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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

We will be ready to receive YOU in our
new store on Monday morning. No
flowers, but plenty of bargains. p. A..
Sferil. ls3.sl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

g Logan Holly. the celored musician
charged with larceny. was discharged
At his hearing before Justice .Allen this
morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

Mr.. S. u HollingsSxorth. who lives at
No. East Linn street. had the mis-
fortune to fan Thursday and break his
left arm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

Twenty shades of fine quality taffeta
silks for waists aud trimmings. NJ. f..
Andrews.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

Mrs. o. II. Hole. accompanied by Mrs.
y. r. Smith. Of Tafna. Went TO Mason
City this morning to attend the Ewing
lecture at that place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

Children. Don't forget the big Pixie
matinee tomorrow at 2.3n p. m. Fifteen
cents for Sou and % cents for your big
brothers and sisters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

The consultation Of physicians Thurs
day over the conditioner Mrs. 9. a. See
3ly resulted in a decision being reached
that the patient is not strong enough ut
present TO undergo an operation. Mrs.
seely's condition is not "a i all fiatterings
but as soon as she is able to submit to
the operation, it will be performed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

Prompt delivery of stone is a special
feature of our business. Time spent in
waiting for material is expensive to
both owner and contractor Marshall
Stone Company. room 5, court house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-04

Justice Buriitt sentenced John Duffy
and Frank Murray. of Chicago, this
morning to five days work on the stone
pile. Each was charged With intoxica-
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
HANDY SHIPPING ROx

press charges. I shall bless the day
when Uncle Sam will take hand in
the business and give us cheap par
eel post. Sooner or later this will
happen, In the meantime I shall avoid
long-distance shipments so far as
can, and when must ship, reduce size
of package as much as can be done,
first by shipping younger and there
fore smaller animals, and then by the
selection of lightest packages. Just at
the present time a great deal of ship
ping Belgians is being done. In the
comparatively few instances that 1
have been shipping rabbits, pigeons,
ETC., have made use of light box, the
upper corners of which had been cut
away and the cover replaced by light
Stats. The illustration makes this
plain. To have the boxes especially
light I prefer to make them of white
cedar or linden, of course we'll sea-
soned. Common store boxes, however,
may be fitted up in this way, and come
handy for shipping small animals
Farm and Fireside.
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A Letter from ". Johnson.

Teacher says line bad boy. I dun
no wat she calls me bad for cos 7
most always no my lessons and I
amt never late. Praps she means that
I licked sissy Wilson that's wat I call
Jonny Wilson hes good boy I spose.
I don't want to be good boy if I've
got to be sissy like him hes sneak
an telltale an galboy but you bet
he wont tell on me agen even if I do
put burdox in his hare. I've been reed
ing I have reed lots cos mother makes
me I've been reedin Esops stories say
old Esop new lot of stories I remem.
ber one about kid on roof maxim
faces an callin a wolf names and tho
wolf said he wouldn't dast do it if he
wassent on the roof an it was Just the
same as if the roof called him names
an I CESS that's so he dident tell wat
the kids name was but lie bet it was
Sissy Wilson. An there's another
story about q fool dog that pinched
q piece of meat an he had to go over
a brook an he saw in the water wat
he thought was another piece at meet
biggern hisn SO he leggo his piece and
grabbed for the other but he dident
get it cos there want no meet there
an this fabel teeches us that we cant
most always sometimes tell good by
lie write again some day.-W. john
son.-Boston Globe. '.' j., T. s'%
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
Salt and Ashes for HOGS.

One item of feed which should
never be neglected is a good supply
Of saltan ashes to which the hogs
can have access at all times. Wood
ashes can always be had and the hogs
should have all they will eat. When
not convenient to give ashes, char
coal is a good substitute. and even
soft coal will be eaten for want of
something better, says an exchange.
Hogs are never injured by eating all
the, ashes they want, but it is not safe
TO give large amounts of salt to ami
mails not accustomed to it's use. The
salt and ashes mixture should be kept
in a box under shed where it will
be protected from rain, and should
consist of about two quarts of salt for
each bushels of ashes. Many feeders
prefer to add a few ounces of copperas
to the mixture. Free access to such
mixture will do much to preserve
the health of hogs, and sows. which
have had an abundance of such food
will rarely eat their youne.-Rural
World.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
PERSONAL And IMpERS0NAL.

