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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
All Glitter.

Everything in the trimming line this
season glitters. Literally, it is to be
brilliant year. For ball gowns moth
ing will be more popular than span
gled net in circular fiounces and all
kinds OF designs are carried out in
them by means of the colored pail
lettes. A pretty pattern shows grad
uated rows of solid circles in gold
and silver spangles with the largest
sizes at the bottom.
Having a similar effect, but less
challenging and for less ceremonious
occasions is the canvas trimming en-
broidered in gold and colored silk.
This is treated in gorgeous patterns
Of different color combinations and
comes in bands or on edges. The for.
mer is very well adapted to a waist
coat. The other is most effective
when set between pleats. One car
scarcely pass the trimming section al
Fields without witnessing the pur
chase of yards of the charming gilt
| tering stuff.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

Front View of Concrete Poultry
House.
land cement being used instead of
lime in the plaster. BY using Port
land cement in the plaster the chick
ems will not pick the plaster off, The
floor is of concrete and a wooden
floor is laid on top of it. This will
keep the rats from getting under the
floor or troubling the chickens in any
way.
The cost of the concrete WORK would
be 10 barrels of Portland cement,
making the concrete one of cement to
nine of gravel, 9 days labor for one
man and II yards gravel. The other
material and labor would amount to
about $14 for lath and plastering and
SGT for windows, door, roof and labor
The inside can be sheathed up with
matched stuff if desired instead of
being lathed and plastered, but the
walls can be more easily kept free
from vermin if plastered. In order to
get the sunlight into the chicken
house, the windows should not be
more than one foot from the floor, II
higher than that the rays of the sun
will not strike the floor as 1t should.
The walls are built between planks.
This Is done by standing 2x4 inch
uprights every three or four feet, both
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Fashion in White Aprons.

White aprons are dressier and are
modelled upon a plan that supplies
either a band around the waist or
ties, for something there must always
be nowadays to keep the fullness from
flying out behind. Mother HUBBARD
fashion being not at all In favor.
OF graceful shape is white lawn
that is made up with four one lnch
box plaits and sets of fine tucks in
front There are four of the sets and
five tucks in each. The two middle
pIaits join and face one another. The
other two alternate with the group OF
tucks. Forming the shoulder strap
from the shoulder seam to the waist
line in front, and from there used as a
waist band for the back, is a flower
band for insertion. This also heads
the front of the apron, which is round
ed out little. The neck is finished
with a narrow embroidery rutfle, and
the same in a broad width forms
sleeve caps. A siX-inCh hem and two
sets of fine tucks. separated by an
inch wide tuck, form the bottom OF
the apron skirt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Radium Aruentiferum.

Particulars are out regarding the
new metal discovered by the Tuscan
engineers, Travaglini and Fabianl
The discoveries have given The new
metal the name radium argentiferum.
The metal is composed of copper, iron
and infnitesimal portions Of silver.
radium and phosphorus. The chief Sc
cret, it is said. lies in the phosphorus.
1t is claimed by the patentees that
radium argertiferum is stronger than
steel, does not oxidize, is better con-
ductor than COPPER, and can be manu-
featured in large quantities at one
tenth of the cost Of bronze. There
fore they expect that 1t will Ne large
" used in making cannon. mun'tiors,
atc.. and that " win rupersede copper
Il, elP"tric -'"es.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
East Side Seasons,

An East Side educational worker
who is teaching in a night school for
newly arrived Russian Jews was re-
marking on the difficulties of ground
ing them in English studies.
Some of them come to us with the
barest smattering of English words"
he said, "and no knowledge of Amer
lean customs except the few ideas
they have picked up since landing.
was trying to teach a small class the
seasons of the year the other day.
For a time they did not seem to I'M
derstand what was driving at. Then
the light broke over the face of one
young fellow.
81 know seasons he declared.
elbow many seasons are there in
the year" / asked.
lone, two was the unexpected
answer.
"'What are they?' I asked
Busy season and slow season,
came the answer, quite promptly.
"That young man will have a saw
fngs bank account before he has been
here six months. "-New York Trib-
une.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
uninue Boudoir Coffee Mill.

