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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21
MAN FOUND DEAD IN CREEK
p. Harkins Believed to Have Faller
Into Water and Drowned While
Drunk

With his head under water, z. Har-
kins, laborer, was found dead IN
creek near Griffith park yesterday
morning.
According to information secured by
the officers who investigated the man
ner of death, Harkins was missed
Thursday. but as he has been drink
ing recently, no suspicion attached to
his absence. 1t is believed that Har-
kins fell into the stream while drunk
and was drowned.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21
Consul at Trinidad Removed

WASHINGTON Oct. 2O-Announce-
ment today that Alvin Smith, Ameri-
can consul at Trinidad, has been re-
moved from office. The cause is fail
ure to render his accounts and is at
tributed solely to neglect and careless
ness.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21
DEATHS OF THE DAY
F. p. WormIey, Pueblo

By Associated Press.
PUEBLO, Colo, oct. 2O.-Frederick
Pontius Wormley, a we'll known and
popular citizen of Pueblo and pioneer
of Colorado, died at his home in this
city yesterday, aged IS, after a long
illness. Mr. Wormley was a veteran
employe of the American Express COM
pany and carried the first matter ever
transferred by rail between Chicago
and Detroit. This was in 1852. For
twelve years he drove the express stage
between. the two cities mentioned. His
brother, Samuel P. WOrmley who re-
Gently died in Grand Rapids, Mich, was
associated with William G.. Fargo in
organizing the American Express COM
pany.
Col. J. T. Child, Missouri
BY Associated Press.
RICHARD. Mo. Oct 2O.-ColoneI Ja-
cob T. Child, a well-known Missouri
journalist who held the position of
United States minister to Siam and
United States Consul at Hankow, Chi
ma, respectively during Grover Cleve-
lands first and second administration,
died at mis- home here yesterday aged
IA years.
Rev. S. H. Rhoads, San Jose
BY Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Oct. 2O.-Rev. Samuel II.
Rhoads, a prominent retired Methodist
minister, died at his home at East San
Jose this morning aged 81 years. He
was born in Hamilton county, Ohio,
and came to California in 1875.
Mrs. Lloyd Wheaton, Chicago
BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct 2O.-Mrs. Lloyd
| Wheaton, wife of Major General Lloyd
! Wheaton, died today at her home here
after months illness, aged so years.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21
Submarine Boats Damaqed

CHERBOURG, France, Oct. 20.-An
incendiary fire which occurred today at
the arsenal here, where three subma-
rine boats are being built, did extern
sive damage to the boats and other
property,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21
Chicago Banks Take Cuban Bonds

CHICAGO, Oct. 2O.-Chicago banks
today subscribed for a new $12,O00,000
bond issue of the Cuban government.
The bonds are to refund so per cent of
the unpaid balance of S2S,50O,0O0 of SOL
diers' warrants.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21
Land for Forest Reserve

SALINAS, Oct. 20-United States
Land Commissioner DauEherty for
Monterey county announced yesterday
that 100000 acres of land had been with
drawn from public entry pending the
declaration of a forest reserve.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-21

If you want to go east, G. HaydOck,
Agt. Illinois Central r. r., 23S S. Spring.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
POISONING Potato Buus,

AS long as the potato crop is grow
ing, the potato bug should be fought.
The most approved method now prac-
ticed consists in poisoning this insect
with Paris green. Some have feared
to use Paris green lest the foliage of
the plant be injured, but all expert
ments go to show that the Paris green
not only does not injure the foliage,
but that it actually improves it. This
cannot be said of some other poisons,
such as ~arsenite of lime. Some farm
ers do not try to poison the bugs in
late summer and early fall, for they
say the potatoes have attained their
growth and the foliage is therefore of
little consequence. But If the war on
the bugs kept up till the end of the
growing season, the crop next year
would be greatly reduced. While Paris
green is being put on the potato
plants, other plants used by the po-
tato beetles for food should not be
overlooked. Potato beetles feed on to-
mato plants and On quite a variety of
weeds. 1t is not desirable to spray
the tomato plants with Paris green
during the time of fruiting, but the
weeds at least on which the beetles
appear can be treated to a spraying
with Paris green without danger. 1t
must not be forgotten that the size of
the brood next year will depend very
much on how many are permitted to
go into winter in good health.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Over cultivation of Orchards.

