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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29

me you didn't want to see her wsry
much, SO gave her to understand you
wasn't in the city, but on detached
duty"
Colonel John smiled.
Thanks, you are faithful friend.
1t will be just my luck to run across
her in town. Shes Southern girl,
too, and for certain reasons has made
herself odicus to me. Well, | have a
schemes OF a bold woman cannot
daunt me. Had she any thing to say
about me?"
"Only this, sir Tel Colonel John
when you see him, that | mean TO
keep my word Then she laughed IN
disagreeable way, and left me
standing there as If was bewitchad'
The officer frowned
Then he glanced toward the house
a glimpse OF which could be seen
through the trees.
II hope she will keep clear Of Iynd.
hurst" he muttered. as he urged his
horse toward the city, leaving Kene.
saw nelgntS Denlnu
It was just about an hour later that
there gallcped up the drive horse
woman.
Hating in front of the porch she
sprang unasslsted to the ground, and
tossed the bride. together with a
piece Of silver, to an ebony specimen
Of slavery who came grinning for
Tard.
Another minute and this rcsolute
horsewoman, gathering up the skirts
of her riding habit, had assembled the
broad steps, and was knocking upon
the half-opel door with the handle Of
her ivory-mounted whip.
A servant speedily appeared and
showed her into the grand drawing
room.
Take this card TO Miss Granger
was her imperious order, and the OBJ.
sequious darkey obeyed with alacrity.
Thus Mollie, entering, few min
utes later. found herself face 10 face
with a stranger.
This is Miss Granger, presume?'
rising.
Pardon me, do not recall yer
face or name" said Mollie, little
stifIly.
Il am a stranger to you, though
quite at home in Atlanta. There is
no necessity for me to disguise my
calling. Your devotion to the cause
is known-mine have proved at the
risk of my life. Yes, have served as
a spy for General Johnston, and fiat
ter myself that more than one OF
Sherman's moves in the campaign
from the Tennessee river has been
baked by my work.
This appealed to Mollie's patriot
ism; though personally she was re-
PEELED by the others manner, she
forced herself to appear friendly.
(To be continuedD
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Standard Milk.

BY standard milk and cream Is
meant that which has certain known
composition, thus establishing true
basis for valuation.
Let it be clearly understood by pro-
ducers, consumers. city councils and
everybody, that in these days the
dealer can furnish the customer with
milk of any desired richness, without
regard to the quality ordinarily yield
ed by the COW, and all milk should be
either so standardized or else bought
and sold according to its natural COM
position.
Selling milk by measure alone Is un-
just to the producer as well as to the
consumer. While the fallacy of the
system is apparent to a few, the
majority of people seem to think that
milk is milk, that one quart is worth
as much as another, so long as 1t Is
still sweet. The reason for this is
partly a lack of knowledge as to what
constitutes good milk, and partly be.
cause milk is an Opaque liquid, and 1t
is difficult to Judge of its composition
or food value simply by appearance.
For this reason many inscriptions
milk dealers dilute their milk with
water or remove a portion of the
cream. w. j. Fraser.
University of Illinois.
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curlnq Cheese.

Much of the cheese on the market
to-day is only half cured. 1t is for the
advantage of the cheese interests that
only well-made cheese and well-cured
cheese be sold. The cheese-makers
are constantly faced by double sit
uation. On one hand they know that
only cured cheese is digestible. On
the other hand the merchants are will
Ing to take their cheese when it has
been in the curing room only few
weeks. They know that hundred
days is better than 10 days curing.
But since they cannot get cent more
for the other and since they have lost
something by evaporation they al
most universally sell their cheese as
soon as they can dispose of it at a
fair price. We do not believe that 1t
will be possible to secure well-cured
cheese unless there is some decided
movement in favor of this. Well
cured cheese is one of the most diges-
tible of foods, green cheese one OF
the most undigestible. This proves
above all other things that the cheese
we have been eating has been mostly
green cheese. In the curing of cheese
temperature of about 65 degrees Is
advisable. Cheese cured at rs and 80
degrees have bad flavors and are de-
cidedly too sharp. 1t is hardly pos.
sible In the ordinary curing room in
winter to get temperature above IS
degrees, although this Is easily done
in the summer time The cold curing
of cheese means placing it in room
where the temperature is from 30 tc
40 degrees. At this temperature the
chemical changes go on very slowly
and 1t will take six or nine months to
cure cheese as much in such temper,
ature as could be cured at 65 degrees
in three months. In the winter time
the ordinary cellar is fairly adapted to
the curing of cheese, as it has tenn
perature varying from so to 65 de-
grees. A large number of tests have
been made to determine the quality
Of cheese as effected by the tempera'
ture at which it was cured. In all
cases the cheese cured at 60 to Go
degrees have been much better in
flavor than those cured at rs to 80 de-
greeS.
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FEEDING the Dairy Cow.

There are two common mistakes
made in feeding cows; first, not feed
ing literally enough; second, feeding
q ration not properly balanced. II
has been found by experiments that
about 60 per cent of what a COW can
eat is necessary to merely maintain
her without producing any milk or
gaining in weight. This being true, it
is evident that it is not economy to
feed only little more than this &c
per cent needed to keep up the cows
body.
Below are given balanced rations
that will furnish the materials neces
sary to produce milk in about the right
proportions. BY the term "rations" Is
meant the feed for twenty-four hours
If a COW will not give a good flow OF
milk in the early part of the milking
period, when fed a liberal amount Of
one of these rations, it indicates that
she is not adapted by nature to be
dairy animal and she should be dis
posed of. The amounts given are
considered about right for COW Civ
ing from twenty to twenty-five pounds
of milk per day. For heavy mixers
these rations are to be increased and
reduced for lighter mixers In MAX
ing up these rations it is designed that
the COW be given practically all Of
the roughness she will eat and Their
sufficient grain is added to furnish the
necessary amount of digestib!e ma
terial,
1. Glover hay, 20 pounds; bran,
hounds: corn, 6 to 8 pounds.
.. Glover hay, 20 pounds; oats, 4 Il
5 pounds; corn, to pounds.
3. Glover hay, 20 pounds; corn and
cob meal. s to 10 pounds; gluten OF
cottonseed meal, 2 pounds.
4. Alfalfa or cowpea hay, Is to q
pounds; corn, 8 to II pounds.
S. Alfalfa or cowpea hay, 10 pounds
corn slower, 10 pounds; corn, 8 to II
pounds, and bran, pounds.
c. H. Eckels,
Prof of Dairy Husbandry, Mo Agl
College.
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Horse Racino in Australia.

zone of the finest race courses In
the entire world is at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, and some great races are run
there" said Harry Yost. ut is known
as the Pennington course and is main
tanned at an enormous expense an
nually.
THE seats are arranged on ter
races, on the plan Of the old Roman
amphitheatres, and on the day when
the Melbourne Cup race is run there
are always from 225,000 to 100000
persons at the track. The Austria
lians are inveterate gamblers and the
future book for the big race is pre-
pared six months before the race is
run. The horses over there are among
the finest in the world and there are
some exciting races, both fat and
steeplechase. The Melbournites are
great followers of every sort of sport
and at an amateur football game
have seen 10000 persons occupying
the stands. "-Milwauke Sentinel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29

mastered the situation-and he re-
moved the handkerchief from about
his erstwhile throbbing temples.
Had Squire Granger been ON the
watch he must have been amazed to
have seen the Federal officer slyly
press the handkerchief against his
lips, and might have wondered what
this singular act might mean, not be-
ing aware that his daughters fair
hands had tied the ends of that same
bit of linen around Johns head.
Verify our bachelor Benedict was
making rapid progress. .
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SAVING Manure.

In the handling of barnyard manure
1t is our practice to clean
out the stables and keep the
manure In the. yard we'll rotted. We
recognize the value of liquid manure
and save as much of 1t as possible but
have no special contrivance for that
purpose. Bedding helps to do this
and / use this a great deal. We do
very little composing. We do not
haul out our manure in winter, spring
Or In summer, usually hauling out
only in the following autumn. In our
experience the best method Tor hand
ling and applying barnyard manure Is
to let 1t become well-rotted in the
barnyard and then apply 1t evenly
The time of application matters but
little II the manure is well rotted.--
Stephen Rigney. Stephenson County,
Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29
CONFERRED TITLE ON HIMSELF.
How San Francisco Merchant Ac.
quired Military Honor.

