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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
WONDERS OF ALASKA.
CAPTAIN BAYSE DISCOVERS A
CAVE OF RELICS.
Bloody Battle with Two Big Bears---
Evidences That Many Centuries Ago
the Klondyke Was Not the Frigid
Arctic Region 1t Now Is.
(special Lottery

Capt. d. C. Bayse OF the Standard
Oil company's Yukon river steamer
Oil City was one OF the shippers caught
midway between Dawson and st. Mi
chael by the freezing OF the Yukon last
October. He spent the winter hunt
ing and exploring, often making long
trips into the interior from the steam
er. On one of these trips he had an ex-
citing bear hunt and discovered traces
OF ancient Alaskan history that may
prove valuable when properly inves-
tigated. The beginning of last win.
ter on the Yukon found the stern
wheel steamer OIL City midway be-
tween Dawson and ST. Michael, with a
big cargo Of oil on board" he said
There were unmistakable signs Of an
early closing OF the stream. In con
sequence ran the steamer into a short
but deep stream that flows into the
Yukon opposite the Russian mission.
We got everything in good order be.
fore the river finally closed on Oct. To-
II was case OF killing time until the
river opened six months later, and
there were few ways Of doing it. Hunt
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Provocation for a Lawsuit.

There is a story told of very emf
nent lawyer now no longer with US,
who once, while endeavoring to dis
suade a friend from going to law, was
asked what he would himself consider
sufficient ground for resorting to liti-
CATION. my dear fellow" he replied,
II do not say that under no conceivable
circumstances would 1 take proceed
ings against any one, but do say that
if this moment you deliberately upset
my ink on the table, chucked my wife
out of the window, threw that volume
OF reports at the bust of Dickens, made
hay with my furniture and finally
tweaked my nose, I should, no doubt, use
my best endeavors to kick you down
stairs; but once rid Of you, either by
force or persuasion, no power ON earth
should induce me to bring an action
against you
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Locomotive Runs.

During the past few months, the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has ma
terially extended the runs Of the pas
senger locomotives on through trains
Formerly engines were changed on an
average every 100 or $50 miles. 1t was
thought that the mountain grades OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would
prevent an extension of the runs. How
ever, the experiment was made. 1t has
proyed successful and reduced the
number of locomotives formerly re-
CURED by twenty-four, which can be
used in other branches OF the service
and save the purchase OF more motive
power. Under the new plan, locomo-
tives are double crewed and make from
1000 to 5000 miles month, as against
$500 to 1000 under the former method.
Ev N the time of the losing horse is
money to the bookmaker.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Our Live stock

1t Is doubtful Just what position the
American stock interests will hold at
the Paris exposition next year, as
there Is manifest desire among
Americans to keep their high priced
breeding stock at home. They are
In favor of sending fat cattle that may
be killed at the end of their time of
exhibition, but they are too fearful OF
contagious diseases to risk animals
that must be returned to this country.
1t is said to be a fact that stock dis
eases are far more prevalent In Europe
than in this country. America has, at
great expense and after years of war
fare. exterminated some of the worst
diseases, and 1t is not probable that
either the Secretary of Agriculture or
the leading stockmen of the country
want to give the said diseases chance
to re-establish themselves on our SOIL
The possibility of contagion at Paris
is very great Animals will be brought
from all parts of Europe. and 1t is pos
sible that more or less disease
will be brought with them.
The government Is making slow but
sure progress In its Investigations OF
hog cholera and swine plague. Since
1891 this work has been going steadily
forward. Progress has been impeded
by the fact that one serum could not
be produced that would be equally efl-
cacious as against hog cholera and
swine plague. Nevertheless 1t was
found that by injecting animals with
both kinds Of serums or the products
| OF hog cholera and swine plague, a
very large percentage of the animals
was saved. A report on the tests made
In Page County, Iowa, says: ITO give
| the general results with the work car
ried out under the direction of DR..
Dorset 1t may be stated that out OF 1876
animals treated with the mixed serums
l6l were saved, or about so per cent.
The disease existed on all Of the farms
where treatment was carried out, a
number OF animals had already died,
and about so per cent of the animals
treated were Ill at the time Of injection
with the serum. In the check herds
there were originally 429 animals, and
the disease had begun both in these
check herds and in the treated herds
about the same time. In the herds
which were not treated, only about ID
per cent of the animals recovered
Comparing these two sets 1t would APP
pear that the serum had reduced the
mortality about 67 per cent. 1t Is un-
derstood, of course, that all Of the ami
mails were under the same conditions
after treatment as before. AS rule
the animals appeared to begin to i'm
prove very shortly after the injection
OF the serum. One herd was treated
with a culture alone without serum
Only 40 per cent of the herd 80 treatet
was saved. In another case a hero
which was in very poor condition al
the time of incubation was treated
with mixed swine plague serum and
a dead culture. Eighty per cent oil
these animals was saved, while in q
third similar case where the condition
Of the animals was very poor, only 80
per cent was saved"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
THE HEROIC SYMPHONY.
How Napoleon Ceased to he the idea
of Beethoven.

