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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
PLENTY OF SNAKES.
IEddYville Tribune /

There seems to be an unusually plen-
tfful supply of snakes this spring, even
after allowing a wide margin for the
enlarged eyesight usually possessed by
people who see snakes. Blue racers
garter and bull snakes are too common
to be recognized. but there seems to be
an unpleasant number of the more SER
ious kind. Frank Comstock met a
spreading viper near w. A. Browns
home east of town. that was an unus-
usual big one of this species, being
over five fee. long and its head when
spread, measured about five inches
across. The reptile prepared for fight
from the start and coiled in the same
manner a rattler does when preparing
to strike. After cautious but success
full battle. Mr.. Comstock hung his
antagonist on the fence. The spread
ing viper is considered one of the most
vemonous snakes of this section, it's
bite is claimed to be fatal. Three or
four citizens discovered large water
day and loading up with an arm load
of rocks, they began a rapid fusilade
upon 1t. 1t did not seem to discomfort
the snake for ii made a rush for the
bank where the party were standing
and prepared for a fight, when a well
aimed rock sent it to its corner. He
was about four feet long, stump tailed
and about as bad looking actor as
one would care to meet,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
aCAPv TYRRErs RIDE.

cap" Tyrrel, whose operations in the
Texas oil fields have made him a mill
ionaire. is one of the Oldest settlers OF
northern Iowa and IS known and liked
al! over the north central section of the
state. Tyrrel had grown rich in land
and cattle before he took up the oil
speculation, which has been so profita-
BILE to him, and had bought calves and
steers of half the farmers In Wright.
Franklin and Humboldt counties. The
stories of his pranks and practical
Jokes are innumerable, but until now
one Of the most laughabie has never
been told In print.
Old residents of Bows will recall the
time when cap" Tyrrel, now the mill
icnaire oil king, kept hotel and Doc"
Frisbee. nowof Alden, practiced medicine
ii the village of Otisville upon the site
OF which the city of Bows has been
built. Everybody was poor and happy
in those days and Cap" was on an
equality financially with his neighbors.
He has grown rich since, but his social
equality has continued without change
Frisbee and Tyrrel were great friends
and practical jokers, and cap" had
frequently suffered from Docs" ten
dency to this form of fun. AS the sum-
mer drew on and the weather grew sui
try the hotel man innocently proposed
10 the physician that they go swim
ming. He said cleanliness was dining
room girl in the hotel of piety and an
inferno in the temple of medicine: that
comfort as well as common sense and
gested that they keep c.ean.
They went to the river on horseback
and at Caps" suggestion raced horses
home This continued each evening for
q week until the horses had grown ac-
customed to the daily contest and broke
for home at full speed when either rider
yelled Col" One evening Cap" ap-
peared clad in overalls and a hickory
shirt. After the regular swim he sug-
gested to Doc" that the horses should
be taken into the water and washed
Said 1t WAS shame they hadn't
thought of this before AMI asserted that
horses had feelin's the same as any
body" Doc" stripped again ami
raounted his horse. Cap declined to
strip. He said he didn't care if his
,Heralls and hickory shirt did get wet
he was going to change any way. They
swan the horses thru the deeper places
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
MORE FLOOD LIES.
tMontezuma Republican.


Clarence Ballard was up from his
Mahaska possessions Saturday. He
says that the North Skunk has beer
highe. than ever before known, but the
damage resulting from the water was
confined largely to crops on the bottom
lands. He said that he saw a corn
planter that had been left in low
field floating around and was surprised
at this and proceeded to make an in
vestigation. He rode horse out in the
water and when near the planter dis
covered n big mud turtle sitting in the
seat driving a couple of large catfish
that 1t had hitched to the machine.
Not far away was a disk harrow plow-
ing its way thru the mud and water
and this was drawn by a couple of
buffalo fish. and large builfrog was
doing the driving act. Clarence is of
the opinion that the field will be in
good condition for planting as he
thought a pretty good job of cultivat-
ing was being done. He says that he
saw q large sucker floating around in
the boughts of a tree and fox squirrel
sitting on an adjacent limb barking
at il.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
SHALL WE TRY RANkIN,s pLAN7

