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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Feeding Grain to Mich Cows or
Pastures.

From the Farmers Review: NY ex-
perience is limited in the line referred
to and | am governed by circum-
stances, If pastures contain large
per cent of protein, as alfalfa and
some of the clovers, and are sufficient.
ly luxuriant that a COW will fill IN
in an hour, do not believe a grain
ration is best. With grasses low in
protein, or where it requires constant
grazing to satisfy, it would justify to
supplement with grain Containing
good per cent OF protein provided
wheat bran could be bought at sl2
per ton and butter fat was worth II
cents. The above basis will do TO
figure upon, If you figure for immedi.
ate profit; if you consider the future
welfare of the COW go slow with con.
centrated feeds containing a large
per cent of protein. The last observa.
ton opens UP another question not
we'll understood nor appreciated and
could not be properly discussed here.
A. A. Adams. Shawnee county, Kan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Cloud of Locusts.


A Dutch traveller, Kurt Dinter, who
has just returned from southern Afri
ca, says that one day, while in camp
in Hottentot land, he heard a rushing
sound as If rain were falling in tor.
rents. Not far away it seemed to him
as II cloud had actually begun to
fall upon the earth. The cloud turned
out to be locusts. The planters and
cattle raisers soon appeared with their
men and gathered them in bags. They
smoked the insects to kill them, and
then dried them in the sun, after
which they were fed to the dogs,
chickens, pigs, goats and cattle. The
traveller found that oxen and horses
are especially fond of locusts, and get
fat and strong during the locust sea.
son, as do the natives, who also gorge
themselves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Match Spark Blinded Him.

Andrew Seranki of Homestead, Pa.
has been made totally blind in a most
peculiar manner. Four years age
while he was beside his brother John
the latter struck match to light his
pipe, when a particle of the flame few
into the left eye OF Andrew and de
stroyed the sight.
Recently Seranki himself struck a
match to light a cigarette, when a par
ticle of the match flew into his right
eye and so affected that eye that 1t Il
aid he will be totally blind.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
The Deaf Hear.

In New York 1t has just been sue
,essfully demonstrated that by the aid
If an electrical invention of Mr.. Mil
er Reese Hutchinson, young Ala.
,ama man, who has exhibited his ap'
,aratus in London, it becomes pos,
ible for deaf mutes to hear. The
,erfecting of the apparatus has taken
en- years The device is adjusted,
ust as spectacles are, to individual
,ases. There are 2S0 general adjust
nents and 2,700 minor adjustments. 1t
S said to be effective in all cases save
where the auditory nerve is paralyzed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Takina Il For Granted.


The night was warm and the porch was
wide
And the soft wind waited the musie's
tune,
As youth and maiden sat side by side
Meath the witching light of the sum,
mer moon.
Said the youth; There's a maiden l
dearly love;
she's as fair as the daybreak and pure
as gold
with a voice as soft as a cooling dove
And a mouth like bud with one leas
unroled.
The CLEAN of her eyes makes the star.
light pale,
And she's witty and clever well read
and bred"
The maids cheeks flushed at tris glow
ing tale
And love you. too" she said.
Love, Laur"ls and Laughter
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

=" EXPLANATION
Gated upon certificates of registry and
thus pass from owner to owner. as
constant means of Identification. AS
| in this system the marks, in case of
error, cannot be rubbed out, care is
required to secure accuracy. The op-
orator requires rubber stamp show
ing the ears unnotched With these
he can stamp first series of impress.
sions of the head and ears upon the
pages of record book and also upon
sheet of paper, notching and number
ing the impression in the book just as
he proposes to notch the ears of the
animals to be marked, making the
impression and marks also on the
sheet Of paper to correspond. Then,
with this duplicate sheet in hand,
when doing the work, he can be sure
to mark the animals exactly as shown
in his REGARD book. For numbering
polled cattle so that the markings
shall be reliable and permanent, the
plan indicated by the accompanying
illustration is presented.
The explanation is as follows:
n HOlCH III DOllOiu VI lCLl Cdi SquoiS
|; two notches equal 2.
A notch in top of left ear equals 3;
Two notches, 6; three notches, 8.
A notch in bottom of right ear
equals 10; two notches equal 20.
A notch in top of right ear equals
go; two notches 60; three notches 80.
A notch in end of left ear equals
100.
A notch in end of right ear equals
200.
A hole in end of left ear equals 400.
A hole in end of right ear equals 500.
A hole in bottom of left ear equals
1000.
| Numbers can thus be made from l
20 1000. The following is an exam
ole:
One notch in bottom of left ear. l
Two notches in top of left ear. 6
| One notch in bottom of right ear. 10
One notch in end of right ear. .... 200
lOLdl Il q
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

fms. These watches woro called
memento mort. Ono, which we give
the drawing of, was presented b,
Mary, Queen of Scots, as a token o.
her affection to, pretty Mary Seaton
her faithful maid-of,honor The watch
is in the form of skull, the dial oc
cupying the place of the palate, the
works that of the brain. The hours
were marked in Roman letters. and 6
small silver bell did the striking.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Cows on Cement Floors.

