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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
Food for the ShIpwreeked.

Caches or depots for food and
clothing have recently been estab-
lished by the various governments on
most of the dangerous islands under
their dominion. And on many of the
others there are sign posts and in.
structions as to how to get to the
nearest island where there Is such a
depot. They are kept in huts built
expressly for the purpose or in nat
ural caves In the cliffs, where all the
provisions will remain dry and keep
for long time. AS an example, down
in the Indian ocean are the islands
of Amsterdam, st. Paul and Kergue-
len, all dangerous spots for vessels
in a storm. On each of these the
French warship Eure has established
depots containing necessaries Of all
kinds for castaways, no matter wha.
their nationality may be. At Amster.
dam island, in a large cavern on o
hillside, there are supplies of beef.
biscuits, underclothes, blankets and
some matches inclosed In a hermetic-
ally sealed metal box. There are
also in the same cave several cots.
a cooking pot and dry wood. left by
fishermen who occasionally visit
there. Cabbage and celery. fish and
Holsters abound on the island and In
the waters about 1t and castaways
could live there indefinitely. The de.
pot is clearly marked out by board
bearing the legend, France, Wires,
Vetements pour marriages, Eure."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
Rock Paintings In Tunis.

Rock paintings Of an interesting
kind in the south region of Tunis are
described by M. Henri Roux and pub
lished in the Revue Tunisienne. One
OF these was noticed on a rock wall in
the Djehel Bliji, which probably rep
resents combat of men In conven.
tional drawing and animals which it
Is difficult to identify. The age of this
painting raises quite controversy
among scientists, and some think that
1t is contemporary with the Berber
civilization, that is, intermediate be
tween the stone age and the age OF
metals. According to this idea it be-
longs In the last part of the neolithic
period. But NJ. Roux wishes to place
1t at a more ancient epoch and class
1t In the middle or first part of the
ueolithic period, 1t being due to civ
ilization which is more ancient than
the Berbers. and NJ. Colbert also thinks
that it is the work of negroid people
to whom are due the fiints of the neo-
lithic age found in North Africa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
DETHR0NED AS "B0SS"
HOW PoMPoUS ENGLISH "A.
Their MET HIS WATERLOO.
Must Have Come as a Shock TO the
"RuIer Of the House," but Daush-
ter Also Had a viii of
Her Own.

Who is the boss in the typical
American family?" asked a West Phil.
adelphia mentor. A number of men
ventured to assert they were 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.
1T is the oldes: 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 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
II 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
xampIo ~ tba nnppous EnuIiSh m a 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 resi-.
dence in various countries of Europe,
and children were 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 a 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 pltiiessly 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 GU,
and get that boy a sensible suit Of
Clothes
The old man was dumfounded
What's this miss? Telling me-
what to do! cannot believe my
senses
Yes, sir. I 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 q
new dynasty"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
Faculty for Manaqinu.

Anyone who has to manage men or
things must be able quickly to bring
order out of confusion. Test your
friends talent in this respect by writ.
Ing on your paper Ave words of spe.
cial class. such as the names OF five
flowers. or of five animals, or OF five
famous poets, with the first letter al.
ways in the right place, while the
order of the other letters is changed.
The person on whom you are expert
menting knows only to which class
the words belong-whether they are
the names Of animals, or of flowers.
or Of poets. See how long it takes him
to write the five correct words in
place of the misspelled ones. The ami
NAL card may read; "Tetrul, etalenph,
dykeno, serdip, galliro." and the vege-
table card, "Veloti, diloffad, melap,
moroshumu, cuttnesh." Some persons
will be able to read at once: Turtle,
elephant, donkey, spider. gorilla" and
the other card, Violet, daffodil, maple,
mushroom, chestnut" Others who have
no talent for rearranging the elements
of confused situation will stare at
the words. unable to make any sense
Of them.-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
1ens az Barometsrs.

