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Evening star., 1911-01-29

rupted her halting. stumbling utterance
was astomshingly frank. Have you eng
to marry some one here?"
"Why-no-I-Your Excellency doesn
You will not. them Instead, you
Hertzegotha as"
1t was Alice who came to the rescue. w
alarm and wonder she had noted the treno
Dukes bearing and had barely restrain
impulse to terminate the interview.
"Oh, your Excellency," she said, as 81
innocence across the room. chow very I'M
trip across the water must have been! H
forms me you saw three whales and seve
porpoises- -or did he see them himself?"
Eyes, yes-pardon, ventured the fiery
desperately. from his stand where Alice
1T was L.
Il saw nothing" said the Duke. Il
happy; but Tonight"
'Some of us are very poor sailors" Alit
graciously. Il shouldn't be able to see
anything but a continent, and I'm not
at all certain of that You know, in strict
duty, your Excellency. am constrained
to ask you our stereotyped question:
How do you like New York; We al
ways ask that of persons who have been
five minutes ashore"
The Duke received her query with
gravity. "At noon detested all America;
tonight your city has my love-"
"Bravo!" said Alice. "We shall hope
to keep you long"
The Duke was quick. for one SO young.
1T would be great pleasure to receive
your impressions of Hertzegotha
and those of Miss Thurley."
Alice smiled. "You return very
soon?"
The Duke glanced at Thurley as hon
estly as boy. $50 much depends upon
circumstances over which l have no,
entire control. May beg, in the mean
time, the honor Of presenting myself not
infrequently here?"
A certain naivete and directness of the
Dukes request appealed to Alice in
stantly. She too was puzzled, not entirely
certain of his knowledge or ignorance Of
the facts concerning Thurley, whom she
had heard him address as Princess
She did comprehend that love at first
sight, or something closely allied thereto,
had conquered his heart. if he had, as she
had expected he would, Immediately dis
cerned that Thurley was not his fiancee
She foresaw also, if this was the case,
safeguard for her little ruse. if not con-
firmation of the claim New York had
made concerning her protegee, and that
complications loomed ahead in a none too
Quieting manner.
Alice was essentially dogged and per-
sistent. The element whereby defeat is
SO often accepted had been forgotten in
her composition. She had courage the
equal of Thurley's, plus certain de-
liberate calmness that Thurley might I
She glanced discerningly as far ahead
lights permitted now, in the second that {
she answered.
1T gives me great happiness to know
honor US by returning to us here she t
Duke gravely. Il am sure it will be N
wish, as well as my own, to extend the
hospitality and confess the pleasure we
from every such attention as this tonight
Thurley could have gasped; but she S
lightest sound. 1t seemed to her that Ali
Evening star., 1911-01-29

If it answers my heart shall be content he told
her in a murmur that Alice could not have heard.
Then he kissed her hand he had before and pres
emily gone on his way.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Handled Calf.

Where the calf is to be raised by
hand, it may be separated from its
mother Immediately, or allowed to
stay with her from "a to sc hours.
We find it better to allow the young
ster to take nourishment direct from
it's mother for few times and then
separate them permanently. The first
milk direct from the fresh COW is of
the right temperature and possesses
food qualities of the right sort to start
the digestive organs of the infant calf
in good working order. 1t does not
spoil the young calf to thus allow it to
remain with the COW for one or two
days, as some think When it is re.
moved it can be taught to drink milk
as easily as when it is only a few
hours old.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
POULTRY NOTES.

Test your breeding stock for white
diarrhoea.
Keep a good lot of sturdy hens for next
springs breeders.
Keep the male birds away from the
pullets. They will begin laying ear
Her
A few crates for fattening the sur
plus cockerels this fall will pay for
themselves the first season.
The foremost characteristics of the
farm type of hen are those which indi-
cate constitutional vigor. Among them
are the short, we'll curved beak, the
broad, short head, the large, bright,
prominent eye and the we'll developed
comb, fiery red. The neck is compar-
atively short and well arched. The
shanks are stocky and rather short.
The toe nails are invariably we'll worn
off in the strong, active hen.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
L engthening the Life
of the Fence Post
By F. L. OVERLY, Iowa State College,
in the Iowa Agriculturist

