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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22

Dick Cooking at picture, book)-1
wonder what the Noahs did with them
selves all day long in the Ark?" Ma
bel-"Fished, | should think" Bob
bte--"They didn't fish for long" Dick
and Ma5el-"Why not?" Bobbie-
well, yoI see. there were only two
wormsI Punch.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22

With a smooth IRON and Def nee
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist Just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; 1t will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive Pleasure to
use Starch that does not stick to the
iron
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
SLEEPING SHED FOR SWINE.
Should be Large Enough to Accommo-
date the Hogs, ETC., Comfortably.

To keep large number of hogs
IN close quarters is very poor policy.
Pigs should not be fed in the same
place In which they are bedded for
any considerable length of time.
Through the summer they should GER
tainly have separate sleeping apart.
ments, and where they are pastured
a movable shanty, like that shown in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
Food Inspection for City.

A pure food inspection of foodstufrs
and eating houses is now being worked
out by the city administration. Ordi-
nances are being prepared and COM
plete system. conforming with the ma
tional and state pure food laws, Will
be evolved. The inspection which is
planned will consist OF the inspection
not only OF materials, but of weights
and measures, similar to that which
is now being conducted by City Mar
ketmaster Charles Biggs. but more ex-
tensive in its effect and more COM
plete In its purport
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22

BY following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package of
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it. Is o. for I0c. sold by
ali good grocers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
pes Molnes Postoffiee eulIdIna.

According to Washington advices,
Secretary Shaw has given instruc-
tons to the supervising architect that
the Des Moines building shall be built
of Iowa stone. Since his return from
the campaign Secretary Shaw has
given this building his personal at
tention. He feels 1t should represent
Iowa products so far as practical.
Captain Hull called on the treasury
department recently and urged that
work be hurried on the plans for the
Des Moines public building. This
work has been going ahead slowly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
A Wonderful Discovery

1t has been the aim of scientists for
years to find some liquid preparation
which would possess anodyne, astrin-
gent and antiseptic properties and yet
be of such consistency that 1t would
penetrate. first. through the skin, then
through the muscles and finally to the
very bones. exerting on its way down.
healing and pain destroying proper,
ties.
Max r. Zaegel, graduate OF the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy,
established at Sheboygan, Wis.,, as
chemist for the last 20 years, has
discovered this long sought secret.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
An mco Ruse.

Another way to get the Office boy
into the habit of sweeping under the
radiator is to put quarter there 90
onally--ExchanRe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
plpralities Of Congressman.

The republican congressional plu-
alities in Iowa will foot up about 49,
600, or practically the normal repub-
lican plurality since Governor Cum
minis was first elected in 1901. The
pluralities for the various congress
800, All.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22

Revenge as contemplated may be
sweet, but it is always more or less
bitter when realized.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
FOR A HORSE THAT PULLS.
Method of Breaking Him of the Bad
Habit. ....

To break a horse from pulling at
the halter, take a good strong one
half-inch rope, put the middle around
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22

IL consists or q mix
ture of vegetable and
mineral oils forming
an amber colored liquid
of pleasant odor and
taste, which, when used
as directed, restores
vitality and strength
and gives prompt relief
to pain.
Applied to outs.
sores, burns and
bruises 1t heals, as ow.
ing to its antiseptio
properties, no pus or
matter can form In any
wound where q. M. o.,
this wonderful oil Is
used.
If you. have catarrh,
rheumatism niles or
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22

pain back, write Mr. Zaegel and ne
will be pleased to mail you a sample
bottle of z. M. o. free.
Address your letter to M. r. Zaegel
& Co., chemists, ISL Main St, Sheboy-
gan, Wis.
1t is free now, so do not fail to write
to-day, stating the nature of your com
plant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-22
Board of Control Wants seas, 525.

