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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
THE TIRE PROBLEM.
A Well-KnOwn New Jersey Farm
Publicist Explains His Views on
This Important Question.

My opinion has been asked as to
the benefit which would be derived by
the use of broad tires on country
roads and on the fields. There is no
question in my mind that on hard
roads or solid ground broad tires are
the best. The broad tire is also best
on moderately soft ground, but on
ground soft enough for the wheels to
sink below the felloes the suction is so
great that i'll some instances which
have come under my observation it
has required four horses to move an
empty wagon. The lime carriers in
this section have learned this fact and
when the mud is deep either use mar
row tires or do not cart at all.
If broad tires were used exclusive
ly on the roads the ruts would be cor
respondingly wide, but with part mar
row tires the broad tires will sink
in the ruts in case of freezing and will
pull hard. The tendency of broad tires
to pick up dirt is strong argument
against the use of steel wheels. A
neighbor purchased one of the low
down steel wagons, and putting on a
load of manure drove to the field; the
wagon felloes settled below the sur
face and four horses could not start
it. With broad tires the wagon bod
les must be set high, which will re-
quire more lifting to load it, for it
must be made long and narrow. In
my opinion if farmer keeps two
farm wagons one of them should be
broad tired, to use when or where the
ground is solid. The other should be
narrow tired for use when necessary
when the mud is deep. If but one is
kept it will be safest to have the tire
not over two inches wide.-P. H. Hart
we'll, in American Agriculturist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
HOMEMADE ROLLER.
Easy of Construction, Serviceable
and Not mt All Expensive I'm .
Comparative Sense.

The writer has known many farm
ers doing without such agricultural
machinery as a roller simply because
they considered the expense toogreat.
AS "A good roller, however, is an in
dispensable adjunct to successful hus-
bandry, no tiller of the soil can af-
ford this, nor is there any excuse for
it, in that the homemade roller pre-
scented in the accompanying illustra-
tion is easy of construction, very serv-
iceable, and not expensive at all in
the comparative sense.
AS can be seen in the picture, the
rollers consist of logs, and the jour
nails upon which they turn are pieces
of gaspipe into which pins from
the logs are thrust, this manner of
construction placing all the bearings
on straight line, and so rendering
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
NEED CONSTANT CARE.
Seasons of the Year to Pre-
vent Disintegration.

| A subject of Importance which has
not yet received the attention it re-
quires is brought to the fore by state
ment recently made to the effect that
1.-THE smooth surface of the New Jer-
sey stone roads SO much admired by
bicycle riders, is rapidly disappearing,
owing to the infrequency of rains in
summer, the prevalence of sweeping
winds, and the absence of trees and
hedges from the roadside. The disin-
tegration of the New Jersey stone
roads, especially of those over which
constant stream of heavy wagons
roll into the city markets, must sooner
or later raise the question of the ex-
pediency of giving part Of the annual
state appropriation to the repair of
the roads on the same plan of division
of cost upon which new roads are
| built"
Up to the present time so much at
tention has been given to efforts to
secure hard roads, and considerations
of how they should be laid, that their
maintenance when put down has large
ly been lost sight Of Many, indeed
have supposed, and some have asserted,
that when once laid it should not be
necessary to touch them for years.
Such ideas are radically wrong, and,
if acted upon, lead to disastrous re-
suits.
AS a matter of fact, macadam roads
require constant attention and care
If they are to be kept in good condi-
ton, the greatest efficiency secured
from them, and economy of mainte-
nance maintained. All these things
will vary largely with the character
and quality of the roads, some reguir-
ing attention much more quickly and
far more constantly than others, but
the principle of maintenance is the
same for all.
All stone roads are liable to "disin-
tegration" under certain conditions
and will speedily be ruined if the ten
dency is not checked at the outset or,
better still, warded off, so to speak, by
constant care and attention. The
smooth surface disappears, ruts form,
water settles in them, and the road
gradually breaks up.
The trouble with many of the New
Jersey roads is not due particularly
to the winds or absence of trees and
hedges from the roadside" but it is
due to four principal causes, one of
which is the "infrequency of rains in
summer" and the others are the ex-
cessive use of clay for binding" pur-
poses in constructing the roads. insult
ficient rolling, and failure to adopt an
adequate system of care and mainte-
nance after they are constructed.
We have repeatedly pointed out the
features necessary to obtain and main
tain good macadam roads, and no COM
munity which builds them can afford
to overlook them, viz: thorough drain
age; abundant rolling of each layer of
stone as laid; little or no clay for
binding" purposes; and complete
system of care and repair, which in
wolves the constant employment of a
suitable force of men to keep roads
clean, fill up the smallest ruts as they
appear, and regular sprinkling in dry
weather.-Good Roads.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
AN INFALLIBLE TEST.
press the Necessity of Good Roads
on the Public Mind.

