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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Guarding the Precious Declaration

too much folding, too much rolling, too
much handling, and, alas! too much
stealing of it's immortal language by
a wet press copying operation resorted
to in 1920.
For 30 years the Declaration of indie
pendence hung in the light, and the
longer it hung there the more neces-
sary the light became, for the ink that
was left grew paler and paler until it
was hard to make out any of the sig
natures. except the big black name of
John Hancock. Finally it became evil
dent that if anything except the
parchment was to be left the docu.
ment would have to be kept in the
dark
So it went into retirement in the
safe, being brought out only upon spe-
cial requests.
In 1903 the late John Hay, then sec
rotary of state, appointed a commit
tee to examine the condition of the
declaration and to recommend what
should be done to preserve it. The
committee found it creased and bereft
of it's ink, but they were pleased to
find no evidence of mold or other dis
integrating agents" They recommend
ed that the document be kept dark
and dry. and their recommendation
has been religiously followed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
CONSIDERABLE interest wa

CONSIDERABLE interest was
~ aroused the other day by the re-
port that the president had given
permit to a man who wanted to see
with his own eyes the. original copy of
the Declaration of Independence, or
rather to see what is left of that
precious and venerated document.
However, the permit must have died
a-borning, for it did not materialize,
out if such permit had been issued and
ha,? been presented at the department
of state it would have enabled its
holder to have the first view of the
Declaration of Independence that has
been had since the spring of 1908.
Even before 1903 it had been kept
in the safe, but it was often brought
out for admiring citizens to scrutinize
and to exclaim over. Since 1903 the
light of day has not fallen on it.
There had been too much light of
day before that. In fact, there had
been too much of good many things;
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Feeding Value of Skim Milk.

Prof. Hunziker of Purdue university
says: The skim milk from the hand
separator is the most satisfactory,
the most favorable as far as feeding
value Is concerned. In the case Of
the hand separator you separate right
after milking, while the skim milk is
still warm, fresh and sweet and can
be fed in warm condition. In such
cases the skim milk Is valued at from
% cents to 80 cents per hundred. On
the other hand, skim milk from the
gravity system is usually anywhere
from II to sc hours old, and in many
cases 1t is sour and curdled and is
cold, and for that reason 1t is not so
valuable for feeding. 1t may do all
right for pigs, but is not so good for
calves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

A MOTHER interesting thing con-
n nected with Washington life is the
move which is on foot for an addi-
iOnal memorial to the late Ri Rev.
Henry Yates Satterlee, the bishop of
Washington who filled such a large
place in the religious and moral life
Of the capital city. 1t is now pro-
posed to make into a magnificent
church the small chapel founded by
he dead prelate at Twilight Park,
tiaines Falls, in the Catskill noun
aims
Although several hundred miles
away from Washington, the present
ALI Angels church at Twilight Park is
practically part of the diocese of
Washington. 1t is inseparably con-
aected with the local diocese through
the late Bishop Satterlee.
This picturesque little church is
3erched on the side of one of the beau
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

Efy ASHINGTON.--Wha the cap
w ital city of the nation may have
acked in the past in the way of park
accommodations for the comfort and
enjoyment of the general public, such
condition will not exist after this sum-
ner. for rapid work is being done upon
the flats lying along the Potomac
frontage of the CITY, and the waste
land is being transformed into gar
len spot that will make it one of the
most delightful public parks in the
country. Instead of the desolate
stretches of swamp and tangled
thicket and neglected commons there
are now verdant lawns and trees and
shrubbery and flowers, and, above all,
walks and drives and seats where the
cubic may view the river and the sur
roundings which have thus been Gre
ated
Some persons are rather skeptical
when the topic of the pleasures of a
summer spent in Washington is dis
eussed with any enthusiasm. They
think Of the range of the thermometer
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
THAW PAID OUT FORTUNE.
Slayer Shows Where He Gave Attor
neys $22O,OOO.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Aug. 10.-From
his cell in the county jail here, Harry
Kendall Thaw last night gave out the
following statement concerning the
claims fled against him by various
lawyers, which. he asserted, forced
him into bankruptcy.
I'm this mornings paper read that
Mr.. O'Reilly makes claim for mere
money. The sums already expended
and the names of the lawyers and
others to whom paid the money have
been clearly stated. There Is only
this much to add:
Besides the heavy total OF about
$47,500 that / paid out myself, my
mother paid our family physician and
gave about $37,500 additional to Mr.
Hartridge, making $1O5.000 received
by his firm prior to April 16, 1907.
"My mother also made a present
OF $25, 900 to Mr.. Delmas. This made
with his actual fee paid by me, $50,
900, in all that he received for his
able services. Mr.. Delmas' bill for
expenses was less than $1,000, and IL
included in the $4,000 item for de
tectives and sundries."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

