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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

Condemned bv Crows.

OF the almost human intelligence a;
crows there can be no doubt. Innu.
merable authenticated incidents prove
this, and if conviction is needed, follow
the coast clam-diggers half day upon
the shores. Here. says correspond.
emit of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
you will see these dusky rascals hover.
ing about, or strutting at a safe dis.
tance, till the digger has thrown aside
clam too small for the market.
Watching his chance, the crow will
pounce upon 1t, rise to great height,
let it fall upon the rocks, and, instant
ly descending, wrench apart the shat
tered shell, devour its coveted contents
with many croakings and chucklings
over its own canny wisdom and sue
cess. am also convinced that crows
possess still more remarkable charac.
teristics. fully believe that some sort
OF civil and penal codes exist among
their communities; that in some sort OF
way they preserve q record of misdo-
ings; and that, while they may have no
system Of rewards, their sociology COM
prehends direct punishments to Offend
ers, from the crow standard of ethics.
At Crows Neck, near Prescott, Me-,
there exists sort of crow metropolis.
Vast multitudes Of crows gather here to
apparently adjust their civic affairs.
One day last September when passing
along wooded road skirting q large
corn-feld the sky suddenly became
blackeHed with crows, which, after an
appalling whirring, shrieking and cav
ing, rose high above the surrounding
forest. and then, swiftly descending,
formed a hollow circle in the center Of
the field, the black mass cleaning like
tremendous dark waters touched BY
moonlight in some vast pool. Then
from the inner edge of the circle Sc
lect few arranged themselves in stately
groups in the center. Court being
opened, two culprit crows were brought
before the bar. Under guard they stood
there silently, with hang-dog heads and
guilty looks. Their certain trial lasted
nearly half an hour, and all the wrang-
ling of human court was INDUCED in;
sentence was pronounced, and suddenly
half a dozen crow executioners pounced
upon the unresisting victims and beat
them to death with their beaks, wings
aud claws. Approval by the crow pub
lie was manifested by amazing accla-
nations, and vast clouds of crows, whirl-
ing and swirling from air to earth in an
ecstasy of appreciation, scattered to the
winds nearly every vestige OF their for
mer criminal brethren. Astounded, l
related what l had seen to farmers
thereSbouts, but, smiling at my ignor-
ance, they informed me that this was
Of common occurrence, and the least
remarkable of crows many wonderful
lcatS and performances.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
A dispatch from Phenix, Ariz., says

A dispatch from Phenix, Ariz., says
the appointment of General Lewis
Wofey, of Tucson, as governor of the
territory, was announced to the legisla
ture, and the leading republicans of the
territory are indignant over the APP
pointment and claim that he is wholly
unfit to serve the people i'll that capac-
ity. Every republican in the council is
strongly opposed to his appointment.
Complete returns from all but one
small place in New Hampshire shows
that all the constitutional amendments
are adopted except the prohibitory
amendment and that for striking the
word protestant from the bill of
rights. The vote of the latter was as
follows: Yes, 1880; nays, 20,SS0; not
the requisite two-thirds in favor. The
prohibitory amendment was defeated by
vote Of 1928 yeas to 80, TIA nays.
The Washington Critic has the follow
ing graceful compliment to the daugh-
ter of ex-senator Saunders: Mrs. Rus
sell Harrison is the beauty of the Har-
rison household. She was a leading
belle during ex-senator Saunders term
here, and turned half the heads of the
youths in Washington before Russell
Harrison won her hand. She is of
medium height, slender and gracefully
built Her complexion is pure, pink
and white, not quite so rosy as when an
admirer named new rose after her,
"Belle Saunders" Her hair, light
brown, curls about her face in very
becoming style. She is devoted to her
husbands family, and Mrs. Harrison, in
speaking of her, said that they looked
forward to giving her up with keen re.
greet, but as their sons business required
him to live in the west she would be
obliged to go with him.
School girls are always looking for rai4
| haaux N
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
A "Stl1nnnarn

had been reading to him-he was
sunny-haired little four-year-old--
the story in Arthur's "Child's History
OF England Of Prince Williams drown
ing: "And when the news reached
the king that his only son was lost at
sea, it is said, he covered his face and
wept; and no,one ever saw him smile
againp"
"But are you sure he never smiled
againp"
"Quite sure; at least the history
says So"
After moments deep thought:
"You are really sure, Cousin Florriep"
Yes"
"Well, then, what did he do when
they tickled him?"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
The Revenge Of One Of the Fun
ny Mans Subjects.

