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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
BARNS AND STABLES.
w. j. Fraser, of the University of II.
linois, Makes Some Sug-
gestions.

Costly barns or stables are no,
essential to the production of clean
milk or the maintenance of a dairy
herd at its highest efficiency To oh
tain the best results il is important,
however, that the cows be kept com.
Portable at all times, To do this.
there are several essentials with which
barn must be provided II must have
a roof that does not leak; sides that
do not allow the wind TO blow
through, and doors that will close
tightly.
Two things almost universally lack.
ing, or at least inadequately supplied.
in dairy barns are light and pure air.
These are easily obtained, and al
though absolutely essential to the
best health of the herd and the eco
homie production OF clean milk, they
are rarely appreciated. If barn Is
already built and has insufficient light.
more windows can easily be provided.
There should be from three-fourths to
one and one-half square feet of glass
for every linear foot of outside wall
in a dairy barn.
Many barns are not provided with
any system of ventilation whatever.
as but few dairymen realize that pure
! air Is just as essential to the economic
| production of untainted milk as Is the
| feed a COW consumes. Digestion and
assimilation, like the burning of coal
In a stove, are processes of combus
| hn hn MI
coal. but If the draughts are kept tight
ly closed the coal will not burn, as suf
icient oxygen is not provided. Mel
ther can n cows feed be properly d.
| gest and assimilated without an abund'
ance of oxygen, and unless this Is
supplied a great waste of food as
well as impaired health of the COW
will result.
Much has been said about the mum
Der OF cubic feet of air space that
should be allowed for a COW, but this
Is Of little consequence In comparison
with the more important question Of
ventilation, or change of air. In or.
impurity In the air than Is permissi.
| Die with good results, eacn COW should
be supplied with 3,540 cubic feet OF
air per hour. The size Of the ventilat-
ing fiues to be provided will depend
upon the number OF cows In the sta.
BILE. About four square feet Ia a good
size for ventllating flue, and Is so
constructed as to cause the air to
travel 500 feet a minute. this will
furnish ventilation for 20 cows. Two
flues this size would be sufficient for
40 cows, and five would be required for
100 cows.
In the opinion OF the Farmers Re
view, a dairy barn should be white
washed at least once year to be san
itary. The ceiling should be tight, ex,
Guiding all dust and chaff from above
w. J. Fraser, University of Ill
nois.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
MEDICAL MENTION.

Or. w. +. Robertson, British ply
stefan OF note and considerable ra-
search, declares Lhat paralysis ~
germ disease as truly as are tubercu.
losis and diphtheria.
DR.. Emil Reich says that what gave
most English families of the upper
classes the govt was the treaty that
brought In the heavy wines OF Portu.
gal, much too heavy for use In tho
English climate.
The latest chair for the victim OF
seasickness has movable seat Vi
brated by an electric motor, the SEN
sation produced being much like thai
experienced by the motorist. Sur
prising relief to the sufferer Is said to
be given.
Ultra violet light Is claimed by
Prof. Kronmayer, a German expert
menter, to have had remarkable effect
in the treatment Of falling hair and
badness. In 90 cases where every
other remedy had failed, the light rays
cured q, and not only the hair, but
In some cases the eyebrows and beard
were restored, although the trouble
was mostly OF long standing.
One OF the melancholy effects OF
working by artificial light is that 1t
fades the eyes. Instances have been
known. y Is SAID, OF deep blue eyes
becoming light gray from prolonged
work at night with no protection from
The glare OF the gas. Fortunately IL
Is not impossible TO restore by proper
care and medical treatment some at
least of the brightness OF the eyes
when II has been lost.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

