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Putnam patriot., 1914-09-18
NEWS IN BRIEF

Twenty thousand people on Boston Common approved an embargo on food exports as a means of ending the war.
 James Mcclure. ffty-Gge, died in the Newark City Hospital after his hand was crushed in press of the Newark Evening News.
 Colonel AdeIbert CrCukbite. for the past two years in command Of tae coast defences Of eastern New York, has been ordered 10 Fort "orden.
 Mrs. Mary Ford a Brooklyn school teacher. was arrested. charged with passing worthless checks. She claims she needed the money to feed her child.
 Robert c. Pate. one time racing promoter. of st. Louis. died at the age Of 7s. He WAS said to have won and Iost several thousands Of dollars in racetrack ventures.
 The present general cold wave IS probably the result of the remark able sun spots just discovered by the United States Naval Observatory, off, oials of tho Observatory stated. John c. Calhoun. great grandson of the John Calhoun of notification fame, started suit for divorce in New York alleging that his wife has smother husband still living.
 The Toledo Railways k Light Go. of Toledo, won an injunction restrain ing the city from enforcing the three cent carisre ordinance. The court found it was causing the company loss.
 l Five aviators in five different types of aerorlan dropped bombs at a target twenty feet in diameter at Hempstsad Plains aviation field; the nearest bomb landing twenty-nine feet from the target,
 Alexander sugarman, a beef dealer Mayard, Mass, was arrested in May ard and brought to New York. charged with stealing a gold mesh bag from Mrs. Mary Taylor, of New York, at < New York restaurant where he waa U walter on New Years Eve, 1909.
 Governor Blease of South Carolina has ordered special session of the Legislature for October 6. to consider conditions iQ the cotton market grow ing out of the war.
 According 10 union officials the dis. missal Of j. R. Tillman, q conductor Of the St Louis Southwestern Rail way, may bring about strike of nearly 2.000 employees.
 The will Of Billy Grew. a saloon keeper of Cincinnati, bequeaths a $5o,. ooe estate largely to aequaintances, including bartenders, hotel clerks. hellboys and attendants
 Sailors from the battleship Missouri defeated cutter crews from the Maine and the Illinois in onemile race over the regatta course in the Pa. fapsco River at Baltimore
 Governor o'Neal. of Alabama, has telegraphed to the governors of 1z cotton-growing states suggesting a conference on September A al Mont. gomery to take steps for handling the cotton crop.
 Roger c. Sullivan, Democrat, United States Senator Lawrence Y sherman, Republican and Raymond Robins, Progressive, were nominated for the United States Seuate in the first di. rect primary elections for United States Senate in Illinois.
 A memorial 10 the American privateermen in the War of 1872 was unveiled at Fort Nell enry in connec- ton with "The Star Spangled Banner centennial celebration In Baltimore
 Dr. Matthew $. Borden, son of the
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-18
Notice

It gives us great pleasure to an- nounce that Mrs. A. R. Curtiss who has successfully run our Millinery Department for the past eight sea sons is with us again with full line of Millinery and Millinery findings
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-18
How's This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY X co. Toledo .. We, the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last l5 years, and believe hin perfectly honorable in all business ltransaetlohs and financially able to carry outanY obhg4- tions made by his firm.
 NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
 Toledo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, se- ting directly upon he blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Halfs Family Pill. for constipation. Adr
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-18
Heavy. impure blood makes A mud

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 For any itching skin trouble, piles, eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch, scala head, herpes, scabies. Doan's Oint- ment is highly recommended. ooc box at all stores. adv
Putnam patriot., 1914-09-18
AMERICAN LA FRANCE ENGINE
 PURCHASED BY THE CITY

chemical hose spanners. 1 chemical nozzle.
 chemical nozzle tips, l-2 inch to 3-4 inch reducing coupling for chemical tank. 1 Bresnan cellar nozzle mounted. acid bottles and holders. soda bag and holder. 3 lanterns and holders with one red globe
 Axes and holders.
 crowhar and holder. l door opener and holder. 3-galloR Babeoek extinguishers and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

