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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
SNAP SHOTS.
(Sioux CITY Journal.l

- (olOuX lily JOuTlldly
When a man is busy it is quite likely
that he is only tuning.
When the ice is abundant on the
street it is just as well not to laugh
with companion by the way over
what happened to Smith.
When a plum drops into mans
lap with thud he Is bound to say he
was looking for it.
s Girls should beware Of marrying the
man who admits that one handkerchief
a week is enough for him.
Some men seem to enjoy thinking
about their wills, but instances OF
pleasure in contemplating the size OF
alimony are unknown to the public.
Even the most modest people doubt
if they can make a good job of bath
in the dark.
A fattering report card at school
teaches self respect.
When man has lost a little sleep
he wants to take it out of somebody.
1t is the man who has water on his
land that does the heavy worrying over
the flood
A little snow on glare ice is a COM
lbination Of treacheW
A marrowless spinal column makes a
convenient burrow.
When a man ceases to be useful he Is
introduced to the precipice.
A dog without a tail teaches himself
the expression OF pleasure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
BURROWS STRONG NERVE,

Ex-senator Burton, of Kansas, has
appealed to the president for pardon
Burton, 1t has not been forgotten. is
the United States senator caught with
the goods on him and sentenced to q
nine months in prison and to pay a
fine of 81, 500. Payment Of the fire was
lodged by his deciion to board 1t out
in prison which added thirty days tt
his term. Now when only few days
of his term remain to be served he APP
peals to the president for a pardon IN
order ito partially rehabilitates him
self; and the president as was
to be expected and much to general
satisfaction. promptly turned down the
request.
1t is against the rehabilitation Of such
be protected. Here was no youth ex-
posed to temptation, no ignorant. and
victim of others but a man
shrewd enough to cozen stale like
Kansas into the folly of electilig him
to the highest office in its gilt. To
pardon such a man, to reha him
and restore him to equal rights Of citi-
zenship, would be travesty upon
Justice Burton will stay in pris on UNI
til the last hour and come out sllorn OF
the privilege to hold office under the
government he betrayed.
1T seems an astonishing thing, in a
way that Burton should have asked a
pardon. Most of us will consider his
punishment mild. He has not suffered
long Imprisonment; 1t has not bowed
him under shame so unbearable that
he was unwilling to suffer thirty days
longer in order to save. a sum oil. naon-
.ey. The fact is Burton asked for a
pardon because pardoning has b;en the
order Of the day and cle1nencyi easy
to obtain for the criminal whose
friends are influential Executive
clemency has degenerated into a GUS
tom and Burton based his hope on this
custom. The presidents refusal to
consider his petition should offer a sug-
gestion to minor executives to whom
are granted the pardoning power. The
judicious use, not the abuse of tile par
doning power is its only excuse for
existence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
A Bio Horse Sale.

In view of continued high prices for
all classes of horses sale of high
bred American Percherons, held at
Wichita, Kas., short time ago, is of
interest to farmers and all interested
in this serviceable breed. The sale was
conducted by j. w. and j. G. Robson,
of Towanda, Kas., extensive breeders,
and broke the record for averages of
American bred Percherons. Sixty-one
head We're put in the ring, and the ag-
gregate amount, in cash, paid in before
the horses were taken away, was $685.
445, or an average Of $646. In the lot
were thirty five mares and twenty-six
stations. The latter were all young.
and with a half dozen exceptions the
mares were yearlings, 2-year-olds and
3-year-olds. There were no high
prices received, $1,000 having been the
top. Only two sold below $500, and
only four above $1,000. 1t was the most
even sale ever witnessed by many old
breeders, and everything went for spot
cash.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
TESTING CORN.
Will it Be Profitable to Test Each Ear
Of Seed Corn Which Is Intended for

