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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
BRIGHTEN THE KITCHEN.
Light and Air Dispose of Microbes and
Infection.

Light and Air Dispose of Microbes and
Infection.
The disposition to have everything
about the house bright and cheerful
has been growing noticeably of late,
and it is a most commendable tenden-
cy. 1t ought to be cultivated regarding
the kitchen, especially, in connection
with the other working and living
rooms of the household. One of the
daily papers strikes blow in the right
direction when it says: "Thc kitchen
should be-for health's sake, if for no
other-the brightest room in the house,
excepting only the nursery and the
room where the children sleep. 1t
should have every convenience for saw
Ing labor and steps and be well venti-
lated. 1t need not be very large room
if everything is compactly arranged in
it, and it should have the walls lined
with cupboards, built in the house. The
sinks should not be inclosed, or II they
are bit damp they will get smelling
bad in very short time, and nothing
will ever overcome it. You will find
on inquiry that in old houses, where tho
kitchen u poked off under the back
stoop and has but one window facing
on walled-up area or north, the people
of that house had always some member
of the family sick. Microbes and in
lection love dark kitchens. - Good
Housekeeping.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

One item in renovating an old orchard
is 10 provide good drainage.
Generally grapes give good return
for the land and labor required to grow
them.
Wood ashes make good fertilizer for
Strawberries, raspberries, currants and
grapes.
Many injurious insects winter among
the dead leaves and branches. The
safest plan is to gather up and burn
them.
On warm soils the buds of fruit trees
often start early and are liable to be
pipped by frost. Mulching heavily i'll
the fall or early winter will largely pre-
vent this.
1t is not best to dig the hole for the
tree any deeper than the tree is to be
planted. otherwise it will stand in q
puddle of water.-St. Louis Republic.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
ASST SHOULD Be
THE NEW AND THE OLD WAY.

Leave the sods at one side. They will
decay in year or two. A large amount
of road work can be done in a short
time with comfort to man and beast,
by using one of the improved road
grades. Four men with their teams
make good force; one man and team
for the pillow, the others for the grader.
It will pay any town handsomely to
invest in the most improved machinery
for road work. When grading the road,
be careful not to get the grade too
wide. Make it just wide enough for
teams to pass. 1t will f1atten out with
use and wet weather.
A great aid in-keeping the road dry
is a row of tiles laid on either side at
the outer edges of the grade. These
should not be laid too deep, for the
surface will become packed so that the
water will not readily soak through.
But if the grade is the proper fora the
water will run off the surface so rapid
ly that comparatively little will soak
in; and as the tile and laying them add
largely to the cost of the road they
may usually be dispensed with. All
doubtless realize the truthfulness of the
lower illustration and the difficulty of
getting about over such highways, the
loss of time and money, the wear and
tear of horses, harnesses and wagons
resulting from attempts.to move loads
at the very season when farmers have
the most time to do such work. In the
summer when the farmers are busy
with their crops, the roads are usually
dry and any kind is good enough. The
low price for which farm lands sell is
due in large measure to the poor high
ways. With better roads the value of
the lands rapidly increases. Examples
of this can be found in every county.
Harms located along good, hard roads
1 are in constant demand at prices far in
xcess of those situated at a distance
rom such roads. Wherever other work
ill permit, farmers can we'll afford to
give few days work on the roads in
tead of feeling it a hardship to have to
ork the time required by law. Work
EN- thoroughly, each neighborhood
itself. The labor and time spent
return 100 fold in the increased
4e of property and in the ease and
comfort of travelling. - Farm and
Home
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Judging Distances.