How Napoleon Ceased to ne the Ideal
of Beethoven.
( A work OF art requires no explana-
ton, says the Saturday Review. But
the very title Beethoven gave the
Heroic Symphony provokes question
and there have been many endeavors to
explain it. Wagner tried less to ex-
plain its meaning than to explain it
away. Chained to his one idea, he as
serted that Beethoven's hero was not a
military hero, but a young man of COM
plete spiritual and physical endowment,
who passed from mere brute delight in
life and his strength through tragic
suffering to high spiritual satisfaction
In love; that is to say, he asserted that
Bethoven's hero was Parsifal or Sieg-
fried. s ~
Now, this much of Wagner's theory
is true, that Beethoven would not wor-
ship a mere human butcher any more
than he would worship pork butcher
as hero. On the other hand, Beetho-
ven's hero was undoubtedly a military
hero, Napoleon Bonaparte. We know
that the symphony was originally dedi-
Gated to Napoleon, that the dedication
was altered when Napoleon (as Beetho-
ven thought turned traitor and became
emperor; we know that when the news
of his death came Beethoven casually
remarked that he had already COM
posed the music for that event.
Of what parts, then, of Napoleon's
career do the first and last two move
ments tell? These are questions which
can never be answered; and, mere curl
osity apart, it so happens that it mat
tiers little whether they are answered
or not answered, so long as they are
not answered altogether wrongly. For
whatever events Beethoven might at
any moment have in his mind he never
tried to depict them, but only to COM
municate the emotion they aroused. He
himself said as much. 1t is in the ex-
preston of human emotion he is su-
preme, and to feel Alright the emotions
OF the heroic symphony we need only
have our minds clear of a story which
Beethoven did not and could not have
had in his mind ..-...
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Airing Incubator Eggs.

J. r. Stevenson, writing In Rural
New Yorker, says: One who advised
that airing was unnecessary probably
makes a machine with a great amount
of ventilation. There are very few
machines now with automatic egg
turning devices for turning eggs with
out removing from the egg chamber,
and nearly all authorities prefer TAX
ing them out for turning, when they
are sure to get a slight airing twice
each day. II the change from 103 de-
grees to 60 degrees or less for the few
minutes required for turning Is too
great, what about the setting hen that
must come off occasionally for food
and water, even though the temporal
ture is 20 degrees or less? She will
stay off in zero weather much longer
than the time required to turn the
eggs from an incubator. In my opin-
ion the change, IL not long enough to
chill the eggs, will give stronger
chicks than the continually closed ma
chine or the hen that sits more close
ly. 1t is much easier to get the de-
sired air space in the eggs when the
incubator room is at 80 degrees than
when at so degrees, and find 1t much
easier to get out good matches OF strong
chicks in the early spring than In hot
weather.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Vaccination for Blackieg.

The Virginia Experiment Station has
issued a bulletin for the purpose OF
instructing stock owners how to OBJ
tain and use blackleg vaccine for the
purpose of preventing the disease
among their cattle. The vaccine Is pre-
pared by drying pieces of muscle
taken from the swelling Of an affected
animal. After being finely ground IT
is heated at temperature of so to SO
degrees certigrade for period Of six
hours. 1t is then pulverized to fine
powder and IL kept perfectly dry Will
keep for year or more. This dried
muscle contains the spores OF the
germ of blackleg, which spores are so
weakened by the heat process that
cause a virulent form of the disease,
but at the same time protects the ami
NAL from any future attack OF it. The
immunity so produced is said to be
lasting in animals over six months OF
age. In the Year Book of tie United
States department of agriculture for
1898 the statement is made that from
results gotten from the use of vaccine,
the loss has been reduced from 10 to
20 per cent to less than l per cent.
Up to the present time the Virginia
station has been supplied with lin
tied amount of vaccine by the Bureau
Of Animal Industry, in all, about four
thousand doses, of which about $500
doses have been distributed to the
farmers of that state. Although no
call has yet been made for reports of
results the station has heard OF but
two deaths occurring after vaccination,
amounting to very small fraction OF
per cent, while several have reported
their loss as high as 25 per cent before
vaccination. Vaccination has now be-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

