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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
CONTROL OF sWARMlNG.
A Device Designed to Keep Down In.
crease While Securing Honey.

During the past three years have
made good many experiments in
trying to perfect simple mechanical
device and to evolve system of
manipulation to go with II that would
enable the apiarist to control swarm
ing effectually, secure crop OF
honey, and requiem his colonies at one
and the same time; and having met
with good success along the lines OF
my experimenting | have concluded
to tell the Bookkeeping public the re-
suits of my work, writes J. Il, Cham
bers. of Vigo. Texas, in Gleanlngs in
Bee Culture.
In the illustrations, A represents
the top story of hive. and b the
bottom or the lower story, with the
dividing board and chute in correct
position on the hive; and the entire
construction and method OF applica'
ton are so clearly shown that any
extended description is unnecessary.
The dividing board Is simply a
board cleated on the two upper sides
"hA iNAi Niih' iAN iiSht 40 NV NiN'N
ed. and forms the opening shown at
IL. The passage holes are bored
through and covered with zinc, as
| shown at ID ID. The purpose OF these
holes is to maintain n certain degree
of communication between the two
hive bodies. and to guard against the
possibility OF the young bees in hive
A deserving in too great force. In
the rear end of the dividing board a
small opening covered with zinc il
shown ut Il. This serves as Hight
hole, and helps to arrest and fix a
certain number of bees; for by nun.
erous experiments | found that. with
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30

tut these holes to act as counter
checks, the entire force will desert
rom hive A above. thus leaving tho
brood and queen unprotected to
starve; but through the holes ID ID
sufficient nurse bees come up from
alive b to prevent this, and this trou.
ole is overcome.
The chute is made by mailing to,
gether two pieces Of timber, Xxi. six
inches long, and one piece Xxi, II
lnoAes long, and covering one side by
mailing on a thin board six inches
wide and IA long, as shown at G. and
attaching a strip Of zinc one inch
wide and ID long over the exist,
shown at G. For deep hives 1t might
be advisable to make the chute little
deeper than six, inches, In order to
bring the flight of outgoing young
bees down nearer to the entrance
shown at +, thereby causing them to
mix up with the field force going In
there; but in no case should the exit
G be nearer to the entrance II than 4
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Prominent in Late War.

Il was announced from Havana
August 20 that Gen. Bandera, who
greatly distinguished himself in the
Cuban war for independence, had left
Arroyo Arenas, II miles west of
Havana, with about 20 insurgents,
whose numbers, it was believed,
were augmented later by an armed
force from Havana. The next day it
was reported that Bandera had been
wounded in the head in a skirmish.
took part in the ten years war, as well
as in the war for Cuban independence
He was well known in every province
of Cuba, and had great influence with
the colored people. When in Havana
Bandera was in the habit of gathering
crowds of negroes about him and max
ing speeches to them on the ingrati-
tude of republics. On one occasion
he went to the senate chamber and
delivered a violent speech criticising
the government for not giving him an
office. Soon afterward he was APP
pointed doorkeeper of the house of
parliament. The position which Ban
dera aspired to was that of chief of
police.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
HEN AND CHICKS.
Use Screen In Place Of Boards 70
Close Front OF Coop at Night.


1t Is a cruel plan which shuts on
the air almost entirely from the hen
with brood of chicks by placing a
board In front of the coop at night;
nor is such a plan necessary IL one
will take the trouble to build coop
or coops after the following plan:
Build the coop after the usual plan,
sloping the roof to the rear and COW
ering the front with Stats except at
one lower corner, where door should
be arranged. so that the hen can be
easily let out when desired. To solve
the problem of plenty OF fresh air
and at the same time freedom from
prowltng small animals, says the In
dianapolis News, construct screen;
make the frame large enough COM
pleteiy to cover the front OF the coop
and cover 1t with wire netting: at
either side fasten a strap with hole
In the end, and on the sides of the
coop place n screw, over which the
straps are placed TO hold the screen
in place. To make the screen still
more secure when placed have the
side pieces large enough SO that
long wire nail may be driven In them
about one-quarter the length OF the
nail, at the end; then sink in the
ground at either end of the coop two
pieces of wood, each having q holo
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
POULTRY PIPS,

