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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Conserving viriilty.

The surest way to ruin Q bulls
prisoner condemned to durance vile
In a solitary cell where he is fed all
the corn he will eat. Lack Of exercise
and corn explain the fact that many q
bull fails to get calves and the wise
stockbreeder will substitute oats, mid
dlings. bran, oil meal and roots for
that great hog fattening food. corn.
Rather than keep the bull penned up
In a stall all Of the time 1t would be
much better to harness him to a ma
nure cart or other vehicle and keep
him thus In good muscular trim. On
the other hand bulls are also frequent
iy spoiled by turning out to pasture
with the cows where they often overdo
themselves and soon prove impotent
The bull should only be treated in this
manner upon the great ranges Of the
west where 1t is out Of the question
to do otherwise. Give the bull ample
exercise in roomy box stall and pad
dock attached, turn young bull in
with him for company. and feed him
upon a heterogeneous ration. bring the
cows to him. and there will be little
complaint Of his failing to breed.
The same remarks apply to the stall
lion and other male animals, for, with
all of them lack Of exercise, too much
corn or oyerbreeding are the common
causes OF impotence. We are also OF
the opinion that the reason SO many
cows fail to come in heat or prove
with calf is the same overlooking upon
corn, and breeders will do well to re-
member this rather than experiment
with nostrums and empires. Nature
will set such matters right If given q
chance.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

apples that will hold together for
weeks before being stored as well as
weeks after coming from the cold stor-
age house. II a man buys a barrel OF
apples for his family he wants to
know that they Will last some weeks
TIL they can be used up. No. cold
storage has not diminished the neces-
sity for late keeping fruits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

From Judge: Beth was deeply In.
terested in a weeping willow that her
father had planted the night before on
the lawn. Come. mamma. hurry!"
she called. as she looked from the sit
ting room window, "and see this cum
ming little tree with its hair all down"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Wood Ashes.-Wood ashes. besides
contaising from to 6 per cent Of
potash, contain about IS per cent Of
lime, 1.5 per cent OF phosphoric acid
anu 3 to 4 per cent Of maguesia. all OF
which ingredients under certain cir
cumstances may have special and
marked value of their own.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Somewhat Different.

The MAZDA man who has too many
wives is bigamist, isn't he? The
Bachelor-Not necessarily. A bigamist
Ia a man who has two or more wives.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Woods OF the Philipplnes.-One OF
the best known woods OF the Philip
pines is termed "Molave." 1t is brown
in color. as hard as bone. has remark
able strength and susceptible OF high
finish. A government official who has
been making a study OF the resources
of the islands states that they abound
In valuable hard woods, forests OF
which have. heretofore. been practic-
ally untouched.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
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must be left in the test during the
entire time OF fourteen days. but when
ever a seed has sprouted it must be cut
out with a sharp knife. One hundred
seed balls should produce at least $50
seedlings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

The winter housing of hogs Is not
an easy problem to deal with, says a
writer in Nebraska Farmer. The main
difficulty Is encountered in getting
enough for the animals. When a man
has comparatively few hogs, he can
master this part Of the difficulty fairly
we'll; but when the numbers are large
and comprise all ages, sexes and
breeds. the real magnitude OF the ques-
ton is appreciated. Our buildings are
not well adapted to provide exercise.
and in the winter we are compelled
to confine animals more closely than
we would desire. We have been able
to obtain very satisfactory growth. but
have not yet convinced ourselves that
we are producing bacon OF the best
quality. A piggery. above all things.
should be dry and warm. We have
had best satisfaction from wooden
buildings, and prefer wood to anything
else for the walls of the building. We
have some cement floors. with planked
sleeping places, which are giving very
fair satisfaction: but our narrowing
pens are foored with plank.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Artificial Sight.

