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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

Chicago Has New Dairy Laws.
The Chicago city council has just
passed some new and stringent laws
relating to the milk traffic. There
mas been for a long time much COM
plant OF the very loose way in which
milk was bought and sold in that
city. Its handling was orten conduct
ed under conditions that were likely
TO make milk conveyor of disease.
Moreover, in some of the poorer To-
calities the milk sold for whole milk
many cases 1t was so nearly sour that
its use for children's food resulted in
much sickness and some mortality.
The new laws create a milk and
food department in the board Of
health. One Of the most startling In
noyations is the rule that all cans
containing skim milk shall be paint
ed bright red This is because the
sale of skim milk has been largely
conducted under the pretense OF sell
ing whole milk. 1t Is not desired to
prevent the sale Of skim milk, but
only to prevent it's sale as unskimmed
milk. The cleanliness of cans and
other milk-holding utensils is to be
rigidly enforced.
Mixtures of any two or more Of the
following articles is prohibited:
Whole milk, SKINNED milk cream,
condensed milk and buttermilk. Cans
containing any one Of the foregoing
are required to be labeled in three
inch letters. The caps of bottles are
similarly required to be stamped. The
test provided for milk is per cent
butter fat and 9 per cent other solids,
total of IL per cent solids. For
cream the minimum fat must be 10
per cent. No skim milk can be sold
If it contains less than S5 per cent OF
solids, including butter fat. Watered
milk, adulterated milk and impure
milk will not be permitted to be sold
at all, nor can the milk be sold from
cows diseased or kept in filthy con
dition or fed on slops or refuse. Any
attempt to sell such milk will result
in fine of from S. to 5000. Impure
or condemned milk must be des
troyed. Cow stables must be washed
daily and diseased animals must be
kept away from the well ones. Refuse
matter must not henceforth be stored
. in diaries.
AS a notice that the laws adopted
Monday last are to be enforced, the
milk inspectors on Tuesday seized
twelve cans of watered milk and
poured their contents into the gutter
The men that sent them cannot be
fined, as they are outside the jurisdic
ton of the city. 1t is doubtful, how
ever If they send any more watered
milk to Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

event For, though not spoken o.
there was firm belief and promise o.
a meeting again in the future moi
very far off. Israel held his little
daughter to his heart, and then laid
her hand in Cluny's without word
the charge was understood. Wher
the last few minutes came, and the
men were trooping to the anchor, Doc
tor Verify raised his hands, and the
three or four in the dim, small cabin
knelt around him, and so their fare
well was prayer and their parting q
blessing.
Israel and Doctor Verify walked
away together, and for mile neither
of them spoke a word. AS they came
near to Sandy's, however, Israel said
1T is a short farewell, John. II
will be my turn next"
Il shall go when you 60"
ITO the Massachusetts Colony?"
Eyes. l am ready to go when the
time comes"
1T Is not far Off"
"A few months at the longest"
He is very ill?'
THE foundations of his life are
shaken, for he lives not in his power
or his fame, or even in the work set
him to do. No, no, Oliver lives in
his feelings. They are at the bottom
of his nature all else is superstruc
ture. And Fairfax, as well as Lambert
and others, think they can fill great
divers place!-no man can"
For that very reason, when he de.
parts, l will away from England.
have no heart for another civil war.
will draw sword under no less a gen.
eral than oliver"
Good night, John"
Good night, Israel Have you told
Martha?"
Not yet. She will fret every day
till the change comes. Why should
we have a hundred frets when a dozen
may do?"
But when Israel went into Marthas
presence something made him change
his mind. The mother had been weep.
ing, and began to weep afresh when
she saw her husband. He anticipated
her sorrowful questions, and with an
assumption of cheerfulness, told her
how happy and hopeful Jane and
Cluny seemed to be. 1T did not feel
like a parting at all, Martha" he
said, land indeed there was no neec
for any such feeling. We are going
ourselves very soon now"
The words were spoken and could
not be recalled, and he stood, in a
moment, ready to face the storm they
might raise. Martha looked at her
husband with speechless wonder and
distress, and he was more moved by
this attitude than by her usual garru.
lous anger. He sat down by her side
and took her hand, saying:
(To be continued)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
WENT TO DUsS INSTEAD.
Chorus Girls Quick Wit Got Her an
Enhancement.

