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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03

The New Jersey experiment station
has issued a bulletin in relation TO
the tomato industry in that statet
which contains the following state
ment: The number OF canneries sup
piled by this crop is seventy-three,
mostly south OF Middlesex, ana 1000
acres are devoted to raising tomatoes,
The average yield is eight to ten tons
an acre, and the lowest selling price
at the canneries is $3.50 a ton, For
the gener. | market at least 1900 acres
are occupied, the average yield six
tons an acre, and the average selling
price Is cents Il basket OF thirty
pounds. The annual value OF the crop
TO the farmers of New Jersey is over
million dollars. For money value OF
the staple crops of the state tomatoes,
and below hay, corn and
potatoes, and with wheat rank
above oats, rye and buckwheat.
Experience indicates that barn ma.
nure and especially commercial fertil-
izers increase the yield at the expense
of maturity, but the best effect with ma
nure results from its application the
previous autumn. Tomato growers for
both canneries and the general mar
ket are benefited by large yields, but
not equally by early maturity, A
gain of one week in ripening for the
general market is often the difference
between a 81. IS and Is cents IA basket,
viii week may make little difference
to the canneries
A large part Of the tomatoes put up
in eastern Canneries are sold in the
western states and territories. There
Is no good re son why the west should
not raise and preserve all the tOma-
toes needed for home consumption.
The soil here is much richer than
that in the east, and there is an album
dance OF stable manure. In the east
the crop is raised by the use OF com
mercial fertilizers. which are very
costly. By raising and canning them
where they will be consumed the cost
OF transportation would be saved.
A long growing season and quite a
high temperature are required to rem
der the crop profitable. These condi-
tons are found in most parts of the
west south of the forteth degree OF
latitude. Missouri and Kansas are ex-
ceedingly we'll adapted TO the produc-
ton Of tomatoes, rs are portions OF
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. 1t is as
cay 10 obtain capt. | to start toma-
to canuery as it is to erect creamery
or cheese factory.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
SeasOnable Recipes.

One EGG CAKE.-One and one half
cups OF sugar. one cup OF milk, one
half cup Of butter, two and one -half
cups Of -four, two and one-half tea
spoonfuls OF baking powder and one
egg.
COOKIES. --Cream two cups of sugar
with one OF butter; add four beaten
eggs and one teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in q gill of milk; flavor with
cinnamon. and work in four teacupfuls
OF siited -four. Roll aad cut out.
SOFT GINGERBREAD. Ono cup Of
molasses, one teaspoonful OF salaratus,
one teaspoOnful of lard, two-thirds tea
spoonful each OF suit and ginger, and
one cup of sour milk Mix soft. Mix
them in the order in which they are
given.
DRIED LIMA BEAN SoUP.-Soak
one quart Lima beans over night; the
following day boil them until tender;
DIR in and press them through n colan-
der; put them over the fire with a
pint OF veal stock; pat a pint OF milk
on the fire, and when it boils thicken
it with two tabespoonfuls OF -four
rubbed into one OF butter, stir until it
thickens and then add it to the stock,
and season with salt and pepper; let it
boil up once; add the beaten yolks OF
two eggs and serve.
STARCH POLIsH.-Pour about one
quart OF boiling water over pound
OF gum arabic, str and soak until the
gum is dissolved, then strain through
a tine cloth and bottle for Use. Add
one tablespoonful OF this to each pint
OF starch. See that your irons are
perfectly smooth from rust, and the
polishlng-iron in good condition and
used rapidly over the linen. Just be-
fore using the polishing-iron, moisten
the collars and cuffs with very we ak
solution OF this gum arabic water.
CoRNsTARCH PUDDING. Put one
pint OF milk and one-half cup OF sugar
in a double boiler, aud when it boils
thicken with two heaping tablespoons
OF corustarch in little cold milk: let
it cook few minutes, remove from
the stove and beat in the whites of two
eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Pour this
into the dish you wish to serve it in,
and when II is cold pour custard
over it made OF one pint OF milk, one
half cup OF sugar, and when this boils
add the yolks OF the eggs and one
teaspoonful OF vanilla, the whole to 10
beaten cold.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
Carried Money in His Ear.