The state board of control asks
S949,525 for the fourteen state insti-
tutions under it's supervision, for the
next biennial period. Its report for
the past year, just filed, includes this
asking for necessary funds with
which to improve and maintain the
institutions.
The board recommended some very
important legislation, in part as fol-
lows:
Reformatory for men.
Allow members of soldiers home to
pay state voluntarily.
Stop sending sots to the inebriate
hospital
Cut some printing bills of biennial
report.
Additional facilities for insane.
Appropriations are asked as follows:
General .................. SS,OuU
Soldiers Home Marshalltown. 19,200
Soldiers Orphans Home, Daven-
port .................. 6,3OO
College for blind, Vinton. 49,. $500
School for deaf $4,000
Institution for feeble minded,
GlenWOOu ............. llc,oou
School for boys, Eldora. 49,. 5000
School for girls, Mitchellville. "a, 300
Mount Pleasant hosrital 1922, 200
independence hospital 1873. 500
Clarinla hospital ..103, 900
Cherokee hospital ..155, $50
Lnebriate hospital Knoxville. $4,000
Fort Madison penitentiary ...113,000
Anamosa penitentiary .........31,700
Total S949, 525
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
UNDER WHICH KING?
ssThe More Postum the More Food
The More Coffee the More
Poison"

The Pres. Of the W. G. T. U. in a
young giant state in the Northwest
says:
II did not realize that I was a slave
to coffee till l left off drinking 1t. For
three or four years | was obliged to
take a nerve tonic every day. Now
am free, thanks to Postum Food
Coffee.
after finding out what coffee will
do to its victims, I could hardly stand
to nave my husband drink it; but he
was not willing to quit. l studied for
months to find a way to induce him
to leave it off. Finally | told him !
would make no more coffee.
II got Postum Food Coffee, and made
IL strong-boiled 1t the required time.
and had him read the little book, '1'he
Road to Wellville,' that comes in every
pkg.
To-day Postum has no stronger adj
vocate than my husband! He tells our
friends how to make 1t, and that he
got through the winter without a spell
Of the grip and has not had q headache
for months-he used to be subject tc
frequent nervous headaches.
THE stronger you drink Postum the
more food you get; the stronger yor
drink coffee the more poison you get
Name given by Postum Co.. BATH
Greek, Mich.
There's . reason.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
I%NsTRUcTlNG
Those to Be Elected Next Fall
Should Be Set Right
on Issues.

The senate is now wrestling with the
statehood and Philippine tariff ques-
tions, with the railroad rate issue to
follow. AS debate is limited in the SEN
ate and any member can propose amend
ments to bills, there should be no rea-
son why those who have the time to
read and digest that interesting publica-
ton known as the Congressional Record
should not be fully informed on all
sides Of those issues. AS every library
III the land has the Record on file, or can
obtain it by request of congressman or
senator representing the district or
state in which the library is situated, the
voters can keep tab Of those who repre-
sent them. If your senators do not talk
right they will vote wrong and should be
instructed by public meetings as to what
are the views of the voters on the issues
above noted. Nothing Is SO sure to keep
a senator in the straight and narrow
path as instructions from those who are
soon to elect a legislature that will
elect his successor and there are sena-
tors to be elected in one-third of the
states this fall and another third two
years from that time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22

ASN"A
barrel, sawed 1t in halves and in the
bottom put a pipe, a, leading to the
stock tank. Near the top of the half
barrel we made another opening, fitted
In a short pipe, b, and with the aid OF d
short rough, C, carried the surplus water
to a small basin which we dug in the
ground about six feet from the windmill.
From this basin two bitches, about six
inches across the top, were dug, one
running to each row of trees which were
set in two rows along the path running
III a half circle around the house.
Then the windmill was started and
one ditch was stopped with a spade sull
of earth until the ground around n
row of trees was thoroughly soaked.
Then the water was turned on the other
row until the trees there were well wa
tered. Within a week the trees began
to put out new leaves and Don started
a vigorous growth.
Thus encouraged, continues the writer
in Farm and Home, we extended the
bitches to the flower garden where
everything was brown and dead. Soon
there was a decided transformation.
The past year we extended our plant and
by means of branch bitches from one
main ditch irrigated a good-sized garden
and strawberry patch. All through the
dry weather the windmill was kept gun
ming day and night, and as soon as one
part of the garden got thoroughly
soaked the water was turned on another
part.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
TWITCHING NERVES
A Serious Hereditary Trouble Cured
By Or, Williams Pink Pills.

