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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
Cropping with Lsgumes.

The effect Of continual cropping in
the exhaustion Of soil nitrogen has
been made the subject Of study in
planting peas, buckwheat, oats, etc.
The results Of the experiments show
that only the leguminous plants were
able to utilize the nitrogen of the air.
An increase was noticeable In the yield
of each succeeding crop Of peas, while
with the non-leguminous crops, each
succeeding yield was poorer than the
preceding one. The experiments simply
show. what every farmer knows or
ought to know. that planting clovers,
cow-peas, vetches, or any legumes
tends to constantly improve the soil,
while cropping with non-leguminous
plants, such as corn and wheat, unless
fertilizer of some kind Is used, con-
stantly depletes the soil. Vast amounts
OF fertility can be saved to the soil by
the liberal planting Of leguminous
crops.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
Cattle for Cpba.

The report that there has been fric-
ton between the officials OF the war
department and the department Of ag-
riculture over the matter Of admission
OF cattle to Cuba is unfounded. The
action Of the president provided for
the admission to Cuba, duty free, OF
cattle with which to improve Cuban
stock, These cattle must be half-blood
or better. Under a circular issued by
the department Of agriculture proyi-
sion was made for the shipment OF
such graded cows and bulls from Sa-
Vannah, Mobile, New Orleans and Gal
weston. where these animals were to be
inspected by an inspector of the agri-
cultural department and II found suit
able for breeding purposes, free from
disease and immune from the fever
tick, they were to be passed with a
certificate to be presented to the GUS
tom officer at the port of landing.
immunity from Texas fever required
that they should be shipped from
points below the quarantine line. Thus
far the two departments were working
in cooperation. Now, however, It has
been decided to do away with the in
spection In the United States by the
department OF agriculture and to re-
qulre such inspection at the ports Of
entry In Cuba, which will come under
the operations of the war department
There Is, however, no conflict between
the two branches Of the government,
as has been stated. The department
OF agriculture has been unable to pro-
vide inspectors for all of the 101 small
er ports Of clearance in the United
states, and thus exporters at the
smaller ports have declared that they
were being Disseminated against in
that cattle should be shipped only
from Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans
and Galveston. AS 1t Is now, they can
be shipped from any port without In
spection. but subject to inspection
when they reach Cuba. 1t Is stated al
the department of agriculture that II
cattle reaching Cuba for entry under
this duty free clause fail to pass in.
spection, it will not be necessary to re-
turn them to the United States. as they
can still enter by paying the regular
duty. The department of agriculture
having no authority or funds for In
| spection Of cattle in Cuba, this duty
naturally falls upon the war depart.
ment
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

The array of necks presented for in
spection at theater is various. All
sorts and conditions of necks are there,
and there is as much variety in them
as there is in the faces above them.
Scraggy necks should, IL surrounding
good shoulders, have discreet ribbon
round them; black velvet or white
tulle are the most becoming things for
the complexion. Pearls on a white
throat are really exquisite; for dusky
necks the most becoming stones are
emeralds or rubies. When the bones
at the base Of the throat are too in
trusive on the attention they may be
coerced into submission and conceal
ment by a narrower ribbon tied low
with q pendant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
CHAPTER XIV.