A middle aged colored man entered
Brooklyn car the other evening with
basket containing wine in his hand.
evidently sent to make delivery, says
the n. Y. Herald. He seemed to have
sampled it freely before starting out.
for he was in excellent humor. He
managed to get seat, and when the
conductor came around to collect his
fare he never bothered about pockets
or pocketbooks, but simply placed his
hand on one of his capacious ears and
drew forth the shining nickel. To say
that conductor and the passengers were
surprised puts it mildly. The conduc-
tor on recovering himself thereupon re-
marked, Why do you carry your
money there, captain?" Cause it's
handy, sir replied the son of Ham.
and then the passengers all laughed at
the wrinkle in money pouches. 1t was
observed that he carried another nickel
in the other ear,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
Not Much but Something.

Black silk well sponged with hot
coffee and ironed on the wrong side
while damp, will look very fresh.
Never sleep opposite window
which will throw Il flood OF strong
light on the eyes when you wake in
the morning.
The question OF fostering and on
couraging the iast-walking horses, so
as to gradually produce breed of that
class is being agiated
Soapsuds should be added to the
manure heap. Never waste such.
Later in the season suds may be APP
piled to asp .ragus and celery with ad.
vantage.
To fasten steel blade which has
como out OF the handle, fill the cavity
with rosin, then warm the part to be
adjusted and insert slowly, pressing it
in firmly. Hold till it gets cold.
Oranges arc now preserved in silos
the fruit being wrapped in tissue and
buried In sand, care being taken that
the wrappers do not touch, and only
three layers deep being laid in each
trench.
Coffee pounded in mortar and
roasted on an iron plate, sugar burned
on hot Goals, and vinegar boiled with
myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and
furniture OF sick room, are excellent
deodorizers.
TO cleanse porcelain saucepans fill
them half full OF hot water and put in
the water a tablespoonful OF powdered
borax and let it boil. If this does not
remove all the stains scour well with
cloth rubbed with soap and borax.
There is nothing better for cut
than powdered rosin. Pound it until
fine, and put it into an empty, clean
pepper-box with perforated top, then
you can easily slit it on the cut; put q
soft cloth around the injured member.
aud wet it with cold water once In
a while. 1t will prevent inflammation
and soreness
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
plsCRAcEEUL DEATH RlTEs,
Tho CHASTITY MerrIment That Prevails AZ
Many English Funerals.

1t has been asserted with tedious ir.
ritation that the English people take
their pleasures sadly, says the London
Referee. No one will deny the truth OF
the indictment, but it is seldom urged
that in revenge we take our sadness
pleasantly. Nevertheless, an English
funeral is often a mcrry-making a jovia
excuse for dance and song and the pass
ing of the flowing bowl. To 90 to 9
funeral is with some of us equivalent
to going out for 4 festive holiday.
Let any one who is anxious to study
the manners and customs of the En-.
glish mourners spend an afternoon
Monday afternoon for choice-in the
neighborhood of public house near .
cemetery, I'll warrant me he'll come
away with all his preconceived notions
of going to funeral knocked into
the cOckcdest of cooked hats.
The other day it was my good-or evil
fortune to have an hour to spare in q
northern suburb of London. had
driven some distance, and | wanted tc
give my horse a rest, and 50 | put up
for an hour and then wandered away
to a public house in the neighborhood,
TO which ] was attracted by q large
number of empty hearses and mourn.
ing coaches drawn up in picturesque
confusion around it. Outside the uu.
dertakerS' men were chatting together,
with their hands in their pockets, and
were smoking short clays, and passing
the pewter along. Inside the bar was
crowded with men and women dressed
in deep mourning. explored the
house and found mourners in the
coiTee-room, mourners in the smoke.
room. 1t was case of mourners-
mourners everywhere, and can't
finish the quotation. for there certainly
was drop to drink. The mOurners in
tho cotfee-roOm were more subdued
than the mourncrs in the bar, but
they were merry. Here was a widow.
who had just left the dear departed
up the road, smiling at story which
another lady mourncr was telling
about "old Jones'" There was a young
man with black band mp to the top oil
his hat coaxing girl mourner to have
another whisky. ! looked round the
room for tears, and | saw but few.
One or two eyes were red, but smiles
were in the ascendant, and. altogether,
the various belonging to the hearse out
side seemed disposed TO have pleasant
hour at the pub before they went
home,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
hicle I, the skill, and practice REQUIRED

