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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
CHAPTER XIII.
A Terrifying Apparition.

/ did not hesitate. There was no
time like the present. This servant
had been false to Madame de WARMER,
me with as little conjunction if it
were made worth his while.
I walked slowly up the grand stair
way leading from the hall. / gained
the gallery that ran about the hall,
meeting no one. l pretended to be In
terested in examining the designs OF
the tapestry. 1 tapped the wall az
moved deliberately along. 1t seemed
to me quite solid in every direction.
began to think that Jacques had been
playing with me.
AS stood there hesitating, Alphonse.
the confidential servant of Madame de
WARMER, appeared suddenly before me.
Either his tread had been catlike or
the secret staircase was very near.
thought read CONSERVATION on
his face leaned over the carved
railing of the gallery. gazing down
into the hall.
"Am I not to see Madame de Var
nier before long,"
81 shall tell madam that your Excel
lency is waiting"
IF you please"
walked carelessly down the long
corridor that led to my room. closed
the door, but was careful to hold the
handle in my hand, and in an instant
my eye was at the keyhcle.
He had paused irresolutely, looking
down the corridor toward my room.
Evidently he was dismayed at having
been surprised by me. He was hest
tatipg whether he should return to
warn Madame de vanier. Luckily he
did not hesitate long.
He vanished round the corner OF
the corridor. In an instant had fol-
lowed him. AS he lifted the tapestry
he touched a spring. A door opened
noiselessly.
zone moment, Alphonse," cried.
GRO BE CoNTINUED.)
Animals with Long Tongues.
Giraffes and ant eaters have
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04

jacques ahook his head. monsieur
has said that the chateau IL immense.
One might ind It difacult without q
guide"
and you win be that guide" said
with assurance.
He shook his head still more vigor-
ously. Impossible! Madam would
object. Besides, there is Alphonse."
aAlphonse? Who is he?"
He is madam's confidential serv-
ant"
cat least you can tell me the way
to the towers"
II have never been to the towers .
the man persisted.
Then the staircase is concealed ?" I
asked sharply, initiated at his n.y.
pocrisy.
Il have seen the tapestry near the
gallery move very strangely" he
blurted out.
Captain Forbes, then, was impris-
oned in one of the towers. The stair
case leading thither was concealed be-
hind a secret door hidden by a tapes
try. This door was near the gallery.
So far SO well. But I remembered
that there was one central tower,
fianked by three smaller towers. In
which OF them was Captain Forbes
held a prisoner? I came to the point
directly. To fence with the fellow was
wasting time.
The rooms IN the towers them.
selves must be interesting. In me-
dieval times they were no doubt used
as dungeons. if there can be dungeons
in the air. In which of these towers
does DR.. Starva usually lodge his
friends?'
1 asked the question not without
trepidation. I was tolerably sure of
my man, but for the moment 1 feared
that had overshot the mark. He
poised tray on his palm and shufHed
hastily to the door, as if he were
frightened at the information he had
already given.
You have forgotten something" I
said carelessly, and tapped the notes
on the table. He hesitated; then, re-
turning, snatched at them.
when one has assembled the secret
stairway" he said in low voice, zone
finds oneself in bare room That is
the central tower. It is a triangle in
shape. At the corners of the triangle
there are three doors opening on three
smaller rooms, the dungeons, as mon
sieur calls them. One of these rooms
nrsof Nf
knows that madam is very religious.
When madam is not to be seen she is
at her prayers"
Again he seized his tray, but I had
still another question to ask.
Which of these rooms is the ora
tory? And in which does DIR. Starva
lodge his friends?"
But, monsieur, 1 do not know" he
stammered, and again seized his tray.
you know very well, if you think"
I commanded.
He rubbed his nose, a gesture curl
ously reflective and agitated. He
turned himself about like a top as he
tried, or pretended to try, to remem-
Der toward which points of the COM
pass the various rooms faced.
Monsieur knows that the chateau
itself does not face either south, north,
east, or west. The oratory is to the
south. No; it points to the west. The
locked room, DR.. Starva's, that is to
the east. But no-truly, your Excel.
lency, it is impossible for me to re-
member"
He fed from the room, the dishes
on his tray rafting in his perturba-
ton.
But he had told me much. 1 knew
that if could find the secret staircase
to the towers. If could force open
the door behind the tapestry, 1 might
bag both my birds with one shot
Captain Forbes in his prison. or
Madame de Varnier at her prayers
it was all one to me.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04
Grandmother's einqer Rread

