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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
The Cost of Bogus Butter.

We have often been asked what prof
it's the dealers realized on the sale OF
oleomargarine, but no definite or posi-.
tive reply could be given for the very
reason that it has been difficult to get
at the facts from the manufacturers
Dairy Commissioner Van Valkenburg
of New York, has been looking into this
matter, and he gives the following
formula, together with cost: Twenty
four pounds of leaf lard, 81 pounds OF
oleo oil, IL pounds of cottonseed oil,
9 pounds of salt, IS pounds of milk,
This will make 100 pounds of oleo,
which costs $5.01, and WHOLESALERS at
from 16 to 20 cents per pound Farm
er's Voice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
A New PhiIosonher.

''Confound it," remarked Mr.. Braz
zle, of Brooklyn, the other morning, as
he stood on his front-door step and
held his hand up to catch the sprinkle
of the rain, will have to go back up
three flights of stairs and get my UNI
brella? Confound it, why are people
SO careless? 1 looked out of my win
dow before / came down. having an
idea that it was umbrella weather, but
everybody on the street was without
an umbrella, so, of course, thought
there wasn't any need for me to bring
mine along. Now I've got to go back
after it. Confound it, why don't peo-
pie who come out first in the morning
bring their umbrellas when it looks
like rain? I'm glad to see them hust-
ling along now for shelter, and hope
they'll get soaked before they find it.
If they'd taken little thought before
starting out, they'd be al. right now.
and wouldn't have to go back up those
stairs after my umbrella" and Mr..
Brazzle, with objurgations OH his fell
low citizens, went back upstairs.-N. u.
Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Experience of a German Town Shown
That Improved Roads Pay.


b. E. Fernow, in an article in the In
dependent, to show that permanently
good roads are an important element
in any rational system of forestry, cites
the example of the little city of Goslar,
in the Harz mountains of Germany.
This old town owns forest of $500
acres, which the citizens treasure as
one of their best investments, because
it not only furnishes them outing
grounds and good sport in the way of
hunting, but with sure and continu-
ously increasing revenue. Under con-
servative management the annual cut
Is 100000 cubic feet of wood, and the
net income from the sale is, in round
numbers, $4,000 year, or $3.50 an
acre year, which is good return from
soil unfit for agriculture. Formerly
the district was without good roads,
but in 1875 the forest manager per-
suaded the city fathers to appropriate
enough money to construct frst-class
road system, which was gradually COM
pleted. In 1891 $4,000 had been spent
on roads, and 141 miles of these roads
were in good order. The manager kept
an account of the influence of this i'm
provement on the profits and cost of
his forestry operations, and he was
able to show that the annual cost of log
ging had been reduced by $2,450, the
cost of hauling by $2,52o, and the result
of the sales due to the fact that much
formerly unstable material could now
be disposed of and all could be Trans
ported more conveniently was increased
by 1925, being net increase of $S,255,
or nearly 33 per cent. of the amount in
vested in road improvements. On one
road which was macadamized and main
tanned for year at a cost of $7,440 an
instructive comparison was made be.
tween the cost of hauling 1000 cubic
feet of wood over the old and over the
new roads. On the old road 4,273 loads
were required of ITO cubic feet each,
and costing $3.50, or amounting in to-
tai to $15,2S2.S0. On the new road the
same quantity was moved in 1859 soads
of TT cubic feet each, and the cost, at
the same price a load, was $9,547.20,
which means that the saving in haulage
alone was $5,735, or rs per cent. of the
cost of the road in one year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Incentive for Good Roads.

The pleasure drivers of township
in Huntington county have made it
rule for the past two years to present IA
gold watch and chain to the road super
visors of the townships for keeping the
roads in good repair. A Mr.. Allison
and his successor, Thaddeus S. Jackson,
have each been the recipient of gold
watches and chains. This Is new
thing for public road supervisors, but a
very common thing for railroad section
supervisors to receive a prize every
year for the best sections of road beds
in each division of the Pennsylvania
railroad. This action on the part of
the officials make it an incentive for
good work and good roads beds.-Media
(Pa.) Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

PROBABLY there Is nothing that interests
land owners more at this time of year than
fencing. They want to secure the very best
article they can for the purpose they desire
to use it, and at the cheapest price going.
While this is good business, price should
not take the place Of quality. In building q
smooth wire fence you do not build it for
temporary use but expect it to last for years,
and to get this kind of an article it requires
certain amount ofgood material to make it.
The De Kalb Fence Co., of De Kalb llli-
nois, has the largest and most complete line
Of smooth wire fencing of any plant In the
country. They desire particularly to call
your attention to their goods. Write them
for catalogue. which they will mail YOU
free. No line of goods has grown so rapid
ly In demand or given such general satisfac-
ton as the fencing manufactured by this
company. Their steel web picket fence for
lawn and yard purposes; their cabled field
and hog fence for farm use; their cabled
poultry, garden and rabbit fence are all
they claim for them. You will hardly do
yourself justice If you do not thoroughly in.
vestigate their lines before placing your
order.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
COUNTRY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
rhey Earn About ms Much as Cobblers or
Dressmakers.


