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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Measurement OF Dew.

The measurement of dew has always
been difficult because of the fact that
no method heretofore has given exact
results. In Das Wetter, M. Ferb de-
scribes a new sort of drosometer,
which has given satisfactory results,
and which is composed of a piece of
paper which has been put through a
special preparation and dipped in a
chemical solution. This paper is ex-
posed in box placed during the night
on the ground, the quantity of dew be-
ing indicated by the discoloration Of
the paper. A scale Of tints is deter.
mined experimentally, which is used
for the purpose of comparison, there
being further used three sorts Of pa
per, the first for small quantities of
dew, the second for large quantities,
and the third for very heavy dews.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Floor Plan of Stock Barn.

A, mixing room; B. horse stable; C.
feed alleys; D. cow stalls; e. box stall;
F, passage behind CATTLE G. manager; H,
roothouse under driveway: l. silo.
hay or feed from above is put down
through swinging door beside the
stairway.
The basement consists of sixteen
single cow stalls, box-stall and four
horse stalls, with feed rooms. Provi-
sion is made for a concrete root-house,
arched over with concrete, under the
driveway. The silo is on the outside
of the barn, beside the driveway, and
can be made any size desired; one
fifteen feet in diameter and thirty feet
high would be about the size required
for the amount OF stock the basement
would contain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
%C4EyrT
~ lMEN T1QN
Automatlc Punn off Great Power,

AUTOMATIC Pump OF Great Power.
c. A. Arnsberger. an engineer of
Rudy, Idaho, has just received pat
ent letters for an invention that he
has been working on for years, and
which promises to revolutionize GER
tain features of mining and irrigating
operations. 1t consists of an auto
matte quadruple action force pump
that increases the outflow of water
by four times that Of the ordinary
force pump requiring the same motive
power.
Some of the great advantages
claimed for this pump are that it can
be operated at any speed; that it can
be made up in any size; that it works
on central pivot and Is at all times
on an even balance regardless of the
depth of the well or the volume of
water being raised. There is no lost
motion. 1t throws just as much water
when the lever is going up as it does
when it is going down. 1t is able to
raise water at great height without
much additional power, for the reason
that it both pushes and pulls at the
column of water. 1t can be adapted
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Green Corn Soup.

Crate and scrape the corn from
enough ears to make one pint of pulp.
Break the cobs in halves, put them
in kettle with enough cold water to
cover them; cover the kettle, and boil
the ears briskly for half an hour. Then
strain this water into another sauce
pan and let it boil down to less than a
pint.
When reduced to the proper quaint.
ty, add to the corn water the corn pulp
and let it simmer five minutes; then
season with salt, a little sugar and a
dash Of pepper. Add one pint of hot
cream, one tablespoonful of butter and
heaping tablespoonful of -four dis
solved in little milk. Let the whole
just boil up after the flour is in.
Put a tablespoonful of finely
chopped parsley in a soup tureen, pour
in the soup, and serve.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Trimmings of White Satiste.

1t is astonishing to what an extent
the idea of trimming taffeta toilettes
with fiounces, frillings or bouillonnes
of white batiste has taken. When
they were first started the batiste en-
ployed was plain and simply edged by
a very narrow hem, but though these
still exist, many variations on the idea
have been introduced.
Thus we frequently see dotted or
even sprigged muslins employed for
the same purpose, and, in the case Of
flounces, the same showing quite elab-
crate embroidered designs is brought
into use.
1t is a pretty fashion, and will GER
tainly be continued for evening wear
among fall styles. There is in most
cases a sash of the same description,
draped in folds around the waist and
tied in knot or bow with very long
and broad ends rounded off at their
eXtremities.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
CoIors of the Moment.