From Farmers Review; We have
about 25 cows at the Ohio State Uni.
versity that recline more or less, six
months in the year, on cement floors.
Thus far, rheumatism has not pre-.
vailed in our herd, within my knowl.
edge. have no evidence, from exper.
fence or otherwise, that corroborates
Professor Carlyle's view that cows
standing on cement floors become
rheumatic.-C. S. Plumb, Ohio State
University.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

The formation of large tree from
a minute seed is one of the most in
teresting and wonderful occurrences
in nature. 1t is important that the
fruit culturist should so understand
the process as to know what will has
ten 1t on one hand or retard it or the
other.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

She-"You used to sneer at men
who parted their hair in the middle.
But they don't seem to arouse your
contempt any more" He (sadly pass
ing a hand over his shining knob
mo, have no contempt for any man
who has hair enough to part any
where"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Bears Eat Workmen,s Dinners.

A hungry Catskill mountain bear
nd two halfgrown cubs ate up the
timers of score OF Philadelphia
mechanics who arrived the other
morning at the hotel on South Noun
ain to make repairs. The bears as
aped.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

Leghorns are natives of Italy, and
consequently arrive at the greatest
perfection in southern climate. They
stand the northern winters well, but
frequently suffer from the freezing OF
toes and combs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

"a two-cent stamp, please" said the
lady at the stamp window of the post
office. Yes, madam replied the
new clerk, who had just graduated
from a department store; will you
take it or have it sent?'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

Patient-"Are you sure / can stand
this operation" Doctor-"Why your
rating in Bradstreet is correct isn't
il 2"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Typhoid Spread by MIX.

The water supply is almost always
connected with outbreaks Of typhoid
fever Sometimes the connection is
indirect, as through milk. which has
been contaminated by contaminated
water supply. Could we but know the
facts, it would doubtless appear that
there are hundreds of local epidemics
each year that have been started by a
contaminated milk supply. Only last
fall we reported an epidemic in a
small village in northern Illinois,
which was due entirely to milk from
small dairy in the outskirts of the
village. About thirty cases resulted
and at least two deaths. Just now
typhoid is raging at Stanford Uni
versity in California and dispatches
say that 1t is due to milk from local
dairy. About 100 students are down
with the disease. The dairy that was
known to have been the cause for the
some other dairies under suspicion
have had to go out of business tenn
porarily. The fever has also appeared
in the university town of Palo Alto,
due probably to the use of the same
milk that started the disease in the
out of school. This is but another
costly lesson Of the danger of using
unclean milk. II there were no other
reason for waging war on dirty sur
roundings of the diaries, the readiness
with which milk conveys disease
should be sufficient.
Build SIos.
There are several very good reasons
why men should build silos, II they
have large numbers of cattle to feed.
There is less waste OF fodder when it
is preserved in the silo than when
taken care of in any other way. 1t
requires very much less room to store
in silos than in any other way. II is
claimed that when the fodder is dried
and stored in the barn 1t requires
three times the room it does when
stored in the silos. Silage is also more
valuable than the dry fodder for milk
production, just as June pasturage
gives more milk than dry hay. Silage
is as succulent and far more valuable
that roots. Silage keeps the digestive
organs of the cows in excellent con-
dition, and thus disastrous outbreaks
of disease are prevented. Silage can
be put up when it would be impos-
sible to cure the crop. on account of
wet weather IL is less troubla IN
get silage made right than it is to get
crop of corn in the glazing stage
cured properly. If silage is left over
in the spring it may be used for help
ing out the pasturage with the best
results, for it is even superior to good
pasturage. With silage there is no
sudden change from green to dry food,
which always means shrinkage OF
the milk flow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Mary Stuart's Watcn.

