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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
Tho Partially of Travellers.

VN0 TdTstAIIsy "
Experienced travellers are partial to
the New York Central lines, and their
experience accounts for their partial
ity. The time is h fastest; h par
lor, sleeping and dining car service
unsurpassed; the motive power and
roadbed Of the highest standard Of ex-
cellence. Safety. speed and comfort
are the watchwords Of the New York
Central lines and that they are made
good Is sufficient aso for the pop
ularity Of that great railway system
of America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
Newspaper. Of the World.

It has been calculated that, taking
the population Of the whole world,
there is one newspaper to every 81
900 persons. The United States sup
port IL, 500 newspapers, of which 1000
are dailies, these being round figures.
Germany has $500 journals, of which
500 are daily. England takes second
place in the European record with g.
900 newspapers, of which 500 are daily.
France has nearly the same number
namely, 2,s19-but of these only a
fourth appear daily or twice or thrice
a week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
excursion Rates for the Holidays,

Via the Northwestern line. Excursion
tickets will be sold at reduced rates
December "a, %. 26, 81 and January
and 2. good returning until and includ-
ing January 4, 1905, to points on the
Northwestern line. including =. 81. r
M. & O. railway, to points Union Pa
ciAc r. R. east Of and including Chey-
enne and Denver, points on Denver &
pio crarde r. r. and Col. & Southern
railway. orin Jet. to cheyenne and
nanver to Trinidad, inclusive, also to
noints on D. S. S. & A. railway ana
Mineral Range R. r. Apply TO agents
Chicago & Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
smanest Union Company.

Levi M. Poor of Augusta, Me-, was IN
command of the smallest company for
he longest time of any officer in the
civil war. He was in Company D, OF
he Nineteenth Maine, and for forty
three days, had only one man, John
White. of Belfast, all the others being
absent by sickness, death, wounds or
removals. Ex-Governor Conner, OF
Maine. who was then in command OF
the regiment, AIDE him acting lieutenant
of the company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
NO CLUES 70 ROBBERS.
officers Making No Progress in tn
Carbon Burglary Case.

Corning, Dec. 21.-No developments
in the Carbon burglary case and no de-
finite clue has been found in the SECOND
safe blowing at Carbon within foul
months. The p%ostoffice at Nodaway
eleven miles distant, was also robbed
recently. and it is thought the parties
at Carbon must be implicated In these
crimes which have been carefully plan
ned. but are not the work of rea
craftsmen. The total loss in Sunday
nights burglary was SO from the cash
register and Some clothing, in addition
to the damage to the safe and building
The report OF a greater loss is un-
true.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
BAD FIRE is
Fire at Ruthven Causes Destruction Of
Reliance Elevator.


Special to Times-Republican.
Ruthven, Dec. 21.-Fire broke out
Monday night about 1880 in the power
house of the Reliance Elevator Com
pany at this place and 1t is to the
credit of the fire company and the sup
ply of water that the fire was kept
within the M building because with
the wind blowing as 1t was and being
connected with other buildings great
damage might have been done. AS II
was the loss is very light.
Ruthven has a system of water sup
ply known as the compressed air sys-
TEN and this Is the second fire since
the plant has been in operation, and II
has been fully demonstrated to the
satisfaction of all that the plant Is all
right and has already more han saved
the town the cost of construction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
NJ G EXAMINER
Of the United States Treasury Recommends
Pe-ru-na.
Other Prominent Physicians U
and Endorse Pe-ru-na.