One large cup molasses On. o. is
the best). two ~heaping teaspoonfula
soda. beat well together, for here lies
the whole secret; then add two tea.
spoonfuls ginger, one.half teaspoouful
salt, one cup water. beat all togefker'
5 then stir in your flour. enough to.u3ake
not too stiff dough; beat wen and
last add one-half cup OF melted butte
or lard: stir again. Z
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04

A woman in London. Eng, has been
sent to prison for five years for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
She represented herself to be a sister
of ]. Pierpont Morgan. One touch of
nature doesn't always make the whole
world kin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04

A Chicago professor has declared
that in few thousand years women
win be wearing boards. Perhaps.
says the Washington Post. by that
time they viii have learned how to
keep sill long enough to get shaved.
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GOp7-RHzZ 1906 ig QA2

ignorant that Locke or any other had
been in the stairway.
Until IL tonight" she said.
Until IL tonight" I repeated. ]
lifted my hat and walked swiftly to-
ward the chateau.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-04

Animals with Long Tongues.
Giraffes and ant eaters have
tongues nearly two feet in length.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
SPECIALIZING IN STOCK.
Farmers Should Follow Lines In Which
They viii Have Best Success.

This is fast becoming an age of spe-
cializing. The farm of few years ago
was supposed to produce about all
that was consumed. A great many
things were made then, too, that are
bought now. The change has been
coming on gradually, but now the dis
position is general to let the man who
Is better fitted for doing or producing
one thing follow his line, while we
may follow another line, and the ex-
change is made through the regular
channels of trade.
The stockmen are taking up spe.
cializing to wonderful extent. A very
few years ago the stockman had a
few of all classes Of stock, and each
class represented some of all ages.
To-day, we find more and more Of the
special herds. The cattleman sticks
to a certain line, and If he raises for
the market he likes to have the bunch
all of an age and size. 1t Is the same
with every other line Of livestock.
After all that has been said of having
a few of all kinds, then you will be
sure of having some Of the right kind,
for stock does better to run all of an
age and size, and is easier cared for.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
STOCK NOTES.

A badly-shod horse is one that will
perform his work with difficulty.
The COW is machine for COW ,rt
ing food into milk, and the profits
from her work are in proportion to her
digestive and assimilative powers.
With an increasing demand for
horses on the farms where they are
raised there will be less horses to sell
and consequently those sold will com.
mand higher price. Keep on raising
good draft colts.
The future brood SOW should show
every indication Of being able to prop.
erly nourish her litter. This quality is
evidenced by the development of ten
or twelve well-formed teats. This is
quite an important point.
Before building the barn or hog
house sit down and calculate where Il
can be placed, and how planned to be
the most convenient. The average
farmer shortens his life fourth by
taking unnecessary steps around the
barn and feed lots.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
JUST WHAT HE WANTED.
Surely Here Were Musical Tastes
Enough to Suit Anybody.

A gentleman of the most cultivated
musical tastes, wishing to change his
residence, advertised for rooms in a
private family fond of music" The
next mail brought him the follow.
ing reply:
Dear Sir: / think we could accom-
modate you with rooms, and as for
music one of my daughters plays the
parlor organ and gittar; another one
plays the ACCORDION and banjo; ] play
the cornet and fiddle; by wife plays
the harmonica and my son the flute.
We all sing and II you are good at
tenner singing you would fit right In
when we get to singing gospel hims
evenings, for none of us sings tenner.
Or If you plays the base vial we have
one right here In the house. IL you
want music as well as rooms and
board we could accommodate you and
there would be no extra charge for It.
Lippincott's.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
HOME REMEDY FOR A COLD.
A Good, Common Sense Treatment,
Anybody Can Easily Apply.