A poultry raiser in Bohemia has pRo-
duced curious results by altering and
alternating the food given to his
fiocks.
1t Is known to many who have
raised canaries for the market that
Cayenne pepper put into their food
results in a notable difference in the
character and shade of their plumage.
giving the feathers a smoothness and
reddish tinge which adds very much
to the sum for which the birds may
ordinarily be sold. II the same in
gredient be added to the diet. especial.
ly of white hens which have been
Matched from carefully selected eggs,
their feathers become pale rose, and
they flush to a brilliant red when the
weather is damp and storm Is ap-
preaching. These hens thus become
veritable barometers, and the progress
sion Of color from pale to brilliant Is
so exact that a scarlet hen stalking
about the barnyard is regarded as GER
tain prophecy of a storm which may
be as much as twelve hours distant
Harpers Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
Be Sure Attend the Good Roads Meeting Wednesday March 10th
TREAT POTATOES FOR sCAB
deaux Mixture Applied to Seed
Gave Excellent Results,

At German experiment station,
experiments with potato scab have
been carried on for two years.
Corrosive sublimate solution of
0.05 per cent, and Bordeaux mixture
OF two per cent, both applied to the
seed potatoes for III hours, gave ex-
cellent and about equal results in the
prevention of scab, as was also the
case with Bordeaux mixture OF two
per cent. applied to two lots for
three and fourteen hours, respective
ly, and with two lots treated with four
ky. per acre 1856 pounds per acre) Of
sulphur mixed with the soil, one lot
having been also thoroughly rubbed
with sulphur before planting. A peat
mold dressing Of 50 en-. depth ap-
peared to give some protection
against the development of scab.
while sand dressing Of the same
depth afforded none. On both the
plats treated with soil dressing the
next years crops were found to be
healthy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
HUMBLE "BIDDY" BEST
IN THE END, MORE PROFITABLE
THAN THE OSTRICH.
Figures Would Seem to Show That
Bird Of Priced PIumage 10 Prime
Investment, but There Are
Drawbacks.

| No, she is not one Of the $4,000
biddies we sometimes read about. espe.
cially when 1t 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 1t out for yourself. An
c-trich hen, a good" one, will lay
about 100 eggs a 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 60 into the ostrich
business. There are several draw
backs. One of them is that 1t costs
twenty dollars a year to keep an
ostrich, or thereabouts, 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 a 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 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 a great temp
rItion 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
20 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
amnlnved
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
Helps Telephone Talk.

What is hailed as a great improve
ment In telephony is an improved
transmitter which has been recently
devised by French physician and
which was recently described by Prof.
d'Arsoncal before the French Acad-
envy of Sciences. The inventor Is DR..
Jules Glover, and Is based on his OBJ
servation that many of the sounds es-
Gaping from the larynx are divided in
the throat and a large portion Of
them are emitted through the nose.
With the type of receiver now made
use of these are lost, but he has de-
signed receiver with two diaphragms.
one much more sensitive than the
other. and the nasal sounds are trans
mitted through this auxiliary diaph-
ragm. This Improvement is said to
completely remove some Of the diff
culties to conversation which have
hitherto existed, and makes 1t posi-.
BILE to carry on conversation over
longer distances than heretofore.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
In Time Of Peace.

The new beast" or underclass
man, at West Point had never heard
a heavy siege gun fred. The first
class man was solicitous.
"You have never been close when
one OF these guns was fred, eh?" he
inquired.
No"
mo. SIR" commented the flrst-class
man.
Yes. sir. No, sir" replied the
beast"
"Um-m. It's liable to bust your ear.
drums for life. See here, don't tell
him / told you, but go to the com
mandant and ask him for" The up
per-class man was so solicitous that
he whispered the rest of his communi-
cation.
A few minutes later the raw cadet
presented himself before the com
mandant.
please, sir" he said, II want some
gun-cotton for my ears. New York
Evening Post.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
PROFIT SHARING WORKS WEI,
Method Of Stimulating Interest of EN-
ployes In Business ls Growing
In Popularity.

