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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

since 1885, the date at which the first
record OF our exports to the Philip.
pines was made by the Treasury Blu.
reau OF Statistics. To the Samoan Is.
lands the exports of the year were
about Sl25,0oo. or nearly as much as
in all the years since 1896, at which
date the official RECORDS of Cur exports
to those islands began.
The total imports into the United
States from Cuba for the full year
show total of ssh 900 900, against $15,.
100000 in 1898 and s1S,500,000 in 1897.
though they still are less than one
half the average for the reciprocity
years 1892, 1898, and 1894, when on,
imports from that island averaged
over S75,G00. 900 per annum. From Por.
to Rico the imports of the year are
but $3.50 900. which is less than the
total for any preceding year since
1880, and is due to the destruction by
last years tornado of the crops which
supply Porto Rico's chief articles of ex.
port. From the Hawaiian Islands the
imports for the full fiscal year are S2l..
100000, or double the average annual
importation for the period prior to
1896, and twenty per cent higher thar
In any preceding year. From the
Philippines, despite the war conditions
which reduce producing and exporting
power, the imports are larger than In
any year since 1894
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Lrss Failures Thnn Ever.

"Fewest Failrues for Eighteen
Years" is the headline on Bradstreet's
record for the first half of this year.
That non-partisan business journal
says:
The number OF failures reported for
the first six months OF the calendar
year 1900 is the smallest noted for
eighteen years past. Compared with a
year ago, the falling off in number is
33 per cent, while compared with 1898
the decrease is rs per cent, and even
larger decreases are noted when COM
PARSONS are made with the first half
of the years 1897 and 1896. This year,
in fact. for the first time in eighteen
years. the six months failures have
fallen below 5000 in number.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
OUR POSITION CHINA.
Our Claim to Equal Facilities with
Other Nations Is Assured


The diplomatic history of the United
States affords no better example Of
successful endeavor to secure by mutu-
al consent an evident right than that
offered by the recent correspondence
carried on under the Presidents dlrec-
ton for maintaining the open door"
of trade in China. The establishment
Of spheres OF influence in that ancient
Empire by European States, supported
by the control of important seaports,
has seemed to many to forebode the
practical partition of that country
among foreign powers and the effect
i've appropriation of commercial privi-
leges in China to the exclusion of all
not able or willing to claim a portion
for themselves. BY timely series OF
diplomatic notes Secretary Hay has OBJ
tanned assurances from the Govern
ments OF Germany, Great Britain, Italy
Japan and Russia, by which they
pledge themselves not to interfere with
the perfect freedom of trade in those
portions of China where their influence
may prevail The unobstructed en-
joyment Of the privileges of trade ls
thus secured to American manufacture
ers and merchants by the free consent
OF the powers.
Perhaps the most important fruit OF
this unprecedented negotiation may
prove to be that all the powers, feel.
ing the assurance of unrestricted COM
merce, may be disposed to accentuate
to less degree, or even abandon, that
policy of commercial annexation which
has apparently been promoted by the
absence Of such just and reasonable
understanding. The American claim
to unrestricted facilities Of trade In
China is not special favor asked and
granted, or demanding reciprocity. 1t
is based on treaty rights which prom
Use equal rights to Americans with the
citizens or subj ects of the most ia.
vored nations. The recognition of these
rights has been obtained at IA mo-
ment when they were apparently about
to be ignored.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Warnings OF Mental Fatigue.

Edward Thorndike says that mental
work is not simple matter of mental
energy or quantity of positive or in
hibitory nervous discharges, but of
their direction as well. Mental fatigue
is not like physical fatigue and re-
quires different treatment. Its warning
signs are more complicated, less efIica-
cious, and therefore more often neg
lected The warnings that we do have
are not measures of the degree of in
ability, but indefinite and at present
Misunderstood signs of danger. The
degree of mental inability does not
vary proportionately to the amount
of work done without sufficient rest,
but increases much less quickly up to
a certain amount of mental work, and
then may increase much faster, so that
one straw of mental work may then
break the cameps back.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Spring TONES in Food.