An inventor has perfected an electri.
al appliance, which he claims win
,nable the blind to see. This win
'ring much happiness to those who
save defective eyesight. Another great
discovery which will bring happiness
to those whose stomachs have become
deranged is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. 1t is certain cure for indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, malaria, fever and
ague.
A woman who is good buffer can
badly scare a man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Nitric Acid.-Nitrogen as nitrates.
such as nitrate OF soda and nitrate OF
potash, acts most quickly. Ammoniacal
nitrogen. as for example sulphate OF
ammonia, while II may possibly be
utilized directly by plants to a, slight
extent. is practically all changed to
nitric acid before its assimilation. For
this reason 1t cannot act quite as
quickly as Nitrate nitrogen. Some loss
OF nitrogen is also possible. since as a
rule nitrogen as sulphate Of ammonia
has been found but about nine-tenths
as useful as the same amount OF nitro
gen In the form Of nitrates.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Dats Hints About Cui.
tivatiea OF the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures vitieaiturs and
Floricuitars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01

Homemade and Commercial Ma
nures.-Farmers should look more to
the utilization of home resources. He
who has not learned to husband his
farm manure, to tickle his soil as
Prof. Roberts says, by tillage. to de-
stroy weeds at the right time, and
make use OF the legumes to gather
nitrogen, is not sufficiently advanced
to hope to use fertilizers economically.
The experience of the best European
agriculture shows that, husband our
resources as we will. we must still de-
pend to a great extent upon CONNER
cial manures. The varying chemical
and physical character of soils. and
the special demands Of innumerable
varieties of plants render the problem
extremely complex.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-01
Soil for Caulitiower.

A deep, moist, clay soil is the best
for caulifiower. although good crops
can be grown on any good garden
soil, says Vick's. / cover the ground
two or three inches deep with stable
manure, and pillow 1t In. Then harrow
and furrow two and one-half feet
apart. If I have we'll rotted manure.
I scatter 1t In the furrow, and mix
II with the soil with the cultivator;
or, IL the manure is not at hand, set
the plants and in q few days apply
around them a little commercial fer
tilizer that is rich In nitrogen. Veg
etables OF which the leaves or stalks
are the edible parts need plenty Of nj
trogen In an available form. The
plants are trsa,splanted at different
times from May until June. Cauli-
flower plants from the hotbed should
not be set too early. unless they are
well hardened. for they are more cas-
lily injured by frosts than cabbages. I
do the most OF the cultivation with the
wheel hoe and horse cultivator.
To insure success in a dry season,
one must have some means Of irriga-
ton. l have now irrigating works In
my market garden, SO that may bs
prepared for drouths when they come.
The plants should not stop growing at
any time, hence the Importance Of irrl-
eating them during drouth-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
"PRAIRIE SCHOONERS" FOR
KANSAS CITY.

The Democratic campaign managers
are planning surprise for the east
ern delegates when they reach Kansas
City to attend the national conven-
ton. They have had men out in Kan
sas and Nebraska. and even in Okla
homa, organizing among the farmers
and settlers parties to attend the con-
vention in prairie schooners." Sew
eral hundred people are now trek
king" across country from their dis
tant farms and will camp out on the
outskirts of the city in genuine west
ern style.
The convention managers are also
planning to use the prairie schoon-
ers" and their occupants as feature
OF the big parade which is to be one
of the events of convention week.
They will form one entire section of
the parade, and along the sides Of each
Of the canvas-covered wagons will be
stretched banners emblazoned with
Democratic slogans.
A particularly picturesque delega-
ton is expected from the Ozark noun
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

The Standard Oil company, which
rules the government at Washington
as it does its own great army Of man
ayers, superintendent and clerks, ran
up against the real thing in Russia.
Rockefeller found out that the czar
knew how to handle trust without
holding conventions or passing reso-
lutions or talking about 1t for years.
The Standard Oil cmpany obtained
possession of the oil wells in the eau
casus and began practicing it's Ameri-
can methods in regulating the prices
of oil.
Well, what did the car do about 1t?
Did he fill the Standards banks with
millions of government money with
out interest, except such as they pay
to a campaign committee, or did be
sell it government property and retain
the title so the Standard would not
have to pay any taxes, or did he loan
it a part of his army with which to
round up all its miners in bull-pen
for six months?
The car did not do a thing to the
Standard Oil except to appoint an
auditor of it's accounts with instruc-
tioas to allow the trust fair profits"
on its products and to turn the bal
ance into the public treasury. That
settled Mr. Rockefeller's American
methods in Russia.-Merced Sun.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
Starvation by Tariff.