e TRANGERS in a strange land have
~ every reason to feel that Uncle Sam
is doing his best to get them located
in places where they will find the
greatest benefits. This is clearly
shown by the facts and figures which
set forth the work of the division of
Information of the bureau of immigra-
ton and naturalization. This bureau
Is succeeding in remarkable way in
diverting hundreds of poor aliens from
crowded centers of the country to fer
tile farms and other places where
there is big demand for that class of
laborers. This bureau is charged by
an act of congress with the great I'M
dertaking of promoting a beneficial
distribution of admitted aliens and 9th.
ers seeking employment, but the
actual work of distribution is conduct.
ed by the information branch of the
immigration service in New York city.
The method employed is to send out
cards to all persons unable to secure
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
TRAINING THE COLT.
Matters Which Are of Prime I'm.
portance.

In the nrSt place tSSch the colt
that you are his superior. This ca 1 be
done much easier when the youngster
is small. Put on soft, properly MT
ting halter; get him thoroughly used
to this, but in doing this do not tie UP
TO something solid and leave. other
wise you may return and find your colt
has committed suicide by either
breaking his neck or choking him
self but lead it quietly around the
stall or yard beside its mother, and
1t will only be short time before the
youngster will understand what You
want when you pull ON his halter
shank and is nicely broken to lead;
teach him that you will not hurt him.
but that ii is useless for him to try
to get away,
This is a great age of education.
AS ii Is with people so 1t is with live
stock; the early education is the most
impressive and lasting, therefore,
since the horse is the servant of man,
he must be trained in order to be a
valuable servant. In training a colt
it is necessary to get on friendly
terms, as loud or unkind treatment
tends to drive the colt in direction
opposite to that you would have him
go and make him do things just the
opposite from what you want.
Every animal has more or less oh
stinacy in its nature. Get hold o. a
cats tail and her first idea Is to pull
away, or try to lead calf it will brace
itself and offer all the resistance in its
power; the young colt will do the
AS colt reaches maturity its
strength increases very rapidly, and II
a horse is to become good work
horse this obstinate nature must be
more or less overcome.
There is no more Objectionable habit
halter breaker, or to be ready to offer
resistance every time anything out Of
the ordinary comes up, says Indiana
Farmer. If anyone should doubt this
let him undertake to break five
year-old ranch horse that never knew
WHAT oNblllSolol was, anu the lcoopil
will be very thoroughly impressed; it
is only in very exceptional cases that
such horses are ever broken so that
they can be depended upon. | do not
advocate making a pet of colt, and
would advise the reader to never do
it, for like spoiled child they are al
ways on too familiar terms and very
often get into Objectionable habits
that are not easy to break. Teach the
colt to understand your language,
teach him to stop at the single word
Whoa" Always speak the word
plainly and at the same time snub the
colt short and he will soon connect
the word and the event, and stop when
the word is given. Follow the same
plan in teaching him to stand over in
the stall. or go forward or backward
on command. In doing this use the
whip sparingly, but be sure that you
make him mind you. a severe pun,
ishment will often put the colt on
bad terms with it's trainer, which Is
frequently fruitful of forming bad
habits, which often reduces the value
of many a valuable horse. These are
necessary, but simple requirements
hat every farmer raising colts should
adopt See that the colt Is trained
properly so he will be of valuable ser
vice in the future.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

ordinary side latch, but the latch
which must be made from a good piece
of timber is trimmed on one end so
that an old spring from a grain drill
will slip on and reach from the Shout.
der to the bracket on the gate. A
catch is fitted over the end OF the
latch, explains Prairie Farmer, and a
lever is attached as indicated, by
which the gate can be opened from
the opposite side
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
THE COLTS FEET.
See That the Hoof Develops Sym.
metrically.

