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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
HOW TO FIGHT GApEs.
Preventive Measure and Remedies
Usually Produce the Result
Most Desired.

1t may be we'll to call attention again
10 some OF the less known causes of
and remedies for gapes in chickens.
AS is well known. gapes are caused by
a small white worm in the windpipe.
These worms breed in dirty or stag
nant water and in damp or filthy yards.
especially old chicken yards that have
been used long time. It has also
been noticed that strong, well-fed
chickens are able to cough up the
worms. 1t is only the puny chicken
that keeps trying without success. I'm
der all these circumstances 1t will be
seen that this is only another case
"here an ounce Of prevention is worth
a pound of cure. Generally the first
step, II there are many cases of gapes,
snould De to obtain fresh, high, dry
yard, and plow up the old one and use
II Tor some other purpose for awhile
Inc chickens should have free range
IN tne daytime, If possible, and be con-
nned IN coops or houses with clean
BOARD floors at night. Sprinkling the
yards and floors we'll with lime will
heip destroy the worms, eggs and 9TH
er disease germs. To a certain ex.
tent, the trouble is contagious when
once started. 1t is thought that eggs
are coughed up into the food or drink
ing water by the ailing chicks and
then absorbed by the others. To rem
edy this. add few drops of carbolic
acid to their drinking water. One sue
cessful poultryman keeps gapes away
by giving drinking water tinctured
with tar two or three times a week.
Green garlic or onion tops cut fine and
mixed with their food is help to both
SICK and well chicks. Another remedy
and good preventive is powdered asa
1etlda, teaspoonful to dozen chicks.
mixed with their food. Sometimes the
tunes of burning sulphur will kill the
germs SO the chickens can cough them
up. Putting grain of wheat which
has been soaked in turpentine down
the birds throat is said to be a sure
cure. Another remedy is to place the
birds affected in box and blow
amongst them, so they must inhale it,
powder composed Of equal parts of
pyrethrum and powdered camphor
gum.-Prairie Farmer.
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suitable fabrics for the between seasons,
such as chenille and straw plaitings.
How beautiful the tea gown or picture
frock for home wear can be in conjunc-
ton with the present fashions. For in
stance, the long pelerine effects are so
well carried out in any ribbon, lace or
net we may be fortunate enough to have
by us. All that is required to complete
it is an undergown of accordion plated
point d'esprit, inexpensive silk or the
more beautiful chiffon wolfe. In some
cases long scarves of chine ribbon, silk
or satin are carried over the shoulders
and down the back, the long sash ends
reaching to the hem of the skirt; this
gives a pretty, graceful appearance to
a youthful figure. l am sure all who
have silk remnants and beautiful rib
bons and laces in their possession will
gladly welcome any practical ideas for
utilizing them.
Nothing is more becoming to young
girl than a sunray plated cashmere
baby bodice and skirt, with fichu eff
feet of pretty, gay-colored chine ribbon,
continued as sash right down the back,
caught with a folded band and buckle
in front, with just a tucker of net or
lace laid in to soften the decolletage,
and elbow sleeves finished with lace or
frills. This is really an inexpensive and
ideally simple form of dress.
Such frock as this does not present
any great difficulties to the amateur,
for the skirt is simply laced in at the
waist, and falls in flowing lines, and the
fichu sometimes hides multitude of de-
ficiencies!
Embroideries. buckles and buttons
are all much used, and all those who have
some of these trifles put away will find
the fashion of to-day convenient one
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