Engagement
John Duss, the western Pennsyl
vania musical director, who came to
New York two years ago to battle
with prejudice and harsh critics, has
had his hearing, and is not found
wanting.
For his summer season Mr.. Duss
has secured Madison Square Garden,
and such artists as Nordica, De
Reszke, Campanari, Blauvelt and
Scott will assist him. A chorus Of
1000 voices will be heard in large
choral works.
For this chorus there are many ap-
plicants. A young woman tripped
lightly into the presence of Mr.. Duss
a few weeks ago, requesting a posi-
lion in the chorus.
What experience have you had?"
asked the bandmaster.
I've sung in church choirs, in the
chorus of a comic opera, and recently
on the vaudeville stage, singing rag
time and coon songs" said the appn.
cant, proudly.
"A case of from good to bad to
worse, surely" remarked Duss, with
some sarcasm.
MY mother said was going to the
D." whimpered the girl, "and so I
thought I'd make a change"
Are you going to keep on going to
the d." questioned the musician
more considerably.
Yes, if d. stands for Duss," said
the girl, eagerly.
Duss engaged her-Boston Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
HODTTCI II N D

Locating the Peach Orchard.
In spite of the disasters experienced
by peach growers during the last
fve years, peach orchards are be.
Ing planted In considerable numbers
and on large areas. This Is a wise
thing to do, as big crop now ana
then help to average up the lean
years and the years when the freezes
destroy large areas of peach orchards
Gradually localities are being found
In most Of our states where the dis
asters come rarely and where crops
OF peaches are common.
Soil for peach orchards may be
OF almost any character, except
swampy. Wherever situated it should
contain enough sand to permit of q
sort OF natural drainage about the
roots. Where there is a hard, COM
pact clay beneath, peach trees should
not be planted, as the roots Of the
trees find it difficult or impossible to
penetrate 1t and are compelled to feed
only In the surface soil. When the
water in the surface soil is gone, the
roots are exposed to the drouth.
When they go into winter in this
condition they are more easily affect.
ed by the cold. 1t is now believed
that moisture in the soil has a very
important influence in bringing trees
through severe winters unframed. In
addition, where there is a hard pan
that will hold water, some of the
trees will most likely be set in basins
that will keep their roots immersed
for weeks during the wet weather.
This often results in the destruction
of the tree, as the roots of peach trees
must have air as we'll as water to
enable them to grow. The texture
Of the subsoil has much to do with
the success of the peach orchard. 1t
must not be so impervious to water
as to hold 1t for long periods and 1t
must not be so porous as to permit
it to leach away too readily. The soil
should be loose enough to permit the
passage of water but must be close
enough to Keep the law Of capillary
attraction in operation. A good
peach soil Is neither too rich nor toe
poor. A too rich soil gives wood
growth at the expense of fruit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
Reducing Water in Butter.

In order to decrease the water con-
tent where it is necessary, the follow
ing rules should be observed, says a
Swedish buttermaker.
Churn at low temperature, wash
the butter thoroughly and drain well.
Add the salt before the working is
commenced. After the salt has been
added, do not work the butter more
until after it has become hard, prefer
ably the next morning. but then
thoroughly and not in too large pieces.
Place the butter in an ice box or
refrigerator after the first working
and not in water. At all times in
making and working the butter the
quality must, of course, be considered
in the first place and the water con-
tent only in the second. High water
per cent Is no hindrance for high quail
ity but must not be gained at the
expense of the quality. AS one Of
the requirements for high water per
centage is that the butter Is to be
worked while 1t is still soft, the butter
after 1t is packed in tubs must neces.
sarily be kept at low temperature. II
there are no affective means for COOL
ing the butter at hand, method of
working must be employed, which, at
the expense of the water content.
gives the least grain to the butter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
POULTRY
The Production Of an Egg.