Of all the methods that have been
tried for lengthening the life of fence
posts, the creosote is both cheapest
and best 1t meets practically all the
requirements of a good preservative.
The fungus that destroys the life of
good post must have air, light, moist
ure and food in order to live When
creosote is properly used it robs the
fungus of all these necessities. 1t will
penetrate the wood, it will poison the
food materials of the fungus, and it
will not leach out to any considerable
extent.
The method of treating is very sim
pie after the outfit is once obtained,
cost would not be very much if num-
Der of farmers would cooperate and
put up plant in the community. The
greatest expense would be the tanks
The first, or heating tank, ought 20 be
made Of sheet iron at least three-six-
teenths of an inch thick. 1t should be
seven and one-half feet high and four
feet in diameter. The bottom should
be of stronger material while the
top may be the same as the sides. The
tank should be set on rocks or brick
pins SO fire can be built under it.
If possible the location of such tank
ought to be on a side hill where the
handling Of the posts would be made
easier. The second or cooling tank
need not be as strong as the first.
A tank seven feet high and four feet
in diameter will answer the purpose.
When ready to treat about is inches
of creasote should be put in each tank,
the fire started and the tank over the
fire charged with posts which should
be peeled and seasoned in all cases
If the posts are to be set two and one
half feet in the ground then the oil
should come up at least three feet on
the posts. After the posts have been
heated four to five hours in the oil at
200 degrees F., they should be trans
ferred to the cooling tank and left
from six to ten hours, depending on
the hardness Of the wood and the
amount Of creosote it is desired to put
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

and it would be better if the water
could be warmed. The corn can just
as we'll be fed on the ear.
The pigs will soon learn to climb
into the sows troughs and nibble at
the grain. Then a trough should be
fixed for them in a pen where they
can get at it and eat undisturbed by
the old sows. 1t will pay to feed them
all they will clean up, as they will
make cheaper gains now than when
they get older, and 1t will give them
a good start for winter. BY the time
they are eight weeks old they can be
weaned so the sows can be bred for
the spring litters
After weaving they should be con-
tinued on the same corn and short
ration until they weigh from 80 to 100
pounds. If cattle are on feed they
can get most of the corn needed by
picking up after the cattle after they
get big enough so they will not be in
danger of being stepped on and kill
ed. After they reach this weight the
proportion of shorts can be cut down
to equal the weight of corn. or. at
present prices, it would give more
economical gains to substitute a good
quality of tankage for the shorts. The
tankage fed in the proportion of one
pound to nine pounds Of corn will fur.
nish the protein required to keep the
pig growing. It can be fed dry in
troughs. On this feed the shoats
should come through the winter in
good thrifty condition and weigh at
least $50 pounds by April first.
AS soon as grass gets a good start
turn the hogs on pasture. The Iowa
experiment station reports that sin
general the cost of gains on pasture
are from one-tenth to one-sixth less
than on dry feed" The grass can be
depended upon to supply the protein
needed in finishing the pigs and the
tankage can be cut out. Corn should
be fed as fast as the pigs will clean il
| up from now on. 1t would be profit
able to shell it and soak it for twelve
hours before feeding From expert
ments reported in Bulletin 10 of the
Ao"es oAPSi iiiiShe Slttllou IL was lOuHC
that fall pigs carried over to be fat
tered the following spring were han
died most profitable by feeding the
corn on the ear until the weather be
came warm enough for soaking corn
and then feeding soaked shelled corr
on pasture until the finish. Five pei
cent Of the corn was saved by soak
ing 1T. Fed in this way the hogs
should be ready for June market:
weighing around $50 pounds, time
when as rule such weight hogs are
IN demand and bring good prices
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Fighting
Apple Rust