The readiness of wheelmen to find
fault with the condition of most high
ways has, at times, aroused much I'M
favorable comment, particularly in
the earlier days of good roads agita-
ton, when the subject was far less
perfectly understood than at present.
The public-spirited crusade which they
inaugurated was ascribed wholly to
Interior motives, and it was not until
they began to demonstrate it's univer-
sally-beneficent effects that the posi-
ton of the cyclist began to be at all
appreciated.
For generations, those who used the
highways had been satisfied to plod
along as best they might, behind steeds
that could voice no ineligible COM
plant, travelling as little as possible in
the bad seasons and never considering
the many ways in which they would be
advantaged if firm roadways in every
direction cmancipated them from the
reign of King Mud.
But the bicycle opened fresh vistas
and started new lines of thought. The
patient beast no longer trudged along
through mud--over rocks, ruts and
stumps, uphill and down-while the
driver indolently bounced along in the
vehicle behind him. On the wheel, the
rider, driver and motor are one, and i'm
mediately awakens to a keen and re-
alizing sense of the road beneath him.
Every change in grade is registered by
human nerves; every depression, rock,
or stretch of sand causes shock to a
human backbone, and calls for greater
energy. With bad conditions severe
strain is put upon the attention, pleas
ure is destroyed and wearisome labor
takes it's place.
The bicycle showed conclusiyely that
roads were wrong, and it largely indi-
Gated the extent of their imperfection.
1t thereby set in motion the forces
that have in ten years accomplished
much and are working toward the ac-
complishment of much more under the
power of the inevitable logic of events.
Good Roads.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
lllUslss9El!
" Mn Husband Redd.n

am now taking the eleventh box and have
been greatly benefited.
81 was also troubled with nervous pros.
tration and numbness of my right arm and
hand SO that at times could hardly endure
the pain, but that has all passed away.
now have a good appetite and am able to do
my own work. Have done more this sum.
mer than in the past four years put together.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
cured me and think it my duty to let other
sufferers know it."
Hundreds of equally remarkable cases
have been cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
THE DIGNIFIED WOMAN.
GUS Woman, But She Was
Provoked.

She is dignified woman, and sometimes
she is overpowering. The unwary do not
perceive this quickly, however. The dig
nihed woman has been spending some time
in one of the hospitals of this city. She
went there for rest and quiet. Since she
has recovered her health she tells some
amusing stories of her experiences Here
is one:
The dignifed woman was walking down
the hall one day when she was accosted by
the curious woman. The curious woman
had been wondering about the dignifed
woman, and she said
Il beg your pardon, madam, but would
like to know what you have been operated
on for?'
"What?' exclaimed the dignfed woman
well, explained the curious woman, my
friend in the next room and ] have been
wondering about you. You walk about the
hall with such light and springy step that
we wonder about what kind of an operation
you have undergone"
The curious woman held her ground. She
was determined to know what was the mat.
ter with the dignifed woman.
The dignited woman replied:
i have not been operated upon yet"
OH said the curious woman, sympa.
thetically
No, ! am not familiar with operations"
said the dignifed woman
The curious woman interrupted: "They
are very successful here. Don't be wor.
ried."
Il am wondering about an operation On
the brain" said the dgnified woman, in
very dignifed and distant manner. 81 won.
der II they could operate upon the brain in
such way as to enable people to attend to
their own AFFAIRS
The curious woman snorted and walked
away in high dudgeon.
The dignifed woman was severe, it is true,
but she was provoked to it.-St. Louis Re.
public.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

