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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

have to get the dinner herself. In
fact, he was very "chesty" In his new
role as boss. She reached for that re-
volver again. II was gone. She went
into the kitchen. took up the butcher
knife. and in FIVE minutes that
"chesty" husband was elbow deep in
bread dough and watching the bacon
fry.
But Mr.. Poindexter was an obstinate
tenderfoot, and refused to be con
quered." Two months OF married life
satisfied the wife he wasn't the kind
of husband she wanted. SO she brought
out the new revolver she purchased.
ordered him to pack his trunk and
move right away.
She even followed him to the train.
Mr.. Poindexter said In suit for d.
vorce he brought in the circuit court
in Kansas City. pointed the revolver
at him and told him to get aboard
quick. hang on until 1t passed out of
sight at least. and never to return
He hasn't
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Bull Terrier a Bathing Beach Hero

n HICAGO.-"Grafter." a 35-pound
~ Boston bull terrier owned by Mrs
William Mattery, whose husband Is
prominent as an aviator. Is the hero
OF his story. The Thirty-ninth street
bathing beach is the scene. The vii.
lain" is an English bulldog that. aided
and abetted by six men. had for two
weeks. until the appearance Of Graft
err" made life miserable for bathers
at the beach. especially those who
brought their dogs with them. by at
lacking the bathers and engaging the
dogs in fights. Six dogs killed was
his record.
CRATER" led by Mrs. Mattery ap-
peared at the beach the other after.
noon. As had been their custom. the
SIX with the English bulldog in am
bush behind lumber pile. unleashed
the animal and set him upon the new
arrival as the latter started for a
plunge In the lake.
Crater" had never been in fight.
but he was game. The older and
heavier dog. as result of his latest
encounter. was suffering from a torn
shoulder. He dashed to the waters
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

orally scrubby. Most seed which fails
to grow fails because It has been
frozen while still moist. The freez-
ing of dry corn does not injure It
for seed. but II 1t is frozen before II
is thoroughly dry. 1t is likely to be
more or less injured.
$50 every ear of corn for seed
should be harvested and hung up In
dry. well ventilated place not later
than October L."
There are numerous ways of gath
ering seed corn and storing It, but for
the average farmer the Iowa agricul-
tural experiment station recommends
this method:
Select the best and earliest planted
fields and go into them with a bag or
basket slung over the shoulder on a
special mission of finding the best
ears Of corn in those fields. Select
the well-matured ears from the most
vigorous stalks. Something like Is
or 20 bushels should be picked for
each 40 acres of corn It is proposed
to plant next year. That will be
enough for still closer selection
later on.
Strip the ears of their husks and
make ready to store them. Then
take a piece of binder Irvine, Is or 16
feet long, double 1t and tie the ends
together One man should hold this
string while another attaches the
corn. Let the man who holds the
string center II on the floor at his
feet so that the two strands are about
or 6 inches apart. stretching them
apart with his fingers. Let the other
man lay the first ear of selected corn
on the string on the floor. The man
with the string should then cross the
strands. passing one hand within the
loop held by the other. The second
ear Is then laid upon the string just
above the crossing place. and then
the strings are drawn back TO their
first position. This Is repeated until
about dozen ears are fastened in
the string. The upper end is then
tied and It is ready to hang up.
Hang the corn strings in some attic
or upstairs room where the windows
can be opened to give circulation of
air during October and November. A
space 3x8 feet will hold enough to
plant 200 acres. This method of stor
ing gives better protection from the
mice, it gives better circulation Of
air, which allows the corn to dry
thoroughly, and therefore protects II
from moulding and sprouting and
from being frozen while II is sappy.
Make the selection of seed corn
definite job for day or two days, as
necessary. Fix that day at time
when the corn is sure to be mature,
but early enough to escape killing
frost.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Shrimp Fisher Charged with Peonage