AS the season advances green and
blue separately and again combined
my be said to be the colors OF the
moment Pongees and raw silks are
popular fabrics. A model of dark
blue pongee, with raised stripe rum
ming through it, has skirt with very
little goring, and it is tucked horizon
tally all the way around the hip, hav
ing a box plat down the center Of
thg front and back. These tucks are
stitched about six or eight inches in
depth and then allowed to flare with
four deep tucks running vertically
round the bottom, each of these tucks
headed by half-inch wide row Of entire
doux. The skirt is cut straight
around, and the bodice, which is
tucked in half-inch tucks, blouses
Slightly over the belt. A beautiful
white Irish lace yoke and the collar
complete the neck, and the sleeves are
gathered into the yoke quite full and
fall to the line of the elbow. Here
again is a puff and below is a tight
fitted sleeve of Irish crochet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Fashion In Canes.

Short circular capes are all the
fashion right now. Those most in
vogue for early autumn weather are
of coarse lace; any lace like Cluny,
BRUCE or point Venise is in favor. The
capes vary in length. Sometimes they
fall just to the shoulders, others reach
to the bust line, and still others
touch the waist. In ecru or dyed to
match the color Of the gown they will
be the most fashionable during Sae
early fall. The smart girl is sure to
contrive many novel ways of adding
to the charm of her cape. She may
fasten it down the front with big,
artistic-looking buttons, or it may
have the effect of being tied together
With many smart-looking little black
satin bows. If she wishes to more
decidedly change it's effect, she will
slip satin messaline or velvet ribbons
through the meshes of the lace at
either side of the front. At the neck
the ribbons are tied in rOsettes. and
men again a bit further down.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

mere, with trimming of embroidered
banding edged with black, and is both
effective and durable, but all the ma
terial in vogue for little girls dresses
are equally appropriate.
The dress is made with front and
backs and is laid in a box plat at
center front and back with outward
turning tucks at each side, the closing
being made invisibly at the back be-
meath the box plat. The long sleeves
are in bishop style, gathered into
straight cuffs, while the outer ones are
in haE length and in bell shape. The
shield is quite separate and, when de-
sired, is arranged under the dress
closing at the center back.
The quantity Of material required
for the medium size Is years) is 5%
yards 81 inches wide, 5 yards 80
inches wide or 8 yards A inches wide,
with Az yards of banding to trim as
illustrated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
@iA ttsAbg<5 a,
6o5j5s9!ttz!A|El S|f'y2o

The little soft cotton dish mops
make excellent busters.
A faded cotton dress can be made
white by boiling in cream of tartar
water
A little soap mixed with stove black
ing will produce better and more last
ing lustre than without.
For sponging out bureau drawers or
sideboards use tepid water containing
q small quantity of thymolin.
The wax from dripping candles can
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
THE UNITED STATES WILL SOON
KNOCK AT THE DOORS OF
CANADA FOR WHEAT.
A Crop Of 100000 Bushels Of Wheat
Will IA the Record of 1904.

- Sf0P VI OSyIkOy0tV 6uoUClS OT WnGdG
VIII Be the Record Of 1904.
The results of the threshing In
Western Canada. are not yet complet-
ed. but from information at hand. 1t is
safe to say that the average per acre
will be reasonably high, and a fair
estimate will place the total yield of
wheat at 60,000,000 bushels. At pres
ent prices this will add to the wealth
Of the farmers nearly 100000, 900.
Then think of the immense yield of
oats and barley, and the large herds
Of cattle, for all of which good prices
will be paid.
The following official telegram was
sent by Honorable Clifford Sifton, Min
lister of the Interior, to Lord Strath-
coma, High Commissioner for Can
ada: s-r.-.
"Am now able to state definitely
that under conditions of unusual diff
Guilty in Northwest fair average crop
of wheat of good quality has been
reaped and is now secure from sub
stantial damage. The reports Of in
jury by frost and rust were grossly
exaggerated. The wheat of Manitoba
and Northwest Territories will aggre-
gate from fifty-fve to sixty million
bushels. The quality is good and the
price is ranging around one dollar
per bushel." ..
Frank Fl. Spearman, in the Satur-
day Evening Post, says:
When our.-first transcontinental
railroad was built, learned men at
tempted by isotherman demonstration
to prove that wheat could not profit
ably be grown north of where the line
was projected; but the real granary
OF the world lies up to 800 miles north
OF the Canadian Pacific railroad, and
the day is not definitely distant wheG
the United States will knock at the
doors of Canada for it's bread. Rail-
road men see such day; it may be
hoped that statesmen also will see it,
and arrange their reciprocities while
they may do so gracefully. Americans
already have swarmed into that far
country and to a degree have taken
the American wheat field with them.
Despite the fact that for years a little
Dakota station on the st. Paul road
Eureka-held the distinction of being
the largest primary grain market in
the world, the Dakotas and Minnesota
will one day yield their palm to Sas-
katchewaD"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Handy Oil Dropper,

