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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
HUMBLE "BlDDY" BEST
IN THE END, MORE PROFITABLE
THAN THE OSTRICH.
Figures Would Seem to Show That
Bird Of Priced Plumage Is Prime
Investment, but There Are
Drawbacks.

No, she is not one of the $4,000
cially when it comes to laying eggs.
She is any one of the several thou
sand ostrich hens that may now be
found in some of our western states.
You can figure it out for yourself An
o-trich hen, good" one, will lay
about 100 eggs year, and each egg
contains as much food-material as 80
ordinary hens eggs. That gives the
ostrich credit for furnishing egg-food
amounting to 5000 hens eggs per
year.
But let's not all go into the ostrich
business. There are several draw
backs. One of them is that it costs
twenty dollars year to keep an
ostrich, or Whereabouts, and they do
not begin to lay until they are four
years old. Then there is the first cost
no little item, as six-months-old
chicks are worth 800 each, while
birds old enough to begin laying cost
$500 pair. Rather, they are held to
be worth that, as the ostrich breeders
will seldom sell bird at any price.
There is also the inconvenience of
handling The kick of an ostrich will
discount any exercise of mules hind
legs about 100 per cent, and they are
said to be far from sweet-tempered,
especially during the plucking season.
Being eight feet tall, an ostrich that
got really out of patience at person
would be rather more difficult to
handle than a mad sitting hen, and
most of US find the latter lady all we
want to tackle. On the whole, per-
haps we would be wiser to stick to the
barnyard biddy for ordinary purposes,
though the beauty of the aristocratic
Mr., Ostrich should prove great temp
tStion to desert our first love.
Then, too, the Lady of the Plumes
is, if the truth were told, rather lazy.
She does not even lay her eggs in
the nest her mate has carefully pre-
pared for her half the time. She
leaves them scattered about just as 1t
happens, and her patient consort has
to roll them into the nest himself.
Then, too. he gets most of the sitting
to do, as his proud wife refuses to do
nest duty except for little while in
the daytime.
Often incubators are used for
Matching the ostrich chicks, and then
there need be no family quarrels on
the subject. The incubators used must
be peculiar in construction, as one of
the eggs is five inches long. Machines
holding about fifty eggs are generally
employed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
He Kent the pax.

Say, you" said the policeman, as
he crossed the street to head off a
tramp that had Just been driven away
from basement door. whats up
around here?'
Il can't tell you" was the reply.
There's something loose around
here, but what it is don't know"
Nor L"
Were you asking for something to
eat back there?"
Il was. / braced up 10 the cook
and asked for a hand-me-out. and
after looking me over. she says:
DO you keep Sunday, sir?
surely does says /.
What do we have SundayT
'Ah, see," said the officer. "You
couldn't tell her that"
But did, your honor"
"What did you tell herr
why. what should say except 1t
was because Christopher Columbus
discovered America. She went for
the broom and then went for me, and
IL you can tell me where the Joke
comes In I'd like to hear It. l don't
want to go around having my feelings
hurt this way."--Baltimore American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

the owner does not know why. This
is often due to borers or the scale
insects or beetles, the presence OF
which has not been detected or sus-
pected, but which injuries might have
been prevented II the facts had been
known In time. More sudden losses
are caused by overwhelming attacks
OF leaf-eating insects, which, although
conspicuous, are not, dealt with be-
cause proper measures of procedure
are not known. ..
But, Of late years, q great work has
been accomplished along this line
through proper experiments and OBJ
servations. Careful examinations are
being made Of the affected trees. and
shrubs. and the life history of the
Insects causing the injuries is being
studied deeply. This is in order that
authorities inacontrol, of parks, boule-
wards and streets,, and owners of
lawns and other, private premises may
become posted on the habits and char
acteristics of the pests, and know
how to combat them
Take, for instance, the elm tree.
The spraying of large elms is, of
course, a difiicultsand expensive oper-
alton, and the cankerworms, which
cause great injury to these trees, are
less susceptible to arsenical poisons
than many other insects. A cheap
and efficient method of protecting the
tree lis the preparation of adhesive
preparations, for trapping the insects
which creep up or down the trunks
Of the trees.
When the elm caterpillars are full
grown they leave the tree. to pupate
in the EARTH and the female moth
emerging, being wholly without wings.
can only reach the tree to lay her
eggs by. climbing up 'the trunk. If
this is encircled at the proper time by
a sticky band impossible by her or
by young worms just emerging from
the egg, the tree Is virtually secure
against canker.worm injury.
The sticky substance may be ap-
piled directly to the bark as deter
rent against the attack of borers, or
may be used ON bands of paper, tin,
or strawboard. For the elm leaf
beetle trough shaped nnsd, the in
side of which is smeared with the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
DETHR0NED AS "BOSS'
HOW PoMPous ENGLISH "a
THEIR MET HIS WATERLOO.
Must Have Come az Shock to the
-Ruler Of tho House." but Daugh-
ter Also Had a win Of
Her Own.