Before I left the rectory I had to
endure an interview, quite unsought,
and-I think l may add-quite unde-
served on my part, painful and embar-
RAISING as it was to me.
rd-Widdringtons deserted
and betrayed lady-love-her face pale
her eyes lurid with suppressed fury, en-
tered the rector's study, where l had
established myself in order to write
letters for the afternoon post, and de-
manded hearing.
must here confess to weakness to
which l have always been, and am still,
a prey-I am morally afraid Of an
angry woman. l can face any number
of furious men, my spirits indeed ris-
ing at the prospect of fray, but before
an angry woman l am an, arrant cow
ard.
NY feelings therefore can be mag
ined when the lady's maid advanced
upon me. There was no mistaking the
expression of her whole person as she
closed the door and approached me.
At the first glance I thought Of the
WORDS EdTIu uOluS uO like q
woman scorned."
Innocent factor as I was in the
Scoring of this particular woman,
why should l have to bear the brunt
OF her demoniacal fury? This was the
question which shook my craven soul
as I braced myself up as we'll as l
could for the encounter.
Miss Woodward planted herself on
the opposite side of the writing table,
facing me. l was glad at that moment
of the intervening breadth of leather
covered mahogany. She was a little
woman of a dark complexion. Her
thick wellmarked brows met on her
forehead, giving a look of determine
tion-a sinister look, / thought at that
moment-to her thin, sharp featured
face. Her face was always somewhat
colorless, but it was lividly pale now,
and her eyes cleaned with anger. She
rested one hand upon the table, clench-
ing and unclenching the other as she
spoke.
Il have few questions to ask you,
sir" she commenced, in a significant,
quiet tone-"questions l should like
answered"
81 am at your service" Miss Wood
ward" I responded, putting my papers
together with an airy assumption quite
at variance with my real feelings.
81 want to know" she went on, "if
you think 1t is the action of a gentle
man to set spy upon respectable
young woman, to deceive her by false
promises and lies and shameful, dou-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued. }

CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued.)
The Rector was the only person ex-
cepting myself cognizant of Mr.. Wild
drington's failure and discoveries. l
felt very small in the worthy persons
presence. / had for the second time
been outwitted by woman, and it was
on account of my careless laundering
that the whole work had to begin over
again. . .......
Don't tell the ladies'" advised the
Rector; keep 1t from them as long as
you can. Miss Elmslie is the veriest
gossip, good little soul as she is, and,
as we have just proved, "a mans foes
are those of his own household the
very walls have ears, and a bird of
the air shall carry the matter!" con-
'tinued Mr.. Heathcote, losing all con-
troll of himself in the heat of quotation.
IF Widdrington is to recover the trail
ne must be silent as mice"
His groom get-up was capital" I
remarked; "it completely took me in"
I yes" said the Rector complacently,
81 think we did that rather well. But
I did not expect to blind you. When l
found you had not recognized Wild
drington as soon as you arrived kept
up the joke, you know"
at is hardly fair, is it," demurred,
''to keep Miss Branscombe in the dark ?
believe she would be discreet"
"Of course you do!' laughed Mr..
Heathcote. "You would be a sorry
lover if you did not believe that and
everything else that is good of her"
ut may be necessary to put her on
her guard against the lady's maid" l
suggested.
yes, it may. ! hardly know what
course to adopt with regard to the
woman" said the Rector thoughtfully,
cor how Widdrington has left matters
with her. 1t seems to me important to
retain her; she may help us if she will.
Well, with regard to Mona, you must
use your own discretion. Fort; I can
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
PInchinp Melon Vines.

Judge Miller asks a question in re-
gard to pinching melon vines. He says:
81 have questioned different melon
growers on the point. Some say pinch
them when the vines have run three
feet; others say don't pinch them at
ALL" Both parties are wrong. and on
the extreme each way. I will give my
way Of doing, says a contributor to
Colman's Rural World. When the
melons have set on the vines, and get
about the size of a goose's egg, pinch
the tops of, and the tops of the side
branches also, and you will have larg-
er melons than II not pinched, from the
fact that instead Of the vines growing
and spreading, the substance will grow
into the melons. Is that not reason
ablef The vines may probably not
have as many melons on. hat they will
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
DOUBLE EAGLE.
As 1t Appeared on the Arms of Russia
and Austria.

As 1t Appeared on the Arms of Russia
and Austria.
The eagle, as an emblem Of authori-
ty, is so old that it would be impossible
to clearly trace its origin. 1t Is found
upon the most ancient sculptures that
have yet been discovered, and was no
doubt one of the very oldest Of the to-
TENS, or tribe signs. The early Per-
sian empire appears to be the first
which adopted it as an imperial en-
blem Among the Greeks the eagle
was the emblem of Jove. The Romans
also adopted the eagle as their stand
ard, and so 1t became the token of Ro-
man dominion. When Constantine be-
came emperor he adopted the double
headed eagle as the insignia of his
authority over east and west. When
the German empire came into being in
the twelfth century this emblem was
revived as being that of the Holy Ro-
man empire, and Rudolph of Hapsburg
adopted 1t as his imperial arms. 1t ap-
peared in the Russian imperial arms in
the sixteenth century, when Gar Ivan
Basilovitch married Princess Sophia,
niece of the eleventh Constantine, and
the last of the Byzantine emperors-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
CHAPTER XIV