Sufferers from ailments that have af-
ficted in regular succession one genera
ton after another of their family are, as
a rule, inclined to submit to them as ill.,
evitable. The case which follows proves
that such hereditary difficulties are not
beyond the reach of curative forces and
should inspire hopefulness and a readi-
ness to try remedies that have effected
signal cures, such as that which is here
given.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rannells, of No. 40S
East Seventh street, Newton, Kansas,
gives the following account of her all
ment and her cure:
'For two years I suffered from a trying
u i'll my lower limbs from my
knees down, as my mother and my
grandmother had suffered before nc.
The situation was for many years ac-
cepted as unavoidable because heredi-
tary. But about two years ago, when my
son was realizing benefit from the use of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, l thought there
might possibly be some good i'll them for
me. My trouble had then become SO
serious as to make it difficult for me to
sleep. I often had to walk the floor in
restlessness the whole night. After talk
ing some six boxes the twitching disap-
peared and I ceased to use the remedy.
/ evidently stopped q little too soon for
nervousness came back after a month or
80 and / used the pills again for q short
time. Relief came at once and since /
stopped using them the second time /
have been free from any return Of the
twitchings or from any interference with
my sleep"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
the worst cases of bloodlessness, indiges-
ton, influenza, headaches, lumbago, sci
atica, neuralgia, nervousness, spinal
weaknessand the special ailments Of girls
and women. For further information,
address the DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
schenectady. N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22

SAVING THE GIRDLED TREE.

SAVING THE GIRDLED TREE.
from the top of the tree (large twigs Of
the preceding years growth are more
d~esirable). and cut them a little long
err than the distance between the op-
posite cut in the tree, as shown. Sharp
en- both ends and bend the twig until
both ends can be inserted in the cuts;
then press them in until the twig is
as nearly straight as possible, taking
care that there is a perfect union be-
tween the inner bark of the twig and
tree. Four or more should be placed
around the tree, according to its size,
as shown in B. After all the arches
are in place the whole should be cuv-
cred with grating wax. If the work
has been skillfully done the tree Will
continue to grow; and in a few years
will be completely cured except for a
slight enlargement. The wound should
be closely watched at first, for 1t
makes an excellent harbor for insects.
This is only a kind of grating, eX-
plains the Rural New Yorker, the
principle being to unite the two por-
lions of the bark with the bark of the
twig, which performs the necessary
functions until new bark is grown.
In grating it is necessary to remem-
Der it is the layer between the bark
and the wood, known as the cambium
layer, which performs the necessary
functions of life, and that this por-
ton of scion and stock must be united
before growth will result.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
TILE A OF SCIENCE.

Prof. Wilhelm Wundt, the creator
of experimental psychology, now In
mis- severty-fourth year, recently cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his
graduation with the Doctors degree.
A family luminous mist in the bulb
and on the fingers has been noted by
Prof. SoElmers OH rubbing electric light
bulbs that have been not long in use.
No satisfactory explanation has been
given.
Palladium, a rare substance little
used, is the active agent in automatic
gas lighting devices. Flame is pro-
duced as soon as the Illuminating gas
strikes a pellet of asbestos covered
with a mixture of palladium and fine
ly divided platinum, known as plat
mum black.
u If odors were solid particles, they
would tend to form nuclei of cloudy
condensation in supersaturated air.
DR.. Johu Aitken has tested musk and
% other odorous substances without
finding such nuclei, and he concludes
that odors are gaseous and that smell
has gas as it's fundamental basis.
Carrying out experiments in psychic
phenomena, some scientists of Ruvo
producel some striking results. A IA
year-old boy was put in a trance, and
il this condition answered questions
put to him in Greek, Latin, Arabic,
Erapcb Tpulich Corpoau and rom
versed IL those languages, his voice
being that Of a man.
In an attempt to liquefy helium,
Prof. Olszewski recently produced the
remarkably low temperature of ass de-
grees below zero, Fahrenheit. 1t was
done by suddenly expanding a mass
of gas helium which had been sub
jected to a pressure of about 2,7OO
pounds to the square inch, in a tenn
p%erature so low that it nearly solidi-
fed hydrogen. The helium showed
no sign OF liquefying.
1t used to be that astronomy, with
its stupendous magnitudes, incredible
velocities and uncomfortable distances.
seemed to make the greatest demand
on mans BELIEF. To-day it Is physics.
We read, for instance, that Hertz's os-
citations give rise to SOC, 900, 900 os-
citations per second. Where is the
mar who can conceive of anything
happening in the five hundred mil
lionth part Of a second?-London Tel
egraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
MEDICAL MATTERS.

