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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

nave their barns guttered ana le'N
their wives to depend upon an ora
board and u rain water barrel lof u
supply OF soft water. There are lew
things which every farmers wlle mas
a right to demand. They are hard
wood floor for the Kitchen, or at least
a linoleum cover for 1t, good clsterh
accessible by Il pump In the kltcheh
sink; n supply Of hard. well water
under pressure where there is wind
all on the premises and convenient
nd ample supply OF fuel, convenient
~ located. This making u woman lug
water and split wood or hunt for fuel
is u relic of barbarsm. young lady
with u farmer on the string as pros
pective husband will do well to have
these things settled right before the
parson gets in his work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

years, maple and red beech in five
years and elm and ash In seven years.
Oak, Scottish fir and Weymouth pine
decayed to depth of half an inch In
seven years; larch and Juniper were
uninjured at the end OF the seven
years. In situations so free from
moisture that they may be practically
called dry. the durability of timber is
unlimited The roof OF Westminster
hall, London, is more than $50 years
old.
Latest Fad Benevolent Old Gentle
man-You don't seem, my man. to be
with the fates.
Lassitudinous Luke-Nah. I'm usin'
jiu jitsu on 'em an savin' my brute
stren't Baltimore American.
A German review contains an article
on a new adulteration OF coffee. The
roasted boans are plunged in a per
cont solution of boraX, and then left to
dry. The borax makes them shine,
and absorbs water, thus adding to the
weight Of the coffee. The way to dis
cover this ingenious fraud is to dry the
coffee, and il 1t loses more than per
cent in weight, there has been 4 fraud
ulent absorption of water.
Seemed So.-.He-T 20 to bed at
t.x1.t ~, -,
soft.
She--And do you wear your hat,
too?-Hnrtford Courant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Grave Trouble Forseen.

1t needs but little foresight, to tell,
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected, grave trouble is ahead,
unless you take the proper medicine for
your disease, as Mrs. John A. Young.
of Clay, N. Y, did. She says: Il had
neuralgia of the liver and stomach, my
heart had weakened, and I could not
eat. I was very bad for long time,
but in Electric Bitters / found just
what needed, for they quickly relieved
and cured me-" Best medicine for
weak women. Sold under guarantee
by Mcdonald & Mahood, druggists, at
so cents a bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Notes.

To remove snow drifts from yards
or gates, take a common road scraper
and scrape 1t as tho it were earth. One
will be surprised how easily the snow
is moved, much easier than shoveling.
When the snow Is not too hard take
but one horse instead of two. Also use
a piece of chain as it is were conven-
lent for the horse not having to get
into the deepest of the snow and
thereby moving large pieces Of snow.
The British Live Stock Journal is
willing to go on record as being the
authority for the statement that
younger animals give somewhat rich
err milk than older ones Writing upon
this subject it stated that test espec-
tally made went to show that under
the same conditions cows six or seven
years old do best. This was the case
with the cows in the ninety day test
at the Chicago worlds fair. From
these tests the conclusions drawn are
the maximum annual production and
the greatest profits obtained from
COW will, as a rule, come at from five
i to eight years and that young animals
give richer milk than older ones. 1t
is evident, therefore, that one might
only very exceptionally retain cows of
more than eight or nine years of age,
as their milking qualities are then
generally rapidly declining and more
over the COWS are less easily fattened.
The yearly milk product of COW
very closely approximates the value of
the COW. Thus If a COW will give
milk product worth $50 she is worth
$50. If she can show up SIS she is
worth that sum. The rule, however.
does not hold good as to cows which
will only produce milk worth $40 per
year. Such a beast is only worth just
what the local butcher will give for
her or what she will bring as a can
ner.
In every home there is more or less
-efused pieces of meat and bits. of
eat. lust cave them. A good wav to
use them is to make soap. Here Is
way OF making hard soap: Two cans
Lewis I've, 8 pounds grease or meat
scraps and rinds, IL quarts soft water,
4, pound borax, u pound resin. Boil
about two hours or till all meat is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Topics Of the Times
rtAht4-sa+A-t+-+l-+s-s-s.s.

