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Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
Claims His Mind /. , sI.n,k.

Gusby. the negro charged with
| ah0ottng ". o. Gates at Portal, claims
hat his mind is blank.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
Killed IN Texas OH Fjelas

o. c. Hon of Fargo was accidentaIlv
Killed in the Batson oil fields in Texas.
Eesumabfy by Z dynamite explosion.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
Monday. Nov. 2.

The crown princess of Korea died al
Seoul Saturday night.
There was heavy fall OF snow
through the Catskill mountain region
Saturday night.
Mason Long, well known temper.
ance lecturer and author, is dead az
Fort Wayne. Ind.
The japanese reservists resident ID
the Philippine islands have been
called to the colors. Their number E
estimated at 600.
The basing price OF whisky has
again dropped from s1.2i to s1.2S, q
drop b. successive stages OF cents ~
about two months.
General Jesse X. Finley, one OF tns ~
few surviving brigadier generals " y.
the Confederate army, died at LaAe
City, Fla, Sunday, aged ninety-tWo.
A man born in q European coul.;
Of Chinese father and Engnsa
mother may not be deported from tas iN
United States under the Chinese a es
clusion act. according to an op'nvoa
handed down by Judge Holt IN ,,!~ tas
United States district court OF Ne'
York.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
North Dakota to the Front.

North Dakota's fine exhibit AT the St
Louis exposition Won more prizes than
many states that had expended many
times the money.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
Tuesday, Nov. Q.

The Russian volunteer feet steama
Voronej. loaded with coal and pio.. s.
sions. has passed through the ~
phorus bound for the Nediterrsne..a.
E. n. Fowler. formerly Of Dell%;s !.
Mich. who had extensive Interests - =
Minnesota. and whose fortune vas ].
least S35, ,0O0. 900. is dead at Pasaoen''
Cal. !.
The trial Of Nan Patterson, W. W.
has been in the Tombs prison s.n.i
last June charged with the muros. ,,s :
Caesar Young. WIN begin in New 'D'
Five dead and several senocsI;|
hurt made up Sundays toll whfcn -
cago paid to accidents Of val i
kinds. Two Of the dead and mos' II
the injured are children. -.
Two Nonesses. two monkeys, ~
ostriches and q zebra, which were ~ ~
eented by King Nenelik Of Abys.tss.s
to the president oe the United Sun ~
arrived at New York Monday oo -
Atlantic Transport linz steam
4inneapoltA
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
WIN Extend Waahhurn L;n.-

The 500 will extend the washburn
sntlway b6voud Uhdervo6a.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10

NaaSa: hill IS one Of the ex5ens:Te
senie:-ele c. TORS defending Port Az
thu.. Il is situated IL about he cen
te. OF tie seoi-ci-c!e. between the
Anlss mountain forts aod SuaEeow
io-t. which ;s situated OF 81 5.o:1;ng
hill. TIE capture CT Wa1.s! Ill. i:
has t@a qo.l,e= OF. 4 dispatches
from To.. -A..aI--, means lie a:T.5:2z
OF .5e ezs.eE fortified -iGs=. TIE
japanese La previously snG c-su:-
cess:u... a--sc:.e- Wa-.si hill. sa-c:cu-
larry during -1e .a..a- part 0. August
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
SPLIT LINE OF DEFENSE
JAPANESE CAPTURE ONE OF TaE
sEMi-clRcLE OF FORTS AT
PORT ARTHUR.

Toxic. Nor. 5.-Is is reported .hat
the japanese asve occupied Wantai
hill. sunk several transports a26 lave
Sc. i-e 20 6 bat-leship a. Port Arthur.
There IS 10 confirmation Of the report.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10

President Roosevelt has proclaimed
Thursday. Nos. y. as Thanksgiving
Gay
E.::.a@uel u. Friend, one OF New
Yo.A's prominent criminal lawyers. is
dead.
Tie y:ce:o: cs Marking. Ii Hsing
Ji.. formerly Chinese minister TO
Ja.san. Is "a
Secretary o: the Treasury Shaw
spoke % a ,:::se crowd at Louisville,
Ky. TUESDAY night
japanese ....:-.:s;a. Takahira. who
was o9c:a:ea; o. for appendicitis in
New Yo.ls i showing slight improve z.
ment
Joa-. &. k...:::::. :f-z, viee president OF
Kirk {. Co. ot Chicago. died at the
Hotel "'o,eo,t in New York city Tues.
day ate: 5-;e: illness
George Rookie. sisty.two years old
who at ore time claimed 10 be middle
weight champion pugilist of the world
is dead in Newark IN. J.) hospital.
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
Friday. Nov. 4