nR. LLEWELLYN Jordan, Medi-
- cal Examiner Of the U. s.. Treasury
Department, graduate OF Columbia Col
lege, and who served three years at West
Point, has the following to say Of Peruna
"AIIow me to express my graft
fude to you for the benefit derived
from your wonderful remedy.
One short month has brought
forth q vast change and 1 now
consider myself q we'll man after
months of suffering. Fellow suf-
ferers, Peruna will cure you"
A constantly increasing number Of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
practice. It has proven its merits 80
thoroughly that even the doctors have
overcome their,prejudice against SO call
ed patent medicines and recommend 1t
to their patients.
Peruna occupies . unique position in
medical science. It is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, MS
everyone will admit, is the cause Of one
half the disease which af1icts mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases aff1ict
one-half Of the people Of United States.
Robert r. Roberts, M. D., Wash
ington, D. c., writes: ]
"7hr0ugh my own experience
as we'll as that Of many Of my
friends and acqnainkances wh01
: have been cured or relieved Ofca.}
farrh by the use Of Harfman'si
Peruna, ! can confidently rec0m.4
mend II to those sufferingfro from such
disorders, and have no hesitation In I
prescribing II to my patients. "...
RobertR. Roberts. !
DR.. H. Robbins, Muskogee, j. t.,
writee:
"Peruna is the best medicine 1 know
Of for coughs and to strengthen q weak
stomach and to give appetite. Besides
prescribing it for catarrh, I have ordered
1t for weak and d%ebilitated people, and
have not had a patient but said 1t helped
him. It Is an excellent medicine and 1t
fits so many cases.
~ have q large practice, and have .
chance to prescribe your Peruna. I hope
you may live long to do good to the sick
and the suffering"
DIR. M. @. Gee, w ties from 513 Jones
St., San francisco, CAL:
"Peruna has performed SO many won
derful cures In San Francisco that 1 am
convinced that it is q valuable remedy.
I have frequently advised its use for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
EXCURSION lckET

Chicago to Columbus, O., via PennsyI-
vania Lines.
Fare $11.15 for the round trip. Tick
cts on sale December, "a, rs. 26. 81 and
January / and 2. Good returning un-
til January 4, 1905. Parlor a on day
train. Sleeping car on night train. For
information relative to time of trains.
ETC., call on your home agent or write
George Jenkins, T. P. A. Des Moines,
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
Officials on a Jaunt.

Creston, Dec. 21.-A two-car special
hearing the Northern Pacific uper-
i~ntendents, passed thru the city Sun
day. The trip was made to Civ the
Northern Pacific officials an idea OF
the way the Burlington route is con-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21

women, as / find it tns'lres regular and
painless menstruation, cures leucorrh0a
and ovarian troubles, and builds up the
entire system. I also consider 1t one OF
the finest catarrh remedies I know Of"
M. C. Gee, NJ. D.
Catarrh is q systemic disease durable
only by systemic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly 1T
the depressed nerve centors. This 10
what Peruna does.
Peruna Immediately invigorstes the
nerve-centers which fsive vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently
cured.
II you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use Of Peruns
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving 8
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable i'd
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Saniiarium, Columh0sy
Ohio.
1onS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-21
HOLIDAY RATES
For Students and Teachers via CHI
caao Great Western Railway.

One fare and one-third for the round
trim to most any point In the United
states. Dates of sale December 10th
"a pecember 25th. Retlrn limit jan
,arv 9th. For further information APP
nlv to ]. r. Harding, agent, Marshall
town. Iowa.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Wood Artificially Hardened.

After a prolonged series Of expert
nents method of treating timber so
as to secure even from soft wood
argely increased toughness and hard
ness has been found. The process
las been described as vulcanizing,
comparable in some respects to that
If the Bessemer process for convert
ng iron into steel, and is the inven-
ZION Of Mr.. Powell, a Liverpool mer-
chant.
Roughly speaking, the treatment to
which the timber is subjected is that
If saturation at boiling point with a
solution of sugar, the water afterward
being evaporated at high temperature.
The result is to leave the pores and
nterstices of the wood filleI in with
solid matter, and the timber vulcan
zed, preserved and seasoned.
The nature of moderately soft wood,
t is claimed, is in this way changed
% tough and hard substance, with
gut brittleness, and also without a
tendency to split or crack. 1t is also
rendered remarkably impervious to
water. Hard wood similarly treated
| derives similar benefit. 1t is claimed
hat the process may be completed and
the timber turned out ready for use
In few days.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Feed Improves Breeds.