Mr.. Bryan may not be the greatest
democrat in the party, but he acts like
it.
Thomas Reilly, a resident Of Dubu-
que, testified before the board Of sup
ervisors that he had lived fifty years
in the county and never subscribed tc
newspaper. This seems to offer some
explanation Of Dubuque county's lone
someness as an unjoiated part Of the
state of Iowa. This is evidently not
the Mr. Reilly whom we were once de-
lighted to be informed they spoke OF
so highly"
AS an illustration of how unevenly
things are divided in this world Mr.
Rockefeller has one hundred times
the million that Sullivan wants and
John l.. ten times as much stem
ach as Mr.. Rockefeller needs.
PENNSYLVANIA has new painless di-
vorce law which supplies much of the
void left by divorce reform in South
Dakota. BY decision rendered the
other day in the first case in which
the law referred to was cited, it was
decided that the laws Of Pennsylvania
now permit divorce without personal
service upon the respondent when one
Of the parties lives in another state,
and the grounds for divorce also oc-
Cured in another state. 1t is said this
law was "snaked" thru the legislature
and was intended to remove the OBJ
stacles from the path Of a woman in
the Philadelphia social set.
Now that Keokuk is rejoicing be-
cause a bill has passed the house au-
thorizfhg the building Of power dam
at that point in the Mississippi river,
the Davenport Times throws a dash of
cold water on the fires Of enthusiasm
by recalling that Davenport got pow
er dam bill thru congress and signed
by the president year ago and Moth
ing has yet been DONE
It was triumph of scientific meth
DDS when the chemist Of the South
Dakota food commission extracted
enough coal tar from. a bottle of port
wine taken from an original pack
age, in the presence of members Of the
legislature, to dye brilliant wine color
nine square feet Of heavy wooden cloth.
Under the common use Of liquor for
dying purposes it takes barrels of red
liquor to put the proper color orr an
ordinary pug nose.
A German cooper las Just completed
a barrel with capacity of 43,S00 gall
Ions, but Mr.. Rockefeller is not think
ing Of replacing the ordinary kerosene
barrel with anything Of this kind.
Picture postcards are subjected to
stern censorship in some continental
countries. In Russia those bearing: the
portrait of Tolstoy have been suppress
ed. Turkey forbids any postcards
bearing the name of Allah or Mahomet
or the portrait of Mussulman. France
will not permit the designer to ridicule
the corpulency Of the king of Portu-
gal.
Some interesting experiments have
ben made to ascertain which wood
lasts the longest. t was found that
birch and aspen decayed in three
years, willow and chestnut in four
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
THE TRUE SYSTEM.

