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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06

two gallon jug filled and hidden in the
hay. 1t was only cider" but three
glasses of it was enough to set Russell
Sage spending money for toys and a
gallon could make "A school meeting
sound Ike a dog fight. Drunk in it?
Why tlocre were Il hundred red -eye1
h,,rrahs ia every barrel and every half
gallon held headache Sometimes n
barrel left in the barn or out doors
froze solid except in the very heart,
where the alcohol huddled in pocket.
A long stocked auger bored into that
deposit brought forth 4 few pitts OF
liquid which would fill the pa 'taker
Thereon with desire to burn orphan asy-
lums
Perhaps the world is growing worse,
but at least it has got the better of
the hard cider habit. 1t was the match
to a powder magazine of intemperance.
Itmade drunkards as offal breeds flies. 1t
the statesman and the editor in the old
days when they were Tom" and Joe"
tarried long at the cider barrel, it is
small wonder that the sheriff sought
them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
StraWpile


rangements with milkman or pro-
prietors of hotels, restaurants or ice
cream counters to call for it, the price
in this case being somewhat lower.
During most of the past year we have
sold all our milk which was not called
for by customers at the house I'VE live
in the edge of the village) to the milk
man at 3 cents per quart He took
all we had aud delivered it to GUS
toners at cents. ! think we should
have received 4, but we preferred
to having the bother Of delivering 1t
and the chances of having milk left
over, etc. We have been told that 1t
would have paid better to make but
ter during the winter, but we tried
both for month and found that SELL
ing the milk at cents a quart paid
just as we'll, and we were saved the
trouble Of caring for the milk and
cream and making the butter.
But some farmer asks, what about
the pigs and calves?" Well, we ar
ranged that all right; milk route
passes our door, and we had the driver
bring us ten-gallon can Of SKINNED
milk from the creamery each day at Is
cents per can delivered. This milk
was sterilized at the creamery and de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06

| lfVered while Stlll warm, anu polh
calves and pigs did nicely on 1t. Later
| when the milkman did not wish all the
milk, we sent part of it to the cream
cry, and of course received the skim
milk back This creamery runs on the
stockholders cooperative plan and is
making a success of it, gathering milk
on radius of ten miles, and right
through territory of other IDLE
creameries. We have one In our town
that is not running because some OF
its managers were INDECENT and dis
honest. We pay TO cents hundred
pounds for hauling the milk seven
miles and returning the skinned milk,
aud 3 cents pound for making and
selling the butter, and we get the rest.
The butter sells for a price as much
above that of homemade butter as it
costs to get it made and TIE milk
hauled, so it looks as if we saved all
labor of making the butter by sending
the milk.
AS TO the second product. cream, if
you are near a large village or city you
can sell this TO ice cream shops and
hotels at from 80 to Is cents per quart.
Any one can determine for himself
than making butter. A person who
lives five miles In the country and has
eight COWS and a separator delivered
cream daily to the proprietor of an ice
cream counter here last summer. |
suspect the price was about 20 cents
per quart. At some places cream
which is thinner sold in larger quanti-
ties as low as so cents per gallon.
But if the farmer is far from n mar
ket for cream or milk and has no
creamery milk route, 1t may be neces-
sary to make butter. This labor or
much of 1t generally falls to the house
wife, but the husband or son or hired
man may greatly tighten her labors by
attending to the heavy work, such as
pumping the water or getting the ice.
handling the milk cans and cream Jars,
and doing the churning before break
fast, while 1T is cool BY all means,
II butter is to be made during sum
mer, have ice, if there is any place
to get it. AT least have good cold
water cooling system if you expect
your wife to make decent butter. Such
system can be cheaply and easily ar
ranged where there is a windmill, as is
the case on most farms. Place the
dreamer so the water can run through
1t on it's way to the stock tank. and
thus Insure fresh cool water. When
warm milk Is put in a tub or small
tank with no more water than there is
milk, we can expect little cooling. The
best that can be done is to reduce the
temperature of the milk to a point half
way between what it was when it
came from the COW and the tempera-
ture OF the water If there is not a
large tank of water or continuous
flow, the water should be changed as
soon as the milk has stood for a time.
There is one more question to con-
slider in deciding whether we shall
make butter or sell milk, and that is
the labor involved. This is an impor-
raht item in warm weather, especially
if one has few conveniences, and
should decide the question in favor of
selling the milk, unless the difference
in favor of making butter is enough to
pay for the extra labor at fair prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
DisaRm the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