The Honorable A. c. Rankin, well
known to republican audiences for the
past fifteen years as a campaign orator,
has just completed week Of exhorta-
ton In Marshalltown in the work of
organizing the state in support of his
propaganda for state constabulary to
enforce the liquor laws of Iowa. The
system is not a new one, altho new in
its application to Iowa. Massachusetts
has wrestled with a state constabulary
with more or less varying success
South Carolina was compelled to insti-
tute one TO protect its state monopoly of
states there are constabularies now in
successful operation for the enforce
ment of various laws. such as state
bank examiners. oil inspectors, mine in
spectors. factory inspectors, ETC.. but
the use of the system 10 enforce laws
that are SO contrary to local public SEN
timent, as prohibitory law is In many
communities, has not proved success
In any conspicuous incident.
Rankin, himself. imprssses one as
wonderfully sincere as well as able man.
As temperance lecturer he is a sue
cess, because he is at once practical in
his views and tolerant of those who do
not agree with him. HIS plea for the
enforcement of the law without regard
10 what that law may be is a captivat-
ing one. No right-mindea man will OPP
pose a plan for the enforcement of law.
and hence Rankin's proposition is
bound to win respect ana attention.
Likewise his charges against the evils
OF the liquor traffic are well founded
ard true in the eyes OF most every man.
There is. today, a far greater public
sentiment in Iowa against the evils of
the open saloon than there ever was In
the days of prohibition. Men, who have
signed petitions for mulct saloons i'm
their home towns, have begun to doubt
the wisdom of their action With two
barkeepers for each saloon at 81 1900 per
year, tax of $1,000, rent of $1,000, pro-
prietor's profit of S2,Oob. and lights.
heat political expenditures end inc.den-
tails of $1,000. each saio1tl has fxeh
annual expense of $1,000 at the loves.
estimate. 1t must sell at retail at leas
$4,000 worti of liasor per year to pay
these Axe fharges. Marshalltown has
twenty 5ee saloons, which must take
in s27F OF. the peoples money every
year, sy nothing of the public costs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
and came out at the ford and into the

and came out at the ford ana into the
road.
AS they struck the highway Tyrrel
yelled like an Indian and the race for
home was on Docs" pleadings We're
drowned by the wild vociferations OF
the future millionaire and the Tapping
of Tyrrel's straw hat upon the back OF
the physicians flying steed. AS they
neared the village his shrieks called out
the entire population, who watched the
spectacle in blushng and shamefaced
horror. Down the main street they tore.
Doc" naked as Godiva, but lacking her
wealth of hair, and Car riding like
Nemesis at his horses launches. Frs-
bee had ceased to plead and was hand
riding his horse with all his might for
the shelter of his barn, which he finally
from behind the barn door for his wife
to Bring bed quilt" The doctor was
furnished his covering and next day
mutual agreement between the two
principals confined their practical jokes
to others. Both men have left the vi
cinity of their earlier exploits. but there
are still many residents Of Dows who
VIII choke when he, or she, recalls their
Wild ride thru Otisyille.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Windrow Wisdom
+ suaaestions and Short Communica-
tions From Farmers and of Interest
to Farmers Are Solicited for This
Column.
THE mlLLETs.
Pearl MilIet, of PencIlaria, Best Ad
anted for Moist Soils,

apSeQ TOR MOlSI SOiIS.
The necessity of planting some late
forage crops to take the place of field
crops destroyed by floods has turned
the general attention of farmers to the
millets There is much confusion in
regard to the names of millets, some
varieties passing under several diff
ferent names. and u given name often
applied TO several different varieties.
The FoXtail millets are group that
are characterized by a compact head.
The common, Hungarian, German and
Golden Wonder mlllets are the most
common OF this class. The Barnyard
millets have an open head like the COM
mon barnyard grass. from which they
We're probably derived. There are sew
eral varieties of these.
The common millet Is the most relia-
BILE does best on ordinary soils. and
makes the best hay. The German mil
let Yields heavier on moist, rich soils,
but will not do so we'll on poor, dry
land. II makes a coarse hay. To pro-
duce forage to feed out green. 1t is de-
siral,le. Hungarian millet makes a
finer hay than German, and on good
soils produces more than common mill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Creamery Associations.
Earnar's Rn1-iam