Orchards have been unusually free
from blights or rust this year, but not
a little complaint has come to the hor-
ticultural department of Iowa State
college concerning what is commonly
known as apple rust To one COM
planning orchardist, Prof. S. A. Beach,
head of the department, wrote the fol-
lowing letter:
Apple rust is a fungus growth
which forms irregular, brownish
patches on the upper surface of the
leaf Commonly these patches have
yellowish border sometimes tinged
with autumnal red. On the under
side of the leaf may be found clusters
of tiny fringed cups which may be
seen with the naked eye. This fun
gus lives in another form on red ce-
dar trees in the gall which are
called cedar apples,' and it is this
red cedar parasite which is respon-
sible for the apple rust. After the
foliage has come out in the spring
the cedar apples develop masses of
''i soS, ooiC luIcduS Ol Il
dark orange color, which are imbed-
ded in the spores of the fungus. After
the threads become dry, the spores
are easily scattered by the winds and
thus they are spread to the apple
trees, where they rust the leaves
and sometimes spot the fruit.
In view of these facts, it is not sur
prising to learn that good results in
preventing apple rust are often Sc
cured by cutting down all red cedar
trees near an orchard The common
experience Is that spraying is of little
effect, although the Nebraska expert
ment station shows that by covering
apple foliage with spray of Bor-
deauX mixture just before the cedar
apple spores become scattered and
again about ten days later, some ben
eficial results were secured in check
ing the disease.
The Wealthy is one of the varieties
which seems especially susceptible to
this fungus and thereby betrays it's
crab parentage."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

Hope, faith and June hog prices
must be kept ever uppermost in the
mind of the man whose pens, this
year, are filled with fall pigs. With
the corn crop estimated by the crop
reporters as 10 per cent short of last
years, it will be a big temptation to
let the little porkers worry along
through the winter on very light
luncheons. This will be all right if
you can see any profit in having the
survivors come out in the spring look
ing like the shadow of doubt, but if
they are to bring top prices in June
they must have plenty of food and
good care.
Nature has not provided the little
pig with much protection against the
cold, SO dry, comfortable sleeping
quarters are necessity. A bed un-
der the racks in the cattle shed in a
steaming pile Of hogs and manure is
quite likely to produce pneumonia, but
not profitable pork. The hog shed
need not be an expensive structure.
The roof and walls should be proof
against the weather. A dry dirt
floor with plenty of straw or shielded
fodder is all that is needed for beds.
The hogs should be kept in small
enough punches so they will not pile
up at night and come out into the
cold morning air wet with steam.
In feeding the pigs begin by feed
ing the SOW we'll while the pigs are
still with her. Experiments have
proved that pigs never make cheaper
gains than when grain is turned into
milk for them by their mothers. AT
the Wisconsin experiment station it
was found that the grain required to
produce 100 pounds gain on the pigs
when fed through their mothers, cost
1921 in the first month and $2.7O in
the second. After weaving, in the
third month, it took 1914 worth OF
grain to produce the same gain. In
the fourth month 1t took $3.50 worth
and the cost kept on increasing as the
pigs grew older. To get the most adj
vantage. then, of the cheapest gains
the sows should be fed about all they
will clean up of some good milk-pro
ducing ration.
If skim milk is available, it would
be hard to beat ration of one pound
corn to six pounds skim milk fol
economy and results. When skim milk
is not at hand ration of corn and
shorts in the proportion of two
| pounds corn to three pounds shorts
has been recommended by the lowe
experiment station and proved salts
factory by many feeders. The shorts
should be mixed with water in slor
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