milk much OF the matter that now
gets in. The constant falling of dust
from the COW into the milk is in a
measure checked. II the COW lifts her
foot she is not likely to get it into the
fluid that is to be used as food for the
family. OF course, this must be kept
clean, or the strainer on top will be-
come an element OF danger rather than
safety. ...
The time is at hand and in some
counties is now here when the pas
lures will fail and the cows will either
have to fall off in milk, receive green
crops that have been planted for them
before this time, or will be turned into
thing to do in most cases, but Is done
to great extent The amount OF
damage depends good deal on both
the condition of the sod and OF the
moisture in the soil. If there Is n good
sod, If the land has been well treated,
the grass will be so thickly matted
that there will be little damage, unless
the ground is so soft that the tramp
ing OF the cattle will break the sod.
If the sod is thin and the heritage
light the cropping will do much dam
age to the crop next year; but in such
cases 1t would be better to turn the
meadow under late in the fall and put
1T into a cultivated crop for a few
years. Where fields are to be turned
under either this fall or in the early
spring, the cropping now will be so
much gain. Where 1t is expected to
keep a meadow permanently 1t is GER
tainly not a good policy to turn the
cattle into it after a heavy rain, when
the ground is soft.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

come SO general in Virginia that the
station has decided to manufacture its
own vaccine for free distribution in the
state. The only expense to the stock
owner in vaccinating his herd is the
vaccinating outfit, which consists OF a
graduated hypodermic syringe, mortar
and pestle, glass funnel, cotton for
filtering and small measuring glass
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

Millet, says bulletin of the agricul-
principally as hay and soiling crop.
The forage ranks well with that of
other grasses in the nutritive content,
and its palatability is about that of
the average for the coarser sorts. For
digestibility, millet forage compares
favorably with that from other coarse
grasses. Already widely grown as n
hay crop, millets deserve more general
use for soiling. They are particularly
valuable for feeding to dairy cattle,
young stock, and sheep. There are
many sections of the country where
this crop can be made to supplement
the pastures in such way as to allow
a material increase in the number of
stock that can be kept on the farm.
On account of the heavy yield OF for
age and the good quality of the prod
uct millets are excellent grasses for
use in the silo. Frequently good
crop of millet can be raised under con-
ditions which would not admit OF
growing corn for ensiling, and in such
instances 1t becomes of especial value.
One of the best methods of preserving
this crop is by the use of the silo.
Those who have tried this method
have obtained excellent results. A
fine quality of ensilage may be made
by using barnyard millet and legum-
inous crop like soy beans or clover.
The Good pf the fOXtail millats ia wide
Iy used as food for fowls and birds
but is seldom fed to stock. 1t has,
however, been used in feeding young
stock, such as calves, with fair de-
gree of success. The seed is an ex-
cellent food for laying hens.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Fcw
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry. aaA9t
Dairy Notes.

Herewith we illustrate a sanitary
milk pail in use by the Kansas Agri-
cultural College. The idea is not new,
and such pals have been used here
and there for long time. We do not
know of any firm that has them for
sale, but presume they can be easily
manufactured by any timer. The ad-
vantages of this kind Of a pail must
be obvious to any dairyman. 1t will
certainly prevent from getting into the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
OLD GRIZZLY FINALLY KILLED
Death of Wild Boar Which Infeste,
the Vicinity of Chico.

Death of n Wild Boar Which Infested
the Vicinity of Chico.
Grizzly Bend" was the name borne
for many years by that portion of the
county lying along the Sacramento
River southeasterly from Chico and en-
bracing the PARROT ranch and other
lands in that vicinity, says the Oroville
Mercury. OF course, it is long years
since the grizzly held possession there,
as, like the Indian, he was forced to
give way before the pioneer settlers of
that vicinity.
A place, however, so we'll calculated
for the home of the grizzly could not
long be without it's representative,
even if it had to be an animal some
what less wild and more domestic in
its habits. Hogs turned loose in the
swamps and morasses soon became so
wild that it was dangerous for per-
son to be caught unawares by one of the
the district.
So large and vicious had one of thtS
fellows become that he was known and
feared by all the residents in that vicin-
ity, and for his wild nature and fero-
cious conduct generally had become
known as "Old Grizzly" and it was
claimed he was bullet proof and could
not be slain. Recently he fell victim
to a party of hunters who sought him
with the avowed purpose of effecting
his determination.
The boar was an immense fellow and
weighed $50 pounds. His tusks were
long, one of them being partly broken
off. The hide was over an inch thick
and the shields on the shoulders were
two and one-half inches thick. He
had never been injured by dogs or gun
before.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

Economical Feeding.-An economi.
cal food is early-cut hay, silage from
mature corn, oats and peas. An un-
economical way is to give the herd late
cut hay, silage from immature corn,
roots, new and untried crops. The
reason for the early cutting of hay is
because you get more digestible pro
TEN or milk forming food than in a
late cut. Mature corn only should &c
into the silo; otherwise it causes an
expensive watering OF stock. Corn has
proven to be more digestible when Il
is cut just as the kernel begins to
glaze. Experiments have proven that
the silage OF everything is the most
economical way of handling the grain
crop, owing to the amount of milk
given and the amount of butter pro.
duced being more on the food from the
silo than in other ways OF harvesting
it.-Prof. j, l.. Hill.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Bond of Friendship.