Seaboard National bank, of New York,
and it was this draft for $1,000, to-
gether with it's Endorsement to Rich
ardson, that forms the first link in the
chain of evidence that was to connect
him with the crime.
So the search led back to Chihuahua,
and when more light was sought on
the manner of the deaths of Harry
Mitchell and Devers it was found that
in the first case death had occurred
in the house in which Richardson and
his wife lived and within half an hour
after Mitchell had talked with a
friend in the street, apparently in
perfect health. This was hardly con-
sistent with the theory of spinal men
nights advanced by DR.. Harle, the
physician signing the death certificate,
who happened to be also the physician
who had examined each applicant for
insurance upon his admission to the
company. In the case of Devers it
appeared that death was due to dysen-
terry, as might easily have occurred
with a man of Devers' dissolute man
ner of living. Of Richardson nothing
could be learned, except that he had
appeared in Chihuahua in the sum-
mer of 1901, with his wife, Helen
Richardson, as an American looking
for business opportunities In Mexico,
and had secured an appointment as
agent for the life insurance company
in the territory
Gray's Entry Into the Game.
1t was at this stage of the case that
there came to Dallas, where the Rich
ardsons were living in style, a pre-
possessing citizen named w. ]. Gray,
a dealer in lumber lands, who opened
an Office of some size and took house
in the best part of the town. The
Richardson's happened to be in Hot
Springs, Ark, at the time. and SO
Gray, the lumberman, who wasn't in
any hurry to get his Dallas affairs NOV
ing anyway, took a trip over to the
Arkansas resort and registered at the
same hotel with the former life in
surance agent, his wife and child.
The two got acquainted and became
famous friends. Then one day Rich
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
TESTING EGGS.
A Dark Room and Candle All That
Is Needed to Determine
Fertility.

Eggs are never so fertile In winter
as in the warm weather, and all should
be tested on the eighth day. A piece
Of cardboard, with hole cut out in
which to fit the egg, Is usually en-
ployed to assist the tester, and this Is
certainly an aid, but by encircling the
egg between the forefinger and thumb
we shut the light out all around It,
and thus obtain the same result. Eggs
should be tested In a dark room by the
aid of a candle or lamp, says the Gull
tivator Hold the egg up against the
light, and IL will be more or less trans
parent, according as to whether It Is
dark or white-shelled. Then, IL the
egg Is fertile, looking closely dark
she'll This Is the germ which has
awakened to life and is growing. BY
the eighth day It is quite indiscernible,
but II the light Is good and the OPP
orator experienced fertile and infer
tile can be separated about the fourth
day, though the eighth is quite soon
enough for the average poultry keeper.
Dark brown shelled are more difficult
to test than white, owing to the shell
being more Opaque. II any are doubt
full, put them back and test again the
following night. 1t is well to have
fresh egg to compare with the tested
eggs, II doubtful about the latter, the
difference between fertile and infer
tile shows them up more clearly. Be
careful the eggs do not get chilled IL
tested on a cold night. IL there are
many eggs to test 1t will pay to Lave
one of the very quick and convenient
testers sold by the incubator and
poultry supply-houses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

who may remain nameless, got busy
on the case.
1t was discovered that Devers had
been in Chihuahua a few weeks before
his death, and that nothing was known
about him except thar he was a hard
drinker and of type of social out
cast common enough in that territory.
This strengthened theory that the
very possession of $4,000 policy by
such a man required some further
explanation, let alone possible suspi-
cious circumstances attending his
death. So the investigators turned to
the payment of the Devers policy at
the Ell Paso Office, after the company
had unsuccessfully tried to have the
check sent from New York intercepted
in transit
First Evidence Secured.
Ii appeared that the check had been
forwarded from the 81 Paso Office to
the Fort Worth Office at the request of
Meredith, and when 1t came back after
collection through a Fort Worth bank
1T bore Meredith's Endorsement fer de-
post. Inquiry at the bank in ques-
ton developed that soon a-ter the
claim had been filed on Devers' death
Meredith had called at the bank in
company with Richardson, and had
obtained there loan of $4,000 upon
Richardson's assurance that the COM
pany had admitted the claim under
the policy and was about to pay the
money. This loan was paid in part in
cash and in part by draft On the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
HURLBERT, MITCHELL AND HARLE
UNDER SENTENCE FOR COLD
FLOODED MURDERS.
WERE GANG OF LIFE INSURANCE SVVINDLERS
Killing of Their Victims Part of the Scheme
by Which They Had Made Large Sums
Had Another Victim Marked
for Death