He proposed as seriously as hui
morous man could and she laughed.
He looked blue. Then she smiled aud
said:
That is a capital joke"
whats joker" he asked in sur
prise.
Your latest. Shall you have it
printed
That was no joke. meant it"
You did? Why, you have written so
much in ridicule of love, courtship and
marriage"
"Wel, er-er-yes-but-"
Il should never suit you. I write
postscrips, stop before the mirror, am
slow in dressing for church, admire a
new hat, sometimes want new dress,
and"
But, my dear Angelina, should
never object"
'You have shown that happiness
ends with marriage, and l have a
mother who would be mother
in-law to you, and who would
want to visit me; and"
"Why, /"
'And | may have my animosities,
and may look around in church; and
you would find such lot OF things to
write about"
my precious, / would only write
about other people then; the neighbors,
| the"
Those horrid Miss Sniffletons?"
"For fact"
"And the stuck-up folks over the
wayP"
Most certainly"
Enough! l am yours"-Tid-Bits.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

the same principle exactly in
feeding cows. ! am feeding SO
cows, and give each COW Is lbs. OF
beets and 10 lbs. OF corn-meal and wheat
middlings, equal parts Of each, and
give half at night and half in the
morning. Toward calving time the
middlings are substituted for corn
meal, so that when the COW calves she
is getting no meal at all. Do not al
ways expect to get returns the next
day from feeding grain. do not ex-
pect to get the best returns from a COW
the first year after buying her, unless
in prime condition at the time OF buy
ing.
Ripe hay will not make large flow
of milk. If it were possible l would
cut all my hay between June 10 and
July LIST. Milk can be produced almost
If not quite as cheaply in winter as in
summer, if the increased cost OF help
in summer is considered. Give each
cow a pinch of salt daily. 1t tends to
keep the bowels regular and prevents
constipation. From an address by Z.
G.. Rindge.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

Do not overwork your servants. Give
them Il day off every nine or ten
months.
Be kind to the cat. Remember that
cats die more frequently from care than
from harsh treatment.
Do not leave your coal hole open
after dark unless there is some particu-
lar individual you want to catch.
Don't talk politics with your wife.
She will know nothing about politics,
but she will get the best of you just the
same, and that will be humiliating.
1t is useless to try to cultivate
orchids in the back yard of a city
house. Morning-glories are the only
flowers that seem to stand the climate
and cats of a city back yard.
If you have china plate, do not
throw it away, but store it in the attic.
1t may prove valuable to your grand
children who collect old china some
day in the coming century.
If you have dog that chews the
tassels on your parlor chairs, don't give
him to your neighbor. Keep him. He
! has probably learned what you have
not-that tassels are no longer fashion
able
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Mrs. Dobson's Euse.