Who Is the boss In the typical
American family?" asked a West Phil
adeiphia mentor. A number of men
yentured to assert they we're chiefs of
the wigwam, while others had men,
tai pictures of mother as the ruling
monarch. But the speaker proceeded
to answer his own question.
Il 1T is the oldest daughter" he
said. From what / have seen of do
nestle life / believe this is true in a
preponderance of instances-from the
household of the railroad president
down to that Of the porter who cleans
the cars
THE old gentleman, the nominal
head, is clay in her hands-tightwads
by no means excepted. He may shake
his head and growl like a grizzly bear,
but, just the same, he goes and buys
the piano.
'The American citizens daughter
rules the home by variety Of meth
DDS according to her type of charac-
ter. Sometimes she is naive, some
, times she is crafty and sometimes she
is tyrant
Il have just heard the story of an
English gentleman who made the dis
covery, after moving to Philadelphia,
that being lord of the castle won't
work In this atmosphere.
This Britisher loved his role as
: the master of the house. He was an
avauopIa IF the nnp,noua Unolish N
often delineated by English novelists;
his domestic sway was so intolerable
that there was general sigh of re-
lief when he left the house in the
mornings for business. He was a
man Of strict integrity, however, and
was proud of his family.
His. business necessitated a resi-
dence in various countries of Europe,
and children we're born In England,
Scotland, Spain, France and Italy. He
had the odd conceit to name the chill
dren after the city of their birth.
remember there was Seville, a
Paris and Milan. Not only that;
he made them dress after the fash
ion Of the nation of their cradle days
This was accomplished in modified
way without causing much excite
ment, but when it came to sending the
lad who hailed from Scotland to
school in kits rebellion against Brit
ish rule broke loose. AS you may
guess. the boy was pitiiessiy guyed
about his bare knees. The oldest
daughter took up the case.
See here, father, you've got to cut
out this tommy-rot. You march out
and get that boy sensible suit Of
clothes 49,
The old man was dumfounded.
What's this miss? Telling me
what to do! l cannot believe my
senses ..
Yes, sir. 1 want you to know
this is America, and we've made
up our minds to have our American
rights
"A cheer of approval went up from
the table, and from that day dated a
new dynasty"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Ambitious.

A dusky porter of religious inclina.
tons was employed in a downtown
brokerage office. His name was Sam.
One day he thought 1t was about
time he had had raise, so he pre-
scented himself to the boss, cleared
his throat, and began a little Grafton
he had prepared. Pardon me, sub,
for interruptin' .you. sub, but l find
that with this here high cost of living,
and endeavorin' to keep up my regular
church contributions, can't support
my family properly. ! just got to
have more money, subj"
The great man grinned.
well, SAM" he said. IT see your
trouble, land I'll give you that raise,
but remember, It Is far better to give
than to receive"
Il knows that. boss" replied Sam,
but l likes to get on that reception
committee mahself once in a while"
New York Evening Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
TO, KILL TENT CATERPILLARS
Single. Spray Of Arsenate of Lead
When Insects Are Observed
Would Stop Depredatlons.