A lady happened to remark to an
athletic friend that it was very strange
that mos. of the bad bicycling accidents
seemed TO happen to wonderland could
he account for it-were they more
"foolhardy?" 'Not at all" he replied;
"tbe real reason is, 1 think, that women
cannot judge distances. Now, from
bis earliest youth up boy is trained
through his games to accurately meas
ure yards and feet You willsee awoman
rush in between two carts where a
man could tell you TO u certainty that
1T would be impossible to avoid an ac-
cident. It is just the want of trained
eye that does the mischief.'-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Milliona OF men who are daily Tobacco
Splitting and Smoking Their Lives Away"
will be glad to learn that the makers of No
To-Bac, the famous guaranteed tobacco
habit cure, that has freed over 400, 900 tobac-
CO users in the last few years, have put on
remedy. This viii give every tobacco user
a chance to test No-To-Bac's power to con-
troll the desire for tobacco in every form and
ut the same time be benefited by No-To-
bac's nerve Strengthening qualities. Every
tobacco user should procure fifty cent box
Won vii, Se sn mS to sce how eosiIv and
quickly the desire for tobacco disappears.
Any reader can obtain q sample and booklet
free by addressing the Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago or New York, and mentioning this
paper.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Kill or the Poor Calves.

If the calf is not good one, it would
be better to knock it in the head and
feed it TO the chickens rather than raise
y for the dairy. 1t does not cost five
fpts more to raise a good calf than it
IS poor one, and the cow that will
lake 300 pounds of butter year has
eaten no more up to the time she drops
her calf than one that will make only
$50. There is not a fortune in the
dairy business at any event, but if we
raise calves from poor cows from which
to make up our future herd there is a
loss.-National Stockman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
aCULTURAL HINTS
WORKING THE ROADS.
armers Can Well Afford to Devote Their
n Time to This Task.


Time to This Task.
Much has been said and written about
country roads and the proper way to
construct them to insure good ones the
year round. But much of it applies only
where gravel or crushed stone can be
obtained with which to make road
bed unaffected by rains and standing
water. In many sections of the coun-
try gravel can be had by hauling it
from creek and river beds, and where it
can be so obtained or purchased at a
low figure the best possible use of time
and money is in securing and spread
Ing this upon q read bed previously
graded into the proper form. If the
gravel is dumped upon perfectly fiat
surface it becomes mixed with the soil
during wet weather and soon is lost.
The first thing to be done is to grade
the road. The crawling or macadamiz-
ing can then be done at leisure. The
upper illustration shows the best form
of the road. The dirt from the bitches
at the sides is carried to the middle
and left in a rounded form, highest in
hecenter. Care must be taken to make
the sides slope all the way from the
center to the bottom of the bitches,
orthe water will stand in the Says and
pTcolate into the roadway, making it
soft and muddy. Make good outlets for
these bitches to carry the water off and
KEEP the road dry, and also that they
nay serve for outlets for tile and for all
other farm drains.
Keep the surface of the road smooth
md free from sods, for those travelling
yill not make martyrs of themselves
ind bump over the rough places to
wear them down if the sides are smooth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Potato Pancakes,

A small measure of potatoes, four
eggs, four tablespoonful of flour, two
teaspoonfuls of salt, two cups of boil
ing milk. Crate potatoes and drain
through a cloth until free from juice;
then add the eggs and milk; next the
-four, and last of all, the salt. Fry in
boiling-hot lard.-N. Y. Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

"PAPA. don't fish have lcGs2" "They do
papaw because fishes swim and nd@ dos = re
quiro llgs." The small boy was silent roi
a few minutes and papa forgot about his
questions. Then he said-''Papa, duclfs
have legs. don't they2" "Ycs." '"rhcn why
don't fishes have legs If duclis do2 Or why
don't ducks not have legs il fishes don'tP
Papa gave IL up. --Pearson's Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Oujpce Roll.