l was determined that she should not
remain in her present post about Mona,
and deemed 1t advisable to manage her
resignation as quietly as possible. A
designing, vindictive woman, burning
with sense of injury, and capable OF
the elaborate discrimination she had al
ready practiced, was certainly not fit
for attendance on my guileless, tender
Mona. Miss Woodward must leave the
Rectory before my own departure.
"The authorities at Scotland Yard, y
l suggested, will, think, most proba-
bly, be glad of your assistance. / can
perhaps arrange the matter"
do you think that l will be be-
holden to you for anything?" she burst
out. do you think will let you lay
another trap for me? No, I'm not
sunk so low as that comes to-"
1T might be worth your WHILE" !
said carelessly, ''to think over my
offer. I am afraid-after what has
passed-the Rectory will not be either
a pleasant or a safe home for you
meaningly.
and do you think" she cried, that
I'm going to take my warning to leave
from you? You are not my master.
was not engaged by you, and it's not
for you to dismiss me-
"All that is quite true" assented: ;
nevertheless it may be as we'll for you
to think over what I have said, Miss
Woodward. Miss Branscombe will,
know, be as anxious as am myself to
avoid any unnecessary scandal or ex-
posture before the other servants. And
she has been kind mistress; you
would not, l am sure, wish to give her
unnecessary pain or distress"
Miss Branscombe is a thousand
times too good for-for those who
have got her." announced Miss Wood
ward. GAS sweet young lady as ever
trod the earth, she is, and above all the
mean tricks that seem all right to law
yers, no doubt. And If things had gone
as they should have gone we might
have seen her in her own proper place,
with as real a gentleman as she Is a
lady"
(To be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
WEDDINGS IN JAPAN.
Odd Ceremony In tho Land OF the
Chrysanthemum.

Odd Ceremony In tho Land OF the
Chrysanthemum.
When young man has fixed his ar
fections upon maiden OF suitable
standing he declares his love by fasten-
ing a branch OF a certain shrub to the
house of the damsels parents. II the
branch be neglected the suit Is re-
jected; II 1t be accepted so Is the sutton.
At the time OF the marriage the BRIDE
groom sends presents to his briae az
costly az his means will allow, which
she Immediately offers to her parents
In acknowledgment OF their kindness
In infancy and OF the pains bestowed
upon her education. The wedding
takes place in the evening. The bride
Is dressed In long white silk kimono
and white veil and she and her future
husband sit facing each other on the
floor. Two tables are placed close by;
on the one Is kettle with two spouts,
a bottle OF sake and cups; on the other
table a miniature FIR tree-signifying
the strength OF the bridegroom; a plum
tree, signifying the beauty OF the bride,
and, lastly, stork standing on tor
toise, representing long life and hap
piness, desired by them both. At the
marriage feast each guest in turn
drinks three cups OF the sake and the
two-spouted kettle. also containing
sake, Is put to the mouths OF the bride
and bridegroom alternately by two at
tendants, signifying that they are to
share together joys and sorrows. The
bride keeps her veil all her life and
after death 1t Is buried with her as her
shroud. The chief duty Of Japanese
woman all her life Is obedience-while
unmarried. to her parents: when mar
ried, to her husband and his parents:
when widowed, to her son.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

Grating Butter.-In some OF the
Eastern cities, notably in Boston, q
considerable amount of the butter en-
tering into the trade is packed In Ave
pound boxes, and these. In turn, Grated
by dozens, so that eGch crate contains
sixty pounds. They 60 to retailers who
have a family trade where the Gus
toner buys a box at time. Up to a
certain point 1t Is desirable to put up
butter in this way, says Homestead.
1t costs. however, about IS cents q
hundred more to pack 1t; consequently
when the small-package trade Is
glutted and 1t has to sell on the basis
of tub-butter prices, there is loss In
packing this way. This glut occurs &C.
casionally because the trade to which
1t goes. although very good class Of
trade, Is limited.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
LoNpoN.s BIG BENZ
How do People Keep Well who HAVE
to Hear It.

