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Uses of Bicarbonate of Soda.

Bicarbonate of soda should always
be kept In an easily accessible place in
the kitchen. Applied Immediately to a
burn and moistened it will relieve the
pain.
A pinch added to any fruits or vege-
tables will make them more palatable,
and less sugar will be needed. Use a
quarter Of teaspoonful to two quarts
of fruit, fresh. or to one pound of evap-
grated fruit
Fill new cooking utensils with cold
water to which one teaspoonful of
soda has been added and boil it. Then
wash the utensils with good soap and
water, dry, and they are ready for use.
Bicarbonate of soda added to the
water in which old vegetables are
cooked will make them green and
fresh 1t will also make tender a
tough piece of stewing meat.
1t will sweeten milk which is about
to turn.-New York Sun.
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Puzzle of the Eagle and the Whale.

There are two animals that puzzle
naturalists more than any others
They are natures submarine and aero
plane. the whale and the eagle. 1t is
known that whales occasionally de-
scend as much as 1900 feet below the
surface of the sea. Why they are not
injured scientists have yet to discover
1t is this pressure which prevents a
modern submarine descending even 800
feet, let alone 5000.
Eagles have been seen through tel
Escapes to fly with apparent ease from
$4,000 to 10000 feet above sea level.
At that height no human being can
live owing to the rarefactiOn of the
air. How the birds live and fly at far
greater heights than man can endure
for long is question still to be an
swered.-PearsOn's Weekly.
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The Primrose.

The primrose has suffered injustice
from the poets. who seem to regard it
as q floral weakling. Shakespeare
wrote Of pale primrOses" that die "ere
they can behold bold Phoebus in his
strength" Spencer regrets so fair
flower should perish through ''untime-
ly tempest" Milton laments the ''rathe
primrose that forsaken. dies" and
many later poets have written of it in
similar strain. Why? For the prim-
rose is hardy plant and will be found
where few other flowers can exist, on
the mountain heights Of Europe and
Asia and even on the highest ranges Of
the Himalayas. And Disraeli recog-
nized its color i'm the fried eggs upon
bis breakfast table.-London Notes and
Queries.
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Clever Amateurs.

Dozens of old graduates were back.
and they talked a lot about themselves
and a lot more about others not so
fortunate as to attend.
Most of our old crowd are married
and happy" said one.
Married, anyhow" said another
with the grin that always accompanies
this silly joke.
81 accept the amendment" returned
the first speaker, but chiefly on ac-
count Of poor Billy Tompkins. He
had an unfortunate marital expert
ence."
We hadn't heard Of it and begged for
particulars
why, the girl he married turned
out to be a professional pickpOcket"
The men who had first spoken sigh
ed. but his eye twinkled.
Well" he observed. Il guess the
rest of us drew some pretty clever
amateurs-what?"-S Louis POst-DiS-
patch.
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Told Him How.

A minister who lives in a small town
is noted for his sententiousness both
in and out of the pulpit AS he was
coming down the street one day a man
accosted him with. Sir, can you tell
me how to find sheriff's officer
Yes, SIR waS the ministerial re-
ply. Every time you earn So spend
So" And he walked ON. leaving the
astonished man gazing after him.
Harper's Magazine.
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PERCENTAGE.

''That's some hat you've got there,
Bill. 1t must have set you back all
of SO"
at did, but l figure I'm saving
money on 1t at that"
"How do you make that out?'
well. when | wore two dollar hat
I had to give up per cent of its
value every time i checked it in a
fashionable restaurant. With this one
it costs me only per cent."-St. Louis
PoSt-Dispatch.
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eukowina's Stormy History.

Rukowina. the AuStro Hungarian
province. has undergone sundry politi-
cal transitions. According to many
Austrian authorities. it was wrested
from Pennsylvania I'm the fifteenth cen
fury by Moldavia. but it not long be-
fore that formed an integral portion OF
the latter state. TO which ii belonged
until it was ceded to Austria by the
Turks I'm I1I5. Bukowina. which
means Beech Land" abOunds in wood
land and mineral wealth and rears
large numbers of cattle and horses
London Globe.
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Empty. Assurance.

"Biiggins is always willing to apollo
gize when you show him he's In the
wrong"
Eyes, but he invariably apologies
In such a way as to open up the pos
sibility of further controversy
Washington Star
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He Was Riqht.

A man rushed to the entrance Of
lunatic asylum In the middle of the
night and yelled to the keeper to let
him in.
Let Inc in!'' he cried. II have sud-
denly gone insane"
The keeper woke up, thrust his head
out Of a first story window and bel
lowed down In a rage:
what? Come here at this time of
night? Man. you must be crazyr'-
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Briar Is Really Heath.