r. T. Simmons, an old operator In
the Titusville oil regions, tells this
story to correspondent OF the Phila-
delphia Times:
Zone day received a foreign letter
postmarked Badon-Baden. 1t was a
hastily-written note from Mrs. Dobson,
inclosing draft for 81 900 and asking
me to come to Baden-Baden at once.
! was doing little but enjoying myself,
SO packed few things, and in two
days after receiving the letter was on
the ocean bound to Baden-Baden. Ar
rived there | found my old friend and
partner, Dobson, in deplorable state.
He had taken to drunken heavily and
playing with great recklessness. In
six months he had wrecked himself
physically and lost his entire fortune,
amounting in all to $250,000. found
him confined to his bed in hotel and
his mind bordering on madness.
Then Mrs. Dobson told me q
strange story, and moreover, produc-
ed corroborative evidence of the truth
OF it. She was large, black-eyed
woman, and, although just a trile mas
culine in her features, was strikingly
handsome and % woman of uncommon
business qualifications. She had stud
led for the lyric stage and had sung in
several public concerts, but, inheriting
a fortune, she abandoned the stage and
afterward married Dobson. Her story
was most peculiar. After coming to
Baden-Baden with her husband he be
came slave to liquor and being a
reckless gambler, with plenty Of
money, was soon habitue of the
gambling rooms and losing large sums
nightly. At times he would not ap.
pear at home for a week and always
intoxicated.
ITO save her husband and his for.
tune Mrs. Dobson had to resort to q
magnigcent strategy. She was a fine
card player herself, and set out to win
her husbands money at the gaming
table. She cut off her beautiful hail
to help alongher disguise; and arraying
herself in the outfit of Baden Baden
sport she frequeDted the gambling
rooms and played against her husband
at every opportunity. Dobson was 9
high roller and paid his losses like a
thoroughbred, and one night when
he was especially maudlin Mrs. Dob
son went home with $4,000 of his
money. In three months she won his
last cent, something like $3.50, 900, and
produced her bank book to show me
where she had it deposited
Poor Dobson knew that he had lost
his money, but never suspected thai
his wife won it and had it safe in 6
bank. He had become brutal toward
her in his drunken frenzy and once OF
twice had threatened her life. She
knew | had some influence over him
and had sent for me to help restore
him to his proper senses and get hin
back to the United States | got Dob
son weaned from the bottle, and when
he was in proper frame of mind tolt
him the story that his wife had tolt
me. He went to his wife, who wa:
then i'll from over-exertion and anxi.
ETY., asked for forgiveness and prom
ised in the most earnest manner tc
make amends for his past shortcom
ings. He seemed to be the most con
tented man in Baden-Baden, but two
weeks later, while in public park, he
fired a pistol ball into his brain ant
died almost instantly"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Time Rolls Its Ceaseless course,

Invention has been succeeded by invention,
tending to the benefit Of mankind; till the very
clements have become subservient to his will
Witness the winged lightning trained to become
q fleet and trusty messenger, the placid water
converied into a power tba ike Of which szr-
-. 49, - ' ~ - "1N' '
PASSES ,Ss 'ho onoersahdins
The cunning, craft and Ingenuity OF man have
achieved wonders for his ameliorstion, comfort
and reop;r.msn,.
&c. 49,
ohuef TINS conhecIion IL may not Dc out OIL
place to note OF what service DIR. Railway has
been to his fellow men in discovering and COM
poundins safe and reIiabIe Medicines for tho
p.,i., as - y. ,: - '''e
"eiet vi pain' anu ior inc cu's OF oisease.
DR.. hadway's Medicines SO long and favorably
known to the public, have never been moro pop
ular than st tho nrssent ,ima Tha;r s,calI.nca
a,,.rd. an go. -. a.,a Th liz ~
oA'ehus al o'er the woriu. lhey arc ahks wei
coined by the rich as by the poor. In all proper
ly stored homes Radway's Ready Relief Sarsa-
nar;IIi.n RssoIv.nt ar U.dw,y,s pill ~. snra 70
ha 81 ~. -. s,~,,.i ~
We iounu' " hao"ay pie"icines can AZ al
times be relied upon, each to perform its proper
function.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Science at Home.

Grandmamma had been explaining
to the little girl how our earth is kept
from flying off into infinite space by
the attraction of the sun, which in con-
stantly trying to draw the earth to-
ward itself, while the latter always
keeps its distance.
Grandma" said the little girl, Il
should think the sun would get dis
couraged after while, and let it CO."
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Feeding and Management.

The comfort of cows is indispensa-
able for success in dairying. My COWS
are mostly put in for winter, and
are watered in the stable. In mild
weather they are turned out to water
in lots of about ten at "a time, and are
left out only long enough to drink. By
actual test my COWS shrink more by
standing out in the storm for few
hours than by remaining in the barn
and going without feed. Keep half
your cows in warm stable and turn
out the other half and note the result.
Always give feed enough for a full flow
of milk. All that the COW can digest,
above what is required TO keep her
alive, is where the profit comes in. In
running an engine, if you furnish just
enough fuel to keep it in motion and
not enough to run the machinery,
the fuel will be wasted 1t u
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
A Patient Critic.