The best time to doctor q cold is
when you feel 1t coming on. Do not
delay as you can often cure II In one
nightif taken in time. Keep in mind that
a cold summer retards the crop-a cold
hen never lays-a cold house Is UNI
comfortable and cold climate breeds
colds-so when you start to cure your
cold todrm up.
Battle the feet In hot water--take
hot drinks of lemonade or composition
tea-take good laxative Quinine tab
let and go to bed and sweat. The most
important treatment In doctoring a
cold or sore throat Is a good applica-
ton on the lungs to avoid any chance
of pneumonia. l'eople used to apply
complicated oil, goose grease, ETC., but
the finest thing for this purpose is
Hoffs German Lin!ment, This is a
camphor cream, strong and penetrat-
ing, yet perfectly clean and does not
soil clothing or bedding. 1t is a
simple household remedy, is sold
everywhere for twenty-five cents. Be
sure to rub 1t in we'll and II throat
is sore use as gargle. The above
treatment is inexpensive-in fact
costs a good deal less than a good
tombstone-and neglected cold
often leads to an untimely grave.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
SHEEP IN THE ORCHARD.
One Farmer Who Thinks They Give
Him Good croes OF Apples.

II think one great reason why my
orchard has done so well is because
have let my sheep run in 1t good
DEAL"
The old man that said this always
has the best fruit and the most of 1t
of any man in his neighborhood. Many
years when his neighbors would al
most fail of having any fruit, his or
chard would have plentiful supply.
Take 1t this year, for example.
Throughout the entire county there Is
marked scarcity of apples. But this
mans trees are we'll loaded. He will
have little fortune from his fruit.
There Is great deal Of sense in his
belief that the sheep have done his
orchard good, writes e. l.. Vincent In
Farmers Review. All through the
spring and fall after the apples are
out of the way, he pastures the sheep
in the orchard. They pick up any small
or wormy fruit that may have been
left on the ground. They leave the
richest kind of manure all over the
earth. They keep the weeds down and
altogether cultivate the orchard as 1t
could not otherwise be.
We fail, fellow farmers, by not Civ
ing our orchards better treatment
They are starving. Take many or
chards and you will see great patches
of moss on the ground. The branches
are many of them dead or dying. The
earth is covered with grass or weeds
that provide the best possible harbor
for enemies of the trees. How can
we expect to get much fruit? The
wonder is that we get as much as
we do.
Sheep like to run under trees. The
orchard is almost the ideal place for
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
FATTENING HOGS.
Make Selections Early and Push thu
Feeding as Rapidly as Possible.


The fattening of hogs begins at the
time you decide which will be the
ones to go. If they are well started
from birth, with plenty of feed neces-
sary for the development of bone aud
muscle building, then the fattenius
process may be reserved until the
last eight weeks before selling. After
weaving they should be allowed milk
with middlings, and If confined, cut
ting of germ clover or alfalfa while 1t
may be had. One of the family who
lives near a brewery has found that
warm separated milk mixed with malt
is an excellent feed for the pigs dur
ing the growing season, and no grain
is necessary until ready to finish for
the market With me, milk and mid
dlings and occasionally little bran
mixed with green alfalfa has formed
the ration.
/ keep salt and ashes before them.
as we'll as box of charcoal. During
the winter when no green food is to
be had, says writer in Orange Judd
Farmer, feed once day some silage,
just what they will eat UP clean, and
they seem to relish 1t very much.
The value of alfalfa hay with the
corn feed the last six weeks is not
fully known, yet 1t will cause a gain
of one and one-half pounds a day
which is more than any other ration
have ever known. The Nebraska ex
pertinent station has made some very
interesting experiments along this
line, with remarkable results. and de.
clares in favor of alfalfa hay with corn
as the most economical and profitable
OF course, have no other hay, but
know the hogs eat is greedily. either
dry or green, and 1t keeps them in
perfect convtion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
FAMILYs SKIN TROUBLES.
Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Aztec.
tions Afflict Different Members,
But Cutlcura Cures Them.

