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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-28

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town. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-28
MISCELLANY

To Loan - $500 on city or farm
property at low rate Of interest. S.
G. Bentley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-28

and frankly, in strictest confidence, telling all your
troubles. and stating your age. We will send you
FREE ADVICE. in plain sealed envelope, and val
liable book on Home Treatment for Women"
Address Ladies Advisory Department, The
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
DANDELIoNs IN LAWNS.

Many lover of a pretty lawn has
tried to eradicate dandelions by cut.
ting them out with knife. The
Maine station informs us that when
we cut off the crown an inch or two
below the ground we multiply the
number of plants. The side roots
start into business for themselves,
forming new crowns. If we do not
cut, the seeds give new plants, and SO
the determination of dandelion is rath'
er hopeless task. Where it is very
thick, the only thing to do is to de-
stroy the old sod, kill out the roots and
reseed heavily with grass. Where the
plants are few in number, it may be
just as we'll to imagine that they add
beauty to the lawn and try to enjoy
their presence Of course they can
be killed by the free use of blue vitrol,
but each spot so treated will remain
bare for years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
ARMY Health improved.

The annual report of the surgeon
general of the army for the year 1905,
covered by statistics just available,
will make such a showing as is most
gratifying to army medical officers,
There has been nothing like 1t In
nearly ten years, and the gratifying
condition is attributable to the i'm
proyement in sanitary conditions.
This is especially so in the treatment
of epidemics, particularly typhoid,
with which the army was seriously
threatened some years ago. All kinds
of devices have been adopted, after
thorough trial, in the hope that there
would be a decided improvement in
the conditions prevailing at army
posts. The same precautions for the
health of the troops have been taken
in the field, on marches and on army
transports. The army medical corps
is some thirty officers short OF its au-
thorized commissioned personnel, but
it is found possible to maintain the
health of the army in way which
has not been equalled since the record
breaking year of 1897. The statistics,
when available, will show remark.
able state of affairs, entirely credit
able to the surgeons who have been
working so hard all along for better
military hygiene.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
CLEAN MILK AND THE BARN
YARD

The Illinois station claims that in
the production of clean milk no enc
thing is of more importance than
keeping the COWS out of filth. Many
yards into which dairy cows are turn
ed each day for their drink and ex-
ercise are knee-deep with mud and
manure during the winter and spring,
if not nearly the entire year, In sum-
mer when COWS are cn pasture they
would keep comparatively clean, were
they not obliged to wade through a
filthy yard going to the stable for
milking. The yard should slope from
the barn and be covered with gravel
Or cinders sufficiently deep to form u
hard substance. Manure should not
be allowed to accumulate against or
near the barn, and no swine pen
should be nearer than 200 feet. on ac-
count of the odors from it being read
lily absorbed by the milk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
TOO MUCH FAT ON SHEEP.

Professor j. Long, a well-knoWn
English livestock authority, writing
of the late Smithfeld (England) show,
says: Although the number of ex-
cessively fat sheep carcasses were
fewer than ever before, it is still true
that in many cases the fat on the
back of exhibits was nearly or quite
two inches in thickness. What is
wanted is carcass with abundance of
tender lean. This was found in the
Suffolk carcass which won the cham
pion prize, bit even here there was
too much fat covering the lean. The
carcass weighed 102 pounds, the live
sheep tasted weighing 1874 pounds, so
that little more than sixty per cent.
was carcass weight of the live weight.
This sheep was Shortwool wedder
lamb, and it compared well with the
first prize Longwool wedder lamb, a
cross between the Suffolk and the
Cheviot, which weighed seVenty-nine
pounds in the carcass against 125
pounds, which was the weight of the
live sheep. Here the chops were good,
but there was too much suet and fat
in general l do not think that excess
sive fat applies so much to breed in
the sheep as to feed. For instance,
among the carcasses which were fat
enough to make person with deli
cate stomach sick, was Scotch
Blackface, which supplied fifteen
pounds of suet, and which was cover
ed with layer of two inches of tai
low over the ribs. In another case
Devon was covered with nearly two
inches of solid fat"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
SOMETHING BESIDES CORN.