1t has been frequently remarked
that dairy breeds of cattle improve
when they come to this country. Ma
jor Alvord, on his return from a visit
to the islands of Guernsey and Jersey,
said that we have better Jerseys and
Guernseys than are to be found on
those islands, they having improved
in our hands. Incidentally he men,
tons that the pasturage there is high
in price and the cows have to be
tethered. This indicates that they
have not the abundance of food to
be found in this country. Doubtless
the increase in size in both Guernseys
and Jerseys is due to tneir more abun.
dant supply of food stuffs. This indi.
Gates that we have the molding of
breeds to large extent in our own
hands. One thing is certain and that
is that it does not do to starye ami.
mails in any degree. They may not
show it at once, but it will appear in
the course Of generations. In fact. the
| increase in size has been a matter of
generations and not of few years. II
was not till the animals had been in
this country several years that it was
noticed that their size was surely in.
creasing. This was more readily
brought about naturally by the fact
that the Jerseys and Guernseys that
were first imported fell into the banda
of intensive feeders who fed them TO
make the most possible out of them.
Had these animals been given the
sane scrub care that some of orr
animals receive they would not have
shown the development that we row
zee in T. Sm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Neat BASQUE Waists.

There is every indication that the
basque bodice will be the next thing
worn. The pointed crush glrdles were
the first indication. for they certainly
gave the blouse waist basque effect,
and their popularity proved that wo-
men welcomed the change. Many OF
tho fitted jackets and Etons are prac-
tically basques, and in some of the
newest gowns the jacket is not meant
to be removed, but is worn over a
guimpe or tucker of thin material.
A very handsome cloth gown with
satin finish was of soft tan color
combined with green. The skirt was
plated all around, the plaits being
very full in the back, so that, no
sheath effect was noted. The jacket
was laid in tiny plaits on the shoulder
and was full ever the bust. 1t was
held tight below that and around the
waist by corselet arrangement of
green and tan colored braid touched
with gold
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Laying the Dust Chest.

The Wesrumite process of fighting
the dust plague due to automobiles
was experimental upon with such
marked success at Bordeaux last
year, and in the early spring of this
year, that it has been adopted in Sc
lected districts of Paris, as well as
over the entire course covered in the
French Gordon Bennett elimination
trials. Although the application Of
the process is still in the experiment
al stage, the results are distinctly
promising. Roads subjected to much
heavy traffic may be watered once in
eight or ten days with a solution OF
mineral oil product rendered sapo-
naceaus and soluble in water by am
monia additions. The roads so treat
ed dry within two or three hours,
even after a heavy rain, and present
a fine, close surface free from both
dust and mud. The Gordon Bennett
trial roadway was thus watered twice
in four days, twenty tons of the mix
ture being dissolved in 900 tons of
water for the course Of Lightweight
kilometers. If further experiments
should be made and be attended with
equally satisfactory results the flu
ture of the process would seem to be
assured, firstly, because it is rela-
lively cheap, and, secondly, because
it need cause no interruption to traf
fic, since it can be applied at night.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01

rretty simple silks, so much in vogue
are appropriate, while the yoke can De
made of all-Oyer or of the materlal
trimmed in any way that may be pre-
ferred.
The waist consists of the fitted lin
ing, that can be used or omitted as
may be desirable. front, backs ana
yoke collar with the full sleeves. Both
waist and sleeves are tucked In
groups for a portion Of their length
and between these groups the trim
ming is applied. The yoke is care
fully fitted and can be rendered trans
parent by cutting the lining away be-
meath.
The quantity of material required
fer the medium size is 3% yards Il
inches wide, 3B yards q inches wide
or liz yards Al inches wide with 8
yards of insertion to make as illus
trated.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Soil and Milk.