The Bond government continues tn
gain seats by the Newfoundland ren.
efal election. ee"
The condition of the pope not hav.
ing improved DR.. Lapponi insists that
MS holiness shall give no audiences
for the present. 'eA'ee
The cope stolen from the cathedra,
at Ascoli. Italy. has been presented tn
the Italian government by ]. Piernont NJ
Morgan, who purchased it.
Secretary Hay is confined 10 h;e
nome by cold which. while not seri. I
ous, makes it prudent for him to saa -.
main indoors for day or two
The German foreign Office authorize,
the Associated Press to say thar Co.. .
many has no agreement with sno;n
whatever respecting joint pro,ect;nn ,n
OF their interests in Santo Dominso
The German government is in fn,,
sympathy with the proposal Of the the
United States for a treaty Of arh,trs.
ton between the United States Ds ana
Sefmany and there Seems mo- doubt
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
Thursday, Nov. 3.

An arbitration treaty between the
United States and Italy is being nego.
tiated.
Regulations of the civil service
commission are TO be applied. so far
as may be practicable, to employees of
the Panama canal commission.
The condition o: kogoro Takahira,
the japanese minister. who was oper.
ated on for appendicitis last Sunday,
Is considered very favorable by his
physicians.
Lumber receipts at Bay City. Mich,
from Canada during October to,alled
15.2eq,9oo feet. the aggregate for the
season being s7.6o0.000 feet, somewhat
less than last year.
Prices OF al! grades OF coal have
been advanced 35 cents a ton a, PITTS.
burg as result of the increased de.
maud for coal and the strike of ensi.
neers IN Illinois, which has practically
closed all the mines in that state.
II is reported in Portland lore ,
railroad circles that E. H. Hartman
has purchased the Columbia Southern
railroad. running from The Dalles to
Snaniko, distance of seventy miles
The price paid is said to he 81 am mn
Courier Democrat., 1904-11-10
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday, Nov. 2.

President Roosevelt has proclaimed
Thursday. NoT. %: as Thanksgiving
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
POULTRY
White plymouth Rocks.

The question frequently arises In
ones mind, What advantage is there
in raising the White Plymouth Rock?"
This breed, as developed to-day, has
SO many good qualities that 1t would
seem that any one of them would be
sufficient reason for a mans breed
ing them. l believe that this breed is
preferable to all others. | have been
in the poultry business for thirty
years and during that time I have
bred, raised and sold many thousands
OF fowls. have tried about every
breed one could think Of, yet none
have given me the results that have
obtained with the White Plymouth
Rocks. One OF the great advantages
in raising them is the large number
OF eggs they produce. There is no
fowl that will produce more eggs in
twelve months than a well-bred White
Plymouth Rock. These birds mature
early, becoming OF broiler size in six
weeks. and the pullets begin to lay at
five months Of age. They are excel.
lent as market fowls and for the table.
giving a full, plump. round carcass
The feathers from a White Plymouth
Rock command price of from thirty
two to thirty-eight cents per pound.
while the feathers from parti-colored
fowl are worth only six to eight cents
per pound. This is another good rea-
son why one should raise White Ply.
mouth Rocks. During the last FIVE
years have raised and sold over TO-
600 White Plymouth Locks, having
shipped them to nearly every quarter
of the globe. Every person that breeds
them likes them and they do wen in
every climate, proving them to be
entitled to the claim to be the best
generalpurpose fowl.
U. r. Fisher,
Bartholomew County, Ind.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Wood ArtificialIy Hardened.

After a prolonged series of expert
ments method of treating timber so
as to secure even from soft wood a
largely increased toughness and hard
ness has been found. The process
has been described as yulcanizing,
comparable in some respects to that
of the Bessemer process for convert
ing iron into Steel and is the inyen-
ton of Mr.. Powell. a Liverpool mer-
chant.
Roughly speaking, the treatment to
which the timber is subjected is that
of saturation at boiling point with a
solution of sugar, the water afterward
being evaporated at high temperature.
The result is to leave the pores and
interstices' of the wood fillei in with
solid matter, and the timber vulcan
lied, preserved and seasoned
The nature of moderately soft wood,
it is claimed, is in this way changed
to tough and hard substance, with
out brittleness. and also without a
tendency to split or crack. 1t Is also
rendered remarkably impervious to
water. Hard wood similarly treated
derives similar benefit. 1t is claimed
that the process may be completed and
the timber turned out ready for use
n a few days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Hit or Miss in Turkey Raising.