Make g rich biscuit dough. Roll out
piece about one-quarter of an inch
thick, spread the surface with rich
ounce sauce or preserves mashed fine.
Do not spread too near the edges. Put
on a plate and steam one hour.--Ladies'
World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Danger Environs Us

II welive In aregion where malaria is preva
lent. 1t Is useless to hope to escape 1t II un
provided with medicinal safeguard. Wher
ever the endemic is most prevalent and
malignant-in South and Central America
the West Indies and certain portions OF
Mexico and tho Isthmus OF Panama, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters have proved a rem
edy for and preventive of the disease In
every form. Notices. eifectiveis it in curing
rheumatism, liver aud kidney complaints
dyspepsia, biliousness and nervousness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

We have, so miles west of Houston, M
Chesterville, the best tract In Texas. Lan0
high prairie, and well drained, abundant
rainfall, good soil, low prices and easy
terms. Don't fail to post yourself. Write
and receive our book " Fertile Farm Lands''
free and information as to cheap excursions
and free fare. Address, Southern Texas
ITO Rialto Bldg, Chicago
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Why He WAS -"Somchow,'
he said disconsolately, 81 don't seem ter
make farmln' pay" "Maybe you haven't
tried the right way" ''Ycs pvo don,
ev'ything. I've tended meetin's an jincd
clubs an voted fur every candidate tibet said
he lnowed the way ter hep us along. Blu,
it don't seem ter do no good. mn mus say
Pm gottin' clean disco uraged." Washing
ton Star
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

BoDDY-"Pop, what docs hereditary
meant" Fond Parent--"It means, Bobby,
something Slat goes from parent 10 child.
Now SEQ If you can give.me an example OF
something that is hereditary" Bobby
"Afcasles. | got 'em FROM mother."--
Rroolclvn Lilo
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

"Wnr do they saw 'as smart as u steel
trapr" asked the tallSativc boarder ~
never could see anything particularly In
tellectual about steel trap" IN steel
tap is called smart" explained Mr., Asbury
Peppers, in his sweetest voice, "bccause IL
knows cxnotiy the right time TO shut up.''--
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

WE arc carried through many hard
thing by tho very press and stimulus to our
whole nature, summoned in it's integrity 10
act or to endure. 1t Is like the 10 pounds to
the square inch which we re~t In, because
we bear it on al the square inehes.-Hrs
A. ID. T. Whitney.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Beware OF Ointments for Catarrh tina
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces Such articles should never DO
used except on prescriptions from reputable
pnyssleiiaans, as the damage they VIII DO Is
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by #. j. Cheney a. Co., Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and Is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by Il. j. Cheney q Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price TIC. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the beat.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

give anything to win this case, but don'i
sec how II is possible to clear yos." Pris.
onnr (modostly suggesting)- don't sp'oss
yed like ter swear yer committed the crime
yersUlf p-Tlt-Bits
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

SoDERsIDEs-'I had an uncle who knew O
week before the exact day and hour he was
to die" Wagstah-"Who told him2" ''The
sheriff. "-Tit-BHs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
SWINGING CATTLE CRIB.

Description of a Convenient Contrivance
of This Kind.
There are almost as many varieties
of cattle cribs as there are individual
harms in the country, and it is not too
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

No INVITATION, we think, ever caused
quite as much talk as the telephone opk.
era Statesman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

SEVEN out of ten men who order raw oys.
ters do not like them.-Atchison Globe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

JUST try a 100. box of Cascarets candy CO..
thartic, fnestliver and he~el raS3nletor RaaAs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

ALL sorts of aches aud pains-nothinv
better than st. Jacobs Oil. 1t cures.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

WHILE there Is nothing particularly Bonf-
ful about cook aprons and dish towels, NO
woman ever had enough OF them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Coin quiclens rheumatism, but quickly,
surely, st. Jacobs Oil cures it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

THERE are no excuses not to use st. Jacobs
Oil for bruises.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

The test of good mince pic is that you
can't sleep the night after you eatit -Atck-
anp Glnha
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

NOBODY says eyes," everybody says
"yeh. "-Atchison Globe
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Truth has nothingto fear from thefuturn
RAMS Horn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
Ies Mia Relatives That Catch II.

It's Ills Relatives That CATCH IT
Poak--The way of the transgressor
In hard.
Joak-True; but the trouble Is It's
generally hard on somebody else.--N.Y.
Truth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

For man TO exert his power in DOING
good so far rs he can is glorious task.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

LIMP and lame-lame back. st. Jacobs
Oil cures it promptly, surely.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

THERE is such a thing as having great In
fuence without having great talent.-Ram's
Horn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, l0c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06
ABOLITION OF THE PARKS BOARD.