my wife had eczema for FIVE or six
years. 1t was on her face and would
come and go. We thought we would
give the Cuticura Remedies trial. We
did so and she has never had a sign of
eczema for four years. / myself used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
some time ago for falling hair. now
have very heavy head of hair. We
used Cuticura Remedies for our baby,
who was nearly bald when young. She
has very nice hair now. She is very
fleshy, and we had SO much trouble
with heat that we would battle her
with Cuticura Soap and then apply
Cuticura Ointment, 1t would dry the
heat up SO much quicker than any.
thing else. Mr.. H. B. Springmire, 323
So. Capital Street, Iowa City, Ia, July
16, 1905, and Sept. 16, 1906"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
A FEW HOG DoN'Ts.
DO the pon'ts II You Would Have
Success In Raising Pigs.

Don't keep diseased hogs with the
rest of the herd. Most diseases com
mon to hogs are contagious, especial
ly cholera
Don't let your feed lot get foul. A
hog as well as other animals does bet
ter when he has a clean eating and
sleeping place.
Don't let your sows and pigs sleep
at old straw ricks unless you want
them to die with the cholera or some
other disease.
Don't expect to raise thrifty pigs
by feeding the sows nothing but corn.
Plenty OF Stops are essential to the
growth of the pigs.
Don't let your shoats run all over
the farm. A few dollars spent in wire
will save You much worry and keep
your meadows and growing crops
from injury.
Don't let your pigs root up the
meadows and pastures. A few hog
rings are cheaper than lot of tim.
othy and blue grass which would be
destroyed
Don't let your sows run together
until narrowing time. Cold nights
they will pile up together and may
cause the loss of their pigs. 1t is best
to separate them month before.
Don't fail to give your hogs plenty
of ashes and salt. II you have an
old ash bank about the place. throw
1t into the pen and salt 1t good. The
hogs will dispose Of it to their ad.
vantage.
Don't keep a chicken-eating SOW JUS,
because she raises large litters OF
pigs, says Farmers Voice. She viii
soon eat her worth in chickens. Put
her in the fattening pen and let her
go on the market as soon as posi-
blA
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
She Did Not Fear Death.

An old lady on her seventy-third
birthday once said, II do not mind
getting old. and l do not fear death,
but l live in constant fear of par
alysis."
"For some time / have been wanting
to tell you of the great good your
wonderful Sloan's Eminent Is doing
here" writes Mr.. James F. Abernethy,
of Rutherford College, N. G. in fact,
all your remedies are doing noble
work, but your Eminent beats all In
my eight years experience with med
icine find none to go ahead Of It,,
having tried 1t In very many cases. l
xnow of one young man, a brick-ma!
son, who suffered from a partial, yes,
almost complete, paralysis of one arm.
got him to use your Eminent, and
now he can do as much work as ever,
and he sings your praise every day.
get all to use 1t possibly can and
know there is great virtue in 1t. ]
have helped the sale Of your noble
remedies about here greatly, and ex-
pect to cause many more to buy them,
as know they can't be beat"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
ABOUT SEED CORN.
Have You Attended to the Matter as
Outlined Here?

Seed corn should be selected in the
fall, and before the crop rs harvested,
in order that the best seed may be Sc
cured and properly cared for.
Seed selected from plants where the
stand and other environments was nor
NAL has given an average yield of 1923
bushels per acre in excess of seed Sc
lected in the ordinary way.
Heavy weight seed ears have ex-
ceeded medium weight ears In yield by
SO bushels per acre.
Medium long ears have exceeded
medium short ears in yield by 4.S5
bushels per acre.
vigor Of plant, as shown by ability
to stand upright, is hereditary. Ear
rows growing side by side have shown
a variation of from no broken plants
to Sc per cent of broken plants.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
WILD TRIBE OF POETS.
Picturesque People That Are Found In
the Philippines.