Aunt Harriet-For mercy's sake,
where have you and Mr.. Sweetser been
all the afternoon?
Miss Knice-Oh, we have only been
hunting for four-leafed clover. We
have had such lovely time!
"And how many four-leaved clovers
did you find?"
"Why, come to think Of it, we didn't
find any, did we, Charley ?"-Boston
Transcript.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
STONE IN HER STOMACH.
From the Gazette. Blandinsville. Ill,

From the Gazette. Blandinsville, Ill.
The wife of the Rev. A. r. Adams, pastor
of the Bedford Christian Church at Blan.
dinsville, ILL.,, was for years compelled to live
life of torture from disease. Her case baf.
fed the physicians, but to-day she is alive
and well, and tells the story of her recovery
as follows:
about six years ago." said Mrs Adams,
II weighed about lao pounds, but my
health began to fail and lost flesh. My
food did not agree with me and felt like 9
stone in my stomach began TO bloat all
over until thought had dropsy.
II had pains and soreness in my left side
which extended clear across my back and
also into the region of my heart. During
these spells hard ridge would appear in
the left side of my stomach and around the
left side.
"These attacks left me sore and exhausted.
All last summer ! was so nervous that the
children laughing and playing nearly. drove
me wild. :! suffered also from female
troubles and doctored with ten different
physicians without receiving any help.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Force of Habit.

Private Casey formerly of the Met
ropolitan Police)-Who goes there?
Deserter-A friend.
"Friend be blowed. Move on er Oil
run yez in."-Truth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Where the Flags Are Made.

All the flags used by the United States
navy are made at the Brooklyn navy
yard. The work is mostly done by wom-
en-. Each flag has 90 stars, As on each
side.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Sure Enough!

Mrs. Hoon--Why isn't this war prosecuted
more rapidly?
Hoon-.Why, you see,. my dear, we can't
lick the Spaniards any faster than we can
catch them!-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

Nearly all of the rusts, mildew,
smuts and rots that injure our crops
are OF fupgoid growth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Futures.

"Some young men," remarked the OBJ
server of men and things, "have such daz
cling futures that. they cant see where
they are stepping."-Detroit Journal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

money talks" If there is any change
coming to you, that's back talk A. W.
Bulletin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

w y nus
band having
read in the
newspaper
of DIR. Viii.
liams' Pink
p ! 8 { o r
Pale People,
indu ced me
to try them.
l began tax.
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N owe m Der,
but expert
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-14
IRRIGATION NOTICE.

Holders OF water privileges, or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified
that the hours for irrigation purposes
are from to o'clock q. m. and from
to 6 o'clock p. m.
II. Holders of water privileges on
the slopes OF Punchbowl above Green
street, and in Nuuanu Valley above
School street are hereby notified that
they will not be restricted to the irri-
cation hours OF to s a. m. and to 6
p. M, but will be allowed to irrigate
whenever sufficient water is available.
provided that they do not use the water
for irrigation purposes for more than
four hours in every twenty-four.
ANDREW BROWN,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Approved: ]. a. KING,
Minister OF the interior.
Honolulu, II. l., Sept. z. 1898. 5019
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FOREIGN OFFICE NOTICE.

