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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

pace, and the head of the house, hot,
flushed and irate, leaped out.
I I'll be down in ten minutes" he
called to the driver, as he sped up
stairs.
, "Maggie-Maggie," he beloved, as
he reached his room. In due time her
head appeared at the door and was
hastily withdrawn at sight of Mr..
Walton clad in cerulean blue, paving
(among his things.
How long has Mrs. Walton been
Igone?"
About an hour, sor. An she lift
,wor-rud ye wuz to hurry wild all yer
,moight an main, an she'd be afther
.ixplainin' to the lady"
Where are my shirt studs?"
"Oi don know, sor-"
Where is this blamed dinner?"
Where? Oh don't know, sor."
You don't know? Well, l don't,
either! / suppose she must have told
ne, but haven't the ghost of an
idea"
"She niver told me at-all at-all, sor."
ooh, well, it must be the Papes.
Come to think of it, she did say the
iPapes-Papes-" he said, getting into
THE hack, "and you've got about two
minutes to get me there"
Then he gave himself up to utter
and soul satisfying distemper. This
social Hfe-he was going to cut it
out. No telling how Ashton would
take being handed over to perfect
strangers at the club, although he had
been very decent about it at the time
Why on earth Louise didn't mention
these things They swung up to the
Papes at Gathering gait and he ran
up to the door.
HAS Mrs. Walton arrived YETI" he
asked
MRS. Walton? She's not here
sir
mot dining here?"
why, no, sir. Mr.. and Mrs. Pape
are dining in town"
"Try Bottoms" cried Walton, with
out word to the astonished servant
They dashed off to the other end OF
town and up to the Bottoms.
'Has Mrs. Walton arrived YETI" he
demanded.
"No, sir, she amt here"
mot dining here?"
mo, sir They're at dinner now
Will you come in, sir?"
mo, thanks" "Pll try next door.
he called back to the driver as he
jumped the hedge.
He repeated the formula at the
Smiths, with the same results, anc
his ire had about reached the burst
Ing point
IL give it up" he groaned to the
cabman, who had decided that he
was drunk or insane, take me home
Or. no-wait-try the Gregory's."
Another John Gilpin squirt, and the,
were there.
Has Mrs. Walton arrived YETI" /
was getting mechanical.
why, yes. sir" said the maid, "bu
she's gone"
"Gone? Gone where?"
The maid partly closed the door
4 don't know-she and Mrs. GREG
cry went somewhere to dinner"
Don't you know whefe?"
mo, sir-they didn't say"
THE devil" said Walton.
The maid closed the door entirely
she didn't want to take any chances
Tired and hungry. Walton got int
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Whyness Of II.

Women" remarked the home
like an old bachelor who achieves sue.
cess"
Because why?" queried the youth.
Because" explained the philosophy
dispenser, "they can't say that he
would never have amounted to any.
thing If it hadn't been for his wifs."
Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
American Auto. Abroad.

During the IL months ended June
30, 1906, the value of American auto
mobiles exported was $3,497,o18.
which is $1,O0O,OOO more than during
the previous year. England took the
greatest proportion, $194.7os, with
British North America second. Mex
leo third and France fourth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