Among the wild tribes to be found
in the Philippines are the Bogobos,
the most picturesque people in the
tropics, Their origin Is unknown,
and all sorts of opinions have been
expressed concerning them, One tale
told of them is that their first ances-
tors were all poets and musicians,
and that the dislike for the practical
which is always noticeable among
them has come down through the gen.
erations.
Those that have taught among the
Bogobos say that given song or
poem to learn and they will study
and dream over 1t for hours, but give
the Bogobo a problem in arithmetic
and he Immediately becomes Ill and
wants to so home.
Living at Santa Cruz, In the Davao
district, is Miss Benedict, Chicago
university woman. who is collecting
everything peculiar to the Bogobo.
II has been found that the bead
work done by them is quite like that
of the American Indian, bit there is
no other likeness in the races be'
yond that.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
Pius with Couch.

1t is not generally known that pigs
are afflicted with spasmodic cough
which greatly resembles whoopins
cough in children. This trouble usual
ly runs its course in few weeks. A
little pine tar placed well down the
throat or teaspoonful of tincture OF
asafoetida given in a little milk will
assist in relieving the trouble.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
Give Hens Good Place to Scratch

Most hen houses are Of the one
room kind. When the flock has to be
shut In during heavy fall of snow,
1t is matter of feeding where the
whole flock roosts. The fowl is not as
particular as the human about its
place of eating, yet when the laws of
health, of bird health, are broken, dis
ease is the result. Feeding in the
filth of the roosts is certainly trans
gression OF the laws, Wouldn't what
some call scratching shed, sepa-
rate room for feeding, be a paying ad-
dition TO make to your poultry house,
before real winter weather sets in?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
sIiuht misunderstanding.

They had been engaged just seven
teen minutes by the clock, yet for
the last three-seventeenth of that Pc
riod there had been a proud, scornful
look upon her fair face that was cal
culated to wither the orange bios
SONS.
Il can't imagine. dear" he said,
sadly, what has come over you SO
suddenly. / simply asked II you were
romantic, when"
"Oh, George, forgive mel" she ex-
claimed, with convulsive sob, as she
threw her arms about his neck, Il
thought you asked me II was rheu-
matte"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
Hnu,s This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halle
CataTrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned have known II. j. Cheney
Tor the last IS years. and believe him perfectly hon.
oTabIe in all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made by his Arm.
WALDINa, KINNAR Il MARVIN,
Wholes.,a Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 70 cents per
bottle. Sold by all DrnRgists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
Too MANY Islands.

Larry-Me friend Casey has made
a lot av money avn gone to spind tn
summer in tn Thousand islands. He
invited me up.
Denny-Faith, phoy don't yez go?
Larry-Bedad, he didn't say which
island avn Oh might have to hunt over
noine hundred and nointy-noine be.
fore Oh found him. BY thot time me
vacation would be over.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07

dizzy spells all the time, My ankles
swelled and ran down dreadfully.
was nervous and had awful headaches,
/ wonder that any medicine could do
what Doan's Kidney Pills have done
for me. They cured me four years
ago and I have been well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
Preparation.

IT suppose you will be glad when
congress assemblies again"
mot exactly glad" answered the
statesman. But, of course, we must
expect to spend some time in getting
material for new books and lectures.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07

"Some years ago l
began to feel weak
and miserable and
one day awoke from
a nap with a pierre
ing pain in my back
h at m a de m e
scream. For two
days I could not
move and after that
/ had backache and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
FOR A HORSE HARD TO CATCH.
Fasten Short Bit of Chain to His Fore
Leg Above Knee.

For a horse that is hard to catch.
take chain about one and one-half
feet long, and fasten 1t with a strap
to his front leg. just above the knee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07

The chain will hang down and will
not bother the horse while he walks,
but If he runs, it strikes his other
leg, and he will be forced to stop.
They don't run far before they stop
and let you catch them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
FOUR HORSES ABREAST.
Arrangement Of Lines Which Is Sim
pie and Effective.

The diagram illustrates the way
writer in Breeders Gazette hooks up
his four horses abreast.
AAAA are two-horse reins and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
Hldes. peIts and Wool.

To get full value, ship to the old reliable
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07

checks. BIB are short ropes with
snaps. &C are bride reins unbuckled
on inside of bride with snap to snap
in check buckle on reins.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
TESTED By TIME.
A Cure That Has Held Good for
Four Years.

Mrs. Mary Crumllsh of 1850 West
Third Street, Wilmington, Del, says: