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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19

A class of "a applicants presented
themselves to the supreme court for ex-
animation for admission to the bar last
week. This is the largest class but one
that has ever appeared. OF these 16
were rejected as not being sufficiently
qualified. This is larger proportion
of reflections than was ever made before.
The court is raising the standard for
lawyers, so that it shall mean some
thing when the court has licensed n
man to advise people what the law is.
VIII Select n Site.
The state has received the $4,000
from the city of Des Mones for the old
state arsenal site, which is to be used
for city library site. The adjutant-
general has been allowed $1,000 with
which topay rent for two years for stor
ing the states property. The executive
council will now proceed to select new
site for the historical building, which
is to be paid for out of the $4,000 re-
ceived from the sale of the arsenal. The
historical building will probably be
started this fall, though most of the APP
preparation is not available until next
year.
Il w RJCKNEJJ
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
HurrInra Cnntured.

The biggest haul of burglars in that
section for many years was made in
Boone by the sheriff and his deputies.
1t is supposed that the gang was en-
gagged in bank robbing, as an abundance
of nitroglycerin, dynamite, drills and
all the paraphernalia of the bank crack
ers' profession was found in their pos
session. Thirteen men were arrested
but part of them were discharged for
lack of evidence connecting them with
the active operations of the gang.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
WOOdmen to Meet,

Il. C. Wood, state deputy, Woodmen
Of the World, will conduct the eighth
anniversary Of the Iowa Log Rolling as
ISOLATION at Cedar Rapids June 0. The
sovereign commander, j. c. Root, Oma-
ha; Hon. A. p. McGuirk, of Davenport;
L. b. Scott, of Ottumwa; G. NJ. Wilson,
of Council Bluffs, and L. w. Catlett, OF
Burlington will deliver addresses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
A Cont of Tar,

Chris Begun, Spanish sympathizer,
living OH farm a mile from Lehigh.
placed Spanish flag on his barn. adj
joining the road. Lehigh miners then
visited his farm, forced Begun to take
down the flag, undressed Begun and adj
,ministered coat of tar, daubing it on
his lower limbs only
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
A Narrow Escape.

State senator and Mrs. j. l.. Carney
and Mr.. and Mrs. ii. S. Halbert and
niece, Miss Alice Barstow, of Marshall
town, were stopping at the Elms at Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo-, when that hotel
burned, and barely escaped with their
lives, losing many valuables and some
clothing. Senator Carney lost his gold
watch and Mrs. Carney valuable dia-
mord min
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Accident to a Deaf Mute.

Everett Clark, a young man and n
deaf mute employed in the brick yard
just north of Marshalltown, had the
ankle of his right foot crushed to a
jelly by freight train on the Iowa Cen
trail railway. Amputation of the foot
was necessary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Tit for Tat.

An Abba grocer is advertising TO give
away step ladder with every pound
can of baking powder he sells, and an
Abba hardware merchant is advertis-
ing to give away a can of baking pow
der with every step ladder sold.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Had n Narrow Escape.

EX-Gov. Drake arrived at his nome IN
from Excelsior Springs,
Mo. The Elms hotel, where he was a
guest, burned the day he left, and the
governor had narrow escape, with $50
other guests. The building was to-
tai loss. Ex-Gov. Drake is not greatly
improved in health.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
EntifIcd to a DcIt.

L. Z. Walsh, of Waterloo, has four
year-oid Jersey ccw that is entitled toa
championship belt for butter produc-
ton. For 1G days in the month of April
a record was kept, and during that time
the butter production amounted to 1914
pounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
II all combined:

Insurance men generally estimate that
it requires from 35 to 40 per cent. of the
premium receipts to pay the ordinary
running expenses of the companies,
aside from losses. So if they pay 81 per
cent. for losses and 40 per cent. for ex-
penses, they will have 33 per cent. left
for nrofits
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Wanted an Iowa brigade.

Probably the greatest sight al Camp
Mckinley during the entire time the
troops will be there, was the "living
flag" presented to-day by $500 Des
Moines school children. This inspiring
spectacle was arranged by Mrs. ii. II.
Reynolds, director of music in the
West Des Moines schools. A tier of
seats was built in the field inside the
race track. On these seats the children
sat dressed in coiors TO represent the
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
TheY Are Completely ont Of Harmony
with the Times.