How do People Keep Well who fFavS
to Hear II. 4
The striking mechanism OF Big Ben
Is Brobdingnagian affair In every
way. 1t is some thirty or forty feet
up above the clock, which occupies a
room in the center of the tower, says
the London News. The striking ma
chinery is driven by weights OF about a
ton and half, hanging In sort of
chimney shaft 174 feet deep, and to
wind them up from bottom to top
though. OF course, they are never al
lowed to run quite DOWNS q fair
days work. When fully wound up,
Big Ben's tormentor--the massive
iron hammer head-will go pounding
away for four days without further at
tention. 1t needs a pretty ponderous
hammer to fetch the full tone out OF a
bell Weighing fifteen or sixteen tons.
and the marvellous thing Is that this
massive mechanism keeps such beau
tiful time as 1t does. The clock. with
which 1t Is connected by iron rods.
gives 1t Its cue with such astonishing
precision that the chimes get through
their preliminary performance and the
great hammer falls on the mighty Ben
within one second OF Greenwich mean
time-at least. that is what 1t is sup
posed to do, and the astronomer royal,
who keeps vigilant eye upon the
great public timepiece, says that 1t does
not vary second week all the year
round. The only unsatisfactory thing
about the whole performance Is the
horribly bad &c" that Ben sends forth.
The wonder Is. not that sick person
finds 1t torture to him to have 1t
booming out all night long but that
people who are doomed to be contInu-
ally hearing 1t are not made i'll by 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

THAT is quite true" assented, hum
bly,; you were very clever, Miss Wood
ward. / don't think l ever heard Of a
cleverer trick. / give you great credit
for your splendid management, and. II
you will allow me to say so, I think
your talents are quite wasted in your
present position as ladys maid. I
should really advise you to turn your
attention to, say, the female detective
line. I think can perhaps be Of use
to you in that sort of career II you
decide on it."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

be great deal larger. Try a hill or
two and be satisfied. It is somewhat
on the same principle Of trimming
fruit, that left will be larger than If
all the fruit were left on the tree. I
raised some of the finest pumpkins last
year that ever raised by pinching
the tops off. I raised them between
the apple tree rows, one way of my
young orchard. l shall do SO again
this year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

William Grayson, who fired the shot
that eliminated in the Filipino-Ameri-
can war, strangely enough, Joined the
Nebraska volunteers because of love
of adventure. He has lately been dis
charged and is now in Nebraska. He
says that the Filipinos are being sup
piled with provisions by the English
and not by the Germans. He says OF
the shot that started the war:
1T was just question of killing that
Filipino before he killed me. That Is
the way felt when l leveled my gun
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

not advise. Perhaps we may hear
something from Widdrington to-day or
tomorrow. He has left us in a terri
BILE mess at present; but no doubt he
couldn't help it. The failure must
have been a blow to him. There's
many slip 'twixt the cup and the lip,
you know"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

Schley, and was appointed midship-
man in the navy of President John
Quincy Adams. He served with credit,
during the Mexican war, and when the
rebellion broke out offered his services
to Jefferson Davis. His most noted
engagement during the rebellion was
as commander OF the famous Alabama
during its engagement with the Kear-
sarge off Cherbourg. France. The Mo-
bile monument will be of heroic size.
the figure OF Semmes being eight feet
six inches in height. 1t was cast In
bronze at Newark, N. j., recently.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
HERO TO BE HoNoREp.

The city Of Mobile, Ala, is to do
honor to the memory OF Rear Admiral
Raphael Semmes Of the confederate
navy, one of the greatest sea captains
OF the rebellion. Semmes was born
In Maryland, the state of Rear Admiral
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
HOW IN Rlda MedicallY.

A London physician has been ingen-
ious enough to announce himself as a
consulting cyclist," and he will tell
(for a comfortable fee), whether to ride
or not; and how fast. how slow. how
far, how late, how early and how
every-thing-else to ride. He will slso
dictate the kind Of gears, hanale bars,
ETC., etc. He will be boon to physi-
clan consulting people Of bicyclist ten
denotes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

To believe that evil rules the uni
verse Is to believe that the destroying
principle once created now conserves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
FIRED THE FIRST GUN
AND A FILIPINO PICKET DROP
PED DEAD.