Anyone. upon opening after death
the body OF hen, will find cluster
OF eggs in formation much like a
bunch OF grapes, and called the ova-
rum (see cut). These, however, are
but rudimentary eggs, says the Agri-
cultural Gazette of New South Wales.
Each OF these eggs is contained with
in thin, transparent sac and at.
tached by narrow pipe or stem to
the ovary. These rudimentary eggs
have neither shell nor white, con-
sisting wholly of yolk, on which floats
the germ of the future chicken; and
as they become larger and larger they
arrive at a certain stage when. by
their own volition, weight or other
cause, they become individually de-
tached from the bunch, and fall into
a sort of funnel leading into pipe
or passage way called the oviduct--
this organ in the hen being from 22
to 26 inches long. During the pas
sage of this egg or ovum to the outer
world 1t becomes coated with success
sive layers of albumen-the white
which is secreted from the blood-ves-
sells Of the oviduct in the form of a
thick gliary fluid, and is prevented
from mixing with the yolk by the
membrane or sac which surrounded 1t
before it became detached from the
cluster. 1t is also strengthened by
a second and stronger membrane,
formed around the first Immediately
after falling into the funnel, and hav.
ing what is like two twisted cords OF
a mere dense albuminous character,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
WHY Ruttermakers Quit.

1t Is a fact, think, that butter.
makers leave the business after a
shorter period of service than men do
in other lines of business. for we see
very few old buttermakers. Is it not
that the daily grind gets monoton-
GUS, and the risk of ones health in
the too ccten unsanitary conditions
that surround the creameries forces
itself on the buttermaker's attention
and reminds him that he can stand
but few years of such labor? He
reflects on the early rising, and the
long days he has to put in in order
that everything shall be ready for the
next days run, and the uncertainty
that he should be so fortunate as to
remain in one place for any length OF
time, and that when the time does
come when he will be unable to get
around with his old time vigor that
his employer will be casting around
to find another man for the place,
forgetful of, the responsibilities which
have been so manfully borne, and the
fact that through him alone was the
success of the business possible. S.
Moore .,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
Jane knew how to comfort Matilda.

"Oh, indeed it's very we'll to cry,
poor Stephen, when he is beyond
your pity. You might have pitied him
when he was alive, that would have
been something to the purpose. All
his short, unhappy life has been one
constant battle with Puritans and pow
erty. Oh. how | hate those Stuarts!
| am thankful to see you can weep for
him, Jane. I think you ought. God
knows he loved you well, and most
! thanklessly. And he is the last, the
last de Wick. Root and branch, the
de Wick tree has persisted. l wish |
could die also"
And Cymlin, Matilda?"
Il shall marry Cymlin-at the prop
er time"
You may have sons and daughters"
Il hope not. l pray not. have had
sorrow enough. My father and his
three sons are a good ending for the
house. 1t was built with the sword,
and it has been destroyed by the
sword. No, Jane, the line of de Wick
is finished. Cymlin and / will be the
last Earl and Countess de Wick"
And Prince Rupert?"
rs a dream from which I have
awakened"
But he may still be dreaming"
Rupert has many faults, but he is
man of honor. My marriage to
Cymlin will be a barrier sacred to
both Of us. Our friendship can hold
itself above endearments. You need
not fear for Cymlin; Matilda de Wick
will honor her husband, whether she
obeys him or not. Cymlin is formed
for power and splendor, and he will
stand near the throne"
IF there be a throne"
"Of that, who now doubts? Crom
, we'll is falling sick, and you may fee
God save the King in the air. If you
had married Stephen, he would have
: been alive to join in the cry. coulc
weep at your obstinacy, Jane"
, Let it pass, dear. l was sucked OF
: Puritan milk. Stephen and l neve
} could have been one. My fate was t.
go to the New World. Stephen ha
. escaped this sorrowful world and
2 "Oh, then, would he were here
= This sorrowful world with Stephen il
y it was better world than It is with
s out him. Jane, Jane, how he love,
+ you!"
= And | loved him, as a companion
e friend, brother, If you will. When yo
7 lay his body in de Wick, cast a tea
S and flower on his coffin for me. Go
d give him peace"
s At length their farewell" came
n The last words between them wer
d soft and whispered, and only thos
e sad, loving monosylables which ar
y more eloquent than the most fervi
* protestations. And so they parted
Is forever in this life.
A. The next afternoon Jane and Clun
II rode through London streets for tn
n last time. On the ship they foun
n James father, Doctor Verify and 81
J. Thomas Jeyery. There were no tear
Id at this parting; nor any signs of Sol
s. row; every one seemed resolved [
regard 1t as a happy and hopefl
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
Hoqs on Sweet Potato as.