In New Zealand the secretaries of the
creameries have formed an organiza
ton and have held an institute. The
suggestion contained in the formation
OF this organization will doubtless be
acted upon elsewhere and will result
in a closer drawing together of these
interests. In this country the creamery
managers doubtless hold about the
same relative relation to the creameries
that the secretaries do in New leland
1t certainly would be step in advance
IL the managers of creameries could get
together once in a while and hold an
institute. 1t should result in decided
Improvement of the service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Irvine and Wool.

The jamestown. On. Y.) wooden mills
have warned the farmers in Indiana
against the practice of binding wool
in bundles with binder twine The fib-
ers of the twine catch the wool and
they cannot be separated wholly and
what can be accomplished incurs an
expense of from one-half cent to a
cent pound, which must be deducted
from the price of the wool. Another
reason for the disadvantage of bind IL
twlne fiber in the wool is that being OF
vegetable nature instead of animal, it
will not take the dyes in the same way.
They advise farmers to use only soft
WOODEN string in tying their bundles Of
wool, and say that eastern manufact-
urers of cloth are organizing to protect
themselves against Indiana wool
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Catch crops.

In every locality where sorghum can
be grown it should be given attention
this season. The use of sorghum as a
forage crop means that any hay that is
on the farm may be safely sold and this
year it will bring high price Kaffir
corn is also an excellent crop to SOW in
late seasons and anyone who can grow
corn can grow this species without
trouble. While its feeding value is
not so great as that of Indian corn it
is an excellent feed and can be kept for
late winter season feeding. while the
sorghum must be fed early. Valuable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Called Shoulders.

The heavy work season of the farm
nearly always occasions CALLED or sore
shoulders of work horses. Here is a
simple and cheap way to prevent this !:
Take an ordinary sweat pad and cover
the surface next to the shoulder with
white, soft oilcloth. Be very careful
to have 1t put on very smooth, without
any wrinkles or Jumps on it's surface.
The cover is put on by neatly sewing
1t with strong thread, so that it will
not become displaced. The trouble
with the horses shoulders in this re-
spect is caused by sweating. and as
the oilcloth presents a cool, dry sur
face and does not hold the dampness
as leather or cloth does, it prevents
the shoulders from becoming sore in
almost every instance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
TOPICS OF The
TIMES = = =

Marian Warner Wlidman, whose
Not His the Silence" will be one of tbs
verse features of the July Century, wor
the Century's 1898 prize OF $3.50 for tho
best metrical writing submitted thai
year by any college graduate of 1897
Miss Wildman is an alumna of Western
Reserve University, and her present
residence is Norwalk, Ohio.
A patent storm code has been placed
with every schoolhouse in a Jasper
county township. A Des Moines firm
holds the patent. Next in order is a
patent collapsible cave TO be carried in
the pocket for emergencies.
An adaptable rural mail carrier al
Carroll has been making a portion OF
his route by train. The bridges along
his route across the Coon river had been
washed away. The carrier, John Mas
tiers, carried the portion OH the one side
of the river and returning 10 Carroll
took the train to Glidden, whence he
made the remainder of The route. The
incident is significant in showing how
wei, man on an annual salary of $500
may do work worth double the amount
of his stipend. The average rural car
rier is worth $3.50 per year.
A Grundy county teacher, Miss Myr-
tie Lillibridge, of No. 6 district, Pleas
ant Valley, does not allow an ordinary
cyclone to interfere with her duties. A
recent storm moved the schoolhouse off
its foundations. but the class and Miss
went right along with the
recitation that was in progress. The
storm never touched them
The Rockford high school graduating
class is unique in It's composition. There
are seven young men in the class and
but three girls.
A new game is going The rounds OF
social gatherings. Guests ara
provided with pads and pencils and
then turned loose to guess as to what
made familiar In advertisements, be-
long. The pictures are displayed with
out any reading matter as key, but
as usual thing fully Is per cent are
guessed without any difficulty, which
goes to prove that everybody reads the
attractive ads" There was the bald
headed chewing gum man, the bear
which runs like a dog, the Woman with
flowing locks, the girl with the straight
front the kid" with t!le smile which
won't come of, the man who adapted
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12