A busy hen lays up her treasures
in the egg basket.
Clean nests are inviting to the hen,
but foul ones she abominates.
Plenty of grit thrown about the
poultry yard is essential to the health
of the hens.
A cold, damp poultry house robs
the egg basket and breeds disease
among the fowls.
A little meat and a hot mash fed
to the hens in winter will be paid for
by the increased quantity of eggs.
A hen house alive with mites Is
losing the poultry raiser money every
day. Hens cannot feed the mites and
your egg basket too.
Dry feed makes healthy chickens.
but wet feed often causes bowel
trouble, especially in chicks a few
days old-Farmers' Voice.
Hens should be put to set In brand
new nests of hay or straw. Old nests
breed mites, and hen will not re
main on nest where they thrive.
Little chicks left In the nest for
"a hours after they are Matched will
be stronger than those removed short
ly after they come from the she'll.
A little dry dirt sprinkled in the
bottom of the nests where hens SIRE
to set helps to keep out the mites
and preserve the vitality Of the eggs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
FAMOUS CUBAN INSURGENT
LEADER KILLED in BATTLE
Rural Guards Stay Gen. Bandera, Dealing
Death Blow to Insurrection---Rebels
Capture Railway Terminus.

1t Is increasingly evident that the
backbone of the instruction in the
western part of the province of Ha.
vana has been broken. Even had the
death OF Gen. Bandera not fastened
that consummation, the members OF
his band were making for their homes
as the pursuit of the mounted rural
guards, day and night, had sickened
them of an insurrectionary career.
Pine Guerra Is far higher class
leader, with considerably more in.
telligent following, and his occupancy
of San Juan de Martinez Thursday
quickly followed his capture of San
Luis Wednesday, enables him to Sc
riously threaten the provincial capital
of Pinar del Rio.
One drawback to the general situa.
ton is the fact that while many prom.
inent men are protesting their loyalty
to the government, there is an unde.
niable lukewarmness and waiting atti.
tude among the masses. They have
the impression that perhaps a change
in the occupancy of the presidential
chair might bring more liberty and
real self-government to Cuba.
Rebels Capture Railway Terminus.
The insurgent forces commanded by
Pine Guerra have captured San Juan
de Martinez, the terminus of the West
ern railroad, and have occupied the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30

Havana.-The body of the negro
general Quentin Bandera, the most
daring insurgent in Havana province,
by those of two mulatto comrades, all
frightfully gashed by long machetes
Of the rural guards who ended their
careers
The arrival of Bandera's body here
was the first news of the fight in
which he met his death. The conflict
occurred at the Silveira farm, near
Punta Bravo, IS miles from Havana.
A detachment of 3S mounted rural
guards, under Capt. Ignacio Delgado
snd Lieut.. Martinez, were searching
! throughout the night for Bandera's
party. At two o'clock Thursday morn
ing the guards were breaking through
wire fence at the edge of the Sill
veira farm when they were suddenly
fired upon by Bandera's followers, 20
in number The guards rushed upon
the insurgents, but with the exception
of their chief and his two leading COM
rades they all succeeded in getting
away.
Bodies Horribly MutiIated.
The guards made the chief and his
| two companions special object of
attack, and all three received several
! bullet wounds and were horribly mu-
tilated by machete cuts. Not one Of
the guards was wounded. The bodies
| If Bandera and his companions were
placed in wagon and taken to Hav-
| Bandera's two dead companions was
body showed that his principal wound
was a severe machete blow on the
head, which cut off his left ear and
made an ugly incision in his face.
He also had bullet wounds in his
arms and breast. The condition of
Bandera's two dead companions was
even more shocking. Their faces and
heads were terribly gashed, and they
also had machete wounds in their
| breasts and on their arms. The
clothes of all three men showed
every evidence of the hard life which
they had been leading while GLIDING
heir pursuers.
1t has been an open secret among
the rural guards that BAndera would
never live to be tried for treason, his
ieath being the main object of the
government forces operating in Hay
ana province. The smallness Of the
party accompanying Bandera has
caused surprise here, but it is be-
lieved that he only had a portion of
his band with him. In any case, how
ever, it is believed the insurrectionary
movement in western Havana has
been broken up by Banderas death.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
HOW TO SELL HONEY.
Way In Which One Farmer Disposes
OF His Product With Profit.