Colts feet during the winter and
spring often grow out long and
sometimes to one side. 1t is not un-
frequent to see colts hoof grow
very much faster on one side than
the other and cause what might al
most be called crooked foot Even
If they grow straight and their toes
are allowed to grow out long, it
brings an unnatural strain on the
tendons which results in lameness.
Ordinarily they will break off of
their own accord, but not as you
would like to see them. Before
colts are turned to pasture their feet
should be trimmed and leve,ed up.
This precaution will frequently save
a permanent blemish. In trimming
do not rub them off too short, but
leave a natural shaped foot: neither
in leveling the soles should the bars
Of the hoof be cut away.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
owa OFFICIALS a, Allison Funeral.

iowa OFFICIALS al AIliSon Funeral.
Des Moines.--On the 9th Governor
cummins issued the following procla-
nation:
1T has become my sorrowful duty
to officially announce to the people
of Iowa the death Of Senator William
Ii. Allison, which occurred at his
home in Dubuque on the 4th instant
During the brief life of the COM
monwealth, Iowa has given many dis.
tinguished men to the public service
but no one of them has surpassed In
worth or distinction the man whose
death we now mourn. His long career
In the senate, full of faithful, patient
devotion to duty, made him the most
prominent figure In legislative life,
and his influence was deeply felt in
all the affairs of government. His
memory will long be cherished in the
patriotic hearts of his countrymen.
"In witness whereof | have here
unto set my hand, and caused to be
affixed the great seal of the state of
Iowa. Done at Des Molnes, this 9Th
day of August. A. d.. 1908.
"By the Governor:
ALBERT b. CUMMINS.
wv. C. HAYWARD,
Secretary Of state"
A special car conveyed Governor
Cummins and the other state officers
and a number of prominent Des
Moines men to Dubuque to attend
the funeral of Senator Allison.
Among those who went were the
following: Hon. A. b. Cummins,
Hon, w. w. Morrow, Hon. b. Il. Car.
roll, Hon. II. w. Byers, Col. ID. j.
Palmer, Col. H. S. Bousquet, Hon. N.
S. Ketchum, Hon. N. T. Guernsey, G.
b. Pray, Chas. Finkbine. J. G. Berry
hill, Edward II. Hunter, C. w. John,
ston, Col. LATE Young, Chas. ID. Hell
len, Harvey Ingham, John Cownie,
Sr., John ID. Hamilton. Judge Robin.
son, Judge McHenry, Judge Miller
and Gardner Cowles.
Chairman Carl +. FRANKIE of the re-
publican state central committee,
representing the committee took with
him a magnificent floral Offering
The design was In the form of q
floral blanket, 6h feet long by feet
vide The body was in white car
nations. In the center, In red pinks,
was the word Iowa. In three of
the corners were clusters of lilies of
the valley and In the fourth corner
ribbon with the dates 1S63-1908.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
HIS CLEVER SCHEME

customer selected one, calmly lighted
1t, and pulled curiously. Then he left
with an air of supreme satisfaction.
"Ah! This tastes good" he NUT
tered on the outside. II knew my little
scheme would work The fellow gave
me the best cigar he had in the store"
The cigar dispenser on the inside
soIiloquized !:
II just took that old codger at HIS
word. handed him a box of three
for-a-rickels. "-Lippincott's Magazine
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Don't forget to sponge the horse un.
der his tail. 1t helps to cool and rest
him.
Don't give a warm horse more than
two or three swallows of water until
he has cooled Off
Shake the bedding, either straw or
shavings, every morning, and remove
the litter.
Take the chill off the water before
letting your horse drink 1t after long
firing drive.
Begin now to look out for fall feed
ers. Cattle feeding is likely to prove
profitable business next year for the
man of foresight.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13

J The man with the large head and
the protruding eyebrows stepped into
the cigar emporium.
| "Give me the poorest cigar you've
got"
Give or ten-center?" queried the
man behind the showcase.
II don't know whether you're going
to give me five or ten-center. I'm
going to give you dime. Remember,
now. the poorest cigar in the place"
q 1ps clerk handed out box and the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
PurnatiXe for the Horse.