Many years ago l made the state
ment that turkeys are hard to raise.
After twenty years of experience / am
still Of the opinion that a Zig flock OF
turkeys at selling time Is Just as it
happens" In the last twenty years
have raised over 1000 bronze turkeys,
and perhaps lost half hat number.
One year l would raise nearly all
hatched, and the next year, with the
very same feed and care would lose
nalf. | could not see why this should
be. 1t looked as if they had rather
die than live. l. kept the lice off, fed
them on wheat bread soaked in water,
with black pepper and onion tops
shaved fine, wheat, corn chop and curd
made from clabbered milk; and while
some throve others 8, emed to die
from choice. But was never so d.s-
couraged but that when spring came
| was not anxious to try again for a
good flock. | have raised as high as
$40 in a season. Then | thought I
would not exchange my business for a
little gold mine. But at other times.
when have had only 35 or 40 to sell
in the fall, it was not SO nice. 1t is
no trouble to sell a fine bronze COB
bier at IS, $3.50 or even $40 these
days. think it pays to keep trying.
have bred turkeys that scored as
high as 81 points, and won highest
honors in many shows. I am no ex-
Donent of successful turkey raising"
and still think it ''hit or miss"
Jennie Ferry, Lincoln Co., no.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Laying the Dust Ghost.

The Wesrumite process of fighting
the dust plague due to automobiles
was experimental upon with such
marked success at Bordeaux last
year, and in the early spring of this
year, that it has been adopted in Sc
lected districts of Paris, as well as
over the entire course covered in the
French Gordon Bennett elimination
trials. Although the application of
the process is still in the experiment
al stage, the results are distinctly
Promising. Roads subjected to much
heavy traffic may be watered once in
eight or ten days with solution of
mineral oil product rendered sapo-
naceaus and soluble in water by am
monia additions. The roads so treat
ed dry within two or three hours,
even after heavy rain, and present
a fine, close surface free from both
dust and mud. The Gordon Bennett
trial roadway was thus watered twice
in four days, twenty tons of the mix
ture being dissolved in 900 tons of
water for the course of Lightweight
kilometers. If further experiments
should be made and be attended with
equally satisfactory results the fu-
ture of the process would seem to be
assured, firstly, because it is rela-
tively qheap, and, secondly, because
it need cause no interruption to traf-
fic, since it can be applied at night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Canadian shorthorna.

The breeders of Canadian Short
horns are considering the question of
removing some of the restrictions now
placed on the importations OF Short
horns from Great Britain. They de-
clare that the rules that govern the
American and Canadian herd books
do not permit OF some Of the prize
winning Shorthorns in Great Britain
being entered in herd books on this
side or the water They declare that
as result the cattle of the two coun.
tries are deteriorating in quality and
that this was the cause of some of the
recent defeats Of Shorthorns by Here
fords, especially in the fairs CT West
ern Canada.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25

handsome roller,-B. bedpiece. by
s inch; C-bedpiece s by in; D-beam;
H-hinges; Latch.
and roller so that the s by inch
piece, shown as b in plan, is upper
most. Space the bed pieces 2 feet 4
inches apart by lacking 1R.inch
pieces across. On this foundation
proceed to build a box of Pinch plank
from 8 to II feet high. Brace the
rear firmly to the bed pieces. Hinge
the front side as shown in cut with
heavy hinges CID, and put on a heavy
lock latch at l..
To operate the press, cut two wires,
Nos. IA or IL, long enough to reach
around the bundle; bore holes one
foot apart in the rear of the box
above where the top of the bundle
will be when pressed; run one end
Of wires through holes, leaving just
enough in the press to reach the bot
tom edge of door when you are in
side and have them under foot. When
your box is tramped full of hay, have
two pieces of 3-inch plank, soft wood,
slightly smaller than inside of press.
Place these on top of the hay cross
ways Of the roller. Now have hard
wood beam. o. inches in diameter
and long enough to project one foot
or so over each edge of the press.
Place the beam over the planks and
parallel with the roller. Have two log
chains with not less than seven-six-
teenth inch links; make a loop at
one end of each, which will slip read
lily over the end of the beam; hang
them on the projecting ends Of the
beam, D, and attach the lower ends
that the draught will be even. Wind
down with crowbars, having a link
or wooden bar so arranged as to
hold one of the crowbars down when
the hay is pressed. Unlock the door
with hammer or mallet: reach the
lower end of wire, which should have
a loop on it, and have the end which
was passed through the hole in rear
of press, run under the beam and
handed to you by helper, who goes
chains, etc; run wire through loop;
have tightener made by dressing a
hardwood stoyewood stick to 1k
inches round at one end. In this
should be a gimlet hole through which
little of the wire is put. First tight
ener right up, and herein lies the Sc
cret of hard-pressed bales. Fasten
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Week Old Cream.


