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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26

The body of Pietro Visconti, an Ital-
ian laborer, has been taken from the
ruins of a South birmingham, Mass,
building, which collapsed last Monday,
making the number of bodies now re-
covered total twelve.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26

NOTES.
Always have plenty of fresh, clean
drinking water handy.
Alfalfa leaves are far richer In feed
ing value than wheat bran.
That hogs are not profitable is more
often the fault of the owner than the
hogs.
Hamburg, Germany. imports so per
cent of the Texas cottonseed meal sold
for export
Diseases are most prevalent among
poultry in midsummer, among hogs and
sheep in winter and spring.
1t is said that an occasional bath OF
salt water will cause the hair to grow
on places worn off of horses by the
harness.
He is dull man who cannot gain
valuable information at the state meet
ings of the swine breeders and state
dairymen
Do not think than anything is good
enough for the hogs. Give them good,
clean food. and keep the pen clean
Hogs like to be clean, if you will let
them.
There is no need of having sore
shoulders if you will keep your eyes
open and see that the collars fit per-
fectly Also watch all other parts of
the harness. Prevention is the best
cure for all ailments.
When wire cuts develop screw worms
in the pasture stock it is; better to drive
such bzlood marked subjects up to the
home lots or barns where they can be
treated regularly for these diligent
pests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26

THE Des Moines Capital has noticed
a tendency at times during the heat
and fervor of a political campaign
campaign to gross. eNaggeration."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26
Lowest Rate of the Year.

$500 to Chicago and return, via Chi
cago Great Western railway. Tickets
on sale Aug. 4. 5 and 6, return limit
August Is, are good on all trains. Ask
j. r. Harding, agent, Marshalltown
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26

v. Baldwin Johnson, leading Wash
ington coal dealer. was found dead in
bed, death resulting from heart fail
ure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26

prohibition sooner than any other
method that can be advised. The mon
ey that comes from the licensing of
the sale of liquors to the government,
to the state and to the cities and towns
in particular has more to do with the
liberation of saloons than any other
cause. And there really is no more
reason for charging the saloon keeper
for selling his goods than for making
the dry goods merchant pay tax"
The Des Moines Capital has noticed
a tendency at times during the heat
and fervor of a political campaign
campaign to gross. exaggeration."
'Since Geo. D. Perkins lost his dis
trict he has never been considered as a
gubernatorial possibility even by his
friends" says the Indianola Record.
His candidacy has been big joke
ever since the anti-iCummins counties
cea sed to instruct for him."
"Party harmony is desirable. but
principle and justice is more to be de-
sired" remarks the Northwood An
Choir at would be disgraceful to per
nit the gang of black-legs who have
charge of the anti-Cummins campaign
manipulate the convention in the in
terest of the railroads"
Observing that the Perkins support
ers are now saying that both Perkins
and .Cummins should be defeated, the
LIE Mars Sentinel says This is equiva-
liant to saying that they know Perkins
is defeated and they wish Cummins
We're"
To the Boone News 1T looks as if
public sentiment would compel Bryan
to run on the democratic side ana
Roosevelt on the republican,
'The Cummins managers protest too
much" asserts the Council Bluffs Nom
tpareil. "The Perkins managers con-
test too much,' rejoins the Boone Re-
publican.
"a contest which appeals more to the
farmers than those being talked abous
by Ed Hunter is that between King
Korn and Jack Frost which will be on
before long" puts in the Grinnell Reg
iSter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-26
The Strawpile


/ costing about $780, This result was
highly encouraging and gave rise to
the unfortunate belief that IL seven
sows We're such good property twenty
| would be that much better.
While this farmer was able to start
a herd of twenty. sows, he was not able
to grow the product necessary to keel.
them growing and finish them for the
market; nor would he buy the neces>
sary feed; hence the undertaking
proved to be a boomerang in the way
of destruction. for in the course of a
year or two a most nondescript class of
| hogs overran that farm, carrying mis-
| fortune and loss in Their wake. none of
| them bringing top market prices.
| Men now grow hogs as regular
farm product, after a few years ex-
perience, seem to settle down to about
a given number each year, because
they have learned that with this num-
Der they succeed best If for any reason
they wish to increase the number it is
done with a degree Of caution and in a
way that gives them greater success
than comes to the Inexperienced when
they reach out to double their product
Usually when prices are good for a
period of a year or more the impression
gets about that hogs are scarce, which
results in a great increase in all hog
growing sections by some men new to
the business and by many old growers
adding few more This results in a
short time in surplus and breaking
down in prices.
Better prices would be the rule ex
cept for these spasmodic increases of
herds; hence it is we'll for farmers to
consider well the proposition of in
creasing the number grown before they
move permanently in that direction.
The incentive is increased returns, but
the fact is too often forgotten that by
the time they are ready for these at
tractive returns there are too many to
divide with.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Mushrooms in the Cellar.