A special correspondent" with the
armies in Manchuria states that it is
generally believed that the japanese
army intends to express it's dissatisfac-
ton over the peace settlement by Civ
ing battle and thus undo the work of
the peace conference. Into this yell
low color scheme is worked details of
preparations for battle. heavy guns
ready for an advance and of soldiers
eager for battle. The inference Is that
the army will ignore instructions from
Toxic and continue the war.
The story, like much other matter
for which we are indebted to the
special correspondents" is pure fic-
ton. No better disciplined armies
ever existed than the Japanese forces
in Manchura No other people are
more amenable ito government. Dur
ing the entire war no incident has oc-
CURED that might confirm the story OF
like the grand army Of the American
civil, war, and that later army of
later war, will go quietly back to It's
homes and its citizenship to be en-
rolled again in the ranks Of industry.
There is nothing in Japanese charac-
ter or history to support the wild ru-
,iny In Manchuria.
The treaty was signed Monday.
Japan and Russia have been at peace
Tor two days. Now let the special cor
respondent lay down his sword and
take up the pruning hook. an imple-
,nent, by the way. that he might have
used to advantage in most of his
matter since the war began.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
Board For Tree PLANTING.

A planting bourd is made of a light
piece of board four or five feet long.
with a hole bored thru each end and
a notch in the center says Professor I'll
j.. HUT, of Canada, in Apple Culture"
1t is well to have two or three of these
made exactly alike, one for the planters
and the others for those digging the
holes When hole is dug, the notch
in the planting board is placed around
the stake, and wooden pegs are passed
thru the holes in the end of the board
and left in the ground While the hol:
is dug and the board taken on to the
next stake. The planters following
place their board over the pegs ami
the tree in the notch in the center 1t
will thus be in exactly the same post
ton as the stake which previously
marked the hole.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
| he
Sell Milk or Butter?

A correspondent Of the Michigan
Farm and Stock Journal discusses n
question that Is peculiarly pertinent at
this time Of year-supposing of course
that one has the choice, that one lives
near enough to a town or creamery to
dispose of any dairy product except
butter Milk stations and creameries
are sufficiently abundant, however, to
give dairymen an opportunity to ex-
ercise their preference. Then, asks the
writer
Which shall it be? Let us first con-
slider the profits of the different ways
of disposing of these products. II we
live at or near the suburbs of village
or city, there will be q demand for
milk and cream. The farmer will re-
tail in villages at 5 cents per quart,
and in cities usually at s. He may have
customers living near him who will
call for milk, or he can deliver it to
nearby places on foot, or If the sale
is extensive enough to warrant 1t, he
may run milk wagon and work up
a good trade if his products are clean.
rich and fresh. Or IL he does not wish
to do this, he can probably make ar
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
HARD CHER AS A BEVERAGE.

Reminiscently in his Stats Anzeiger.
Colonel Joseph Eiboeck relates most
entertainingIy an incident of a Fourth
Of July fifty years ago, when he and
Hon. Tom Updegraff, then young fell
lows and sad dogs" grew glorious on
cider in the little town Of Garnavillo.
Colonel Eiboeck has the certain advan-
tage Of the raconteur and as usual In
cases where one fellow tells the story
1t was the other who whooped until
the officers appeared and the story
teller who saved him from possible ar
rest and indignity. Updegraff has not
had an inning. Perhaps had he told
the story he had saved the colonel from
the bastile Of Garnavillo fifty years
ago, when men were boys and hard
cider common as spring water.
The coloners Renaissance will call
attention of older persons to the abb
sence of hard cider. such as brought
about his own and Tom Updegraff S
is no more hard cider. comparatively
speaking. Time was, not so many years
ago that the big barrels of cider aanked
the apple and potato bins. as bravely
as the pork barrel. Those were the
days when farmers rose in the night
for an early turn at the cider mill and
a dozen topbox loads of apples were
ready to become pomace at daylight
The wagons went home with a half
dozen 50-gallon barrels of cider. Some
OF it the farmers sold, but always two
or three barrels lay on skids with open
bungs working" In three or four days
it acquired a tang" In week it be-
came induciye to argument. and in a
few days more, enthusiasm. Then if
obviously inclined it's owner checked
further fermentation with sulphide of
lime, put into it few pounds of rails
ms to the barrel and in some in
stances modicum of whisky, drove
in the bung tight and rolled the barrels
into the cellar. 1t was clear. red in the
cup, pleasing to the palate and beau
tiful to the eye. 1t came on the table
In pitchers and the hired man kept .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
Topics Of the Times