Dressmakers.
In the country, whether in the east
or west, north or south, the compen-
cation to school-teachers is so small
that it seems wonderful that those who
receive these salaries can live on them.
These salaries range from 500 year
to 5000 year. The average for a
school year of about seven months is
$31S.36 for men and $262.92 for women.
The duties of tryschool-teacher
usually includes cleaning the school
house and building fires. These duties
are not always considered hardships by
the persons who take such posts, as the
women in all save exceptional cases
have been accustomed to such work at
home, and the men find it easy enough
to get pupils to do the work in ex-
change for favors in school. In the
country schools of the United States
as men, the percentage being little
greater than in the cities.
Most country schools have only one
teacher, and that teacher is required to
instruct children of all ages and in all
branches up to grammar and algebra.
The amount of either grammar or
algebra dispensed in these schools is
quite inconsiderable, as these are
branches of knowledge not in demand.
For what these country teachers do,
as the schools are at present estab-
lished, it is likely that they are quite
adequately paid. A village school
master will earn as much in the year as
the cobbler; the schoolmistress will
make as much in the year as the dress
maker. They do not belong, as gen.
eral thing, to class better educated
than the cobbler or dressmaker, and
they do not work any harder. Those
of them who have thought about their
calling, and who have ever been moved
to feel that great responsibilities de-
volved upon them, have realized that
the conditions were such that they
could do next to nothing, and usually
they have given over any efforts to Sc
cure change in school administration.
Forum.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Drinkinc Wnter at Sea.

The Italian battleship Christoforo
Colombo has curious arrangement
for furnishing her seamen with drink
ing water. Experience proved chat
drinking large quantities of cold water
after violent exercise, especially while
cruising in the tropics, caused many
deaths. The water tanks on the battle
ships were designed to prevent such
indiscretion. The water tanks on the
vessel are connected with innumerable
little rubber hoses and on the end Of
each hose is small rubber nipple.
Whenever any seaman wants drinking
water he must turn a stop cock and
then suck it through the hose and nip
pie. 1t is slow work, but it has been
found that it preserves many valuable
lives.-Chicago Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Home Seekers Excursions.

In order to give everyone an opportunity
to see the Western Country and enable the
home seekers to secure a home in time to
ranged to run series of four home seekers
excursions to various points in the West,
North West and Southwest on the follow
ing dates: March 10, April and 81 and May
3, at the low rate Of two dollars more than
ONE FARE for the round trip. Tickets will
be good for return on any Tuesday or Fri.
sale. For rates, time of trains and further
details apply to any coupon ticket agent In
the East or South, or address GEO. III.
HEAFroRD, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Chicago, Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Homeseeker's Excursions to Kansas and
NehraaLn.

On April 7th, 21st and May bth, 1895,
Homeseeker's Excursions will be run from
Missouri River points, and territory West
of Chicago, Peoria and St Louis, TO stations
In Kansas and Nebraska, at one fare, plus
S3.00 for the round trip. All who can should
take advantage of the cheap rates and In.
speot the most productive corn lands in the
United States, which are for sale, by the
Union Pacific Railway Company, at from
~. so to $1,000 per acre, on ten years time,
only lilo down.
Remember that the Kansas corn crop for
1895, with S000,000 acres in cultivation,
yielded over pol 100000 bushels, the esti-
mated value of which is over S46, DOC, 900, be-
ing s7,000,000 more than annual output of
gold in the United States.
Those taking advantage of the excursions,
should take receipts for all railroad fare,
and the portion paid over Union Pacific
lines, will be refunded upon purchase of
800 acres Information regarding rates
can be ascertained from the nearest railroad
agent.
For maps and pamphlets descriptive of the
lands, write to b. A. MoALLAsTER, Land
Commissioner, Omaha, Neb.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

Farmer Budd, of
New Jersey, or
any other person.
is the suggestor
o + t b G s t e e |
tracked roadway,
perhaps the most
promising of the
new good roads
ideas. Farmers
O'Donnell, Budd
and others pro-
pose, in brief, to
.ay wide, shallow
steel rails in the
public highways,
with turnouts at
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
A Sprtpg Trim South.