The buttermaking business of to-
day Is an entirely different PROPOSE
ton from what it was Ave years ago,
as the hand separator has made 1t
necessary to use many new and diff.
ferent methods than when sothing
but whole milk was received at the
factory. In the frst place. cream
which is week old ought not to be
accepted by any creamery, no mat.
ter whether 1t is cooperative a cam
cry or central plant, Tut competi-
ton Is so fierce that II Is accepted,
and this puts premium upon old
cream, because the farmer isn't going
to deliver his cream any oftener than
Is necessary to enable him to get the
same price as the farmer who deliv-
ers his cream daily. IL Is my opinion
that 1t is mistake TO mix week old
cream with cream which Is one or two
days old, and in good condition, and !
recommend that this old cream be
pasteurized, heating 1t to as high a
temperature as possible without CIV
ing the cream cooked flavor, and
then cool it to about 65 degrees, then
add good commercial or homemade
starter and then cool it down to about
90 degrees. The churning tempera.
ture varies with the season of the
year from 60 degrees In the winter to
81 In the summer. Care should be
taken not to overchurn the butter,
then draw off the buttermilk. add the
wash water. revolving the churn two
or three times, being careful not to
roll the butter SO as to make 1t
chunky, then drain off the wash water
and work the butter until the salt is
entirely dissolved. have made some
experiments and at the present time
am investigating several new ideas,
but, as yet, none of them have proved
a success, and IL II Is going to be i'm.
possible to force the farmer to bring
his cream oftener than once week,
1t Is my opinion that in the due course
OF time our men who are inventors in
dairy apparatus and dairy prepare
tons will discover some piece of ma.
chinery or some chemical which will
be OF great assistance, Lut until that
time our only salvation Is to labor
with the farmer and show him how
1t Is an impossibility to make extras
out OF cream which IS a week old
!. II. Brockway.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25

NY INNENI1QN
Street Sweeper.

There is no other city pavement
which seems to meet with the favor
of asphalt. with its smooth surface
and lasting qualities, and in view Of
the srow,eA use of horseless carriages
1t is probable that as the city pave
ment of the future 1t will stand alone
At present some streets must be COW
cred with Belgian block or vitrified
brick to afford foothold for horses
drawing heavily loaded drays, but
when animal traction is thing of the
past these streets can be resurfaced
with asphalt.
With the advent of the smooth pave
ment seems to have come also an in
creased desire to keep the streets
clean, and it is customary to station
men at intervals along these pave
ments to keep free from dirt sections
of pavement varying from one to three
squares. Originally the only imple-
mcnts with which the man worked
were the shovel and heavy broom, re-
quiring two distinct operations to do
his work, in addition to wheeling a
heavy cart about with him. Now, how
ever, the street cleaner can simply
push a machine back and forth over
the section of pavement assigned to
him, forgetting that he ever had to
handle the broom and shovel This
latest machine is entirely automatic
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Sail and Milk.

The surprising assertion Is made ny
an English scientist that the class of
soil on which the hay or pasture grass
is grown controls to a large extent
the quality of the milk. Americans
will be slow in accepting the state
ments in behalf of such a doctrine.
1t will do no harm, however, to note
the points that the said scientist
thinks he brings out. He claims, in
the first place, that milk from grass
grown on limestone soil will be
richer than on clay soil, even though
all treatment of the cows is the
same. But we have frequently noted
that the English ctill have the idea
that the richness of the milk con-
tinually varies according to the vary
ing richness of the feed. This idea
Is being constantly brought out in
one way and another there, the local
judges even letting off the milkmen
that sell milk Lelow the required per.
centage OF solids, the milk producers
having made the plea that the feed
was poor in quality.
Again, the man referred to declares
that milk made on limestone soil will
keep fifty per cent longer than that
made on clay soils, other things be-
ing equal. He asserts that in the
making of cheese the milk has to be
scalded at not less than 108 degrees
If 1t is made on clay, while If 1t is
made on limestone soil the scalding
can be done at 100 degrees. He does
not try to explain the cause of these
remarkable differences, but guesses
that perhaps the heterogeneous in
the clay soil are different from the
heterogeneous in the other soil. I'M
fortunately, the gentleman does not
furnish verified data to prove his as
sertions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Life SAVING Sash.