Not wishing to send my honey to
commission men and help to over.
stock the market and lower the price,
/ have always tried to be my own
salesman. | have tried selling honey
in many ways. The most pleasant
and successful way is selling by sam
pie find October and November the
best months in the year to sell honey.
select pleasant day, put In my
satchel some nice samples OF comb
and extracted honey and beeswax.
mount my bicycle and start for neigh.
boring towns and cities. says the
writer In Farm and Home. visit the
leading grocers and show my honey.
l guarantee everything to be as good
as the samples shown and promise to
deliver honey safe, sound and clean.
free from breakage or drip, and most
always effect sale.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30

inches; for II brought in direct con-
tact 1t might induce some OF the bees
to go back by the route they came,
though the perforated zinc acts as a
great check on such an attempt.
In using this device there are three
different systems Of manipulating, any
one OF which can be used with good
results. The one | use mostly In my
own apiaries is, l think, the best and
easiest for extracting colonies; but
for comb honey either of the others
is better. Just as soon as a colony
makes preparations TO swarm | be-
gin work. Selecting one comb and
adhering bees | make sure that the
queen Is not on 1t. This comb should
contain two or three cells well started
now place this comb in the center
of the hive represented by b, and fill
up the vacant spaces with empty
combs or full sheets OF foundation, as
bees working under these conditions
can not be depended on to build
combs. ! now place the dividing
board in position, as shown in the
illustration, and set hive A over II.
Mailing on the chute completes the
operation for the present, except that
record of the stage of development
in which the cells were at the time OF
manipulating must be kept, and
should be marked on the hive so as to
be readily seen. With this record to
go by, the hive can be opened at the
proper time and all cells cut, except
one of the best. The hive is then
closed, and requires no further atten-
ton until time to remove the dividing
board and reunite the colony, which is
as soon after the young queen begins
to lay as possible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
POULTRY FEEDING.
Best Rule Is Common Sense--Givs
Fowls Food That 10 Nourlshlng.

The best rule for feeding poultry 10
common sense; the health and useful
ness OF fowls does not depend on fob
lowing rules so much as on getting
an adequate supply of palatable food
Changing the food several times daily
Is no better than making the same
changes as often each week. This
may be seen from the rules prao
ticed by successful poultrymen, says
the Orange Judd Farmer. Notice the
following:
Mash Of bran and middlings, bran
and corn meal, bran only, various
grains ground together. These va
rlous mashes fed morning, noon or
night, in amounts varying from q
spoonful to crop full. Some poultry.
men give no mash at all. Again some
keep beef scraps before the fowls at
all times, others give an ounce every
second day. Some give as much green
bono each day as the hens will eat;
others half an ounce on alternate
days. Some mix grit, charcoal and cut
clover with the mash, others feed
them separately. It's up to you; but
your neighbor may have equal success
by an opposite practice. Principle 10
above rule.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
After Ice Trust.

County Attorney Miller who has
been asked to submit to the grand
Jury his opinion as to whether parti-
cipants in local ice trust, If one ex-
lists, may be held under the Iowa anti
trust statute, has prepared a state
ment to the effect that such Is his
belief. While admitting that the stat
ate was declared unconstitutional by
Judge McVey in recent suit against
Insurance men, the county attorney
gives it as his opinion that the proper
manner Of procedure is against rne
individuals composing the corpora
ton and not the corporation ITSELF
Thus If the grand jury determines
that a local trust exists and that it
maintains an exorbitant price for it's
products here, the body should re-
turn indictments against the individ-
uals composing the offending corpor-
atoms.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
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Campaign Plans Made.

