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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
METHODIST EDUCATIONAL WORK.

The statistical summary of the an
nual report Of the secretary of the
board of education Of the M. u. church
shows something OF the volume OF ed
ucational work being carried on by this
great church. They maintain twenty
two theological schools, fifty-two COL
leges and universities, tifty-three Gas
steal Summaries and nine institutions
exclusively for women. and one normal
university. The value of the grounds
and buildings Of these various institu-
tions is more than $23,000,000 and they
have a total endowment Of little less
than $20,OO0,00O. Besides these, enor-
nous amounts of money as gifts and
legacies pour into the treasures Of the
institutions to be used In the way its
boards may see fit. This added to the
tuition of the students furnishes q
good working capital. Three thousand
five hundred professors and instructors
are employed and 52,602 compose the
student body.
The wisdom of maintaining so large
a number Of schools by the Methodist
church has been doubled by certain OF
its leaders. Most Of these colleges and
universities started as conference SEM
inaries and have grown with the
growth of the church. II the Metho-
dists Of Iowa, for instance, would get
together and establish one central uni
versity and reduce all the others to the
position Of feeders or close them up,
better advantages might be offered and
better results attained at saving to
the church. None, however, would be
willing to close their doors until some
thing was sufficiently under way to
promise good success. And yet, in this
day Of GENERALIZATION, this would seem
the wise thing to do. In Iowa the
Methodist church maintains six COL
leges, besides its seminaries. Their in
terests are all one. These six colleges
are all now an honor to the state, but
to have one great university and five or
six seminaries would be far better. 1t
would be pride to the state, and could
be made to equal or outrank any uni
versity in the west.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
MAKING SOFT WOODS HARD.

Much interest attaches to series of
experiments now being made by the
bureau Of forestry Of the agricultural
department at washington to deter
mine the best grade Of creosote oil for
use in preserving wood. The railroad
companies are perhaps more interested
than any others because of the bear
ing the experiments have on the OUT
lay for cross ties. Telegraph and tel
ephone companies. electric light con-
Germs and all others who make use OF
wooden poles are also interested. And
not the least interested Of all Is the
farmer, whose outlay for fence posts
in this age Of wire fences is consider
able. When those woods which be-
cause OF their nature resisted decay
were plentiful, little thought was given
to the matter Of preservative treat
ment. Time was when, in many Sec
tions, walnut timber was plentiful.
Worm fences laid with walnut rails
were no uncommon sight couple of
decades ago in Iowa end Illinois states,
and they were practically proof against
decay. Even ground calls which lay on
the surface Of the ground for years
showed little signs CT decay. When
wire fences first came into vogue, many
of these old walnut rails were made
into fence posts, and some Of them are
still standing where they have stood
for a decade. But no one thinks of
making walnut timber into rails or
costs these days. One Is lucky to be
able to purchase few pieces of furni-
ture covered with thin veneer Of real
walnut now. The man who has en-
ough walnut trees to make sufficient
quantity of rails to enclose a ten acre
lot has a small fortune within his
grasp. Then there was chestnut,
which also strongly resisted decay. But
chestnut rails and chestnut posts are
now becoming rare Even oak is an
expensive material for fence posts In
many localities, an6 practically be-
yond reach as . material for
railroad ties. In view Of this
growing, scarcity Of woods which nat
urally resist the action OF the elements,
attention has been turned to processes
for treating woods which naturally de-
cay quickly SO az to make them more
durable. In the search for preserva-
tive nothing has as yet been found
quite Sc satisfactory as creosote. which
is itself distillation Of wood tar. The
treatment with pure creosote is simply
ting the wood with a large
quantity Of that property which exists
in all wood. and to which all wood
owes it's power to resist decay. Greco
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

clearness the evolution Of fitness, influ-
enced Mr.. Osborn to write OF period
in natural history which he finds of
singular fascination. The Illustrations,
it is said, will be of special interest.
that Mrs. Chadwick was obliged to
use in order to gain her ends seems to
be that she had induced a Scotchman
to sign note.
The movement eliminating in the as
a sudden one, as is indicated by sew
eral recent articles in the Russian
press. One Of these is a communica-
ton from a professor in the Kiev Uni
versity to the "St. Petersburg Pravo,"
in which the writer says: IF the gov
eminent wishes the confidence of the
people, then invite the freedom OF the
press, and the zemstvos must be given
the possibility of activity. All the
measures which have characterized the
ltlSl Ten years 1lluSL SOOll ITS pOSSlDle Dc
done away and forgotten, although 1t
will not do to return to the reforms
OF the eos. In the creation of the
zemstvos the government took only the
first step toward a more general re-
form, and since then the zemstvos have
never ceased to speak of the necessity
for their participation in legislative
work of the state. What we need are
not reforms. but a reform: especially
the admission of representative ele-
ments in the work of legislation. A
is also needed"
She-Dearest, We'll have lot to con-
tend with when we are married.
He (absently)-Yes. We'll have each
other.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
During the Investigation of the to-
bacco trust it might be well to find
out what the average nickel cigar is
made from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
Topics Of the Times