TheT Are Completely out Of HARMONY
with the Times.
There are localities I'm which toll
roads exist and are fairly vel kent
and where the other roads are exceed
ingly poor. BY comparison, at least
the toll roads are excellent. In such
,ases the wheelmen are apt 10 depreoate
lgitation looking TO the abolition Of to'l
roads, fearing that everything wodi
sink TO the level Of the average, IN
cared-for country road. They prefer
to retain the existing toll roads, with
their many Objectionable features 70
letting them go and taking the chances
on other roads improved and properly
cared for.
This is perfectly natural Cycling de-
pends so much on the character OF the
roadways that we cannot afford to let
any fairly good roads become deterior-
ated, and some correspondents tell us
that where turnpike companies have
given up their charters the roads have
been allowed to go to ruin. Such a con-
ditiOn of affairs is all wrong, and in
licates a failure Of the people TO realize
their own interests and a lack Of pro-
gressiveness in this very importantdirec-
tion. Does it not indicate, too, that
wheelmen have not agitated the road
question long enough and thoroughly
enough to arouse popular sentiment:
and get public opinion formed intelB-
gently on the subject?
As soon as the Importance Of having
good highways IS once appreciated, and
the people become sensible of the neces-
sity for concerted action, and the CO.
operation of the state, when they get
out Of their Iuts and outgrow the notion
that good roads would be only Of local
value. and unite in suitable legislation
for their promotion, they will realize
how completely toll reads have had
their day, passed their sphere Of use.
fulness, and how out of harmony they
are with the times.
The usefulness of toll roads in limit
ed number of localities constitutes NJ
argument for nurturing an institution
which was born under very different
conditions from those which now pre-.
vail, and which, after failing TO move
with the rapid progression of the times
has fallen into decline, and in many
places refuses either TO meet the re-
quirements of the times or vacate in fa
vor of the public. On the contrary
ii imposes greater responsibility upon
the wheelmen of such sections, as pio
neers in the good roads movement, &c
carry on an agitation that will result il
the improvement of the country roads
and success in this direction will even
tually wipe out of existence the toll
roads, through the changes that will re
suit from the construction of moderT
highways.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

When the signature had been secured
the idea was 70 pull Us up and bring
the affair TO a happy climax. The rope
was just lifting Us OF the ground, and
We had q feeling In our neck as if we
had swallowed a table leg, when Maj.
Shorter, Capt. Daily, John Barnes and
three Or four other gentlemen ap-
peared, being On their way 70 Pine
Hin to attend court. They at once
came to the rescue, but for time a
hot conflict was threatened. We were
finally released and slowly journeyed
back home. Our neck feels foot too
long. our Adams apple sticks out ike
a Chicago bay window. and we are liy-
ing on grease until our throat gets in
shape again. As 10 the future, we have
only a few words to say. We owe the
gang a debt, and we shall pay il of. II
we can't hump al least half of them out
Of this country or under ground in the
next month then we'll cut off out coat
tails, hang up our guns and ask China
man 10 kick us.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25
ReguIarIty in MIIIsing.

Regularity in time Of milking is nee
essary. The dairy COW is a good time
keeper, and knows very well when milk
ing time comes. If she is neglected and
allowed to go far beyond the regular
time, she begins to worry and loss fol-
lows. There are some COWS that GER
tain mixers can never get clean. They
milk out all that flows readily, strip
around once or twice, and cali her fin.
ished. With some cows this will do.
but with others the mixer must reach
well up on the udder, and work it with
a sort of kneading process. A little
manipulation of this sort will cause
the whole quantity 10 flow in to the
teats, whereas without it there will be
from a gill to pint of the richest milk
left in the udder every time, which
means a prematurely dry cow.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