Will it Be Profitable to Test Each Ear
Of Seed Corn Which Is Intended for
Planting This Year?
The seed corn which is intended for
planting this year is in very bad con-
dition. This is the opinion of large
number of men who have examined
and Judged thousands OF samples of
seed corn at the farmers institutes and
corn shows held in all parts Of the state
this winter.
Almost without exception one-fourth
to three-fourths of the seed brought
in for exhibition show plainly that the
germs are dead or in very weak con-
dition. These samples probably repre-
sent quite truly the seed which the
owners intend to plant this spring. II
the seed is only one-fourth to three
fourths strong, will it not be profitable
to test each ear and discard the bad
and weak ones?
The late frosts and rains in many
parts of the state last fall prolonged
the growing period and kept the corn
from driving out When the hard Octo-
Der and November freezes came there
Twas still large amount of moisture IN
T the corn The germs of the corn which
froze with this moisture in them were
killed or weakened, consequently
large portion of the seed saved as the
corn was husked for cribbing was al
ready killed.
The condition is especially bad in
northern Iowa, but is very unsatlsfac-
tory in other parts of the state and in
|tother states in the corn belt.
Now. not next May and June when
the corn is being replanted, is the time
to think about this.
Now, during March, while we have
the time, is the time to test our seed
corn.
Farmers are most strongly urged to
test six kernels from every ear which
they intend to plant next spring. This
will take about three days for the ay-
erage farmer. 1t will cost him nothing.
He cannot hurt his corn by testing it.
1t will bring him "stand of corn
One ear will plant three hundred
hills. A bad ear thrown out and re-
placed by good one will prevent there
being 900 missing hills in the field next
summer.
If seed must be bought, it should
De purchased III lHe edi os iie'l iioiiiS
as possible If it has not been tested
before being sold, the purchaser will do
well to test each ear and discard all
showing weak or bad termination. No
one can afford to be careless about the
seed he plants.
The seed this year IS very bad,
but if every farmer will test six kernels
from each ear of his seed, he has it
within his power to plant seed which
will grow strong. 400
Qowa Experiment Station Bulletin
No II explains in a simple way how
seed corn may be tested and prepared
for the planter. A card asking for. it
addressed to the Director Of the Ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
orally with every acre Of oats sown
upon their farms.
Tho Home Garden.


The approach of spring should re-
mind us that garden making season is
at hand. From a purely commercial
standpoint, 1T will be found that no
other plot of ground Will bring such
liberal returns to the home as does
the family garden. From a home
making" and "health-g giving stand
point, it's value cannot be estimated in
dollars and cents. No matter how
good our intentions, it is not possible
for one to visit the markets and pur-
chase daily supplies of fresh, crisp,
tempting fruits and vegetables suchlas
may be had directly from our own
gardens
Let the garden be convenient to the
house, a warm slope Is best, wide
gate will allow driving in with team
and then see to it that the strawberry
plants, peas. beans. potatoes and other
crops are put in in rows which may
be cultivated with horse power instead
of depending upon the hoe for so much
of the summer tending. Apply lib
eral amount OF we'll rotted manure
now.
1t is best to double disc before plow-
ing the garden: it will then require less
labor to fit the soil, then, too, it will
warm up earlier and conserve the
moisture better. For most garden
| crops. it is best to leave the soil in
fine filth but not worked down firm
as is the case with most field crops.
Every family should have gar
den and it ought to be a good one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14

are denied. Thurston wrote poetry
upon a woman and rose, good poetry
too, and the unbusted Pegasus of KAN
sas bucked him from seat In the sem
ate into obseurity. You cant write
poetry and pose as an original Amer
lean humorist if you are in the states
man business. Even Theodore Roose-
welt knows better than to chance any
thing beyond the prose of history and
the chase.
One Senator Gale Of Cerro Gordo is
the latest statesman to fall into the
traps that verse and hl,mor sets in the
path to fame Chicago newspapers are
even now unfeelingly referring to his
semi poetical and partially humorous
bill to regulate hens as as freak
bill" and compromise piece to the
bill that made Buckingham famous IN
the last legislature. Worse than that
they print it in entirety. Alas for SEN
ator Gale!
Henceforward, struggle as he will
toward the great and useful he will be
greeted wherever he turns by faces at
tuned to mirth; when he expounds the
deepest policies that genius and ex-
perience combine TO create, instead of
(applause) the journals will put be
tween the parentheses (uproarious
laughter), thus: When he rises to
witch world with noble statesman
ship. every mouth will be fixed to
smile. But one course remains. He
must be funny, as funny as he can;
and Senator Gale was always funny.
There will be sadness over the state
that statesman should be thus d.
yerted to the lower planes of poesy
and frivolous wit. The Avernian de-
scent is easy, too easy Descensus
Senator Gale.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
I he Strawpile

