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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
A Solid Cream Farm.

I. j. Camp, a business man of Jack
son, Mich, owns farm two miles
from the city, which he bought 20
years ago, for reason of health, says the
Detroit Journal. He kept few Jerseys
and it CHANGED that city friend, about
to entertain, asked Mrs. Camp for some
OF her cream, for which she was offered
so cents quart. This set Mr.. Camp to
testing the value Of his cream on the
market by bottling it in small way
for grocers. Its popularity was soon
determined, and he procured separator
and increased his herd. Finally he sold
out his carpet business and went into
the cream business in earnest, built a
creamery, and now sells the cream from
800 Jersey COWS, at the rate Of 100, 900
bottles year, in Detroit, Grand Rap
ids, Toledo and Cleveland. The cream
cry is OF stone and brick, with 80 inch
wall-2O of stone, four of dead air, six
OF brick. Everything is kept exquisitely
clean. 1t is asserted that Mr.. Camp was
the first man in the United States to
bottle solid cream and place it on sale
in groceries.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
"Ripening" Butter.

We have heard something lately
about butter "ripening" and improving
with age, like cheese. 1t is declared
that with the COW health and feed lust
right and with extraordinary care and
cleanliness in the making of the butter,
from milking to sailing, the product
may be packed away i'll cold storage in
summer when the price is down to moth
ing and put to ''ripen'' slowly by inter
nal process, like cheese, and that it will
be all the better when it is opened in
winter and the price is high Well, we
doubt it. We have tasted all kinds of
butter and have never found anything
to equal i'll flavor that just churned in
June pasture time Still we are open to
conviction. If anybody can devise plan
to make butter in summer and keep it
III fine flavor till winter, it will save
winter dairynen and creamery men
considerable hard work. The advocates
OF this packing system declare that the
Danish butter, which brings top prices
IN Europe, is the packed article.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

Lieutenant Da- EDWARD MARSHALL
Wis G. Marshall of the One Hundred and
Seventy-ninth New York volunteers.
Lieutenant Marshall was minister
when the civil war broke out and en-
listed as private, declining the chap
laincy Of the regiment because he wish
ed to be in the fighting line He was
brevetted captain for gallantry.
When young Marshall was being car
ried from the battle-ground. to steamer
landing on stretcher, he coolly smoked
q cigarette and dictated story of the
fight to his newspaper.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
Effect of Excitement on Cows.

Very often dairymen write us ex-
pressing great surprise at the fluctua-
lions i'll amount of butter fat in their
milk at the creamery as shown b. the
Babcock test. Since the advent of the
Babcock test we are learning that men
have lived for a great many years in
very great ignorance of the true philoso-
ply OF milk and cow 1t is safe to say
that anything and everything that can
affect the nervous system of a mother,
whether human or bovine, will affect
the fat content of her milk. On this
law is founded the oft repeated advice
to treat the COW gently.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

ed with the Cuban flag. He asked hi.
companion what chance they would
have if they gave themselves up, to
which Thrall answered, None at all. .
All right, then, we will die game. +"
said Jones.
Seeing that they were in for it the
correspondents decided to fire their re-
volvers at the Spaniards and run for
cover. The Spaniards were less than 900
yards away and the ground was Jun
sic OF bushes and vines. Firing their re-
volvers they ran in direction where
the road seemed to be clear but soon
fell in with another party of Spaniaris
coming up on the flank. They threw up
their hands and surrendered.
Scovel is a wonderful character He
is admired by friend and foe-that is,
Cuban and Spaniard, journalistic COM
rade and rival. Gomez says that he is
absolutely devoid Of fear Campos said
as much.
This noted news ranger is as original
and independent as Davy Crockett, as
bold and resourceful as Napoleon. Reck-
lessness has this justification with him
it succeeds. Scovel does things. Two in
cidents Of his career in connection with
the opposing leaders, Gomez and Cam
pos, show the stuff in him for the pecul-
lar work OF an impartial journalist in
Cuba. One day he entered Havana,
boldly coming direct from Gomez's in
surgent lines. Campos told him that he
must leave Cuba and never return, as no
American could be allowed to visit the
insurgents. Said he, "You have violat-
ed our military law and deserve death.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
How to Make Poor Butter.