The simple guilelessness Of Cedar
Rapids was never more prominent than
at that fake foot race over at Marion
when Cellar Rapids men were done out
of $3.50 recently. 1t was shame to
take the money.
A wedding item in northern Iowa
paper notes the marriage of Miss
SPAWN Notwithstanding the name OF
the bride there appear to have been
no halt in the proceedings.
on TO Him-'Yes," said the red eyed
elk, I'm a little late this morning
'rhe midnight oil. you know
"H'm!" interrupted his employer.
coil, eh?" Well. the next time you paint
the town I'd advise you to use
water coiors exclusively.-Philade
Press.
Des Moines never realizes how close
ly her interests are allied to the coun-
try districts so much as during fair
week when country cousins all hunt
up their city relatives.-State Register.
Except when his parents want &c
get rid of Johnny during vacation.
A monument Is to be erected to the
memory Of Ephram Bull, the origina-
tor of the Concord grape, by the people
of Concord, Massachusetts.
SO
Friends generally will be likely to
deny Mrs. Hettie Green's claim when
she says: When ! went to Quaker
school, they used to make us eat al
the next meal whatever we had lef:
on our plates. The directors said that
if the rich girls did not learn to econo-
mise there would be no money left
with which to educate the poor girls.
My Quaker simplicity is the reason
folks call me mean"
W. E. Curtis seems to be getting
better profit out Of cactus than cattle
raisers ever hope to Ind.
e. III. Hartman is reported to be
looking for traces of his uncle who
IIleC uedlu years dSO dl IIlS 1ielI1oo VI
Hawaiians, but the Hawaiians keep
close mouths. Otherwise Mr.. Harri-
man might catch glimpse Of the way
Inns uncle Went.
Sir Jenkin Coles, who has Just been
re-elected speaker of the South Aus
tralian Parliament, was first chosen
for the chair in 1890, and he has been
reelected without interruption ever
since He had previously served as
minister of lands and public works,
and has spent altogether thirty years
in parliament. He was for some time
In the Australian mounted police,
where he had as companion the CO.
lonial poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon.
Three boys We're told to go and take
the exact time by the town clock The
first came back and said: ut is ~
o'clock He became in after life
bookseller. The second was more ex-
act He said it was three minutes
after IL. He became doctor The
third looked at the clock, found out
how long 1t took him to walk back to
the house. returned to the clock, then
added the time of his walk to the time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06

shown, and reported the result thus:
1T is at this moment IL hours, 10 min
utes AID 10 seconds" That boy came
to distinction as Helmholtz the scien-
fist. The story, however, seems in
complete without "A fourth boy who
went over and looked at the clock to
come back next morning with bill
for 40 cents an hour from the time he
left and who became plumber.
That only two copies of the Ku Klul1
Khan ritual are known to exist is the
statement of Mr.. Thomas Dixon in
"The Metropolitan" One of them, he
says, s in the library of Columbia COL
lege, he other is among the archives
of Tennessee. 1t was the composition
of General George w. Gordon, of
Memphis, and it began thus: This
is AN institution of Chivalry, Human
ity. Mercy, and Patriotism; embodying
in its genius and its principles all that
is chivalric in conduct noble in senti-
ment, generous in manhood and patri-
otto in purpose"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
!. LOOKER.ON In IOWA /
lttisitri,s''tirS'fi'5i-fi's''i'. sis''si-t

Prtmghar, Sept. spending the
last two weeks in the Eleventh dis
trict, the writer naturally has heara
considerable concerning Mr.. Perkins
nominal candidacy for governor 1t is
little strange that from three diff
farent men at least fifty miles apart
came the same answer, in reply to the
question, Will Mr.. Perkins have the
support Of this county for the govern
orship? Eyes, if he is good This
means that in these strong Cummins
counties. for nearly all of northwest
Iowa is strongly imbued with the
Iowa idea they have a reasonable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
TERMS:
MURDER AND THE LAWS DELAY.