oats to each acre Of clover. This shows
that the prevailing system of farming
consists of growing corn most of the
two or three years by growing crop
of oats.
A rotation of crops is absolutely
necessary in a permanent system of
farming and rotation which. does not
include clover or some other legu1nin-
GUS crop, is scarcely worthy of the
name. BY leguminous crops, we mean
all the clovers, alfalfa, COW peas, soy
beans, ETC.. all of which are capable
of using the nitrogen of the air. These
crops, which are rich in nitrogen, are
the crops which are rich in protein and
every farmer who has bought feed
knows that the more protein a feed
contains, the more it costs him., Corn
is the best fattening feed in the world
but there must be certain amount
of protein fed with it or the full value
of the corn cannot be obtained. Why
not. grow this protein on our farms in
the form of clover and at the same
time, add fertility to the soil so that
our children will not be compelled to
farm worn out farm or seek fertile
soil in some other locality? The man
who lays up fertility in his soil by
sowing clover, is doing his boy a
greater good than if he lays up money
in the bank for him.
The growing Of clover fits perfectly
into system Of farming which is
designed to increase the amount Of
produce obtained from the land and at
the same time leave the soil more fer
tile.
The farmers who SOW oats this
spring can add many dollars to their
own income and millions to the wealth
of the state both now and in future
years, if they will sow clover seed lib
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
pertinent Station, Station A, Ames, Ia.
will bring this bulletin.
Save The Pics.

Everyone who lost a healthy pig last
spring lost the equivalent of a So bill.
The loss of six piss or an ordinary lit
ter. amounts to g. months wages for
the average farm hand. The loss of
five pigs on each Iowa farm last spring
meant s5,OOO,OOO less in actual farm
profits. How many of us lost more
than five pigs.
Loss of pigs is largely due to i'm
proper methods OF feeding before far
rowing and lack of care at narrowing
time. The man who feeds his brood
sows all winter on a strictly corn ra-
ton, is simply counting failure and can
reasonably expect to lose part of his
pigs. The man who feeds oats, shorts,
bran tankage, or some other protein
food. along with his corn. can reason
ably expect good success at narrowing
time, provided he furnishes suitable
quarters.
1t is a penny wise, pound foolish"
policy that does not provide good quar-
tiers for each sow. One pig will pay the
cost, while lack Of care often results
In the loss of the whole litter. Often
times, years profits are lost in a week
thru lack of preparation.
Now is the time to make arrange
ments for the April pigs. Besides a
pen to herself, each SOW should have
sunshine, exercise and good food Some
breeders prefer the central hog house.
Others, the individual. Most of us will
be obliged to make, the best use posi-
BILE of what we have at hand. The
careless man will lose his pigs, with
the best buildings. The careful, bust
ness-like man will often succeed with
meager equipment. The small individ-
ual cot enables the hog producer to
get his SOW away from the muddy lot
out on the blue grass hill, where she
farrows undisturbed, and where the
new-b born litter gets plenty of exer-
else. sunshine and green food. three
very successful things in pork pro-
ductiOn.
1t is a serious mistake to feed the
sow anything the first day after far
rowing. Give her nothing but tepid
water. The second day allow her to
have little food Of the same kind as
that fed her before narrowing. In
crease the feed gradually, the rate of
increase depending upon the size of the
litter and milking proclivities of the
SOW. The mistake is often made of
starting the SOW on some other. kind of
feed Immediately after she farrows.
This is likely to cause scours in the
pigs. No man can tell another how to
feed. The successful feeder is the
man who keeps watchful eye on his
herd and cuts down little on the lit
ter that is getting too fat or gives adj
ditional feed to the sow with the lean
litter; always taking great care not to
allow the youngsters to contract scours
during the first two weeks of the pigs
,1ffo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
iUwA OPINIONS AND NOTES