Mrs. Howard Gould has collected one
of the finest libraries of works on the
English drama extant in this country.
q One<of the smallest sized mensin the
country, Paul Robinson, died at Beloit,
Wis, recently. He was 70 years Of age
and only 40 inches in height, but was a
capable, well-educated business man.
It is believed by vegetarians that a
purely vegetable diet makes people
amiable, good-natured and generous.
and that those who eat largely of meat
become quarrelsome, selfish and mean.
A rubber club, intended for police.
men, has been invented by a st. Louis
gentleman. This is q humane con.
trivance, as it enables a vigorous off.
Ger to stun an unfortunate prisoner
without cracking his skull.
A miser in Sulphur Springs, Ark, had
no faith in banks, and he placed $1,000
in gold and silver in two tomato cans,
and concealed them in his yard. Some
one discovered the hiding place of the
money, but were not mean enough to
take the tomato cans.
While being entertained at dinner in
the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, the
other evening, Gov. John G. Brady of
Alaska recalled the days when he was a
homeless waif in that city, and pointed
to his own career as evidence of what
husting American youth can make
of himself.
Queen Victoria's walking stick is one
OF great historic value, having been the
property of Charles H., to whom it was
presented by citizen of Worcester.
Originally it was a branch of the tree
in Boscobel in which Charles. I. hid
when he was pursued by Cromwelrs
men. TO the plain gold handle that it
first had the queen has added a. queer
little Indian idol, a part of the loot
from Seringapatam.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
FOWLS IMPROVE SOIL.
An Important Fact yVhose Valu> uaa
TOO Long Been Differentiated
by Our Farmers.

Some poultrymen are favorable to
the method of keeping poultry in
small flecks, in confinement, with two
yards to each flock, in the greater op-
portunities given for improving and
using the land. Only one-half of each
acre will be occupied at the same time
by the fowls, the other half being de-
voted to gardening, alternating the
hens and the garden as occasion per-
mits. The half. acre in vegetables will
produce &as much as was formerly Sc
cured on an acre, andssno manure need
be brought or hauled, for not only will
the hens (like sheep) scatter the drop
pings themselves, butsthey also accu-
mulate at night largequantity, which
may be applied where<it will be most
serviceable. One great source of fer
tility to the land fronlg the keeping of
poultry, in addition to- the droppings,
is an enormous loss of food from the
trampling of the fowls, the pickings
from the trough, and 1.-The discarded
amount due to fermentation. all of
which serve as plant food. Keeping
fowls in yards, removing them fire.
quently and turning under the manure,
prevents the fowls from living in filth,
and permits of an enormous produc-
tion of crops. On piece of light,
sandy soil that has been considered al
most barren, where flock of 80 hens
were kept for year, was grown an
enormous crop of potatoes, beans, cab
bages and peas. The growth was ex-
cessively rank, and for three years
after the same spot was more produc-
tive than any of equal space on the
place. The food bought annually for
a flock is equal to bringing a large
quantity of fertilizer on the farm, and
in passing through the body of the
fowl it is reduced to condition fitting
it for immediate use by plants. The
fresh earth absorbs and retains it's val
liable properties better than the drop
pings from the roost can be saved.
That fruit, vegetables and poultry
should be combined is fact that will
some day be admitted by all; but when
the system is practiced the free ar.
rangement may be abolished, and the
hen be used not only for producing
eggs and poultry. but also for improv-
ing the soil. just as is now done in
France, and as is done with sheep in
England. The poultry in France keep
up the fertility of the farms, yield large
profits of eggs and meat. and increase
the focks. yet the hocks are small and
no ranges are permitted. If it is pos.
sible in France, it is possible here, and
the time will yet come when no small
gardens will be cultivated without a
flock of hens as assistants instead of
being considered enemies.-Farm and
Fireside.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
RECLAIMING SWAMPS.
Millions of Acres of Now Useless
Lands Might Be Converted Into
Fertile Farm Soil.