That it is necessary to take a little
medicine in the spring is one of those
beliefs to which we are attached, with
out questioning ourselves much as to
the reason why. The precise kind of
medicine taken depends largely upon
family tradition; some place their re-
lance on one remedy, some on an
other. Nature, whose remedies are
not given perfunctorily, brings out her
materia medica in due course, and adj
ministers her doses, Disgusting them
in pleasant fashion. One of the first
and best Of her remedies, presumably
given to cure rashes and all ills that
arise from impurity of the blood, is
watercress. When we find the bronzed
variety we know that her dose of sui
phur and iron, not to mention the
phosphates, is an exceptionally good
one. What pleasanter way can we
have of taking these than as a crisp
relish to bread and butter, as a sand
witch, a salad, or as a sauce to roast
mutton? And if anyone knows not
watercress soup they have something
good yet to discover.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

II am not a rich man, Margaret, but
I have sufficienr to keep my wife In
comfort. My darling, you will not re-
fuse now? shall not handicap you,
Margaret; you can pursue your call
ing after You come to me IL you are
set upon it. l love you too much. /
respect you too much, to set any re-
strictions upon you. Only promise to
love me, to be for me only--as will
be for you all the days that we both
shall live-and l shall be content"
Margaret stood silent, with droop-
ing head: but soft color had slowly
dawned in her cheeks. Her heart cried
out to her to yield. She loved Paul
Cleland-oh, surely never woman be-
fore had loved any man as she did
and all the womanhood in her longed
to cast itself on that strong protecting
tenderness OF his, which would guard
her against all the world. To be his,
to have him as her own-it seemed to
Margaret no earthly happiness could
be greater than this.
AS he looked down at the downcast
face, and saw the soft color creeping
into it, Paul Cleland's heart beat high
with hope, and, bending down, he
whispered:
Margaret, answer me only one
question, and l shall be satisfied mean
time. Do you love me?"
1t seemed to both as If the west
wind blew more softly, as If the birds
ceased singing, the leaves paused in
their rustic, until her answer came.
1t came at last, low murmur, hard
ly more than breath-"Yes."
And then Margaret felt those strong,
loving arms about her, and her head
drawn down to that shelter that, it
seemed to her now-or, the pity or It!
was to be her resting place forever.
Ito be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
WHITE ELEPHANTS.
Every One Stands in House Gildet
with Gold.

Every One Stands In House Gilded
with Gold.
In Burmah, before that country be-
came dependency of Great Britain,
only the king was allowed to own a
white elephant. Ralph Fitch, the bold
and enterprising merchant of Good
Queen Bess' day, was the first Eng
lishman that ever set foot in Burmah.
Mr.. ]. Horton Ryley, in his most inter-
esting book called Ralph Fitch, Eng
lands Pioneer to India" allows the
traveller to tell his own story, and
quaint indeed is his account of the
white elephants. When he was at
Pegu in 1886 the king had four of them
very strange and rare" which were
housed in a great state at the royal
palace. When one was brought to the
king, every merchant in Pegu had to
pay the monarch half a ducat, (which
doth CONNIE to great summe;" but
after they had given their present they
were free to see them often as they
pleased. The king called himself the
King of the White Elephants" and
would not permit any other king to
own one, even at the risk of war.
They do very great SERVICE" says
Fitch, unto these white elephants;
every one of them standeth in an
house gilded with golde, and they
do feede in vessels Of silver and gilt.
One of them when he doth go to the
river to be washed, as every day they
do, goeth under canopy of clothe of
golde or silke, carried over him by
six or eight men, and eight or ten men
goe before him playing on drummes,
shawmes, or other instruments; and
when he is washed and commeth out
of the river, there is a gentleman that
doth wash his feet in a silver basin,
which is his Office given him by the
king. There is no such account made
of any black elephant, be he never so
great"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Porto Rican Trade.