e.
Made of brown chiffon. yelours and mink fastened
with old enamel buttons. and worn with beef
eater hat, trimmed with ostrich feathers to match
huge fur muffs! But such garments are
only suitable for carriage wear, and are
truly the exclusive property of la grande
dame.
Ermine is on an equality with sable
and is fetching fabulous prices. In fact,
the garments de luxe are composed of
sable lined with ermine.
Among cheaper furs there are very
smart. inexpensive boleros of beaver,
which is extremely effective. This fur
is used instead of moleskin.
fear it is a very expensive season as
far as furs are concerned. Somehow,
every available skin seems to be utilized
with such amazing rapidity that it must
good moleskin this year. Thus, with
skins dearer and the furrier's work more
elaborate than ever, it is useless to ex-
pect to be able to buy the better class fur
garment at low price.
Musquash is used for some of the bo-
leros with great effect. 1t is furry kind
of skin which l think is remarkably be-
coming, ana it is so we'll dyed that one
can hardly realize that it belongs to the
inferior order of skins
Possessors of sealskin will be glad to
know that once more it takes foremost
place in fashions list A favorite mix
ture is sealskin and ermine
However costly and sumptuous the bet
ter class fur garment of to-day may be,
manufacturers are able to produce the
most effective little short basque boleros
and loose sac coats at comparatively
small price.
When purchasing the cheaper skins
advise you not to attempt too much. For
instance, avoid imitation ermne or seal
skin. If you cannot afford the real where
these skins are concerned, it is better to
leave them alone.
Some of the smartest costumes are in
all black and black and white, especially
In the tailoring world, though brown is
much used for the country.
Some Of the most beautiful hats are
made in white chenille, covered with
black feathers. These, of course. are to
be worn with ermire, and have seen
some perfectly lovely house frocks In
white cloth with black panne trimminga
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

900 people 40 years Congressman Cannon
ago, and the best that congress can hope
to do is to watch with lynx-lille eyes
every avenue of expenditure, so as to save
all the money that Is possible. That is
the business of the appropriations COM
mittees of the house and the senate, and it
is business that keeps them thorouhgly
occupied from the beginning to the end
of a session.
tUncle Joe" Cannon, who has been
chairman of the appropriations commit
tee in the house for the last ten years has
combined the qualities needed in just
about the right proportion. He has been
watchful and economical without fail
ing to understand the needs of the coun-
try's growth, and while Uncle Joe has
hurt the feelings of great many mem
bers and caused countless heartburnings
by his rigid scrutiny of money bills, he
has contrived to keep the respect and adj
miration of the house so that both re-
publicans and democrats look up to him
as straight and square.
Sam Randall had much the same kind
of reputation while he was chairman of
the appropriations committee during the
period of democratic ascendancy. Ran
dali and Cannon have been the two great
chairmen of appropriations in the last 40
years. In the peculiar qualities which
go with that craftsmanship nobody else
has approached them, although such men
as Thad Stevens, Elihu Washburn, Henry
l.. Dawes and James A. Garfield have oc-
cupied the position
1t takes rugged honesty, great courage,
and fine business instinct to make an
appropriations chairman.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
How a steer 1. Divided.

Taking the estimates used at the Chi
cago stock yards as the rule, steer
weighing 1900 pounds will be divided as
follows: Waste matter, $40 pounds:
sides $3.50 pounds each). ego pounds:
liver, 10 pounds; heart. pounds; tallow
60 pounds; tongue, pounds; hide, 81
pounds; fertilizer materials, IA pounds:
dry blood, 4 pounds; bones, pounds:
horns, 2 pounds; hoofs, pounds; sim
ews, pounds; tail, 2 pounds; sweet
breads, 2 pounds. Some Flood, bone and
waste meat go into the fertilizer ma
terials and are included in that esti-
late. The condition OF the animal af
feoss the weights of the parts, fat steer
having more tallow than lean one.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
A Dog of Many Co1ors,

A dog in Belfast, Ireland, which he
longs to dyer, being naturally white,
takes any other color easily, and now
he gets a dip in one vat and then in
another, and he forms sort of canine
advertisement. 1t is fun to see the
dog, who is quite unconscious of his
distinguished condition, come up to
other dogs wagging his yellow head
and green tail, and the way that those
dogs, after regarding him out of the
corners of their eyes, tuck their tails
between their legs and "scoot."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
The Wide Range Of the
Winter Fashions ~ ~
Gossipy Notes Of the seasonable Modes as They,
Pass in Eeevieu,