There is such a thing as ~cultivating
an orchard too much. This is the case
with orchards that have never been
accustomed to being cultivated. 1t Is
safest to begin cultivation in the
spring as SOC as the buds begin to
open, and continue the cultivation un-
I'll the end of July. BY that time the
branches will have made their annual
growth, and the fruit buds will have
developed for the fruit crop OF the
Following year. When that has been
accomplished growth stops, n he
rest OF the a the tree spends In
hardening up the wood that has been
developed, and in filing the fruit buds
with material for the development in
the following spring. If cultivation
is continued during the latter part or
summer and in the fall, there is dan
ger that a fall growth of wood will
be started, and also that many of the
fruit buds will expand and blossoms
appear in the fall. Many a good or
chard has been spoiled by over culti-
walton. One man in Illinois tells the
story hat when he was a young man,
his father being away, he thought to
surprise him by thoroughly cultivat-
ing an orchard of 400 plum trees. 1t
was early fall. The trees took on
new growth. When his father re-
turned, instead of being pleased he
said: You have killed all these trees"
His prophecy proved true. as most of
the trees died during the following
winter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Buffalo Tree Hopper.

The Buffalo tree hopper is a light
green, th]ree-cornered insect, about
one-third of an inch in length. What
appears to be the head, really the
thorax, is large and broad and termin-
ates abruptly, having on either side a
short, sharp spine or thorn, somewhat
resembling the horn Of a buffalo, and
from this comes the common name of
the insect. This insect feeds upon a
great variety of plants. 1t does its
chief injury while depositing its eggs,
in August. These are deposited in the
limbs of various trees, including the
apple. Clean culture Of orchards will
do much to keep down these insects.
Where many eggs are deposited on a
limb, the only remedy is to cut off
the limb and burn it, but this may be
done in the late fall or early spring,
at which times 1t is easier than at the
present time to discover the eggs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Fruit Trees Not ornamentals.

All trees are divided naturally into
two groups, the useful and the orna-
mental. The useful trees are those that
bear fruit. These must be severely trim
med and pruned to keep down the vol
ume of wood so that fruit production
may be encouraged. 1t is useless to
attempt to use a fruit tree as an ornA-
mental, with rare exceptions. The
amount of pruning required disfigures
it, and if such pruning is neglected a
small crop of fruit will be the result.
Therefore the practice sometimes fol-
lowed of planting fruit trees on lawns
should not be encouraged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
The cottony Grass Scale.

In some Of the eastern states dur
Ing the past two years the cottony
grass scale has been troublesome, de-
stroylng much grass. This Is unusual.
as the scale is not a new insect, but
has generally been present in such
small numbers that losses from 1t
were considered insignificant. The
present increase in its importance is
supposed to be due TO a sudden de.
crease in the number of its parasitic
enemies that kept it In check. Just
how far westward 1t is working we
have no record, but 1t is well to be
on the lookout for il.
The mature female scale lays an
immense number of eggs, inclosing
them in a small white. sack, which is
produced at the same time. Some
times this sack is half an inch in
length. When they are fully devel-
oped they are easily seen. The remedy
is to burn the dried grass, either in
fall or spring, but II is just as well to
leave them till spring IL the matter
will not then be overlooked. The
burning Of the grass destroys the en-.
tire generation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Farm Accounts.

One OF the greatest obstacles I'm
the way Of successful farming Ia
the general lack Of farm &C.
count books. This science, the
science Of numbers, is regarded by
the farmer as a side issue. He a
that a crop will bring in just as much
money whether he has kept an &C.
count Of it or not. This is true, but
If a man does keep account OF all he
does and of the profit and loss on
every transaction, he will soon come
to know the enterprises that lose
money for him and avoid them. A
farmer should know every day how
much his obligations amount to, as by
so doing he a keep from running up
bills for farm appliances that he can
not pay. 1t will pay the farmer with
a family to have one of his children
learn bookkeeping and give that child
the task of keeping the farm accounts
In regular order.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Success With Orchards.