The winter is a good time for the
farmer with an experimental turn OF
mind to try growing some mushrooms.
He doubtless has his furnace going
and the temperature of his cellar Will
vary from SO to 70 degrees. This tenn
perature is well suited to the growing
of mushrooms. Spawn will cost ABOUT
25c per pound, but single pounu
will go long way. The material USED
for foundation is horse manure. Ihls
should be thrown into heap, first rah-
ing out the loose straw. Make pie
of this In the stable in some corner
and tramp it firm. after ten days this
mass will be found to be heating.
when it should be forked over ana
again packed tight. In a few Gays
this mass will again be heating. put
need not be disturbed unless the
heating reaches the point Of "hre-fans-
ing"
At this time this can be put into
boxes in the cellar, putting about 10
inches in each box. 1t should be
watched for a few days, and if it be
found that the temperature is drop
ping the spawn may be put into It, Ihe
spawn should be broken up into pieces
perhaps an inch through and inserted
for an inch or two under the surface.
No water should be applied at this
time, but the bed should be packed
firmly. At the end OF a week the bed
may be opened little to see II the
spawn is spreading. This will be In
x1I h,, dc
through the mass. These threads are
the body of the mushroom plant and
each thread is known as mycellum.
Masses Of these combine to form one
plant, and when they have permeated
the soil thoroughly, they draw nour-
ishment from all parts to develop 1rult.
This fruit is pushed out towards the
surface and is the part that we call
the mushroom. 1t in turn produces
seeds which are known as spores, and
In the case of Agaricus campestrus,
which is the ordinary mushroom OF
commerce, these spores are pink IN
color, and for that reason people say
that these mushrooms have pink gllls.
The most delicious mushrooms are
those that are gathered when they are
in the button stage, which is the mush-
room before the cap is expanded. This
Is not, however, the most economical
time at which to gather the mush-
rooms. 1t is better to wait unit! they
have attained the diameter Of two or
three inches, at which time the cap
will be fully expanded and the stem
well developed. The stem OF this
variety is more valuable than the
stems of most varieties, and 1t Is al
most solid. Many varieties OF mush-
rooms have hollow stems. The mush.
room should be more widely cultivated
for home use than it has been. To
certain extent it takes the place OF
meat, as in its habits it leans more
towards the animal kingdom than the
vegetable kingdom. Most vegetables
throw off oxygen and take in carbon.
The mushroom throws off carbon, as
do the animals, and takes in oxygen.
1t is very rich in nitrogen and in many
localities of Europe takes the place OF
meat.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
To Orchard a Hilltop,

A reader of the Farmers Review
asks If it will be safe for him to plant
an orchard on a grassy hillside. 1t
is difficult to give reliable advice on
a question of this kind without being
ION the ground" so much depends on
location, condition of land. object in
planting and, above all, the man be-
hind the venture. If the land has been
growing good grass for many years,
the soil is pretty well filled with roots
and it would be safe to plow all the
ground as the sod and roots would
prevent washing for a season or two.
would plow lengthwise Of the hill,
also plant trees and do all cultivation
same way-never up and down.
Ground should be kept loose and clean
for at least four feet around the trees
all season. would plant some kind
of hoed crop, as potatoes, beans, or
even corn the first year, after which
COW peas make an ideal orchard crop.
They may be cut for hay, or, better
yet, be left on the ground as a winter
covering, to prevent erosion and pro.
vide an abundance Of plant food for
future use Of trees.
In four or five years the trees
ought to begin to bear, and would
then SOW grass again. which would
be cut and piled under the trees or
left unraked on the ground, to decay.
With this treatment | believe a good
orchard can be grown on hillsides, and
made to produce profitable crops with
out the use of fertilizers, for many
years at least
If for any reason the planter feels
certain that the above treatment will
not hold the soil, my plan would be
to dig place for each tree Then
spade up the ground for few feet
around them and mulch heavily with
the cut grass as soon as possible in
the season. While | am not an advo
cate of this method OF growing trees
in sod ground by mulching am con.
vinced there are certain conditions
under which 1t might succeed.-Jno.
A. Gage, jefferson Co., H., in Farmers
Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Most Important Field Crops.