f. Exports to Porto Rico In May have
more than doubled as compared with
the preceding May, and imports from
the island are nearly doubled. Elk
ports to the island from the United
States in May, 1899, were 1906, 564. and
in May, 1900, were $696,479. The i'm
ports into the United States from the
island in May, 1899. were s647 ,179, and
in May, 1900 s1,103,867 The May com
merce with Porto Rico shows a much
create" increase than is the case with
any OF the other islands. With Cuba
the commerce of May differed little
from that of May, 1899, and this was
also he case with the Hawaiian is
lands while in the Philippine islands
the iT~ports show no increase, though
the exports show a remarkable gain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

A. +. Klinkerman, Bent county, Col
orado writing to the Colorado Expert
ment station, says:
We have pastured sheep on alfalfa
part or all OF three seasons. One sea-
son we lost as high as 10 per cent
by bloat, but this was due largely
to inexperience During 1898 we let
the ewes run on alfalfa during the six
weeks of the lambing season and as
soon as that was over we sent them
to the range. We lost about per
cent during the six weeks. We had
about 500 ewes, and their lambs Oh
fifty acres of alfalfa. We have al
ways left the sheep on the land when
irrigating it. We expect May lambs
to weigh 60 pounds the first OF Oc-
tober If pastured on alfalfa In 1898
we turned the ewes and lambs on the
range the first Of June. 1t probably
took two-thirds OF the first cutting
of alfalfa to lamb the sheep on it.
but we consider ourselves well paid
in saving OF lambs and the start 1t
gave them and the old ewes before
turning them on the range. We are
satisfied that we saved at least If
teen per cent more lambs than could
be done on the range and also saved
in the expenses of herders during
lambing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
vounded War Horses.

The scenes of the battlefield as re-
CARDS the soldiers are shocking enough
but scarcely less pitiful is the sight of
wounded horses wandering about, says
a correspondent in South Africa. For
it is a well-known fact that unless a
horse is absolutely disabled so that he
cannot stand he will keep his feet. He
may have a gaping hole in his side,
part of his head shot away, leg taken
off by cannon ball, and still he will
not drop. The shrek of dying man,
except as one knows that it is from
a human being, is as nothing COM
pared with the shrek of dying
horse.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
TRADE OF OUR ISLANDS.
Increased with the United States Last
Year to Old Records.

Increased with the United States Last
Year to Old Records.
Exports from the United States to
Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Hawaiian.
Philippine, and Samoan islands.
amounted, in round numbers to $i5,-
100000 in the fiscal year 1900, and
were more than three times as much as
in 1896 and more than twice as much
as in any year of our commerce with
those islands except in the years 1892,
1893, and 1894, when reciprocity great
ly increased our exports to Cuba and
Porto Rico. To Cuba the total for the
fiscal year was, in round figures, $25,-
000,0 900 against $7,530,000 in 1896, and
$24, 157 900 in the great reciprocity
year 1893. To Porto Rico the exports
of the year were, in round terms, ST.
600, 900, against an average of $2750,-
900 in the reciprocity years of 1892,
1898, and 1894. To the Hawaiian Is
lands the total for the year was about
Sic, 900, 900, or five times as much as
in 1898, nearly four times as much as
in 1896, and more than double the to-
tai for 1898. To the Philippines the
total for 1900 was about $4,000. 900. or
more than in the entire fifteen years
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Dipping.