Il According to statements made by
schief of Scotland Yard, the great Eng
slish detective bureau, murder ane
Smanslaughter and kindred offenses are
sforty times commoner in the United
Estates than in England. No wide RAJ
scial differences exist and the laws OF
i the two countries are practically the
4 same. Why the difference in crimei
\ The English detective explains that
an English police officer, speaking gen
4 orally, carries with hinr in the dis
Il charge of his duties the sympathy and
good will of the public. For in Eng
4 land he says the police are friends
fsof the people; and, however the tact
Its to be explained, it is perhaps the
anly country in the world Of which
r--~can be said. This attack upon
rican conscientiousness is not
3Hy to meet approval on this side OF
water. It, is true, however, that
ae deep respect for law that obtains
among foreigners is very much lacking
in America.
j But the Englishman makes one ex-
PLANTATION that will be accepted at Its
full value. In capital cases the con-
duct Of the proceedings in England
rests with the director Of public pro-
secutions, and judge of the high
court presides at the trial And II
the result be a capital sentence, the
prisoner is executed within q month.
No power but that of the crown, Of
course constitutionally by the secre-
tary Of state, can intervene in any,
way. And intervention by the crown
on arbitrary or sentimental grounds is
unknown. Cases occur in which, on
account Of special circumstances the
execution of death sentence, though
technically right, would be inequitable
or impolitic; and a report from u
Judge to that effect is never ignored.
And in rare cases new facts come to
light after the conviction. But as a
rule 1.-THE law takes its course and the
execution Of the criminal follows his
sentence inexorably and speedily.
His explanation is no new one
been urging the laws delay as one Of
the chief causes for the prevalence Of
brutal crimes and as the main promo
tor of lynch law. Criminals trade on
delay. Cases drag thru half dozen
courts until the crime is forgotten by
the public, some important witness
dies or absconds and the criminal es-
capes. Every man who cheats justice
offers an incentive and a hope to 9TH
ers who contemplate crime. So true is
this that the American public has
grown to expect the ultimate escape
of criminals and in instances of par
ticularly brutal and heinous crime is
reused to the commission of mob MUIR
der. In Justice, the large numbers in
this country Of foreigners of the bru-
taI Glass; ana the 1acl that genera
tfon ago, large portion of The vest
was practically unsettled and without
law must be conslaerea IA tae oo-.s-
parison Of our own with older coun-
tries. But the criticism Of the Eng
lish detective holds against the Grim
tnal procedure that permits murderers
to grow old fighting the execution of
a just sentence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06

have planned a feeding campaign with
the dry nutritious atmosphere of the
great American desert as the main ra-
ton. An amusing cuss is Curtis and 4
living illustration of the adage that 1t
is possible to fool some of the people
all the time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
Cement Dairy Stable Floors.