Eight principal cereals are srown in
the United States. They are, in the
order OF their acreage, corn, wnaat,
oats. barley. rye, buckwheat. rec.
kafir corn. In 1889 the acreage de-
voted to cereals was $4,000 900. oser
a per cent of the total improved area.
In that year the total v1'ue CT ali
the cereal crops was $1,4S4,231 .93S. or
81 per cent of the total value of all
crops produced.
In the census of 1879 the PRO .uctlon
con bushels. In 1880 the amount was
1854. 100000 bushels: in 1890. 2.122,-
100000 bushels and in 1900. 1865 ,0GO.-
GOO bushels. The production OF wheat
was reported by tine census of 1870
at oS7.000.O00 bushels; by the cen.us
Of 1880 at 459 9.OC0 900 bushels: by the
census Of 1890 at 468,000,OOO bushels;
by the census OF 1900 at 658,O00 GOO
bushels. The production of oats was
2s2,0OO,OO0 bushels in 1863; 4O7, 900 500
bushels in 1879; SO9,0O0,O0O bushels in
1889 and 943.OOO,O0O bushels in 1899.
The three grains given are by far
the most important ones grown in the
United States. All the other cereal
crops conbi:.ed are but Il small! mat
ter compared with the three great
cereal crops. Thus in the last ceneus
jear the relative acreages of the eight
crops mentioned were in per cents as
follows: Corn, 51.3; wheat. 22.4:
oats. 16; barley, "a; rye. IL; back.
wheat. O.4; rice, 0.2; kafir corn 0.2
Thus the aggregate percentage OF
barley, rye, buckwheat. rice and kuir
corn was 4.3, while even oats was i6.
Based on total values the per c&1.ts
were: Corn, 55.S; wheat. 2l9; oats,
14.6; barley. 2.s; rye, o.s: rice, 06;
kaf1r corn, Oh. total for the last five
OF At per cent. 1t will thIs be seen
that report on the increase in earn,
oats and wheat is equivalent 10 re-
port on progress in the growing OF all
cereals.
Among the most important OF all
crops grown in the United States Are
the nay and forage crops. An IN.
crease in these means ar enormous
increase Of wealth. In 1879 there
were 30,000,00O acres in hay and for.
age crops; in 1889 the acreage was So.
100000; and in 1899 the acreage was
6l,0oo,000. The production OF dry
forage and hay for these years was:
1879, 100000 tons; 1889, $4,000, 900
tons; 1899, 79,000,00O tons.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
PoIscNs NOT ALWAYS DEADLY.
In the Hands of Physicians Some
Make vaIuabIe Remedies.

The venom of the rattlesnake has
been known to cure locomotor ataNia
and scarle, fever" said a chemist.
Homeopathic physicians often pre-
scribe it.
''fou know the curara. the deadly
poison that the South American In
dians smear on their arrow tips? Well
curara is very helpful in hydrophobia
There is seaweed called 'blad-
der-wrack.' They make of this an an
tifat, marvellous antifat. BY the
use of this antifat I know a man who
reduced his weight forty pounds in
three months.
There is deadly fungus. the fly
agaric, which unfortunate people
sometimes eat in mistake for mush-
rooms. They make medicine Of the
fly argaric. medicine callei mus
carine nitrate, which. injected under
the skin. causes copious flow Of
tears. French actresses in weeping
scenes such as La Dame aux Camel
las sometimes use this drug.
Cocaine causes wakefulness. I
once worked forty-eight hours at a
stretch, thanks TO cocaine.
Coca stimulates. exhilarates and
removes all desire for food or drink.
An Alpine guide will chew fifty or
sixty grains of it before commencing
4 difficult ascent"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
What War Cost japan.

The failure of the rice crop and that
Of the silk crop are mentioned as
causes of the famine which now pre-.
walls in northern Japan. 1t would
be interesting to know how far the
famine is connected with the war
which took so many men from home.
a clew may be obtained from one
sentence in recent statement to the
effect that soldiers returning from the
gone to other provinces to seek work.
The famine covers three Svinces
and almost 100000 people appear
to be starving Hartford, Conn,
Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Remarkable BRIDGES.