Mrs E. r. Wood tells in the Jersey
Bulletin what she would Go to make
poor butter. What she would do agrees
SO we'll with what some people are do
ing that we give it place in our col
umns. The lady says: am not aware
that l ever made any poor butter, and
for nearly a score of years butter from
my hands has brought 20 cents or more
a pound the year round, which is,
think, evidence Of its merit However,
We're to set out to make poor butter
the first thing I should do would be to
let the milk (if set in pans) stand until
it was covered with white spots, and
tho next would be to allow the cream
to remain until it was mass of fer
mentation before churning. Then if tho
thermometer showed about 70 degrees
when inserted in the cream and the
churn smelled decidedly chcesy 1 should
know l was on the right track. When
the butter had "come'' in soft.
"squashy' mass, would take it out of
the churn and make feint at washing
it with cold water, salt it, and after
only half getting out the buttermills
pack it away. There would be streaks
and notifies caused by insufficiently in
cooperating the salt, the remaining but
termllk would soon become rancid (for
what more quickly gets to smell ''old'
than buttermilk?), the mold spores in
the cream Gin other words, the bacteria)
would begin to get in their work, and
would have poor butter in very short
time
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

his hands III the ordinary course of his
profession and keeps up the pace that
Kills with much the same inspiration as
the man OF arms-the excitement of it
ana zeal for success. In war the news
paper man risks life in getting the news
and again in dispatching it home. Two
correspondents have been killed in
Cuba, Crosby and Gown, the latter aft
er capture by Spaniards. When the gov
eminent gave its ultimatum about free
war dispatches, the men of the press
and the public as we'll admitted that
they may have been too greedy and that
1t is better to go without news than to
share it with the enemy.
Our situation is a little peculiar lust
now. We are at war with reading
people who have reading spies all about
us. All English readers have been
taught differently since the development
OF modern press enterprise. News of
our border battles of the English cam.
paigns in Zululand, in the Sudan and in
India have been given to the public
most interested as soon as the telegraph
could carry the detail. Writers and art
lists march with the outposts of the
British army, work under fire and are
given many lift by the generals so
that the British public may discuss yes
terday's fighting over this mornings
coffee. Such habits are not laid aside at
once.
With the Spaniards losing at every
point there will come the feeling that it
cannot make much difference how much
they find out of Uncle Sans affairs
that the modern institution of journal:
ism shall not become laggard simply
to keep the Spaniards in the dark,
The exploits of Sylvester Scovel of
The World place him in the very first
rank as news gatherer who takes any
risk to serve his patrons. Perhaps he is
daredevil, but so was Cushing when
he earned his spurs in training for the
immortal deed which rounded out an
adventurous career.
The World men, Charles H. Thrall
and Hayden Jones, who were recently
exchanged as prisoners of war, put
their heads into the lions den in the
very heat of the war excitement in
Cuba. Thrall is writer and Jones an
artist. They landed on the 18th of May
expecting to reach the insurgent camp;
then Thrall was to get into Havana by
hook or crook. They did not find the
insurgents along shore, but tried to
make their way guided by the marks OF
shells which they had seen thrown from
the blockading ships. Suddenly they
were in the presence of troops which
they at first took to be Cubans The
strangers proved to be Spaniarls, and
they fired upon the luckless Americans.
Jones wore on his coat star emblazon-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