There are large areas of swamp
soils that might be converted into the
most produc- i've land in the country.
The Wisconsin experiment station
says that there are 1000 square miles
of such soils in that state and that
most most of it could readily be drained
and put into condition for tillage. In
diana also has an extensive acreage of
such .soAs. They contain large guam
titles of humus, and are sometimes
called humus soils. Some of these
soils are very mellow after they have
been drained and broken up. But
some humus soils, notably in the
northern portion of Wisconsin, are
covered with a sod that is absolutely
indestructible. We have seen pieces
of such sod, that have been lying
around for five years, that could not
be torn apart. 1t is better to remove
such sod entirely from the land, though
we have seen corn and buckwheat
growing on this upturned sod, and do
ing we'll, especially the buckwheat.
Soils of this kind are so rich in
humus, phosphates and potash that
they would not seem to need any fer
tilizers. But humus soils are eccen-
trio, if we may use the term. 1t is
difficult to understand them. One
year they may produce good crops,
the next year poor, and the following
year good again. In some expert
ments that have been conducted to de-
termine the value of manure upon
such lands, plots upon which barn
yard manure was applied produced
nearly twice as much dry matter. as
an equal area of unfertilized land pro-
duced. The applicat tion of kainite did
no good, but as the land to which it
was applied produced less than land
to which it was not applied did, per-
haps a reasonable conclusion would
be that it diG harm. Potassium sui
phate and potassium chloride had
good effect.
The treatment of such soils after
drainage can hardly be advised. They
differ so widely that treatment must
be the result of experiment. Drain
age, however, is the nrst step toward
reclaiming these humus soils, and that
must be thoroughly done. If there is
much land to be drained, it would be
better to employ an engineer and
have the lines laid out properly.-John
II. Hobbs, in Agricultural Epitomist.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
HINTS IN HENoLoGY.

Bran is a good laxative food for
young chicks.
The great mistake of beginners is
to attempt large number of breeds.
Notice which hens lay the largest
eggs. Sometimes the largest hens lay
smallest eggs.
All nests should be movable. Lice
collect behind permanent nests and
give a great deal of trouble.
After the Matching season. all sur
plus cocks should be marketed, ac
their food is total waste and is
quite serious item of loss.
Cleanliness and pure water are i'm
portant items in prevention of cholera
and bowel diseases. Don't let the
drinking water stand in the sum-
Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06

Il SAID, not unklndly. The bltterne0
is over now."
EYES," she said, "it is over. 1refused
him, after all. You do not ask me
why. Perhaps you do. not wish to
know?" II ii #
& I shook my head.
: II do not wish'to know" She nodded
to the fire. 'But Iforgive you, Lucy"
She nodded again. There was nothing
more to say, since could not say what
she wished. So I turned to go. But
there was a knock at the front door,
and heard some one say The DOCTOR"
So I waited to hear what he pro-
nounced.
After a few moments he came down
the stairs talking to Mrs. l)ormer.
''It'is natural Sleep" he said. 1.-THE
pulse is steadier- and the temperature
more normal. The odds are still against
her, but there, is hope"
The tears came to my eyes at last,
and Lucy came and put her hand on
my shoulder.
'You can win her back to life, Fred" )"
she said, ''our little girl. Stay till she
wakes" I had already resolved to stay.
I went upstairs and sat with my el-
bow on her bed and my face on my
hand, watching my little favorite.
Presently her mother came and knelt
beside me.
''Lucy has told me all, Fred" she
whispered. "You-you will not tell
the others?"
II will not" promised.
When my little girl awoke, she was
not looking toward me.
'Better, dear?" asked her mother.
''Why, yes," she laughed, feebly. ''It
must be Fred. Do you know, 1 believe
he would make me grow we'll if he were
often here with me-"
"He will be, little sweetheart" I
said, softly. She turned to me with
a happy cry, and I whispered in her
ear what I knew, and other things that
were only for her and me. They were
the things that won her back to life,
she says, when we talk of such mat
ters.
We do not talk of them very often,
for Maisie is young and shy and still
at school. But her people understood
and leave us alone together, and now
and then our thoughts peep out. re-
member that they did so upon the
night of Lucy's wedding, for she mar
ried the 'better match," after all.
Maisie came to see me out, of course,
and helped me into my coat, and tried
1aughingly to shake me, and 1 put
my arm around her and kissed her sew
eral times, instead of the usual once,
and not quite in the usual brotherly
way.
''There will be another wedding one
day" I said. "Won't there, little sweet
hearth"
She buried her head>on my shoulder,
and whispered, II hope so."
Meanwhile people speak of me as a
confirmed bachelor, and laugh when
I tell them that am waiting for Miss
Right" to grow.
But "Miss Right is 1e now, and done
growing, and wears her hair up and
her dresses long, and our good-nights
are steadily growing lengthier and less
fraternal. Dear little Maisie!- Chicago
Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06

There IS no sure cure for cholera
The best remedy is a teaspoonful of
liquid carbollc acid in half gallon of
water. A great manypersonsi enquire
for remedies for cholera without
knowing whist dsease may exist in
the flock. When they state they have
"cholera" in the flock and cannot get
rid of it, they give the best evidence
that there is no cholera, for itsrids it.
self in few days. The symptoms are
great 1prostration, nervous, anxious
Expression, intense thirst, andsProfuse
diarrhoea of greenish color. Most of
the supposed cases of cholera are due
to indigestion from excessive feeding.
Farm and Fireside IS
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
FALL OF THE HEBAcAELoRs' CLUB.