Having some business to transact Al
Pine Hill, We left the Gu,eh at an early
hour last Wednesday morning, and had
proceeded as far as Dog Creek, aud
were gai.oping along with a feeling
that life was worth the living, when
highWayman stepped from the bushes
eul ordered Us TO hands up. As be bad
tie drop on US, we didn't hesitate 10
comply with his somewhat surly re-
g-est. He went through US for Sll
ia cash aud our guns, and detained US
fer half an hour or so. This delay was
our u1doing, and We blame the robber
for not being a handler man at his
business. We had just reached the
forks Of the Grass Valley road when
We ran plump into a dozen cowboys
belonging 10 the three b. b. B. ranch.
T4ey discovered almost at once that
we we're not armed aud closing in upon
Us. ne were made prisoners. In order
that We should indulge in no false
hopes, the gang announced that we had
0u.y a few minutes 10 live, and that
nope aud a limb would be the manner
O oar taking OF.
We discovered from the outset that
w had no friends in that crowd. Two
tf them were at some pains to inform
rs that they were carrying chunks Of
lead which we had fired into them, and
;ae remainder owed Us a grudge on
gelrTal principles A rope was thrown
around our neck. we were led 10 a
nearby tree, and there were good rea-
sons for believing that the greatest
family newspaper Of America would
socn be without a head. We naturally
eNp0stulated and protested, but il was
mountain ozone thrown away. They
were not even gentlemen enough TO ar
/ que the point.
when all was ready for the Cheerful
task Of pulling US up 10 the limb the
gang got over its hurry aud concluded
10 toy with us A speech was de-
manIed, and though we we're not feel
ing at our best, we gave them one, or
rataer, an address, 1t was our new adj.
dress on the Pilgrim Fathers, and this
was its first delivery. Our voice didn't
do US justice for the first two or three
minutes, and we were somewhat both
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

There is great difference in the quail
ty of tomatoes both as regards smooth
ness and solidity. When first intro
duced, tomatoes were simply skinny
bags of water and seeds, having very
little pulp and not much besides their
flavor to recommend them. They were
also very rough, with hollows where
the sun did not thoroughly ripen them.
II is no wonder that people were slow
in learning to like them. But as the
demand has increased most of the
roughness Of the old-time tomato has
been bred out of it. While the flavor
remains the same, there is much more
pulp or flesh inside and less of water
and seeds than used to be the case, and
it does not all cook away as it used
to do.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

Pop, thar's gwine to be a caIamity
around yere this very night, and yo'd
better stay in the Eouse!'
"'Whats the calamityY sell
"'Never yo' mind, but yo'r son Jim
ar gwine to git even with the hull
crowd tonight
II didn't say no mo-" continued the
old man, "kase Jim ar a great hand to
blow around. To'rds night | seen him
huntin' up a lot of rope, and soon arter
supper be was missin'. l didn't 90 out
to hunt for him, and mebbe 1t was nine
o'clock when / heard the racket"
"What racket" | asked
"Yells screams cuss-words-
whoops-groans and all that. down by
the foot Of the hill. My son Jim had
gone down thar and stretched a rope
across the road jest in time fur about 30
boys and gals who was out ridin' to hit
it. They was all piled up in heap at
the foot Of the hill, aud Jim was in the
fence-co'ner laughin' to split"
"And they didn't discover him?"
Didn't they? Wall, | reckon they
did! The blamed idiot had to git out
and swing his hat and whoop, and two
minits later he was wrecked fur life. 1t
wasn't no injury-no pertickler injury,
They jest begun at the top of his red
head and busted him all to smash, and
when | got thar and picked up the re-
mains thar wasn't skassly nuthin' but
locks O. ha'r and boot-heels to pick up"
"But you say be is still living?" l
asked.
"Oh, yes. That is, them mangled re.
mains is drawin' breath now and then,
and once in awhile they ar openin' one
eye and lookin' around the room, but
we don't hev any hopes. I'm jest rub
bin in the liniment, kase | want him
to git his senses back long 'nuff to see
what an idiot he made of hisself. Tell
Striker to fill the bottle and make it
strong, and if he axes arter Jim yo' kin
say thar is no chance to speak of, 'cept
that we've got one leg Strengthened out
and be seems to know his motherl"
NJ OITAn
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25
jim WAS DOWN ON BIKES.
his Dislike for Them Got Him into
Serious Trouble.