A minister's little daughter, who had
been TO church for the first time, and
heard her father preach, was ques.
toned by him on reaching home as
how she liked the sermon.
There was an embarrassed silence;
then the little maid, tired out with the
long strain OF "being good" and yet
anxious not to offend in any wise, made
answer, with a little long drawn breath
of patient resignation. "You preached
awful long, papa, but heared it."
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

For thin, light wooden gowns for teas and
small dinners, camel's hair and chuddah will
be much used.
The most expensive outfits for gentlemen
will be worn by dudes who can beat their
tailors.
One of the most obnoxious relatives one can
entertain-a carb-uncle.
A "duck OF bonnet" is sometimes worn by
a goose Of woman.
New India silks OF mouse gray with figures
Of deeper tones are elegant and fashionable.
A satin slipper with bow Of highly polished
cut steel is favoritc dancing shoe.
Billy Rice will 60 with the Cleveland-Hav,
crly Ministries next season.
Plaids OF a rather pronounced character are
still worn by young women and girls.
Spring overcoats are worn only in mid-sum-
mer.
For spring lawn tennis toboggan suit is the
proper thing
Swallowtails are not worn on all occasions
except by swallows
| The spring pneumonia does not differ from
| the styles OF last season.
In the purchase OF spring bonnet be guided
| by the almanac, not the Thermometer,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Logic at the Signal Service Office

Signal Service Man--You've come in
to complain of our weather predic-
tons, ehp
'Yes, and I've good mind to put
the law on you. You said it would be
warmer, and I've had to pay $25 to a
plumber for fixing busted water
pipes"
when we predicted warmer wealth.
err we had a cold snap, did weP"
Eyes, we did"
"Well, when we predicted a cold
snap we had Warmer weather, didn't
wep"
yes"
Then what's the matter with youP
Amt we giving you fair stand-offP"
Stranger, puzzled by this peculiar
logic, goes off to think it out
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Willie'S Judicial Mind

Mother--Robert, you did very wrong
to do what | told you not to do. AS a
punishment for your disobedience, I
forbid you to play with Willie again
this afternoon.
Bobby and Willie twist nervously
about their respective chairs for half
an hour, when Willie observes:
MA, do you think it's fair to pun
ish both of us for what Bobby done?"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
A Signal Victory.

Bessie-Ma and pa have been quar-
reling, haven't theyp
Willie-Yep.
Bessie--Which one got the worst Of
lido you know?
Willie-Not yet Pm waiting to see
which one Of them slams the door GO
ing out.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

On and after March lIth, 1889, FAST LIMYfED
SOLID VEsTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS VIII run
daily over the GREAT Rock ISLAND ROUTE,
leaving Omaha 400 p. m; Council Bluffs 80
p. IN. Kansas City $50 p. m.; and st. Joseph
u 80 p. m.
Magnificent equipment OF Palace Day
Coaches, Sleepers, Dining Cars, and (between
st. Joseph and Kansas City and Chicago FREE
Reclining Chair Cars. Similar Fast-Limited
through trains between Denver and Pueblo
(yia Colorado Springs) and Chicago. These
trains are VEsTlBULED, heated by steam from
the locomotive and have all modern improve
ments that conduce to safety and comfort,
furnishing unsurpassed accommodations to
passengers at lowest rates.
Prompt Union Depot Connections in Chicago
with outgoing Fast Trains for Detroit, Cleve-
land, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Washington, Boston, New York and all
| points East. Save time aud money, and see
that your tickets going East read via CHICAGO,
Rock ISLAND u PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Wilson Barrett will open his American tour
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