The southern cotton planter should
come north, to New England, to learn
economy and to the corn belt TO learn
a lesson OF the proper and prohtapie
way In which to conduct agricultural
operations on a wide scale just at
present cotton raisers are threatening
to burn cotton, decrease the acreage
and do a half dozen other things which
they hope may raise prices on their
product. The crop Of last year was
enormous and In excess of the demand
at the high prices that had obtained.
The price was cut In two and the cot
ton planter found himself moro pros
porous in crops but poorer In purse.
The claim Is made that the present
price Of cotton is below the cost OF
profitable production.
1t would seem that the cotton rails
ers are going the wrong way about
when they depend entirely on reduc-
ing the output to raise the price. Such
lands Of the south as are fit only for
cotton production must be planted TO
that staple or remain idle and to per-
NIT productive soil to lie idle Is next
to a crime. The better way would be
to increase the productivity OF the cot
ton lands and thus cheaper the cost
Of production. This would of itself
largely settle the question. The rails
ing OF cotton would then be confined
strictly to the cotton lands and de-
crease the acreage Of cotton planted
by elimination. Lands partially unfit
ted for cotton raising could not com
pete and would be forced into other
lines Of agricultural productivity.
It costs too much to raise cotton as
It is done in the south, with lazy
negro, a decrepit mule, a rope harness
and a single shovel plow on lands In
nocent of fertilizers The northern
farmer who attempted to raise corn
as the south raises cotton could not
stay out of the sheriff's court for six
farmer who puts all his eggs in
corn basket and depends on the sale
of the raw material sooner. or later
goes to smash. The southern farmer
should learn better methods and pro-
tect himself by a diversity of crops.
When producers of raw agricultural
material attempt to limit the output
they limit their own prosperity. The
sensible process in this day Is to make
two blades OF grass grow where one
grew before thus dividing the cost
of production while multiplying the
yield. This IS why some eighties in
Iowa are worth more to their owners
than 100 acres are to others.
The points is illustrated by an Iowa
manufacturing plant headed by an in
success is not in extraordinary super
excellence Of the product Of his fac
tory but in that his inventive genius
creates machines to make an article
equally good as that Of his competitors
at lower cost of making. He can die
millionaire If he chooses.
That is the secret Of profit in any
article that must be produced and sold
upon the open market The profit lies
in the cost Of production and the
methods and the machine that will
produce two bushels of grain or two
articles Of commercial value where one
was produced before are behind the
big bank accounts. Success is not in
limiting production but in producing
more.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Eor the Farmers Wife

A water supply and fuel are two
things which enter very prominently
into the domestic economy of every
home. for water and fire every house
wife must have, whether sh epresides
over shanty or a mansion, says the
Fremont Tribune. In lieu of pro-
viding these two essentials in do
nestle economy, some very heavy
and useless burdens are often placed
upon wives and mothers who have
enough to do even when these essen
tials are made as convenient as posi-
BILE. We know of well-to-do farmers
who have gone to a good deal of ex-
pense and trouble to pipe the water
fro mtheir wells to their barns. so that
a water supply may be handy for their
use by tust turning faucet, who in
differently permit their wives to get
the supply of water for the home as
best they may from q we'll located ten
rods from the house, men who VIII
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Sheep Exporter Explains.

,rbaro has been comment among
sheep traders recently regarding the
fact that several of the we'll known ex-
norters who in other years have been
active in the trade are holding out en-
tirely or doing very little In the way VI
exporting sheep.
One of these exporters who was
questioned yesterday as to why ne was
out of the trade said: These snort
fed sheep have been selling so h1gh
that I have not dared to tackle 1T late
Is
"Just take out your pencil and figure
a little and YOU will see that the man
who buys these sheep at prices paid
here this month and sells them at l-lV-
erpool and London prices has no Stow
for a shaving of profit. In TACT, ~
looks like q big loss to him on almost
every turn.
For example, take sheep weigh
ing 10 pounds-they weigh more OF
course-but the 100 pounds is easy to
figure. The price of export sheep late
Nv has been $5.5O@5.60. We take Sb.6o
as the cost of 100 pounds OF export
sheep. To this must be added the ex-
penses Of shipping to seaboard, ocean
freight, dockage charges, commission
charges, insurance, which, all told
make a little above 81 per head. This
makes the 100 pounds of mutton on
the other side cost about $3.50.
81 find that the short fed sheep
shrink in transit and that they Kill
on the ,other side showing only about
AZ per cent mutton. The cost of the
forty-eifiht pounds to the hundred OF
mutton, therefore, stands about $l.8O,
which, as you may figure, will require
that the mutton sell on the foreign
market close to 16 cents per pound t.
paw out. BY reference to the late
quotations in foreign markets you will
see that the prices for mutton there
have been away under that figure, the
best selling there today at liz cents,
so you see the situation has been a
tough one for exporting mutton sheep
at their late cost here.
While this exporters figures, cast in
round numbers are easy to compre-
bend. it seems that he has cut some
corners that color the situation lit
tie more darkly than it really is for the
exporter. For instance most Of the
sheep sent across average nearer 125
than 100 pounds, and his figures of the
expense of sending across 100 pounds
of sheep roughly placed at 5000
should apply to the 125-pound sheep
or even one of heavier weight, and the
percentage of 48 for export mutton
sheep that cost around $3.50 here
seems pretty low in the estimation of
some other exporters, but they go to
show that the balance in the business
at relative prices here and abroad is
likely to be on the wrong side of the
account just now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
What the Supreme Court Said.