Prof. S~chweninger, famous as Bis
marck's body physician, has resigned
as head of the great infirmary neal
Berlin, and will devote the evening of
his life to private practice. chiefly
among the poor and destitute.
A Viennese, whose larynx was cut
out for cancer, has invented a speak
ing apparatus made of a rubber pipe
fitted with artificial vocal cords, which
he inserts in his throat when he
wishes to speak. He spoke before the
Viennese Medical society. at its last
meeting. The voice is a high fall
setto, but what he said was easily I'M
derstood.
Baron Takaki, surgeon general Of
the Japanese navy, has arrived in San
Francisco and will proceed to the At
lantic coast. He will deliver at Co.
lumhia college, New York, and JEFF
ferson medical college, Philadelphia,
a series of lectures on military sani-
tation. His son is studying finance
and commerce in the University Of
Pennsylvania. The baron is credited
with having arranged the admirable
hospital methods which were so con
spicuous in the war with Russia. He
discovered a method Of preventing
beri-beri many years ago.
Many theories seek to account for
influenza. The explanation Of the
scientist is that there turks some liv-
ing poison in the earth, and that this
is brought forth by certain climatic
conditions. The necessary conditions
are a hot summer, followed by a cold
winter and a rainy spring. During
the time of drought the earth is
cracked and assured, and in time re-
ceives into these interstices water
which lies stagnant and corrupt, to
give off, when the hot weather re-
turns, poisonous exhalations which
make malaria general. Once infected.
men wherever they go carry it with
them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
Sowing Tomato Seeds.

Sow tomato seed seed in the house
the last Of February, to be sure of
early tomato plants. A grocery box
seven or eight inches deep will do to
SOW the seed in. Fill the box full
Of good rich soil. If the box is not
full, the seedlings will be .~spindling.
Select a good variety for earliness
and Of uniform size. Sow the seed
%one-quarter inch apart as near as can
be, cover one-half inch, press down
the soil, and lover with a soft cloth
till the seed is %sprouted. Water with
warm water. After the plants are
two or three inches high, transplant
to a larger box filled with good soil
They will grow to be good, sticky
plants If kept in a sunny window.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
Will Get the Pork.

Those representatives that have
stuck to the administration" are To
be rewarded with a special barrel of
pork which is to be opened by the
speaker for their benefit. 1t Is in the
nature OF a bill for public buildings,
carrying an appropriation Of SIS, 00O.-
200, which is to be doled out to the
good boys that have not run counter
20 the modus vivendi between the
speaker and the president. How the
Insurgents will view this, unless there
is a fair division will develop later.
Republicans seem to legislate on the
principle Of you tickle me and I'll
tickle you.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22
TERRIBLE SCALY ECZEMA.
Eruptions Appeared IN Chest, and
Eace and Neck We're All Broken
o~ut-Cured by Cuticura.