The apologists of the Porto Rico tar
if iniquity have nut to crack in the
appeal sent to congress by the San
Juan chamber of commerce. AS all
newspaper readers know, the people of
Porto Rico have been in a destitute
condition ever since the Spanish war.
Many have actually starved to death.
Sickness accompanied famine. and the
situation of the unfortunate inhabi-
tahts has been most deplorable. And
yet, under the operation of the in
famous and unconstitutional tariff i'm
posed by the present congress the suf-
fering people are obliged to pay duty
of two cents pound on rice, their
most important food staple. That duty
IL more than third Of the value prob
ably nearer half of the average price.
And yet Porto Rico is now a part Of
the United States, governed by ter
ritorial chief executive, with an equip
ment organizing for complete gov
eminent in every department. Gov.
Allen, the new official at the head Of
affairs in the island, endorses the pitt
full appeal for reduction in the nearly
prohibitory duty on rice. In that en-
dorsement we have striking proof of
the gross injustice imposed by the Re-
publican tariff manipulators.-Lo An
geles Herald.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

The empress of China Is the one
oriental character that absorbs most
attention just now. TIE Hsi is not a
real empress, but usurper. Origi-
nally she was not an empress at all,
but was given that honorary rank as
the mother of Hien Fung's only son,
she being that emperor's concubine.
HEN Fung was succeeded by Tung
Che, and this ambitious woman found
her opportunity when Tung Che died,
in 1875, without an heir. Tradition
demanded that the new emperor be at
least an adopted son of some branch
of the royal family. The infant
Kwang Su, who is now the imprisoned
and deposed emperor of China, was
chosen. But he was not of the right
generation to be adopted as the son
of the late Tung Che, so he was intro
duced into the succession by adoption
to Hen Flung, and the present dow
ager empress became regent until he
should come of age, in 1889. She is
the young emperors aunt.
This arrangement left the dead en-
peror, Tung Che, without an adopted
heir to perpetuate his line. To meet
this difficulty it was decreed that when
the child emperor should grow up his
first son should be adopted to Tung
Che. Herein the ambitious dowager
empress found her second opportunity
to seize the power, for the young en-
peror, Kwang Su, has had no children.
Having tasted the sweets of power as
regent, she reluctantly resigned the
reins into the omperor's hands when
he came of age in 1889, though for a
long time she was still the real ruler.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

MRS. OTTO Won SCHAEZLER.
tractive to Otto Won Schaezler of Day.
export, Iowa, that he was led to de-
cline recently a title of nobility and
a moss-grown ancestral castle in Ger
many, which he inherited on the death
Of his father. Four years ago Mabel
Canniff of Talcuta, ILL.,, met Otto Won
Schaezler. Their acquaintance ripened
into love and they were married. At
the time she did not know that he was
the eldest son of Baron vcn Schaezler,
whose country seat was at Castle Van
bach, near Munich, in Germany.
Eventually cablegram, which brought
news of the death of the old baron and
summoned Otto back to the father
land to assume the title and estates,
gave her the first intimation of her
husbands titled ancestry. But Mrs.
Won Schaezler did not want to give up
her residence in the United States, and
her husband was we'll satisfied with his
adopted country and it's institutions.
So the two went to Germany and re-
nounced their claims in favor of the
baron's younger brother. In return
for the tranference of his title. a large
sum of money and an annuity were
settled upon Mr.. Won Schaezler.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

In it's address to the workingmen
of the nation the American Federation
of Labor uses the following language:
"Absolutism, protected and stimu-
lated by large standing army and
encouraged by disarmed people,
brushes all opposition, assumes all
real power, while 1t leaves the trap
pings thereof to people, who, feeling
the substance gone, all the more they
worship the insignia that remains.
Feeling that this Is our own pres
ent condition, we urge upon all lovers
of political and industrial liberty to
unite, regardless Of political or other
immediate interests, in the defense Of
this fundamental principle. We warn
our people against the plausible argu-
ments advanced in support of extern
sion of territorial dominion. We
have noted the repeated recommends
tion by the several secretaries of war
that the army be increased, giving the
increased industrial disturbances Of
the country as their reason, and to
use such increased army as in time
past it was used to further subjugate
the working people.
when the Cubans, the Porto Ric-
ans and the Filipinos are deprived of
the right of self-government by our
ruling class, 1t is our political rights
which are In jeopardy. When the mil
itary arm Of the government unduly
enlarged is permitted to exhibit its in
herent tendency, whether such be in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
TYRANNY OF MiLITARIsM.