There is no doubt that fashion has
changed tremendously, but although
these changes strike us forcibly now,
they have been creeping in for some time
past, surely if slowly.
For instance, most of us will remember
how, this time last year, the Partisan
couturieres tried to force the new Bur-
gundy shade, popularity known as wine
color, on the market. But it never got
much further than few leading ateliers
in Paris. Green and royal blue became
popular in its stead.
The pelerine has been gradually COM
ing in for the last two years, and so has
the full skirt. Nowadays, the modistic
eye dislikes any sudden change, and in
novations have to creep in by degrees.
Fashion at the present moment is ex-
tremely pretty, but there are two exag-
CREATIONS which ought to be avoided-one
is the sloping shoulder where it does not
suit, and the other is the very voluminous
sleeve.
Personally, think theextra fulness in
the skirt is becoming, and in many of the
DSSC 1l1ouSlS luS llpS dl hcpC 1dllly IL.
The fancy for ruchings, and particu-
larly those of travelled silk, is return
to the early Victorian period. They are
rather attractive and peculiarly quaint
All sorts of colored ruchings are used
as trimmings, and velvet, of course,
reigns supreme for best winter frocks.
One of the prettiest models l have
seen was in wine colored chiffon velours.
1t was made with a dropping collar of dull
gold, red and white embroidery edged
with heavy silken fringe. The velvet
was cut plain to the knees, then came
about seven rows of graduated ruchings
of travelled silk in a brighter shade. This
really was very sumptuous frock, and
was to be worn in company with large
shaped stole and granny" muff of ermine
and delicious 1880 velvet bonnet trim
med with shaded feathers to match.
How delightful are these granny" poke
bonnets covered with plumes and the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
DURABLE POULTRY HoUsE

three parts by a 12-inch board set
cdgeways. Under the roost is kept
chaff. In the middle aisle is kept
ear corn and water vessels. The door
goes in from the north side, the nest
drawers are made on both sides of the
door, wnicE makes it handy to gather
the eggs.
The front or south side has big
window In the middle above the floor
There are two small windows extend
ing out two feet from the house and II
inches high from the outside. A small
opening in the middle of the east side
is for the fowls to pass in and out.
This is nice house to build in the
orchard where the fowls have plenty
of green pasture IN the spring-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

If pure, unleached wood ashes could
be obtained plentifully, and at a mod
crate cost, they would give perhaps
more satisfactory results, as the ashes
are rich in potash and contain lime n
Its best form, and also serving well as
a protection against the attacks Of
some kinds of insects. Ashes can be
used without liability of injury on all
kinds of crops if. broadcasted ever the
soil, as many AS $50 bushels per acre
not being considered excessive on GER
tain soils, and they make better fer
tilizer for clover than barn-yara
manure. For fruit trees ashes cannot
be excelled.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
How to save Sorghum Fodder.

A writer in Iowa tells the Country Gen.
tleman how to save sorghum for stock
food. He says it should be cut only when
will be almost worthless, as there will
be little saccharine matter in it. This
constitutes the chief value of sorghum
for feed, and is stored in the stalk while
the seeds are developing. The best way
to handle sorghum is to cut it any time
after the seeds are black; rake, and put
in large shocks right away, and then let
it alone till wanted. for feeding. If man
aged in this way it will afford an i'm
mense quantity Of feed, good for all live
stock, and there will be no waste Don't
try to cure, but put in shocks green and
let it Sweat"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

Last winter | passec field where a
SIS plow was standing in the last furrow
made. There it had been standing for
months, red with rust Stock and han
dies were black with mildew. The mans
wagons were left in the yard. An expen-
sive reaper was divided, part in the yard
and part in the field. His farm was IN.
der mortgage for the fertilizer he had
used to make cotton enough to pay for
the tools and imn.ements he bought
T. ]. Clpstid, in Farm and IIoma
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

There is always something remarkably
chic about the black and white toilette.
even though it be only a shepherds plaid,
which, by the way, still continues most
popular for winter wear.
There is new form of Breton sailor
which is admirable for the country, sim
ply trimmed with queer wings in shad-
ings to match the frock.
The winter millinery is on show.
think milliners are always more in ad-
vance of fashion than anyone else. They
are also very ingenious in combining
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

Der of distinguished
survivors of the
civil war than will
probably ever get
together in one
place again. For the
list of great COM
manders is yearly
becoming smaller
and smaller. Only
two army COM
manders of the civil
war survive.-Sck.o-
field and o. 0. How
ard, and besides
these two there are
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
a. A1ks[lI F;E ll|1ls!((I:{t5|]l
A~6SSl SssszSS@s 4E
" sEz
AN OHIO HoG-HoUsE.
Large Enough to Accommodate froz
SO TO 20 Head for Feeding
and Sleeping.