appeared at the door between the
morning-glory vines. The red patch
of color was Sally.
She made her way, carrying a
bucket, to the spring, where she knelt
down and gazed at her own image In
the water.
Before going home she set down her
bucket by the stream, and, with q
quick glance toward the house to make
sure that she was not observed,
climbed through the brush and was
lost to view. She followed a path that
her own feet had made. and after q
steep course upward came upon bald
face of rock, which stood out storm
battered where a rift went through
the backbone of the ridge. This point
Of vantage commanded the. other val
ley. Down below, across the treetops,
were roof and chimney from which
thread of smoke rose in an attenu-
ated shaft. That was Spicer South's
house and Samson's home. The girl
leaned against the gnarled bowl of the
white oak and waved toward the roof
and chimney. She cupped her hands
and raised them to her lips like one
who means to shout across a great dis
lance, then she whispered SO low that
only she herself could hear:
Hello, Samson SOUTH"
She stood for a space looking down,
and forgot to laugh, while her eyes
grew religiously and softly deep. then,
turning, she ran down the slope. She
had performed her morning devotions.
That day at the house Of Spicer
South was an on day. The kinsmen
who had stopped for the night stayed
on through the morning. Nothing was
said of the possibility OF trouble. The
men talked crops and tossed horse
shoes in the yard; but no one went to
work in the fields, and all remained
within easy call. Only young TamA-
rack Spicer. a raw-boned nephew. wore
sullen face and made q great show
of cleaning his rife and pistol.
Shortly after dinner he disappears.
and when the afternoon was well ad-
vanced Samson, too. with his rife on
his arm. strolled toward the stiIs
cTo BE coNTINUEDJ
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17
PROPER SELECTION OF DIET
Reason Must Guide the Appetite " the
Best Results Are to BE
Attained.

The eminent American psychologist
Lusk says that nature. through the de-
vice of appetite, usually provides
against the use of improper food, but
that reason must play a part in food
selections. A glass of milk and piece
of pie are poor materials for the brain
of an active business man whose sed-
entary life requires $500 heat units
or calories to maintain his body ma
chinery.
We need also water, salts, proteins
and certain newly discovered sub
stances called vitamines. All these
materials are to be found In milk,
beans, bread and other great funda-
mentals of nutrition. Solutions of cane
sugar or of glucose are not the ex-
elusive mainstays of life, and yet GU
close taken alone yields $500 calories
at a cost Of 1-6 cents, and $500 cal
cries in the form of cane sugar cost
1-3 cents.
Glucose is the cheapest food fuel
known. but, like cane sugar or butter
fat is not complete food. in that It
does not contain everything necessary
for life. Commercial glucose is abso-
lutely harmless. A man must have
sufficient calories In his diet II he is
to live properly and perform labor
satisfactorily.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

was kept down a good deal OF the
time because too much light was like
ly to fade the carpets.
One of the best signs of the times is
the fact that carpets have gone out Of
fashion. 1t is impossible to keep a
carpet clean. There is so much hard,
disagreeable work about taking 1t
up and putting 1t down again that no
body likes to tackle the job, so 1t Is
put off as long as possible. The fash
ion of using little better flooring so
the wood may be vanished or pol
ished, then partially covered with
rugs, Is the most sensible and most
healthful fashion in house finishings
we have had since the old pioneer log
house days. when the pine boards were
left bare and scrubbed until they
looked white enough and clean enough
to eat your dinner from.
The size of this house is 80 feet 6
inches in width by "a feet in length.
which might be called a medium-sized
square-built house, as square houses
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17
TRAINING BOYS FOR WARFARE
Youth Of Australia, From an Early Age,
Undergo Compulsory MIL
tary Service.