A coffee mill just suited to table
made coffee or to the chating-dish out
fit which includes coffee-making uten-
sils is a real Syrian implement. The
mill is a brass cylinder about two
inches in diameter, and nine or ten
inchP3 long. Top and bottom I'M
screw-the top to admit the bean, the
bottom to discharge the powder. A
small arm fitting over the screw at
the top serves as the handle by which
to revolve the interior machinery.
When not in use the handle folds out
of the way.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
A Pocket Umbrella.

An umbrella small enough to go in
side a pocket is a recent invention. 1t
is designed on the principle Of the tele-
scope, and consist of series of tele-
scopic slides, carrying case and a
piece of silk covering. On opening the
case in which it is contained the con-
tents resemble a bundle of steel rods
in a wrapping of silk. These are. with
a little manipulation, converted into
an umbrella of the orthodox shape.
the short handle Of which draws ont
into a stick of the requisite length.
The cover is described as being quite
as stout. tight and rain-resisting as a
first-class umbrella of the old style.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Stops Enqine Without Aid,

vigilance and action of the engineer,
and so it may be wise to go a step
further and make the block system
not only set a signal against train
following on the same track, but also
operate a mechanism to bring the Sec
ond train to a standstill should the
signal be unheeded.
How this may be done is shown in
tho illustration. There is a lever
depending from the engine on the
small forward truck, with cord con-
Meeting with the throttle and also
with the bell and whistle. Beside the
track is a long, light rail, which is
elevated or depressed after the man.
ner of the signal arms. A reverse
lever is provided for use when the en-
CINE is backing and, seemingly, there
is little chance now for train to run
past the block set against it.
The inventor of this system is Orr
9. Fisher Of Delphos, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Materials for Winter.

Etamine, wolfe and canvas are to
be worn all winter and there are
suits that are being made up fresh in
these goods, for the material is treat
ed in such a manner that it is as
warm as serge. Besides this there
are TIE long cloaks and, as a woman
remarked, as she tried on c broad
cloth cloak of three-quarter length:
Il can wear my wolfe gown all winter
under this cloak" And the modistes
are actually counting upon this to
the exclusion of the hitherto neces-
sary tailormade suits for cold day
wear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Painted Lace.

A great deal of this is being used,
and never two patterns alike. 1t is
painted In water colors, and generally
floral, sometimes emphasized by silver
and gold. and a little copper, and then
the lace is lined with chiffon. Some
very pretty blouses and light-colored
silks and muslins have lace medal
lions, hand painted, inlet, which are
very pretty indeed. The Americans
are fasoring painted nets for hats.
They save drawn pink and blue silk
round them. and carelessly tied bows.
These paintings look very pretty on
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

is sacred inmate has achieved the
impossible. Divinity or no, he has
1t least the divine power of vanish
ing. In the material West, as we
like to call it, we know how hard it
is for the humblest subject to disap-
pear, in spite of the confused hubbub
Of traffic and intricate network of COM
munications. Yet here in Lhassa a
city of dreamy repose, king has es-
capped, been spirited into the air, and
nobody is any the wiser.
When we paradeG the city we made
complete circuit Of the Potala.
There was no one, not even the hum
blest follower, so unimaginative that
he did not look up from time to time
at the frowning cliff and thousand
sightless windows that concealed the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

Since the, assumption of temporal
power by the fifth Grand Lama in the
middle of the seventeenth century,
the whole history of the Tibetan HE
rarchy has been a record of bloodshed
and intrigue. The fifth Grand Lama,
the first to receive the title Of Dalai,
was most INSCRIPTIONS ruler, who
secured the temporal power ~ incit-
ing the Mongols to invade Tibet. and
received as his reward the kingship.
He then established his claim to the
godhead by tampering with Buddhist
history and writ The sixth incarna-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

l.. Spelt compares favorably with
wheat. oats and barley as food for
stock of all classes. 1t has cling
ing husk, similar to barley, and an in.
ternal grain of much the same nature
as wheat. AS stock food it would
probably be as valuable as mixture
of wheat and barley, or wheat and
oats. Spelt is comparatively hard
grain and should be ground for feed.
ing.
2. spelt REQUIRES about the same
method of cultivation as other cereals,
as wheat. oats or barley. and 1t should
be sown at about the same dates In
spring. From 80 TO 100 pounds OF seed
should be sown to the acre. 1t Will
thrive on light soils and Withstand
drought well.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

