Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-21

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
For the Times Republican.
Madrid, Sept. 21.-One day last week
an engineer on the Milwaukee, either
because the air failed to work or he
failed to notice semiphore signal at
Herndon, caused two big ten-wheel en-
gines and four double-deck stock cars
to run off the rails. Twenty years ago
this would have closed traffic on almost
any railroad for a day, but on this oc-
casion, somehow from somewhere APP
peared gang of men, directed by a
man who knew his business. aud under
his management extra rails were laid
close to the derailed wheels. Then two
big live" engines We're attached to one
of the dead ones and without the least
trouble 1t was hauled on to the regular
track Then this revived engine be-
came a helper and the other big dead
mass of iron was also put again on the
proper rails. Meanwhile another crew,
with another live engine, were pulling
the stock cars on the track on q similar
plan from the rear end of the derail-
ment. No one seemed to be in a hurry,
no false moves were made and one
would think this was a regular busl-
ness of these men and engines. Then
the track was Strengthened, the fore
man said Now, go to dinner, boys,
and in say two hours two passenger
trains and four long freight trains
moved over the rails and business went
on as usual.
Sheep trains are running these days
on the Milwaukee. One double-header,
with thirty double ecked loaded stock
cars, contained. 80 they told the Look
er-On, $500 Idaho sheep, this averaging
250 head to the car. and several solid
train loads have run over the Milwau-
kee lately. this being the season when
Idaho stockmen market their sheep. The
writer heard OF one man in Iowa who,
a few weeks ago, sold out his flock Of
sheep at $1.25 per head, because he had
go little feed and thought it would not
pay to buy feed to winter them. And
the purchaser bought corn binder and
cut up feed enough for this flock and all
the more slips sheep he could get hold
of.
Z Never before has there been any such
quantity OF corn .cut up as in Iowa
this year. And nearly all has been cut
while the stalks We're green which of
course makes the feed all the more VAL
liable. The first killing frost coming on
the 10th inst, found thousands of acres
of corn stalks safely in the shock.
The writer being not scientific farm
er, always supposed (and he finds many
more equally ignoranD, that on an ear
of corn the kernels nearest the stalk
formed first, but the other day in the
writer's presence an ear was husked
that the first twelve kernels from the
tip of the ear were hard and would al
most shell OFF the cob. Then from there
down to the big end Of the ear, the kerr
nels were in the milk, SO soft that the
writer easily crushed them with his
fingers In other words. the corn at the
end OF the ear was mature two or three
weeks in advance of the kernels closer
to the stalk So that 1t is self-eyident
that a part of this ear of corn was fer.
tilized from two to three weeks u. e.,
the hard kernels) before the eof. ker-
nels near the big end Of the ear. Since
this came to the writer's knowledge he
has heard of many other similar cases.
Late passenger trains on all of the
roads in Iowa, are common enough
these days. There is SO much extra
travel in the way of fairs exposltions
and conventions that little delay at
each station soon amounts to an hour or
more Then there is the added feature
of track work new bridges and ballast
ing, all being rushed to finish before
winter sets in, all of which implies slow
running time In many places that 1t is
a wonder as good connections are MADE.
as at present. The Iowa Central train
south every afternoon gets behind Tor
these reasons, ballasting and repairs be-
ling carried on all the way on the Cen
trail from Marshalltown to Albert Lea,
|'and from Albert Lea to Minneapolis on
the NJ. & ST. l.. railway. The officials,
however, say this will soon be RENE died.
and during the fall and winter the pub
lie will have much more regular service,
than previously, for the reason that the.
improved road bed will warrant faster
running time.
It's just little late to bring 1t up,
but the writer, who read In the papers
at the time OF the Cedar Rapids conven-
ton of strong men weeping on that oc-s
casion, was curious to verify such re-
ports. And from many delegates in all
parts OF the state the hears 1t as fact,
that on the platform and in he seats OF
the delegates, great big strong lnen act
ually wept. cried like whipped school
boys. when 1t was evident their candl-
dates were defeated. Nothing very
strange about, when one thinks the
other fellow relieved his pent up emo
lions by Laughing. And 1T goes far to
prove that republican convention Is
only one step from an old fashioned re-
yiyal, where every one is at liberty to
llaugh or cry, just according to their re-
lligious debit or credit account at the
time.
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