Australian lads of twelve years be-
gin a more or less voluntary form of
military training. 1t is an indulgent,
happy-go-lucky sort of thing. designed
primarily to be of physical advantage.
When the lads are fourteen years old,
a limited military service is severely
compulsory, with penalties for eva
sion, and fines laid upon employers
and parents who interfere. and thus
continues. with physical exercises,
drill, parades, and rife practice. for
four years, whereupon these cadets
are passed into the citizen forces.
Four whole-day drills are required
each year. and IL halliday drills and
"a night drills. A perfunctory attend
ance upon these grave obligations--in.
apt, sullen. frivolous behavior-counts
for nothing at all. II the cadet fails
to be marked efficient by his battalion
officers he must perform his service
all over again. In Kalgoorlie Of west
ern Australia-a great dust storm
blowing that might've watched a
column of these little conscripts"
march past with rifles and bugles and
drums; and they were smart to see
brown uniforms, with tricks of green.
and wide-brimmed Australian hats
caught up at the side In the Australian
way. It is no farcical affair When
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

are built today. There are more
square-built houses under 30 feet In
width than over, but they generally
range from 30 to SO feet in length.
In this plan we get very good
stairway nicely arranged both for
looks and convenience. 1t Is thor
oughly well lighted by the little stair
bay, which may be fitted with fancy
glass, IL SO desired. Although the
house it quite large it is not very ex-
pensive house to build because It is
so plain. Plainness is a strong rec
ommendation for dwelling, provid-
ed II is not carried to excess. The
plainness of this design is relieved by
a rather wide projection Of cornice.
the dormer windows, the large bay
window. the stair bay and the one
story projection at the rear. besides a
splendid front porch
By extending the kitchen porch part
way across the dining room and en-.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17
ADVANTAGES OF
SQUARE HOUSE
In a Number Of f'7ys 1t viii Be
Found to Give Complete
Satisfaction.
PROVIDES CURRENT OF AIR
Large Windows, and Plenty OF Them.
Are Made Possible by This De-
sign-By No Means Expensive
Abode, When All Things
Are Considered.
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRp.

Mr.. william A. Radford will answe
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO tho
subject OF building. for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide experience
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he
Is. without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
TO William A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie
avenue. Chicago, ILL.,. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
Sometimes four bedrooms are need
ed, and in order to get four good bed.
rooms 1t is necessary to build good.
sized house. II Is very desirable that
children should have bedrooms of their
own for their exclusive use as soon as
they are old enough to sleep by them
selves You can get four little boxes
OF rooms in small house, but 1t is
never very satisfactory. Little bed.
ROOMS too often lack light and ventila-
ton, and these are two very impor.
tant requisites.
One reason why I like square
houses and recommend them is the
fact that you can put bedroom in
each corner upstairs and have two
windows in each room that are dag.
onally opposite to each other, as they
may be left open to Great a current
of air that will come and go contin
ually. Since the prevalence of conta.
gious diseases has been traced to de.
fective ventilation people are pay.
ing more attention to this feature of
building.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant we
have, so it behooves us to provide
large windows and plenty of them.
Time was when we covered our win
dows with "a -ide blinds. Some
people had wooden blinds outside
and wooden (venetian) blinds inside.
In addition to these microbe collec.
tors and sunshine banishers l have
often seen two pairs of curtains over
a window, besides dark shade which
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

wanderlust that had at times brough
him a reatiyeness 60 poignant as Il
be agonizing: the underlined attunina
OF his heart to the beauty Of sky and
hill; these matters he had hitherto
kept locked in guilty silence.
In a cove or lowland pocket. stSetch
ing into the mountain side. lay the
small and meager farm of the Widow
Miller. The Widow Miller was a
South" that is to say, she fell, by
tie of marriage, under the protection
Of the clan head. She lived alone with
her fourteen-year-old son and her six.
teen.year-old daughter. The daughter
was Sally.
The sun rose on the morning after
Lescott arrived. the mists lifted. and
the cabin of the Widow Miller stood
revealed. A tousle-headed boy made
his way to the barn to feed the cattle.
and a red patch OF color. as bright
and tuneful as Kentucky cardinal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