The decision Of the Supreme Court in
validating on constitutional grounds the act
creating the Board of Park Commissioners
will introduce a new element of confusion
in city affairs. While it may not result in
any actual loss or injury to vested rights, it
will cause some embarrassment. The de-
cision is based on the ground that the act
creating the board is unconstitutional under
the clause providing that the Legislature
shall not create any office the tenure of
which shall be longer than four years" 1t
is surprising that the trainers of the act
or the judiciary committees of both
branches of the Legislature should have
overlooked this provision of the Constitu-
ton or have taken the risk of trying to
evade it, for it is obvious that the act does
create offices of more than four years
tenure. Without analysing the reasoning
of the court or of the two dissenting judges,
it is enough to say that the majority opin-
ion prevails and the board is abolished. 1t
the full effect of the decision. 1t need not
kill the parks movement, though it will
greatly embarrass and temporarily arrest
it. The Board of Public Works can carry
on the movement in a limping sort of way,
though it cannot exercise the large and
arbitrary powers conferred on the Parks
Board 1t cannot condemn land for park
purposes. The park bonds already issued
will not be invalidated or affected in any
manner. The credit and honor of the city
are pledged to take care of them. 1t is
probable that all of the completed acts of
the Parks Board will stand, though future
acts on the same line by the Board of Pub
lie Works will require the approval or CO.
operation of the Council. The abolition of
the board abolishes the office of clerk of the
board, and may possibly leave it optional
with the Board of Public Works to indorse
and adopt repudiate and reject its adj
ministrative acts 1t is more likely, how
ever, that it will practically tie UP the park
movement until the next meeting of the
Legislature. All this embarrassment could
have been avoided if the trainers of the
parks amendment to the charter had made
the board to consist of three or four men,
hers and not created an office of five years
duration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06

On Oct. 26 the Journal printed an As
ISOLATED Press dispatch in which it was
stated that a report of the committee of
creditors of the United Merchants OF New
York contained specific charges against the
treasurer, James B. Weir, jr., and that he
received $4,000 from the sale of stock and
deposited it in his own personal bank ac-
count instead Of the bank account of the
treasurer. 1t now appears that the infor-
nation on which the Associated Press dis
patch was based was defective, and that
the proceeds of the stock were deposited by
Mr.. Weir in special bank account kept
by himself as treasurer of the United Mer-
chants Of New York, and that the entire
amount checked out by himself as
treasurer exclusively for the purposes of
the company, as appears by. the stubs of the
check books which are in possession of the
receiver and as also appears by the COM
pany's books, where his account as treas
urer was also kept. Mr.. Weirs connection
with the company was merely nominal
until May 1, 1897, when he assumed the
duties of treasurer. AT that date he in
vestigated the affairs Of the company and
took action at his own expense for the APP
pointment of receivers, which resulted in
winding up the company and averting
further loss to stockholders and creditors
Mr.. Weirs conduct in the affair seems to
have been not only blaIneless but COM
mendable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06

GRAFTON with his fellows. The purposes OF
euucation he held 20 be the nourishment
ana development OF the mind, TO give II
moral tone ir9till ideals Of purpose and in
culcate such ideas wifi make the person
conscious OF the forces of nature. To
acnieVe ends man must employ agencies
anu SO combine and control them as 10 make
tnen supserve his purposes. Hence math-
Snatlcs Mr.. Jones regarded as a study that
develops the highest and keenest grade of
intelligence. But, he said, ii is not enough
to number agencies. Their attributes must
De studied This creates the necessity for
ture. Them in natural sequence comes the
study or man as the individual and I'm gen.
eral. which includes what he has achieved,
as recorded in history. This leads to the
scrutiny OF the development of the state and
the relation or the individual to the general
man. Then comes the study of man in lit
erature and art, where the possibilities OF
man are suggested, where man, as he may
become, Is placed before the student. Mr..
Jones spoke OF the necessity for drill work
in the schoolroom, attributing much of the
failure of students TO spell WELL read well
and calculate quickly to a neglect in this
respect When the student is forced to earn
his own living these faults are recognized
recognize the. inability of the employee to
eet requirements. While 1t should be the
desire of the student to learn rapidly, he
should be inspired less by ideas of the mer-
requirements than the fact that they are
the keys to higher and broader education.
Mr.. Jones was heartily applauded at the
conclusion Of his paper.
w. d. Weaver, president OF the SsSocia-
ton, announced the appointment OF COM
mittee on transportation, which is to ar
range for the meeting at Chattanooga in
February, 1898. The committee consists OF
Superintendents Geeting, of indianapolis,
Snyder, of Muncie and Patterson, OF Ed
inburg
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06
THE VILLAGE DOCTOR.
Extract from WhitcOmb RiIey's cru
baiyat of Doc Sifers"