Il had an eruption appear on my chest
md body and extend upwards and down
wards, so that my neck and face were all
broken out; also my arms and the lower
limbs as far as the knees. l at first
thought it was prickly heat. But soon
ing out was. Instead of going to a ply
sician, | purchased a complete treatment
of the Cuticura Remedies, in which | had
great faith, and all was satisfactory. A
year or two later the eruption appeared
again, only a little lower; but before it
had time to spread l procured another
supply of the Cuticura Remedies, and con-
tinued their use until the cure was com,
plete. 1t is now five years since the last
attack, and have not seen any signs of a
return. I have more faith, in Cuticura
Rem edies for skin diseases than anything
I know of. Emma Il. Wilson, Liscomb,
Iowa, Oct. l, 1906"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22

by swelling spread the bracts apart;
F, F., filaments cut across; F, fila.
ment bearing ripe anther (R Az shed.
ding pollen (P); Y A, young anthers.
the left-hand one cut to show the pol
len.
While many are more or less famil.
far with the parts of the corn plant,
and the purposes for which each is in.
tended, the following extract from
this bulletin contains some informa.
ton that is interesting:
"The primary roots are fine and
f1brous, and are produced in abun.
dance. They are the feeders of the
plant, Like other members of the
grass family the corn plant has nc
tap root. For this reason the roots
branch out laterally in all directions.
and in deep, dry or sandy soils con-
siderable vertical extension is made
in the search for moisture. In soils
containing adequate moisture the roots
grow lear the surface. This explains
the philosophy of shallow cultivation.
Water and plant food are taken up
by the root hairs with which the pri,
mary roots are provided and conveyed
through them to the plant above the
surface.
The secondary or brace roots begin
to develop about the time the crop is
"laid by" These grow out at the
lower nodes (where the stalk is joint.
ed), as shown in Fig. 1. Aside from
aiding in holding the plant erect,
these adventurous roots really have no
special function. The writer has al
ways regarded them as emergency
roots; that is, they do not have any
special work to perform unless an ac-
cident befalls the plant. If the plant
should be blown down or partially up
rooted so that the brace roots on one
side were pushed into the soil they
would then set about to repair the in
jury, sending forth primary roots from
themselves and collecting water and
food. 1t is q mistake to throw dirt
toward and against the hills of corn
III OluCl " SoNCl Il uluIC lOOlo,
they do not require covering, and do
not seem to serve any particular pur-
pose except in cases of accident or
where the surface soil is continually
moist and the cultivation deep.
From IL to IS leaves, varying in
width from two to five inches, are
found on mature corn plants of the
dent varieties. Part of the leaf is
called the sheath, which enfolds a por-
ton Of the stem. The leaves exhale
and inhale, they are the laboratory Of
the plant, taking food carbon diox-
ide) through their pores from the
air and with the aid Of the sun work
ing 1t into plant tissue. This complex
process is induced by the action of
the sun on the %chlorophyll or green
coloring matter the leaves contain.
The leaves are the most valuable part
of the plant, aside from the ear, for
feed
The tassel Is the male and the silk
the female of the corn plant. Pollen
grains are produced by the tassel,
from $4,000, 900 to twice that number
being developed by a healthy tassel.
These grains contain live germs which
when coming in contact with the fe.
male parts or ovules fertilize them,
and thus make possible the grain.
Silks are hollow, and their ends,
which %protrude from the husk, are
| J.. VI - ~. .taaN1n--ANu.H MT :.
enables them to catch pollen grains
more readily which fall upon them
from the air.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-02-22

WE +SIaE]J&
PARTS OF CORN PLANT.
An Explanation Will Be Helpful to
the Man Who Is Growing
the Crop.

Every welLdeveloped corn plant
consists of primary and secondary
roots;. the stem, stalk, or culm; the
leaves, the flower, and the kernel or
seed. The accompanying cut, accord
ing to Dewitt c. Wing, the author
of "The Improvement of Corn in
Pennsylvania" shows an entire plant
at tasselips time with the various
parts identified. In this illustration
T represents the tassel; s, stalk; L,
leaf; E, E, E, ears; N, N, nodes; B,
B, brace roots; R, earth roots; G, G,
surface of the ground. The illustra.
ton to the right shows a spikelet cut
lengthwise to expose its two flowers:
the one on the right fully open. the
other not yet mature. SIX, stalklet:
C, G, outer bracts; D, E. inner bracts
of the open flower; G. lndicules, which