we were In Brisbane of Queensland, q
score of truant youngsters were
packed off to the military barracks
for ten days of close confinement and
drill; and away they went, in big
cape wagon, in charge of sergeant
major, and under escort OF some
brilliant artillerymen--a melancholy
little crew, these truants, then, facing
ten days of absence from home. with
six hours of drill on the hot parade
ground, under sergeant major, who
doubtless knew how to improve the
patriotism of small culprits. and would
do It with a switch.-Norman Dun
can, in Harper's Magazine.
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of contact with the outside world; q
town where the ancient and modern
orders brushed shoulders; where the
new was tolerated, but dared not be-
come aggressive. Directly across the
street from the courthouse stood an
ample frame building, on whose side
wall was emblazoned the legend,
"Hollman's Mammoth Department
Store" That was the secret strong
hold of HOLMAN power. He had al
ways spoken deploringly of that spirit
OF lawlessness which had given the
mountains q bad name.
When the railroad came to Hixon
1t found in Judge Holman public
spirited citizen" Incidentally, the tim
Der that 1t hauled and the coal that
its fiat cars carried down to the Blue
grass went largely to his consignees
He had 30 astutely anticipated coming
events that, when the first scouts OF
capital sought options they found
themselves constantly referred to
Judge Holman. No wheel, II seemed,
could turn without his nod. II was
natural that the genial storekeeper
should become the big man OF the
community and Inevitable that the one
big man should become the dictator.
His inherited place as leader of the
Hollmans In the feud he had seem
ingly passed on as an obsolete pre-.
rogative.
Yet. in business matters. he was
found to drive hard bargain, and
men came to regard 1t the part OF
good policy to meet rather than com.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17
CHAPTER IN.

In days when the Indian held the
Bark and Bloody Grounds a pioneer
Telling oak and poplar logs for the
home he meant to establish on the
banks OF purling watercourse, let his
az slip, and the cutting edge gashed
his ankle. Since to the discovered be.
longs the christening, that watercourse
became Crippleshin. and SO 1t is today
set down on atlas pages. A few miles
away, as the crow flies, but many
weary leagues as a man must travel.
a brother settler, racked with rheuma-
tism, gave to his creek the name of
Misery. The two pioneers had come
together from Virginia, as their ances-
tors had come before them from Scot
land. Together they had found one
OF the two gaps through the mountain
wall. which for more than a hundred
miles has no other passable rift. To
gother, and as comrades. they had
made their homes and founded their
race. What original grievance had
sprung up between their descendants
none of the present generation knew
perhaps II vas farm line or disputed
title 10 a pig The primary incident
was lost In the liubo Of the past; but
for fifty years. with occasional inter
walls Of truce. lives had been snuffed
out In the fiercely burning hate OF
these men whose ancestors had been
comrades.
Old Spicer South and his nephew
Samson were the direct lineal descen-
dants OF the manner of Misery. Their
hinsmen dwelt about them: the Souths,
the Jaspers, the Spicers. the Wileys.
the Millers and McCagers. Other fam
ilies. related only by marriage and
close association, were, in feud align
ment. none the less "Souths." And
over beyond the ridge, where the
springs and brooks flowed the other
way to feed Crippleshin. dwelt the
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| lated through drawn blinds. and the
June rustic and bird chorus in his
ears--and his own thoughts in his
brain
Conscious, but In great pain, Purvy
beckoned Jim Asberry and Aaron Hol-
lis, his chiefs of bodyguard, to his bed.
side and waved the nurse back out Of
hearing.
IF don't get WE'LL" he said feebly,
there's job for you two boys. /
reckon you know what II is?"
They nodded, and Asberry whis-
pered name:
Samson South?"
Yes" Purvy spoke in a whisper;
but the old vindictiveness was not
smothered. you got the old man,
, reckon you can manage the cub. II
you don't he'll get you both one day"
The two henchmen scowled.
III git him tomorrer," growled As
Derry. Thar haint no sort of use
In a-waitin'."
MOI" For an instant .Purvy's voice
rose out of its weakness to its old
staccato tone of command, a tone
which brought obedience. III get
well have other plans. Never mind
what they are. That's my business.
II don't die. leave him alone, until
| give other orders.
IF get well and Samson South is
killed meanwhile I won't live long
either. 1t would be my life for his.
Keep close to him. The minute you
hear of my death-get him." He
paused again, then supplemented,
you two will find something mighty
inssrestin' in my will"
II was afternoon when Puryy
reached the hospital, and, at nightfall
of the same day, there arrived at his
stores entrance, on stumbling, hard
ridden mules, several men, followed
by two tawny hounds whose long ears
tapped over their lean jaws, and
whose eyes were listless and tired. but
whose black muzzles wrinkled and
smiled with that sensitive instinct
which follows the man scent. The ex-
sheriff's family were instituting pro-
ceedings independent of the chiefs or
deH. The next morning this party
plunged into the mountain tangle and
beat the cover with the bloodhounds
in leash.
The two gentle-faced dogs picked
their way between the Towering rho
dodendrons, the glistening laurels, the
feathery pine sprouts and the moss.
covered rocks. They went gingerly
and alertly on ungainly, cushioned
feet. Just as their masters were de-
spairing they came to place directly
over the store, where branch had
been bent back and hitched to clear
the outlook and where a boot heel
had crushed the moss. There one Of
them raised his nose high into the
air, opened his mouth, and let out a
long, deep-chested bay of discovery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17
CHAPTER ~.