world. AS the crow flies. Manila is
perhaps not more than 40 miles from
New Orleans. But so isolated is 1t by
the marshes. the cypress swamps. the
canebreaks, the jungles that 1t might
as we'll be hundreds of miles away.
The only egress is a tortuous channel
OF stagnant water.
To attempt to force ones way
through the swamps would be to In
vite death There are no paths
through the wilderness. and the man
who strayed a mile through the
marshes from the channel would find
himself lost, in danger Of pitfalls and
perpetually at war with poisonous
snakes, with deadly malaria menac-
ing him at every step.
The peonage system is compare
lively simple. Men from the luggers
find dockmen along the Mississippi
out of work. They offer them jobs.
saying that the cost of transportation
to the fisheries will be deducted from
their wages. Once the men go down
the bayou. there is no escape from
their masters. They are never al
lowed to get out of debt No boat
men will give them passage through
the bayou.
Manila is one of the largest Of the
fishing villages. having about 300 res
idents. Half of them are Filipinos.
supposed to have escaped from Span
ish sailing vessels years ago. Stories
of how the Filipinos are held as
slaves are as old as the village IL
self.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

NEW ORLEANS. Chung Lee, a
~ rich Chinese shrimp fisher and
owner Of store In this city, is a
prisoner here charged with holding
white men In bondage In Bayou Bara-
TARA. once the refuge of LATTE and
his band. The federal officers who
arrested Lee brought with them nine
white men who will appear as wit
nesses. These men assert they were
shanghaied from boarding house In
this city and taken to Manila. fish
ing village. and often forced to work
80 hours without rest. Once they
escaped and boarded a steamer but
were discovered and the captain re-
turned them to the shrimp fisheries, as
is the custom of all gulf shipmasters
when refugees are discovered.
That such condition could prevail
for years without discovery in ter
ritory comparatively near to large
American city will be received with
fncredibility by those who know
nothing of the topography Of that
country. But to those who have
pushed their way only a few miles
into the wilderness, the surprise is
that anything going on there should
ever be known to the rest Of the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Buying LEGISLATORS In JobIots,

One day, writes Sloane Gordon In
Success Magazine, former member
of the Ohio house displayed. mad
vertently, a large roll of bills in the
Neil house lobby. A fellow member
gazed in awe at the show of wealth.
II Just sold drove of hogs" ex.
planned the farmer member rather
hastily and confusedly.
The observing one was thoughtful.
He did not reply for the half-minute
usually essential to the full-measured
beat Of his mental processes. And
then"
"Yaas." he drawled. land I'll bet
I'm one o. them hawgs."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
FOOD AGAIN
A Mighty important Subject to Every
One.

A Boston lady talks entertainingly
OF food and the changes that can be
made in health by some knowledge on
that line. She says:
IAN injury to my spine in early wom-
anhood left me subject to severe sick
headaches which would last three or
four days at time, and a violent
course Of drugging brought on consti-
patton with all the ills that follow.
MY appetite was always light and
uncertain and many kinds Of food dis
tressed me.
Il began to eat Grape-Nuts food two
or three years ago. because liked the
taste of 1t, and l kept on because l
soon found 1t was doing me good.
Il eat 1t regularly at breakfast. fire.
Quently at luncheon, and again before
going to bed-and have no trouble in
sleeping on It, 1t has relieved my con-
stipation, my headaches have practi-
cally ceased, and am In better physi-
cal condition at the age of 63 than I
was at 40.
II give Grape-Nuts credit for restor-
ing my health, II not saving my life,
and you can make no claim for It too
strong for me to endorse" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek
Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
ANSWERS.
CHOOSING Partners.