The features Of the minority report
on the Idaho labor troubles which re.
fleet most seriously upon the Republic.
an administration are the patent facts
that the military forces of the United
StatesNefN fused solely in the
Occur dA1ene district for preserving
the peace, but that they were employed
as agencies of oppression in depriving
citizens of their elementary rights and
in serving as instrumentalities for in
flicting cruelties upon hundreds OF
civilians who were not concerned in
the original rioting that was used as
an excuse for calling out federal
troops.
Some of the unjustifiable abuses OF
power pointed out in the report are:
General Merriams arresting, at time
of comparative quiet, the entire male
population Of the town of Burke; his
sending a detachment Of troops across
the state line into Montana to arrest
clgitives from Idaho; his placing SOL
diers over citizens and compelling che
latter, by threats of violence, to work
in certain mines; the suppression by
one of his subordinate officers of a
newspaper at Mullan, thus denying
freedom of speech, and in enforcing
the blacklist system by military CO.
ercion.
In its summing up the minority Of
the committee declares that General
Merriam was wholly mistaken as to
his powers and drties; that his con-
duct has resulted in the gravest inju-
ries to the liberty of citizens and the
rights of individuals. Innocent men
have been kept in prison for months
and finally discharged without any
charges having been preferred against
them"
The whitewashing repcrt of the Re-
publican majority can not overthrow
the irresistible logic of these condem-
natory facts put forward by the mi
nority Of the committee.
1t was plainly the duty of General
Merriam and the president of the
United States to inquire into the
causes of the detention Of so many
hundreds of men, not charged with
any crime and never granted trial.
in the bull pen at Wardner.
The spectacle presented exhibits mil
itarism in it's worst form. 1t is seri-
GUS blow at the basic principles Of
free government.-Ka City Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

When Kwang Su began to exercise his
reform movement of the young China
party, the dowager empress deter
mined to take the power into her own
hands again, and accordingly executed
the coup d'etat of 1898. her excuse be-
ing that Kwang Su had not fulfilled
his agreement to furnish an heir Tor
the bereaved line of Tung Che.
In view of the summary style in
which the dowager empress at once
struck Off the heads of the young en-
peror's reform advisers, it has seemed
strange that she did not put Kwang
Su himself out of the way. The writer
in the nineteenth century thinks this
would have been done but for the vio-
lent protests that came from all over
the eighteen provinces of China, from
the outlying colonies, and even from
the Chinese in California. These pro-
testations of loyalty to the young
emperor are believed to have staid the
hand of the usurping aunt, for some
daring Cinnamon were not slow to re-
mind her that she was but concu-
bine-relict of a former emperor, and
to call for the restoration of the right
full sovereign. These persons she pur-
sued with relentless hatred, compell-
ing the suicide of one, killing some,
driving others into foreign countries,
and offering reward of $4,000 for
the heads of Kang Yu Wei and Liang
Chi Chao, the most outspoken of the
reformers.
Out of this state of affairs the pres
ent Boxer riots have grown as VIC
lent expression of the reactionary
ideas of the dowager empress.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

The Rev. Rockwell Clancy, a mis-
sionary who has just returned from
India, says that he saw girls in one
town sold for thirty cents apiece. They
were bought up by the Mohammedans.
Boys were unsaleable." This traffic
in human flesh is due to the great
famine in gold-ridden India. This is
but one phase of the terrible condition
that the people Of the United States,
as we'll as the people of other coun-
tries, are called upon to relieve. And
can the rest Of the world escape its
responsibility because Great Britain
is not doing her full duty?-Milwaukee
News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
{ From the Carlisle American Volun-
fnpr \