A noted hog-breeder says: The
need Of something besides corn, some
thing to build up frame and muscle,
is quite generally recognized by up-to-
date breeders and feeders. What that
something is to be is the question.
Oats, shorts, bran, etc, are good
fiesh-formers, but are rather expensive
IL fed intensively; and most of us are
feeding for profit. The only feed that
is rich enough in protein, and at the
same time cheap enough to be largely
used in pork production is grass. So
important do l deem this auxiliary
ration that If could not have pasture
| would raise very few swine. The
value of grass for the breed SOW and
the growing pig is not alone in it's
nutritive elements, but largely in its
promotion of health and giving tone
to the system, enabling the animal to
give a better account of the corn it
consumes. If all the hogs in the coIn-
try could have the advantage of run
on grass, and plenty of pure water,
the danger from swine plague would
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
Helpful Surroundings.

Whatever you do in life, make any
sacrifice necessary to keep in an am
bition-arousing atmosphere, an en-
yironment which will stimulate you
to self-development. Keep close to
people who understand you. who be-
lisve in you, who will help you to dis
cover yourself. and encourage you to
make the most of yourself. This may
make all the difference to you be-
tween a grand success and mediocre
existence.
Stick to those who are trying to do
something and to be somebody in the
world-people of high aims, lofty am.
bition. Keep close to those who are
dead in earnest. Ambition is con-
tagious. You will catch the spirit
that dominates in your environment
Success Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
SALT FOR CHOLERA.

At meeting of the Kansas Poultry
Association Mr.. E. Harrington said:
This fall Mrs. Harrington discovered
that the cholera had appeared among
her chickens. had heard somewhere
that there is nothing to'beat salt as
a disinfectant. l had the hired man
clean the henhouse as clean as ne
could, wash it out thoroughly with
just as strong brine as he could make,
and fill every crack and crevlce WIN
the brine He did so, and we haven't
lost hen since. | tried the same
thing on my hogs when the cholera
broke out among them, and am sat
isfied that l saved a lot of them and
prevented further spread of the dis
ease"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
FALL SPRAYING.

Bulletin No. 254 of the State Elk.
pertinent Station, at Geneva, N. Y,
holds out little prospect of relief to
the orchardist who finds spring all TOO
short to allow of thorough spraying
of his scale-infested trees. The re-
suits of extensive tests seem to show
that fall spraying with sulphur washes
is safe upon harder varieties of fruit
trees and as effective as spring spray
ing, so far as scale destruction is con-
cerned. Some of the washes tested
also appear to promise a shortening
of time and decrease of trouble in
preparation of an effective compound.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
VRgFIzRlD.j and =
sAz1gyGARDEN
5szssS5sss
MEAT rnR CHICKS.

In concluding report of expert
ments in feeding young chicks the
Rhode Island Experiment Station
says: "The use of the proper proper
ton OF animal food will pay a hand
some profit through decreased mortal
ity and increased weight of the chicks.
In feeding bear in mind that chicks
in a state of nature spend practically
all of their working hours in search
crops in ten minutes every two hours.
Feeding should be, as far as the time
of the attendant renders profitable, q
continuous process, but by no means
a continuous gorge. The experiment
which led up DO this conclusion was
with an incubator hatch of 219 chick
ems. These were separated into lots
of about fifty each and placed in sim
liar breeders. For thirty days all con-
ditions were kept alike except the ra-
lions. Pen A was fed balanced ra-
ton of grains, meat and green food.
The chicks grew and thrived and not
one chick showed symptoms of diges-
tive disorder. The deaths amounted to
S.9 per cent In pen B all animal food
was withheld; the deaths were 9.5 per
cent, of which rs per cent, had bowel
trouble. Pen G was fed on grain
alone, all animal food and all green
food being omitted from the ration;
the deaths were 1927 per cent, of
which 76.5 per cent. showed digestive
trouble. In pen d all grain food was
omitted; the deaths of chicks were
63.7 per cent, of which 85.S per cent.
showed bowel trouble. All the liv-
ing chicks were weighed at the close
of the test, and pen A showed the
greatest average weight for all breeds.
This experiment shows conclusively
that outside of the brooding and con-
ditions during incubation chicks may
be killed by improper feeding. Where
one does not wish to buy the prepared
beef scraps the bones and scraps from
the table will go far towards feeding
the baby chicks at first if put in shape
so they can eat them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
A CROOKS
REVENGE
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BY a Secret Service Man.