The poplar shoots which come up in
the yard may be prevented by sinking
a strip of galvanized iron along the
edge of the garden. The roots from
which the shoots spring are usually
within a few inches of the surface and
a strip of galvanized iron one foot wide
should suffice. If this is not found
practicable, the roots should be pre-
vented from entering the garden bv
means of a ditch, or in some other
way. Once the roots are prevented
from entering the garden the shoots
may be gradually eradicated by dig
ging them out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
}Home Of Dalai Lama s

Especial Correspondence

The only building in Lhasa that Is
at all imposing Is the Potala.
1t would be misleading to gay that
the palace dominated the city, as
comparison would be implied-a pic
tured conveyed of one building stand,
ing out signally among others. This
is not the case.
The Potala Is superbly detached. II
is not palace on a hill, but a hill
that Is also a palace. Its massive
walls, its terraces, and bastions
stretch upward from the plain to the
crest, as il the great bluff rock we're
merely fountain stone planted
there at the Divinity's nod The
Divinity dwells in the palace, and un-
derneath, at distance of a furlong
or two, humanity is huddled abjectly
in squalid smut-begrimed houses. The
proportion is that which exists be.
tween God and man.
If one approached within league
Of Lhasa, saw the glitterng Gomes of
the Pota!a, and turEed back without
entering the precincts, one might still
imagine 1t an enchanted city, shining
with turquoise and gold. But having
entered the illusion is gone. One
might think devout Buddhists had ex-
cluded strangers in order to preserve
the myth of the city's beauty and
mystery and wealth, or that the place
was consciously neglected and de-
faced so as to offer no allurements to
heretics. just as the repulsive women
one meets in the streets smear them
selves over with grease and clutch to
make themselves even more hideous
than nature ordained.
Lhasa itself is squalid and filthy,
undrained, unpavRd Not a single
house looks clean or cared for. The
streets after rain are nothing but
pools of stagnant water, frequente4
by pigs and dogs searching for refuse
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Good Complexion Balm.

Half a pint of alcohol, two ounces
IF spirits of camphor, two ounces OF
spirits of ammounia and five ounces
IF seasalt, to be added to sufficient
boiling water to make quart in all,
when the mixture should be placed in
a bottle and thoroughly shaken be-
fore use. This lotion, which should be
well rubbed into the skin daily, is
said to be especially efficacious in
taking the fatigue out Of tired mus
cles
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
A;ts

Az by 2 in. strapping: B. lath and
plaster; c, in. hollow space: d, wood.
brick: Z, concrete wall.
on the out and inside of wall, and OPP
posite each other, leaving twelve
inches between the outside AMI in
side uprights. A 2x12 inch plank is
now placed on edge both on inside
and outside of wall with an inch
wedge between the planks and up
rights. BY using a small spread stick
six inches long between the planks
it will keep them in their place. In
raising the planks loosen the wedges
and raise the planks allowing them to
lap down on the concrete l IL or 2
inches, drive in the wedges and pro.
coed as before.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Design by May Manton.

neck is a turnover collar of white
which is worn with harmonizing tie.
The model is one of the latest and IS
closed invisibly beneath the box plat
at the trent and is suited to various
materials and combinations. The guam
tity of material required for the me-
dunn size is Az yards 81. yards q
or 2B yards Al inches wide, with u
yards of silk for, collar and cuffs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Hair Dressinq.