"Well?" said Mrs. Walton, after
their guests had departed. Well"
he repeated, all his ire returning.
Mrs. Walton began to laugh.
1T may be very funny for you to
send me chasing all over Elmwood
looking for an imaginary dinner, but
I'm unable to see it,"
"Of course, you are, you poor, old
martyri You see, l thought the
Gregory dinner was tonight, so 1
arrived in state, to find Mrs. Greg
DRY sitting down to a lonely repast,
Mr. Gregory having stayed in town.
Well, you know how awfully proper
she is, and what a tease she is, and
l knew that if she discovered my mis-
take she'd be awfully embarrassed,
and I'd never hear the last of it from
him, so l thought quickly, and said
I'd come to carry her off to the club
to dine with us. / hoped we'd get
there in time to head you off, but we
didn't, and poor old Ashton, who was
wandering about like lost soul, said
you'd been gone some time. / tele.
phoned the house, and Maggie said
you'd just left there, but as you didn't
know where you were going, she
couldn't call you up. So what could
l do?" she concluded.
But to greet me, after a hot chase
like that, with a pleasant smile and
coolly ask me if had dined."
vD1I
Gregory know"
Hang Mrs. Gregory! Here I was
| trying to get raise out of Ashton,
which he thinks the company can't
afford, and was just getting him to
see my point of view, when that boy
called me off. You notice that your
dinner party will cost us something,
because I'll not get the raise, now"
"Oh, but you will
What do you know about it?"
well it didn't take me long to dis.
cover that Mr.. Ashton's hobby was
rose gardening, and l told him that
it was your hobby, too. / said it was
the sorrow, the only sorrow of our
lives that we couldn't afford to have
hot house for roses, and he was Sc
perfectly delighted to find that you
had this taste in common, that he
told me he thought the company
would have to put up for the hot
house, after January 1st."
But, great Scott, Louise, l don't
know an American Beauty from a
potato pant"
Never mind, when we get the raise
we'll tell him that we decided to put
it into a kitchen garden, instead"
We'll, if you aren't a wonder!"
said her husband. in sheer admira
ton.
"Of course l am" she replied, mod
estly, ''or / never would have made
what I have out of you. Don't for
get" she added, as he put out the
light, that the Gregory dinner is next
Wednesday"
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
One Way Out.

For a little while they were be-
tween the devil and the deep sea.
Then the woman got her some
dresses made, and went down to the
latter.
But the man, after some hesitation
went to the former.-Puck.
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Eve Insspgs
GIS:ssl ~..s-.ssss is'
SWINE BREEDING HOUSE.
Convenient Structure for Farms Where
Several Brood SoWs Are Kept.

On farms where several brood sows
are constantly kept and must be con-
fined in small lots with separate pens.
a piggery constructed as shown in the
plan is of special use. In this house
there are eight separate pens, each
complete with sleeping floor. trough,
and lot 40 feet wide and as long as
desi.ed. The lots extend away from
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Hammered Into EN-.

',The truly great are always mod
est"
"Of course; they run up against 80
much tough luck before they arrive
ut greatness that it knocks the con-
ceit out Of them."-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
He Never Tackled One.

"Pa, was Solomon really the wisest
man that ever ived?"
"He has that reputation, but Of
course we can never secure any proof
that he could have fathomed the
meaning of railroad timetable
Chicago Record-Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Papa's Views.

Pretty Daughter-But what objec-
ton have you to George, papa? He's
as honest as the day is long.
Papa-That's just 1t. He will have
to hustle at night in order to support
you.-Chicago Daily News.
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that it is important
to keep the kidneys
well, and avoid the
backache, b Q a ri n 9
down pain, headache
dizziness, languor and
other common signs
of w eak kidneys
Mrs. harles Il
Smith, of 20 Boyden
ST., Woonsocket, R
J., says: my kid
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Good Measure,

"He got more than he bargained for
when he married her."
"How's that?"
"Her mother came to live with
them."-Houston Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Niqh.

IT'S time, almost, for summer girls,
Who homeward come from seaside s
lure,
To dope themselves, ere they retire,
With Mrs. Mixem's Freckle Cure.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Not Quite Clear.

The Editor-Have you submitted
this poem elsewhere?
The Poet-No, sir.
The Editor-Then what excuse have
you for coming around here on
crutches? -Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
Where He Wins

The quiet man
May win life's game
Out in the world;
But, just the same,
The lusty kicker's
Wild carouse
Brings him the best
In our hash house.
Houston Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

what reason did he give for wish.
ing to break off the engagement so
soon?"
"He said the report that he was en-
gagged to me had not extended his cred
1t as much as he had hoped for"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