George Lescott had known hospital
ity of many brands and degrees. He
had been the lionized celebrity In
places of fashion. He had been the
guest of equally famous brother artists
In the cities of two hemispheres, and,
since sincere painting had been his
pole star, he had gone where his arts
lowed the lure of transitory beauty
to remote sections Of the world. The
present trip was only one OF many
like 1t, which had brought him into
touch with varying peoples and dis
tinctive types of life. He told himself
that never had he found men at once
so crude and so courteous as these
hosts who, facing personal perils, had
still time and willingness to regard his
comfort.
The coming of the kinsmen, who
would stay until the present danger
passed, had filled the house. The four
beds In the cabin proper were full,
and some slept on floor mattresses
Lescott, because guest and wounded,
was given small room aside. Sam
son, however. shared his quarters In
order to perform any service that an
injured man might require. II had
been full and unusual day for the
painter, and its incidents crowded In
on him in retrospect and drove OF the
possibility OF sleep. Samson, too,
seemed wakeful and in the isolation
Of the dark room the two men fell into
conversation, which almost lasted out
the night. Samson went into the con-
fessional. This was the first human
being he had ever met to whom he
could unburden his soul
The thirst to taste what knowledge
lay beyond the hills; the unnamed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

CLOSING aus pe.r, OF 1t we gel room for
pantry ana a storeroom without cut
ting into the dining room or kitchen.
FMS is an advantage that does not
cost a great deal. and 1t is very
good arrangement.
Opinions differ IN regard to the
7aIue OF an attic. some housekeep-
ers couldn't manage without one, while
otLers would not be bothered with
cleaning and taking care of It. claim
ing that 1t is Just a catchall for old
Trash and dust. II depends good
deal on the auily and the way they
i've Some families WA great deal
Of storeroom, while others use every.
thing they have until 1t is used up.
then throw II away.
There - an old saying, keep a
ming for seven years and you will
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17

find use for 1t. Oh, some people wouii
rather utilize the space IT would &C.
cupy and charge up seven years rent
against the cost OF new article.
However, an attic 10 worth a good
deal for ventilation. and II Is the best
place housewife has 10 hang up the
family wash in bad weather. II costs
very little more when building 10 put
in an attic stair and lay floor over
the upper joists. / notice that good
attic helps to sell house which. OF
course, a person may want to DO at
any time.
like to see a house set we'll upon
q good foundation wall You can then
put in good. large cellar windows ana
have the silis above grade. II you
set wooden aills below the grade line
they rot in few years. and II you
make them Of cement or stone the ex-
pense is greater and the glass is spat-
tered with dirt every time 1t rains.
Light and good air is just as neces-
sary in cellar as in some other
places about the house. Sickness
often is caused by bad air in the cell
lar. Dark cellars usually are dirty
because no one can see to clean them
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-12-17
Ashestoa Kids.

He was nine years old and practical,
and as he came home from Sunday
school the mystery Of the Sunday
school lesson fell upon him. The les
son was about the three men cast
into the blazing furnace. The teacher
had made 1t very plain. Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego were their
names. and by the power of faith they
had been rescued from the fiery Dit
unframed. The story was past all com.
prehension. It was miracle-an Old
Testament miracle. Tell you what,
mother" he added. after explaining
the marvellous lesson the best he knew
how. them was sure three asbestos
kids!"