The citizens OF the Republic OF Ha-
waii, having been invited by the Com
missioner OF France accredited TO the
Republic OF Hawaii, and the Commits
sioner General OF the United States to
the Paris Exposition OF 1900, to partic-
ipate in the exhibits made by the
United States, and in order that all
may avail themselves OF the opportun-
titles which this great International
Exposition will offer to develop trade
and spread abroad a correct knowledge
OF our industries and resources, 1
hereby give notice to intending ex-
hibitors that copies OF the regulations
and classification and application
blanks are now available and Will be
furnished on request.
HENRY Z. COOPER,
Minister OF Foreign Affairs.
Department OF Foreign Affairs, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1898. 1924
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SPAIN TO SELL GUNBOATs.

MADRID. oct. 5.-The Government has
sanctioned the sale to the South Ameri-
can republics of the Spanish Eunboats
lying in Cuban waters.
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BY AUTHORITY.
FOREIGN OFFICE NOTICE.

Official notice having been received
through the Hon. Harold NJ. Sewall.
Special Agent OF the United States,
that Mr.. Yang Wei Pin has been re-
cognized by the Government of the
United States as Consul OF China for
the Hawaiian Islands. all persons and
all departments of the Government are
required TO pay high consideration 10
his person, his property and his re-
tanners and give full faith and attach
full credit to all his official acts as
such Consul aforesaid.
HENRY E. COOPER,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Department OF Foreign Affairs. Ho.
nolulu, October Is. 1898. $3.50
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE PA
lama Cooperative Grocery Co., Ltd,
will be held at the rooms of the SAL
walton Army, over the IXL auction
rooms, on Friday evening, the 14th
inst, at o'clock.
Full attendance of the stockholders
is requested as business of Importance
is to be considered.
GEO. CAVENAGH,
Secretary.
Honolulu, Oct. z, 1898. 5045
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CERVERA.
\ SPANISH VIEW.

MADRID. Oct. st is announced that
Admiral Cervera will be appointed a life
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For the Government.

The bark Alden Besse, due next week
from San Francisco with a general carg-,
is bringing Ine following Government sup
plies: 1.S0S bales hay, 1,34l bales straw
and 20 $50 sacks bran.
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MADRID. Oct. 5.--The Impartial today
declares that the naval demonstration
which is beginning in Chinese waters is
but implies an Anglo-American under
standing to prevent the powers from OPP
posing American designs in the Philip
pine Islands. This fact. the impartial
adds, will influence the Paris delibera-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-14
A NEW PAINT SHOP.

HAVING ASSOCIATED WITH US
Mr.. John II. West, a practical House
Painter, Decorator and Wood Polisher,
we are now prepared to give estimates
on all kinds of work in that line.
Mr.. West having had a practical eX-
perience Of over twenty years in San
Francisco and other large cities on the
Coast, we feel confident that any work
entrusted TO us will give entire salts
faction to our patrons.
PEERLESS PRESERVING PAINT co
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-14
THE NAN WHO TOLLS

Is the man who ought to have the best
things to eat, because his system re-
quires it. Workingmen and everybody
else who want the best meat cone to
my shop. My place is clean. The
meat l sell is tender and fresh. The
prices l ask are low enough to: suit
anybody. If you knew how particular
1 am to give satisfaction, you'd never
buy elsewhere.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-14
WHAT is WANTED
Dewey and Merritt Are for
Island Retention.
bad Impression in Madrid-Agui
naldo'S Delegates to Visit Paris.
Spain Selling.
PEACE COMMISSION.

PARIS, Oct. 5.-The American Peace
Commission today continued its consider
alton of the issue involved in the Philip
pine affair. Gen. Merritt attended the ses-
sion and contributed his views wherever
they We're required in the extended can
vass of the Philippine situation that wa.
held.
The members of the Commission refused
to disclose the views of Gen. Merritt or
Admiral Dewey.
MADRID. Oct. 4.-Premier SagaSta has
received a letter from President Montero
Rios of the Spanish Peace Commission
conveying the news that Gen. Merritt
recommends the annexation of the entire
Philippine archipelago. and that Admiral
Dewey concurs in this view. The news
has created a bad impression here. Senior
Rios believes that the peace negotiations
will be greatly delayed by the Americans
DOSltiOn.
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j. MADISON.