! let but it will not resist drouth like
! the latter. The Japanese millets are
scarcely distinguishable from the Ger
man. Pearl millet is one of the largest
and most vigorous growing sorts when
sown on rich, moist land. 1t has been
reintroduced to the public time and
again under different names. and
claimed TO be u new acquisition. Pen
cillaria and Wonder grass are among
its newer names.
The milIets will not do their best
either in a heavy clay or loose sand,
but prefer a loamy soil They are sur
face feeders and require readily avail
able food in the surface layer of the
soil The seeds are small. and the
Young plants start slowly at first
Hence it is desirable that the land be
thoroughly worked to lberate plant
food and to bring the seed bed into "A
fine condition Ii the land can be plow-
ed some time before seeding, so as to
allow the sub-surface soil to become
settled and somewhat compacted so as
TO bring UP moisture from below while
the surface is being fined by frequent
narrowing the conditions Will be favor
able Tor quick and satisfactory start.
The usual time for sowing millets is
during the months of May and June.
The smaller varieties intended for
hay making, are sown broadcast and
lightly narrowed in. If the soil is quite
dry. the land should be rolled. Two or
three pecks of seed per acre should be
sown of the Foxtail varieties. and one
or two pecks of the Barnyard sorts
Heavy seeding secures finer hay. Pearl
and other large growing sorts may be
sown in drills and intertilled to good
advantage if the object is to produce
a large yield of coarse fodder. The
poorer the land the more seed should
be sown, as on such land the plants
do not stool as on richer soil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Homeseekers' Excursions.

The Iowa Central Railway has re-
established it's "homeseekers' rates" to
Minnesota. North Dakota, Montana. Id
aho, Washington and Oregon, in addi-
ton to points in the west and south
west. south and southeast. These APP
ply on the first and third Tuesdays of
April, May and June, 1908, and are the
exceedingly low rates of one fare plus
50 for the round trip, limited 81 days
from date of sale. For full particulars
inquire of any Iowa Central ticket
agent. or address, A. b. Cults, G. p. &
RI A MINNEAPOLIS MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
THE sERyIAN COUP o. ETAT.

When the news of the wholesale muir
der Of government flashed from Ser
via yesterday the world took time to
read the details OF the assassination
more from curiosity thsn sympathy,
There was no general expression of
the men and women murdered in their
beds. No universal shudjer ran around
the world as when Mckinley was shot
down at Buffalo when Garfield fell on
the steps of railroad station or when
Lincoln fell before an assassin's bullet
at Ford's Theater. To 4 great number
of people more or less conversant with
Servian history and the character of
its rulers there seemed no call upon
their sympathies other than the natu-
raj human horror of crime. A greater
number knew little of the Servian mon
archy and less of It's individual rulers.
Considered as individuals or as rul-
ers neither Alexander Tor Draga had
earned the right to be remembered with
was vile and sordid- AS a ruler Alex
ander was incapable. cruel and greedy
Of power Draga. lax OF virtue and in
solent She had done mental service in
the household of King Milan before she
became the queen of his son. Their
personal qualities We're such as to make
them despised. their lack of kingly at
tributes so pronounced as to make them
hated of their people. The end Of it all
came as it had come to Servian kings
many times before in assassination.
governing and being governed. The
monarchy of Servia is less a govern
ment than political pawn upon the
diplomatic chessboard of Europe. What
the reorganization of the monarchical
family and the proclamation of the old
constitution may mean In the game now
In progress on the Balkan peninsula is
to be developed. That the coup detat
was sprung without the hidden sympa-
thy and possibly the secret aid of other
powers is scarcely to be credited.
Servia lies in southern Europe, touch
ing boundaries with Rnumania, Bull |
garia, the Turkish province of Albania I
and Austria. 1t lacks IN elementary
education and in industries. II is land
of mountains and mountaineers, of
ignorance and brigandage It's people
are mainly Serbs of the Greek church,
tho the Mohammedan Albanians, who
oyerran Servia while 1t remained under
Turkish domination, are numerous and I
strong. The system of communities or
homesteads under a head man obtains
AZ in Russia and the united produce of
the homestead is divided among the
heads of families by the head man of
the community. The history of its rul-
ers is one of mismanagelnent and ulti-
mate assassination. Az country ii has
no moral right to existence and were
1t not for political and diplomatic rea-
sons would long ago have been blotted
of the atlas of the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Horses In Demand