Business as formerly conducted on
. modern scale permitted that &C.
quaintance between employer and en-
ployed which became a personal bond
and attached the worker loyalty to the
establishment. This is impossible
with the giant concerns of today, and
the progressive among them are look.
ing to the principle Of profit sharing
to interest the employe in his work
In England, where the plan is much
in vogue and tends to become the set
tied practice, the profit sharing sys-
tenn is expected to enable the small
shop or factory to compete, by reason
Of the more jealous endeavor of the
employed, with the huge establish.
ments; and it seems Lot unreasonable
that it may have this effect. Many
corporations in our own country have
worked out satisfactory profit sharing
plans, or are experimenting to that
end. A carpet company Of Yonkers
distributed $4,000 to employees last
year. A big insurance company has
inaugurated a retirement pension sys-
tenn which gives the employee / per
cent. of his yearly earnings multi.
piled by the number Of years of serv.
ice. A New England manufacturing
concern. after allowing a liberal re-
turn to capital, gives all its surplus
to it's employees; and various other
plans are being tried. Beyond much
doubt these will become the universal
practice in the future, when the men
whose great ability can make huge en-
terprises successful have come to find
the higher pleasure in serving human.
ity.
Heretofore in world history human
development has been toward indi.
viduality, and this was facilitated by
everything which tended to exalt and
aggrandize self. Up to certain point
1t was necessary and good; but be-
yond that, development to the ideal
type of man is retarded. 1t is along
the altruistic, not the egoistic, lines
that further progress must be made.
The present disposition of directive
heads of great concerns to serve them.
selves first and pass out to others
what remains, IL anything. is illus
trated by the seven directors of
large New York company, who vote
themselves each salary of $4,000 a
year, though the stockholders would
seem to be getting nothing since de
ficit Of $4,000 $50 was reported in 1911
This kind otDCs1t- division has always
heretofore hseh most in evidence, but
will not always be.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
DRUMMER'S LUCKY DAY
SCRAP OF CONVERSATION GAVE
HIM PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
As IL Turned Out, He Was Mistaken
In Conclusion Arrived at, but It
Resulted In Capturing the
Order Looked For,

There is silk merchant in the
Fourth avenue district who never tiref
Of telling how he got a certain retailer
In one of the smaller New England
cities as a customer when he was q
knight OF the grip, says the New York
Times. This is the burden of his tale:
"All men on the road have the az
perience Of humping into stone wall
when 1t comes to selling bill of goods
to certain retailers. That was my ex-
perience with Smith, up in Haverhill.
No matter what l had or at what It
was priced, Smith never wanted any
thing. Still he bought regularly from
several competitors. He wouldn't 60
to lunch with me, nor would he accept
any of the other attentions that are
usually rendered good buyers.
II had practically decided not to
try him any more. when one evening
overheard two other statesmen talk
ing In a hotel ONCE. I didn't catch
the name of the man of whom they
were talking. but when I heard one
salesman say that he never would 90
cept lunch felt sure that they were
discussing Smith.
It's funny thing about him. the
salesman went on. but he always goes
home to lunch, no matter how busy
he Is. Jones told me the other day
that 1t was because his wife was the
boss of the household and made him
do 1t. She is very fond Of display, too.
and often makes him do things for
her that he doesn't want to do because
he is unwilling to spend the money
Thinking that had something ON
Smith I dropped in TO see him the
next day right after he had come back
from lunch. He hadn't had time to
tell me to get out when Mrs. Smith
cams in.
mo more business today. Henry
sire said, ignoring me. Order up
good team and take me for q ride
Smith didn't want to do II, but there
seemed to be no way out. Then I made
a bold play. I told him by sign Ian
guage that I would take her for the
drive. The effect was surprising.
With glad smile he jumped to his
feet, saying. Let me introduce Mr..
Brown Of New York, dear. He travels
for Blank & Co., and is an old friend
Of mine. Would you mind II he came
with us?'
Then I came into play again. II
Mr.. Smith Is busy said to Mrs.
Smith, may volunteer to take you
for the rider Almost blushing abe
asked Smiths consent.
I'VE went for the drive. The next
day Smith gave me a good order. and
he bought goods from US regularly un.
til he retired few years ago. Tho
best part of the whole thing was that
the men talking in the hotel ofics
were not discussing Smith. / learned
afterward that they had been talking
about another man. q merchant 10 L.
Lowell"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
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 u ~ gave seven or eight years
of conf ant 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
hood. The solemn promise made by
a Boy Scout at his initiation is Il will
be friend to every living creature.
man or beast, and brother to every
other scout, fortunate or unfortunate,
rich or poor. will be courteous
to ALL"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
TO KILL TENT cATERPILLARs
Single Spray Of Arsena.s Of Lead
When Insects Are Observed
Would Stop Deprcdatlons.