Orchards can be successfully grown
in all parts of the temperate
zone, but in many sections their
success depends on the care given
them. The man that plants out
an orchard and expects it to make
its W way may succeed If condi-
lions are exceptionally good, but there
are very many places where the win
tiers are too cold and the summers
are too dry to permit of the success
Of an orchard without cultivation,
spraying, and pruning. We have seen
many u~ncultivated orchards which
have been planted by men who hoped
to make fortunes out of them, but
they forgot to give them care. Such
orchards almost always prove TO be a
financial loss.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Watering Trees in Summer.

1t generally does little good to at
tempt to water trees in summer.
Keeping the ground ~pulverized will
generally accomplish more in supply
ing moisture to the tree than will the
supplying of water by the hose. The
great trouble in watering with a gar.
den hose is that enough water is not
given. The man will think he has
thrown on a great deal of water, but
1t will be found on investigation that
the ground has not been moistened to
a greater depth than one inch. Many
OF the light showers in summer wet
the ground only to a depth Of one
fourth or one-half Of an inch. They
really do no good to the tree through
he roots. Their chief benefit con-
sists in washing the dust off the
leaves. If a man is to use a garden
hose on his trees, he will accomplish
more by washing off the foliage than
by attempting to water the tree from
below. The failure in the latter case
is due to a too small supply of water;
and it is extremely difficult to supply
enough water through the garden hose
to affect many trees.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Wheat Screenings for sheep.

Wheat screenings may be fed to
sheep with better results than to any
other class of farm stock. Screenings
contain n large amount Of weed seeds,
and such seeds are not eaten generally
by other stock than the sheep. Sheep
naturally feed on weeds and weed
seeds as well as on the grasses. This
makes it safe to feed to sheep seeds OF
troublesome weeds. | was owe in
Western Canada awhile ago and found
that they have laws against the sale
of wheat screenings, except when 1t
was certain that they were to be fed
to sheep. The motive for the laws
was to prevent the termination OF
these weed seeds. Where screenings
can be obtained at a low price they
ear be fed at a profit to sheep, If to
nc other farm stock. Even the poultry
seem to eat less of them than the
sheep.-Joseph Bowler, Carroll Co.,
Ind, in Farmers Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Cheap Beef on Young Steers.

Cheap meat is made on young steers.
The steer, from the time he is born till
the time he reaches the age of two
years, maintains practically q uniform
rate Of gain. This does not, of course,
include the birth weight, which is fire.
quently figured into the earlier gains.
This increase in weight, though
steady, does not mean that the gain
the second year is made at the same
cost as the first year. The amount
Of live weight to be kept alive is
constantly increasing, and also more
food is required to make a pound of
gain as the animal grows older.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
A Good Bone Desirable.

A good bone in a hog is a
thing to be desired. The bone
that is made of lime only and
has in it no mineral matter is a
very unreliable bone to have in an
animal, even though he is to be used
only for meat. The weakness of the
bone is the cause Of many hogs go
ing down behind" as it is called. A
good many hogs get fat and their
bones splinter and break being un.
able to stand the strain. Proper feed,
that not overbalanced on the side of
the s~tarches, will give good bone. but
not a great improvement. can be made
10 one swine generation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Tending Toward Fineness.

There has been much complaint
about flneness in our breeds of
swine. The real complaint should
DO that this ~fineness has been
attained through loss Of energy,
power and prepotency. The ten
dency of all breeds that are improving
Is toward f%neness, and this is not
necessarily to be abandoned because
VIC have been destroying the vitality
Of u hogs. The destruction has come
through wrong methods Of feeding,
especially in the matter of an overbal-
ance Of corn in the foods. Let us con.
tinue to improve the quality of our
hogs, but let MS cease giving them
mushy bones. Because a bone is small
Is no reason why it should not be
strong. In the rae horse we have
fneness of bone with great strength,
but the r%acehorse has had the best
Of food out of which to make such
bone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Make the Soil Richer,