Shorn of all verbiage the supreme
court I'm answer to the packers appeal
for dissolution of the Grosscup injunc-
ton has said:
Traffic in live stock transported
from state to state is interstate COM
merce, and persons engaged In buying
and selling such live stock are engag-
ed In interstate commerce.
"a combination between dealers to
suppress all competition In the pur-
chase of live stock is an unlawful res
traint of trade.
"a combination between dealers to
fix and maintain q uniform price In
the sale of meat thruout the country
Is an unlawful restraint Of trade.
"A combination of dealers to obtain
preferential railroad rates is an unlaw
full restraint of trade.
"All combinations suppressing COM
petition between Independent dealers
fall under the prohibition of the Sher-
man antitrust act
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

IOWA NEWS ITEMS
ABOUT lNTERURBANS.
Il[eota Eagle.l

NcOla IHEie.l
The farmers living along the lines
of the trolley roads are finding in them
us unthought of source of convenience
I'm farm operations in the use of the
electric current taken from the circuit
for the purposes of lighting the farm
home and the furnishing of power OPP
Grafton of farm machinery. The man
who fights the establishment of n
trolley line thru or near his farm
is lighting the best thing which ever
came to him or ever Will.
THE, TRUE, MUNICIPAL SPIRIT.
LCedar Rapids GaHatteI
When discussing any improvement
for the city. compel yourself to loo
beyond your own neighborhood to tle
whole city and beyond the year am
the time to the future. Lay the foun
dations broad and sure. Build on the
level and true to the line. 1t Is pos
sible for II city to be killed by defec-
two geography OF the streets and the
surroundings. Make ALI the territory
accessible by the best means. DO not
regard the lowest cost as the lnfnl-
lible Indication of chcapness. Things
of low cost are sometimes dear. Build
we'll. Build strong and above all plan
for the future.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

The defeat Of the Hepburn measure
the Dubuque Times to hope
that u really effective rate control bill
will be passed by congress after ALL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Poisons in Fool,

Perhaps you don't realize that many
pain poisons originate In YOUR blood.
but some day you may feel atwinge Of
dyspepsia that will convince you. DIR.
Kings New Life Pills are guaranteed
to cure all sickness due to Ioison OF
undIgested food--or money bsck. 25
cents at Mcdonald & Mahoot Co..
dri1psrjctS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

Cures dizzy spells. tired feeling,
stomach, kidney and liver troubles.
Makes you we'll and keeps you well.
That's what Hollister'a Rocky Noun
tain Tea will do. IS cents, tea or tab
let's. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This is due
to the disease being SO insidious that
it gets a good hold on the system be-
fore 1t is recognized. Foley's Kidney
Cure will prevent the development of
fatal disease if taken in time. B. A.
Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