Brier pipes are not made from the
wild rose brier. The name is a cor
ruption Of the French word bruyere
(heath). The earliest brier pipes were
introduced into England in 1859 and
were made from the roots Of the
French white heath Erica arborea).-
New York World.
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Banner Carried by Cortes.

In the national museum in Mexico
City there is very interesting relic of
the Spanish conquest of this country
known as the banner of the conquest
1t Is said to be the original standard
carried by Cortes in his wars Of con-
quest In the land OF the Aztecs.
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Saving Labor.

This agricultural journal states that
apple trees ought to he planted on
slope"
whats the idea?''
$50 when the apples ripen and drop
off they will roll down TO the farmers
doorstep. suppose Louisville COu-
rier-Journa!
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Maxine IL Last.

Mistress Ito chauffeur. who is crawl
ing downhillI-Why are you driving 50
slowly? Chauffeur Iex-coachman)-
Well, ma'am, you told me to be as eco
nomical as possible, so / was putin
the brake on to make the down'iIl last
as long as possible.-London Punch.
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Ugly.

what an ugly disposition he has"
Eyes. You remember how cross your
husband is the first week of every year
when he gives up Smoking?"
yes"
well. he's that way all the time
Detroit Free Press
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The DuIIina Touch of Aae.

You can never tell Perhaps the man
who says the most fool things now
used to get of something bright and
sensible when he was q baby.-Hous-
ton Post
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A Sion.

DO you think that BOggins has any
sense Of humorr
why not? He told me yesterday
that he enjoyed being alone with him
self."-Judge.
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The Unexpected.

Amateur Photographer Touring In
the countryI-Pardon me, sir. but
would you object to my taking your
daughter just as she is? Farmer Green
We'll. this is sudden; but take her,
and be happy. Keep yer eyes on him,
Sal, till l scoot round for the parson.-
London Mail
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Just a Suggestion.

I'm still waiting for you to pay me
that So you owe me, Dubson."
'Oh. don't let that worry you"
That's what I'm trying to do, but l
would feel greatly encouraged If you
would let il worry you occasionally."-
Birmingham Age Herald.
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Curious Fishing Plant.

There is a strange vegetable growth
under the sea called the fishing plant,
which opens and shuts periodically,
like a big mouth. When fishes are near
enough to this wonderful plant all of
a sudden it closes its mouth" and
swallows them.
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A Festival of Flowers.

At Genzano. Italy. near Rome, dur
ing the festival of flowers one Of the
streets is carpeted with genuine flow
ers in elaborate designs. The work
and designing are done by the people
who live ON the street This festival
dates back to ITS
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The Suzzle.

81 wonder how Flubdub can afford
an auto. Don't you?'
mo, l don't wonder how he can af-
ford an auto. | know he can't afford
an auto. But how do gaZaboes like
him manage to get hold of autos?
That is what fahberSasts me."-Louis
vile Courier-JOurnal
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Voice of the Bells,

r. L. Stevenson said that there Is
so often a threatening note. something
blatant and metallic. in the voice OF
bells that we have fully more pain
than pleasure i'm hearing them
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Good Memory.

HAS your wife good memoryT"
splendid. We've been married
twenty years and she's still reminding
me Of all the promises | made when
we were cOurtinG."-Detroit Free
Press
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Wis., Girl.

Maud-Would you object to a hus-
band who smoked in the housei Marie
Most decidedly. But i shall keep quiet
about 1t until get one.-Boston Tran.
script
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Suitable.

What kind of an apartment did the
singer get?'
81 suppose nothing less would satisfy
her than a suite thing In A f1at"-Balti.
more American.
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Shockino.

'sThey tell me Duhbs is in the hos
pital. What happened to him?"
"Oh, he saw a piece of wire lying
In the street and tried to pick it up"
Eyes, and then?"
HE discovered that the wire was
busy."-St Louis Post Dispatch.
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Cook learnino-

do you think We have too much
book learnlng?'
There isn't any other kind AS soon
as a man finds out anything worth
knowing he proceeds Immediately to
write a book about it-"-Washington
Star.
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No Chanca For Him.

Knicker-EnJoy your car: Booker
It might as well be u milk wagon. Inc
only time the rest of the family don
use 1t Is between and { in the m"rn-
ing.-New York Sun
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Good Iikeness.

did Miss Sourgirl have her photo
graphs taken yesterday
YES"
Good likeness?"
Yes, must have been, for she re.
fused to have them and demanded an
other sitting."-London Globe.
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Associate with men Of good quality
II you esteem your own reputation, for
At is better TO be alone than In bad
company.-Washington.
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The Rest Hour.

Bobby. why aren't you playing
with your cousin EthelT
Gee whiz, mother! Don't get an
hour of at noonT'-Puck.
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Very ANNOYING.