hicle Is the skin and practice required
to manage 1t, and 1t Is only available on
a comparatively level surface. To meet
these objections, at the same time to in.
crease speed in the use Of the bicycle to
an extraordinary degree. would make
the following suggestions:
''ln the first place have constructed q
line OF two heavy wires, one above the
other, about ten feet apart. as repre-.
senled in the sketch. These wires are
adjusted to poles and both are held In
an exact high tension, ascertaincd by an
accurate measured force. The bicycles
are TO run on these wires--are construct
ed with grooved wheels. the couplet of
wheels for the upper wire being grooved
The deeper 10 securely hold the vehicle
in direct line and to favor reversing IL.
For travel on wires two kinds of mo.
tors are used. The one the rider him
self and the other elcctricity--the cleo
trio power taken from the upper wire.
II deemed necessary, both vehicles carry
electric lights.
The construction of these bicycles
varies from those used on the ground.
On the wire the guiding rod is fixed
and not used for guiding purposes, but
simply for the rider to hold on to. In
the cross piece receiving the piece sup.
porting the drive-wheel is a joint to re.
verse the machine to run it the opposite
way.
The electro bicycle has a peculiar
construction Of its own. The straddle
seat is entirely omitted and in its place
q single or narrow double seat placed in
front of the drive. wheel. The seat is
arranged to secure ease and security to
the rider. The electric-motor 10 placed
under the seat. The place to mount
these bicycles or to reverse their action
is usually at one of the poles. by step
ping on the lower arm, which may be
but few feet from the ground. 1t may
be readily seen the electro bicycle 10
we'll adapted for the accommodation of
lady, and without the electric power
can be pushed ahead by the rider.
1T may lie r good arrangement to
have the third wire-the electric wire
strung a foot or two above the upper
one. Give it the same tension, but let
it carry but little weight. II will then
not alone be an electric wire but will
serve besides as means of positive
safety in case of break of either OF the
other two.
These wires could be so adjusted as
to utilize them for Geographic and tele.
phonic purposes, or the present overland
telegraphic poles at many places could
be used for airtraveling. Such an ad-
junct to railroads might serve advan-
tageously in many ways.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
THE COUNTRY HONE.
A Short and Valu2b'e Chapter On Corn
Culturs.
Tomatoes a, Profitable Crop Pure Milk -
Trichins in Swine. -Practica! Things to
Read About Farm Matters. Household
Suggestions, and seasonabls RscipeS
A Short Chapter on Corn Culture.

First pillow we'll and harrow what
ground is plowed in the forenoon be-
fore going to dinner, when it will pull
v.rize easily and make it fine, as clods
do not nourish the corn. 1t must be
fine for good results. Then plant
three grains to the hill, says the Kan
sas farmer, ana about the time of COM
ing up run roller or clod crusher
over it, and when the weeds and grass
start go through it with - surface cul-
tivator, and continue to do so as often
as necessary 10 keep the ground fine
on surface and clear OF weeds. BY so
doing you will increase your crop from
one third to double the usual way with
shovel cultivators. as you will save the
roots OF the corn, To make stalk and
corn the great Creator designed the
roots for Il purpose TO search for food
TO sustain the plant and make the ca r,
ana as BOON as you commence to Guilt
vate with snovels you begin to shorten
the crop by starvation. No man goes
through his corn after it is feet high.
both way without destroying more
than half the present roots. and short
ems his crop in proportion. Farmers
must use brains
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
AERIAL TRAVELLING,
The Idea OF T"1as Physician Which
Threat ems to Revuiutionixe Travel.

The Idea Of T.1as Physician Which
Threat ems to Rsvuiutionixe Travel.
The accompanying illustration is from
. suggestion by DR.. g. p. Hachcnberg
of Austin, Tex. The doctor describes
his plan at some length in a communica-
tion. The idea is an original one. and.
given passenger who is not afflicted
with dizziness, Is not TO be classed as
impracticable The details OF construc.
ton are fairly well shown in our artist Q
sketch, made from rough drawing
sent in by the author, and good idea
is given of what might be expec ted
should the scheme ever he put in use
The illustration differs slightly from the
description in'some minor details. The
doctor writes:
When the bicycle was introduced
much was gained In The way of rapid
snd speedy travel without the use Of
steam and The horse.
The oh lection 20 the use OF that We
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03

imparts vigor and strength to the whole sys-
TEN. Ii promptly cures weakness OF stomach,
nausea, Indigestion, bloating, weak back,
nervous prostration, debility and sleepless-
ness, in either sex. II is carefully COM
pounded by an experienced physician End
adapted to woman's delicate organization.
Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in
any condition of the system. IT is the only
under a positive guarantee of satisfac-
ton in every case, or price t$1,0W refunded.
This guarantee has been printed on the
bottle-wrapper, and faithfully carried out
for many years. WoRLp's DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Proprietors, No. 663
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03