A. F. Andersen was business call
er in Atlantic Monday.
Alice Freeman went to Extra Fri
day to attend the dance.
Theo Patty of Extra was in Bray
ton on business Tuesday.
Arthur Anderson was visitor in
Atlantic one day last week.
Ole Oleson, living west of town is
very i'll with stomach trouble.
Frank Lambert of Atlantic was a
business caller in Brayton Tuesday.
Anna Andersen came up from At
lantic Monday for weeks visit at
home.
Mesdames A. G.. Andersen and Col
vim were Atlantic shoppers last We'd
nesday.
Mr.. V. j. Robinson and children
of Atlantic spent Sunday with her
parents.
Anton Juhl delivered the j. f.
Bergh auto to Frank Niklason in
Audubon Monday.
Mrs. Nora Beers of Atlantic was
guest at the Calvin Dimick home
the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Andersen west
of town are rejoicing over the birth
of a baby girl, Nov. 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Goodwin
went to Wiota Thursday tor an ex-
tended visit with his parentp.
Mrs. Henry Hansen and children
came down from Extra Monday for
few days visit with her parents.
Mrs. W. R. Koob was visitor at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lu-
ther Hensley in Extra Wednesday,
DR.. Koob was called to Lorah
Tuesday to prescribe for George
Clark, who is suffering from lagrippe
Frank Nicklasou of Audubon was
in Brayton Monday after the horses
he got of j. F. Bergh in the trade of
last week.
The Royal Neighbors will take
several new members into their lodge
Tuesday night after which they will
have an oyster supper.
If you need come good huskine
mittens we have them.
j. F. Jensen,
ne Braytop, la
Vivian Bartlett and Gladys Cham.
berlain returned Sunday from Det
Moines, where they attended the
State Teachers Convention.
Anyone wishing to subscribe fol
the Ladies Home journal, Saturday
Evening Pest, Country Gentleman
and Des Moines Daily Capital see
F. L. Freeman
Brayton, Ia.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

There is little danger from cold or
from an attack of the grip except when
followed by pneumonia. and this never
happens when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used. This remedy has Won
it's great reputation and extensive sale
by its remarkable cures of colds and
grip and can be relied upon with impli-
cit confidence. For sale by Winfrey and
Chantry.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
A Household Medicine

That stops coughs quickly and cures
colds is Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound. Mrs. Anna Peltzer 1926 Jeffer-
son ST., So. Omaha, Nebraska, says; ~
can recommend Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound as sure cure for coughs and
colds. 1t cured my daughter of bad
cold and my nelghbor, Mrs. Benson,
cured herself and her whole family with
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Ev-
eryone in our neighborhood speaks high
ly of it," Sold by all druggists.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

into the them. A WlndlasS arranged to
transfer the posts from one tank to
another will save much time and
work.
AS to the expense, the outfit need
not cost more than $100. The fuel
used can be of any infirm material such
as old fence posts, boards, etc. The
cost of labor will be left to the read
er. The creosote being a by-product
in the production of coal and coke. will
average about two. cents per pound
when purchased in quantity. Each post
will take up one and one-half to ten
pounds, according to size and species.
1t does not pay to treat catalpa, ce-
dars, nor white oaks, but the treat
ing of such woods as elm, ASH cotton
wood willow. red oak, water oak. black
walnut, maple, sycamore and hickory
S paying proposition, because the
durability is increased ten fold
The following figures from the
United States forest service show the
comparative cost of untreated and
reated posts of lodge pole pine. These
figures may be applied to any con-
lition.
initial cost of post. ...... 5000 $OO8
Cost of treating post $3.50. 600 OILS
Estimated cost of setting
post $.12 OLE
Total cost Of set post. SOTO 5000
Estimated length of service
years ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Sale Notice

w. M. Hoegh, 8 miles west of
Brayton will have cleaning up sale
Dec. 9Th. They intend to move to
Atlantic.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Remember

We want to buy your hides. Ge
our prices before you sell.
Mis- Larson & Son,
Brayton, Iowa
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Pasturino Meadows.

The practice of pasturing meadows
in autumn is far too common and
when once turned Oh to are almost
always pastured too long SO that the
1t is best not to turn in, and if the
grass gets sufficient growth, let the
moving machine be run over it and
the rowen thus cut be made into hay.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Oakfield and Brayton

Robert Oathoudt living near L ,rsh
met with painful accident Tuesday.
In taking the buggy from the SIZED
the tongue fell down hitting him on
the head, cutting quite cash and
rendering him unconscious for an
hour. DR.. Koob was called and
found it necessary to take several
stitches to close the wound.
We have now received a fine stock
of Winter Goods, such as Under
wear, Outing Flannels, Duck Coate,
Blankets, Caps, Gloves and Nit
tens. The goods and prices are
right.
j. F. Jensen,
no Brayton, Ia.
The house on the A. f. Andersen
farm south of town, occupied by
George Andersen and family was to-.
tally destroyed by fire Monday. Ow-
ing to the high wind nothing could
be done to save it. Mr.. Andersen
and family lost everything but the
clothes that they were wearing Mr..
Andersen is hard working man and
he and his family have the sympathy
of her many friends. 1T is not known
how the fire originated.
Remember we buy all kinds of
poultry and pay the best market
price.
J. f. Jensen,
no Brayton, la
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
Public Dance
There will be a dance at the Bray
ton Hall Friday night, Nov. 18th.
Good music. Everybody invited.