A medicine dropper as an adjunct
to the making of mayonnaise was the
inspiration of housewife not long
ago. Everyone who ever tried to
make mayonnaise knows the bother of
adding the oil slowly, drop by drop
until the dressing is thick enough
This woman experienced the same diff
ficulty and met it with the scent med
icine dropper, which adds the oil
with machine-like regularity and pre-
cision.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Diagram of the Pur,p-

When plunger box B is down as shown
In the Illustration, the water enters as
box ascends, the ne lev lever " pushes ti he
plunger valve in closing the same and
preventing the escape of the water.
which is forced up through the shut-off
valve into the pipe D. AS the pipe de-
scends, a vacuum is created in the sue
ton valve above, thus causing contin-
uous flow of water upward whether the
pipe and plunger box are going up or
down. The movable section of the pipe
above the suction valve is operated In a
ball and socket joint, thus giving free
movement at all times when the pipe
approaches or recedes from the central
upright standard. The main pipe e can
be extended to any height desired.
to all uses to which any force pump
can be put, such as raising water from
wells. mines, ponds or lakes, with any
kind of power that is used in operat-
ing other pumps.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
If you would drain your cellar you

If you would drain your cellar you
would have better job than by try
ing to keep the water out with cement,
for if the water comes in to the depth
of two feet it will be impossible to
keep the cellar dry. If you laid the
cellar bottom with concrete, Portland
cement should be used and should be
not less than four inches thick, the
first three inches to be composed Of
one of cement to nine of gravel, and
the top inch ore of cement to two af
screened gravel. Gravel is as good
as broken stones. II the rock Is not
too far below the surface of the
ground and the level of water from
the rock does not come above cellar
bottom, a well can be drilled and the
cellar drained into it. This would be
less expensive than digging a long
drain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
WHILE TIE
TEA DREwS

Wide-plaited ruching is very unbe-
coming to many.
With knockabout coat a woman is
ready for anything.
Make up your mind to the waist
coats; they have come to stay.
Gilt braid and buttons still give evil
dence that the war is not ended.
Dolmans and nantes are the latest
importations for winter cloaks.
Even scant pouches are doomed;
the fittest waist has been accepted.
Feather rosettes for stiff hats have
rivals in those of taffeta and of ribbon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Leather Trjmmino.

A decided novelty in the way Of
trimming for some of the new nuns
yelling waists are the turnover collar
and cuffs made of soft leather. An
example of this is a pale-blue waist
trimmed with collar and cuffs Of soft
tan leather, in shape somewhat similar
to the embroidered and lace collar and
cuff sets so much in demand during
the spring and summer season.
Leather trimmings are being used to
some extent on the new tailored suits
and raincoats, so that this novelty may
meet with quite as much Of success
as a waist trimming as in the other
lines of ready-made garments.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

can be cut with the square outline, or
in V shape, or left high as may be pre-
ferred and all materials in vogue for
underwear are appropriate. In the
case of the model the trimming is
embroidery, but here again choice
is allowed as washable laces are much
liked and frills of the material also
are in vogue.
The garment is made with front,
backs, side backs, under arm cores
and back portion of skirt. The front
is fitted by means of double darts. so
making the garment absolutely
smooth fitting and the necessary full
ness at the back is provided by the
skirt, which is gathered at it's upper
edge and Joined to the body portion.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is yards SO
inches wide, with 31s yards of wide
embroidery, yards of narrow, ~
yards of insertion and yards Of
beading to trim as illustrated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Lace Waists.