To choose partners for card party
or cotillion have small cakes baked
in what are called patty" cake tins
and ice with pink for the unmarried
girls. with yellow for the men in the
same state of single blessedness;
with white for the married women and
green for the married men. In these
cakes put such tiny favors as thin
lies. duplicate notices, hooks and
eyes. keys, rings, etc. Then the man
who gets key finds the person hav-
ing ring and they are mated, the girl
with a hook finds the man with an
eye, etc. This is great fun and is
adaptable to any game where choice
of partners is necessary.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

NJ EW YORK.-That the music bill Of
~ this city for the season will reach
100000. far exceeding any similar
expenditure on record here or abroad,
is new Indicated by the preparations
under way for the greatest musical
season ever known.
Ten years ago the sum spent In this
way amounted to hardly more than
100000 What 1t will amount to
in another decade In view Of the ever
increasing demand for music of every
character is merely matter of con.
lecture.
In. spite Of this great expenditure.
however, music has not yet become a
generally popular form of entertain
ment. as is indicated by the fact that
the greater part of the $4,000, 900
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
The Automatic
Corn Harvester
BY REX BERESFoRD in the
Nova Agriculturist

For the last eight or ten years we
have followed the practice of hogging
down from to Is acres of corn each
year. We nearly always sow rape in
the corn at the time Of the last culti-
walton. Sometimes this does not
amount to much, but usually lot OF
green feed results. We have never
been able to see any appreciable dam
age to the corn crop from the growth
of the rape. We have found that hog
ging down this corn and rape is a
very cheap and easy way of making
pork.
Last fall we turned 126 Chester
White shoats weighing 81 pounds
apiece into twelve acres OF corn and
rape. We started the pigs slowly on
little cut corn thrown over the fence
to them. This was gradually increased
for about a week. when the shOats
were turned into the field. This was
done September 5, when the pigs were
from 145 to $50 days old. On Novem-
Der 10. or 70 days later. they weighed
III pounds, or a gain OF 1.01 pounds a
day. This gain was made on corn.
rape and water. No care was given
the hogs in that time except to drag
q log over one-half the field. as in
breaking stalks. about October l. The
of the field November is.
II our estimate Of IS bushels per
acre was correct. this field produced
about $50 bushels OF corn. At 40 cents
a bushel. minus 3 cents bushel for
husking. this would give s2SS.60 as the
market value Of the corn. Counting
the stalks worth $40. the total value
Of the crop was s29S60, or SASS per
acre. On the 126 shoats this corn
produced 1924 pounds of pork. At
So per 100 pounds this was worth
$3.50, or $46.62 per acre for the IL
acres, making an added profit over me
value OF the corn of s21.75 per acre.
The shoats When taken from the
corn field were well grown. thrifty
and vigorous; ready to make gains OF
nearly two pounds day in the fat
tening pen for period OF SO days
more. There was no roughing or sick
ness of any sort. and the'- health was
much better generally than that or
hogs running in dry fall pastures or
shut up In dusty yards. We have had
hogs do even better than this when
run on second crop clover pasture
along with the corn and rape. We
believe 1t would pay to feed little
tankage or meat meal where only the
corn or corn and rape are used. How
ever, we have never tried It.
II is often claimed that hogging
down corn is wasteful; that there is
much corn tramped into the mud and
never eaten. | have examined good
many fields that were hogged down.
and have plowed ana cultivated a
good many the season following.
have always found that there was less
corn left in the fields hogged dowa
than in those hand husked, even by
the most careful husKers. and then
pastured by cattle. The factor OF
waste is in favor Of hogging down.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Much pink linen in coarse weave

Much pink linen in coarse weave
Is seen.
Uncurled feathers OF every descrip-
ton appear on hats.
Wool embroidery is used in either
long stitches of in simply crocheted
flowers on velvet girdles or on sum
mer fabrics.
Broderie anglaise or English eyelet
embroidery has returned to fashion
after short rest and Is greater
favorite than ever.
A few collarless waists are being
shown for fall. but the majority of
waists ere made with high collar. to
look so much better when worn with
a wrap.
New cloth coats In the fall show
ings are generally of neavy rough ma
terials, double faced. with the reverse
side of plain color. which is Used for
the trimming.
Skirts are actually wider; fall
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Repousse Lace.