The eldest daughter says she wishes
dishes were made Of rubber so they
wouldn't rattle so when NAV is wash
ing them and she has an early evening
caller.-Florida Times Union
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National Nicknames.

Just as the British talk about John
Bull, the French talk about Jean era
paud and the Russians about Ivan
Ivanovitch
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Old Dutch Custon,

In many Dutch villages and towns
the chief door OF house Is never
opened except on the occasion Of n
funeral or Of a marriage.
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Poor Experience.

Experience is de best teacher" said
Uncle Eben. but gittin' arrested ain
no way to study law."-Washington
ttar.
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Everything that exists depends upon
the past. prepares the future and Is re
lated to the whole -OPrSted
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In youth We learn. In age we under
stand. To grow old Is to receive sight
Won Elmer Eschenbach.
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Gravity Is the ballast Of the soul.
which keeps the mind steady.-Fuller.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-11-02

honorable peace. We do not wish war
but we propose to maintain our self
respect.
1--WE know perfectly well that there
is no future for the country unless we
enjoy the friendship of the world.
You evoke only contempt, either sill
ent or expressed, if you do not main
tain firmly and consistently your
rights. There is no lasting peace for
a decadent people"
Mr.. Hughes said that he was sure
that the American people were COM
ing to their own conclusion with re-
spect to the various claims made in
the campaign and that in the long
run the American people do not make
mistakes
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-11-02
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

DR.. Childs was called to Omaha to-
day on a matter of business.
Mrs. Blair Rice is back home from
short visit with her mother, Mrs.
Shay, at Minneapolis, Mimi.
Have a good eight room house for
rent, has barn and other out build
ings. Enquire at this office.
Lutte Lane has gone to Omaha for
few days business trip and before
returning may go to Sioux City to pu
chase couple of cars of feeders.
Mrs. Geo. Somers and daughter,
Isabelle and Miss Madge Swanson
went to Omaha today for short visit
with friends.
Mrs. w. w. Waldron arrived in the
city last evening from Denver, Colo,
for an extended visit at the home of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. W..
| Hoover.
The Busy Bee Embroidery Club
met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. c..
! D. Booton. The afternoon was pleas
antly spent and later refreshments
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Andersen, of Ruth
ven, Iowa, who have been visiting
their son. F. l.. Anderson and family
and other relatives, returned Sunday
to their home.
Miss Cora Woodbury. departed this
morning for Burlington where she
will visit fortnight with her brother
| DR.. z. |. Woodbury., one of the city's
leading physicians.
Edith and Katherine Culver, daugh-
tiers of Vern Culver, who visited the
past ten days at the Titterington
home in Milford, returned home the
fore part of the week.
Bert Troxel of Mirage, Colo, and
f. l.. Troxel of Lohrville who were
called here to attend the funeral of
their mother which was held We'd
nesday. returned to their homes this
morning.
DIR. j. X. Donaldson is taking a few
days rest from his office work and
visiting his parents at Manchester
Iowa. He made the trip by auto and
no doubt will enjoy it as the weather
just now is ideal foe auto touring.
j. s. Johnson. the jeweler was
seized with an attack of gall stones
Monday and for a couple of days suf-
fered untold agony. Today however,
he is some better and chances are that
he will be able to get out in week
or ten days.
|. Knudsen and wife who formerly
lived in this part of the county, ar
rived in the city this morning from
their home in Froid, Mont. 1t has
been about ten years ago snce they
left. and their visit at this time will
be of delight to them.
Rev. G. b. Christensen and son, j.
| f., departed today for Iowa City
where the reverend gentleman will
arrange to leave his son at the state
sanitarium. 1t is to be hoped that
he will get the benefit anticipated and
that he will fully recover his health
j. A. Graham, democratic county
chairman was in Council Bluffs the
fore part of the week. We don't know
whether John went to get orders from
the big chiefs or not. hut when 1t
comes to hand shaking he can give
the big guns cards and spades and
then lead them in the race.
Herman Schroeder Is about the
happiest man in town these days. He
went to Des Moines the fore part Of
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the week and accompanied his wife
home who is just recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. She is
growing stronger each day and hopes
soon to be as we'll as usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Freeman, who
came here from California last spring
and since has been employed in the
Test Plumbing & Heating estab lish-
ment, leave Audubon next week for
Council Bluffs where Mr.. Freeman
will enter the employ of the Great
Western railway company. Mrs.
Freeman is a sister of our townsman,
C.. A. Test.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Sturdevan were
the objects of pleasant surprise
Monday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. III. Virtue. The evening
was pleasantly spent in playing cards
and at the proper time delicious re-
freshments were served. Those pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Northup,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Wray. Mr.. and Mrs
Dick Owen, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Virtue
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sturdevan.
Arthur Farquhar who was taken
suddenly i'll last week is resting easier
today. The physicians say that he
will recover. but it will be about all
he can do to muster enough strength
to go to the polls next Tuesday. 1t
| is serious mater to be sick at any
time, but man who is interested in
politics like Mr. Farquhar. il would
seem almost cruel to be compelled to
remain belfast when his services are
needed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-11-02