Campaign Plans Made.
Des Moines.-The democratic cam
paign will open early in September.
The republican campaign will open
about October 1. Porter will speak
at Ottumwa and Denison at Clarion
September 6. Leaders Of both parties
declare themselves well satisfied with
the situation and confident of victory.
This is the gist of the plans formu-
lated by the republican and demo-
cratic state party leaders at con-
ference in Des Moines. The demo-
Gratis decided to start early and make
thorough, systematic campaign.
The republicans decided to make a
short, hard campaign.
Those who participated In the re-
publican conference were Congress
man Smith, Conner, Dawson and
Birdsall, nearly all the candidates for
state office, a number of republican
editors and all the state committee
men but Wright, Cowies, Estabrook
and Copeland.
Those who participated In the
democratic conference were all the
state committeeman but Alex Miller
Of the First district, nearly all the
candidates for state office, Robert
Stirton and ID. w. Hamilton, nom
inees for congress in the Fifth and
Sixth districts respectively, and a
number of democratic editors and
leaders.
G. e. Bowers, editor of the Sioux
County Herald, published at Orange
City in Sioux County, has been ap
pointed by Chairman Frank p. Woodh
of the republican state central com,
mittee to take charge of the literary
bureau of the republican state head
quarters.
Mr.. Bowers is in the city and will.
begin work Immediately in organizing
the bureau. His long and successfui
experience as newspaper man and
his wide acquaintance in the state
give him immediate advantage in the
prompt and efficient organization Of
the department of publicity connected
with the headquarters.
Sioux county has always been one
Of the staunch republican counties of
the state, and among the influences
which have contributed to that re-
suit has been the Herald, owned by
Mr.. Bowers and Of which he has per-
sonal direction. His son, Will s.
Bowers, is connected with the Sioux
City Journal, the newspaper OF Hon.
George d. Perkins.
Chairman Woods will have the
headquarters arranged for active
work at once. They are on the third
floor facing the east and north Of the
Observatory building.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30

In the end, into which tho nail In the
end pieces OF the screen will mt when
the latter Is In position. In this way
1t will be impossible for the screen
to get loose. In the illustration. II.
at dotted line, shows where the screen
will come when In position; A, the
side piece OF the screen, with the
long wire nail In position; 3, tho
stakes in the ground to receive the
nails; b, the screen complete; g, tho
swinging lath by which the door for
the use of the hen is Kept in place.
and 2, the manner of attaching thu
small strap to the side OF the screen
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Advocates Sentence Reform.

Warden WA. Hunter of the Ana
mosa penitentiary is an ardent advo-
nate of the indeterminate sentence and
reformatory scheme Of retaining
criminals. In his annual report filed
with the state board Of control he
devotes considerable space to discus.
sion of the subject, urging the board
to recommend to the legislature of this
winter the establishment of the indie
terminate sentence, the creation Of
q board of pardons and parole, and
the organization of reformatory.
Warden Hunter favors the real indie
terminate sentence. In the bills with
which the Iowa legislature hitherto
has had to do the real thing was not
involved, a minimum and maximum
limit on the sentence Of criminals be-
ing preserved in the judgments adj
ministered by the courts. The real
indeterminate sentence Is an institu.
ton which gives society the power to
relieve themselves of all restraint by
proper conduct while restrained.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Girl Drops a Bomb.

Odessa, Aug. 27.-Late Saturday
evening girl dropped bomb in the
Nicholas boulevard, fifty PAGES from
the palace of Governor Kaulbars.
There was a deafening defamation and
a wild stampede of the promenaders.
None were injured except the girl,
whose hand was shattered. 1t is sup
posed that the bomb fell accidentally.
She and another girl and a univer-
sity student accompanying them were
arrested.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Blood VIII Tell.

Blood will tell in the poultry yard
As in no other farm stock department.
The meat breeds beat the mongrel
and so do the laying breeds. each in
its own speciality, Never has this
been better understood than now and
never has the scrub hen been in such
diSfavor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Bank Sues Rrokere

Birmingham, Ala.-The First Ma
tional bank entered suit against p. G.
Smith, and the Odell Stock & Grain
company to recover s4S,203 of the
banks money, said to have been lost
by the bank teller.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Nav Have Arms for Cuba.

