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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-23
mAccABEEs GO PlcNlclNa.
Special Train to Eldora Loaded With
Picnickers From This and. Other

Maccabee picnickers to the
number of about 800, left the
city this morning on the spec
ial Iowa Central excursion train
for Eldora, where they will spend the
day enjoying the annual outing Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Mary +. Stillweli and husband to IL
+. Ilten. land in Linn township. $4,000
Herman r. Baasch Ell al. to E. II.
Powell. land in south Marshall, 500.
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emptying the box of its contents. The
lever must be hung so that the resist
ence will come beneath the points of
support or it will not hold the box
closed. Instead of this device, hasp
and staple and wooden pin may be used
If it is not thought worth while to con-
etruct the lever latch. To suspend the
box to the cable or track, use four u Inch
iron rods at the corners of the box.
Flatten the ends of the rods and bolt
one end of each to the side of the box
Bend each two of the rods near together,
and, in the case of using wire cable or
rope, bolt to the socket of an ordinary
iron pulley of a size to suit the rope used.
If there is much sag in the cable, it will
be best to put brace across from one
set of rods to the other set so as to keep
them from bending out of position. This
completes the carrier for use on wire
rope.
A subscriber who has stable Is feet
long and who has sufficient amount of
%-inch wire rope, wishes to know if he
could use the rope to run manure car
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FEEDING NEW CORN.
ture Condition Is Sure to
Breed Disease.

The late condition of the corn crop last
year resulting in so much of 1t being soft
and not in condition to keep doubtless
will cause many to be very short OF old
corn this year. Such condition fosters
the heavy feeding of very new corn. We
wish to caution against too free use OF
the new crop in an immature condition,
or for that matter after it gets fairly well
ripened up. AS all during this time it is
very palatable and contains sufficient
moisture to make it very easily con-
sumed, the tendency is for an animal to
overeat. This is especially true of the
hog, whose ration usually consists more
largely of concentrates than is the case
with other animals. The present price
of corn will doubtless have very bene-
fetal effect in this direction. 1t will be
much easier to allowance the hog than
it would be II corn were low in price.
This relatively high price Of corn will
also simplify the problem by lessening
the objection to the purchase of substi-
tute feeds to use as a part Of the ration.
Feed the new corn quite sparingly at
first. II necessary to begin while it is in
the milk, or even in the dough stage, 1t is
a good plan to feed the whole plant and
let them eat what they will of the fodder.
Then increase the feed gradually and be
careful to never overfeed, and we believe
you will have gone long way toward
preventing an outbreak of disease in the
herd.-Prairie Farmer.
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Don't Let Colts FOLLOW.

The habit of allowing colts to follow
the mares while at work or on the road
should be discouraged. This practice has
been the cause of more trouble and an
noyance than could herein be chronicled.
Many fine colt has been ruined from
being caught in the drag, lisk harrow or
plow. On the other hand, not few run
always and smashups have been caused
by the mare fretting on account of the
colt attempting to follow some strange
team. Whenever taking mare to the
field or to town leave the colt in some
secure place where it can get exercise
and shade, and the comfort attending
such practice will always be appreciated
when once tried.-Twentieth Century
Farmer.
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surfaces and be slanted somewhat as in
the Illustration the rear floor consists
of a hinged bottom which can be dropped
down to empty the box. This hinged
bottom may be attached to the solid
foo. by a strap OF T hinges or by a
light iron rod run beneath it and turning
In simple bearings at side Of box. 1t
should have low side-boards. To hold
1t shut when necessary and still allow
II tozbe easily dropped when ready,
lever device may be arranged as illus
trated. An iron rod about Ainch in di-
ameter can be bent into the required
form by any blacksmith. At the point
where the lever forms the main right
angle, the rod, or rather rods, for there
are two at this point, should be heated
and flattened out so as to allow of hole
being made to receive the bolt that holds
the lever on the box. On the hinged
bottom an iron clip is attached and
twisted Il way around in such manner
that hole in the small clip receives
the bent end of the rod or lever so as to
complete a latch. AS the dotted lines
show, by raising the lever the latch is
disengaged and the bottom of the box
drops down, thus almost completely
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TOOK RISK IN COUGHING.
Barber Used to Shaving Colorado Con
sumptives Always Gave
Warming.