Chihuahua, Mexico. Through skein
of plot and counter plot, that, if
evolved by writer of fiction, would
have been considered extravagant, the
story runs of the crime of the three
men, Hu-lbert, Mitchell and Harle,
now under sentence of death here.
The crime for which these three
men are to die is murder, an incident
of their series of carefully planned life
Insurance swindles.
The particular company victimized
is one of the greatest in the world, and
only carelessness on the part of the
plotters, resulting from over conf
dence, saved it from heavy loss.
Practically in its entirety the affair
is as follows:
Commenced in 1909.
1t was in the spring of 1902 that a
life insurance company was called
upon to pay two death claims in Chi
huahua, the first on the life of Harry
M. Mitchell for $4,000 under a policy
assigned to his sister, Helen Richard
son, and the second on the life of
James Devers for $4,000 under a pol
icy of which one Willis Meredith was
the beneficiary. Mitchell had died
on February IL of that year, AMI
pevers on March %, and the agent IN
both cases had been c. T. Richardson,
who had formerly been in the employ
OF the company at Chihuahua, but was
now living in Dallas, Tex.
Now, life insurance agents in Chi
huahua, Mexico, even those who SUBJ
sequently move to a town like Dallas,
do not, as a rule, support private
teams, nor drive out in style with
negro coachman and footman or two.
All these things were included in
Richardson's establishment in Dallas,
to the great amazement of a repre-
sentative of the life insurance COM
pany, who went down from the Ell
Paso Office, where the check for the
Deyers policy had been forwarded, to
look into the matter. These things
were reported to the home Office, and
under the direction of Second Vice
President Kingsley, Harry H. Bo:tome,
a lawyer of New York, and detective,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24


point where a mistake Is likely to be
made being the making of them of un-
seasoned lumber, SO that the side
pieces, when they shrink, are less than
the height of the section. pile these
crates up, even when full of honey, as
high as | can reach; and 1t is neces-
sary that this weight should not come
directly on the sections. In piling up
sections that are to stay any length
Of time in the crates, always lay a
piece of paper over each one, which
makes 1t practically dust-proof, es-
pecially II the paper is long enough to
extend down over the ends of the
crates.
Pile your honey in hot, dry place,
cautions the editor of Gleanings In
Bee Culture. II there Is any sus-
picion of GOODNESS or dampness about
1t, do not put the honey near the floor
or In a corner. Have 1t at least foot
from the floor, and where the air can
circulate freely all around II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

ardson proposed that he should insure
Gray's life. Gray demurred, but he
recalled that his wife had brother
who was i'll with consumption, dia-
betes, and several other troubles, and
it occurred to him that If there were
any way in which a policy might be
issued on the life of this unfortunate
brother-in-law as security for some
money he Gray mad advanced, he
might contemplate with more equa-
nimity his relatives approaching end
Richardson thought he could fix 1t,
and the brother-in-law was sent for
from st. Louis.
Now, the convenient Drother-in-law
was about as much relative CT Grays
as Gray was himself a lumber mer-
chant, but he was indeed suffering from
consumption and diabetes and was so
Ill when Richardson wrote his $4,000
policy that he had to be propped up
in bed in order to sign it. Richardson
announced that he had bri5ed a couple
of doctors to sign the physical exam
nation papers, and the sick brother
in-law was shipped back to ST. Louis,
whence he went out to Arizona year
later to die
Dallas Made Headquarters.
Greatly did Gray admire the skilled
manipulation of the brother-in-Iaw
case by his friend Richardson. So
when the latter suggested that there
was plenty of easy money to be made
by similar undertakings down in the
border country where people are not
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
STORAGE CRATES.
convenient Arrangement by Which
Comb Honey Can Be Safely
Kept in Small Space.