'AoO ~'AsSAA'
When an expert crook calmly and
deliberately sets to work to get even
with former pal against whom he
has a grudge, something uncommonly
artistic in deviousness is bound to be
the result
The release from the New Jer-
sey State prison of old man Brock
way, the octogenarian counterfeiter
and forger, and the man who, as ev-
erybody knows, has been at the very
top of his profession for a matter of
= nifty years, reminds me of the sin
gularly handsome fashion with which
Brockway got even with another IA
nous crook who had done him an I'M
derhand trick.
The other famous crook was the
celebrated Tom O'Brien, the man
who is said to have made a million
dollars in the purveying of gold
bricks, OF whom great deal is writ
ten in the crooks book of former In
spector Byrnes of New York. O'Brien
is now doing 'lifer' in a French
penal settlement. After he had brib-
ed the keepers who were taking him
to Dannemora prison a number of
years ago. he escaped and made his
way to Paris, where not long after.
he shot and killed his pal, Kid Wad.
dell, and the French authorities put
him away for life. Every once in a
while story pops up to the effect
that O'Brien's wife, who lives in New
York, rs about to buy a South Amerf.
can man-o'war and undertake an ex-
petition to the French penal settle
ment to release her husband by lev
cling the prison walls, but those are
New York Sunday newspaper stories.
"A good many years ago Brockway
and O'Brien were on friendly terms,
although, as their lines were diff.
ferent, they never worked together
Then O'Brien pulled off some sort of a
mean trick on Brockway, the details
of which are only known to a few
close-mouthed veteran crooks, and
Brockway determined to get even.
'O'Brien was making his annual
notwithstanding tour through the
State of Pennsylvania few months
after he had gained the enmity of
Brockway, when, in little town not
many miles from Pittsburg, he was
approached by an extremely simple
looking old farmer who asked O'Brien
a question as to the time of departure
of the next train for Pittsburg. The
appearance of the prosperous-looking
old farmer Immediately caused the
gold.brick man to chirk up.
"'Got business in Pittsburg Ell,
pop.' said O'Brien. with the anna
bihty for which he was noted.
"'WeIl, reckon have-some.' re-
piled the old farmer. Got a few
bonds that I'm calculating to sell in
,Pittsburg.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24

said he belonged to neither class, Con-
gress was no place for him.
Il have reached conclusion as to
how much it costs a man to be ID
Congress, even on the most economl-
| cal basis" remarked a Representative
of moderate means today in discussing
| this subject. "Whatever it is costing
a man to live at home, it will cost
| him that amount to live here, plus
| $5,000-the Congressional salary.
pay at a hotel here $240 month for
accommodations for my wife and my
self, which is 81 day per capita,
with no reduction for absences from
the city.
"a Congressman must live in no.
tel The moment he buys mousse IL
gets telegraphed to his district that
he thinks he has a life claim on MS
seat, and the chances are that the
caucuses will go against him the next
time. A Senator, elected for SIX
years, may sometimes build house,
but even with them the experiment
has not always proved safe. | abhor
hotel life, but feel that for political
reasons l must submit to 1t.
"a man must also allow 20 per
cent of his salary, at the least cal
culation, for subscription to pollticai
and charitable enterprises in his dis
trict, good, bad and Indifferent. l
think few persons will take exception
to my formula that the man at nome
who wants to come to Congress must
bring his present living expenses Win
him, in addition to what uncle oam
purposes to pay him.
There was a time twenty years or
more ago when by common consent
this was not the case. A Congress
man could live in reasonable comfort
on his salary. But standards of enter
tainment are constantly rising mere as
elsewhere, and few men can aHord
wholly to omit social obligations. Tne
"striker" for aid has become recog-
nized as a distinct type of Congress
sional parasite, but one which can
not wholly be ignored.
A rich Pennsylvania Representative,
and the tendency is now strong IN
that State to send only rich men 10
Congress, was accosted by a wei
dressed man in the lobby today, VINO
began to tell plain tale of travel
but he had not gone through two SEN
fences before the discerning keystone
statesman interrupted. what, are
you strapped?'
ssTbat Mr. is lust what l
was getting around to say
and with another mouthful OF explana-
ton and apology occupied the time
while the M. c. was drawing nve'
dollar bill from his pocket. Not lnfre-
uuently a professional striker comes
to town who sees every man In the
delegation of the State often netting
a substantial sum in this way.-BoS
ton Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
MOVING LARGE TREES.