lNupgFlBhtt lose-l
At the foot OF a long bill on a Ken
tucky turnpike | came upon a farmer
al his gate. who had a bottle in his hand
aud who said TO me:
stranger, II yo' ar bound to town
would yo' leave this at Strikers drug
stoh fur me and tell 'em to send it out
BY the fust one comin'?'
| said | would, Of course, and MOTTO
ing that the bottle smelled strongly Of
liniment, asked if anyone had been
hurt.
It's my son jim" replied the old
man. "Yo' might call it hurt, or yo'
might call it wrecked fur life. Least
wise, what's left of him is in the house
thar and has to be rubbed with lini-
ment every two hours"
did a tree fall on him?"
'No, sab, no tree"
"Fell of the barn, perhaps?"
NO, sab, didn't git no fall tall, and
no tree fell on him He jest got onery.
Jim did"
"You mean be got dissatisfied with
things?'
"Mebbe | do, sab. Thar's about a
hundred folks a day cum along yere on
them bicycles, and fur var past jim
has sassed every one Of 'em. lie never
took to the bike nohow. One day about
two weeks ago, arter feller had got
off his bike and hit Jim on the nose.
| Jim sez TO me:
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

one saw, in the face of such testimony, that
Dr Williams Pink Pills are not entitled to
the careful consideration Of any suffering
man. woman or child? Is not the case IN
truth miracle of modern medicine?
To make the evidence complete we pub
lisb above a fac simile cut of the check re
ceiyed by Mr.. Petch from the Canadian Mu
tnal life Association, being the amount due
him for total disability. 1t is unnecessary
TO add that this life insurance association did
not nav this large amount Of money to Mr.,
Petch. except after the most careful exam.
nation of his condition by their medical e1.
merits. They must have regarded him sfOr.
ever incurable.
Mr. Peteh's address is as follows: Reuben
Petch, Griersville, Ont, Canada.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

Hotbeds are used in winter, but cold
frames are preferred in summer. To
prepare a hotbed make a frame 1s
inches high at the rear and ten inches
at the front, three feet wide and of
any preferred length. Fill it half full
of clean horse manure and then with
six inches of rich dirt, using glass sash
for covering. Cold frames may be made
in the same manner, but no glass is re-
quired. Leaf mold for hotbeds may be
prepared by composing leaves with
manure, but what is usually meant by
leaf mold it top soil from the woods.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

diheult to preach, and concluded 10 trv
Dr. Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The 6rst botffs
gave me great relief; the second, which
am now taking, has relieved me aimost
sntfely Of all unpleasant symptoms. 10
MINISTERS lsis.,, suffering from throat troubles,
recommend DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral'
Prevention is better than cursn
DottIe Of DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectorsi kent
radtieI IN tne mouse, Will efectuaily prevent Ike
oopement into some dangerous reiaS,,
I'M. inns remedy has no equal in Broncbisyii y
uieidae .lioq9les. The most stubborn cases have
ylelaea to It's use. 1t is equally effei i've
n ior asthma, Group, Whooping tough ANA snd
iu1gys iy olsease po9 that attacks the thfoat OF
torsI bos sob years DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee.
inUetles, inct., at price. Of }1.oo.s TO meet Ian an
packasr Skess.ng e. demand eI for a smaller sized
e IN haltsize bottles at half prieeso eents
1 you viii iii Pr pft Ays,ts r,r cureboOk dfee) and
value of br, Avsr,s Slearer re idea of the great
uiess j. c Aver Co., Lowell, Mass Misi' Ao-
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