lonely and miserable. At about half
past 9, as was feeling quite worn out
with excitement and fatigue, thought
l would go to bed. kissed mamma and
begged her not to worry about Celia.
II wonder what she is doing?" she
said tearfully. 81 do hope they will not
quarrel, Dot
said was sure they wouldn't, as
Celia had never quarreled with anybody
IN her life l was just going up stairs
when heard the front door bell ring
violently.
II can't see any one, Dot, mamma
called out to me. Il am too tired and
upset tonight :"
We're out, James," I said to the
footman, and added reassuringly to
mamma, cit will only be what Celia
calls posthumous wedding present y
waited a moment to see. Suddenly
l heard peremptory voice saying:
Here, James, take in this box. Denise
is coming on with the others in four
wheeler. Where is Miss Dot?'
| simply flew across the hall. "Oh,
Celia, darling Celia, whatever is the
naGter! cried eXcitedly.
Celia stopped to kiss mamma, who
mad rushed into the hall at the sound Of
her voice, then she slipped her arm
through mine. "Come along into the
dining room, dears, she said, "and I'll
tell you all about it, but do order me
some dinner first; 1 am dreadfully hun
cry" She spoke quite brightly, but her
face was pale, and I don't think her
tears were far off. Then she told US
what she had done. AS soon as left
her she arranged with Denise to get out
at Peterborough and catch the next ex-
press back to town. Vernon had luckily
never seen her. Poor mamma looked
rather dazed, as though she hardly un-
derstood what had happened.
1T serves him right, Celia I said
angrily, ''but whatever will he do?
Won't he be fearfully angry?' felt
nervous, but Celia only shrugged her
shoulders.
Likely he WILL" she replied coolly,
'but after all what can he do excepting
swear? You see, have begun as mean
to go on, Dot, and must await devel-
opments. 1 expect he will soon fetch
me back, - she added cheerfully, land
try to hush it up. No man likes being
made fool of, but it was really more
than l could stand" She yawned and
raised her pretty arms above her head
And now let's go to bed, Dot I'm so
awfully tired. It's useless to sit here
and speculate as to what he will do I
am all right in the meantime, as have
brought my trousseau back with me-
The next morning Celia received
frantic telegram from Vernon, and in
the afternoon he arrived. Mamma and
l thought it kinder not to see him. Celia
had long interview with him in the
dining room, after which she ran up to
us, and, giving US each hasty kiss,
whispered she would tell US all about it
tomorrow. Then they drove off together,
and Denise followed with the luggage
l believe they staid at hotel for the
night and caught the express to Scot
land the next day. We did not see Celia
again for several weeks and when she
wrote all she told us was that Vernon
was "dear. y They seem happy now,
and sometimes think never saw a
man kinder or more attentive to his
wife. Celia seems devotedly fond Of
him. OF course l always knew she was
strong minded, but 1 must say have
often wondered how she managed Yer
on.-Westminster Budget.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

AR correspond
ents and artists
who write up and
/ l u s t rate the
great drama con
the spot fairly
earn the honors
they bring home.
The av erage
pr IS worker
takes his life in
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
Mr.. Edward Marshall, the New York
journal correspondent, who was shot

down in the front
rank Of Roose-
velt's troopers at
the affair of La
Quasina, W as
only displaying
on the field the
high courage and
aggressiveness of
his whole career
as a journalist.
He in h e ri t Q d
m a + tial blood
from his father,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