SCAB.- "A query in the Pratical
Farmer from one whose mare has the
scab icited tho following from tho
Veterinary in that paper: Pu!v. barb.
aloes. 6 drachms; pulv. ginger root 6
drachms, Mix into pill and give -.
ter fasting one meal. Feed n hLt
bran mash and give the following:
Pluv. nitrate OF potash, 6 ozs.; dried
sulphute OF iron, l OF; mix. Give a
tablespoonful twice day. Use tho
following wash twice day: Chloride
OF zinc, 4 drachms: water, 3 pints;
glycerine. ozs: mix. Wash sores
twice a day.
The same writer says: There Is no
such Il thing as Wolf in the Tail. Hol-
low bora, or loss o. the cud. Whom
COW Is suffering from indigestion.
stomach trouble or similar disorders
the horns get cold from loss OF blood
circulation. but never yet saw hol-
low horn, they always have a pith in
them no matter how sick they may get
or what form the sickness may assume.
The same explanation will also apply
to the Wolf in the Tail; while ! have
seen many hundreds OF tails cut never
yet saw a wolf in one. A COW swallows
her food without masticating it and
after she gets her fill she either stands
up or lays down, regurgitates 1t for the
purpose of mas tication. This Is what
they call chewing their cud, and when
they do rot chew their cud II is because
they do not eat anything TO masticate
or loss OF appetite from some sickness.
LICE. For lice on stock, says the
Veterinary, get some stavesocre seeds
and boil OF. in quart of water and
wash the animal all over once day.
SwELLED LEGS. -Pulv. gum cam
phor, o.. lard, 4 ozs. Mix and rub
twice u day, and milk all the pus ous
that you can get.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
WE CAN JUST CRAWL ABOUT.

WE CAN JUST CRAWL ABOUT.
placed over our head and frightened
under our chin, and it admonished US 10
observe the apparent enjoyment OF the
crowd. They seemed to feel In as good
spirits as an army horse turned out to
buffalo grass, and their Impotence to
make pendulum of our body was
another queer feature Of the convention.
We had just been drawn off our feet,
and our editorial ideas were becoming
rather mixed when lot OF passing COW
drivers happened along and broke up
the candy pull on the ground that they
were waiting to hang US the first time
we came up there. We were saved to
be hung at PhGnix-if we ever show up
there.
We are Just able to crawl around.
We have chills, sore throat, pains in the
back, headache and general feeling
that we don't care a copper which party
elects the next President. We apollo
gize for the appearance OF things this
week. and promise not to be lynched
again il in our power TO avoid It,
Detroit Free Press
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
My Neighbor's Chickens.

OF oil the nuisances that make
A rural life accursed,
My neighbours chickens take the cake
For being just the worst
rise betimes to plant bed
AS soon as I'm away
Those hens, by the big rooster led,
March in and spend the day.
And when / hasten home at night
To see my labors crowned,
Those chickens, with cyclones might
Have scratched my pretty ground.
My wife the baby leave. alone
To shoe those hens away,
But as she cannot throw q stone
They laugh at her and stay.
Around my house Is little seen
But dusty holes and dirt;
They eat my grass before it's green
And all my flowers hurt.
My neighbor has garden, too.
And keeps IL looking fine,
For he has trained his pirate crew
To fly right into mine.
In case OF shoot the feathered plaques
go TO Jail alack;
II in my yard they drop some eggs
My neighbor wants them back.
Beneath my window ere the dawn
His rooster comes to crow,
Till ], half crazy, seek the lawn,
And chase 1t with hoe.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
the stranger a LA