My hog-house is "a by 80 feet, with
6-foot posts. 1t has five bents. We used
: by 6-inch timber for framing, as we
mad plenty Of small timber. 1t can be
built of plank just the same. The plan
send explains itself. A feedway 4
Ieet wide runs through the middle. The
partitions on each side of this feed
way are feet high, and are made to
swing over the troughs. There is post
1t each corner of the pens, and by
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

head of the appro-
priations commit
tee to become the
watch dog of the
treasury.
1t will be no I'M
usual thing to see
a Hoosier occupy
ing this position.
With very brief in
tervals one of them
has served as watch
dog ever since the
civil war. Generally
to be sure the watch
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

the Sherman status
there was none who
had a more interest
ing history than old
Dan Sickles, who
sat just by the presi-
dent on the stand.
Sickles is one of
the few men now
living who has a
public record that
dates back before
the civil war. There
Is nobody left in
either the senate or
tho house who hold
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE.
just the Thing for nm Orchard where
Fowls Have Plenty of Green
Spring Pasture,

Who can accommodate 100 fowls bet
ter within house IA by 16 feet and
six feet high, than the one here shown
The floor is two feet from the ground,
and the roost platform two and ONE
half feet from the floor, four and one
half feet VIDE and the whole length
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
American College Wells.

The American college "yell" is some.
thing Europeans, and particularly Eng
lishmen. never get used to. Their col
leges have no "yell," and the English
man does not see the fun of it at all
On the contrary. more than one
learned professor has endeavored to
prove that the yell is an Indian Wa
Wlocp
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

come unless the
country stops grow
ing.
Itmakes no differ
ence whether repub-
licans or democrats
are in control the
advance in appro-
priations is steady
and inevitable.
It costs more to
run a country with
80, 100000 PEG pie
than it cost to run
a country of 30,000,-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

and some other people made so much
talk about it that it was determined to
give them the flag So when the new is
sue was put out about six months ago
design was adopted for the two-cent
stamp which showed Stuart's portrait OF
Washington with a draped flag on either
side. The name Washington" appeared
Beneath the bust together Ttit..Ss he Cate
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

many people realize
that it is on the
stamp, and few peo-
pie have ever given
t h e m a t t er a
thought. But the
flag is there and it
has got to go.
The post office de-
partmen. got along
for over a hundred
years without print
ing a representation
of the stars and
stripes on a postage
S t a m p. Finally
e.,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

But never advise woman with linn
tied dress allowance to purchase in
different bijouterie.
Another revival is the early Victorian
lace veil known as fall" The lace
fall" is shown by the leading Ameri-
can milliners, but whether it will take
a firm hold | very much doubt OF
course, few elegant and beautiful
women who look charming in anything
may, for a short time, adopt quaint
old fashion of this kind, and once again
bring out the scented wells inherited
from their grandmotbers.
ELLEN cSMoNDE
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11

A good trough for little pigs can be
made of long, narrow and shallow box
of any kind. The first feed of wet bran
will make 1t milk tight.--Field and Farm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
TOLD IN WASHINGTON
The Talk of the Times in the Ma
tional Capital.
APPROPRIATION CHAIR MAN
Congressman Hemenwny, of Indiana,
Has Hard Task Before Him-The
Billion Dollar Congress Com
tnE-Other Capitol Gossip.

Washington.-Spea Cannon
has decided to put an Indiana man at the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
Gathered About Sherman.

The Sherman statue celebration
brought to Washington greater num-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
Distinguished old soldier.

OF all the men who came to Washing
ton on the occasion of the unwilling Of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
stamp Changes.