Cyril G. Hopkins, appealing to the
farmers of Illinois to improve their
farms, says: If we do prove conclu-
sively that the fertility Of all of the
soils Of Illinois cannot be maintained
by the use of legumes and the manure
made from Illinois crops alone, and if
we do demonstrate absolutely that the
is necessary and profitable, then, who
eve buys plant food for use on Hi.
nois soil, let him not buy a tonic or a
stimulant or a trivial amount of some
highly manufactured and high-priced
so-called commercial fertilizer which
shall only urge the soil to greater ex-
haustion and result in no permanent
good, but let him buy liberal amounts
of the real elements as near to the
raw materials as possible such as fine
ground limestone from the immense
natural deposits of our own state, and
pure phosphates such as bone meal
Originally a farm product), or as fine
ground rock phosphate from the very
extensive phosphate mines of the
southern states, and, if necessary. po-
tassium from the abundant supplies Of
the German potash mines; and then
let him apply at least two pounds for
every pound he removes in crops; let
the supply increase and not decrease;
let the soils of Illinois not grow poorer
but richer and richer-for the lands
sake, for your children's sake, and for
Illinois sake. If we do learn that this
Is possible, then let us have one coun-
try on earth-let us have one state in
this Union, whose soils shall not be
ruined and whose children shall not
be left with only a memory or a tradi-
ton of the bountiful harvests of form.
er years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
A poisonous Mushroom.

We illustrate herewith one of the
ieadliest of mushrooms growing wild
In our woods. This is the mushroom
that is usually mistaken for the edible
Kind, as it is fair to look upon and has
&c bad smell to serve as a warning.
1t is white on top, but sometimes has
a Slightly greenish tint-so slight,
however, that it is not generally no
ticed. Avoid all mushrooms grow
ing from a sheath as this one shown
in the cut. Moreover, the sheath is
frequently covered by the moss grow
ing about it or by the dead leaves.
Avoid also a cousin of this one
which looks like it but Is yellowish
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

Inert Ike-"Wot does 'procrastin,
ate mean?" Homeless Homer-"To
put off," Inert Ike-"Gee, but wuzn't
we procrastinated from dat tas,
MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.
Madge-"They say she is very
clever, but / have never noticed It,
Marjorie-"Of course not. She says
all the clever things about you after
you are gone."-Harper's Bazaar.
"That brother of yours. Lucy" said
The man of the house, seems to be
, pretty tough character" Deed,
le is, subj" replied the colored maid;
he jes' n~atchelly seems to be de
white sheep oh our family, sho' nuff.
Philadelphia Press.
1t isn't easy to- squeeze a donation
out of Russell Sage. A lady, solicit
ing money for a charitable purpose
called on the wealthy ~financier and
showed her list of contributions. Op
posite the name of Mrs. Russell Sage
was the sum of 800. When Sage
saw this, he wrote "Mr. and" before
the name of his wife.
Never Judge the wait Of a young
widow by her signs.
The visitor-"What a delightfully."-
snug little fiat you have!" The en-
ter--"Isn't 1t? When we open the
door we're in the middle OF the
room, and when the sunshine comes
in we have to move some of the fur
niture out."-Chicago Tribune.
1.-THE average man out of work al
ways insists that he'd have been all
right IL he'd only had a good show
in the last place" Unless he hap
pens to be an actor. Then it's II I'd
only had a good place in the last
show "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

N. A. Clapp says: "One of the
most economical ways of feeding
corn to cattle is in the shock.
While at first thought this may
seem like a slipshod method, with
hogs to follow the cattle and to
the u~ndigested corn that
passes the cattle, there is but little
lost. Under this method the food con-
sumed by the hogs would be well
nigh valueless without them to con
sumo 1t. Hogs fattened in that way
yield a large profit"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
IIVF1|
Dark Stables.