The Webster City Freeman-Tribune
thinks "if President Roosevelt will not
accept Il third term as president he
should be made chairman of the Pana-
ma canal commission. The digging OF
that ditch is the most stupendous task
of the kind ever undertaken and
Roosevelt could carry forward the
great work better than anyl other man
He has the utmost confidence of the
people and there would be no breath
of scandal connected with the project
if he were at the head" concludes the
Webster City paper.
"The senators can now resume
their between-session occupation OF
urging support for the administration,
remarks the Des Moines News.
The notorious M. l.. Temple is rec
omended for attorney In the southern
district" declares the Odebolt Chron-
iele. "A more unfit appointment than
that of Temple could not be made
The president knows all about him
and should he follow the recommends
ton of the delegation he will virtually
repudiate the policy he has been adj
vocating since he assumed the eXecu
tive chair"
eff 1t is true that the soul has weight
how much would the soul of Mrs
Holman, the mother of Evelyn Nes-
bit Thaw, weight" inquiries the Cedar
Rapids Republican.
what the republican party Of Iowa
needs-and this is not saying the re-
publican party of Iowa is peculiar =
lis revival of religion" asserts the
Sioux City Journal.
There is one particularly strong
point in favor Of wofnan's suffrage,
says the Spirit Lake Beacon. "A leg
islature made up in part Of women
would no doubt talk a great many fool
bills to death"
"The state university, the normal
school and the college at Ames," says
the Hampton Chronicle, "have each a
different mission, and one board would
be no more fit to conduct them than an
ordinary doctor would be to practice
medicine and Christian Science at the
same time-he couldn't do it."
Strange how differently people will
look at things" soliloquizes the Musca-
tine Journal. "a bill for two cent fare
on the railroads passed both houses
of the Iowa Legislature without dis
senting vote. but when a bill is intro
duced exempting rural telephone lines
from taxation it Is promptly voted
down, and this. too. in the face OF the
fact that counting the time of state and
county officials at actual cost and the
entire tax received will not pay the
cost Of collecting It,"
Observing that the proposed primary
law does not exactly suit the politicians
of either party, the Cedar Rapids Gaz-
cite says this sis to be expected of the
measure has any merit A primary
law is not intended to please polite
ians.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
Grow Glover.

The time for sowing oats is almost
at hand and likewise the time for
sowing clover Do not SOW an acre
of oats without sowing about ten
pounds Of clover seed with the oats
The very fact that there are thirty
acres of. oats to one acre of clover in
this, state, shows that the vast ma
jority of the oats sown in Iowa is not
accompanied by seeding with clover
Iowa raises approximately nine and
one half million acres of corn, six and
one-han million acres Of oats and only
two hundred and seven thousand acres
of clover, or forty-six acres of corn to
one acre of clover and thirty acres Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
Care Of Milk and Cream.

The better the prices brought by the
butter the greater are the farmers
profit. This is just as true when the
butter is made in a creamery as when
made by the farmer. The price of but
ter on the large markets depends prin-
cipally on it's flavor. When butter Is
sold to consumers directly the best
butter is also in the greatest demand.
During the last ten years the flavor
Of Iowa butter has deteriorated to an
astonishing degree. There is no doubt
that this poorer flavor is caused by bad
hand separator cream. Practically all
the bad hand separator cream was good
when first SKINNED but developed a
bad flavor because 1t was not properly
cared for on the farm. How unbusiness-
like 1t seems to breed cows, feed them,
milk them and then to let the milk or
cream spoil. This happens when the
products are about to be sold to bring
a reward for all this work and expense.
1t Is Impossible to make good butter
from spoiled milk or cream. The but
termaker ripens the cream before
churning This souring is such an inn
portant and technical process that 1t
can be successful If allowed to take
place naturally, without control.
Milk and cream can be preserved
very successfully by applying cleanli-
ness and cold. Keep out dirt ct all
times, especially during milking. Wash
the utensils and the separator after us
ing Use hot water, a brush, and
soap, sal soda or washing powder.
No process in dairying is SO inn
portant in it's effect on flavor and value
Of milk and cream as cooling. Cool
the products at once and as low as
possible. This is best done in large
tank of water Or in running water. A
small tank of stagnant water is not eff
fective. a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14

right hand corner. This makes the
card perfectly clear to the postoffice
department and avoids the necessity OF
a two-cent stamp, and at the same time
does away with the objection that their
handling is poisonous. The one-cent
stamp is placed on the card and shows
up thru the hole cut in the transpar-
ent envelope.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over Work.