cred with a chill which insisted on
creeping up and down our spinal col
umn, but when we had presently
warmed up to work things went bet
ter. We have always been against the
Pilgrim Fathers and their Puritanic de-
scendants, holding that they were a set
of kickers and malcontents who de-
served he stocks, and it SO happened
tnat most of the cowboys were our way
Of thinking. The address didn't move
any OF them to tears or cheers, but one
OF them did step forward and loosen
the moose around our neck and give
our Adams apple better show to wob-
bic about as we talked. The address
was written to occupy two hours, but
after listening about Is minutes, the
cowboys said the rest Of the Pilgrims
cluld go TO and demanded a change Of
programme. There was more toying in
store Tor us.
We were commanded to sing, but
declined, on the ground that our voice
had never been trained. The gang
tailed on to the rope and drew us off
the ground, and we then concluded TO
obey the command. We sang "The
Sweet BY and By" What Is Home
without a Mother" and half a dozen
other sad, sweet songs. We didn't ex-
rect our singing to tickle them, but ii
had that effect, and some Of them
laughed till they fell down. When our
voice is raised in song it generally has
the opposite effect on our hearers, and
they either make for the woods or
shoot at US. We kept the machine GO
ing until they finally grew tired Of it,
and wanted q change.
When we were ordered to do a sail
or's hornpipe for the delectation Of the
gang we plead want OF Jurisdiction,
headache, loss of sleep, and several
other things. But as soon as five or
six Of the fellows began shooting at our
feet our knees instinctively went to
work. We were never graceful
dancer, and we have no doubt that we
made an awkward showing on this oc-
casion. We think so from the fact that
some of the miserable wretches laughed
till they had TO be thumped on the
back to get their breath again, and
their yells OF mockery could be heard
for two miles. IT makes my blood boil
TO remember how we were obliged to
cayort around and make a clothespin
OF ourself, but we were in the hands
of the enemy and had to obey. By and
by we were ordered to stop the ma
chine, but there was more to come.
While we were dancing one of the
men was busy writing out the follow
ing SCHEDULE" which was read to US
and our signatures demanded:
81 die willingly.
81 asked the cowboys Of three B. B.
B. ranch to hang me for my crimes.
81 am buffer, a duffer and liar.
81 am no editor, and the ii bodies in
my private graveyard are those of jack
rabbits.
'Do not bury my remains. but leave
them for the buzzards TO peck at"
We at first refused to sign, but on
being elevated about four feet and
dropped again, we made haste to sffix
our signature. Our writing was little
crarnped, but any Of our friends can
swear TO the signature
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

One of the best repartees on record
is that of Foote, the actor. Dining
with some friends, a heated dispute
arose between himself and a young
nobleman. The latter sought to dis
parage Foote by asking him what his
father was.
"A tradesman," said Foote.
"Then, sir, it's pity he did not make
you one"
"And, pray, let me ask, what was your
father, my lord?"
"My father, Mr.. Foote, was gentle
man."
"Then, my lord, it's pity he did not
make you one!"-Tit-Bits.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25
FLOOD GATE SUBSTITUTE.

been placed in position. 1t is best to
make the poles or rails Of some good
timber. Use enough of these 10 make
the fence or gate sufficiently high.
These swing around on the rods as the
water forces them apart. When the
water recedes these can be again placed
in position, and there is no loss of fence
material. The ends are laid on each
other, as in building up rail fence
Albert Shewmaker, in Orange Judd
FARMER
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25
She wanted All the Days.

There is always a bountiful crop of stories
concerning the doings Of congressional wom'
en-, new congressional women, at this sea
son of the year. Most Of the tales are
apochryphal, but this one is perfectly true,
for the stationer himself told me about it.
The woman is the wife of a member from
somewhere in the west, and she had never
been in Washington till a fortnight ago
She went to a stationer's to order visiting
cards.
what day do you wish engraved on
them?' asked the clerk r,
"Oh," answered Mrs. Congressman, I've
got to have several days ] can't make all
my calls in one day Engrave me some cards
for Monday calls, and some for Tuesday,
and-well, it's going to be expensive, but |
guess I've got to do it. Make me some for
every day in the week except Sunday. =
Washington Post.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be ncurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address +. j. Cheney & Co., To.
ledo, Q. Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Southern herald., 1898-02-25

Aow published another article about it in
which the original reports are completely
verified, the cure is permanent, and they
publish fac simile Of the check given by
the Canadian Mutual Life Association for
81 $4,000 amount of total disability claim
paid by them to Mr., Petch,
The first account stated that the patient
(see address below had been paraytie for
five years, and there was such total lack Of
feeling in his limbs and body that pin run
full length could not be felt; that he could
not walk or help himself at all; for two
years be was not dressed; furthermore, that
he was bloated, was for that reason almost
unrecognzable and could not get his clothes
on. The paralysis was so complete as toaffect
the face and prevent him from opening his