A Frenchman, M. Challeat. has in
vented a new sash which, he thinks,
will keep everyone who wears it from
drowning. The wonderful article is
made of india rubber, but inside it is
placed little box containing a GER
tain quantity of one of the compounds
of calcium. When the sash comes in
contact with the sea the calcium COM
pound decomposes and produces a
quantity of gas sufficient to initiate the
sash and preserve its wearer from any
risk of death by drowning. Expert
ments have been made with this new
idea and so far they have been salts
factory.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
NOW on NEVER.

This is without double one OF the
rrandest and best free bargain offers
ever made by any house In the world
In order to introduce Hubinger's Best
Red Cross Starch. This grand offer
will never be made again. People say
It IL too good to be true, consequently
housekeepers should take advantage
Of this extraordinary offer while II
lasts. II you desire to save money In
your household economies, here Is q
chance to do so. We will give away
One Large Package of RED CROSS
Soap Powder to introduce It, This
Soap Powder has no equal, as 1t is
scientifically prepared from the best
material for destroying dirt-will not
yellow the clothes, nor injure the
hands, as no impurities are used In its
manufacture. BY its use you save In.
Dor, time and expense. For washing
dishes, glass, tinware, pots, kettles
and pans It is superior to all other
hoap Powder heretofore used, as II
takes off the dirt like magic. The
above package Of Soap Powder will be
given away free with RED CROSS
Starch TO Introduce II, For further in
formation see display advertisement
In next weeks paper,
]. c, HuBlNGER co.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
USEFUL HAY PRESS
HANDY MACHINE THAT CAN re
ALL HOME MADE
Full Directions for Buildine--Easy TO
Operate and Comparatively mex
pensive--Will Bale Bundles Up To
1000 Pounds Weight.

Having occasion to press twenty.
five tons of hay a year with hand
press. enclose you herewith de-
scription of the press and how to
make it. According to size, it will
bale bundles from 100 to 1000 pounds
in weight.
To make the press, take two pieces
OF timber. preferably hardwood, by
8 inches, and A feet long. On top of
these lay two pieces 6 by 5 inches. liz
the middle and across each piece
make a half-round depression inches
deep and s inches across. Make a
roller at least inches thick of hard
wood. shown as A in plan, and in
length proportionate to the width of
the press; feet is enough for press
Ing 300-pound bales. Place bed piece
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
side View Of Homemade Hay Press.

Space shown at E-represents opening
half way down each side. allowing press
ing beam to operate.
wires, release crowbar, cast off chains,
take out the beam and cant the bale
out with hay hook.
The press we use at present is two
feet eight inside, and ten feet high.
1t will make bales weighing from $50
to 300 pounds, according to quality OF
hay, and when hay is handy bale
can be made every 20 or rs minutes.
Heavy wire, heavy chains, and sub
stantial press are required, as the
strain is very great. The press is
better made two or three. inches wider
at the front than at the back, tn.
allowing bundles to cant out easily.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Hjuh In Space,

The conception of the magnitude Of
the star Campus, which is regarded
as the greatest body in the universe.
Is difficult indeed, even when Mr.. Gore
of the Royal Astronomical Society fur
nishes the sun as step by which the
Imagination may raise itself. One has
some appreciation of the size of the
earth with it's circumference of $4,000
miles. The sun is more than a mil
lion times as large as the earth. The
mass of Campus has been weighed
automatically and found to be one
million times greater than that of the
sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
To Get EGGS.

believe that the best conditions
for egg production are those that exist
where the fowls have free range,
thereby getting grass, bugs, worms,
bits of grain, etc. In the winter, or
where fowls are confined, these food
elements should as near as possible
be supplied. not forgetting plenty of
grit. They should also be induced to
work by having their food scattered
In litter They must be kept free
from lice and mites and in the winter
must have warm quarters. Cleanii.
ness must be observed at all times.
w. l.. Mills, Putnam County, Ill.