Now that General Kuropatkin has
been appointed to supreme command
in Manchuria it is probable that he will
find it advisable to cancel his Christ
mas engagement at Toxic.
80
The artillery forces at Fort Riley are
experimenting with new shell fitted
with what is known as the semple ira
Ger. The tracer is a small cylinder at
the base of the. shell, filled with a
composition which is ignited by the
discharge of the gun. In burning, ii
traces the trajectory Of the, shell from
the gun, to the point of fall. 1t fur
nishes a quick means of determining
range at night. Travelling at about g.
900 feet second, the shells had the
appearance Of comets. At the point of
fall the tracer left the shell and shot
straight up into the air, about 100 feet
and then, turning all aglare, shot to
the ground like shooting star, over
the spot where the shell had struck.
sas
Amateur Sportsman say, did I hit
anything that time?
Gamekeeper-I thing, not, sir. There
worn't nothing in sight but the birds,
sir.-Judge.
A Cedar Rapids girl, who signs her.
self B. M. Bower, appears with story
in the Popular Magazine for January.
The magazine, by the way, while not
Of high literary class, fills a need for
readable fiction Of the lighter class and
bids fair to prove it's title to its name.
Football is frightfully cruel sport
said the first fair one.
Eyes," replied the girl in the ostrich
feathers, "just think how many inno-
cent little pigs must be slaughtered for
their horrid balls!"-New York Trib-
une.
A valuable chapter in the history Of
evolution Is contributed to the Janu-
ary Century by Henry Fairfield Os-
born, Da Costa Professor of Zoology in
Columbia University and curator in
the American Museum Of Natural His
tory, dealing with Ichthyasours. AL
most simultaneously discoveries in
America, in central Wyoming, and Eu-
rope, illustrating with remarkable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
TERMS:
The PICTURES Of A CRIME.

Two Photographic reproductions OF
the battle ground at Port Arthur as
published in the New York Tribune OF
Sunday show something of the horrible
nature of conditions that exist in all
warfare, but are accentuated and ex-
aggerated at Port Arthur. One OF these
pictures shows Thirty Minute trench.
A hundred yards from the redoUbt oc-
cupjed by the Russians the unburied
Japanese dead lie in windrows at the
foot of the glacis, their bodies twisted
and tortured into fantastic shapes by
the forces of decomposition and pois-
oning the air with the dreadful stencil
of dead humanity. The post takes Its
name from the necessity Of changing
Its defenders every half hour because
of this intolerable odor. The other
picture shows a side hill after an at
tack by Russians to regain a lost po-
sition. The dead lie literally in heaps.
The wounded are writing in the SEMI
consciousness Of torture. Two mere
boys lie dead where they have crawled
to die in each others arms. Perhaps
they were brothers. Everywhere IS
sudden death and h,tddled heaps OF
shapeless clothing that were living
men an hour before. The pictures
are too horrible for publication, were
1t not for the lesson they bring and
the sentiment they must create. They
are missionaries Of peace.
The story OF the latest assault on
Port Arthur is a tale OF midnight in the
jungle. Of tigerish felocity and blood
thirst. The opposing forces gripped
each other by the throat like beasts In
a death grapple, stabbed one another
with bayonets, and blew their enemies
and themselves into atoms with dyna-
mite hand grenades. AS an exhibition
of the contempt in which men may
hold life, it was the greatest since
Balaclava or the Bloody Angle. Back
of it all, perhaps was the sentiment of
patriotism that brought the opposing
armies face to face. but the instincts
that stormed and those that defended
203- Meter Hill were those of the jungle
and not Of civilization.
There is current Of public opin-
ion growing more noticeable as the
years go by and wars grow more in
frequent. that condemns and depre-
Gates slaughter. Glory is gradually
taking second place to humanity. Men
are Mortified more than enthused by
accounts Of desperate charges and
the carnage of battlefelds. Pictures
like those referred to that bring the
actualities of the battlefield into our
homes appear to belong to the morgue
more than to the peaceful refinement
OF the f1reside. but they teach the
lesson that war is murder and bat
tlefield u crime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
RECTOR OF ST. LukEe.
Ashburnham, Ontario, Testifiies to the
Good Qualities of ChamberIain's
Coouoh RepoaJv