On April and 81, and May 8, tickets
will be sold from principal cities, towns
and villages Of the north, to all points on
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad In
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
and portion OF Kentucky, at one single
fare for the round trip. Tickets will be
good to return within twenty-one days, on
payment of 81 to agent at destination, and
will allow stop-over at any point on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
about it, and If he cannot sell you excur-
sion tickets write to G. p. Atmore, Cen
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, or
J. X. Ridgely, N. w. p. A, Chicago, Ill.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Gladness Comes

With better understanding of tho
Wv transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort In
the knowledge, that so many forms Of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi.
ton Of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and ia
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating tho
organs ON which II acts. 1t is therefore
all important, in order TO get its bene.
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
II in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system Is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
afflicted with any actual disease, ono
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but II in need of a laxative,
one should have tho best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and Is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
STEEL-TRAckED ROADS.

Promising Idea Advocated by Eastern
Political Leaders.
In the wreck of matter and the crush
of worlds, coronations, conventions,
boat races and things, it is just as well
not to forget that the farmer feeds us
all, when the mud doesn't prevent his
hauling stuff to market.
Farmer O'Donnell, of New York state,
distinctly understood that he, and not
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

THERE Is money to be made in Cripple
Creek. When you go take the Crock Island
Route" to Colorado Springs. This is the
only direct line-saves several hours time
to Cripple Creek. Send for full informa-
Chicago
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
y. Fact and a Reminder.

In Holland, where they have the best
roads in the world, it is said that a
farmer Will haul, with team of large
dogs, as heavy load as can be drawn
over bad road with team of horses.
This reminds Us how dog-gone bad our
yoads are.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
PLANT PROTECTOR.
1t Holds Dropping Branches of Plants Up
from the Ground.

A tile plant protector is just the
thing for holding the dropping branches
of some of the small fruits up FROM
the ground, especially the gooseberry,
whose habit of growth is low and
struggling. The special advantage
claimed for this method is that it Keeps
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
The PlIgrIm-Easter Number

Win be ready the early part of April.
Everything in it will be new and original.
1t will contain articles by Capt. Chas. King,
U. s. A., Ex-Gov. Geo. w. Peck, OF Wiscon-
sin, and other noted writer's. An entertain
ing number, well illustrated Send ten (l0)
cents tn Gro. III. HFAFFoRD, publisher, AIS
Old Colony Building. Chicago, H., for a
COPY.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Cheap Excursions TO the West and North.


On March 10 and April Z, 1896, the North
Western Line Chicago a. Northwestern
R'y) will sell Home Seekers excursion
tickets at very low rates to large number
Of points in Northern Wisconsin, Michigan,
Northwestern Iowa, Western Minnesota,
Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota,
including the famous Black Hills district.
For full information apply to ticket agents
Of connecting lines or address w. b. KNIs-
KERN, q. p. q I. A, Chicago, Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
To California In Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars.
The Burlington Route &c,

runs personally conducted excursions to
California, leaving Chicago every Wednes-
day. Through cars to California destina-
ton, fitted with carpets, upholstered seats,
venience. Special agent in charge. Route
via Denver and Salt Lake. Sunshine all
the way. Write for descriptive pamphlet
TO T. A. Grady, Excursion Manager, 2ll
Clark ST. Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

Some growers advocate mulchIng
with strong manure pear and peach
trees. the mulch to extend out as far az
the limbs extend.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
Hard to Decide.

Edith-rm in quandary.
Isabel-IIow is that?
tom promises to stop drinking il J
marry him and Jack threatens to begin
II don'tl"-Tit-BitS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

"YEs," said the cornfed phil osopher, at
Is not so difficult to get something for moth
ing, but when one gets Ii 1t is not worth the
price. "-Indianapolis Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

THE Imagination has a shadow as well a,
the body, that keeps just little ahead O.
you, or follows close behind your heels; 1
don't do to let it brighten you. Halliburton
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

A TORPID liver has frequently succeeded
IN convincing man that he is fairly reekine
with craftsmanship and independence
Washington Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

BE honest In your heart. Whitewash
may look like paint for awhile, but the
world soon learns the ditference.-L. A. w.
Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09

the fruit and branches from the ground
and also gives better chance to hoe up
branches. 1t will also hold the moist
ure about the roots of the bush to some
extent, and will make easier picking
of the fruit than when the branches
lie near the ground.-American Agri-
culturist.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-01
NINE FATALITIES REPORTED
And Property Loss aggregating About n
Million Dollars ut Savannah.

