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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

hired man, take the oxen and 60 over
it if you can, and he did. l could do
nothing with the seed but scatter it,
seed had the land well drained and
no water stood on it. The seed came
up at once, and grew and grew and
grew. It was too thick. Then l put
on the drag and dragged out part of
it. l spent dav looking for weeds.
At harvest time had good crop. AS
20 the cost, it was about as follows:
OK team one day, so cents; my work,
So; dragging, So or less. l figured
the whole cost of that 1000 bushels
at 81.
Q.-Do you recommend sowing tur-
nip seed broadcast?
A.-No, sir; the main thing is not to
have to tussle with weeds. l have
sowed root seed broadcast and had
them so weedy that 1 plowed them
under rather than weed them.
That was before 1 had my
eve teeth cut. The way 1
do now is to make ridges.
You must have land that is quite free
from weeds. Plow your soil when it
is fit to pillow. Make it into ridges,
having the ridges about one
half yard apart. 1 pillow two
burrows together, and that makes the
ridge. Make the land ready in May
tor the planting of turnips in July.
Kill the weeds. You can kill two or
three crops of them. Then sow the
seeds on top of the ridges. sow by
hand about as fast as l can walk, and
when they come up they will come up
thick. When they come up take q
fine, short toothed drag and cultivate
up and down. Then cross it. Do the
work on hot day,so you can see where
you have been. After you have killel
a good many plants, kill a good rnany
more. 1t is enough sight easier
to harvest turnips that weigh eight
andSen pounds than it is to harvest
goA many little ones.
Q.-How do you remove the tops?
Al cart them into a big barn. L
invite the girls to come and help cut
off the tops, and the boys come with
cat being urged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
Corn Fodder.

In Farmers Review, Jan. 2, 95,
enquiry upon use of shredding
or Ccutting corn fodder by re-
cent methods, and storing it in
mows or bins, elected the fact,
that the fodder must be dry when cut
and stored, as it takes but very little
moisture to damage it to positive in
jury. In reply to a question of stack
ing fodder corn outdoors, was it's spoil
ing too much" Having cut and
stacked twenty-five annual corn crops
in succession, we find the crop of '94
the greatest sweater yet. Its ears of
corn are brown, somewhat widowed,
and soft in fiber, grain and cob. 1t
smells as fragrant as brewers malts at
brewing time. The smut is reduced
to paste like shoe blacS, and to a
novice is unstable. But steers
masticate the softened stuff easily,
eat it all, far better than
they do the green, dry, bright portions
not sweated. We dare not put it in
barns because it would make the sur
rounding air hot, succeeded by spon-
taneous combustion. Outdoors, in
fine two hay wagon loads, in stacks, it
is exposed to every strong wind that
blows, and these keep the stack cooled
sufficient for preservation until fed to
the cattle herd. The farmer that
keeps clean mouth has correct
taste, hence can taste plant sugar and
glycerine, vegetable fats in all kinds
of fodder with sufficient certainty for
all profitable results. A Yankee phi
losopher, wrote, "'Tis better not to
know so much, than to know so many
things that are not so. Richard
Baker.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS
Some Up to Date Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
culture.
Turnips.
Turnips.
CONDENSED from FARMERS REVIEW Stem
ographic Report

IurnfpS.
CONDENSED from FARMERS REVIEW Stem
ographic Report.
At the Iowa dairy convention A. X.
Hyatt spoke on ''Turnips." He had
been growing turnips ever since he
was boy. In the summer of 1853 he
worked by the month for farmer
The farmer gave him an acre of land,
and Hyatt Immediately planted it with
roots. He was given certain amount of
time in which to work his acre. For the
products he received $1646S, and this
was more than he received for his sum-
mer's work with the farmer The next
year he raised $500 worth of cabbages,
and SO he has gone on raising roots. BY
roots Mr.. Hyatt means turnips. The
more turnips he had fed to his stock,
the more money he had made. The
best ration for COW is kindness. He
believes in kindness to keep his COWS
happy, and turnips to keep them
healthy. There is no crop that can be
taken from the soil that will exhaust
it so little as turnips.
Q.-How did you raise those 1000
bushels of turnips?
Al began in July with two acres.
found they were very rich, and l
made them very fine and put on some
ashes and some hen house manure that
had no weed seeds in it. The next
spring it came on very wet and rained
and rained and rained. l said to the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