Dramatic Story of the Initial Shot That
brought on tho War In tho Philip
pines-wniiam Grayson Believed That
ue Was Right.
The times., 1899-04-08
BREAK ON THE COLUMBIA ROAD
Parting of the Cable Delays Traffic
About Eight Hours

Traffic on the Columbia Railway was
temporarily suspended for period OF eight
hours yesterday afternoon because Of a
break in the cable which occurred at the
Fifteenth Street northeast terminus of the
line. The break was a result of kink in
the cable. which was caught in pulley
causing it to tear and part crew of men
were put to work Immediately after the
accident occurred to repair the damage
Owing to the torn-up condition of the road
preparatory to installing the new under
ground electric system the workmeu were
seriously handicapped. After several in
effectual attempts to repair the cable the
task was abandoned and a new cable was
drawn through the conduit.
This was done by the use of the ma
chinery in the power house. The forward
end of the new cable was attached to the
rear end of the old one. and the forward
end of the old cable was made fast to a
drum over which the cable when in oper-
alton passes. The machinery was then
started and as the old cable was drawn
from the conduit and wound about the
drum the new cable was drawn into it.
The operation was completed about s
o'clock last night and after the ends of the
new cable had been spliced the machinery
was again started and the cars were run
ming as usual a short while later
The trouble and delay occasioned by
breaks will soon be obyiated when the new
system is put in operation. This. il is con-
tidently hoped, will be before many months.
The times., 1899-04-08
BURGLARS NEAT RUsE.
Loots n House While Posing as an
Inspector.


New York, April flames Shevlin. tenn
porary head of the Democracy OF Kings
county, has another trouble to worry him
1t is not Of political nature this time.
nor yet bodily injury. as when. two
weeks ago, We was knocked down and mar
rowly escaped death beneath the wheels
OF a trolley car in front of the Willoughby
Street auction rooms
The announcement is made row that
Mr.. Shevlin has been robbed. though Mr.
Shevlin is not the author of the announce
ment. The police have a description of
the thief and also of the stolen property.
and detectives are at work on the case.
Mr.. Shevlin's home is at No. 50 Eighth
Avenue. He has for neighbors Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff. Charles A. Moore.
Robert Pinkerton, J. Roger Maxwell. and
John R. Maxwell. y little farther down
the thoroughfare is what is known as
'Sportsman's Row." where Judge Gaynor
and other well-known men reside.
The robbery occurred on last Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheylin were not at home at
the time. Other members OF the family
were. So far as can be learned. the thief
called soon after the luncheon hour He
was goodlooking young fellow. attired
in blue suit. Down the front of the coat
were two rows OF large brass buttons. He
also wore a blue cap. He seemed to have
a thorough knowledge of his surroundings
To the maid who answered his ring he
announced himself as an inspector of
buildings, gas pipes, and electricity"
Since the fire in the Windsor Hotel, -
the stranger said, our department has
been inspecting all buildings. Kindly sum
mon a member of the family so that may
be admitted 10 the house.
lew moments later he was going
through the house.
He inspected the house from cellar to
garret, bowling himself out half an hour
later. with many apologies for having put
the family to any inconvenience, and ex-
pressing regret at not having had the
pleasure of finding at home Mr. Shevlin,
for whom he said he had great admratio>
"On the way 10 my Office I'll drop in and
see Mr. Shevlin, said the man, as he went
down the steps.
1t was on the return home of Mrs Shev-
lin that the robbery was discovered. Just
how mulch was carried off by the thief could
not be ascertained last night. 1t is known
positively that a portion of the plunder
consisted of a gold watch. rings. and 9TH
er pieces of jewelry belonging to Mrs
Shevlin, and also some money. all taken
from rooms on the second floor
Mr. Shevlin soon had the police in his
confidence. Secrecy was to be observed
The police has kept its end of the bargain
In an unguarded moment. however, some
one in the secret let slip a word.