= It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
i'll the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14

"The senators can now resume
their between-session occupation OF
urging support for the administration
remarks the Des Moines News
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-20

claim that there is perfect safety
in this country for foreigners. l
believe SO, too-so long as war
clads are anchored along the
coasts and French soldiers are
actually in control of affairs in
certain quarters, as they are in
Casablanca. There is safety for
foreigners in coast cities, but
they had better 81 eer clear OF the
interior. The natives are lazy
and thriftless, and it is easier to
rob than work. The whole
country is at dead stand still.
The Moors live in the past and
no new enterprise is thought of
or attempted. There is not
railroad in Morocco 1t has
really no commerce. II has no
newspapers. 1t has none of the
great agencies of civiliz atom.
Foreign capital is shy of the
country. Il needs new masters.
When you sift it to the bottom,
the truth is-the Moor has no
character. In both public and
private matters, dishonesty is no
disgrace. There is no public
opinion to fear. Their religion
is all wrong aud they are all re-
ligious. They pray five times a
day, observe the fasts and 9TH
erwise follow the Koran in most
things, but for truth and honesty
they have no respect. They are
chained to Mohammedanism and
an earthquake could not shake
them loose. Our missionaries
cinnot reach them. The Moor
is fanatic and a bigot and you
can't reason with him. There is
more hope for the hcathen.
Tangier, Morocco.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-20
Driving and Saddle Horses
REATK-ELLI0TT MULE co.
Auditors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby ,iven that this office
will be open from the LIST day of January
to the 2Uth day February 1917 for the pur.
pose OF receiving the returns of the tax.
payers of Lancaster county.
1t will be to the interest of every taxpay-
er. to make their returns promptly of all
personal property also all transfers or i'm
provements on real estate and save the
penalty of 50 per cent which attaches after
the 2cth of February.
The Poll tax of one dollar is laid upon all
persons between the ages of 81 and 60,
except those exempt by law.
Respectfully,
Jno. A. Cook,
County Auditor.
Lancaster, $. G.. Doc 1lth, 1876
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-20
Rising From The Grave.

A prominent manufacturer. VIM. A.
FeItwell. of Lucama. n. q, relates n most
remarkable experience He says. AFTER
taking less than three bottles of Electric
Bitters, feel like one rising from the
grave. My trouble is Bright's disease. in
the Diabetes stage. l fully believe Elec-
trio Bitters will cure me permanently. for
it has already stopped the liver and blad-
der plications which have troubled me
for years Guaranteed mt Crawford Bros,
Funderburk Pharmacy, druggist. frice
only soc.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-20
The Nacnu'yhy Co.,
SUCCESSORS TO
The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co.,
Charleston, S. @.
Charleston, S. G..

1t is a BLUNDER for farmers to buy cheap
(so-called) fertilizers; it is BLUNDER for
them to buy low grade featiizers at ANY
PRICE; it is BLUNDER to believe that one
fertilizer is just as good as another; it is
BLUNDER to believe that he can keep up the
fertility of his soil without using high grade
fertilizers made from the best materials, and
it is a BLUNDER to believe that he can buy
such fertilizers without paying more for them
than low grade inferior goods but it is still
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-02-20
Notice
To Debtors and Creditors ES-
tate DR.. E. S. Mellow.

All persons indebted to the estate of DR..
Il. y. Mellow deceased will settle same at
once; and all persons TO whom he was in
debted are requested TO present account,
properly proven, to the un iersigned.
Mary b. Mellow,
Adminietratrix.
Feb II, l907.-3v.