Some handsome examples of lace
waists in SNOWFALL design are to be
found, the more elaborate being
marked at $25. In these more elabo-
rate styles of waists the handmade
yoke is distinguishing feature. The
general idea for this yoke is to take
medallions of lace and fasten them
together by means of hand-wrought
stitches of embroidery silk.
On the net waists the yoke effect is
sometimes supplied by the stitched
tailor bands of silk or satin. Net
waists are mostly of the figured net,
some of the patterns showing a rather
large conventional design. Black net
waists are particularly we'll thought of
for the coming season.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Cure to STAY Cured.

Wapello, Iowa, Oct. 10 Especially
One of the most remarkable cures
ever recorded in Louisa County is
that Of Mrs. Minnie Hart of this place.
Mrs. Hart was in bed for eight months
and when she was able to sit up she
was all drawn up on one side and
could not walk across the room.
Dodds Kidney Pills cured her. Speak
ing of her cure Mrs. Hart says:
Eyes. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me
after l was in bed for eight months
and I know the cure was complete
for that was three years ago and
have not been down since. In four
weeks from the time started taking
them | was able to make my garden.
Nobody can know how thankful am
to be cured or how much feel I owe
to Dodd's Kidney Pills
This case again points out how
much the general health depends on
the Kidneys. Cure the Kidneys with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and nine-tenths of
the suffering the human family is heir
to, will disappear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Fair Fight and No Favor.

Mrs. Newlyspliced-Look Percy!
There's horrid hippissaurus fighting
with mother. Why don't you run and
help?
Mr.. Newlyspliced-Oh, it would be
cowardly for both of us to attack the
old lady! The hippissaurus must take
his chances. He shouldn't have begun
it!-Comic Cuts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

Fancy waists are always in demand
and this one has the merit of being
quite novel as we'll as eminently
graceful. AS illustrated it is made of
white silk. with the yoke and cuffs of
cream colored lace over chiffon and
finished with applique, the scarf of
white embroidered crepe de Chine fin
ished with narrow ruche and edged
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
He Was BeIted.

Nell-So she actually refused Lord
Nokash!
Believed, no; believe her father
did the refusing for her.
Nell-And he was a belted earl,
too!
Belief don't know that he was un-
til he interviewed her father. Then he
got it all right.-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
I do not see how this arrangement

I do not see how this arrangement
can be improved without altering the
plan completely. 1t occurs to me that
if the pump were placed Immediately
under the windmill in an excavation
deep enough for the purpose and. the
water brought from the we'll to the
pump by means of pipe, it would
work satisfactorily. I may misunder-
stand the circumstances, but it ap-
pears to me that this, at any rate,
would work satisfactorily. ]. B. r.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Pity the Poor Woman.

But your dog license has been paid
FOR this year." said the department
clerk. aaf,-. ~
Y Strange" remarked the forgetful
man. I'm sure this string around my
finger was to remind me to come here
for my license."io 49, @2 ut.## ".
But it's been paid; probably your
wife, Or .s ....... .........,...
MY wife? oh, that's it! 1t was my
marriage license l was to get today"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

S / i g h ly open
square neck, as
illustrated, or be
rendered high by
the addition of the
shield and stand
ing collar, and also
allows a choice of
the full length dou-
BILE sleeves or the
outer ones in half
length only. The
model Is made Of
royal blue CASH
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Natural Deduction.

City Editor-Well, did you get an
interview from Mrs. Blank on the SUBJ
ject? ...., a.a+. #. .#.l..l..
New Reporter-No, sir. saw the
lady, but she refused to talk.
City Editor-Indeed! When did she
die? #A@E # a#8H ##s
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

trated appeals to
every woman who
aims to keep her
outlines as nearly
perfect as possible
and is not in need
of fullness over
the bust. AS shown
it is made of main
sock with a low
rOund neck. but II
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Drying a Cellar.