CHARLES H. THRALL HAYDoN JONES
Der of my staff. Should one of my Gu
ban officers dare to use such words of
me, their commander, I would hang
him to the nearest tree"
Very well, general, you may hang
me, but first permit me to read this
which have written since"
The paper was passed to an interpre-
ter who translated glowing accounts Of
the prospects of the Cuban cause, which
ended as follows: "The success of the
Cuban cause depends on the unity and
cooperation of the rebel forces. The
temper of the commander in chief has
lately become so uncontrolled as to en-
danger good feeling among his officers
and act as disorganizing element. But
surely the old commander who has Civ
en- the best years of his life to the Gu
ban cause will restrain himself in
time.
The scene ended by Gomez relenting
and falling upon Scovel's neck in abject
apology.
The imperturbable GOODNESS of Scoyel
has often saved him from the Spaniards.
A price was once set upon his capture
after Campos left Cuba, but he entered
Havana for the purpose of communicate
ing with the home office. At that time
there were three suspects in Havana for
whom the Spanish spies and troops were
on the watch, one being Scovel. Gener-
al Lee warned the latter, but he linger.
ed some days, taking the disguise of an
Englishman.
One day Scovel walked into the Ha.
vana office of Mr.. Creelman, at Hotel
de L'Angleterre, and sat down for a
chat. A Spanish spy was on duty out.
side. After time there was tramping
of soldiers in the hall leading to Creel-
man. room and an officer with squad
OF men appeared at the door. Creelman
said that he could hear his own heart
humping, for he felt certain the SOL
diers, guided by the spy, were after
Scovel. The manner of the Spaniards
was very arbitrary. They demanded to
know IT one A was present, naming
a suspect other than Scovel Creelman
answered no and waved his hand about
the room as if to invite their inspection.
Still! they fingered, evidently in doubt.
Scovel sat at the window with his chair
tilted back. his feet upon the railing
and putting coolly upon a cigarette See
ing the soldiers hesitate he turned to
Creelman impatiently and said, "What
DO those ID fools want, anyway"
With that the Spaniards shambled away
no wiser than they came
Scovel's editor says that he writes
nothing but what he sees. OF that he
writes fearlessly, except when under
pledge He takes all risks to see what is
worth seeing and keeps silent when
there is nothing new to tell
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
Injurious NIicrohas

This is the way to keep injurious mi
crobes from lodging in the seams of
milk cans, pals, churns or other milk
vessels: Take sharp pointed hard
wood stick and run it around the seams
OF the vessels Ahead of it will go a
mass OF cheesy matter, caked milk and
material in which millions Of things
hurtful 70 milk, cream and butter
swarm.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
DAl..zzY,Y,z 4 \ PR;if RY
STAvE slLo.
Something Simple and Cheap Which AL.
most Anybody Can Make.

Hoard's Dairyman tells how to make
SIMPLE and economical stave silo. A
suitable size is about 16 feet in diane
ter and 20 feet deep. The hoops are Of
hve-elghths inch round iron, two at the
bottom, then one two feet above, an.
other three feet above the last, and so
on, the spaces increasing regularly to
the top. Each hoop is in two pieces, and
these pieces are joined in the rear lust
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21
Risks and Dangers of Journalistic Enter
prise-Adyentures and Escapes of scovel,
Jones and Thrall-War News Will Be
Had at Any Cost-AIarshau at Ouasina.

Copyright. 1898. by American Press Asso-
citation. Book rights reserYed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-21

but LII let you go upon your promise
never again to set foot in Cuba
II cannot promise that, said Scovel,
looking the Spaniard in the eye.
Campos then tried to draw from him
facts about Gomez's army. 81 cannot
tell you, !" said Scovel. 81 saw there
what must not be told here, as see
here what must not be told there -
Pressed to explain the last clause
Scovel went on to expose the venality
and cruelty he had witnessed among
Campos' own officers, how they robbed
their soldiers of food and pocketed the
proceeds of it's sale. Other evils seen at
the front far from the eye of Campos
he laid bare Campos stormed and
TUNED over the revelation, venting all
his fury upon Scovel, the bearer of un-
welcome news. Finally he cooled down
and retracted his edict that Scovel must
go. Taking beautiful pearl tipped
gold penholder and pen from his table,
he handed it to Scovel, saying "You
are brave man. Accept this souvenir
of our meeting"
Gomez once took Scovel to task for a
statement he had sent his paper and
which the junta forwarded to the in
surgent camp. 1t was read out, and the
Cuban chief demanded Of Scovel if he
was the author. eyes, general" said
ne, II did write that Gomez has ali
his life dominated undisciplined men by
the severity and power of his will. His
temper is vile. 7"
He not only withheld apology, but
said, II wrote it, and it's true" Go
mez, powerful man, swarthy and fierce
in mien, became white with rage. But
he faced his equal. Finally he said:
"While here you are accounted mem
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-14
SOuND MONEY PROMISES.