Prof. G. II. Curtiss: Nearly all
range sheep are affected with scab
though 1t Is frequently held in check
so as to be scarcely noticeable when
the sheep first arrive from the range
Its development appears few weeks
later, however, and unless proper pre-
cautions are taken 1t becomes &C.
rious interference with good results
In fattening, besides source or In
fecting the yards and premises with
the germs Of this disease. On this
account II Is generally considered best
to dip all range sheep brought to the
farming sections for feeding. The dip
ping should be done Immediately or
at least very soon after arrival, and
repeated In about ten days to insure
effective work. In case this has not
been done promptly on arrival of the
sheep and the disease makes Its APP
Dearance during the winter, 1t Is gem
orally advisable to attend to the dip
ping without further delay. even
though the weather may be quite Sc
we're, as postponement will only pro-
iohb NV ul tho
time cause greatly diminished gains
as well as much lower value on the
market. Sheep may be dipped even
at zero temperature with less men
ace to the flock than to allow the dis
ease to go unchecked for a few weeks.
When necessary to dip In severe
weather, the work should be done I'M
der shelter In liquid slightly warmed
and the dipped animals placed imme-
diately In dry. warm quarters and kept
In for several days until the feeces
have had time to dry.
There are various dips on the mar
ket and In common use. Lime and
sulphur and the tobacco dips are eff
fective and popular where the work
is done on a large scale. A number
Of the prepared dips on the market
are equally effective, and they have
the additional advantage of promoting
more favorable condition OF the
fleece. All farm flocks should also be
dipped at least once year for the
general good effects resulting from
dipping regardless OF the existence OF
scab.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
Calf-F Feeding.

The calf should first be "mothered"
before it Is taken from the dam. This
clears the skin Of effete matter and
materially aids the circulation. 1t is
very important that this be done as
the calf Is In a weakened condition and
this aids in the development OF its
strength. After it Is done the calf
may be removed without suffering. In
all instances, it should receive the first
milk or colostrum. This contains prop
critics that are purgative in nature and
clears the alimentary canal of mate
rails that otherwise might cause con-
gestion of the various digestive organs.
IL you remove the calf from the dam
as soon as dropped and fail to give
the colostrum, disastrous results may
follow. In glancing at the compost
ton OF colostrum milk 1t is seen to
be comparatively low in water, high
In solids, abnormally high in casein
and albumen, low in sugar and high
in ash 1t is thus especially adapted
to the needs Of the young and grow
ing animal Those who have han
died calves have been astonish'i by
the rapid growth and strength dis
played by young animals several Gays
after birth. The colostrum- milk is The
best means of providing the animal
with the requisite food for growth and
development. This matter must there
fore receive due consideration when
weaving calves and raising them by
hand. 1t Is no trouble to raise calf
by hand provided artificial nipples are
used. The calf will then suck quite
AS readily as from the udder of the
COW. This prevents It's gorgng itself
and producing scours and other intes-
final troubles. Should these result
from careless feeding they can be rem
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

edied by the addition Of lime water
and by feeding in such manner that
the animal will have to take the milk
slowly so that 1t will become thor
oughly mixed with the saliva and
other digestive juices and properly as
simulated.
Colostrum- milk creams as well as
other milk. but 1t has very high
color due in part to the effete material
contained in 1t. This Is caused by the
incomplete disintegration OF the It's
sues Of the udder Immediately after
parturition. 1t has an acrid, disagree
able taste and is not ut for human food
until from nine to ten milkings. or at
least until all the colostrum particles
have disappeared from the milk. In
healthy animal this will generally be
accomplished in the time stated.-An-
drew M. Soule, Tenn. Experiment sta
ton
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Another and broader way Of looking
at it than the mere study Of articles
imported is to see the total commerce
which the various nations have with
their colonies, and the relation which
their colonial commerce has to that Of
other parts of the world. A recent
London letter to the Philadelphia In
quirer has the following:
The world has been very wide-awake
lately to the fact that the colonies of
the British Empire have been Of vast
service and importance to England in
facing the surprise party which has
been substituted for the picnic to Pre-
toria" which was expected to take
place in South Africa. 1t will. how
ever, amaze a large number Of the
mercantile public, even though they
be well posted in trade statistics, to
learn what an enormously valuable
asset in England's trade is the colo
NAL business. Without going into
detail, and assuming for the present
that the total of their interchanges
may be represented by round numbers,
say 1000, the shares Of the several
holders stand thus:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
sllage vs.. Non sllage MIX.