Oh he was the head of a Bachelor Club.
Heigh-ho, my lady!
And he unused as he sat with his glass
and his stub
Heigh-ho. my lady:
mo wife with her wants and her
troubles for me,
No blubbering babies to hold on my
But life that from jarrine and jangling
Is free,"
Mused he
Heigh-ho my lady.
Oh he was the pride Of the bachelor boys.
Heigh-ho, my lady,
And he scoffed at mems visions Of mari
tai joys,
Heigh-ho. sweet lady.
He came and he went when he pleased
and he said:
"A man Is a man till he's married or
dead"-
But the stubbornest mule to the trough
may be led.
Heigh-ho. fair lady,
Oh she was a maid full Of maidenish
Heigh-ho,, my laddie:
And she frowned but to make sweet
amends with her smiles,
Heigh-ho, my laddie!
What an ankle peeped out DER the top
of her shoe!
What dimples she had, how she mas
tered them, too!
What she wished to have done twas .
pleasure for you
To do
Heigh-ho, my laddie!
She CHANGED to trip past where he loi-
tered one day,
Heigh-ho, my laddie,
And she tossed her proud head in heart
breaking way,
Heigh-ho, Door laddie!
Men are manly until they are love-lQrn!'
All let
The sc9fer go hang! Love is manlier
yeti!
There is Grape on the door where the
bachelors met
Heigh-ho. brave laddie!
IS. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
Coincidence I'm Eclinses..

It is a coincidence that the late
notable solar eclipse fell on theaanni.
versary of the most memorable eclipse
in history. It appears from old his
torians that on May %, B. G. 5s5,
while a battle was in. progress. be.
tween the Medes and Lydians, the sun
became eclipsed and the contending
armies, accepting it as, warming
from heaven, not only suspendedshos.
tilities, but at once concluded peace.
And now again on the same day and
month, on May; %, the great shadow
of total eclipse fell on the earth,
sweeping principally across the Unit
ed States and Spain. Those who like
may note that it thus oversha hadows
the two countries that have lately
been at 'Strife.-Chicago Chronicle.
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KNEW PARIS LIKE Al BOOK.
And the Kentucky Colonel Wasn't t.
BE BulldOzed About 1t.
Either.

3Ao oVOAuupOlS picVcnteQ the colonel
from dancing, he contented, himself by
sitting under a palm and watching the
young company. Presently the hostess
came over for little chat between the
dances, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Colonel, have you ever been to
Paris?" she inquired in her delightful,
suave voice.
"Oh, yes, ma'am," responded the gal
liant colonel. II spent several months
there year before last.'
Indeed! Was it pleasure that de-
tanned you so long, colonel?"
"Well, no, ma'am; it was important
business
'Business!"
"Yes, ma'am. was in Paris trying
to find market for 20 casks Of bour-
bon had stored up in the mountains" ."
''But, colonel, could you not find a
nearer market than Paris?"
''Well, yes, ma am. but not as safe."
swell, colonel, did you take in the
Latin quarter? But of course you did,
colonel?" 80 3"
"Never heard of such place, ma'am.
Were you ever in Paris?'
eyes, colonel. I spent the greater
part of last summer there"
'Then, ma am, they must ha I'VE start
ed building since you was there"
'And the beautiful, smooth boule.
Yards, colonel?'
''Strange, ma'am. I spent three
months in Paris and never got a
glimpse of anything but dust and
rough stones"
''Colonel, I am sure that you were
impressed with the magnificent archi.
lecture"
"Never noticed anything but bricks
and shingles, ma'am."
"The parks, colonel! Parks that
tempt nature to overtax herself. Lakes
that nymphs alone should navigate
with their lily crafts.''
"Don't believe there was brick kiln
there two years ago. How long ago Gid
you say it was since you were there,
ma'am?"
mine short months. But colonel, it
seems like nine years. When T. say
Paris, the word thrills me. Again do !
gaze from the rue and see the red.
checked shop boy staring at the fantas.
tic posters with open-mouthed inter.
est.''
''Never heard of rue when I was
there, ma'am. They must have added a
new street. Never seen any posters,
except weather-beaten circus poster
that had been clinging on for some
months"
"And the military men of Paris,
colonel. Noble uniformed, officers on
every corner"
"Only military man saw, ma'am,
was deserter from the Spanish war;"
"And the most delightful climate,
colonel"
''Delightful, ma'am? Why, when
was there it was so hot they had to
lock the bathroom door to keep the
bathtub from evaporating."
"But you are going to the Paris fair,
colonel?"
"Never heard of it, ma am, though
they always held pie and pumpkin fairs
in the fall. But am going to Paris on
business in few days."
''On business, colonel?"
eyes, ma'am; just as soon as can
get my guns from the gunsmith start,
He's had them near week now."
''But colonel, you don't need any
weapons in Paris. France is peaceful
republic" i
"I'm speaking of Paris, KY, ma'am.'
Then the hostess turned on her heel
and the colonel said: 'I'll swow!n
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
HEAT SHIPPING BOXES.
In Making Them LiEhtnexs II the
Most Important Item to BE
Kept in Mind.