In pamphlet on THE Construction
Of Sanitary Dairy Stables" H. L. Cook
we'll known and successful dairyman
of New York, gives some specific infor-
nation on cement dairy f1oors
First level the space to be foored. If
1T is soft dirt, drain it and solidly lamp
the loose soil. Ordinarily sufficient
drainage will be given by the trench
under the barn wall. If there is any
doubt, put al run of tile drains thru
center of the building. Line thru
for the trenches dig a ditch two and
one-half feet wide and one-half foot
deep, hand lay the small field stone of
about five inches in diameter to an up
per line, then fill in with mixture Of
Portland one part and sand, five parts
This should be mixed dry and be made
wet enough TO enter every space be-
tween and under these round stones.
lamp the whole to insure firmness.
Lay UP a wall on each side exactly
twenty inches apart. Then put upon
the bottom. before the foundation is
dry, two inches of mortar made of Port
land, one part, sand, two parts, dry
mixed. and with enough water added to
make it spread easily. AS soon as this
is set put box upon it sixteen inches
wide, eight inches high upon one side
and six inches upon the other. Fill in
this two-inch space with a finishing
coat of two parts Portland to one part
of sand. After the cement has set take
out the form and trowel this gutter
smooth with cement and sand equal
parts The rest of the foundation can
be laid in the same manner.
The surface should not be left
smooth After it has set, but before it
has hardened, finish with a small board
trowel which will give a sandpaper fin
ish to ali parts where the animals walk.
This does away with all danger OF
slipping.
In any portion of the building which
is subject to freezing temperatures. the
floor should be laid in checks about
three feet square. The finish coat
should always be laid down before tl1a
grout has hardened and may vary il
thickness from one inch to two inches
depending upon the strain to which il
will be subjected. For example, a gran,
ary floor and feeding managers may bt
finished light. The drive between the
COWS should be heavy, including gut
ters. the cow platform may be finished
medium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06

He may we'll think he has got off
cheap, who. after having contracted
constipation or indigestion, is still able
to perfectly restore his health. Moth
ing will do this but DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. A quick, pleasant, and GER
tain cure for headache, constipation,
etc, 25c at Mcdonald & Mahood Co.'s
dr11f store. Gin 1,a "a kenS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
IOWA OPINIONS AND NoTss

That the tariff has built the coun-
try no one at this date will question,
but having built it is no reason why
it should be permitted to fatten the
few at the expense OF the many, or,
more plainly, to plumber it," argues the
Villisca Review. mo matter what the
plutocrats may think OR what they de-
sire, The rank and file of the republican
party is honest, and they demand hon
est treatment at the hands of con-
gress.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
Not chimericaI Enough.

Curtis, the Chicago newspaper cor
respondent who spreads his wings oc-
casionally and takes a fight over the
west, is an enterprising individual.
saws a Chicago market paper. He has
the faculty of digging up new ideas
galore but unfortunately they are not
sufficiently chimerical, as rule. TIC at
tract attention Curtis is lacking in
imagination.
writing from the southwest he tells
the public that the beef making indus
trv is to be revolutionized. Cactus -
TO be the agency. Corn will no longer
he the feeders standby. 1t isn't a
case Of "back to the cactus" but to it
in primary sense
Curtis might with equal consistency
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06
Steers VS.. spayed Heifers.


Will you be SO kind as to inform me
thru the columns of your paper, the
relative value of spayed heifers-do
they sell the same as a steer In same
condition and quality? / have been
reader of the World for some time anG
like it very we'll Corn is selling at 90
M6O cents per bushel. Hogs are being
contracted at cents per pound; STOCK
cattle plentiful: sheep sky high. Yours
truly. c. t. kAPfhh.
CORN. Mo.
Packers make some discrimination
against spayed heifers in favor of steers
of the same weight, quality and condi-
ton. There is not SO much difference
between the spayed heifer ana the
steer, however. as between the open
haifer and steer. The amount OF DIFF
ference in price depends on the weight
of the animals in question. UP to 9oo
mounds the difference in favor OF the
steer is not more than 20 cents per
hundred. as a rule but after the heifer
gets to exceed 1000 pounds the diner
ence is more pronounced. The reason
that packers make this discrimination
is because heifers do not dress out
as much edible meat as steers. Condi-
lions on the hoof being alike the heifer
cuts 2 lighter loin, there Is more tat
on the kidneys and more waste gen
orally. There are excep'lons' VI
course. but this is the general RUE.
In England young heifers are not dis-
criminated against as much as IN this
country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-06

The Charles City Intelligenecer as
serts that Iowa has several congress-
men who would never be elected to an
other term We're it not for the support
of the beneficiaries of the patronage
they have to bestow," and points out
that there is need of reform in the
matter of a congressman's duties, and
the FIRST thing that ought to be re-
formed is to take away the power Of
appointments. Relieve the congress-
man Of these powers or duties and his
position would be much more agree
able to him, and his services would
be better for his constituency in the
duties he is elected to perform