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets do not sicken or grippe, and may
be taken with perfect safety by the
most delicate woman or the youngest
child. The old and feeble will also find
them moss suitable remedy for aiding
and strengthening their weakened di-
gestion and for regulating the bowels.
For sale by Winfrey & Chantry.
We still have lot of Ladies' and
Children's Oxfords at discount.
If e. D. Cotton.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
For Sale

Duroc jersey Fall and Spring
Bears. Prices reasonable.
If T. j. Coglon,
Extra, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

The right kind of feeder can
make the skim milk calves the cream
of the herd.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16
For Sale

For Sale
25 or 80 good thrifty shoate, big
enough for the feed lot.
Mis- Larson & Son,
Brayton, Iowa
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

Buy your batteries, automobile
gas engine and machine oil of
If John Nielsen.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

Mems Oxfords at discount at
E. d. Cotton's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-11-16

Insure in the Continental Insu1
ance Company. THEo. PATTY, Agt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-07

and nothing save the stories brought back by Dr. Shackelford. Their fate. however, is related in Abel Morgan's Battle of Goliad and Trainings Massacre" yellow copy of which Jack Shackelford, the grandson of the Red Rovers' leader, still possesses.
 Morgan, who escaped the massacre, re- lates that the sole other survivors were Dr. Shackeford, Dr. Bernard, pr. Fields and Dr. Hale, these being saved on &C., count of their ability to treat the wound ed in the Mexican army; an interpreter named Spawn, two carpenters and three others, who by profession were of service to the bloody captors. Of the above Dr. Shackelford alone was a member of the Ccurtland band of Red Rovers. Abel Nor gan, however relates that three other Alabamians escaped during the massacre, fleeing from the slaughter as the fMexi- can bullets were whistling around them, and that they reached Courtland before the return of pr. Shackelford. There were A missing, however, and nothing of tE em has ever been recorded.
 Shortly after the return of the four the people of Courtland held an all day burial service in honor of the dead, and A empty coqins were lowered into the ground. The spot of this burial is just to the rear of the local Methodist church, but today there are no signs of the strange inter. ment.
 Old residents of Courtland profess to remember very little of the band of ad- venturers. It is said that once there was a book in which the history of the Rovers was published, and that each member was called by name, and how he met death recorded. But no where is that pamphlet to be found today, and one Of the most romantic chapters In Ala Lama history will probably never be writ ten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-07
UNWR|TTEN HISTORY OF THE RED ROVERS Brave Band Left COurtland
 to Fight Mexicans 
 !cr ALL WERE MASSACRED Fifty Gallant Young Len Had Gone Forward Seeking Adventures
 in Romantic War of Tex
 as With Mexico
ALL WERE MASSACRED
Nv HUGH w. ROBERTS

Courtland, October 6.-(Special.)-1n nc chapter does Alabama history relate the story of the Red Rovers. Yet the Red Rovers composed as gallant a band oi adventures as ever left this soil to find death in foreign country. The great ma jority of the original band of 50 were mas sacred at Goliad in the day of the Tex ans war for independence.
 The Rcd, Rovers were organized ir Courtland, each was member of a prom inent family, and each possessed more than his share of the goods of the world Like the average southerner of that day the yputlls of Courtland sighed for adven lures in the romantic war of Texas against Mexico. and following the exam ple set by the hot bloods of Tennessee and Kentucky, the Alabama boys decided to cross the Rio Grande. Fifty Courtlant youths came together, therefore, and un- der the leadership of Dr. Jack Shackel ford went out to do battle against the ''greaseE."
 Little is known of their adventures