If grower is spraying his fruit
trees faithfully with arsenate of lead
from tent caterpillars, or the tents
may be crushed with the gloved hand,
when they can be reached, at time
when the caterpillars are inside; or
burned by torch on the end of pole,
twisted out of their place by means OF
a wire brush, attached to the end of q
long pole. These remedies are effect.
ual only when the caterpillars are In
their tents. early in the morning, or
in stormy wet weather. A single
spraying of arsenate of lead, when
caterpillars are observed, would prob.
ably stop their depredations.
The forest tent caterpillars can be
destroyed when they collect in bunch
es on the trunks of trees Prune on
and destroy the twigs holding the
eggs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Boy Scouts Like knights of Old.

When good King Arthur ruled, boys
were trained for knlghthood, says a
writer in the Christian Herald. This
began when they were seven or eight
years of age. Their first course was
when they gave seven or eight. years
of constant attendance and waiting
upon master and mistress. They
were taught religion and morals and
love, by the chaplain. They were
taught to walk as soldiers, and to ride
as brave hunters. They were. accus-
toned to military exercises and ath-
letic sports. They voluntarily suf-
fered heat and cold, hunger and thirst,
fatigue and sleeplessness in order that
they might become hardened. When
between fifteen and sixteen years Of
age the pages" became "squires," and
in the ordinary course of chivalrous
education "knighthood" was reached
in early manhood. There is much in
the Boy Scout movement of today that
reminds us of the training for knight
mood The solemn promise made by
a Boy Scout at his initiation is Il will
be a friend to every living creature,
man or beast, and a brother to every
other scout, fortunate or unfortunate,
rich or poor. ! will be courteous
to all"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Breeding Draft Horses.

The breeding of heavy draft horses
is one of the most profitable branches
of live stock farming. Few farmers
realize the importance of size in q
draft horse, when put on the market,
either in public or private sale. A
horse that weighs less than 1,500
pounds is not considered a draft
horse in any of the horse markets OF
the country. yet the mares kept on
the ordinary farms ars usually light
er than that This accounts for the
small, scrubby lot of horses that are
constantly being put on the market
at loss to the breeder.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Ties Herself To a Man.

The motion-picture theater was well
filled the other afternoon when a stout
woman entered and wedged herself in
next to a slender man. For a time
both appeared extremely interested In
the pictures. Then the woman noticed
that one bf her shoe-laces was undone.
After something of a struggle she bent
over and finally succeeded in bringing
both the laces together. A few min
utes later the man arose as though to
start for the door. Down he went In
the aisle and the woman gave vent to
an exclamation. The audience turned
from the pickering to the real catas-
tropiie. She had knotted her shoe
lace with his. 1t was several minutes
before the Yair untangled and united.
--Florala (Ala.) News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
KILL OUT CANADA THISTLES
Most Practical Way of Getting Rid
of Patch Is to Cut OFF All Leaves
Below Surface.

In response to a query as to the
best way of getting rid of patch OF
Canada thistles the Wallace's Farmer
makes the following reply:
Anything which keeps Canada this.
tie leaves from getting to the sun.
light for two or three months during
the growing season will give them a
severe setback, and in some cases
kill them. Putting heavy coating of
straw on the patch has in some cases
proved successful, but in other cases
the straw has become disarranged
and the thistles have grown up
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Canada Thistle.

through it. Really, the most practical
way of getting rid of a small patch OF
Canada thistles is to go over 1t every
week and cut off all leaves below the
surface of the ground. If conscien.
tious job Of this is done for the sum.
mer, the thistles will not bother much
the next year, although 1t is best to
keep an eye open for them and cut
them off regularly. A careful job
must be done, for if the leaves are
allowed to grow very long In the sun.
shine enough energy will be stored up
in the roots to hold the pest over for
considerable length of time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Cowpeas In Corn,

Every farmer should consider the
sowing Of cowpeas In his corn. The
cowpeas, besides enriching the soil
with nitrogen. will furnish good win
ter pasturage. and II the corn is cut.
for silage the covpeas win help bal
ance the ration. About the best way
to SOW the cowpeas is to drill them
In between the rows OF the corn at
me last cultivation of same.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
MIoht BE a wav.

Miss Ancient Wantiman (suddenly
awakening)--I see you have my peck.
etbook: but there's very little money
in that compared with what / have In
the bank
Burglar tsrufHy)-Well, there amt
no way eo git that!
Miss Ancient Wantiman--R'm. Are
you q single man?-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Use for Gull Potatoes.