Here is good purgative for horse,
says Journal of Agriculture. One of
the best we have ever used is made Up
as follows: Barbados aloes, four
drains; rhubarb powder, two drains;
ginger, two drains; oil of caraway, Is
drops. Add syrup enough to make a
stiff paste and roll into 16 balls. Give
one of these each night and morning
in the soft feed. II the bowels become
too loose, give one ball a day. DO not
feed corn or timot'pg hay. Give
chopped oats and bran and little
well-cured clover hay, or clover and
timothy mixed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
HANDLING HEAVY HOGS.
Device by Which One Man Can Do
the Butcherine.

While il may be little late in the
season to be considering butchering
devices. the following taken from the
Home and Farm will be of interest to
all farmers, especially those who make
1t practice to butcher for the town
trade during the summer. The old
fashion of having a lot of help around
at hog killing time is going out owing
to the use of better appliances for
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Enemies After Hamery.

Over 500 names more than the
necessary $500 have been secured
to the petitions asking for the recall
OF Councilman John l.. Hamery, ac-
cording to o. X. Kirkpatrick. the
man who Is at the head of the anti
hamcry movement. In addition to
this, declared Mr.. Kirkpatrick, hun
dreds OF citizens are still clamoring
for the opportunity of anixing their
signatures to the documents.
With this announcement comes the
further announcement that the
Scratchers' club proposes to take
hand in the anair.
conference and wh.le 1t was decided
that there was not sufficient cause
as yet to take any definite action, It
was resolved to call meeting at the
first intimation that support was
needed. A number of prominent
opinion that the parties who were
agitating the recall would drop the
matter OF their own accord.
This action they are taking is all
nonsense" said Mr.. Charles DeHaan,
"and Is only the work Of few dis
contents VINO have felt the force Of
Mr.. Hamery's efforts towards a
proper enforcement OF the law. II Is
apparent that II Is not the result OF
any general feeling among the peo-
pie OF Des Moines that Mr.. Hamery
has not always acted in good faith
and for the public good. understand
that the petitions are being circulated
freely in the saloons and I'm cigar
stores, but l don't believe you will
find them In business houses general
ly. | haven't seen one myself.
think the effort Will die natural
death before long However, we have
given the matter some consideration
and IL necessary will give our active
support to Mr.. Hamery. IL won't be
merely the Scratchers' club either
but we will have the support Of the
people generally"
The officials of the Des Moines city
railway laughed at the idea that the
company was In any way giving sup
port to the efforts towards Mr.. Ham
ery's recall. 1.-THE whole matter is
absurd and ridiculous" said one of
them, "and Is receiving no support
here"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Prohibs Send Post Cards.

Postal cards with the national and
state prohibition platforms printed
upon them will be scattered broad
cast over the state as a part OF the
prohibition campaign literature. The
state central committee has decided
to make an aggressive literature cam
paign and will open literary bureau.
Two members of the committee have
been appointed on this bureau and
are the Rev. E. e. Bennett OF Winter
set and C. H. Cullye of Marshalltown.
A tsird man Is to be appointed later.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
DENEEV IS NAMED
IN SIXTY TWO COUNTIES HE is
THE WINNER.
YATES AND FOSS BEATEN
hopkins Is Nominated United States
Senator, but Foss May
ConteA.