John C. Lower, a travelling salesman
who is we'll known throughout south
ern Pennsylvania, has declared fer
Bryan. He has long been prominent
and influential in the Republican poll
tics of Adams county and four years
ago was a Republican presidential
elector, but he has experienced a
change of heart and on last Monday In
an interview is reported to have said:
Il announced myself some time ago
as intending to vote for Mr.. Bryan,
and stick to what I then said"
Present indications are that there
will be many more prominent CONVEX
sions to Bryan. About the time the
Republican national convention adj
journs dissatisfied McKinleyites will
be falling over each other to get in out
of the wet.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
REV. f. E.. DIXON.

REV. f. E. DIXON,
whose prayer that lightning might
strike brewery was heard. He has
been nominated for congress.
the temperance people OF that place
rose in their might against them. At
a public meeting under the auspices
of the w. c. T. u, Rev. E. e. Dixon in
a brief but fervent prayer uttered the
words, 20 God. cast down the light
ming of thy wrath on the brewery and
doom it." The first thunder storm Of
the season came April %. The brew
cry was nearing completion. Rev.
Dixon's prayer had been almost for
gotten. During the progress of the
storm the roof of the brewery was
shattered by lightning. and thea the
people recalled the minister's prayer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
DUSE AND D'ANNUNZIO.

"I will kill D'AnnunZio," says Eleo-
nora Duse, the great Italian actress,
and her countrymen applauded her re-
solve.
In I'll Fuoso" (fire), novel pub
lished three weeks ago, Gabrielle Dan
nunzio, the Italian writer, drew
graphic picture of Duse, whose roman
tic love for him was the talk of Eu-
rope few months ago. The materials
for the story were obtained from the
actress herself. who, in her self-for-
getful affection. told the young novel;
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
D,ANNUNzIO AND DUSE.

D'ANNUNZIO AND DUSE.
list the full history Of her pathetic life.
D'Annunzio has pictured the heroine
of his book with brutal frankness, and
has laid bare the great artists heart.
In their way the Confessions" of j. ].
Rousseau are scarcely more complete.
D'Annunzio cynically avowed his mod
ell in the beginning, but has been forced
by public opinion into denial that
he intended to portray Duse. The
heart broken actress, however, will not
tolerate lies and apologies. She brave
ly admits herself the heroine of the
book. HE has stolen my love and sold
it. l will kill him." she says.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
"ONCE H|VBJFCG"ETC

Cases continue to arise calling for
the specific application of the Amer
lean doctrine. One of these cases is
just reported. Maurice Tiehm, a nat
uralized citizen of Hamilton, Ohio, asks
the government to secure the release
of his son Albert, held in Alsace, where
he went as a visitor, and where he is
in danger of military CONSUMPTION.
The noble spirit of fatherland love in
duces increasing thousands of adopted
Americans to visit every year the old
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

II Cuba is being robbed right and
left, being near our shores, with nc
censorship and constant communica-
ton, what is happening in the Philip
pines, away off in the Pacific, with a
censor in charge, and little coHmnni-
cation even between the different
islands of the group? And, besides
we are holding Cuba ''in trust -
whereas we paid two dollars apiece for
the Filipinos.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29
: As the World
: Goes Round,,,,,,
Prayer LHnStOered.
; Xxx X X X X X X X ~

The startling results of brief
prayer have excited the people Of
northern Pennsylvania, given a min
lister worldwide reputation, brought
to him congressional nomination and
led the projectors Of a brewery at
Stroudsburg, Pa. to discuss the ad-
visibility Of beginning legal proceed
ings against him for influencing prov
idence to destroy their property. When
corporation composed Of men of
Stroudsburg, Scranton and Wilkes
barre received license to build and
conduct brewery In Stroudsburgs the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-06-29

W orl d. T h e l +
rights as implied
in their American
citizenship differ
in no respect from
the rights Of ma
tive citizens. DEM
ocratic statesmen
laid down the
doctrine on the
question and I'M
d er democratic