Asbburnham, Ont, April Is, 1901
thlnk 1t is only right that l should tell
you what wonderful effect Chamber
laln's Cough Remedy has produced.
The day before Easter / was so dis
tressed with a cold and cough that I
did not think to be able to take any
duties the next day, as my voice was
almost choked by the cough. The same
day | received an order from you for
bottle of your cough remedy. at
once procured sample bottle, and took
about three doses of the medicine. To
my great relief the cough and cold had
completely disappeared, and l was able
to preach three times on Easter day.
l know that this rapi dand effective
cure was due to your cough remedy. i
make this testimonial without solicita-
ton, being thankful to have found such
a God-sent remedy. Respectfully
yours, e. A. Langfeldt, M. A., Rector of
ST. Lukes church. To Chamberlain
Medicine Co.
This remedy is for sale by all drug
giSts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
TRUE TO LIFE.
rTama Herald

It isn't all happiness for the farmer
who retires and comes to town to
spend his declining days in ease and
leisure. He finds after he has lived in
own few days OF weeks that his
thoughts are constantly back on the
farm. He wants to go out and look at
the stock or prune the fruit trees.
He finds with surprise that the life of
a townsman is not the unalloyed pleas
ure he thought 1t would be. He learns
that a few minutes sitting on dry goods
boxes and swapping stories, with his
numerous neighbors pals on his taste
and that the subjects Of conversation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
Beware Of counterfeits.

"DeWitt's is the only genuine Witch
Hazel Salve," writes j. l.. Tucker, OF
Centre, Ala. Il have used it in my
family for piles, cuts and burns for
years and can recommend 1t to be the
best salve on. the market. Every fam
lily should keep 1T, as it is an Invaluable
household remedy, and should always
be kept on hand for immediate use.''
Mrs. Samuel Gage, of North Bush, N.
Y, says: II had a fever gore on my
ankle for twelve years, that the doc
tors could not cure. All salves and
blood remedies proved worthless.
could not walk for over two years
Finally was persuaded to try De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which has
completely cured me. 1t is won
derful relief" DeWitt's Witch Hazel
salve cures without leaving scar
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

are soon exhausted. This is not true
in all cases but Is in many. We
know of one retired farmer who fairly
hunts for chances to go out to the old
home place and do some chores that he
would have rebeiled against before he
came to town to live. One of them
went one day this week and brought
in a load of chickens. We never saw
him on n load of poultry in the days
when his home was on the farm. 1t is
an illustration of the fact that 1T is
hard to tear loose from the old moor
lnss and that the average man is
happier doing his usual work until the
night comes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
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IOWA NEWS ITEMS


DOESN'T FIT IN IOWA.
IDavennort namncrat

The suicide of young Iowa girl,
While her lover lay sleeping with his
lead in her lap, suggests that the ha-
bit Of the father of the family in fir
ing the young man promptly on the
troke of 10, has its uses. Any swain
Who stays so long that ne worries the
girl to death, doesn't fit into any social
liche in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
Head About to Burst From Severe
Bilious Attack.

"I had a severe bilious attack and
felt like my head was about to burst
when I got hold Of a free sample Of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's. I took dose Of them after sup
per and the next day felt like a new
man and have been feeling happy ever
since" says Mr.. ]. w. Smith Of Juliff,
'cexas. For biliousness, stomach trou-
bles ard constipation these tablets have
no equal. Price Is cents. For sale by
all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

taking Fole.y's Kidney Cure, then the
result was surprising. A few doses
started the brick dust like fin. stones
and now / have no pain across my kid
neys and I feel like new mar. 1t has
done me a $1,000 worth Of gool Sold
by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
WINNING IS WASTING.

mason City Times-Heralu.I
There are plenty Of enterprises
awaiting the willing young man. But
fortunes cannot be accumulated In
few weeks and the fact that one la
bored yesterday is no reason why one
should not toll today. 1t Is world OF
incarnation by work. And while
wealth making is one Of the prin-
cipal occupations In life and rightly
so, Ii is not all there is Of life. The
demagogue breaches the solidarity
and Infinite consequences Of wealth,
ard many of his disciples are simple
enough to believe and follow. But
his path leads only to oblivion. The
mere possession of wealth is nothing.
It is only means to an end. Unless
employed with intelligence and dis
cretion 1t will prove curse instead
Of q blessing. The man who fails to
get wisdom and understanding while
he Is going along in the years Of q
successful business career will discover
at the end Of his life that he has lived
to no purpose and has wasted a Cod
given opportunity spanning the vast
period of q life time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
Mothers, be Careful

or the health OF your children. Look
out for coughs, colds, Group and
whooping cough. Stop them in time
One Minute Cough Cure Is the best
remedy. Harmless and pleasant. Sold
bv all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
THE PRICE OF POWER