man who represents the political pow
err of a corporation, who seeks prefer
ment because of the advantage 1T Will
secure for his employer or who is the
candidate of an INSCRIPTIONS lobby
and who stands for the interference in
politics Of any corporation or trust,
should receive honor or recognition
at the hands of political parties, how
ever great his ability or distinguished
his personal services"
Commenting upon the assignment of
once well-to-do farmer who had gone
into business in town the Manson Jour-
nal suggests that ut more than ever
demonstrates the safest place for a
man is on farm. He may not make
money fast but when a man owns
farm he always makes some, no mat
ter how little. When he goes to town
and engages in the precarious life or
a merchant 1t is only a small per cent
that succeed and the records show that
1t is only Is per cent that escape bank
ruptcy, The wise man will stay on the
farm"
Noting that past February has to
it's discredit a record of % below zero.
the Davenport Democrat remarks but
there are times when competition is
not to be commended, and this month
is one of them"
The Tipton Advertiser observes that
~. w. Blythe, the distinguished and
able attorney for the c., B. & @. Rail
way Company is down at Washington
representing his employers, and using
all the power and influence he COM
mands to defeat the wishes Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the American peo-
pie in regard to securing a square deal
in the matter Of transportation rate"
and SAYS: "There will be few to
criticise Mr. Blythe for serving his en-
ployers faithfully, but no man can
serve two masters, and when Mr..
Blythe aspires to lead and control the
republican party In Iowa he should be
turned down with scant ceremony"
"What this country needs is a few
men like William Larrabee in con-
gress," asserts the Boone Republican.
1.-THE railroads tried for years to bride
him and kill him politically. but he is
looked upon as one of the greatest men
of Iowa, because he refused to be con-
trolled."
The Register and Leader points out
that There is no disposition anywhere
to deprive the railway companies of
their day in court. 1t is idle to assert
1,;n hot
has been Endorsed by the advocates of
action contains q definite and liberal
provision. All that is demanded is that
the shipper shall have his day in
court while he is yet alive. and to that
end that an order of the interstate
commerce commission that is not
clearly illegal or confiscatory shall go
into effect when 1t is made and shall
not be set aside until on final hearing
the courts say it is unfair"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

1t is the observation of the Lynn
vile Star that the man who claims
that tho world owes him n living Is
liable to get tin the penitcntiary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03
Why Some Farmers Fail.

In every agricultural community
there are prosperous farmers and nus
bandmen who appear to be on the de-
cline 1inancially We have In mind Il
Young man who bought a 1870 acre farm
and assumed n mortgage of $4,000 pay
able in lnstallments In ten years. ne
was tho son Of a thrifty farmer ana
,,,.,,,,'~a NJ in,'"'rto
neIchhor He wns not worried about
his interest or payments, as he knew
that he could obtain financial assist
ance at home If necessary. de had re-
ccived a good business education ana
came 10 ..lS ,lsk MiIn an iis c'irl -
ence that he had acquired while ASSIST :
ing to operate his fathers estate. re
had money enough to buy agricultural
indictments, horses and cows to opcr-
ME n dairy farm. His crops were al
WAYS put In In season and thoroughly
cultivated. He carried his milk to a
creamery and raised all his calves. lie
produced a good many hogs. and after
three wears appeared to be selling hogs
and cattle every month In the year.
All tho stock on his farm appeared
thrifty and his dairy herd Increased IN
quality and quantity of production.
Low places on the farm were tiled,
and by judic!ous management OF Ter
tillzers the land yielded increased crops
annually From the first interest ana
annual payments were met from lhe
resources of the farm. and instead OF
extending the loan, before the maj M
sta,lment was due he had purchased
and paid for an adjoining eighty acres.
This achievement was accomplished
NV skil,ful management of his estate,
a study OF what kind of farming was
best adapted to his land and carrying
out all his plans with strenuous per-
severance.
Contrasting with this example OF
successful agricultural operations was
q nelghbor who had inherited an ad-
Joining 800 acre farm, of equal lertll-
ity and productiveness. This wealthy
farmers son had no natural talent Tor
agriculture, and after living on his IN
herited estate for thirty-four years
died actually poorer In personal prop
ertv than when he came into possess
sion of his patrimony. With the re-
sources of a splendid farm at his com
mnnd he neglected to improve his OPP
nortunities. and instead of leaving a
large bank deposit ACCOUNT =" 10 at''
tributed among his heirs, he lett lhe
estate incumbered with debts ana IN
a dllapidated condition.
Success in agriculture depends as
much on resourceful management as
in the fertility of the soil. One man Is
always seeking more knowledge apper-
tanning to his profession, and so oper-
ates his land as a business proposition
that he achieves n brilliant success
while another man environed with
greater opportunities for creating
wealth by neglecting to improve his
chances scores signal financial fall
urp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-03

ut Is emphatically true declares the
Jason City Times-Herald, that no