more or less purplish, branched; each
branch bearing at it's top a cluster of
two to five somewhat hairy, usually
purplish spikes; leaves large, fat,
roughish, usually large cluster of
root leaves at the base of the
stem; spikelets of two sorts, one
sessile and awned, the other
stalked and awnless. This grass
may be known by it's large pur-
pie stems, not in dense punches, and
clusters of purplish, somewhat hairy
spikes. 1t and some of it's near rela-
tives are sometimes called Turkey
foot grass" because of the fancied re-
semblance of the clusters of spikes to
turkeys foot. 1t is found on rich
prairie soil. In South Dakota it is
much more common in the Sioux val
ley region than elsewhere, but is
gradually spreading to the westward.
Some places along the Missouri
river are already well covered by it.
1t is one of our most i'm
portant native grazing and hay
producing grasses. Under ordinary
conditions it produces an album
dance of root leaves. When the grass
is cut before the stems become woody,
stock eat them as readily as the leaves.
1t is well worth pasturing in every
possible way. A specimen analysed
gave the following air dry substance
water, 7.44; ash, 4.16; ether extract,
1.26; crude fibre, 1888; crude protein,
4.96; nitrogen-free extract, 4S.4o; total
nitrogen IS; albuminoid nitrogen,
CT
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

ments of plant food they require
They also vary as to their depth of
root, Some plants feed very near the
surface. Others search into the sub
soil for it's treasure of nutrition.
Hence it is quite plain that shallow
rooted plants should follow deep rooted
ones upon the same ground. Thereby
its greatest bulk of soil is drawn upon
for its supplies of food. Likewise crops
that severely exhaust potash in the soil
should not be succeeded by crops
of same feeding characteristics.
Rather let nitrogen or phospho ric acid
consumers follow the potash feeders.
Ofcourse it will be understood that all
crops require certain quantity of
every variety of the elements of plant
food. The point is that some crops
draw more heavily upon one ingredi
inland others upon another, and so on.
A wise rotation consists in alternating
one class with another. Under any plan
of rotation each piece of land should
be invariably under sod for at least a
year or two. In this way the essential
organic matter or humus is supplied
to the soil. Plans of rotation vary much
in different sections of our country.
One good rotation is first the up
turned sod planted to corn, then
potatoes, third year any garden vege-
table, fourth year an early crop to be
taken off to admit of seeding down
again in August. William P. Perkins
in Farmers Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
The Keystone of the Arch

In the edifice Of health is vigor, which means
not merely muscular energy, but an active
discharge of the various functions OF the
body, such as digestion, secretion of the bile,
the action of the bowels, the circulation OF the
blood Nothing more actively and thor
oughly contributes to the united performance
OF these functions than the renowned tonic
and regulator, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The result OF its use is speedy gain In
strength, together with the agreeable con-
seriousness that the tenure OF life is being
strengthened-that one is LAYING up store OF
vitality against the unavoidable draughtS
which old age makes upon the system The
fortifyingi influence Of the Bitters constitute
1t a reliable safeguard against malaria rheu
matism and kidney trouble. Appetite and
sleep improve through its use, and it protects
the system from the effects of cold and damp.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