What the dressmakers term pushed
dot lace Is the new kind to use on
thin frocks. 1t is really repousse
lace worn on the wrong side. The
indented part Of the dot is turned
toward the eye. 1t is quite an attrac-
tive lace. as the patterns are in long
sprays Of leaves and small roses.
This dotted lace is quite fashionable
and promises to<rank with the best
imitation Venetian and Milanese.
Milan lace Is also coming into first
fashion. IL has coarse mesh and
wide, bold design worked out on 1t.
Filet mesh is also attractive and 1t is
widely used for handsome gowns and
coats when it is half covered with
thick padded Chinese embroidery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
A Typical 1911
Feeding Problem

Writing to the Iowa Agriculturist.
Iowa State college. Ames. Henry
county farmer asks these questions:
Il have a car of 1,000-pound steers;
pasture is all dried up and am feed
ing shelled corn, but the cattle are
not gaining. Shall feed green corn.
and If so, how would you advise me
to feed It! My hogs have no grass.
What shall do with them?"
These questions were answered as
follows by J. NJ. Eyvard of the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment station:
Green forage corn. under these
conditions. can be fed very profitably
to the cattle and to the hogs. Much
care must be taken In starting the
cattle over. however. Begin slowly
by allowing the steers a stalk each
the first day. two the second and
third. three the fourth and fifth, and
SO on, increasing the quantity a stalk
with the attached ear every two days.
Thin cattle having a feed OF grass
only are more difficult to put ON
green feed than cattle fed a liberai
allowance of shelled corn as this
Henry county farmer is feeding. The
hogs can be fed along with the steers
and during the period of getting on
green feed they had best be fed lib.
orally of grain to keep them from
overeating on green forage. The ad.
vantage Of feeding grain along with
green corn is that securing is much
less likely to take place. due to ami.
mails not taking a gorge of green feed
because the dry saelled corn takes
up some of the stomach space and
slackens the appetite somewhat for
green corn.
I'VE have had very good success at
the Iowa station with feeding a III.
tie tankage or meat meal TO the hogs
following cattle. A third of a pound
per hog daily along with the green
and shelled corn is enough to make
gains faster and more profitable. II
Is good pasture substitute.
Green corn forage Is very similar
in composition to silage, The greatest
difference is the water content-green
corn running close to IS per cent, and
good silage not more than IS per
cent, Comparing these feeding stuffs,
100 pounds of green corn is equal to
about so pounds Of silage. And silage
is recognized through merit as a great
cattle feed"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

stripes run horizontally; buttons form,
trimming on lower part Of sides.
The sides and sleeves of the bodice
are cut together. the front and back
being panels to match skirt; the hori-
zontal stripes are carried up between
panels and side.
The yoke Is OF tucked spotted net;
lace falls over shoulder like collar.
The sleeves are trimmed with bands
of horizontal stripes. the under-sleeves
being of lace.
Hat OF black and white crinoline,
trimmed with ostrich feathers.
The ribbon waistband is passed
through rings each side. both back and
front
Materials required: Six yards 40
inches wide. 80 buttons. five-eighths
yard net is inches wide. one yard
piece lace IS inches wide.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
GATHERING THE
SEED CORN
Practical Suggestions for the
Fall Harvest

Foresight says that the Iowa farm
er ought to be thinking now about
gathering his seed corn.
Every ear Of corn intended for
seed should be harvested and hung
up in dry, we'll ventilated place two
weeks before danger of killing
FROST" urges Prof. M. l.. Mosher,
farm crop expert of the extension de-
partment of the Iowa state college.
THAT means not later than October
In Iowa. so the seed corn problem is a
present problem that needs present
thought and attention.
"The value Of good seed cannot be
overestimated. The ordinary Iowa
farmer gets an average of about 25
bushels of corn per acre in a good
year. The better farmers get from
30 to 60 bushels on the average.
While the cost of growing the 60
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
For the Hostess

the trees were glass candlesticks hold.
ing green candles capped by white
shades. Inside this circle was huge
wedding cake. on top of which were
a miniature bride and bridegroom.
All went merry as the proverbial
marriage bell, tongues few and the
bride-to-be told of her new home.
When the ices were served the hon
ored guest was asked to cut the cake
and behold. her knife went right
through into white tissue paper and
she found shower of dainty and use
full articles concealed within the fake
cake. which in reality was a cheese
box topped with tissue paper and thin
card board, which had been cleverly
iced over.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