Bulletin 122 of the Alabama Sta.
ton says: From November 13 to De.
cember IS, 1900, period of 35 days,
two shoats were penned on sweet po-
tatoes growing on poor sandy soil, and
furnished daily per head with two
pounds ground corn and one pound
ground cowpeas, which was regarded
as a half ration. The total weight at
the beginning of the test was 23l
pounds, and during the five weeks The
two shoats made a total gain of 67
pounds, requiring besides sweet po-
tatoes, S.13 pounds of grain per pound
OF growth. The potatoes were not
eaten with much relish, and after be.
ing rooted up they were left on the
surface, some of them remaining there
until they decayed Probably the
waste would have been less If less
grain had been fed. The composition
of the sweet potato leads us to expect
that 1t would be advisable not at any
time to confine shoats to sweet po-
tatoes alone. but to give them while
on the potato field little heterogeneous
food. such as cowpeas. peanuts. etc.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
Value of Stable Manure.

In a recent report of the Oklahoma
station Director Fields makes the fol-
lowing statements regarding the value
OF stable manure, which apply to 9TH
er portions of the country as well as
to Oklahoma:
On the outskirts of every town in
Oklahoma may be seen a collection OF
manure piles tht have been hauled
out and dumped in waste places. The
plant food in each ton of this manure
Is worth at least $2-that is what
eastern farmers pay for similar ma
terial, and they make money by doing
1t. And yet, almost every liveryman
has to pay some one for hauling the
manure away. This is simply be-
cause farmers living near these towns
are missing chance to secure some
thing for nothing-because, perhaps,
the profit is not directly in sight. But
from most soils there is handsome
profit possible from a very small APP
plication of stable manure
On the farm of the Oklahoma Agri.
cultural Experiment station is an acre
that has been in wheat for eight
years. 1t had never been MANFRED.
In the fall OF 1898 one-half of the acre
was MANFRED at the rate Of 10 tons
per acre and the other was left un-
MANFRED. When the crop was har-
vested, in the summer Of 1899, the
manfred piece yielded at the rate of
30 bushels per acre and the unma.
nured yielded but IL bushels per acre.
An increase of Is bushels Of wheat
was secured the first year from an ap-
plication Of is tons of stable manure.
II all Of the effect of the manure were
exhausted the first season there were
Is bushels Of wheat to pay for hauling
about 10 loads of manure. But the eff
feet is lasting and extends through a
period of several years.
Here is feasible plan to increase
the wheat crop: Put every bit Of ma
nure obtainable into the soil. Eight
cen hundred bushels of wheat will
pay for one man and team hauling
manure for $50 days and the profit is
directly in sight.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
CHAPTER xvI.-continued,