A French expert on tree-planting re-
ports great success in moving large
trees at night He takes them up late
in the evening after ten o'clock, moves
them as rapidly as possible, and
waters the soil and the branches bear
ing the buds. The results were ex'
cellent, only two of the large shade
trees dying, although number OF the
species were considered hard to trans
plant. For the first fifteen days after
transplanting he advises that the
boughs and leaves of the tree be
abundantly sprinkled.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
CHEAP WAY TO ERADICATE
STTTMPS

The following method of getting rid
of stumps is recommended by the
Scientific American: In the autumn
bore hole one or two inches in dia-
meter, according to the girth of the
stump, vertically in the centre of the
latter, and about eighteen inches
deep. Put into it one or two ounces
of salt-petre; fill the hole with water
and plug up close. In the ensuing
spring take out plug and pour in about
one-half gallon of kerosene oil and
ignite it. The stump will smolder
away to the very extremities of the
roots, leaving nothing but ashes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
POOR PAY liz CONGRESS.
Very Few Of the Members Can Get
Along on Their Salaries.

ENIOHA
While there is no disposition to
pass a bill raising the salaries OF
Congressman, it is growing more ap-
parent each year that the existing
stipend is wholly inadequate and that
few men without private fortunes will
consent to remain in public life. With
every Congress not few useful men
quietly drop out on this account. A
New England representative used to
say facetiously that there were two
classes of men. speaking from the
financial point of view, who should
come to Congress. Those who were
so rich that no amount of appeal for
money could affect them adversely.
ana those so poor that the worst
-~Sser on would not waste his tinaN
in hunting them up. AS this membAr
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
Raising a Girl the Wrong Way.

An Atchison girl of fifteen gets up
in the morning, eats breakfast which
her mother has prepared, goes up
stairs and takes care of her room,
and then goes downtown, sometimes
taking two hours to buy a spool of
thread. She eats dinner. which her
mother has prepared, wears clothes
her mother has made, spends the af.
ternoon reading story books or CAD
ding with her friends, eats supper her
mother has prepared, and spends the
evening with her girl friends. She
has done nothing wt-&ed all day, and
her mother is satisfied that she is
bringing her up right. But is shef
-Atchisou Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
ANIMAL FooD FOR HENS.

The use of animal food is becoming
more general every day as it is better
understood, but animal food alone Will
not give a full egg yield Other proper
foods must go with it, and the fowls
must be so fed as to produce all the
component parts of the body and ehe
egg. Animal food, wheat, oats, corn
and clover hay should make the hens
lay, providing they are compelled TO
hunt and dig in straw for all the grain
they get Proper food and exercise are
the needed things to have winter eggs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
GREEN FOOD FOR HOGS.

The pasture is almost as important
as the feed lot. If you have not the
alfalfa hog pasture you should lose
no time in starting one. Some SOW
rape for the hogs to pasture on, others
SOW rye, while some sow sorghum.
ANY green crop is better than dry
lot. Swine of all ages should be sup
piled with a liberal allowance of green
feed and the more permanent this sup
ply can be made the cheaper it Will
be and the less liability to neglect IN
this important feature of hog feed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
Our Actions Live.