YOU ROBBED ME OF MY HONOR.
not overpleased to find Belle there,
for l had fully made up my mind to
apologize to my wife and try to es-
tablish the old affection, but just as
Preached the parlor door, without in
the least attempting to listen,
heard my wife talking in the most
plaintive tones, as if her very heart
was broken.
$50 to him, Belle, and tell him that
love him! Tell him that it is all a
mistake-that he alone Is the idol of
my heart, and no other could take
his place even for minute"
/ turned abruptly upon my heel and
entered the study door, where | could
not hear their voices, and then, with
my brain in a perfect tumult of be-
wilderment, l sat down to reason out
my wife's strange message. To whom
was the message to be carried-to
myself, her husband, or to Arthur
Hastings? If to me, why should a
bearer be necessary? and if to Arthur
but l could not harbor such vile
suggestion.
At'nrSt 1elt angry at Amy lor tnuS
revealing our first disagreement, but
Belle was her childhood's friend, and
women the world over will tell their
woes to one another. waited little
longer and then, hearing the parlor
door open and close, concluded Belle
had started to find me. / rose eagerly
and opened the door, and in another
instant, almost foolishly expectant,
was standing close beside her.
Good evening" she said sweetly,
rs she finished buttoning her glove.
II have been calling on Amy and did
not know that you were home" Then,
to my utter surprise and distress she
walked abruptly to the door, and
with a pleasant nod, opened it and
W mt out. to deliver, suppose, my
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
How's This!

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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
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Halls Family Pills, 25c.
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that shadow bore
che semblance of q pale, emaciated
man, the brother of my wife's old
friend and schoOlmate.
l never liked Il ellie Hastings partic-
ularly we'll; there was something in
her dark gray eyes that looked
treacherous to me even in her girl
hood, and now, after a two years So
journ in wicked New York / fancied,
as jealous men some times will, that
she was no fit companion for my gen
tie Amy.
But my wife seemed radiantly
happy when Belle and her brother
took the house next door.
1 said nothing, but at that instant
l felt a curious sensation burning in
my heart, and knew, but would not
admit, even to myself the fact that l
was jealous of Arthur Hastings near
ness to my treasure.
For Arthur had loved her once in
the days when they were boy and girl
together, but he was poor and sickly,
while l was quite the opposite, and
although l never really doubted
L
wondering if she had ever cared for
Arthur.
/ was not neglected in any manner.
Amy was always there when l ar
rived, and the house was always as
bright and cheerful as could be. but
all her plans for ourselves were so
interviewer with plans for our neigh
bors that the feeling that | was no
longer foremost in her mind drove me
nearly frantic with suppressed resent
ment. And one morning the rage in
my heart overcame my will entirely.
You think altogether too much of
Belle Hastings and her brother"
said, with meaning accent, when
Amy had finished telling me some
plan that she had made for her neigh
bors' entertainment.
My wife looked surprised and
panied at my sudden outbreak. and
replied with little show of temper:
Belle is my best friend" she said,
hotly, land Arthur, poor fellow, is
my best friends brother"
And your lover once" I retorted
fiercely. ''You should have married
him if you regarded him so highly"
And then, slamming the door, l left
her for the first time in our married
life without the usual kisses and ca
resses.
That night when I returned home l
heard my wife and her friend talking
softly together in the par - l was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
The Second Hand Dealer.

As the dealer in secondhand books
will buy anything, provided it be
cheap enough, so the junk dealer
after while is mastered by an in
satiable thirst for buying. 1t is not
unusual to find at a junk dealers
pieces of machinery, bits of apparatus.
or instruments of which he knows
neither the names nor the uses. They
come to him as scrap metal, and he
hopes to sell them to some one VINO
may recognize their value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

WIND MILL IRRIG ATIoN.-Press dis
patches are being sent out from Denver
to the effect that the farmers of Kansas
have got new idea into their heads
that of irrigating by wind mills. The dis
patches obviously emanate from some
city man who is way behind the times,
for the farmers of Kansas have been
dealing with that question for years.
Some of them have been irrigating
from five to fifteen acres. But the dis
patcher in question informs the public
that there is no reason why every
farmer should not have wind mill
pumping apparatus, since it would only
cost $350,and would require no further
outlay. He settles the question off
hand. Wind mill irrigation is a COM
ing feature of farming, but large reser
voirs, say 100x50xl0 feet are necessary
in addition to the pumping machines
if even few acres are to be watered
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
Rotation of Crops.

There is no doubt that rota-
ton of crops is both wise and
necessary. Practical experience has
demonstrated it's efficacy, and
science discovers the reasons for
the method. Our various agricult-
ural crops differ more or less widely
in the proportions of the different ele-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
Big Blue Stem.