The surprising assertion is made by
an English scientist that the class OF
soil on which the hay or pasture grass
is grown controls to large extent
the quality of the milk. Americans
will be slow in accepting the state
ments In behalf of such a doctrine.
1t will do no harm, however, to note
the points that the said scientist
thinks he brings out. He claims, in
the first place, that milk from grass
grown on a limestone soil will be
richer than on clay soil, even though
all treatment of the cows is the
same. But we have frequently noted
that the English ctill have the idea
that the richness Of the milk con-
tinually varies according to the vary
ing richness of the feed. This idea
is being constantly brought out in
one way and another there, the local
judges even letting off the milkmea
that sell milk Lelow the required per.
centage of solids, the milk producers
having made the plea that the feed
was poor in quality.
Again, the man referred to declares
that milk made on limestone soil will
keep fifty per cent longer than that
made on clay soils, other things be-
ing equal. He asserts that in the
making of cheese the milk has to be
scalded at not less than 10S degrees
if it is made on clay, while if it is
made on limestone soil the scalding
can be done at 100 degrees. He does
not try to explain the cause of these
remarkable differences, but guesses
that perhaps the heterogeneous in
the clay soil are different from the
heterogeneous in the other soil. I'm
fortunately, the gentleman does not
furnish verified data to prove his as.
| sertions.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
&CQESCT.
~. IINGNT!0z!.N.-
Streec Sweeper.

There is no other city pavement
which seems to meet with the favor
of asphalt, with it's smooth surface
and lasting qualities, and in view or
the growing use of horseless carriages
It is probable that as the city pave
ment OF the future it will stand alone.
At present some streets must be COW
cred with Belgian block or vitrifed
brick to afford foothold for horses
drawing heavily loaded> drays, but
when animal traction is a thing of the
past these streets can be resurfaced
with asphalt.
With the advent OF the smooth pave
ment seems to have come also an in
creased desire to keep the streets
clean, and it is customary TO station
men at intervals along these pave.
ments to keep free from dirt sections
of pavement varying from one to three
squares. Originally the only imple-
mcnts with which the man worked
were the shovel and heavy broom, re-
curing two distinct operations to do
his work, in addition to wheeling a
heavy cart about with him. Now, how
ever, the street cleaner can simply
push a machine back and forth over
the section of pavement assigned to
him, forgetting that he ever had to
handle the broom and shovel. This
latest machine Is entirely automatic
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
POULTRY
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White Plymouth Rocks.

The question frequently arises In
ones mind, What advantage is there
in raising the White Plymouth Rock?"
This breed, as developed to-day, has
so many good qualities that it would
seem that any one of them would be
sufficient reason for a mans breed
Ing them. believe that this breed is
preferable to all others. have been
in the poultry business for thirty
years and during that time I have
bred. raised and sold many thousands
OF fowls. l have tried about every
breed one could think of, yet none
have given me the results that have
obtained with the White Plymouth
Rocks. One of the great advantages
In raising them is the large number
Of eggs they produce. There is no
fowl that will produce more eggs in
twelve months than a well-bred White
Plymouth Rock. These birds mature
early, becoming of broiler size in six
weeks, and the pullets begin to lay at
five months Of age. They are excel
lent as market fowls and for the table,
giving a full, plump, round carcass
The feathers from a White Plymouth
Rock command price of from thirty
two to thirty-eight cents per pound,
while the feathers from parti-colored
fowl are worth only six to eight cents
per pound. This is another good rea-
son why one should raise White Ply
mouth Rocks. During the last five
years l have raised and sold over 20
600 White Plymouth Locks, having
shipped them to nearly every quarter
of the globe. Every person that breeds
them likes them and they do we'll In
every climate, proving them to be
entitled to the claim to be the best
general-purpose fowl.
U. R. Fisher,
Bartholomew County Ind.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
To Get Eggs.