For Matilda had concealed every
fault and every unkindness by her
prompt action in the matter of Lord
Neville, and Jane had been loving and
praising her for it, until the sweet
ness of their first affection was be-
tween them. And Matilda enjoyed
praise; she liked the appreciation of
her kind deed, and was not therefore
disposed to make light or little of
what she had done, or of it's results.
And, pray, how comes my lord on
towards recovery"
Slowly. Life was nearly gone
body and mind were at deaths door
but he can walk little now, and in
two or three weeks we are going
aWay,-far away,-we are going to my
brothers in the Massachusetts col
Ony"
You will come back?"
Il think it is unlikely. Father feels
change approaching The Protectors
health is failing rapidly; he is dying,
Matilda"
IF he dies?-'
Father will leave England as soon
as Cromwell is in his grave Cymlin
will keep old Swaffham fair, for Gym
Jim will never leave England while
you are in it."
And you can bear to talk of leav-
ing England in that calm way, with
out tears and without regrets. Jane,
1T is shameful it is really wicked"
Dear Matilda, do not be angry at
me because | had to do what | had
to do. l was married to Cluny three
days after he came home. We all
thought he was going to die, and he
wished me to be his wife. Now did I
not do right to marry him when and
how. he wished?"
Yes" she answered. but her face
and voice showed her to be painfully
affected. Jane, cannot bear to lose
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you. | shall have no one to love me,
no one to quarrel with" she added.
You will have Cymlin."
"Cymlin is Cymlin; he is not you.
will say no more. When a woman is
married, all is over"
Then Jane rose to go, and Matilda
tied her bonnet strings and straighten-
ed out her ribbons and her gloves,
doing these trifiing services with
long-absent tenderness that filled
James heart with pleasure. Good
bye, dear" she said with kiss; Il
will come as often as | can"
VERY kind of you, Lady Neville, y
answered Matilda with curtsy and
a fearful mockery; very kind indeed!
But will your ladyship consider"
then she broke down and threw her
arms round Jane, and called her "a
dear, sweet, little Baggage" and babe
her give Cluny some messages of
hope and congratulation, and so part
ed with her in a strange access of af-
lection. But true friendship has these
moods of the individual and would not
De true WITHOUT Inem
Jane walked home through the city,
and it's busy turmoil struck her as
never before. What a vain show it
was! A passing show, constantly
changing. And suddenly there was
the galloping Of horsemen, and the
aside, while Cromwell, at the head
of his guards, rode at an easy canter
down the street. Every man barred his
head as the grand, soldierly figure
passed cy. He saw Jane, and a swift
smile chased away for a moment the
sorrowful gravity of his face But he
left behind him a penetrating atmos
phere of coming calamity. His glori
Gus life was closing like a brillian
sun setting in stormy sky.
The fifteenth of May had been Sc
for his assassination. Cromwell knew
all the secret plans of this conspiracy
knew every member of it; and on tn
afternoon when Jane Swaffham say
him passing up London streets, s.
,stern and scornful, he had just order
ed the arrest of one hundred of then
Jane heard constantly of thes
events, but her heart had closer inteI
ests. The ship which was to carr
Cluny and herself to America wa
lying at the wharf nearly ready fo
sea. There were to be no other pa,
sengers; Cluny and Jane alone wer
to find in its black-ribbed cabin the
home for many weeks, perhaE
months. A recent experience ha
proven the necessity for this exclu
ion of strange elements. Early
June, Israel had taken Ciuny to b
farewell TO his old General, and IL
meeting had tried both men severel
AT its close Cromwell went to a des
and wrote few lines to the oficia
of the Massachusetts Colony; in thel
commencing Lord Neville to the
kindness and care. His hands trel
bled-those large. strong hands-trel
.bled as be gave the letter to Clun
Then he kissed him once more, al
with Farewell" that was blessin
he turned away, weeping.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
Eattenina Horses for Sale.

Fattening horses so that they will
reach market in good condition for
sale is quite an important industry in
some regions, says C. F. Langworthy.
For instance, in Iowa, there are a
number of feeders who thus prepare
large numbers of horses for the Chi
cago market, and officials of the Iowa
Experiment Station have gathered
some data on the subject. The gen.
eral practise is to feed generously and
give little exercise. With proper feed
ing and care, as many as a dozen
horses of lot fed for market have
in some instances made an average
gain of 3.75 pounds per head per day
Somewhat larger gains have been
made under exceptional circumstances.
throughout a period of ninety days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

TIE OyIAxY AND OvIDucr OF LAYING HHn
called by anatomists chalazes. which
pass quite through the white at ths
ends, and being, as it were, embed
ded therein, thus preventing the yolB
and germ from rolling about when
the egg is moved, and serving to
keep the germ urpermost, so that IL
may best receive the heat impaired
during incubation. 49,
1t is during the passage of the egg
through the lower part Of the owl
duct that it gets covered with the two
skins which are found inside the
shell. These, although lying close
around the egg, at the thick end be
come separate, and form what is
called the air-bubble or chamber
When the egg has advanced more
than halfway down the oyiduct, il
is still destitute Of shell, which be
gins to be formed by a process OF
secretion, and wnen about completed
the various shades of brown and tint
ed coloring matter Is impaired in
those breeds in which colored eggs
are peculiar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
To Keep MILK Cans Clean.

From Farmers Review: On return
of cans from factory, empty at once.
wash cans thoroughly with warm
water, then put in boiling water, put
covers on, let stand five minutes,
empty and wipe dry, put in sun and
let stand until milking time, rinse with
cold water and use. In case the cans
should be sour, add teaspoonful of
soda to the boiling water.-H. H. Nor
mey. Van Buren, County, Michigan.