The Latin name of this plant is
Andropogon Provincialis. The South
Dakota station gives the following de-
scription of it: Roots perennial, very
coarse, from short, thick root stocks.
Stems large, three to six feet high,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

The Worlds Fair Congress of Relig
ions held it's second annual meeting in
Chicago last week. 1t is the intention
of the movers to keep alive the organ
izatiOn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

The Rev. Matt Campbell, colored, OF
Madison county, Kentucky. has preached
in one congregation since 1872, and bap-
tized $500 persons
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

PRAIRIE hay is proving as valuable
for milch cows as timothy at some Of
the experiment farms.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

Humorous Editor-You have carried
this Joke little too far. Sad Humorist-
Yes sir; that is why wish to leaveit with
YOU. - -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
Gods
Made Me Strong

~ can recommend Hoods Sarsaparila as
he best medicine have taken. was terribly
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21

IA lluu Dctu living
since our mar
riage in a cosy
little house up
town, and for one
short, bl i S S f u L
year the blessed
spirit of harmony
perv ad G d our
dainty dwelling,
but now the
seemingly newt
able shadow was
creeping slowly
between us, and
that shadow bore
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Morris tribune., 1895-04-03
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

MRS. AGNES MONROE Russell, fol
many years the editor of the Club
magazine, and writer of note, died in
New York.
PRESIDING ELDER w. S. BIRCH, Of
Kokomo, Ind, died while attending
conference at Logansport, aged X
years.
MATURIN NJ. BALLoU, of Boston, the
well-known editor, publisher and
writer, died in Cairo, Egypt, aged Is
years. lie was editor and publisher of
the first illustrated weekly paper
in this country, known as Ballou's
Monthly.
DR. WILLIAM HoTcHKIss, who was
buried at st. Louis, is supposed to have
reached the age of 14o years. He had
been mason 100 years.
ANTON c. HEsING, president of the
Illinois Stats Zeitung company, died
at his home in Chicago, aged 72 years.
THE eighth annual convention of the
Republican National league will be
held in Cleveland, O., June 10.
REV. A. B. EARLE, the noted evangel-
list, died at Newton, Mass, aged SO
years. He had been engaged in evan
gelical work for more than forty years.
DANIEL BAUGH, residing near Jeffer-
sonville, Ind, celebrated his 1O6th
birthday.
Morris tribune., 1895-04-03
FOR WEST POINT.
Partial List OF Successful Candidates for
Cadetships.

Partial List OF Successful Candidates fol
Cadetships.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The follow
ing is partial list of the candidates
who have passed successfully the ex-
animation for cadetships at West Point
military academy. They will enter the
academy in June next:
Illinois-F. Van S. Chamberlain, Chicago; G.
V. H Moseley, Evanston; c. C. Farmer, Jr.
Mount Carroll: William B. Burtt, Hinsdale; ].
w. Johnson, Sterling.
Indiana-C D. Heron, Charlottesville.
Iowa-G. S. Simonds, Cresco; W. W. Sickle
Anamosa.
Michigan-L B. Kamer, Grand Rapids: J. c.
Clipper, Springfield; J. L. Rowley, Port HUI
ron; Z. H. Jackson, Muskegon; L. w. oliver,
Escanaba.
Minnesota-Ray Cornwell, Winona: c. ame
Moorehead.
Nebraska-E. H Humphrey, Omaha.
Ohio-L. Halstead, Cincinnati; R L. Arm
strong, Celina; R. E. Mentally. Springfield; H
S. Commager, Toledo.
Wisconsin-C A. Trott, Milwaukee: F. w.
Oldenburg, Amigo.
Morris tribune., 1895-04-03
AN ARMISTICE.
Japan Grants Truce-It Does Not APP
ply to Formosa.