lOCleyQan EESSS.l
The tariff question, the solution OF
which has been an important factor III
the success of republicans, is still at
the. front, but has a new element. Fro
lection Is endorsed, but the question or
over protection has been raised and
has come to be one that cannot be
ignored without danger. 1t cannot be
denied that reciprocity is in the AIR.
Mckinley's suggestion that policy OF
exrlusiyeness in trade II continued will
be our hurt, expresses very general
conviction which must be taken into
account. The republican party came
into power because it represented the
convictions Of the majority. 1t con-
tDued in power because 1t had the
courage and sagacity to act efficiently
under those convictions. Its further
continuance depends upon continued
exhibition of the same loyalty to the
people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
A Thousand Dollars Worth Of Good.

A. H. Thurnes, well known coal
operator Of Buffalo. o., writes, II have
been afflicted with kidney and bladder
trouble for years, passing gravel or
stones with excruciating pain. got
no relief from medicines until began
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing Rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use Of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
Tor its wonderful cures of the most dis
tre.sing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent. and one-dollar sizes:
You may have sample bottle and
book that tells all EE-
aboutit, bothsent free III e as:s::5se
by mail. Address DR.. "! Il:
Kil1ner, s. Co, Bing azAAsss1sssaa
;hanton, N. Y, When Homo Of SWAMP Root
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and
+,,e address, Finghamton, N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

There is one rational way 70 treat
nasal catarrh: The medicine is applied
direct to the affected membrane The
remedy is Ely's Cream Balm. 1t restores
the infamed tissues to healthy state
without drying all the life out of them
and it gives back the lost senses Of
taste and smell. The sufferer who is
tired Of vain experiments should USE
Cream Balm. Druggists sell /. for so
cents. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren street,
New York, will mail it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

will Cotton nd the confidence of the
people but he was rotten at the core
for long time" moralizes the Wash
ington Gazette. "The devil never
picks a man up and dumps him over
board in one day. He gets him to go
wrong O little at a time. 1t Is still true
that mans sins will eventually find
him out"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It
How TO Find Gu

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours !;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

cope with ma
tn r q r 1uto
com es direct
from the springs
to you-always
reliable. aiways
the same.
foo. 26o. 800.
M 0Pu0 Stores.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

A kidney or bladder trouble can all
ways be cured by using Foley's Kidney
Cure in time. Sold by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

q sedinentor set
tlingindicatesall
unhealthy con-
dition of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it il
evidence of kid
ney trouble toe
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back ia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

90 you needn't fear getting
= substitute, there is none.
Modernst invention can't
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

ossdsd 81 the Springs only, snd owned exclu-
ADssly By the FRENCH LICK SPRINGS HOTEL CO..
~. i1AGyark losee'k Rrssoh Laek, Lsdlase,
ION THE MoMoN."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. j
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city Of Toledo. County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of catarrl
that cannot be cured by the use o.
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in nv presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
rSeaI1 Notorary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.. ;.
Sold by all Druggists, Csc.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
Don't be imposed upon by taking
substitutes offered for Foleys Honey
and Tar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
THESE BOOKS ARE ALMOST FREE
MCDONALD & MAHoop.

and
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a
TIMES.REPUBLICAN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

Replying to the suggestion of the
T.-R. that if the wages of Iowa rural
teachers were raised sufficiently to
make them f-supporting their rush
into matrimony might be stayed. the
Davenport Democrat says: Perhaps,
but not likely. They would give up
sso-job for SIS man just as cheer
fully as tho they were half paid. It is
nature and instinct
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13

The Cedar Falls Gazette asserts
that the politician who has failed to
note the tendency of the people to-
ward tariff revision and who rests
with feeling of security upon the
theory. LET we'll enough Alone" has
made the error of his life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-04-27
Selecting and Preparing Seed Corn

There has not in many years exist
ed such widespred interest and
apprehension concerning the quality
of seed corn in Iowa, as exists this
year. Never before have farmers
and grain dealers been SO fully alive
to the importance Of this subject.
Due attention to the selection and
planting of seed for the seasons
crop will very readily enhance the
value of the crop by many millions
of dollars. The Agronomy Depart
ment of the Iowa State College has
been making a careful study and
investigation Of the entire subject of
com production and a bnlletin on
Selecting and Preparing Seed Corn
is now being sent out that will prove
most timely and helpful. The
information given in this bulletin
will be Of great practical value to
the corn growers of Iowa. The
publication is profusely illustrated
and the subject of selection and i'm
provement of corn is treated in a
most interesting and instructive
manner. The bulletin is for free
distribution to the farmers of Iowa
and copies may be had by address
ing @. F. Curtiss, Director of the
Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa.