horses. This is a waste of valuable room.
By putting cattle-stables under the
barn floor you can lower the floor 1 J
feet. The NOW floors being II feet
higher than the barn floor will afford
ample space to feed hay, etc, into the
racks of the stables below from the
two sides of the barn floor, saving all
Of the leaves and seed, which are the
most valuable, and also saves two
landings of all Of the rough feed the
farmer gives to his stock. By this
plan the pitching of hay out Of NOW is
all the labor in feeding worth speak
ing of, as a boy six years old can
shove hay off the barn floor into the
racks.
The entries between the stables need
only be feet wide-ample room for
feeding grain-thus ecOnOmizing much
room, making a stable under a barn
40x56 feet hold all the stock usually
got into barns 50x7O feet. Having
entries feet wide, the racks for hay
being extended out to the middle, will
form q tight floor over entries, leaving
sufficient space for a man 81 feet tall
to walk thrOugh.-W d. Wheatley, ia
Farm and FireSide.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
Very resneclfnIIN
CHAS. Y. WILSON.
Commissioner Of Agriculture
PASSING BAD SILVER.

A Bogus Coin Sticks to Some People
While Others Easiiy Spend 1t.
Did you ever notice how easily any
man, void of conscience and honesty,
passes q counterfeit half-dollar on
you, and how utterly impossible it is
for you to get rid of it2 Other men
pass the glitlering cheat along, but,
when it reaches you, there it sticks
IN the dark and gloomy street car,
where the shriekiug blast and whirl-
ing snow put out the pickering lamps,
the half-frozen driver of the bob-tail
detects the swindle by the touch of his
benumbed and callous fingers. The
busy man at the ticket office, making
change faster than mill wheels strike,
gets onto you with both feet Every
body recognizes the cheat, and one
glance ut your guilty face convinces
them that you are purposely trying to
pass the debased coin. If you 90
back to the m an who gave it 10 you,
he boots and laughs you to scorn, and
says he couldn't be fooled with
that chunk of glass and pewter if he
was dead. once carried a counter
felt half for two weeks, and utterly
ruined my good standing by Offering
It to every body l dealt with. Twice
l put it in contribution boxes in
church, and the deacons, one q Con-
gregatiOnaIist and the other Baptist
my own father-spOtteJ mo both
times. In despair 1 told a friend
about it ono day, a brisk young fell
low. who never had any money, and
had no credit, but could always get
what ne wanteL LET me see it." he
said. GOOD as gold" he added.
tossing it in the air; "but 1 could make
a better one out of wood in the dark.
Let's get a cigar" held him back.
I've been in that place with it
twice" 1 said, land the last time
the man threw it at me, and threat
ened to have me arrested" "You
don't count" said he, and in we
went; he bought three cigars, got a
quarter in change. looked at it sus-
piciously, and, remarking to the
dealer as he reluctantly pOcketed it
that there was more counterfeit silver
than good money in circulation. came
out. I was dumb with amazement,
but he only said: Robbie. there's
nothing to you; you'll die in the poor
house. Bob Burdette.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Tho green hay is twice as nutri-
Eous as the Over-ripe.
One rule for mixing paris green
with plaster for the potato bug is one
pound of paris green 10 800 of plaster
The most profitable hog is the ons
farrOwed in the spring, so fed through
the summer as to keep it growing and
then pushed for the market in the fall
or early winter.
Corn may be late in planting, late
in starting, and yet give very salts
factory returns, provided that it be
cultivated very frequently during all
the season of growth.
There is nothing better for hogs,
| says an exchange, than large red
clover. If the hogs are ranged so
they will not root out the clover, the
pasture will last for two years, and
may then be turned under for corn.
1t is the duty of every farmer to
make a few experiments each season.
If all run along in the same old ruts,
no progress would be made. No mat
ter how small it may be, make break,
and try something out of the usual
line in cultivating and harvesting, or
/ your farm operations.
"A hOed crop should be a part Of
the regular rotation on all farms, for
the reason that such a crop requires
close cultivation, and when removed
leaves the ground clean. Unless this
be done, the weeds will at some time
take possession Of the fields, though
much benefit will result from the use
of the cultivatOr, if a corn crop be
grown.
"A country, to be truly prosperous,
must Of necessity raise a variety Of
crops. A variety Of crops is necessary
to carry on an intelligent and success
full rotation so as to guard against soil
exhaustion. Stock and poultry need a
variety of food to maintain health and
promote proper development Of body
and energy. Man himself needs a va
/ riety of food.
If hogs are given a variety Of
green food, with but little grain, in
summer, they will keep in excellent
health, and be in proper condition for
fattening in the fall. Less food is re-
quired now, and it is not beneficial to
/ have the hogs fat at this season except
to be in good condition, as many dis
eases are due to the system of heavy
grain fppdinp duriDO- warm weather
"A very large part of the crops
grown upon the farm in the shape Of
grain should be turned into meats and
butter and cheese before it is sold. In
this way the land is kept in fertility
and the product is very much more
valuable and concentrated. The farm
er who raises crops through the sum-
mer and feeds them through the win
ter has double PrOfits.-Prairie Farm
| CT.
The famous Henry Ward Beecher
preacher and fancy farmer-cIaimed
to have solved the problem of getting
rid of the Canada thistle. He saidi
The only way to exterminate the
weed is to plant it for a crop and pro-
pose to make money out of it. The
worms will gnaw it, bugs will bite it,
beetles will bore it, spiders will web
it, birds will peck it, heat will scOrch
it and cold will freeze it, rains will
drown it, and mildew and blight will
cover it. - Western P'olCmdH.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
What Is Rosewood ?