Japan Grants q Truce-It Does Not APP
ply to Formosa.
| WASHINGTON, March 30 - The fol-
lowing telegram was received by the
Japanese foreign office;
ION the opening of the negotiations the
Chinese plenipotentiary proposed an armis-
| tice, which the Japanese government
was willing to accept certain con-
ditions While this negotiation was go
| ing on, the untoward event happened
on the person of the Chinese plenipotentiary
| His majesty, having in view this unhappy &C.
currence, commanded the Japanese plenipo-
tentiaries to consent to a temporary armistice,
without conditions This was communicated
to the Chinese plenipotentiary"
WASHINGTON, April 2. - Secretary
| Gresham has received official contirma-
ton of the declaration of an uncon-
ditional armistice by the emperor of
Japan. 1t is not understood here that
this is in any sense equivalent to a dec
laration of peace, but it is believed that
there is not likely to be resumption
of hostilities.
The arInistice established by the or
der of the mikado extends to April 90,
but it will terminate if the peace pour
parlers are broken in the meantime.
According to the terms of the armistice
the movement of troops and the trans
portation of contra band of war by sea
is forbidden. The new distribution of
troops not intended to augment the
armies in the field is allowed.
Japan originally proposed as condi-
tons of an armistice the occupation of
Shan Kwan, Taku and Tien Tsin and
Japanese control of the Shan Kwan
and Tien Tsin railroad, China to
defray the cost of such occupation.
Ii Hung Chang has vainly sought
to modify these conditions, and it
was proposed to continue the negotia-
tions without an armistice being es-
tablished, when the attempt on the
life of the Chinese plenipotentiary oc-
Cured. TIL is led to the declaration by
the mikado of an unconditional ar
mistice. AS the terms of the armistice
do not embrace the island of Formosa
the japanese operations there will con-
tinue.
LONDON, April "A dispatch from
Toxic to the Central News says that
Koyama, the young Japanese who shot
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy,
has been sentenced to imprisonment
for life at hard labor.
Morris tribune., 1895-04-03
Has No Assets.

CHICAGO, March 29.-The firm of Nal
colin & Waterbury, which did an ex
tensive bucket-shop business in I'LL
nois, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa
made an assignment Wednesday to
George Wiley, a board of trade man.
The crash came suddenly at the noon
hour in the head Office of the concern,
room SO, 121 La Sale street, which was
in charge of T. B. Waterbury. 1t was
an unpleasant surprise to the patrons
and creditors, the liabilities, it is un-
derstood, being $4,000, and the assets
nothing. The house was heavily on the
bear side of the market, and the recent
rise in wheat and pork proved too much
for the firm.
Morris tribune., 1895-04-03
Don't Miss this Great
Sherlock HolDeS Story
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

SIX near relatives of George FL. Nc
Calmon, of Biddeford, Me-, met violent
deaths-the father, grandfather, two
brothers and two cousins.
AMOS MARKHAM, of Memphis, Tenn
| is fond of moving. Since his marriage,
in 1860, he has moved fifteen times. His
| twelve children were born in twelve
different states.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN received three
thousand dollars as his fee for perform
ing the Gould Castellane wedding cere-
mony The archbishop received the
money in the shape of check, signed
by George Gould.
j. w. MILES, of Albany, Mo-, claims
the championship in his line of work.
He has sawed eighty-seven cords of
wood this winter, but he is now spoil
ing his good work by Dragging about
it,
PROF. JOHN A. ZAHM, of Notre Dame
university Qndiana) who is probably
the foremost authority on science in
the American Catholic church, has been
honored by the pope with the degree of
doctor of philosophy.
Mrs. HETTY GREEN protests against
paying taxes in New York on about ST.
$4,000 money loaned by her on mort
cages, but the tax department cruelty
closes its ears to her appeals. She
says her legal residence is in Vermont,
where she pays taxes on So, 500 valua-
ton.
MISS MAMIE PowDERLY, native of
Randolph, Mass, has been appointed
assistant private secretary to LADY
Henry Somerset. Miss Powderly ac-
companied Lady Henry on her tour
through this country as her stenog-
rapher. Miss Powderly is now on her
way to England with her employer,
whom she will accompany son an ex-
tended European trip.