| the cab again. He had to have din
ner-he'd go back to the club and
look up the neglected Ashton.
Station" he said, and they clat-
tered on again.
Half an hour later he arrived at
the club, and made his way anxious
ly through the dining-room looking
for the erstwhile guest. In the most
secluded part of the covered porch
party of people laughed loudly and
made merry. 1t got on Walton's
nerves - all this gayety, and he
glanced at them peevishly. Then he
stopped and gasped. Mrs. Walton
was in the midst of her best story,
and Ashton and Mrs. Gregory leaned
toward her in rapt attention. Walton
strobe to the side of the table, like
Lear about to break into the ban
ishment speech.
"Well!" he snorted.
Mrs. Walton looked up at hin
sweetly.
"Oh, here you are, dear Where
have you been?"
Where have l been? Where have
l been?"
Say how-do-you - do to our
guests, and join us. Have you dined?"
That was the last straw. He bowed
to Mrs. Gregory and Ashton and sat
down.
NO." he said, II have not dined."
"Mr. Ashton said something about
your suddenly having remembered a
dinner engagement, and basely de-
sorting him."
We'll, you know why l deserted
him. The boy said it was urgent"
The boy-the boy?" she said.
vaguely. Il got your message to dine
with you at the club, so l picked Mrs.
Gregory up and came along to find
poor Mr.. Ashton about to dine with
the Bachelors"
And your wife was good enough
to rescue me from that dire fate"
Ashton interposed.
I'm delighted to hear it," said Wal.
ton, grimly. And now if you don't
mind. I'll begin at the first. I'm
starved and 1 feel that I've earned
something as a reward"
IF you'll get Mrs. Walton to tell
you her splendid story about the man
who couldn't find the dinner he was
invited to, you'll be doubly re-
ward ed"
mo doubt. Mrs. Walton is an eE-
cellent story teller" he remarked,
solemnly, and something in his tone
sent Mrs. Walton into paroxysms of
laughter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
He PLAYED in Luck,

Neighbors-Enpeck is one Of the
luckiest men l know.
Homer-How do you figure that
out?
Neighbors-Why, his wife is so
strong-minded that she never worries
him about her troubles with hired
girls-Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Doctor-You must be very careful
and not eat too much!
Patient-Why, doc, hardly dare eat
anything at all. l owe my landlady
over $40 now!-Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

Women have much to do, 80 many
pains to suffer, so many critical
periods to GO through
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

The Tenant-That cellar I've rented
off you is full of rats!
Landlord-Great goodness, mani
What do you expect for SIS. a week
white mice?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
THE Russlan Geners

81 do not fear the foe," he said.
ITO war I'm really partial,
Although I shiver some with dread,
IT'S dread of a court-martial."
Washington Star.
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|KF9 81 ~ Ga,
GE]1[1[9[a[5[D> STILES
A Smooth One.

A Smooth One.
He stole kiss,
And the angry miss
Exclaimed: II like your cheekr'
That's good" said he:
81 shave, you see,
Each morning in the week."
Cleveland Leader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25

She (sentimentally)-How like life
are the waves of the sea!
He-Yes. Come to the shore in great
style and go away broke.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
WATER IN THE PAsTURAGE
Vital Importance of Having Fresh
Water and Plenty of 1t for
the Stock.

Few farms are provided with an
abundance of good, fresh water in
the pasture fields. Water may be OBJ
tanned in most farms without going
into very heavy expense. Cows re-
quire a great deal of water and they
should have it as fresh and pure as
possible. Where water may be OBJ
tanned at a reasonable depth 1t is
economy to sink a well as near as
possible to the corners of four fields.
A zig-zag fence and a long trough
may be reached from each pasture,
o. a short pipe underground may be
used. Wind mills are cheaper for
pumping than any other power. A
small mill will keep the trough full
most of the time. The few days
when it is necessary to pump by
hand are just about sufficient to give
a man a correct idea of the value of
the mill, and he also can get good
deal better idea of the amount of
water the cows will drink. Cows
having water constantly before them
will drink a great deal more than they
will If obliged to travel some dis
tance to get it. and they will give
more milk in proportion. says the
Standard Guide. A few pounds of
milk additional each day will easily
pay the interest on the cost of the
outfit.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
VALUE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
Figures Which Mount Into the
Billions Show Importance
of Industry.

There were 12,1i7,3O4, $50 pounds
of milk and 5SS,1S6,471 pounds of
cream used in 1904 in the manufac-
ture of 51.27S,141 pounds of butter.
313 3,Gs5.290 pounds of cheese, and
3OS, ,4S5, 1872 popnds of condensed milk.
These figures are part OF the census
of manufactures for 1905. The total
cost of the material used in the in
dustry was SLAP 2.92O,277. while the
value of the products was s1Gs,1S2.-
7S9, an increase of the former of 3l.3
per cent. and of the latter of 2S.G per
cent.
The number of establishments
dropped from 9,242 to S,92G, while
the capital increased 80 per cent, to
SAT 7,255,556. There were 3,5OJ sal
aried officials and clerks and 1887
engaged in the manufacture of these
articles. These received salaries and
wages amounting to s9,7S9,O36.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
Ballooning Up the mountains.