It has been a great mystery to many
persons why the dark, rich-colOred
wood so much used for furniture
should be called rosewood. =" Its deep
tinted, ruddy-streaked surface certainly
does not resemble the rose, so we
must seek some other reason for the
name. Here it is: When the tree is
first cut, the fresh wood exhales very
strong, rose-like fragrance, which
soon passes away, leaving no trace OF
the peculiar OdOr. There are several
varieties of rosewood trees; the best,
however, arc those found in South
America and the East Indies, and
neighboring islands.-St. Nicholas.
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10
BUTTRESSEO TREES.
Natures Provision to Keep Up the Resi-
ancs Of It's Forest Giants.

Natures Provision to Keep Up the Resist
ancs of It's Forest Giants.
Most varieties Of trees show a de-
velopment of the trunk near the
ground directly above where the
larger roots branch Off. Our elms
and willows have this habit as strongly
marked as any trees perhaps, but all
that grow in u soft, yielding soil, show
the popularity. 1t is a provision of
nature to give the tree support by en-
larging the base, and to increase the
resistance where the strain is the
greatest. To keep up the proportion
between the trunk and the other mem
bers, the tree has 10 other way of Sc
curing the needed strength at the base
than by growing these buttresses.
In the soft bottom lands along the
sides of Central American rivers,
these buttresses run up the trunks fif-
teen feet or more, and enlarge the base
to an enormous extent. One of these
trees is described as sending out two of
these projections so as to inclOse a
semi-circle thirty feet in diameter,
while the buttresses themselves were
not half a foot thick. The same re-
gard which nature has for the support
of the tree in giving this unsymmetrical
growth at its base, also leads to an I'M
usual arrangement Of the fibeys, SC
that the wood in those parts has a diff
ferent texture. The fibers are SO
twisted, and interviewer, and knotted,
that the wood is gnarled and refrac-
tory under any treatment. This
renders the lower part of the trunk
worthless for timber, and greatly in
creases the labor of telling the tree.
To get around this difficulty, it is said
the undergraduates of Honduras
build up a scaffolding of poles about
the tree to the height of ten or fifteen
feet. On this they stand and fell the
tree, leaving a stump, of course, high
er than the platform. - Youths Com
9o0,1iofl
The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1888-10-10

it watermeIons and garden stuff. restOr'
ed the long culture to my two trellises,
200 feet in length and 1 have the roi
no more.
Grape rot, then, comes not from
animalcule or fungus, but what is best
called collie. The sap from vigurou;
and long roots fills the short vines
with more sap than can be digested by
the sun, through the leaves, the imma.
ture juice in berries accumlates, and
the grapes die! The animalcule and
fungus, following the natural law o.
indignation, attacks and destroys the
grapes and at times the vines.
The walls then accumulate the heat
Of the days sun, and give it out in the
long dewy nights, so that instead q
twelve hours digestion on the stakes
we have twenty four hours on the
walls. The walls also shelter the
grapes against dews and rains. The
fewer the grapes and the more the
leaves, the chances Of rot are diminish
ed.
Following this idea the best modern
vine culturists place planks on the trel
lis posts and thus secure the vine leaves
from dew and rain. For external
moisture checks the internal evapOra,
ton.
l have also abandoned blowing and
hOeing grape-vines, saving labor and
mulch the vines with litter-leaves and
straw, with admirable success. Be.
tween the old system of short culture
] follow tue just medium of enough
vine for the roots and sun.
Now, here is system of grape cuI
ture secure from rOt-Our greatest enc
my-proveu by long experience and
common sense. But yet hardly an ag
ricullural paper in the Union would
republish ii Shall they willfulIy adj.
verlise their rivals excellence? No
in few years the inquiry will come
again-"What will remedy grape rot ~
Aud the great journals will raise theil
eyebrows, shrug their shoulders and
respoud-"Quie1 SdJe7"
Gen. Clay has received The following
letter on this subject:
CARLISLE, IND, Sept, Is, 1885,
Having read your article in NantiOnaI
Stockman on the grape rot, / am con-
Straiued to briefly communicate my
experience in fighting the disease, Collie,
"a you correctly name it.
Some years ago, l planted Concord
vines, and left the trimming to a
Du3chman who "knew all about
grapes" Well, he used the knife free
ly--cut everything short; result, grape
rot every year. Bagging 300 punches,
saved part, Ouly, Of thUse so treated
The buchanan died three years ago,
aud have had good sound grapes ever
since.
Istreched heavy wires from the posts
of treilis to a barn thirty feet distant
and let the vines 90 to the barn, which
one Of them reached in two years. !
ran the lateraIs off to shade hen
house. shall use the knife sparingIy
hereafter.
have neighbOr who bOres a gimlet
hole through his vines to prevent rot,
and meets with pretty good success.
The hole allows the escape of almost
sufficient sap 10 save the crop.
Very respectfully,
J. S. AKIN.