Chicago. Aug. 10--At $50 o'clock
this morning complete returns from
the SO counties out Of 102 In the state
give for republican nomination for
governor:
Deneen ---------- ---- -------lSl,5 bog
iates --------- -------- -----liO,ZU5
Plurality -------- ------- --1l,204
lightweight counties give for the
republican senatorial Endorsement:
FosS ----------- ,709
Chicago. Aug. 10.-At o'clock this
morning the indications were that
Gov. Charles S. Deneen had received
the republican nomination for gov
ernor and that Senator Albert J.
Hopkins had obtained the republican
Endorsement for United States SEN
ator. The result, however, II NOT
definitely established in either case,
and both the Yates and Foss man
ayers claim their man will ultimately
be named.
The returns available at 2 o'clock
consisted of the vote In eighty-seven
out of one hundred and two counties
In the state for senator and in sixty
two counties for governor. Chicago
and Cook county were included in
both sets Of figures. The vote on SEN
ator was: Hopkins, 97.051: Foss,
SS,573; Mason, 62,596. On governor
the vote was: Deneen, 167,151; Yates,
154435.
The friends Of Governor Deneen
predict that he will secure the nomina-
ton by majority OF at least 10000
over Yates, and the Yates managers
make about the same prediction for
their man.
Senator Hopkins declared late to-
night that he believed that he would
be Endorsed for the senatorship by
plurality of $4,000 to $1,000.
The Foss managers claim that they
have carried many of the senatorial
districts and that when the legisla-
ture comes to vote for senator the men
from these districts must be guided
by the vote in those districts irrespec-
tive Of what the vote of the entire
state may have been. They argue that
in this way Foss Is certain to receive
the election from the legislature even
though he runs behind in the prim-
aries.
The situation on the democratic
ticket outlined early in the night was
confirmed by late returns. Lawrence
B. Stringer has been Endorsed for sen"
ator and Adlai E. Stevenson has been
nominated for governor. The returns
continue to come In very slowly and
definite figures are not obtainable on
lieutenant governor on the republican
ticket, and the clerk Of the supreme
court on the democratic ticket. 1t Is
generally believed by politicians that
irrespective Of the popular vote on
senatorial Endorsement bitter fight
will be prec. pitated at the next SEES,
sion of the legislature between Foss
and Hopkins.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
A Better Rate for Fair.

- DCAtCI ndbC Iot
The Commercial club has received
notice from the passenger department
OF the Chicago & Northwestern rail.
road that that road will put In force
during the state fair minimum
round trip charge of 25 cents, thus
beaking away from the other roads
which had agreed at the hearing be-
fore the Western Passenger associa-
tion some days ago to make round
trip rate Of ~ cents per mile and
establishing minimum charge OF 70
cents.
This will mean that all territory
outside OF the city at distance OF
eight miles or more will be served
be the reduced rate, whereas the rs
cent minimum would only give the
reduced rates to points at a distance
twenty-five miles or more from Des
Moines. This will add an area OF
over 5000 square miles of the most
thickly populated portion of the state
which will receive the reduced rate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Cite an Injustice.

Des Moines shippers pay five cents
a hundred pounds more to ship
freight to Omaha than 1t costs the
Omaha jobbers to return 1t. This
situation, which materially favors
the Nebraska city wholesalers who
do an Iowa business, has existed for
years but has now come up before
the railroad commissioners for inVss-
tigation. Freight rates from Omaha
to points in Iowa are based upon the
Iowa distance tariff. the practice be-
ing to add five miles from Council
Bluffs to the Iowa destination.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
Houah Is Missing.

L. r. Hough, erstwhiie head of the
defunct Des Moines Stock Yards
company, who was forced into in
voluntary bankruptcy by score or
more creditors, was not to be foun.
when his creditors gathered for the
scheduled hearing before Referee in
Bankruptcy Ethridge. Hough's at
torneys declare that he is unavoid-
ably detained, but there are rumors
that he has said he feared to face
his creditors; that to go into the
hearing would DO to take his life In
his hands.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
GATE FOR BARNARD.
Simple Lever and Bar Latch Which
Works Well.

The accompanying illustration shows
a latch which can be used on any kind
of gate 1t works similar to- an
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-13
State Convention to Name Justice.

A republican state convention In
Des Moines on September and coun-
ty conventions to select delegates to
the state convention to be held
August 20, was the plan agreed upon
at the meeting of the republican state
central committee. The county con-
ventions will be composed OF the
delegates chosen at the primary elec-
ton and who served at the COUNTY
conventions which named the dele
gates to the Waterloo convention in
June.