81 never can forget Mabel Meadows,
whom / went to school with"
WAS she so studious?"
mo, but she always brought such
lovely cucumber pickles with her
luncheon"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

The Farm Horse.-Strength Is not
the sole requisite in farm horse. The
true farmers horse is one equally SER
viceable in dragging the pillow and trot-
ting to market with a light wagon,
says the Rural World. The farm
horse should thus be a cross between
the draft and road horse. Courage,
determination and quickness In taking
hold of loads are very important quail
tiles In this kind of horse. An ami
NAL weighing LOO pounds with these
good qualities will often be more SER
viceable than the team that weighs
hundreds of pounds more. A quick,
steady walker, is very essential. Did
you ever stop to compute how many
days work you could save in blowing
a field with quick walking horse?
The animal that gets over the ground
rapidly saves time and money to the
owner. A slow walker is poorer for
farm work than slow trotter, and the
time lost thereby Is much greater.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

Within its circle of going and com
ing the unknown of all things becomes
known, and the ultimate Of all things
is revealed TO the eye OF wisdom.-T.
II. Wilson.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14

Golfer-Don't Won ever get tired OF
farming? The Farmer-Tain't no
use of gettin' tired of it, young man.
Farmin' amt no fad!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
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STORY ETTES,

Secretary Frederick W. Hollis, of the
Peace Conference at. the Hague, is a
lawyer when at home in New York.
On one occasion, in the court loom,
Mr.. Hollis was interrupted with the
question: Suppose there was three
defendants" "That, my dear sir, "
said the lawyer "is question
of grammar and not of law"
At RECEPTION in London last spring,
a pompous literary man SAID to Chas.
G. D. Roberts: II live upon manu-
script. My house is book, and my
the Blank Monthly. AS for my last
poem, it is" Here he paused for a
word, which Professor Roberts sup
Piled IA cigarette, suppose"
While on one of the crowded Isle of
Man boats an Oldham man, who suf-
fered severely from sea-slckness, was
overheard to say to his son: Jimmy,
I've getten stick, wi silver knob
ont a-whoam; tina can have it.
There's two or three quid j. thank,
and it's far t. buryin.' An, Jimmy,
bury me in tn Isle o. Man. / can't
stand this trip again--aloive or
deead."
Julian Ralph tells q good story OF
Kipling's pride. When Kipling first
went to London he set himself up in
humble lodgings and took the copy
for a reprint of his "Plain Tales From
the Hills" to the Macmillans for them
to decide whether they would publish
them. Weeks passed and they decided
to issue the book. Then, in the slow
course Of time, it came out. but before
that the Macmillans. suspecting that
he needed money, made him an Offer
of an advance. He had nothing by
this time, yec he drew himself NJ
proudly and replied that when the
book had been published if the sales
warranted the payment of royalties
he should be glad to receive them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-17
@imeRy @o7oicS'
APRIL ~, 1899.

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN UN-
USUALLY COOL, AND LITTLE AT
TENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
THE REFRIGERATION. THE ICE
LASTS WELL, AND NOTHING IS
SPOILED. BUT THE CHANGE IS
COMING. VERY SOON 1T WILL BE
WARM AGAIN AND MUCH CARE
AND ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN
TO PERISHABLE ARTICLES.
WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARING
FOR EMERGENCIES, LOOKING
AHEAD, AS IT WERE, AND HAVE
LAID IN A STOCK OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-17

The boarding of transports by Board
of Health officials is a necessary pre-
caution after the discovery that the
Grant had had small pox on board 1t
does not argue very great vigilance on
the part of the army surgeons that
such thing should have occurred, for
the discovery was not made till the
men had left the vessel. If our board
does its duty thoroughly, it will have
the unanimous support of the commun-
ity 1t matters not from whom the dis
ease may come, the community must be
protected if other people have to suffer
discomfort.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-17

Judge Perry did not permit the jury
to visit the theater last evening. The
jury going in a body to a place of enter
tainment would have been a novelty
here, but it often occurs on the main
land OF course there is no more harm
in jury going to the theater than
there is in their playing poker or crib
bage in their rooms at the hotel. The
sole question would be whether in
place like our theater, it would be pos
sible to properly isolate them. Presum-
ably Judge Perry thought that the Su-