Silently the work of our lives goes
on. 1t proceeds without intermission.
and. all that has been done is the
lnderstructure for that which is to
be done.
Young man and maiden, take heed
to the work of your hands. That
which you are doing is imperishable.
You forget it. 1t passes away from
you apparently, but it does not pass
away in reality. Every stroke, every
single element abides and there is
nohing that grows so fast as char
Church Advocate.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
A Window Cleaner.

A Window Cleaner.
All day they have toiled up the sun
burned slope,
Homeward bound with their heap
ed sheaves;
Brawny the arms in their blue
checked sleeves,
3aoyant each heart with youth AID
hope.
While 1 watch through a tree with
yellowing leaves,
FROM the window behind the hello
trope.
Do they guess for moment the
splendid dover
They bear up the hill, those har-
vest hands?
With their ringing song DER the
harvest lands
Day at the flood, and life at the flow
er?
The wheat that cannot be bound
in bands,
unlimited gold in Midas shower?
Not they! But that other whose
couch is spread
By the window o'erlooking the wag-
on track
Who cries a bit at the sweetmeat
lack,
With the daily portion of bitter bread.
While this the taunt of each creak-
ing rack
tsJNho oo mot afiaId nouct Stav Infnd ~
But now that the last of the loaded
wains
Has rolled out of sight, my tired
eyes close;
And river of dusk thro' the still
room flows,
Till the travail passes, and peace re-
mains.
look-and the sky is a dew-damp
rose,
And the panes of my window cathe-
dral panes!
Look down the steep where the hol-
lows lie,
Full to the brim of the red-gold,
light;
And a picture unrolls on the fall
ing night,
Limned by the artist, Imagery!
o purblind reapers gone over the
height!
Ye have passed much goodly sub
stance by!
So must CLEAN from my window
seat,
Nor go afield with the hale and
strong;
When the daylight fails and the
shadows throng.
Behold! my gamers are full of wheat.
A marvellous canvas, a sheaf of
song.
And vision above and beyond them,
sweet!
Emma Herrick Weed, in Youths
Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24

On the beach at Norwich. England,
the children enjoy one of the finest
sports possible-toboggani down a
steep sand hill. The sand bluff is
$50 feet high, of soft sand, and the
coasters slide down by hundreds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24
Panama.

1t is supposed by some that Pana
ma derived its name from the native
word for butterfly. Explorers of the
interior tell of swarms of butterflies
which at times rise on the slopes of
the mountains in dense clouds, dark
ening the sunshine. Others maintain
that the name is from an Indian word
meaning Astounding in fish.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24

be reduced to minimum. But on
many farms no arrangement is. made
for hog pasture, and this is especially
true on farms occupied by renters,
and on such farms a very large
amount of pork is produced
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24

In London, according to the latest
statistics, there is only one telephone
for every sixty families, In New
York, there is one for twelve; in Bos-
ton, one for six; in San Francisco.
one for four.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24

Germany will further exclude
American meats declares the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch She is protecting her
great hoxTe-fiesh int GGtry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-08-24

We all admire an old girl who holds
Ter age.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-07-12
Thomas Jcnerson's Bible.

The Jefferson Bible, with its bcauti.
III! red Morocco binding. made no little
trouble In the House while IL was n
single forgotten volume reposing under
lock and key ut the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. Now that IL has been photo
graphed and reproduced In numerous
copies, the little volume has multiplied
care for the Senate. Hardly man OF
the ninety but has had thousands OF
requests for the book, and more are
coming in by every mail.
IL seems that some enterprislng bust
ness man advertised the jefferson
Bible prominently In well-known
magazine. He announced that IL could
be had for nothing II one would write
TO ones Senator or Member OF Con-
gress, concluding his advertisement
with the further statement that he had
gone TO considerable expense In having
the advertisement printed, and hoped
readers would turn to his business an
nouncement on another page.
So IL Is that requests are rolling In
upon Senators especially, for the pub
lie seems to have taken the idea that
they are more legitimate prey than
gentlemen at the other end OF the
Capitol. Each Senator's quota is but
thirty copies, and the only good way
out or the dilemma appears TO be TO
print more, just as Congress has done
with the horse book and other popu-
lar Government publications. Better
send for one before the second reprint
Is all distributed.