The engraving shows a pile OF stor-
lge crates filled with sections except
he top one, which is empty, the bet
,er to show the construction. The
engraving Is little faulty in that the
ops of the sections In the filled crate
nearest the top do not show as they
Ihould, through the open bottoms Of
he empty crate, These crates are
made of any cheap lumber, the only
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

been having heavy backache and
my general health was affected when
l began using them. My feet were
swollen, my eyes puffed, and dizzy
spells We're frequent. Kidney action
was irregular and the secretions high
ly colored. To-day, however, am
well woman, and am confident that
Doan's Kidney pills have made me
so, and are keeping me we'll"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
A COMPARTMENT COOP.
Raising of Chickens Simplifed by
Dividing House Into Sections
with Laths.

raised all my chicks in coops about
Aka feet and separated into four COM
partments by lathes, writes a CORE
spondent of Farm and Home. A space
OF about three inches from lowest lath
to floor of the coop allows chicks to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
INTERIOR VIEW OF COMPARTMENT
COOP.

run from one compartment to the 9TH
er. | put three hens in these coops.
leaving the fourth compartment open
to feed chicks. Here they can eat
without being trampled upon or rob-
bed by the hens.
These large coops have shingled
roofs and are rain-proof. They have
floors which are separate, and the
coops are tipped up and the floors
cleaned frequently. They easily ac-
commodate 100 chicks until they ara
ready for market and | consider them
the best that / have ever used.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
Moisture Essential.

Moisture is essential to make good
hatch. The air in damp weather sup
plies enough; in dry weather the floor
may be sprinkled or wet sheets hung
up after the fourteenth day. Too much
moisture is worse than none.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

and other kidney
ills. will find COM
fort in the words
Of Mrs. Jane Far
rell, of COG Ocean
Ave, Jersey City,
N. j., who says:
81 relterate all I
have said before In
praise OF Doan's
Kidney Pills. I had
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
Retort Courteous.

"This bread" remarked young Wed.
derby at the breakfast table, "is moth.
Ing like the bread my mother made"
"And you," calmly rejoined Mrs.
Wedderly, "are nothing like the man
Inv father was."-Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

Second in Command.
Stranger (sarcastically)--Are you
the boss here?
ONCE Boy--No; there's another Of
fee boy above men. Y. Press
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24
TNlcE-ToLD TESTIMONY.
A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.

The thousands of women who suffer
bacbAche, languor, urinary disorders
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-24

etto, making Mason the bene1ciary,
and then collect in the usual way?
Gray Marked for Murder.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01

Come in and have your photos.
taken at night. Hoffman studio,
Jacos uiblding. jan1sH.
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Arab steedn nr chnrnn.


The noble Arabian steed is some
times put to ignoble uses. A traveller
with iconoclastic ideas said: "You have
heard OF the Arabian horses beauty, Its
docllity, its intelligence, Its endurance.
Did you know that 1t churned the
family butter! Among the desert tribes
when butter is needed the milk is put
in sheepskin bag and tied by a short
rope TO the horses saddle. The horse
Is then urged into trot. and this gaii
Is kept up until the milk in the sheep
skin is joggled into butter. A tine.
i.-m. smooth butter 1t is
Cure the headache and no not af-
feet the heart. Young's Headache
Powders, at all drug stores, 10
cents jan29H
A liquid cold cure for children
that is pleasant, harmless and effec-
tive is Bees Laxative Honey and
Tar. Superior to all other cough
syrups of cold remedies because it
acts on the bowels. An ideal RENE
dy for coughs, colds, Group, whoop-
ing cough and all durable lung and
bronchial affections in child or adult
Pleasant to take, Sold by z. G.
baana - nsm
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01
OIL In Hair = petr,v.r.