I believe that the best conditions
for egg production are those that exist
where the fowls have free range,
thereby getting grass, bugs, worms,
bits of grain, etc. In the winter, or
where fowls are confined, these food
elements should as near as possible
be supplied, not forgetting plenty of
grit. They should also be induced to
work by having their food scattered
in litter. They must be kept free
from lice and mites and in the winter
must have warm quarters. Cleanli.
ness must be observed at all times.
W. l.. Mills. Putnam County, III.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01

brics are liked unlined, but when wool
is used the fitted body lining is in ep
cry way desirable and the frills can
be made from the material quite as
well as from embroidery whenever
liked.
The frock consists of waist and
skirt. The waist is made with front
and backs that are full and arranged
over the foundation when that is used,
joined to the yoke when it is omitted.
The sleeves are full and ample with
straight cuffs and the yoke-collar falls
we'll over the sleeves, giving the
broad shoulder line &C the season,
The skirt is five gored. gathered at
it's upper edge and joined to the waist,
and the closing is made invisibly at
the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size az years. is 6
yards 81 inches wide, 5A yards 80
inches wide or 3k yards A inches
wide, with yards of insertion and
S1a yards of embroidery to trim as il
Illustrated.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
USEFUL HAY PRESS
HANDY MACHINE THAT CAN BE
ALL HOME MADE.
Full Directions for Building-Easy &c
Operate and Comparatively mex
pensive-WilI Bale Bundles Up To
1000 Pounds Weight.

Having occasion to press twenty.
five tons of hay year with hand
press, l enclose you herewith de-
scription of the press and how to
make it. According to size, it will
bale bundles from 100 to 1000 pounds
in weight.
To make the press, take two pieces
of timber, preferably hardwood, by
8 inches, and feet long. On top of
these lay two pieces by 8 inches. In
the middle and across each piece
make half-round depression inches
deep and inches across. Make a
roller at least inches thick of hard
wood. shown as A in plan, and in
length proportionate to the width OF
the press; G feet is enough for press
ing S00-pound bales. Place bed pieces
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Preserved Tomatoes.

Weigh. ripe tomatoes and allow to
every pound Of them pound of gran
ulated sugar. Peel the tomatoes, COW
er with the sugar and set aside until
next day. Drain off the sirup, boil It,
and as it boils skim carefully. Lay
the tomatoes and simmer for twenty
minutes, then with perforated spoon
remove them and spread on platters
in the sun while the strip boils until
thick. To seven pounds of the toma-
toes allow the juice of three lemons
and add this just before taking the
strip from the fire. Pack the toma-
toes in jars and fill these to over
flowing with the boiling strip. Seal
Immediately
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
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Week Old Cream.

week .OIu CTeam.
The buttermaking business of to-
day is an entirely different PROPOSE
ton from what it was FIVE years ago,
as the hand separator has made it
necessary to use many new and diff
ferent methods than when nothing
but whole milk was received at the
factory. In the first place, cream
which is a week old ought not to be
accepted by any creamery, no mat
ter whether it is a cooperative cream
cry or a central plant, but competi-
ton is so fierce that it is accepted,
and this puts premium upon old
cream, because the farmer isn't going
to deliver his cream any oftener than
is necessary to enable him to get the
same price as the farmer who deliv-
ers his cream daily. 1t is my opinion
that it is a mistake to mix week old
cream with cream which - one or two
days old, and in good coEditiol, and I
recommend that this old cream be
pasteurized, heating it to Us high a
temperature as possible without Civ
ing the cream a cooked flavor, and
llSu SOOl IL W dDOuJ % uCSE6eS, IuGH
add good commercial or homemade
starter and then cool it down to about
so degrees. The churning tempera-
ture varies with the season of the
year from 60 degrees in the winter to
81 in the summer. Care should be
taken not to overchum the butter,
then draw off the buttermilk, add the
wash water, revolving the churn two
or three times, being careful not to
roll the butter so as to make it
chunky, then drain off the wash water
and work the butter until the salt is
entirely dissolved. I have made some
experiments and at the present time
am investigating several new ideas,
| but, as yet, none Of them have proved
| q success, and if it is going to be i'm
possible to force the farmer to bring
his cream oftener than once week,
it is my opinion that in the due course
of time our men who are inventors in
dairy apparatus and dairy prepare
lions will discover some piece Of ma
chinery or some chemical which will
be of great assistance, Lut until that
time our only salvation is to labor
with the farmer and show him how
it is an impossibility to make extras
out of cream which IS a week Old
!, II. Brockway.