AS the style of dressing the hair is
less pronounced than formerly, the
prevailing modes in hats undergo a
similar change. The broad effects are
being rapidly done away with, and
although the extremely narrow tor
pedo" shapes are rather trying, there
will be found plenty of pretty models
that will answer the requirements
Nothing is more unattractive than a
broad expanse of brim under which
the hair is not appropriately dressed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Automatic Railway SiqnaI.

Misleading of signals and failure to
execute them are the most potent
causes of accidents on railways and
it has been the work of many in
ventors to lessen these dangers by
introducing automatic signals, which
shall relieve the human mind of the
responsibility as far as possible. Thus
the block systems now show signals
which are supposed to prevent the
train next following from running
into the one which has set the sig
nal. But these signals depend on the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
California, the Land Of Resorts.

California is essentially country
with an all-the-year-round outing sea-
son. It's summer and winter resorts
are limited only by its boundaries.
Many of these are widely known and
advertised. while others-and these
not the least among the attractive
are known and loved only by favor
ed few.-Carrie Stevens Walter In
Sunset Magazine for November.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Traction Car Innovation.

After series of experiments, the
Wolseley Motor Car company Of Bir-
mingham, England, has decided to
use on its suburban lines a small, d.
rect-geared petrol-driven car. which
will carry thirty passengers and ton
of baggage. 1t is likely that the Pc
troll car will be introduced for city
traffic, too. as 1t would obviats sus-
pension of street car trafic by failure
of current.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

This is undoubtedly a case Of jaun-
dice, which is a form of liver derange-
.nent brought on by improper feeding
Of unsuitable food in too great quanti-
ty. 1t would much simplify matters
if you had stated the age of and kind
of fowls you have, on what was fed
and in what quantities. Very often
such complaints are the result of the
feeding of too much soft food In the
shape of mash. AS result the gig
zard Is not exercised enough, and dis
ease follows. The mash should be
varied from time to time and not fed
too frequently or in too great quanti-
ty. A healthy gizzard means healthy
bird, and no bird can be in proper
health without its gizzard getting work
to do. How. BY feeding well-bal-
anced ration. - o.. . ...... ..t.-..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

hey were absorbed into the Universal
essence; they were literally too good
o live. Their regents and protectors,
monks only less sacred than them
elves, provided that the spirit in its
earning for the next state should not
Je long detaired in its mortal husk.
10 questions were asked. How could
he devout trace the comirgs and 60
ngs of the divine Avalokita. the Lord
# Mercy and Judgment, who ordairs
.nto what heaven or hell, demon, god
hero, mollusk, or ape their spirit must
enter according to their sins?
So when we reached Lhassa the
other day, and heard that the thir-
teenth incarnation had fed, no one
was surprised. Yet the wonder re-
mains. A great prince, god to thou
sands Of men, has been removed from
his palace and capital, no one knows
whittier or when. A ruler has disap-
peared who travels with every appan-
age Of state, inspiring awe in his pros
trate servants, whose movements, one
would think, were watched and talked
about more than any sovereign's on
earth. Yet fear, or loyalty, or igno-
rance keeps every subject tongue-tied
We have spies and informers every
where, and there are men in Lhassa
who would do much to please the new
conquerors of Tibet. But so far Meth
er avarice nor witlessness has be.
trayed anything. For all we know the
Dalai Lama may be still in his palace
in some hidden chamber in the rock.
or maybe he has never left his Gus.
tomary apartments, and still performs
his daily Offices in the Potala, conf.
dent that there at least his sanctity
is inviolable by unbelievers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

The music halls In London and
Paris seem to be attracting the
crowds from the regular theaters.
People have become tired of the high
prices at the latter; the run Of plays
are too long; the star system makes
the program mainly one-person
show, and, in brief, the theaters bore
the audiences, while the music halls
amuse them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Like Tongues of Fire.