The man in the chair coughed suddenly
and Unexpectedly, states the Philadelphia
Record. Don't do that again." exclaimed
the barber, with an unwarranted display of
irritation. The man in the chair resented
in somewhat lurid language this restriction
of his personal liberty and intimated that
he would cough whenever he felt like it.
''All right, then, cough your head off, but
don't blame me if l cut you, returned the
barber. There was no more coughing, how
ever, and the man in the chair made his
escape without any injury. But, as he paid
his check at the desk, he remarked to the
boss barber:
Say, you want to give some nerve tonic
to the fellow who just shaved me-"
ooh, don't mind him. replied the boss.
"He's from Colorado and he's used to shaw
ing consumptives. He was telling me the
other day that he's been in the business for
over 20 years and has shaved everything
from a l6-year-old boy to an octogenarian
drunkard, but his nerve went back on him
when he drifted into Colorado Springs and
started to shave the consumptives who hang
out there. Ever since then man with a
cough gives him cold chills. Out there, he
tells me, not day goes by that some Hunger
doesn't get cash in his throat while being
shaved +"
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SEASONABLE HOG NOTES.
Small hog houses are best.

Small hog houses are best.
See that the hogs have good shade.
Have the sows in gaining position
when bred.
A hungry pig takes readily to any food
that 1t is expected that a pig will eat.
While hog never gets too thin to be
lousy, it seems the thinner the blood the
better the lice thrive.
To considerable extent the young SOW
proves her future ability by the way she
manages her first litter.
Build up the frame of the shoat on
clover, bran, shorts and like foods and
finish for market on corn.
One advantage in having shallow
troughs for feeding is that the sows will
learn to eat much younger.
Always breed from a thoroughbred
boar of good constitution and vigor. His
vigor should be in excess of the sows.
Overlooking of sows, musty grain, sour
swill, or sudden changes of food will
cause diarrhoea among the pigs.
The pig that is to be marketed profit
ably at from six to eight months old must
not from any cause be allowed to stop
growing. Journal.
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Fo. 4.

rier to distance of 100 feet away from
the stable. 1t does not seem to the
writer that cable It's feet in length
anchored only at the two ends could be
drawn tight enough to remove the
sagging effect, and an arrangement of
this kind would probably not be practi-
cable on line Of that length. The in
quirer, however, can easily accomplish
his object by making use of a wooden
track, which may be supported along
It's length as often as necessary. The
track may be 2x4 or 4x4-inch stuff, and
may be suspended behind the stalls in
the stable by rods running to the loft.
Steel track may be used in the same
manner. When wood or steel track is
employed for the manure carrier, the
rods that reach from the box are bolted
to a hay carrier which runs on the solid
track as the rope pulleys do on the ca
BILE. In Fig. 2, A shows the manner of
boiling the rods to the ordinary pulley
when wire rope is used, and B shows
how the rods may be bolted to a hay
carrier by removing the two rope pulleys
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Cheap Excursion to the soutb.

On Oct. 18th the Kansas City Southern
Ry. Port Arthur Route) will run cheap
excursion from Kansas City and all stations
in Missouri and Kansas to Lake Charles,
Shreveport, Beaumont and Port Arthur.
The rate for the round trip will be SIS,
limited to 81 days from date of sale, good
to stop over on going trip at all points en-
route, provided final destination is reached
inside of 10 days from date of sale. This
exceptionally low rate, together with lib
eral stopover privileges allowed, should in.
sure great crowd, especially in view of the
fact that this is the most delightful season OF
the year to visit the Southland. Similar low
rates will probably be placed in effect from
points north and east of Kansas City: Ask
your ticket agent
Every effort will be made by the Company
to secure the safety and comfort of its pa
irons. All inquiries relative to desirable
locations to visit or other information will be
cheerfully furnished. Address either S. G
Warner, G. P. 4 T; A., F; E. Roesler, T. P
& /. A. or j. H. Morris, I. P. A., Kansas
City, Mo.
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AT HOME IN A HACK.
Good Listener Had No Thrilling Tales
to Relate, But He Made
n Hit.