When potatoes come In, use the
small ones that are of the size OF
marbles for the hens and chicks. Cook
them and throw them into the poultry
yard, and no preparation will be nee
essary. as the chicks can easily pick
them to pieces. 1t is economical 10
use potatoes in this manner, those chat
are usually unstable can be converted
into eggs and assist in adding to the
profit from the farm. Ell.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Care nf Swine

Two things which should be avoid
ed with swine in cold weather are
first. do not let them sleep in or upor
heating manure. because they become
warm and then rush into the cold air
frequently contracting colds, coughs
or severe pulmonary diseases thai
are sometimes fatal; second, bet
them well in dry quarters whert
there is no draft of air blowing acros.
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
tInannreeiated.

See, John" said Mrs. Slathers, with
a happy smile. Il have taught the
canary every time come near him
70 stick out his little bill to be
kissed"
''Humph!" said Slathers, cycling
the bird critically. Seems TO me you
spend your time teaching creatures
how to present their bills for my at
tention--I got one from your milliner
this morning, not to mention a dozen
or two others in the same mail. -
Harper's Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Pretty Near.

It was Sunday afternoon and Ma
bells little sister. Ruth, aged four,
was seated beside Mabel on the sofa.
Presently the little girl asked Of Ma
bells fiance; Aren't / your sweet
heart, Mr. Bumperf
well" answered Mr.. Bumper with
a fond glance at Mabel, you're the
neat thing TO it.s--Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
PESTS OF SHADE TREE
Proper Protection Is Problem of
Much Importance.
Sudden Losses Are Frequently
Caused by Overwhelming Attacks
Of Leaf-Eatins Insects-Keep
Pests In Subsection.
(By s. A. FORBES.)

The protection of the shade trees
and ornamental shrubs of our city
parks against insects has been for
several years a problem of increas-
ing Importance. Many of the most de-
sirable trees and shrubs are liable to
show destruction by obscure insect
pests little understood, if at all, by
those Immediately concerned.
Trees which have grown for years
becoming more attractive, more val
liable and more highly valued year by
wear, begin to weaken and decay, and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

The Stoojent-For the love o.
Mikei Can't you go.any,fsster than
this?
The Shefoor-Why,, soatenlx- But
ye see ] have to stay ON the car
Cornell Widow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Added to the Language.

Mamma" said little Edna one day.
"Pm getting tired of this pug nose. It's
getting pugger and 'pugger every day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Trap for Elm Leaf-5eetIe, Made Of
Tin--Lower Edge Should Be Sc
cured About the Tree and Grew
Ices Filled In to Prevent Larvae
Passing Through.
sticky material, entraps great num-
bers of the descending larvae Used
in connection with spraying arsenate
of lead on the leaves, 1t affords avery
satisfactory means of keeping the
elm pests In subsection.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
ELECTION To KEEP
SEAT FOR HUERTA
Dictator Orders BaIIoting as
Scheduled, and Neither of Five
Candidates Can Get Majority.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 21.-General
Huerta made known to- day that the
presidential election will be held on
October Is, as scheduled. This means
Huerta will remain in office after that
date.
There are five parties in the field
with candidates. In view of the in
ternal situation, it is certain no can
didate can receive a majority. The
constitution requires that the sue
cessful candidate must receive a ma
jority.
1t is expected that the crisis in the
relations between Mexico and the
United States will come soon after
the election. Announcement will be
made that the electors have failed
to choose new President. and
Huerta will continue in Office as con-
stituiional President ad interim.
The parties in the field and their
presidential candidates are: Catholic
Frederick Gamboa; Felicista, Felix
Diaz: Liberal Progressive. David de
la F'uente; Anti-R Re election, Vasquez
Gomez .
Rodolfo Reyes former Minister of
Justice, would have been nominated
by the Republicans, but he is in pris
on on charge Of sedition.
The belief is general that the re-
turn of Felix Diaz to Mexico City
will be the signal for dangerous riot
ing
With the election but six days off,
few actual preparations have been
made for balloting on successor to
Huerta. The election machinery
throughout practically the entire re-
public is controlled by Huerta's mill
tary governors.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
Will Probe Fishers
Charges for Plot