Savannah, Ga, September 3O.-The
West Indian cyclone that swept over the
city and this section yesterday, has
hardly been equalled for intensity and
destruction within the memory Of those
now living The wind reached its high
est shortly after II o'clock, but its exact
velocity may never be known. The IN
strument at the weather bureau regis
tered CO miles an hour and then went to
pieces. The barometer went to $3.50.
The blow was practically over within
two and one-half hours, but for that
time it ragged with an intensity hereto
fore unknown Tin roofs were the spe-
cial play things of the wind, and tsey
were rolled up everywhere as if of tissue
paper, and with the nicely observed by
the timer in economizing space. There
must have been 100 tons of tin rolled
off roofs in Savannah Yesterday. Bricks
and wires fell everywhere. 1t is i'm
possible to enumerate the buildings un-
rooted or partially destroyed. Shattered
trees cover every street and thsse, with
hundreds of fallen wires, made the
streets impossible for several hours.
The total damage is estimated at from
S700,000 to $1,000000 in Savannah and
Chatham county. The list of fatalities
so far is about nine, all in or near the
city. There has been no way of reach
ing The island near the coast, where ii is
likely the fatalities may be in the hun
dreds. Wallace Johnson, young white
man, was killed by falling roof at the
Gordon wharf w. J. Thompson was
killed at the wreck of A. S. Bacon's lum-
Der mill. Four negroes were killed in a
house on Twelfth street; another negro
was Killed by falling tree. Capt. C. j.
Murphy, of the tug Turner, which was
sunk in the river, was drowned. J. c.
Mcclure, of the Southeastern Plaster
Company, and a negro, were drowned
on the tug.
Following is list of the dead: Cant.
c. E. Marray, of the tug Robert Turner.
and the following. all colored Mary War
ing, Eliza Beatty. Fannie McFall. Rudy
Williams, Julie Jackson. the two deck
hands Of the Robert Turner, an unknown
man and an infant.
A great many were injured. The most
seriously hurt are: Fannie Jackson. back
broken; w. f. Thompson leg fractured
A. B. Farnham, leg broken; James Smith,
seriously hurt by falling timbers: 5. Roddy
Pritchard. hurt by falling timbers: Ben
West, colored, hurt by falling barn; Jo-
seph Hamilton. colored, struck by falling
barn; John Wilson, hit by falling chimney
Continued on Sixth Page
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-01

denied to silver the ability 10 help do
the work that ought TO be done by gold
and silver both. They have loaded up
on gold -he entire responsibility of fur
nishing the money OF redemption. II -
ask that something be done for 3 y
they tell us ''isn'y silver a legal\
now?" and then we say that il \
is a legal tender now, that the govAI-
men. ought TO use it as such instead OF
buying gold. They say: "Oh, no, it is
not good enough for the bOndhOlder and
for the syudicates" Great applause }
If we have any difficulty about the pres
ent managers Of our finances accepting
silver dollars 10 pay for services we can
find plenty Of men who love their coun-
Try and take their pay in silver dollars.
(Grea, applause.)
Our opponents want us TO base our
financial system on gold alone, when
there is no gold that you can have to
use as your basis, even if you want il as
such. The gold that we have is largely
in the control of the great mOnied insti-
iu,iOns. Our financial system. if ia
would be sound and strong and healthy.
must have a broader base than gold
alone can furnish. We must have not
only gold. but silver also. (Applause)
G0id and silver together will not furnish
any more money than the people can
use. (Chsers)
After Cumberland. the next stop was
at keySer. a village in the very bosom
Of he AlleghenieS On a little plot OF
ground which does duty for a local far
grounds. Mr. Bryan spoke from a gaily
decorated platform On all sides OF him
the mountains lowered and the scene
was grlndly picturesque. Ex-United
States Senator Henry c. Davis intro
dCced Mr.. Bryan with a neat little
speech.
Ar. Bryan eulogized Senator Davis at
some length, and concluded by saying:
Ny friends the policies for which [
stand are not menace to the people Of
this country whether they be rich or poor
A policy that guarantees exact justice to
every man does injury 10 no one. (Ap-
plause) A policy which guarantees equal
fly before the law ought to be acceptable
90 every man no matter how high his sta
tion. no matter how great his wealth. II
that man believes in the principles set
forth i'm the declaration Of American in
. dependence. Great applauseD
From Keyser TO Grafton progress was
very slow in consequence OF the effect Of
last nights storms on the road.
Fatalities followed Mr. Bryan to-day.
AL Harper's Ferry an old man pushed into
the thick of the crowd declaring that he
wanted 10 hear the boy orator" Several
hrawry fellows lifsed him 10 their shoul-
ders that he might see as well as hear He
suddenly collapsed and an examination
showed chat he was dead. Heart disease
I supeririuced by the excitement was the
cause.
The second case was murder and It oc-
CURED just before the party left Keyser.
4 Two Democrats. one Of West Virginia and
one from Maryland. while drunk became
. involved IN q quarrel and one stabbed the
other iufictng. it is said. a fatal wound.
The matter was hushed up and no fur
/ tl,- dc-ails could DC obtained
Grafton was not reached until 1855
. o'clock tonight, but notwithstanding the
/ lateness Of the hour there was a big crowd
i'm waiting and Mr.. Bryan addressed them
briefly.