The action of the democrats OF
New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut in regard to silver sounds
the doom of Bryan" says the New
York Evening Post, and at the same
time shows the republicans that they
will need 10 do something more for
currency reform than to declare in
favor of it IN their party Platforms.
So far the republicans have enjoyed
the benefit of declaring for sound
money without doing anything Prac-
teal TO settle the money question by
reformstory legislation. Will they
ever do more? Now that New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut demo
Gratis have dropped the cry for 40 to
:" sound-money democrats will, in
many cases, return to their former
party associations i'll those States, I'M
less the republicans act IN Congress
TO make good their promises 80
ong," says the Post, ''as the demo
Gratis in these, as well as other States,
adhered to the platform Of 1896,
there WAS nothing Tor voters who be-
LEV ed in sound money TO do but to
train with the republicans. They
could not vote with a party which
declared its purpose to give the coun-
try free silver lit were trusted with
power. The democrats in the East
have at last discovered the folly OF
conducting their party in the interest
of their opponents. They have dis.
covered that free silver Is a dead
issue, and that 10 party which iayors
it can succeed at the polls. The
change of front here will have a
powerful influence upon the demo
Gratis III other parts Of the country "
Ball. Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-14
OEwEY'S MEN IN GOOD HEALTT-

Washington, Oct. 9.-Admlral
Dewey appearst to have been lucky in
prcseryin g the health Of his sailors,
and in that matter he even succeeded
the record of the North Atlantic
squadron. Secretary Long has made
public short extract from the Ad-
miral's last report, treating OF this
subject, in which, while dealing with
the general climatic conditions of
Philippines for the information Of the
government, he says Of the sailors
and troops:
"As Luzon is the farthest north of
the large islands, its climate is natur-
ally the most temperate. In this con-
ncction it may be mentioned that,
out OF force Of over 1000 on the
ships Of my squadron, the number OF
men on the sick list at any time has
not exceeded forty, nor has there
been any considerable sickness
among our troops on shore though
they were much exposed for three
weeks in the trenches during the
rainy season. As matter Of fact,
Manila is far from being an UNI
il .althy city, and the climate is as
healthy as that of any place in the
tropics"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-14
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-14

When we get Cuba, Porto Rica,
the Philippines and other is
lands the unemployed can find lucra-
tive employment in the army aud
navy. The people can show their
patriotism by paying the increased
taxes.
The Grand Army of the Republic
was at one time supposed to be a
patriotic institution, but it now APP
pears that the object Off its organiza-
tion is to convert the cash in the U.
S. Treasury into pensions for the
members of the @. A. X.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-14
THE NEW TEXTBOOKS.

The School book question IS now
agitating the minds ofthc people, be-
cause the recent action Of the County
School Board makes t necessary for
people to procurenew books for Their
children ut the beginning Of the new
school term. Popular sentiment Is
against changing textbooks, and peo-
ple often wonder why the present
change is necessary.
We wish to explain the matter for
the benefit of all who are interestes
The State Board of Education Gov
ernor. Superintendent Of Public In
struction and Attorney General as
required by the State Constitution is
required to adopt u set Of books for
the Schools of the State every four
years. 1t so happened that at its
meeting last July this Board adopted,
practically, an entirely new set of
School books-the best ever adopted
for Virginia Schools-from which list
Of books the County School Boards
all over the State must make their
several selections. 1t occurred that
Of all the books heretofore in use in
Shenandoah only Whites Arithmetics
and Webster's Dictionary remain on
the new list adopted by the State
Board. Consequently, this County
was obliged to select new list of
books. But they are cheaper than
the old books and far superior in ev-
cry way. Two new studies are also
placed on the list Of Common School
branches-Ciyics and Elementary
Science. And the text books, Jud.
sons Young America (6Oc.l and
Bert's First Steps in Science Knowl-
edge (6Oc.) should be introduced into
every School this Winter.
The only remedy against a too fire.
quent change of school books is for
the people to change the State Cor
stitution. There is no use in adopting
anew list books oitener than once
in twelve years. Let the people now
ask for such a change. MAGIsTER.