II a 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; OF
burned by torch on the end Of q pole
twisted out Of their place by means OF
a wire brush. attached to the end of a
long pole. these remedies are effect.
ual only when the caterpiilars 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 of
and destroy the twigs holding the
eggs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04

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 of her shoe-laces was undone.
After something of a struggle she bent
over and finsily 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.
trophe. She had knotted her shoe
lace with his. 1t was several minutes
before the Sair untangled and united
--Florala (Ala,) News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
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 a
draft horse, when put on the market
either in public or private sale. A
horse that weighs less than 1900
pounds is not considered a draf,
horse in any of the horse markets OF
the country. yet the mares kept on
the ordinary farms are 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, 1915-03-04
Modern and Anelen. Literature,

Modern literature, compared with
ancient literature. is careless, slipshod
not wholly grown up; it has little
sense Of responsibility. The chief
duty 1t sets before itself is to hold
the mir, Or up to nature and reflect the
unintell gible happenings Of life, in
all their confusion, their inconsistency
their In nifty. Ancient literature was
dominates by very different purpose
1t had Il profound sentiment of high
duty. The creation, so 1t seems to the
ancientt, had been left incomplete, and
man. as the creature most divine. was
charged with the labor of carrying on
the une ompleted task. With bold
hearts the Greeks set to work to piece
out the ncompleteness with literature.
especially with poetry, to make up for
the neg iect Of the gods by human
achieve: nent. I look on those ancient
Greeks as / do workmen who fill In
the marshy shadows of our river
fronts. put earth upon the spongy
ooze. sow grass. set out trees, plant
flowers ana create a garden where be
fore was merely mud and slime.-At
lantio
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
He Kent the Dav.

Say. you" said the policeman. N
he crossed the street to head on Q
tramp that had Just been driven away
from a basement door. what's up
around here?"
Il can't tell you." was the reply.
There's something loose around
here, but what 1t is I don't know"
Nor L"
Were you asking for something 70
eat back there?"
II was. braced up to the cook
and asked for a hand-me-out. and
after looking me over. she says:
do you keep Sunday. sirf'
Il surely does says ].
"What do we have Sundayr
"Ah, I see," said the ofacar. "You
couldn't tell her that"
But I did, your honor"
What did you tell herr
why. what should say sxospt n
was because Christopher Columbus
discovered America. She went for
the broom and then went for mo, and
II you can tell me where the joke
comes In I'd like to hear t. / don't
want to go around having my feelings
hurt this way."-Baltimore American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04

Fall in love and keep constantly
falling in love II you wish to remain
young" said DR.. Josiah Oldfeld, In the
course of one VI his lectures on the
Secret of Perpetual Youth"
There is nothing more important
than this to prevent men and women
from growing old.
III you are married. all you have to
do is to fall in love all over again
with your husband or your wife. II
you do this you will never find time
to adopt the nagging habit, and moth.
ing ages like matrimonial nagglng,"
DIR. Oldfield is strong in his denun
citation of the loveless individual
IF you do not know how to fall In
love-" he says, you must practice
until you learn, and when you have
learned, then you are young again.
"A person who has never been In
love and never wants to be ought to
be drowned" is the conviction Of Dr.
Oldfield