"The martial spirit that pervades
Europe makes the average civilian
very much of nonentity as he jour-
neys about the gay capitals across the
water" remarked Henry Stern.
Which leads IN to the advice that. if
you want to attract attention when
you go to Europe, you want to have
military title attached to your name.
The fact was fOrcibly impressed on
my mind while l was on European
tour some time back. The clerk at
the Grand Hotel in, Paris remarked to
me that two distinguished officers
from my city had been spending some
time at the hotel little while before.
| was curious to see who they were,
so we looked back over the register
for their names. We found them with.
out much trouble. The first to greet
my gaze was written down in this
| fashion:
Col. NJ. H. Hecht. San Francisco,
Cal, U. S. A"
Further down on the page" inter
rupted the clerk, you will notice the
name of Gen. SalZ.'
There, in a bold hand, was IN
scribed Jacob Salz, Gen. Mer., San
Francisco, Cal, U. s. A .
What actually happened was this,
as I subsequently learned. Salz, who
Is we'll known as the owner of big
tannery at Benicia, arrived at the ho-
| tel, and, noticing Col. Hecht's name
and title on the register, decided that
he needed a title himself. So he
wrote after his name what he thought
was proper abbreviation for gen.
eral merchandise 1t worked beauti.
fully. During his stay at the hotel
he was respectfully addressed as Gen.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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CHAPTER XII.
A Snake in the Grass.


Upon making investigation the colo
mel discovered that the two Confed-
crates had escaped unframed.
Their knowledge of the premises
served them well, and the shots fired
by the sentries came too late to in
terrupt their wild dash.
Colonel John, having been especi-
ally charged with the guardianship
of Lyndhurst, accepted the hospitali-
ties of the house, and was shown a
room by the planter.
After he had made the rounds and
seen that his men were all in position,
enjoying the comforts Of the garden,
he retired.
Another day dawned, the second
of Sherman's stay in the captured
Gate City, and more than one of At
lanta's citizens awoke with a feeling
of relief to find that a roof still re-
manned above his head, for all man
ner of dire things had been pro.
phesied as the result of Sherman
success.
Colonel John had duties to per.
form. and rode away Immediately
after breakfast.
Shanks waylaid him at the gate
and there was look upon the ser
geant's homely face that aroused
| curiosity in Johns mind.
He drew rein, and threw one leg
over the saddle, while the sergeant
ran his fingers through the horses
name, and caressed the noble animal
you have news for me, sergeant
well I was jest on the way tt
| find We, kurnel | was In the city
when the affair occurred last night
"They gave us the slip, sure
enough" laughed the officer. as he re
membered the event.
1.-The boys feel sore over it, blu
accidents will happen, of course
Something happened to me, sir, some
thing that reckon interests you"
in Atlanta, you mean?"
That's it. I met certain person
on the street that had seen before
lady, kurnel, the same lady tina
visited your tent in camp near Cha
tanooga."
Belle Stevens here!" 'exclaime
John, in an involuntary manner show
ing signs Of uneasiness, which tn
: sharp-eyed sergeant was quick {
notice.
"She knowed me, kurnel, and stol
ped me on the street, asking afte
you. P'raps did wrong. but it struc
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oQE11zZzD AS @ c0xezzG> sz2z

In the midst of her sentence she
stopped, for there came sudden shot
from tho garden.
Colonel John sprang to the window
and thrust out his head.
Another challenge.
Halt who comes there?"
Then came a second shot, the
pounding of hoofs upon the road lead
ing to the base of the old Kennesaw
mountain, while the night wind watt
ed back derisive laugh.
They have escaped-it is just as
well. end | give them credit for being
bold fellows" said Colonel John,
turning from the window, but the
room was empty.
Remembering his companions he
fastened to learn how they were COM
ing on. The scene was a remarkable
one. One officer lay with his arms on
the table, and his head resting on
them, a second was curled up in his
chair, while the remaining man had
slipped under the table and snored
Justify there, with foot stool for a
pillow.
AS for the squire, he was digging
his knuckles into his eyes, and star
ing around him as il bewildered. See
ing John enter he arose.
What has happened to us all?" he
asked, and the colonel realizing that
curiosity had overcome the antipathy
entertained for him did not hesitate
to reply.
The truth is we have all been
drugged, my dear father-in.law, he
said smiling
Il can we'll believe 1t, and judging
from the thing you've got tied around
your head | imagine you feel much as
| do. Are we to thank our blue-coat-
ed friends for it," the squire asked
sarcast;cally.
So John INDUCED in a little story,
during which the gray-mustached
Georgian planter muttered divers
tlings with reference to the authors
OF his woe.
Already Johns wheel in the head
had diminished in force-perhaps
the magnetic touch of Mollie's fingers
had aroused a counter irritant that
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CHAPTER XII.
eim;Iia similihns curantur'