edge and CRATER" hearing his chai-
lenge. turned and met him. Crater"
soon was 'the under dog" but in
second was on top and ripping up mis-
foes old wound and selling his throat.
Again the big dog got the advantage
and Crater" went down.
Finally Crater" managed to break
loose and Mrs. Mattery grabbed up her
ret She had attached his strap and
was about to lead him away when
one OF the mon sent the other dog In
again Crater" broke bis strap and
within three minutes had ripped the
other animals throat The big dog
died that night. Il hope after this
you will let my dog alone" declared
Mrs. Mattery. as she led Crater
away.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Suburban Sobriuuets.

Everybody else had lived in the
summer colony long enough to name
his home for whatever tree or shrub
grew most abundantly in the front or
back yard. Up and down the road
were cottages labeled the Elms, the
Wisteria, the Lilacs, and so on through
the horticultural guide book. The
newcomer had no name for her house.
but after studying the tactics for
week she took a survey of the prem
Uses and thenceforward dated her cor
respondence the Rhubarbs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
A Good Musical Contest.

There seems to be no end to musi.
cal games. Perhaps our young read
ers do not remember this one as 1t
was printed many years ago. On
cards write the following questions:
l. Where is the earth?
g. An old mans friend?
g. What do the weary need?
T. A useful article to cook?
g. Found plentifully in most rivers7
g. Part OF fish?
T. An important part of letter?
s. What title Is coveted by military
men?
g. What do all public speakers do
sometime?
20. Not served in barrooms?
II. The most popular style of music with
debutantes?
u. What locks the stable when the
horse Is gone?
10. The one who guesses the most an
qxty
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

Bldu Ulu, lot IL mas cured me.
"I know of so many cases where wo.
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that / can
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will."-Mrs. JANETzKI,
1908 Arch St., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age of substitution, and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Just as this woman did, and
not accept something else on which the
druggist can make little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any of those distressing ills Pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe.
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
I'LL fzfExli1 ACTS At ONCE
Cause Of the Excitement.

The sons Of the rich were en-
Enthusiastically following some one
down the street.
Whats up?" some one asked.
A rather more accommodating
young nabob than the others turned
around.
do you see that tall fellow UP
front?" he asked.
YES"
WELL" he said. hes discovered q
new way to spend money"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

Moreover, the land is left cleaner and
frser from weeds anu insects where
hogs have done the harvesting. II
is our experience that white grubs,
corn root worms and cut worms
bother but little in a field that has
been hogged down the season before.
We think that from every standpoint
letting the hogs do It" is the best
way of harvesting at least part OF
the corn crop.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
a Novel Shower.

Il girl who was to marry and go
to Maine to live was the recipient of
this pretty and novel shower. She
was invited to luncheon at the home
of her best girl friend and found a
most exquisite table ornamented by
circle of small pine trees, each in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Digestive Properties Of EGGS.

The latest news Of how eggs 60 In
the stomach is: Two freshest soft
boils, one and three-quarters hours;
two raws. two and one-quarter hours;
hard boils, three hours; omelette.
three hours. The figures speak fog
themselves. but do not tell the whole
truth. for It looks as II soft boils are
more easily sdigested than raws.
whereas. raws are SO bland and gen
tie as not to excite the flow of the gas
trio 1uices-zot single squirm OF the
stomach. New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
Remains Of oid-Time Fortress.

Archaeological researches made at
a spot some 20 miles from Kars, Rus
STA. have brought 10 mt a complete
ly intact stone fortress Of prehistoric
date. The masonry Of the primitively
designed forts and bastions is some
what roughly. but extremely well
laid. Among the many and various
objects found are quite number OF
well-preserved figures of heather
gods. mostly in animal forms and In
kind OF hard-baked potter's clay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
The Only Authorities.

One preacher declares that child
less wives ought to be shipped out Of
the country. Then who would write
for the newspapers. telling mothers
how to take care Of their babies?-
Toledo Blade