Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-28

about 40 wears of age. and seemed to
be a travelling man. The place he reg
tstered from was Morrison" but what
state was not given. He appeared to
have some business about the city, for
he was absent from the hotel most OF
the time each day he was here.
s WHAT WE ARE
5 TALKING ABOUT. 5
Secretary Wilson in danger, If we are
TO believe an exchange, that says:
.It would scarcely be safe for Score
stary Wilson. of the department.o OF agri-
culture, to visit this part Of the country
soon unless he takes an Intending ae-
light In wading thru piles OF statistics.
"a few weeks ago he paid hurried visit
to the west. He tarrisd for q day IN
Kansas and for half q day in Nehra SKA.
It was Just about the time the hot wave
was departing and the drought lay
heavy upon the land. When he arrived
at Chicago he was interviewed. He told
the reporters that Nebraska and Kan
sas were In the seni-arid region ana
when he spoke OF the corn belt he DID
not include either state therein.
Since then the newspapers. OF notn
states have been delving into the rec-
ords to prove that If Mr.. Wilson Is Sec
rotary OF agriculture there are number
az things he doesn't know. State Stats
tician Ccburn, of Kansas, led the way
With figures showing that Nebraska Is
the great wheat-growing state of the
country, and that Nebraska has been
first. second or third In the matter OF
corn growing for ten years. and that Its
record Of .300, 600 bushels In 1895 mas mas
never been equalled by any state. save
Iowa. the home OF Secretary Wilson.
Now comes the secretary OF the Ne
braska agricultural board to show that
for d semi-arid state of Nebraska Is dos
Ing pretty WE'LL During the year 1900
the value of the surplus products OF the
state. shipped by railroad. amounted g
se25. 000, 900, or an average OF S22o TOT
every man, woman and child IN the
state. Cattle and hogs naturally form
the greater part Of this sum. about g
third Of the total. Wheat foots up WV
600, 900 and corn sci 100000.
.Ail that distresses the gentlemen who
.ss-.al; themselves up with Stats
ties is that Mr.. Wis.,. 80 s,.+,----
to be properly deluged. II he doesn't
send them on to Washingto
a preacher paints "the altogether
and it raises the question whether
preacher OF the Gospel should or should
not paint pictures from the nude-and
especially the female nude-is dividing
the CONGREGATION of the Rev. j. r. Speck
of Council Bluffs Christian church
For the Rev. Mr.. Speck did paint such
pictures; and they are now on exhibi-
ton at a Justices court. whittier they
were taken in the course OF the execu-
tion Of an attachment. And they are
well-painted pictures too, for the Rev.
Mr.. Speck is an artist of talent.
Mrs. Anna Speck, wife of the preach
jer-artist, Is also an artist. and her
ideas of her husbands art are that It Is
not quite appropriate for preacher.
When the collection Of a half dozen pic
lures, including Venus, Psyche and The
Pool, and other well-known subjects
we're attached by creditors, che hastily
began the work Of clothing the naked
forms. Mrs. Speck is considered by
many as the real artist Of the family.
Mr.. Speck says:
II see no harm In a preacher painting
the most beautiful of Gods creations in
nature. There 10 nothing to be ashamed
of in that. Artists in the studio will tell
YOU the game thing. The human form Is
the most magnificent of natures mas
terpieces.
ciaareste smokers should read that
the large number of reflections of volun-
teers has caused much comment in the
army medical corps. However, the ply
sicians who have conducted the exami-
nations say that outside the ranks of
cigarette smokers there are even fewer
reflections that there We're In the days
Of the civil war. Among hatibtual users
OF cigarettes the reflections are about 80
per cent.
DR.. Benjamin King, OF Philadelphia,
who acted as an examining surgeon dur
ing 1S61-63 in New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, says that the average
reflections during those years did not ex-
coed Is per cent. He attributes the large
increase almost entirely to the cigarette
Ha0lt, anu says.
81 have been inspecting the papers in
a number of cases under the present re-
.oruiting act and observe that most of
the men who failed to pass the medical
examination have weak hearts or lack
the vitality necessary to make good SOL
diers. had expected that the percent
age of reflections would be greater now
than in 1851. but I did not dream 1t
would be almost three times as great.
The examining physicians with whom
have talked have generally told me the
excess of reflections is due to the large
number of young men applying for en-
-listment who have become victims of
the cigarette habit"
Working Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little thing
that was ever made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. These pills change weakness
into strength, llstlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power. They're
wonderful in building up the health.
Only 25 cents per box. Sold by George
p. Powers.
A Shocking Calamity
al. lately befell railroad laborer," writes
DR., "A. Kellett, of Williford, Ark. His
foot was badly crushed. but Bucklen's.
africa salve quickly cured him. 1t is
simply wonderful for burns, boils. piles
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