When the cavalry officer opened his
eyes he imagined he must be dream
ing. Surely a woman'S voice had
been uttering his name, coupled with
an eXhortation to awaken, and he
had felt soft hands brushing back the
curly black locks from his forehead.
Was it only a dream? Looking up he
saw Mollie, but her face was cold as
marble and one would not believe
from her appearance that she cared
whether he lived or died. AS he
struggled to a sitting posture and
looked around. he was amazed. g.
where am What does this
meaT?"
She Immediately Eut finger on
her lips.
Speak softly, sir. You have pass
ed through a strange experience"
lie passed hand across his fore.
head
81 have been drugged."
1T is true"
That Wine-its peculiar flavor. All!
the squire played a shrewd game,
but for what purrose?"
Colonel John, you wrong him. He,
too, drank of the wine. and still lies
in his chair asleep"
Then some one else drugged it.
All, you turn red, Miss Nollie-was it
you?"
Il confess"
But what object could you have
had?"
None whatever. I was not aware
that it was a drug put in the wine.
i was told it would Improve the
favor" she replied steadily.
He made wry face.
MY head throbs as though an en-
CINE were pumping inside"
Here is cold water, allow me to
wet this folded handkerchief"
"As l came by the pain through
your hands. it would only be fair if
you tied this for me-"
She hes!tated.
Colonel Johns eloquent look OF ap,
peal carried the day. but she went
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29

When the eminent WI Ting-fang
was Chinese minister at Washington,
he was the guest of honor at one of
the leading clubs, where he made an
address, and was afterward enter
tanned by some of the younger mem
bers, who thought it would be great
fun to get the Oriental diplomat In
toxicated. They piled him with
champagne, highballs, and beer until
about a. m, by which time most OF
the cluhmen were maudlin. Cool as
cucumber, Mr.. WI surveyed the
crowd and said, gravely, in his per
feet English: IF didn't know this
club was composed entirely of gentle
men should say that you fellows
were trying to get me drunk" The
session adjourned very shortly there
after.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29

at her task as though it were solely
duty.
The touch of her fingers was apt 20
set poor Johns head to throbbing
mach more violently than it had here
>ofore done, but if there was any vir-
tue in the homeopathic principle Of
like curing like, this might eradicate
his disease. ...,..... .,.... -.-.-
"Now tell me-" he continued. after
grayely thanking her. "who it was
bade you add to the piquancy of the
wine by dropping in a drug"
my cousin, Major Worden."
"Ah, Then Major Worden was in
this house all the time we held poo
session."
st is true-he CHANGED to be here
and could not escape while daylight
lasted"
"Was he alone?"
mo; Crockett Ridgeway was with
him"
John gave start.
81 begin to see conspiracy back of
it," he muttered, plunging one hand
inside his military coat and then grit
ting his teeth.
"Gone!" he said. bitterly, after all
these years, when it was in my grasp.
Fool fool, not to have placed it be-
yOnd his reach. see now that 1t
was for this the drug was used. Tell
me, was searched?"
She nodded her head.
"By Crockett RidgeWay?"
Yes"
with what result?'
HE was deeply disappointed, if
could judge from the words he let
fall"
"And yet it is gone"
do you refer to the papers?"
"Yes," looking at her suddenly.
"Are these the ones?" producing
them from the folds of her gauze
dress.
Colonel Johns face beamed
God bless you, my mean Miss
Molly. Those papers mean much to
me. They will clear my name of an
ugly stain that has rested on 1t for
years. They will also restore the old
homestead to the right line of sue
cession-myself. How can thank
your"
81 hope you won't attempt it, SIR
" ~But tell me how you came by
1hem?"
"That Is easily done. They entered
when you had lost your senses, ant
fearing lest some one might Interrupt
them. carried You here. | was pres
ent, and seeing these papers fall t,
the floor possessed myself of them.
'You knew why he searched me-?
''They were your property" with
brave attempt at showing careless
ness.
Colonel John had arisen to hi
feet.
Pardon me. but have those gentl,
men left the house?"
Yes, short time ago."
but how will they pass my SCI
rries2"
They scorned the danger; beside
being intimately acquainted with III
grounds tbsy-.-
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Call by a Man Named Guild.