Many fanciful shapes have from
time to time been given to the external
cases of watches, but it is difficult tC
account for the peculiar taste which
prevailed some centuries ago for time,
pieces in the shape of skulls and cot
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

Mother-"9ou say your husband no
longer spends his evenings at the
club?" Daughter-"I soon broke him
of that" Mother-"Before going to
bed l put two easy-chairs close to-
gether by the parlor fire, and then
held a match to a cigar until the room
got a faint oder of smoke"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

A faithful Irish maid called upon her
former mistress, who, had recently
lost her mother. Och, NUM-" Nora
began, IAN the shwate lady's gone
Shure, OF niver knowed it till wake
afther tn buryin' She wuz loike wan
av me own, an" with a fresh burst
of tears-"there want nobody Old
rather how seen dead than yure dar-
lin ould mother
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

Good intentions are good interts tons
nothing more.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

In visiting places of interest in a
large city don't overlook the pawn
shops.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Odd Autograph.
W'N.:WN6

w. II. Hill writes his name so II
reads the same right side up or upside
down.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
II s sa,s sss. T ass Thompson's Eye Watsl
HOUSE WIVES
HEADACHES

You don't know
why you suffer
from headache
and you are apt
to believe you
have some dire
female trouble,
but its dollars to
doughnuts that
you are wrong.
Women are prone
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21

to put off the duties of Nature to
attend to the duties of the home
and when they do get time to go,
the feeling has passed.
Constipation results and then
the awful racking headache. Take
a spoonful of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Markina PoIIed cattle.


Thomas McFarlane, secretary of the
American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders
association, has the following to say
regarding the marking of polled ami,
mails: Cattle uniform in color and
without horns need permanent and
ready means of Identification. The
use OF ear tags, marked halters, tat
ooing. branding of body or hoof, etc.
nave not proved permanent nor en-.
tirely satisfactory. Notching the ears
of young animal marks it for life.
The hair grows over the marking, but
marks remain and can be readily dis
tinguir4ed. The objection to this
method are not serious when COM
pared to the advantages resulting
from certain Identification of the an
imal. Such ear marks can be dupli.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
rickets if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses everyday
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frnness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will it.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists.
9oo-4i5 Pearl Street. New YORK;
SOC. and fI.oO; ali druggists.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16
THE BODY RECOVERED
Man Drowned in Soap Creek Friday
Was o. w. Dunsmuir, of Salem.
Albany Herald.

The body Of Orson w. Dunsmuir,
of Salem, who was drowned in
Soap Greek Friday afternoon, was
found Saturday forenoon on the
opposite side Of the creek from
where he had driven into the stream.
The tracks plainly showed where
Mr.. Dunsmuir had driven into the
creek, presumably to water his
horse, and the bank being steep,
the horse and cart had slipped into
deep water. The cart turned over
and the horse was drowned. Mr..
Dunsmuir, after being thrown from
the cart, had evidently struggled
to get out and had almost reached
the bank when he sank. He had
on heavy rain coat and rubber
boots and was probably weighed
down SO that he was unable to
swim.
Mr.. Dunsmuir, who was a we'll
known stock buyer, was on his way
to his home in Salem from
trip to the Alsea Valley when
the unfortunate accident occurred.
He was expected to arrive
home Friday evening. His body
was brought to Albany Saturday
evening and was sent to Salem
Sunday morning.
A coroner's jury, convened at
the scene of the drowning by
Coroner VIM. S. Carey, of Polk
county, reported that Mr.. Duns-
muir had come to his death by
accidental drowning.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16
SAYS HE WAS SWINDLED
Dallas Man Answered Advertise
ments of "Sign-T -Tacking" and
"Letter-Copying" Firms.

The following letter, dated at
Dallas, and signed IA Sucker =
was printed in the Oregonian of
Friday last:
"To the Editor:
IL read in The Oregonian of
September 25, With considerable
interest the experience Of Mrs. Effie
Brandt with letter copying firms.
"Last Winter saw an ad Of like
character and my health being
poor | thought here was chance
to make a little fortune, as | am
quick with a pen. | received a
circular, etc., word for word as did
Mrs. Brant, although from a firm
in the East. sent my money and
upon receipt of instructions, found
| had got to swindle somebody else
before | got my 20 cents.
81 wrote the firm saying unless
my money was promptly returned
| would expose them through the
press, and they returned the cash
and wrote me I was one of the
smart kind and didn't know good
thing when offered me.
GAIL the cheap story papers are
filled with ads of a like character,
and SO per cent Of them are frauds.
There is another ad, running in a
great many papers, | would warn
people against, which reads like
this: Wanted-Men everywhere;
good pay; to distribute circulars,
adv. matter, tack signs, etc. No
canvassing.
"Not being satisfied with my
letter copying experience | wrote a
Chicago firm, who answered me
that upon receipt of So they would
enroll me upon their staff of
workers, send me a life certificate,
and supply me with all the work !
could do. | thought this was fair
deal. | sent my money and re-
ceived a beautiful certificate, etc.
They further wrote me that to give
the business business-like look it
was really necessary to have their
printed stationery and letters of
introduction to business firms, and
I was foolish enough to send IS for
the stationery, which | received
promptly. Result: I have not
received one cents worth OF work
from any source, and [ think the
less one has to do with such ads
the better.
"a SUCKER.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16
GOOD WORK FOR VALLEY
Hartman immigration Bureau Is
Sending Us Thousands of
Desirable Settlers.
Evening Telegram.