Carpenter, Cabinet Maker, French
Polisher, Etc. All kinds of jobbing
faithfully and promptly executed. 722
Fort st. $3.50
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PHILIPPINE DELEGATES.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-The Philippine
delegate, Agoncillo, and his two associates
will leave Washington tomorrow, having
concluded their mission here. They will
go TO New York, and take a steamer on
Saturday morning for Havre, and 20
thence to Paris. where they will seek to
place the interests and desires of the Fill
pinos before the Spanish-AmeriCau Peace
-, nr,oiG
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PEERLESS PRESERVING PAINT co
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-16
MANY LIVES
WERE LOST
Series of Fatal Accidents on the White
Pass Railway.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 15.-The
steamer Danube, arriving from Lynn
canal, reports succession of fatal acci-
dents during the construction of the
White Pass railway, caused by ava
lanches. First officer Lawrence, of the
Danube, while at skagway, was told of
six of these fatalities occurring within a
week ; he obtained no names, but was
assured that no fewer than Is or 20 had
lost their lives on the railway since the
advent of winter.
A number of deaths are also spoken OF
indefinitely as having occurred on the
trail to Bennett, only one, however, be-
ing positively confirmed. In this the
victim was Ferrow, the we'll known
packer. who was found frozen to death
on the summit.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-16

a large extent with no show of right.
There dou btless are properties given by
will or direct donation under the control
of Roman Catholic church authorities in
Porto Rico and the Philippines, but in
addition to such properties there are
other properties, especially church edi-
fees, which were paid for out of the
public fund aud maintained at the ex-
pense of the Spanish government. The
latter properties are not the properties
of church but of the people. This is the
fact in all countries where there are es-
tablished churches.
"The ecclesiastical situation. there
fore, as it lies in many minds, is this:
1.-The church property In Porto Rico
and the Philippines, being to large ex-
tent the property of the state, is not
rightly the property of the Roman Cath
olic church. The Unite d States govern
ment, therefore should take possession
of all church property, should carefully
determine what moiety of the property
actually belongs to the Roman Catholic
church as such, and retain the remainder
under its own control for the benefit OF
the people of the new territories.
"I would not advocate that the Unit
ed States government should take pos
session of church property in the new
territories, selling the same at public
sale and placing the money in it's own
treasury; but do say that the people Of
this new territory in each of their cities
and towns should have an opportunity
to determine what use should be made
of these church edifces. They were
built by them by moneys, forced from
them by oppressive methods of the Span
ieh govern ment, and they are morally
and they think legally, the property O.
the inhabitants of these territories. Lei
there be voice for instance, in each O
the towns and parishes of Porto Rico, al
to the disposal of the church edifces."
DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIVe
Cures Piles. ScsIds. Burns.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-16
that weak stomachs lack.

that weak stomachs lack.
The regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets will cure every form of stomach
troubles except cancer of the etomach.
They increase flesh, insure pure blood
and strong nerves, bright eye and
clear complexion, because all these re-
suit only from a wholesome food well
digested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets at so cents full sized
package or by mail by enclosing price to
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich, but ask
your druggist first.
little book on stomach diseases
mailed free. Address F. A. Stuart Co..
Marshall, Mich.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-16
CATHOLIC CHURCH
is THE HOLDER
But as the Spanish GOvernmentPaid for
1t With Money Wrung From the
People of the Islands, 1t is Claimed
By William Henry Roberts and
Others That the Property Should
Revert to the Government.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-At a meeting
of the National Christian Citizenship
convention a letter was read from Will
liam Henry Roberts, prominent Pres
byterian and secretary of the Alliance of
reformed Churches, on the subject of
church property in the newly acquired
possessions. The letter says in part:
SIN all these territories, acquired as a
result of the war with Spain, there are
large church properties which have
been heretofore under control of the
Roman Catholic church as. the estab-
lished church of Spain in her colonies.
These church properties are claimed by
tho Roman Catholic authorities, but to