M. R.-A cellar partially fills with
water every spring. Would it be bet
ter to remedy this by drainage or the
use of cement? The cellar is in two
parts, 40 by "a and 27 by "a feet. The
water seems to come up from the bot
tom. The soil is sandy loan and
soon absorbs all the water when dry
weather sets in.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

with fringe. The waist is full below
the tucks and is closed invisiblY at
the left of the front on a line with
the scarf. To make the waist for a
woman of medium size will be re-
quired Az yards Fl, 3la yards 81 or 2
yards A inches wide. with A yards
OF all-over lace and * yards of silk
for scarf.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Djscouraujnu,

"Going with any particular girl
now, Chumley?"
Eyes, too Internally particular. She
has refused me on an average of three
times a week since the first of Janu
ary."-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Transmitting Power from Windmill

D. C.-Our windmill must stand
fifty yards from the we'll in order to
get wind. We are now using two
wires running from the cross sticks
of T-shaped elbows, the longer arms
of which engage the rods Of the wind
mill and pump respectively. This has
not been very satisfactory. Can
you suggest a better method?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

The model is made
of tobacco brown
yelling, with yoke
and cuffs of ecru
lace and the trim
ming b a n d of
silk embroidered
with little circles
and stitched with
corticelli silk. 1t
can, however, be re-
produced in any
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
WASHING Ruus.

Good rugs may be washed repeated
Nv without harming them. In fact,
washing a good rug only makes the
colcSs more mellow. A writer in the
Hor@~ Beautiful tells how TO do it
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Which?

A very loquacious lady asked a
friend what position he would give
her were she a man.
"I'd make you superintendent Of
deaf-and-dumb asylum" was his reply.
"Why?"
Because either the inmates would
learn to talk, or you to keep silent"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
So Convenient.

Mrs. Urban-How you must enjoy
living in the country. l suppose you
can get all the fresh fruit and vege-
tables you want
Mrs. Annex-Oh, yes. Such a nice
pedler comes out from the city three
times a week.-Brooklyn Life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Isn't That ThouuhtfuI.

Tess-She used to say she didn't
care how homely man might be if
he were only thoughtful.
Jess-Well, that's the kind she got
for a husband.
Tess-Why, heard he was any
thing but thoughtful.
Jess-He's full of thoughts for him.
self. #'f'. w. ~ >'a.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
For the BoarderS.

"How much are those fish," asked
the woman who was just starting
boarding house.
Twelve cents a pound" replied the
huckster. They're butter fish,"
"Too much! Haven't you-er-any
oleomargarine fish" - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13

successfully: Tack the rug on a bit
of bare floor, the back piazza being
as good place as any. Scrub thor
oughly with warm ammonia suds, and
rinse with many clear waters until all
the soap is removed. Let the rug dry
on the floor without removing the
tacks, then take up and it will not
shrink, roll. nor pull out of shape.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
One of Them Means Both.

(which would you rather have, in
fluence or afluence?" asked the earn.
est man.
Influence" replied the practical
politician. "Give me that and the af.
fiuence will come easy"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Combination Under Garment.

The advantage that the combined
under garment means in reduction Of
bulk at the waist and over the hips
is well-recognized one and is ap-
parent at a glance The model illus
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Misses Fancy Blouse,

Broad shoulders make the latest
edict of fashion and are rendered ex-
ceptionally attractive in this very
pretty blouse, which includes the shall
low round yoke, which also makes
one of the latest and newest features.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Apple Tree Borers,

observation-disclosures is a small white
worm boring my apple trees below the
branches. Please tell me what it is,
and give a remedy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
Girls Russian Dress,

Simple little frocks, with skirts and
body portions in one suit little girls
admirably well and are eminently
fashionable. This one is peculiarly
attractive and can be made with the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-10-13
,e removed from table linen by a

be removed from table linen by a
generous application of alcohol.
Alum, the size of hickory nut, dis
solved in pint Of starch, will bright
en- the color in muslins, ginghams, and
calicoes after washing
Carved furniture which defies the
dust cloth can be made as attractive
as new by brushing it with set hair
brush dipped in kerosene.