The man who tells you that the
election of Mr.. Hughes means war,
thinks that you are fool. Take a
poke at him.
A prosperity that is so great that a
man has to think twice before he
buys a cabbage isn't the sort of a
prosperity that the dear pee-pul want.
Samuel Gompers is out strong for
Wilson. but then he was out a good
deal stronger for the Mcnamara boys
and we all remember what happened
to them.
The only democratic issues of this
campaign that have not been shot to
pieces are that Mr. Hughes has
whiskers and that he did not go back
to New York to vote while member
of the Supreme Court.
The democratic party will celebrate
"Wilson Day" next Saturday, and
the chief orator of glorification will
be President Wilson himself! Was
ever such consummate vanity paral-
leled in American history?
That grasping sound is being made
by the Sons and Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution who have been
reading Secretary Bakers declaration
that Washington's soldiers were as
disreputable as the cut threats of Viii
la and Carranza.
Incidentally, Mr.. Gompers has done
organized labor much more damage
than he has the republican party by
issuing that order for his followers
to line up for Wilson. The American
Federation of Labor cannot exist as
the sideshow of any political party.
When you get into the election
booth on November 9TH. to mark
your ballot for the men who will con-
troll the policies of this nation for the
next four wears. remember that it is
essential that Republican President
shall have the support of Republi-
can House and Senate. Electing a
Republican President will not give us
an america First administration
unless we have also a Congress that
will enact the laws necessary to pre-
vert seizures Of our markets by for
eigii producers as soon as the war has
ended and our war-order market is
no more.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-11-02
HUGHES ENDS TRIP
IN STATE OF INDIANA

Charles E. Hughes, speaking before
an audience that crowded every avail
able foot of the big wigwam at Terre
Haute, Ind, declared while he un-
derstood that union labor had been
told officially to vote against him he
knew that nobody could direct or con-
| troll the labor vote and that it would
be cast according to its sober judg-
ment.
Mr.. Hughes wound up his cam
paign in the middle west with
speech Wednesday night and left
shortly afterwards for points in New
York the last state in which he will
appear before election.
Mr.. Hughes made five speeches
Wednesday in which he outlined poll
cies he intends to follow if elected;
assailed the administration for the
enactment of the Underwood tariff
and Adamson law, and expressed the
belief ha twheulo
belief that he would win. He spoke
before an audience after reviewing a
torchlight parade. Just before his
departure the nominee issued the fol-
lowing statement:
81 am leaving Indiana after what is
ever given a candidate for the presi-
dency. This splendid tribute was not
to me personally, but as the repre-
sentative of the great united repub-
llican party, moving forward to victory
and service for the nation. The men
of Indiana have organized a peoples
victory, and l want to thank the lead
ers of the reunited republican party
xhair affant;vo warE
Tariff Chief Theme
Mr.. Hughes on his final day in the
middle west devoted most of his
speeches to the tariff. He addressed
1.-TWO audiences at Linton and Brazil,
composed largely of employees of the
coal mining companies.
|" We had souphouses and bread
lines twenty months ago." he told
his audience at Linton, land We will
have them again if we do not protect
American industry and if we attempt
Ito carry on the business of this coun-
TRY of the policy indicated in the I'm
derwood bill"
when the war orders end" he
said at Brazil. under our present pol
icy as embodied in the Underwood
bill, passed by our opponents, you
can just see yourself going back to
work for one or two or three days a
week. That is what it means to you. -"
In his speech at Terre Haute, Mr..
Hughes discussed the Adamson bill
at length.
81 am informed that the general
chairman has advised the local chair
man of the Brotherhood of Locumot-
i've Fireman and Engineers of the
Pennsylvania lines east that the Adj
amson bill, in establishing a new basis
for reckoning wages, will eliminate
the payment of all arbitraries which
are based upon time made within
the first eight-hour period of service.
1--WE desire peace, but we desire an
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that this work might ne hurried, yet
not thing has been done in this di-
rection. Nor can anything be done
until after the expiration of the
term of Josephus the Piffler. He has
deliberately gummed the game.
There are now in Europe 10000
900 men in the several contending
armies and 100000 men and women
are directly employed in producing
munitions for them to carry on war.
Yet even with this condition our i'm
ports of manufactured goods from
Europe have increased under the OPP
Grafton of the Underwood tariff law.
What then do you suppose will be the
case if this free trade tariff law is
still in effect when the war ends and
these battling millions go to work on
the products of peace?