New York.-It is reported that the
steamer Esperanza which sailed for
Cuba from this port, carried in her
hold complete field battery Of ar
tillery consigned to the Cuban gov
eminent at Havana
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Governor Is Reinstated.

Rio de Janeiro.-The Brazilian con-
gress authorized the federal govern
ment to reinstate the governor of the
province of Sergipe, who was removed
in consequence of the recent insur-
.rectionary demonstration there
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Death In Forest Fires.

Toulon, France.-A large forest fire
is spreading rapidly around this city
Troops and blue jackets are strenu
ously fighting the fire. Three soldier
were surrounded by flames and
burned to death.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Sons of Xeterons Elect.

Peoria, Ill.-The national conven
ton of Sons of Veterans closed their
sessions with the selection of Dayton,
o., as the next meeting place. Ed
ward M. Amies, of Altoona, Pa, was
elected commander-in-chief.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
TO REBUILD VALPARAISO.
Government Has Drawn Up Plan fo
Reconstruction of City.

ReconStructlon or City.
Valparaiso, Aug. 27.-The govern
ment has drawn up project for the
reconstruction of Valparaiso. In order
to prevent the flooding Of the streets
they will have uniform level. The
minimum width Of streets between
curbs will be fifteen meters. The gov
eminent will pay cash for lands ex-
propriated for this purpose and will
facilitate loans to owners of lands thus
taken. Customs duties will be sus-
pended for eighteen months on con-
Struction material.
The destruction by dynamite of
menacing buildings is bringing out
protests. The bourse and commercial
houses are not yet doing business and
because of a lack of money the banks
are forced to continue limited pay.
ments.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
ALLEGES False Import Entries.

Nogales, Ariz.-The firm of G. RAM
eriz, the largest customs brokers in
Sonora, Mexico, was closed by Mex
lean officials on a charge Of making
false entries of wheat shipped from
the United States.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Killed In Mine EXPLOSION,

Wilkesbarre, pam explosion Of
gas occurred in No. Q colliery of the
Lehigh G. Wilkesbarre Coal company
at Sugar Notch, in which w. A. Vim
cent, miner, was killed. His son
William was fatally Injured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Mother Kills DAUGHTER.

Taylorville, Ill.-Maud Kyler, IA
years old, died of revolver wound
inflicted by her mother, who rlistook
her daughter for man who had been
annoying the family, and shot the girl
at two o'clock a. m.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30

Two trees that bear seedless and
coreiess apples are on the farm of s.
A. Flckenger. of Morrill,. Kan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Would Protect the Horse.

An effort is being made to have the
state legislature pass bill requiring
all horse shoers to pass an examina-
ton as to their knowledge of the anat-
omy of the horses hoof, as well as
their ability to do the mechanical work
Of making and fitting shoe. DR..
GEORGE, who is pushing the matter in
/ es Moines, declares that rs per cent
of the horses are improperly shod. Il
have about finished my canvas of the
state" said DR.. George, "in my effort
to bring about strict regulations for
the man who takes strict regulations
the man who takes upon himself the
title of horse shoer."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Four Brothers Take Bankruptcy.

Four Bigler brothers, farm laborers
near Hartwick, Poweshiek county,
commenced voluntary bankruptcy
proceedings by filing petitions with
Clerk William c. Macarthur OF United
States district court here. Their la
bilities amount to S1S4,655 each, and
the assets of none exceed $25. The
liabilities we're contracted by them
on notes for cattle while they were
members Of the c. G. Bigler G. Sons
Stock Company.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30
Supervisors Choose pes Moines.

Des Moines gets the next meeting
of the Supervisors Association OF
Iowa, the session to open on January
%, 1907. Waterloo, Clinton, and Cres-
ton were applicants for the meeting
but it was considered advisable to get
close to the legislature, as the super
visors expect TO show an interest in
some desired legislation. In the cleo
tion of officers at the Bluffs F. r..
Morris of Des Moincs was reelected
president, ]. G. Manley OF Grinnell.
vice president, and I. II. Taggart OF
Bradyville, secretary.