We intended to return Tuesday morn.
ing. but In this country man proposes
and mules and other things buck against
him. The Internal, lop-eared, stiff
legged, pig-headcd, limb-spavined beast
VII CT we rode-a fit counterpart Of our
contemporary down the strcet-threw
US nne times in going thirteen miles,
and we arrived at the Bend badly used
up. We hadn't yet raked in dollar
when Lew Smith. a plug whom we
assisted to run ont of our town -four
weeks ago, sounded his war-cry and be-
gan to encourage the Blenders to hang
It's. Most Of EN- were on q drunk that
day. aud the proposition at once found
favor.
Under the pretcnse that we, MS editor,
publisher, proprietor and city editor OF the
greatest weekly in the West and which
runs as an annex but under the same
roof, a grocery, bucket shop, feed store.
shoe store. hardware and cutlery, had
barriers of the mighty West, they hunt.
appealed but it only added to their de.
blIt. VIC " hIguc, uut tuCy
wouldn't have it. Our editorial person
was laid hold of and hustled along to
rope dangling from a limb. and as we
looked over the crowd and failed to
catch u sympathetic eye, we felt that
our time had come.
The boys were white about one thing
Drunk as they were, they had sense
enough to realize that great editor
could not wind up his earthly affairs in
q satisfactory manner under fifteen min.
utes. and on motion of a half breed who
| once succeeded in borrowing half dol
| lar of US, the time was increased to
twenty. We wanted TO argue the case
but it was ogo. We started in on a
speech, but they hooped US down. BY
the time we got down TO business five
Of our twenty minutes had fed.
During our editorial career we have
| assisted at several amateur executions.
We had always supposed that if the
crowd were satisfied the victim was
bound to be. 1t never seemed much Of
an effort for him TO let go of earthly
matters. and We have sometimes won
dered why more of them didn't come
forward and ask to be pulled up to a
limb. Our ideas underwent great
change as we sat on q meat-box under q
dangling rope, while the minutes hur.
ried away like a jackass rabbit taking
the lead OF Il prairie fire on windy
day. Any man who believes he can do
| business under such circumstances Is
mistaken. He feels restless and unset
| tied, and ismind seems TO be distribut.
ed over acres OF space.
| 1t was only after We had lost twelve
minutes OF our time foolIng around that
". started in on our last will and tesla
ment, and we hadn't written three lines
Of that before we suddenly recollected
that we were without blood relative
on earth. As TO leaving the Kicker and
its annex to any galoot In town was not
to be thought OF. and we finally made
out bill OF sale 10 that individual
| known rs William of the Hill, who has
several times appeared IN our town and
attempted to run the city govcrnmen It
| with broncho and Two revolvcrs.
When time was up the moose was
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03

In q paper read before a convention
of Australian farmers, Mr.. Barron
Jones stated that milk, il infected, may
be rendered harmless and maintained
sweet by sealing it in bottles, and sub
sequently plunging these into boiling
water for a lew minutes; that il this
plan were universally adopted there
would be no danger of attack from
disease through the medium of milk
This plan is more especially necessary
in thickly populated towns, where
dangerous organisms are present in the
air to much greater extent than in
country places. Milk should never be
put into dirty vessels for similar rea-
sons, inasmuch as the organisms in
variably adhere 10 these, but can be
destroyed by scalding. For simila ar
reasons COW should never be above d
TO drink from dirty ponds or streams,
which are invariably abodes Of in
furious organisms.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03
First One of Five

Any who are contemplating visit or trip
this spring will be glad to see announced the
first OF series Of five excursions via. the Min
neapolis d st. Louis Railway, which is arranged
for April 2!nd; the others will follow May
goth, September 9th and 23rd and October
l4th, from all points in Iowa to points on the
line of the Minneapolis " st. Louis Railway
Minneapolis to all points North and West
thereof at rate Of One Fare for Round Trip.
Tickets good for thirty days, with stop over
privileges Inquire of your local agent, or ad-
dress c. ". Pratt, Act'g G. 7. IL P. A. Min
ncapolis MINI.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-04-03

She (shyly)-"I do love champagne. I"
He-"Why2' She" because the cork
pops so."-B"rlimgtoa Free Press.
Responsibility is contagious, ut,like
other contagious, you can't always
catch it when you want it.-Pwch.
How distinguished looking she is!
Is she a lady of notc?" "Yaw; she
vos musician. '-Drakc'S Maga:jne.
Unlike the majority of things in this
queer world fogs are always mist until
they are gOne.-Boitimore american.
The coopcr's business is not always
lively, though he is generally a hoop
ing things up.-BtHghamton Republic
can.
'Misfortunes come in pairs" espoci.
ally when the pears are green; then
they come in doubles. -Phjtadeiphia
Press.