With the coming of summer and the
approach of the dull season of the year
for the regular market, attention is
turned to western horse traffic. Much
talk is heard at the barns in regard to
the possibilities and probabilities of the
year and already arrangements are be-
ing made for it. The season will be
much later than usual, however. and
it will be at least month before the
first sale will be held. The horses on
the range have come thru the winter
thin in flesh and as grass is backward
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
a Serious Mistake.

E. C. Dewitt & Co. is the name of the
firm which makes the genuine witch
Hazel Salve. DeWitt's is the Witch
Hazel Salve that heals without leaving
a scar. 1t is serious mistake to use
any other. DeWitt's Witch Hazel SalvA
cures blind. bleeding, itching and pro-
truding piles, burns, bruises, eczema.
and all skin diseases. Sold by all Drug
giStS,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

They are having warm time a;
Charles City over the question OF NOV :
ling the hitching posts from the front OF
the business houses and the farmers
threaten to go to some other town TO
trade. The Cedar Rapids Gazette adj
vises Charles City peopla not to move
the hitching posts but put up more of
them. There is nothing that adds to the
attractiveness of a city so much as
some fence rails extended whole block
cn the top of fence posts. where horses
are left standing. fighting flies, for
seven or eight hours at time"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12

as these crops are it must be remem-
bered that to get the best results from
them the land must be prepared quite
as well as for corn. If one has had no
experience with sorghum or Kaffir corn
this is q good season to try tnem. Rape
can also be used to advantage as a
catch crop. For combination root and
catch crop nothing is better, especially
for sheep, than turnips They can be
seeded late on rich soil. sowing the seed
at the rate of one and one half pounds
per acre, broadcast. for q catch crop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Christian Scientists.

meeting in Boston. June 2Sth-July LIST
1t will be to your advantage to obtain
rates applying over the Nickel Plate
Road before purchasing elsewhere. No
excess fare charged on any of our
trains. Tickets on sale June 20, 26 and
81 Final return limit August LIST. Call
on or address John Y. Callahan, general
agent, 113 Adams street. room 29S, Chi
cago for particulars as to stopovers,
train service, etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Don't Use Scrub sires.

Let the scrub stallion alone. Dom
breed even the commonest plug of q
mare to him-don't breed that kind t.
anything. The day of thescrub has
gone by. He is a back number His
progenitor, the scrub stallion should be
made into gelding and will as soon as
breeders refuse to patronize him. And
beware of the scrub with a long pedi-
sree--He is the most dangerous of all
a scrub bull, a scrub stallion or Il scrub
anything else is and always will be out
of place in stock breeding, no matter
what his ancestry
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12

A faded out. care worn woman of 40,
with a spruce up-to-date husband,
should take Rocky Mountain Tea.
Brings back that youthful, girlish beau
ty Keeps the old man from going to
the lodge. 35 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12

The Grundy Republican declares that
iowa farmers are not in such bad
shape as some of the calamity dis
patches would have Us believe. In
Grundy county the farms are in good
shape. very few acres being implanted
before the wet spell began. The grain
is looking fine and the corn is going
to be knee high by July 4. Don't get
scared for a few days yet"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-12
Cuts, Bruises and Burns Quickly
Analad

Chamberlains Pain Balm is an anti
septic liniment. and when applied to
cuts, bruises and burns causes them to
heal without maturatiou and much
more quickly than by he usual treat
ment. For sale by all druggists.