The American flag is to be removed
from the face of the postage stamp Not
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-11-11
Cost of Government

The "billion dollar year" mark has
not yet been reached, but it is bound to
Evening times-Republican., 1903-09-02
FIND STOLEN SILK.
Chief Of Police at Ottumwa Makes
Valuable Discovery.


Special to Times Republican.
Ottumwa, Sept. 2.-Over 400 yards OF
stolen silk valued at $500 was found
yesterday by Chief OF Police John w.
Gray and last evening man whom the
officers have no doubt was one of the
robbers was arrested. The goods were
stolen from the dry goods store Of
Hill & Co., at Bloomfield, last Tues
day night. Yesterday morning Chief
Gray became acquainted with the
fact that the goods were hidden near
the Wabash tracks in South Ottumwa.
He recovered the goods and telegraphed
the Bloomfield authorities to that ef-
feet. The sheriff from that place ar
on the o'clock passenger and tn.
chief had planned to cover the hiding
place Of the silks and catch the men
when they arrived. The train did not
arrive, however, owing to the Wa
bash wreck and Chief Gray notified
Officer Hess to get a man and go at
once to the place where the silks had
been found. The chief then started
for the place but he arrived too late
as the men were just boarding the
car as he got off at the end Of the
Sheridan avenue line. He learned that
they had been seen In the neighbor-
hood where the goods were hidden and
he Immediately tracked the men to
Erbacher's saloon on West Main street
One Of the men, August Neimyer, was
arrested there, but the other two had
made their escape.
Evening times-Republican., 1903-09-02
Failure of Hardin Democrats
to Place Full Ticket Causes
Some Surprise
PROBABLE COURSE: OF BoLTERs
A. w. Mitterer's Willingness to Accept
Nomination Depends Upon the Sup
port Which They May Give Him
Tom Walsh, DEFEATED Candidate,
Talked cf-Want Straight Ticket.

Special to Times Re publican.
Elflora, Sept. 2.-The democratic (?J
convention met in this city yesterday
as stated in last nights dispatches to
the T.-R. two candidates out OF
five We're rut in nomination for county
office. They We're William Weimer a
banker of Radcliffe, for supervisor, and
j. Is. Becker, a retired farmer of Ackley.
for treasurer. No nominations We're
made for representative, sheriff or SUI
permtendent of schools. A much larger
and more enthusiastic representation of
has beens" and would bes" We're
present than for many years DR.
Gethman, of this city was elected chair
man and r. A. Feist, of Iowa Falls, sec
retary. The chairman said that the
object OF the convention was to nomi-
nate two candidates for county office.
This was a surprise to some of the
delegates, who supposed that the con-
vention had been called to place in
nomination a full democratic ticket.
They soon found that the matter had
been cut and dried by ante-conven-
boiling republicans.
The boilers have rot yet held their
convention. What they will do is a
matter of speculation. 1t is a foregone
conclusion that the present republican
sheriff A. w. Mitterfr Will be strongly
urged to take the nomination for sher-
fff by a large number and 1t is said
that Mr.. Mitterer is decidedly willing
providing the boilers are unanimous for
him. Mr.. c. l.. Rogers, of Union, also
has strong following who are urging
his name for the place. Mr.. Tom
Walsh, the defeated candidate at the
primaries, is also talked of as pos
sible candidate. AS yet the name of
the independent candidate for superin-
tendent of schools has not been given
out.
Should the democrats succeed in
Mr.. Weimer, this fall, it would
give them a majority of the board of
and would enable them to
dispense the county printing and other
There Ii; some discussion among the
old line democrats at the action of the
and there Is talk of calling
a mass meeting of democrats to nom
mate a straight ticket This, however,
is not likely to be done. The majority
of the convention yesterday was decid-
edly in favor of fusion, on the theory
that they had everything to gain and
nothing to lose. With that end in view
a considerable sum Of money was sub
scribed and vigorous campaign will
be waged.
The real aim and hope OF the dem
ocrats is to gain a. majority on the
board of supervisors, and thus control,
to a large extent, The affairs of the
and if possible disrupt and
disorganiae the republican party in
the county.