CONDENSED from Farmers Review
stenographic report OF Illinois stats
Dairymen's convention.)
Prof w. ]. Fraser spoke on silage
and non-silage milk. He told OF
tests made at the university to find II
there was any well-founded prejudice
against milk made from silage. The
first trial was made with 80 professors.
They were given both kinds OF milk
and were asked to say which they
liked better. They were not informed
CT the kind of test being made and did
not even know that either milk had
silage in It, or the 30 professors one
could see no difference in the milk,
and one of the others that could see
a difference had no choice, or the 2S
remaining u preferred the silage milk
and the the non-silaSe.
A second trial was made with 80 stu
dents, and of them 81 preferred the
| silage milk and the non-silaSe. Then
the test was tried on q ladies In town:
three OF the ladies could see no diner
ence In the samples OF milk and mono
Of them had any objection to either
kind OF milk; but 10 preferred the sill
age and IA the non-silage milk. In
second test Is could see difference,
and six had no choice preferred the
| silage and 6 the non-silage milk.
A test was then made on milk ex'
| perts: NJ. Cheeseman, Mrs Kedzie
DR.. L. s. Stewart, the Palmer House,
Chicago, and the Leland Hotel. Chi
cago The first four preferred the sill
age milk, but the Leland hotel pre-
ferred the non-silage milk.
Out OF the entire number GO pre-
ferred the silage milk. 3S the non-sil'
age, and 10 had no choice. There were
22O tests made on rs different persons,
or these tests lis were In favor OF
silage milk and G5 in favor OF non
sllage milk; 81 showed no choice.
The criticism on silage milk Is there.
fore seen to be unjust; but II rotten
silage is fed there will be objections.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
which Is the Betterr

Wouldn't you rather sell corn at AS
cents in Chicago than at 2S1s cents?
The former was last months price.
The latter and the lower figure was tho
Democratic price in June, 1896.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Mango in pigs is disease caused by
an animal parasite (Sarcoptes suis).
The disease is transmitted by con-
tact. Blotches or small pustules app
pear on different parts of the body.
and the hog scratches frequently. For
treatment, wash the skin and apply
daily mixture of one part of sui
phur. one part OF carbonate OF potash
and eight parts of oil. Sulphur may be
given in the feed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

Clara-What foolish young man
that Tom Brown is. Maude-Yes.
that's just what told him when he
said he was going to propose to you.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02
COLONIAL TRADE.
BRITISH COMMERCIAL RETURNS
SHOW INCREASE.
Afford Steady Market for Products OF
the Parent Country Comparison with
the United States--Articles That France
Supplies to Her Possessions.

French colonies show rapid in
crease in the proportion of their i'm
portations which they take from the
governing country. An elaborate re-
port on the colonies of France. their
government, finances, and commerce,
has been published by the treasury
bureau of statistics. 1t shows that the
total value of imports into French
colonies. exclusive of Algeria and
Tunis, amounted in 1898 to SAT ,741, Ale,
the imports from France and French
colonies alone being $22,S53,921.
The following table shows the value
of imports of French colonies during
the year 1896, by principal articles:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02


ing receipts:
May 1896 May, 1900
Hogs .121 1916 244,59S
Cattle ............. 1880 81 ,902
Sheep ........... 60,450 1880
This year, in May there were more
than twice as many hogs and more
than twice as many cattle received at
the Omaha stockyards as in May, 1896.
This shows the Improvement in the
market for farmers live stock when
the people are earning money and can
afford to buy meat. The increase in the
number Of sheep sold was not so great,
because sheep are valuable now for
their wool, under protection.
Equally satisfactory to the farmers
were the prices paid this year for their
cattle and hogs. The Union Stock
yards Company reports values to have
been as follows:
May, 1896. May, 1900.
Hogs, per 100 lbs. 1898 $4.83
Cattle per 100 lbs Ais $50
The better demand. and at better
prices, was the result OF the Mckinley
policy of opening the mills.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-08-02

The colonies most certainly are Eng
lands best customers, as is shown in
Mr.. Mulhall's paper on British
Trade" in the March Contemporary.
Take some figures for the lest decade,
1SS9-1S98. England's aggregate inter-
changes, export and import, with great
Industrial communities were as fol-