A balloon railway is now running
up the mountains at Salzburg, Aus
tria. 1t consists of a large captive
balloon attached to single steel rail
way which in turn is fixed firmly to
the side of a steep mountain, whose
precipitous slopes no other form of
railway could climb without making a
series of serpentine detours and pass
ing through the tunnels. The bal
loon remains balanced in the air
about ten yards by stout wire cable.
and it is moved up and down the
side of the mountain at the will of the
engineer. For an ascent the balloon
itself furnishes the lifting force by
means of hydrogen; for the descent
a large reservoir attached to the bal
loon is filled with water at the high
est station and serves as ballast. I'm
der the balloon is a circular car seat
ing ten persons. The wire cable
passes through the floor of the car to
speed regulator beneath. which is
controlled by the engineer. The in
iventor, Herr Balderauer, of Salzburg
claims that the balloon railway will
replace the funicular railway in the
future.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
DISCARD BARBEDWIREFE FENCE
Injury to Live Stock, Especially
Horses, Has Brought It In
to Disfavor.

Barb wire should not be used as a
ers' Review There was time when
it was extensively used in all parts OF
the country, but now the smooth wire
has driven out barbed wire very
largely, except on the western ranches.
1t is only occasionally now we sea
barbed wire used for fencing in Mi.
nois and adjacent states. Here and
there. however, a farmer still clings
to the old wire. There is one farm
about 20 miles from Chicago wher. a
part of the business is pastuting
horses. The horse pasture there Is
fenced in with barbed wire. But 1t
is very probable that the men who send
their horses to be pastured have no
idea that barbed wire is used for iaac-
ing.
The barb on the wire is of no value
to an animal until he learns by being
wounded that it intlicts pain. 1t IN
fiicts pain by causing wound. Blood
poisoning sometimes sets In from
wounds of this kind, and the animal
dies. All kinds of animals have been
terribly cut up by barbed wire fe[ces.
Mich cows have had their udders iaid
open by trying to climb over ouch
fences. Even when the top wire is a
smooth one horses frequently get
barbed wire wounds in their .egs.
This kind of wound is most eem-
mon. The horses push their legs
through the wire, and the wound is
made in trying to draw the foot or+.
Some of our states have laws
against placing barbed wire fences
along the highways, but in many To-
calities these laws are unknown or
disregarded. The barbed wire fences
cost as much as the smooth wire If We
take into consideration the greater
trouble of handling the wire and Of
putting it up. Doubtless many a man
has been scratched and blood poison
ing has ensued from handling this
wire. The only difference in cost is
less than the difference in price of
the two wires. Smooth wire may be
taken down and put up again with a
great deal of facility. but barbed wire
is very difficult to change from one
location to another after it has been
once put up. We are glad to note that
the sentiment against barbed wire is
growing. The time will come when it
will not be used either in thickly set
tied states or in sparsely settled ores.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
The Summarizing Roat.

The French government has expert
mented with no fewer than 16 types
of submarine boats, yet no entirely
satisfactory results have been attained.
The motor question presents one of
the chief difficulties. What Is wanted
is an apparatus which works equally
well under and above water. The
present tendency is to arrange the
larger boats for offensive. the smaller
for defensive purposes, and 1t is in
tended to increase the former to n
displacement of 500 tons. The exten-
sion of the armament from one tor
pedo tube to seven is considered by
some foreign experts a mistake. as no
boat is likely to fire more than two.
While considerable progress has been
made in the art of managing the
boats within the past year, says the
New York Post, the sighting question
still presents serious difficulties, al
though the officers claim to be salts
fed in regard to the facilities for ori.
entation and aiming. Excessive con-
fidence in the present types of boat
is one of the French faults; 1t led
last year. among other things, to the
Bizerta disaster, by which 12 men lost
their lives. Still, France leads the
world in the construction and manage
ment of submarine boats. England
ranks next. She adheres to the cleo
trio motor. and has reached displace-
ment of 300 tons in the latest boats.
In Germany, as here. the submarine
boat is still regarded as a very i'm
perfect instrument of warfare.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
HOG HELPS.