President Roosevelt, John Borroughs,
John Muir, one or two statesmen and q
couple of cowboys were sitting around a
campfire in the west swapping anecdotes,
relates an exchange. Mr. Muir told of an en-
counter with polar bear in the Artic circle.
Mr.. Burroughs had had several exciting ex-
periences. One of the statesmen had par
ticipated in a whale hunt Both cowboys
The presidents "reminiscences included an
encounter with mountain lion and a con-
fict with grizzly. One Of the statesmen in
the party, man Of much ability, vouchsafed
no stories. Come" said the president, tell
dent and friends" replied the lawmaker,
"there are no thrilling natural history chap,
tiers in my career. Lions, indians, bears and
wild horses have never come across my path.
In fact, have never been astride horse of
any description in my life, but" he added,
solemnly, II am simply out of sight in q
hack
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HAMeLEToN1AN HISTORY.
Curious Incident of Long Accepted
Falsity of Pedigree and Name
A Bit of TURF Record.

Hambletonian was a bull-like horse
that was trained by Hiram Woodruff,
but could never develop speed equal
to mile in three minutes-3:18, to be
exact, says John Gilmer Speed, in Cen
fury, being the best mile he ever did.
AS to his pedigree. Mambrino, the grand
sire, was by Messenger; but he was
worthless, and also vicious. He could
neither run nor trot He was bred by
Louis Morris, of Westchester county,
New York, and sold to Maj William
Jones, of Cold Springs Harbor, Long Is
land. AS he was worthless and Sc
rious disappointment, Maj. Jones virtu-
ally gave him away, and he was used as
a travelling stallion at small fee. John
Treadwell, a Quaker farmer near ia
maica, Long Island, had two Conestoga,
or Pennsylvania Dutch draft mares. Out
of one Of these mares by Mambrino, was
born Abdallah. This horse was so bad
tempered that he could never be broken
to harness, but was ridden under the
saddle. He had no speed either as run
ner or trotter, not being able to do
mile in four minutes at any gait. He
had a mule-like head and ears, badly
ewed neck, and rat tail. But he was
q Messenger, despite the Conastoga
crossing, and he was sold to Kertuck-
ians for 81, 500. In less than six months
the Kentuckians repented Of their bar
gain, and sold him back to New Workers
for $500-Messrs. Simmons and Smith,
Bulls Head dealers, buying him as a
speculation. This was in 1849. No
purchaser could the spectators find at
any price, and the stallion was virtually
ing him. About this time Charles Kent
wanted new horse for his butcher wag-
on, and traded, through Alexander
Campbell, of Bulls Head, his worn-out
mare to Edmund Seeley. farmer in
Orange county, N. Y, for a steer
for butchering. This butchers mare
had originally been sold to him by
Campbell, who had obtained her in a
drove of western horses, paying $40 for
her. Her pedigree was quite unknown.
This mare is known in American
horse history as the Charles Kent mare,
and is said to be by imported Bellfound-
er She was in foal to Abdullah when
Seeley got her, and the colt became the
property of Bill Rysdyk, hired man
on Seeley's farm. Rysdyk looked around
for a name for his colt-a name which
should indicate the Messenger blood in
him. There had been in the early years
of the country famous son of Messen-
ger named Alexander Hamilton. This
horse finally became known as Bishops
Hamiltonian. In his effort to borrow
the name Rysdyk, being weak in or
biography, called his horse Rysdyk's
Hambletonian. And so he lives in his
tory-false in his pedigree as in his
name.
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DIFFICULT POINT IN ETHICS.
The Woman Who Padded Starts .
Discussion Concerning the Pro-
prieties of the Beach.