"Tell the lady we can't take that hat
back. It's been worm" said the mana
ger of a department store, handing a
fragile creation Of lace and feathers
back TO the saleswoman after examin.
ing IT carefully.
'Wlll you tell me how you dlscov.
cred that fact?' asked curious by.
stander.
by the sense of SMELL" replied The
manager. THE popularity OF macas.
sar oil-the oil that is In the harris
that Its color Is impaired to anything Il
comes in contact with, and, although
there wasn't spot on that hat, 1 knew
1t had been worn by this slight odol
which had chung to the lining. The pur.
chaser Of that extravagant bit of mil.
llnery probably couldn't afford any.
thing so wanted to cut o
dash at the opera with her best young
man perhaps, trusting to exchange the
hat the next day for tailor made suit
or something she really needed."-New
York Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01
THE N. Y. WORLD
Thrice-a-week Edition


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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01
cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
II 10 guaranteed
WHEN GAS WAS NEW



President of First Company MADE
Daring" Experiment.
Gas had as much dIffieulty In making
its way in New York city apparently
as did the steel framed skyscraper. In
each case 1t required a man who had
the courage Of his convictions to prove
that 1t was safe. but when once II was
shown that the benefits were greater
than the dangers gas and skyscrapers
took their places as necessities. In the
case Of the skyscrapcr the designer had
to convince the owner, who had be
come somewhat fearful OF the success
OF his venture because OF the com.
ments of his friends, by signing a lease
for an. Office on the top floor for
long term Of years. In the case Of gas,
although II had been used IN London
and other American cities before Il
was introduced into New York, Sam.
uel Leggett. the president of the com
pany that proposed to bring the much
feared illumlnant into use here, had TO
prove Its harmlessness In his own
house. This was in 1923.
His heroism attracted a good deal Of
attention and proved to be good au.
vertisement, for hundreds if not thou.
sands Of persons visited the house to
see the illunllnant which was said TO be
so much better than candles and fish
oil lamps. The house was In the I'M.
town fashionable quarter of the city.
on Cherry hill. 1t was at Z Cherry
street, only Il few doors below the big
square Franklin House, in which Pres
ident Washington lived when New
York was the capital, and near the eel.
ebrated Cherry gardens. 1t was mar.
row, three story and attic brick struc.
ture with two dormer windows. An
abutment of the Brooklyn bridge now
occupies the site.
Stories of the explosive character Of
gas had spread without the aid Of a
press agent, and persons hesitateti
about having the pipes run through
their houses. They were willing to
have some one else make the expert
ment, however, and curious enough to
visit the house of the venturesome one
to see what happened. For the time
being all roads in the evening seemed
to lead TO Mr.. Leggett's house. Groups
gathered outside In the darkened street
to witness the process OF lighting up"
Many a couple from the other fashion
able quarter, State street and the foot
OF Broadway, gave up the evening walk
along the Battery to wend their way
up Pearl street in the moonlight 10 7
Cherry street to see the novelty. There
were eager visitors from surrounding
towns. Mr.. Leggett was not averse to
showing people how much better gas
was than any other form Of illuminam
by taking them through the house.
This fact, becoming known through.
out the city, added to the humber Of
visitors, and not infrequently when
Mr.. Icggctt, basking in the light Of no
toricty in his drawing room, saw faces
pcering in at him from the outer dark
ness he would go to the door and in.
vitc those without to come in. 1t was
several years before the prejudice
against gas could be altogether wiped
out.-New York Tribune.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01
Shoes polished At Levy's cigal
store, octlstf

SWEET MELoDY ELoUR.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01
'Home, sweet Home.

Home. Sweet Home" Paync's song,
was originally n number in the opera
"Clari, the Maid OF Milan" n produc.
ton brought out in 1923. The opera
was n failure, and nothing is now
known Of 1t save the one song, which
became instantly popular. Over 100.
600 copies were sold in the first year
OF Its publication, and the sale In ona
form or another has been constant
ever since the first appearance OF thI,
beautiful theme. The melody is q
Sicllian folk song and was adapted to
the words by Payne himself.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-01
SWEET MELODY -FOUR.
an Insidio4s Danger.

One Of the worst features Of kid
ney trouble is that it is an insidious
disease and before the victim realizes
his danger he may have Il fatal NAL
ady. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at
the first sign CT trouble as it cor
reefs Irregularities and prevents
Bright's disease and diabetes. For
sale by Sturm & Wilson.