Extract from WhitcOmb RiIey's cru
baiyat of Doc Sifers."
In taking a glance at the table of con-
tents of the Century Magazine the atten-
But the "Rubaiyat of Doc Sifers,' by James
Whitcomb Riley, is not an Arabic poem
it is simply a rare bit of country dialect
which begins thus:
Eff you don't know Doc Sifers, I'll jes' argy,
here and now,
You've bin mighty little while about here,
anyhow;
Cause Doc he's rid these roads and woods
er swum 'em, now and then
And practiced in this neighborhood sence
hain't no telln when.
In radius o fifteen miled, all pints O. COM
pass round
No man er woman, chick er child, er team
top o. ground,
But knows him-yes, and got respects and
likin' fer him, too
Fer all his SO-tO-Speak dee-fectS O. genius
shown through.s
Some claims he's absent-minded; some has
said they wuz afeard
To take his powders when he come and
dOSed 'em out, and 'peared
To have his mind on somepin else-like
county ditch, er some
New way O. tannin' mussrat pelts er max
in butter come.
w.
He's cur ous-they hain't no mistake about
it, but he's got
Enough O extry brains to make jury-like
not.
They's no describin' Sifers-fer when all
is said and done,
He's jes' hissef, Doc Sifers-ner they hain't
no other one.
v.
Docs allus sociable, polite, and 'greeab
you'll find
Pervidin' eff you strike him right and moth
in on his mind
Like in some hurry when they've sent fer
Sifers. quick, you see,
To tend some sawmill accident, er picnic
jamboree;
VI
Er when the lightnins struck some hare
Drained harvest hand: er in
Some tempt o. suicidin'-where they'd ort
to try ag'in.
I've knowed Doc haul up from a trot and
talk a. hour err two
When rally he'd a-ort o. not a-stopped fer
'Howdy-do."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-06
A CHURCH REDEDICATION.
Services To-MorrOw at the Peoples
congregational Edifice.

The rededication Of the Peoples Congre-
gational Church, at Michigan and Blackboard
streets, will take place tomorrow. There
will be services in the morning, afternoon
and evening The morning exercises will
commence at 10:45 o'clock. There will be
special music and sermon by Rev. George
r. Wallace, D. D., of Chicago, who will
talk on 1.-THE Overlooking Life that En-
riches the World" The dedicatory prayer
will be delivered by Rev. o. d. Fisher, pas
tor of the church. In the afternoon, at
o'clock, there will be congratulatory adj
dresses by Revs. N. A. Hyde, E. d. Curtis,
J. Cumming Smith, G. A. Christensen, G.
c. Lasby and A Burris Jenkins. AT 1880 in
the evening a special programme of music
will be given. with another sermon by. Rev.
George r. Wallace His theme will be
"Nebulae, Chaos and Cosmos in the Natural
and Spiritual Realm" Prof. Charles Hansen
will preside at the organ in the afternoon,
and Mrs. Hansen at the morning and even
ing services. Monday evening Rev. George
r. Wallace will lecture at the church. The
church is said to be complete in all it's APP
pointments The new improvements cost
about 81 600.