My indignation has often been
aroused by the excessive rates which
{ had to pay to the express companies
for forwarding packages containing
eggs for Matching, rabbits, or other,
live animals, etc. For long distances
these rates are often prohibitivc. A
few weeks ago I shipped pair of rab-
bits to Tennessee, and although the
animals were not full-grown, weighing
scarcely eight pounds together, and
the box was made very light, had to
guarantee the payment of over So ex-
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
RAM in-4tha. Eaunilx..

A young gentlemen took his little
sister with him while calling the other
evening at house where he is reg.
ular visitor. The little girl made her.
self quite at home and showed great
fondness for one. of the young ladies,
hugging her heartily.
"How very affectionate she isl" said
the lady of the house.
''Yes; so like her brother" respond.
ed the ypunglady, unthinkingly.-Buf.
fQlo Courier.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
Got }what he A.k-d Fo--

$50 you. are looking for position"
said the merchant to the youth with
high collar and noisy necktie. "What
can you do?"
"oh, any old thing" replied the
young man. "Of course, I don't expect
the junior partnership, at the start,
but I want to be sure of an early rise" !"
"Fery WELL" replied the merchant,
"1'll make you assistant janitor. You
will rise at four o'clock every morning
and sweep the Aoors." - Golfers
Weekly.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
Hewyto. Mark Fruits.J.r

Set the glass jars in row, either full
.orsempty, and with a soft bruush dipped
in thick white lead paint give each Jar
a, swipe.. You will thus have q blank
label permanently applied The name
of the contents, date, etc, may after q
few hours bewritten with thepoiqt 81
a wire nail, not on, but clear through,
the Label, thus defyipg time to efface or
mold toablnr il. "a damp sponge OF rag
can be nnade tosbrins the writing out
Gear even after years Of dampness In
che cellar, says an exchange.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
Shorts and Milk for PieS

Better buy some shorts and mix with
that new milk that You are feeding to
the pigs and see how they will grox<,
Don't expect them to do as we'll O.,
corn and milk as they will on some
shorts and a little oil meal, which is
not bad thing to have in the slop. 1t
makes them have that glossy, sleek ap-
spearance. IT has beendemonstrated by
a 70 days feeding test at Indiana ex-
pertinent station thet,pigs fed2on corn
meal alone beeames sslnggish in their
appetites and did MT gain asmuch az
those fed on a mixture of corn meal
and wheat middlings.-Farmers' Voice
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
AN ALL SEASONS HOUSE.

venient as roosting place for growing
chickens during the summer. The
front can have a frame, covered with
cotton cloth, fitted to the opening and
hinged at the top, to be let down at
night in summer if desired, and on
stormy days in winter, when snow
would be likely to blow in if the front
of the shed were left open. The cost of
a shed built in this way is very small.
as no floor is laid.-American Agricul.
turiSt.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-06
He Earned His Penny.

Tommy-Mr. Y, my sister Laura
said at table this morning that she
thought you had the prettiest mus
tache she ever saw.
Y.-You oughtn't to tell things you
hear at table, Tommy.
Tommy-But she's going to give me
a penny for telling you.-Tit-Bits