Curtis Guild. Jr., was invited as a
special guest to the Middle-North fair
at Lowell, Mass. He arrived unat'
tended and unannounced. The rustic
in attendance at the gate told him to
go into the box Office and wait while
he called the chairman of the recep-
ton committee.
The Republican candidate for gu.
bernatorial honors found seat on a
soap box; nor was his complacency
ruffled.
The gate tender went to Exhibition
hall, and, from the outside of a cir
Gle of celebrities surrounding the
chairman, cried out: "Mr. Chair
man, there's some man named Guild
wants to see you at the box Office"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29
Representative Hardwick,

Representative Hardwick, from
Georgia. was recently travelling in a
Pullman car. Hardwick is the small,
lest man in the House. The presence
Of negro passenger gave him great
concern, and after the negro had
gone into the dining-car and eaten
MS dinner, sitting near the Georgian,
he Georgia member went to the con-
ductor and asked that the negro be
put out, of the car. 1--WE can't do
hat, sir" the conductor answered.
We'll, if that fresh niger gets near
me I'm going to wipe up thescar with
,im," declared the Georgian; 81 won't
ave him around me-" Everything
vent along peacably enough, the
aegro sitting in his seat and inter,
fering with no one. who Is that
slack rascal?" asked the Southern
member of the porter. after time.
Who? Him." asked the porter;
boss, OATS Joe Cans, the pugilist."
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SlOO Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper win be pleased to learr
that there is at least dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages, and that II
Catarrh. Hairs CataTrh Cure IS the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrt
being constitutional disease, requires a constitu
tlonal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken in
ternay acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pGien
siren til by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing its work The prOpi etors have
60 much faith in its curative powers that they ofel
One Hundred Dollars for any that It falls K
cure. send for fist of testimonials,
Address +. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Csc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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It was at the Port Arthur sie

1t was at the Port Arthur siege,
during the assault on the celebrated
Hundred and Three Metres Hill which
cost so many men to the Japanese.
Before surrendering TO certain death
a regiment held until then in re-
serve. General Nogi addressing the
colonel, said: Your regiment is the
first in the world!" General" re-
allied the officer gravely. sit will be
ae first in the other!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29
81 ana greatlu trnnhled with klento.

Il am greatly troubled with klepto-
taania," exclaimed the fashionably
dressed woman, as she hustled into
the drug department; NOW what
would you advise me to take for it?"
Your departure, madame, by all
means" replied the floor-walker, and
bowed her to the elevator.-Pucl.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29

The mound-bird Of Australia is not
ed for its immense nests. which are
the largest made by any bird. Some
OF the mounds 1t constructs are fully
one hundred land fifty feet in ciycum-
ference. and in the center it buries
Its eggs two feet deep, and they are
Matched by the sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29
Queer Procedure.

"A stranger came out on the train
with Backlotz this evening" said
Subbubs. who is he, do you know?"
Yes" replied Naybor; that's a
man he's trying to sell his place to-"
Huh! How on earth does he ex-
pect to sell the place to the fellow
II he lets him see it beforehand?"-
Philadelphia Press.
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FARMERS, PARADISE.

Phillips County, Kansas, good
farms, easy terms, good crops, corn,
grain, alfalfa, fruit, good schools,
churches, neighbors, beautiful towns.
farms and surroundings. Come and
be convinced or write to j. f. Morse,
Phillipsburg, Kansas Office in Phil.
lips County Bank Building.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-03-29

Take Garfield Tea for liver, kidney
stomach and bowel arrangements, sick
headache and chronic diseases. This
mild laxative will purify the blood
cleanse the system and clear the com
plexion. 1t is for young. and old-the
best family medicine. Buy from drug
gist. n...... ...~