A good SOW in perfect health always
loses flesh while sucking a litter of
pigs and needs to be well fed.
Usually the hogs with coarse, straight
hair will not fatten near so rapidly as
the one with the soft, fine hair.
AS a rule aged brood sows are the
most prolific. the best mothers and
produce the most vigorous offspring.
The thumps in pigs is often caused
by an excess of fat about the internal
organs and especially around the
heart.
Every farrowing SOW should have a
shelter to herself and be put In it in
time to get acquainted with her sur
roundings.
To make hogs most profitable a
steady daily gain must be secured from
the time the pig is farrowed until it is
marketed.
Pigs often lack vigor because the
brood sows are kept too fat. A good,
thrifty condition is much better for
the pigs than too much fat.
Give the pigs a fair start in life by
feeding the SOW upon milk producing
rations. There is nothing much bet
ter than skim milk mixeI with shorts.
All waste from the kitchen are
wholesome and suitable as food for
p!gs, but a swill barrel that is never
amply and never clean impairs the
pygreu. of hog and his owners prof
ifa
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
FEEDING TANKAGE TO HOGS
What the Experiments at the Mi:hi-
gan Experiment Ste lion
Demonstrated.

Often a farmer feels the need of
something that will take the place
of or else help out the skim I.ilk
portion of the ration for pigs. UP in
Michigan creameries and cheese fac.
tories have been making serious in
roads into the supply of skim milk
on the farm. The farmers have seen
fit to sell this product, and at the
same time desire to raise pigs. How
to sell their milk and yet at the Uame
time raise their pigs successfully las
been problem with. many OF t4am.
The state experiment station has
come to their assistance in an effort
to provide link for the gap. In
Bulletin 237 just issued, Shaw shows
what he has been able to do with
digester tankage, which is a packing
house product. After number of
clusions which are substantially as
follows:
l. The gains were greater in every
case where tankage was used in the
ration fed to the pigs.
2. The gains of the pigs were more
marked as the feeding period was
prolonged. showing that the digester
taken not only made good gains, but
agreed well with the pigs.
8. In every test made the pigs
which had the tankage made the
cheapest gains. though in one or two
cases better gains were made with
the milk.
The tankage used in this expert
ment as sold by leading packer at
the Union stockyards, Chicago. 1t
was guaranteed to contain 60 per
cent. protein, 10 per cent. fat and 6
per cent. phosphorus. The cost to the
station was $3.50 ton. The corn
meals used was valued at $50 per ton,
middlings $50 per ton, and skim
milk 20 cents per hundredweiSht.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03

of The Prairie Farmer in Livingston
county, Michigan. His loading chute
is built at the side of the scale house,
so that when the hogs or sheep have
been weighed the door can be readily
opened and the animals urged out into
the chute and then driven into the
wagon.
In building a chute in this way the
matter of measurements must be gov
erned largely by condition. The height
must be according to the wagon. 1t
will be well to have considerable
length, SO that the slant will not be
too great.
Strong posts must be set in the
ground so as to support the frame.
The bottom should be of plank with
cleats across so as to provide footing.
The sides may be made OF inch lum-
ber, but should be high enough so that
whatever Is being loaded cannot jump
out.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03

the loop, and let the hog get interest
ed in his eating before you try catch
ing him.
a little maneuvering is often requir-
ed before you can get the rope in his
mouth, but when once in. there is no
get away, says Farm and Home. Be
quick about tightening the moose. Now
draw his head up until his front feet
are off the ground, place your foot in
the stirrup, and you are ready to In
sert the rings. Have the ringer and
rings in your pocket. a half-inch rope,
if new. is large enough. With the
proper kind of moose, simply pull the
end of rope to loose it.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-03
Hospital for Children.

Denver.-Limitlng its patients solely
20 children, the Blanche Roosevelt hos
pital will be opened soon in this city.
About fifty women, headed by Dr. Min
ME c. T. Love, Mrs. E. A. Colburn and
Mrs. Thomas C. Hayder, have been
at work for the last month and plans
for securing funds and building the
new hospital are well under way. The
hospital will be n-sectarian insti-
tuition, equipped with large staff of
physicians and nurses, and although a
charge will be made those able to pay.
here will he number of free beds in
the institution