Burn over the fields that are covered
with stubble and dried grass.
If you have a warm place and we'll
sheltered, you can set out lettuce plants
now if you have them.
Nothing is so clean as dry dirt
sprinkled on the floors of poultry
houses and in the stalls of the stables
and cattle sheds.
Haul out your manure now and get
it out of the way before spring. BY so
doing the manure will be in better con-
dition for the crops.
An enterprising California farmer
took out his traction engine and plowed
and seeded seventy acres in twenty
four hours at his ranch.
Salt is said to be an excellent fertil-
izer in peach orchards. A better fer
tilizer would be twenty parts wood
ashes to one Of SALT applied broadcast.
The horses should be exercised daily.
If kept standing in the stable they be-
| come changed in disposition. The
| gentlest of horses become shy II con-
| fined too long. Exercise hardens the
muscles and keeps the horse in good
condition for spring work.
The hot-bed should come in for more
attention than anything this month. 1t
| requires watching, and if the plants do
not thrive or grow rapidly they must be
| sprinkled with solutions of commercial
fertilizers. A tablespoonful each of
guano and superphosphate in two gal
Ions of water is excellent, and may be
applied three times week.
There is nothing laying hen likes
better than a variety, not only in her
soft food, but in her grain. With bran
for the bulk of their morning food add
one day ground oats, another ground
| wheat, with always meat and vege-
tables, if available, and the table
| scraps. Wheat, oats, and barley form
Il regular grain diet, but corn, buck
wheat, and grass seeds make fine rel
ishes.
The finest feed for steers that one
could possibly imagine is Indian
corn-fodder cut up early enough in the
fall to have it bright and green. II
this fodder is grown so thick as to have
| ears about half or two-thirds the usual
size upon each stalk the amount of feed
will be surprisingly large, and there
will still be sufficient grain to keep the
animal thrifty even though a part of
the feed is millet and oat straw. Such
corn-stalks may be fed long, or, better
yet, should be run through the feed
cutter and deposited in feed boxes so
constructed that the cattle can not
throw out the fodder in searching for
| parts of ears. -Cincinnatti Enquirer.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
APopleXy in Swine.

ApOpleXy is usually disease of fat
been thin or suffering from excessive
irritation of the intestinal canal would
also be predisposed to it. 1t must be
understood that the process of fattening
an animal in a few weeks destroys the
equilibrium of the system, and in one
sense the fairness is in itself disease.
The storing up of fat in the animal
economy is always at the expense of
muscular development. The muscles
become weak and llabby. All the blood
vessels of the system are surrounded by
a strong, tough, muscular coat, that in
state of perfect health will resist any
force that the hearts action can put
upon these canals. But the fattening
process weakens these fibers; sudden
or unusual strain ruptures one in the
brain, and we call it apoplexy. 1t is
not as common in the hog as one would
breeder should understand it and know
the right thing to do. 1t is impossible
to foresee when this is going to
occur. If the rupture is a
very small one, when the blood
is oozing out in tiny drops, the hog
will sometimes be found lying insensi-
BILE and breathing heavily. No effort
will arouse it. 1t is more us ual to find
|
"a big, fat hog lying dead, with no ex-
terual marks or signs of the cause OF
death. Cut open the skull carefully,
and clot of blood OF greater or less
extent will be found inside. If alive,
. however, tie stout cord above the
| knee, and with stick take twist in
the s0rd, until on the inner side of the
leg below the knee the brachial vein
can be felt. Open it with a sharp
/ pointed knife, and if the blood will
run, take pint and half or a quart.
Don't guess at it. An ounce of blood
spread over the ground or on the floor
has been mistaken for pint. If the
bleeding is to do any good there must
be considerable taken. II the broken
vein is a small one, and the case is OBJ.
served soon after it occurred, the ami
nal may be saved. If it partly revive:
it will be proper to evacuate the bow.
els. A large stock syringe would be
valuable here to throw up a quart o.
warm water. In most cases, however
the owner will have chance to sci
the animal for soap fat.-Cincinnat
Enquirer
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together
ani until the last few years was supposed to b.
incurable. For great maBy years Dector'
pronounced it local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing tc
cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t in
durable. Science has proven catarrh TO be :
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. j. Cheney q Co., Toledo
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on tbs
market. 1t is taken internally In doses frorr
10 drops to q teaspoonful. II acts directly up
on the bleod and mucus surface Of the system
They offer one hundred dollars fer any case Il
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi
Talsas, o. fY-Sold By Druggists. zsc.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-03-28
Rather too Dangerous.

Young Man (entering- office)-Good
morning, sir. / see you advertise in
to-day's paper for bold, reckless
man, utterly devoid OF the sense Of
fear, to fill a lucrative position of great
danger.
Advertiser-Yes sir; we desire to en-
gage gentleman to wait on business
men at their offices with our latest
publication entitled
applicant makes for the door,