Like Tongues of Fire.
Above all this squalor the Potala
towers superbly. Its golden roofs
shining in the sun like tongues of fire
are a landmark for miles, and must
inspire awe and generation in the
hearts of pilgrims coming from the
desert parts of Tibet, Kashmir, and
Mongolia to visit the sacred city that
Buddha has blessed.
But Romance. still clings to the Pc.
tala. 1t is still remote. Like Imray,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Try Ono PACKAGE.

II Defiance Starch" does not please
you, return 1t to your dealer. II It
does you get one-third more for the
same money. 1t will give you salts
faction, and will not stick to the iron.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
One of the New Silk Waists.

Fancy silks, in plaids, stripes and
figures, are all greatly in vogue for
odd waists and are exceedingly effec-
tive worn with the fashionable skirts
and suits. This one is exceptionally
smart and is made of chiffon taffeta,
in green and blue, combined with col
lar and cuffs Of plain green trimmed
with Oriental embroidery. At the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Thou Shalt Not kilI.u

HCU ONdIl NOI MIL.
Within the sacred precincts of
Lhassa the taking of life in any form
IS sacrilege. Buddha'S first law was:
Thou shalt not kill; and life is held
so sacred by his devout followers that
they are careful not to kill the small
est insect. Yet this palace, where
dwells the divine incarnation Of the
Bodhis at the head of the Buddhist
church. must have witnessed more
murders and instigations to crime
than the most blood-stained castle Of
medieval Europe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

Mrs. Dobbs-"How is your new
neighborhood?" Mrs. Dibbs-"Oh,
just like the other one; all the rich
people talk poor, and all the poor peo-
pie talk rich."-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Silver Fox Edainqs.

Edgings of silver fox and of gray
aStrachan are seen on some of the
smartest gowns turned out from we'll
known cOutOurieres.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
PopIar Shoots.

8. W. M.-How may the roots of
poplar trees in a neighboring garden
be prevented from throwing up shoots
in my garden?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

ton was executed by the Chinese on
account of his profligacy. The seventh
was deposed by the Chinese as privy
to the murder of the regent. After
the death of the eighth. of whom /
can learn nothing, it would seem that
the tables were turned, the regents
Systematically murdered their charge.
and the crime of the seventh Dalai
Lama was visited upon four success
i've incarnations. The ninth, tenth,
eleventh and twelfth all died prema-
turely, assassinated, it is believed, by
their regents.
Sanctified Murder.
There are no legends of ma.msey.
butts, secret smothering and hired
assassins. The children disappeared:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

The chicken house represented in
the accompanying cut is 12x24 feet;
it is feet high on the south side and
s feet high on the north side. 1t is
built of concrete, the walls being
six inches thick, with Pinch strapping
and Is lathed and plastered. Port
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
SpeIt for Stock Food.

F. B., ST.. Is spelt good food for
horses. cattle and swine? 2. What
time of year is it planted and Cow is
the ground prepared?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Handsome Under Skirt

Well hitting and handsome petit
coats are among the tasteful features
of dress which every woman desires
to pc 5sess. This one is carefully
shaped to fit smoothly over the hips
and is made to flare gracefully and
freely at the lower portion, so full
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
1872 E$
K 81 IN 5lzzZZlE45s -
80 sAsses& IBID 10
V(K Az0 !

champagne tints. Linen wolfe Is a
new material for wash dresses, trim
med with movable gallons. painted
generally on canvas foundation, and
sometimes interspersed with French
knots. 1t is pretty to look at, and
good to wear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
FOR CHICKENS IN WINTER.
WelI-BuiIt Concrete House That viii
Defy the Cold.

F. V. G.-I would like to learn how
to proceed to build concrete house
for little chickens in winter. | usual
ly keep about 200 chicks on hand, sell
ing them at about three months old.
| have no place to keep them in win
ter. Please show how to build suit
able house Of concrete and give an
estimate of the probable cost.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10
Jaundice.

8. B.-What is the cause of hen
turning yellow in the head? We lost
one from this cause this summer and
another is going the same way.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

Defiance Starch Is put up 16 ounces
In a package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-10

Lots Of people are too proud to beg,
too honest to steal and too lazy to &C
to work.