Among the many old hooks and cor
ners and crannics of the auld Emer-
aid Isle is Carrick-a-rede, on the
Great Northern railroad, of Ireland.
1t is an isolated rock, separated from
the mainland by a chasm sixty feet
wide and more than eighty feet deep,
and it is at this place that the salmon
are Intercepted in their retreat to the
rivers. A rude bridge Of ropes is
thrown across, which remains during
the fishing season. and this bridge,
which is protected by a single rope
rail. swings about in the most uncom-
Portable manner, often rendering i
a dangerous feat in stormy weather.
save to the natives. who cross it with
the utmost Indifference. The name
is derived from "Carrig- -a-ramhadh" ="
Nhe rock in the road on account Of
the intcrccpting of the salmon. Near
by. on the west side of the island. is
cavern in which have been found
the bones of horse, OK, deer, sheep
goat. badger, otter, water rat and of
several kinds of birds.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Popccrn Prize Diamond.

A handsome diamond was the bar
gain obtained by somebody who
bought sack of popcorn at Webster.
confectionery store, Minneapolis Web
ster had an unusually busy evening
and Just before the rush began he
took his diamond ring from his finger
and. placing it in a sack, laid it ava,
on a shelf. He paid no more atten
ton to the jewel until closing time
when he decided to put on the rims
again.
He could find no trace of it, and a.
The sack was gone from the shelf he
krew it would be useless to look fur
ther. He is convinced that in mo
ment of fOrgctfulness he filled the
sack with popcorn and handed it tt
some purchaser
Unless the lucky customer swallow
ed the diamond he probably thinks he
was the winner in a prize package
contest,-New York Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02

the place where she prosecuted .er
studies, and wnere for many years
she was to be found almost every
pleasant night.
With the removal of an old dwsll.
ing near the corner of Broad and
Green streets. there came into view
from the street an old wooden build
ing much resembling mammoth bee
hive, with 4 conical roof. This is she
observatory where this candidate for
fame pursued her "heavcn-y" stnd-
les and each night scanned the fky
for some new discovery.
The building is about a story and
half in hight, with a flight of stairs
leading up TO the entrance which is
situated on the main floor some dis
tance from the ground
Above the door is the conical roof.
This is ball bearing, revolving on
several cannon balls. A slit in the
roof admits of the use of the tele
scope. The instrument long since
was removed and the place is now
used as a storehouse.
The building is in a good state of
repair, the shingles being all close fit
ting and in place, while the stairs
leading to the door are as good as
ever
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Our Asset in Farm Machinery

government report says: THE
American farmer buys annually s1OO,.
100000 worth Of farm implements and
machinery and the total assessed value
of this portion of his equipment Is
over $761, 100000" At this rate the
farmer in ten years will pay out a
billion dollars for farm implements,
This sum is so vast that it is almost
beyond human comprehension, yet
there is no reason to suppose that the
estimate is too high. Is there not good
reason therefore for advising the
farmer to take the best Of care of the
machinery that he has? 1t is one OF
the farmers assets that most rapidly
deteriorates and If neglected soon
ceases to become an asset. Nearly ali
farm implements can be destroyed by
natural elements. drying out by the
air, rustins by the presence OF mois.
ture and the destruction OF the wood.
work by repeated wetting and drying.
Every farmer should have tool house
and every tool should have a place
there. All the woodwork should be
covered with paint, as this protects II
from the air and the rain He does cot
even need to use paint; he can Use
linsced oil. giving the woodwork sew.
eral coats. The metal work should
be protected with a like coating. In
fact, little bit of linseed oil will go a
very long way in saving farm machin.
cry. No paint and no linseed oil will
stand all kinds Of weather condition,
Therefore, tools should be carefully
housed when not in actual use.-John
Administer, Chase Co., Kan, in Farm.
ers' Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
OSTRICH FARMING IN AFRICA.
Census Shows Presence Of Nearly
Half Million Birds.