Police Tuesday considered the eX-
oncration Of j. G. Shirley complete.
Charles j. Graham, attorney for the
man accused by Ira w. Fisher of the
murder of Mary Phagan, said that he
was as yet undecided whether Fish
er's accusations were the rawlings Of
diseased and dope -steeped mind or
the first evidence of deep-laid plot
with Fisher as the tool.
Two prominent Atlanta men and
one Birmingham man are threatened
with arrest on charges of conspiracy.
A searching investigation by Chief
Ianford and Attorney Graham will
decide whether this move will be TAX
en-. Graham said Tuesday that he
would make a decision as soon as re-
ports had been made to him on GER
tain rumors that had come to his ears.
Shirley said that he either would
put Fisher In the asylum or in the
penitentiary. He will bring his books
to the police Tuesday to show a COM
plete alibi. Lanford has instituted an
investigation of the charges of con-
spiracy and will make arrests at once
if he finds them substantiated. Two
Of the men named in the alleged con-
spiracy have been identified with the
Frank case The other one is known
to have been with Fisher in Bir-
mingham.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
Yellow Fever Germ
In Blackmail Plot

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-The use of the
yellow fever germ as an agent of the
blackmailer formed a new problem
to-day for the Chicago police.
Detectives were making vain eff
forts to find a man who threatened to
inoculate Mrs. Frederick M. Steele,
wife OF a wealthy manufacturer, and
her children, if $4,000 was not left
in a secluded spot in Grant Park. A
letter, accompanied by tiny card
board box. demanded the money. In
the cardboard box chemist found
enough yellow fever germs to inocu-
late hundred persons
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
COURT SUsTA|NS
PLEA Of EDITOR
Judge Foster Ends Case Against
Thomson Man Charging Mail
Statute Violation.

AUGUSTA, Oct. 21.--Judge Foster
in United States District Court here
this afternoon sustained the motion
of counsel for Thomas T.. Watson. the
Thomson editor, lawyer and poiti-
cian to quash the Indictment against
him, charging the sending CT obscene
matter through the United States
mails. This motion, presented Mon
day by S. Guyt McLendon, chief If
counsel for Mr.. Watson, charged that
to try him on this Indictment would
be to deny him his constitutional
rights as citizen, and the clause
granting freedom to the press.
The Indictment of Mr.. Watson was
the outgrowth OF publications in The
Jeffersonian attacking the Catholic
Church's confessional and the oath
taken by initiates in the knights Of
Columbus, a Catholic fraternity
Watson Arrives Early.
:, Court opened this morning at 1910
o'clock. The room was packed to ca
pacity long before that hour. Mr..
Watson was an early arrival. With
him sat Mr.. McLendon, his leading
counsel; Judge j. 3. Burnside, asso-
ciated in the defense, and jor C.. Il.
McGregor, Of WaTrenton, close
friend
The reading OF the minut es was dis
pensed with. Judge Foster asked II
there were any motions from MEM
bers Of the bar. District Attorney
Alex Akerman presented a number Of
orders for the judge to sign.
Mr.. McLendon resumed the argu-
ment ON his motion to quash the in
dictment He said the court had
stated that the Supreme Court had
held the law to be constitutional
which prohibits sending Of obscene
matter through the mails. Mr.. Nc
Lendon cited decision to show that
the constitutionality of the point at
issue in the Watson case had never
been attacked, namely, the sending
of newspapers and periodicals con-
tanning obscene matter through the
mails.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-21
LOVED OWN COOKERY.

On the heels Of a record Of much
rectitude and excellent cooking, lobe
Eason, chef at the Grady Hospital,
has got into trouble.
The disappearance of certain choice
steaks and other staples and delica-
ces from the larder Of the hospital
have given much annoyance to the
steward of late, but such was Tobe's
reputation for probity that he was the
last person suspected
Finally, however. he was watched.
His pockets bulged suspciously as he
left the hospital last night. Fancy
cuts of steak caused the buiges,
Tobe was arrested