l have Just been over to one of my
neighbors who has completed an addi-
ton to his barn. In the addition are
the stables for the COWS and the
horses. II is not wise for one to critf-
else his neighbor, or at least to the
neighbor's face, so l did not make any
comments on the arrangements of the
stables. But to the Farmers Review
VIII express the opinion that the
stables built are all wrong. l do not
see how it will be possible to keep
them clean, The great objection TO
them is the fact that they are on the
north side of the barn and have no
windows at all except the small win
COWS that are made for the purpose OF
throwing out the n and which
are Kept covered with slides. Through
these small apertures little light perco'
iates. The stables will always be dark,
n that means that they will be al
ways dirty and have in them bad
smells. The man keeps six cows, and
there is but one aperture behind the
cows. Late in the winter the manure
pile outside will be higher than the
little window, which would not, OF
curse, be left open in the winter any
way.
| have always found that a dark
stable win continue to be a dirty
stable, no matter for what animals 1t
g USED. A man does not generally
light a lantern to find the dirt in his
stable, and that means that the stable
$ never perfectly cleaned out. The
Use of water in the stable that is
lark results in dampness and mold. |
nave a strong sympathy for the ami
mails shut up in a dark stable, either
summer or winter.-James Williams,
Iass Co, Neb., in Farmers Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Well Shaped Trees,

The tree that is properly shaped
will have an artistic appearance
in winter as well as in summer.
1t is not only desirable to have a
mass of foliage in the summer,
but it's branches should be so arrang-
ed that it will give a pleasing effect in
winter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

The kind of fruit to grow depends
on whether 1t is to go onto the gen.
eral market or is to be sold to private
BUYERS. For the general market, me-
dunn quality fruits with good color
and long keeping qualities are needed,
while for the private market, quality
counts more than anything else.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

on top and has patches scattered over
the crest. 1t is probably not very
common in the west, but grows
~abundantly in the eastern part of this
country. 1t is a safe plan not to eat
any mushroom that is not fully
known. Trying to tell a mushroom by
written descriptions is dangerous, If
the mushroom is to be eaten.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

In life when wolnan's great change
may be expected.
These symptoms are all just so many
calls from nature for help. The nerves
are crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia E. Piukham's Vegetable Com
pound was prepared to meet the needs
OF woman's system Mt this trying
period of her life. II invigoratcs and
strengthens the female organism and
buildSu up the weakened nervous system.
IT has carried thousands Of women
safely through this crisis.
special advice regarding this i'm
portant period women are invited to
write TO Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and ii viii be furnished absolutely free
of charge.
Read what Lydia Il. PinlSham's Com
pound did for Mrs. IIyland and Mrs.
uinkle:
Dear Mrs. pinkham:-
al had been suffering with falling OF the
womb for years and was passing through the
Change Of Life. Ny womb was badly swol-
len; my stomach was sore; / had dizzy spells,
sick headaches, and was very nervous.
u..lE~ Rs- u-A4l. r.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

/ am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years aRo.-MRs. THos. RoBBINs,
Maple Street. Norwich, N. ", Feb. II, 1909.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

Apowder. II rests the feet. Cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet
and lngrowing Nails. At all Druggists and
Shoe stores, 20 cents. Accept no substitute.
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S.
OLusted, Lelioy, N. Y,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

It's easy to plant IA mortgage on a
farm, but it isn't so easy to raise IL.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot.Ease

Advice that doesn't agree with ones
inclination is hard to swallow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

Occasionally a man gets rid OF n
bad habit by swapping It for n worse
one.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
THE TURN OF LIFE
A Time When Women Are Susceptible to Many
Dread Diseases-lntelligent Women Prepare
for 1t. Two Relate their Experience.

ne Clanpe OF lie is
the most critical period
of a woman's existence,
and the anxiety felt by
women as it draws near
is not without reason.
Every woman who
neglects the care of her
health at this time in
vites disease and pain.
When her system is in
n deranged condition.
or she is predisposed to
npopleXy, or congestion
of any organ, the ten
dency is at this period
likely to become active
and with a host of ner-
vous irritations, make
life n burden. At this
Sme, also, cancers and
tumors are more liable
70 form and begin their
destructive work.
Such warning symp-
toms as sense OF sutfo-
cation, hot flashes, head
aches backacheS. dread
Of impending evil, timid-
ity, sounds in the ears,
palpitation of the heart,
sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipa-
ton, variable appetite,
weakness and inquie-
tude, and dizziness, are
promptly needed by in
telligcn women who are
approaching the period