w. E. Conan, of the Southern
Pacific, and G. NJ Mckinney, of
the Hartman immigration Bureau,
returned this week from a trip
through the Willamette Valley for
the purpose Of procuring informa-
tion on thegrowth and development
Of the section and getting matter
for the future publication Of the
system.
Mr.. Mckinney is well pleased
with the manner in which the sec
tion has been growing. He says
that there is not a vacant place in
the whole section, and the people
are in most prosperous condition.
The last year has been the biggest
in the history Of the territory, and
the Roseburg land Office has had
the best year since Its establish
ment. The amount Of business
done is greater than that Of any
other land office in the country.
The register told Mr.. Mckinney
that at least -tenths of those
who took up land were from the
East and had come there during
the low rate period. Many farms
have been sold in the Valley.
Several of the men have come there
with families and gone out into the
country on their own account and
purchased farms. The past year
has been the greatest in the history
of the Valley, and it is expected to
duplicate it during the coming sea-
son. The bureau will send out a
great deal ofliterature and continue
on the missionary work to educate
the Fasteners Of the greatness Of
the Northwest.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16
BUSINESS is GROWING
CreSsy & Paddock Will Put Up
$4,000 Store Building at South
Bend, Washington.

The Pacific Mercantile Company,
of which w. P. Cressy is manager
and E. E. Paddock is secretary
and treasurer, is preparing to build
$4,000 store building at South
Bend, Wash. The company has
recently been re-organized, and the
president is J. w. Kleeb, wealthy
sawmill man and leading citizen
of South Bend. The Willapa Har-
Dor Pilot says:
"The estimated cost of the build
ing is in the neighborhood of
$4,000 and as both the interior
and exterior finishings are to be
ornate and of modern design, it
will be structure that would do
credit to a much larger city than
South Bend now is.
"The officers OF the company are:
J. w. Kleeb, president; w. P.
Cressy, vice president and manager;
E. E. Paddock, secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. Kleeb and Mr..
Cressy are we'll known residents of
South Bend and are among our
most enterprising, progressive and
public spirited citizens as well as
successful business men. Mr.. Pad
dock is personally known here only
from his brief and infrequent visits
to this place, but his reputation as
a successful business man of indie
pendence, Oregon, recommends him
to the confidence of our people.
who will be glad to know that he
is about to close out his large busi-
ness at Independence and take up
his residence in this city.
"South Bend is indeed to be con-
graduated on its good fortune in
securing the erection of this fine
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16
Old
Soldiers Subject to
Aches and Pains.
I Have My Share-l
Find Relief in
DIR. Miles Anti-Pain Pills
and Nervine.

81 can cheerfully recommend DR.. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills as flrst-class in every respect.
They have done wonders for me. l was a
soldier in the late war and am subject to and
have my share of the aches and pains from
the hardship that usually falls to the lot of
the soldiers who saw service. Anti Pain Pills
never fail to relieve the rheumatic twinges,
headache or other palms. A number of old
comrades IN this vicinity who have used DR..
Miles Restorative Tonic, Nervine and Nerve
and Liver Pills speak highly of their virtues
in every respect. My health is greatly i'm
proved, thanks to your Restorative Nervine,
with the exception Of an old wound which
troubles me somewhat" - TIMOTHY ].
LYNCH, 4th Regt. Maryland Vol. Init, The
Dalles, Oregon.
Rheumatic twinges, headache, and the
pains of a disordered stomach are frequent
reminders of the strain and hardships of an
army campaign. In all suchcases the nerves
are affected too seriously TO right themselves,
and prompt treatment is necessary. The best
treatment consists of Dr. Miles Restorative
Nervine, which restores vitality to the nerves
aud helps them to throw off various dis is1rders
which bring about pain and suffering. There
is nothing so good for the stomach and bow
els as DR.. Miles Nerve and Liver Pills. They
act directly upon the nerves Of the digestive
organs, speedily restoring them to normal
activity.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-10-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar J. Bryan
were down from Falls City, Tues
day.
Chas. Belt, druggist and ex-
postmaster, of Dallas, was a carnival
visitor this week.-McMinnville
Telephone-Register.
J. NJ. Campbell will go to Palouse,
Wash, next week, to visit his
sister, Mrs. w. c. Kennedy. He
will also visit Milo Hubbard and
family, in Pullman, before return
ing home.
R. S. Conner, who has been in
Washington on business is lying
very sick at a hospital in Spokane,
with but slight chances of recovery.
His ailment is dilation of the heart.
His family, who live in San Jose,
Cal, will soon be at his bedside.