Fifty or more women in bathing cos
tune were lolling about on the beach
near one of Coney Islands best bathing
places one afternoon lately. They were
not, says the New York Sun, Of the
wayfaring kind that go down from the
city with lunch boxes, hire a bathing
dress, take their plunge and then hurry
home to supper, but were mainly guests
at hotels, cottages from Bensonhurst,
tasteful wearers of their own garments.
A smaller number of men lounged on
the sand with these women, and wait
ed for the tide to rise to good SWIM
ming depth. For those who had eyes to
see there was hosiery aplenty-blue and
red and black, open work and shut, Isle
and cotton and silk. If there was a
knee in the crowd that was concealed
by the skirt of a bathing suit it es-
capped attention.
Then young woman strolled up and
sat down to play with little girl She,
too, belonged to the fashionable throng.
Her pale blue dress was we'll cut and
fitted, her auburn hair was prettily
coiled and cared for, and when, to please
the child she prepared to go in padding,
it was a pair of silk stockings that she
laid carefully over her patent leather
ties and placed in snug corner under
the bathing pavilion.
The pretty blue skirt, held in both
hands, rose six, then seven or eight,
then, perhaps ten inches, but no more
as the edge of the waves ran gently
forward and backward about her feet
and ankles and she, apparently all un-
conscious of the sensation she was Great
ing, laughed and sported with the young
ster.
But as soon as she was seen by the
reclining men and women on the sand
a ripple of "oh's" and "my's" and did
you ever?" and For heavens sake!"
ran up and down. the adjacent beach.
Some of the women blushed and tried
not to seem to see, the frivolous gig
gled, the rest expressed their opinions au-
dibly.
1t wasn't long before the girl in blue,
looking around, found herself the OBJ
ject of so much unpleasant staring and
remark that she beat a retreat
AS she passed a group of four wom-
en- and two men, all clothed for the wa
ter, whose conversation was obviously
meant to convey to her ears their disap-
proval of her conduct, she paused and
said:
Ladies, I'm sorry to have shocked
you. But If what have done was i'm
modest, tell me why what you are doing
is modest?"
And she pointed to four sets Of stock
inged legs stretched upon the sand.
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Hailed 1t Down.

An amusing story is told OF the editor of
a go-ahead London evening newspaper, who,
in the eternal rushing to press to get
ahead of the opposition, was constantly i'm
pressing upon his reporters the necessity
for condensing all news.
A terrific boiler explosion had taken
place on board big ship lying at Ports
mouth.
Get down there as hard as you cam"
the ll:4O from London bridge you'll be
there soon after two and can Just wire
us something for the fifth edition, but boil
it down"
And the reporter went. Soon after two
o'clock that afternoon they got wire from
him.
Terrific explosion. Man-o'-war. Boiler
empty. Engineer full. Funeral to-mor.
row."-London Tit-Bits.
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of the hay carrier and putting the rods
in place.
Fig. 3 shows a satisfactory method
Of anchoring the wire cable. A post II
set in front of the door and brace run
from top of the post to the door sill.
An iron rod with long thread on it
is run through hole in the post and
the cable is attached to this rod. A nut
and washer on the rod enable the cable
to be kept tightly stretched. A slot
should be made above the door to allow
the cable to go high enough not to
prevent closing the door, Fig shows
the way wooden or steel track may be
supported outside the shed, by setting
posts and suspending the track to cross
pieces. G. Allshouse, in Ohio Farm
or
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zakElEgXNl55g (1
S TOCK'
STABLE cONvENIENCES.
How to Build a Manure Carrier to
he Used on Cable Rope or
Steel Track.

In the illustration Fig. 1, is shown a
desirable carried to be used on wire
cable or rope or wooden or steel track
for removing manure from the shed or
for other uses around the stable, that
will suggest themselves to the thought
full farmer. 1t may be made of the size
thought best suited for the use it will
be put to, and, according to size and
weight, may be pushed or drawn by
hand or singletree may be attached
to the front end and horse be used
to draw it along.
Four inch boards make box one to
two feet in depth, about three feet wide
and four feet long, although as before
mentioned, the size is optional with the
maker. The front floor of the box
should cover little less than the bottom
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al Eound 1t So.o

Mccormick, Ill.,, Sept. 2Sth.-Miss Ethel
Bradshaw, of this place, has written let
ter which is remarkable for the character
of the statements it contains. AS her letter
will be read with interest, and, probably with
profit by many women, it has been thought
advisable to publish it in part. Among other
things Miss Bradshaw says
Il had Kidney Trouble with the various
unpleasant symptoms which always come
with that disease, and have found a cure.
would strongly advise all who may be suf-
fering with any form of Kidney Complaint
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, remedy which
have found to be entirely satisfactory. >,
"This remedy is within the reach of all
and is all that it is recommended to be. L
found it So and therefore feel it my duty
to tell others about it"
DIR. Dunaway, of Benton, H., uses Dodd's
Kidney Pills in his regular practice, and
says they are the best medicine for Kidney
Troubles. He claims they will cure Diabetes
in the last stages.
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Corucob I'm Hor.e,. J.~.