The ostrich census in South Africa
shows i57.gIO birds in the colony
lhere are two sorts of ostrich farm
ing, the one grazing them on fields
uhuer irrigation, when five birds 10
the acre can be kept. and the other
letting them find their own food in
large camps up to 5000 acres. and re-
quirlhs from ten TO twenty acres TO
bird. In the first case the great
drawback is the great cost of sand
lald down with lucerne and under per
manent irrigation, it running from
$500 to $500 per acre. In the second
case the drawback is the greater loss
OF birds from accidents and getting
lost, and the cost of feeding them in
severe droushts.
Oudtshorn is the great ostrich cen
ter Tor the irrigation method, one
quarter OF all the birds being found
there. The other method is mainly
carried Oh on the west coast of East
London and up the large river val
leys- The chick feathers usually are
pulled when the bird is 8 months old,
then six and half months after that
the primary feathers are cut. and the
tails, blacks. and drabs, pulled This
gives nearly three pluckings in two
years. Birds should average one to
one pound three ounces of feathers a
plucking, or about pound and a half
Il year.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Planting Crops on Dry Soils.

When man tries to work a dry
soil and one that will remain dry
throughout the season he must modify
his operations to suit the case. 1t is
not best for him to use upon such soil
crop that has to be sown broadcast,
for the reason that it would be then
impossible for any cultivation to be
done to preserve moisture. He must
drill his crops, placing the drills at
sufficient distance apart to permit him
to cultivate between the rows durine
the dryest part Of summer, and thus
prevent the loss of all moisture, ex.
cept through the leaves of the plants.
Dry soil farming is therefore science
by itself. Its methods can never be
those applicable to the humid states.
The success Of a farmer on a dry soil
depends on his ability to study his
own questions and to analyze his own
situations.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Bird That Shaves.

Man is not the only living creature
that shaves. The bonmot, a South
American bird, takes dry shave reg
ularly.
The bonmot has long blue tail feath-
ers. Each quill is adorned from base
to tip with soft blue down. This ar.
rangement the bird dislikes. There
fore with its sharp beak, it nips the
quills bare from the base out to about
an inch from the tip. where it main
tains neat oval of soft blue whisker.
Such action seems silly on the bon.
mots part. To certain philosophers,
though, it seems no sillier than mans
action in regularly scraping bare his
cheeks and chin, while he maintains
on his upper lip an oval of soft hair
not unlike the bonmots tail oval
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
TradzFiaures That Amaze

The statistics of the foreign trade
of the United States last year. attain
ing new totals, are amazing in their
magnitude. The exports aggregated
$1,626, 6,962,343. while the imports
amounted to s1,179,35S,S46. The ex.
cess of exports over imports was
SAT- sos, 497, or good deal over a
million dollars a day. If We hadn't
become calloused to big things dur.
ing this recent period of the abundant
life these figures would stagger us by
their immensity. The United States
long ago quit being biliion-dollar
country. Last year it was $2.S0G,.
321.lS9 country. This year it is likely
to be three-billion dollar country
Hartford, Conn, Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Fine Hair Of Society Women.

Elihu Roots daughter has a splen'
did head of hair-one of the finest ev.
er seen in Washington. Her dark
brown locks are of the silky quality
seldom seen in curly hair and when
loose they reach below her knees
She usually wears then braided and
wound closely around her head. Bar.
oness Won Sternburg has hair that
many an actress would envy. 1t is
Titan red, curly and abundant. She
wears it in the low Greek coiffure. al.
ways without adornment.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Would Teach Women to Shoot.

receive an invitation to learn how tC
shoot a revolver. Jersey City if the
plan of Rev. DR.. John L. Scudder, the
fighting parson" of the First Congre
gational church and manager of the
Peoples palace. is successful will be
come the warmest city in the United
States for burglars. DR.. Scudder pro
poses to install shooting gallery in
connection with the Peoples palace
as soon as it is completed. He an
nounced that he will issue an invita-
ton to every woman in the city tc
practice revolver shooting.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-02-02
Work Demanded Of Architects.

When new cathedral or a new vol.
leee is to be built it is well that archi
tects should compete for it, for then.
other things being equal, the best man
gets the job and the best possible
kind of building Is assured.
Few persons. though. realize what
II costs an architect to enter a com.
petition, They do not understand the
time and labor that must be devoted
to the design, The estimates. etc
There is one firm of architects in
New York mat spent $500 last wear
On a single competition. This firm
entered ten competitions altogether
winning -four of them. and the too,
coSi :, do it WIS $1,000.