A horse belonging to a Missouri man
got lump on its jaw three years ago.
Its owner had a veterinary surgeon OPP
crate on the animal the other day, and he
took out hard, smooth substance about
four inches long and an inch wide, re-
sembling white stone. Those who have
examined it say 1t is petrified corncob
The commonly accepted theory is that
the horse, while eating, got cob in its
mouth, which slowly worked its way
into his jaw until it lodged just beneath
the skin. The animal never seemed to
suffer from its presence.
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More Cause for Divorce.

"The general run of allegation in divorce
proceedings is commonplace, but sometimes
we get case in which the charges are really
amusing" remarked a man who is well
known as a member of the bar. Some time
ago" he continued, "a neat little woman
called at my Office and inquired as to how to
oo about instituting a suit for divorce against
her husband. l gave her the necessary in
formation and she placed the case in my
hands. The first charge. that she made
against her spouse was that He refused to
kneel down and say his prayers the first
night we were married, the brute! Chi
cago Chronicle.
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Eleyatins the Standard.

$50 you are to have high church we'd
ding?" asks the friend Of the beauteous
damsel who is to become midsummer
bride
yes, indeed" she admits.
at seems TO be quite the fashion now"
says the friend. Az
ayes. But papa is determined that mine
shall be a higher church wedding than any
of the others" i,
81 thought that high church was high
church, and that ended it"
"But papa has donated enough money to
the congregation to allow them to build the
,spire 50 fSSt higher Y. Tribune.
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FEED BOX FOR STABLE.

slide board (b), with peg and holes for
elevating or lowering to regulate run OF
grain from grain partition (g) to feed
partition (f). Board (b) slants % de-
grees from perpendicular. The horse
faces box (a), feeds from space O, which
serves also for feeding ear corn, roots,
ETC., when space contains grain. BY re-
moving slide (b) an ordinary feed box is
had.-M L. Birch, in Farm and Home.
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A True Portrait.

The widow was taking her first look at
the bust of her beloved husband. The clay
was still damp. pray examine it well,
madam" said the sculptor. eff there is
anything wrong l can alter it."
The widow looked at it with mixture of
sorrow and satisfaction.
at is just like him." she said, "a perfect
portrait-his large nose-the sign OF good
ness" Here she burst into tears. He was
so good! Make the nose little larger!.-
Youths Companion.
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STRAIGHT TO THE SPOT

the pain was less. He began to gain
and is to-day well boy, his life saved by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
RIDDLES MILLS, KY received the
free trial of pills. They did me great
good. Ihad bladder trouble, compelling
me to get up often during night. Now
sleep well no pain in neck of bladder;
pain in back is gone, also headache
JNo. L. HILL.
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Too Personal.

Moneybags did your banquet go
off, Banklurk?
Banklurk-Not as well as it might, you
know. The POSTMASTER called on a gentle
man who had lost an arm and leg to an 2,
swer to the toast of "Our Absent Members"
Stray Stories
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Common Ups and Downs of Life.

Lady (who is on visit to her native
town)-How is Mrs Gabb? / haven't
seen her in long time.
Hostess-She is having her usual ups
and downs.
and what may that be, I pray?"
ooh, running >up bills and running
down her neighbors. Brooklyn Life.
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FOR TIE HORSE STABLE.
How to- Make Self-Feeding Box That
Prevents an Enormous Waste
of Fodder.

BY building feed box as described
herewith, waste of feed may be prevent
ed; the feed cannot be bolted, thus it
can be thoroughly masticated. A box
24x12x10 inches is fitted with dividing
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Wisdom Of Experience.

"Why," asks Missouri paper, "does Mis-
souri, stand at the head in raising mules?
Because" replies the Paw Paw Corner
Bazoo. that is the only safe place to stand"