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Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20

Not the least of the influences which
are tending to boost the already UNI
precedentedly high price of corn to
still higher level is the unusually wet
condition Of the soil to be found in
many sections of Illinois, one of the
banner corn states of the Union, which
has rendered impossible in many cases
the plowing of last years fields. Many
of them lie untouched, with the old
stalks still standing gaunt and bare.
SO heavy has been the rainfall that it
has been next to impossible to get on
to the ground with team, let alone
working the soil with any satisfactory
results. The above conditions, perhaps
aggravated in portions Of Illinois, ex-
ist in greater or less extent through
considerable portions of the entire corn
belt. One of the discouraging features
about the situation is the fact that
there is hardly any other crop that can
be grown in the short portion of the
season remaining. The situation de-
scribed insures hard times locally, at
least, of a very depressing character.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20
FEATHERS AND EeesHELLs.


GeSman experts have tested the wa
Ter glass egg preservative and find
eggs keep well four years.
You should make a truck for hauling
your brooders and colony houses from
place to place. The wheels may be
found on a foundry scrap pile; the rest
you can make yourself.
There is nothing in the statement
that soft feed brings infertile eggs We
fed one pen nothing but oats, cut bone,
green's and soft mash of bran and mids,
and their eggs were highly fertile.
Your early chicks must not only be-
fed well, but they must be kept out of
the wind and rain We use heavy mat
ting on the wire pens to break the
wind, keep out rain and the hot sun.
If your watchdog went to roost with
the chickens and got the distemper III
certainly shows the scratching litter
was damp enough Maybe when local
option comes your way you'll keep dry.
Homers in good health carry the
head erect. have a bright, clear eye.
and the feathers cling tightly to their
plump bodies When pigeons loaf and
puff up their feathers. get the louise
gun.
When a thunderstorm threatens to-
catch those chicks in a hurry simply
have a piece of raw meat handy Our
chicks pile over each other for it, and
we gather up thousand in few
minutes.
AT one time fresh egg was equal toI
a pound of meat Now scientists say
four eggs do the stunt But you never
see a gilt edge sign to this effect in
meat markets, and their storage eggs
are equal to anything.
The real causes of leg weakness in
chicks are heavy wings and running on
board floors. TO prevent it get them
out on the ground soon as they are
cape proof and clip the wings. Do not
pull the wing feathers. 1t is cruel.
When you get brain fag take time
off or you may serve up stale ideas OF
have brain storm Fresh air and
garden spading. chickens and cherry
tree climbing are preventives. What
are the symptoms and sensations OF a
brain jag? Is yours chronic?
ireland is not only organized for lib
erty, but for poultry culture. Fifteen
thousand dozen of thoroughbred eggs
were distributed last year. The appro-
priation for some counties reached
$4,000. Women are employed to lee
ture on chickens at $40 month. These
women certainly can lecture.
Los Angeles has the largest pigeon.
plant in the world. Fifty thousand
pigeons. mostly white. are housed
in cotes and large shed building.
They eat three tons of wheat day.
What a futtering and tapping of
white wings as they rise for fight
What tremendous stir when they re-
turn.
Your customer kicked on your last
shipment because the dressed chickens
were dark and had bad oaor. Yes,
Of course they were fresh and yellow
when you shipped You cool them too
quickly. By putting them at once
into ice you drive the animal heat into
the. crop aud entrails and they ferment.
Gradually drive out the animal heat By
three changes Of well water before
using ice.
81 am going into the poultry bust
ness 10 be my own boss, says one.
Don't get gay, my friend. You'll pad
die your own canoe against a rock, and
II might he q Plymouth Rock poultry
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20

a flock of sheep of proper size is en-
titled to a place on every farm which
Is adapted to raising them at all, sim
ply from the standpoint Of their utility
as weed scavengers. The time is not
far away when there win be more
fully realized the loss which the aver
age farm suffers from the growth of
myriads of weeds, which draw nour-
ishment from the soil just as much as,
in some cases more than. regular plant
ed crops. When this time comes no
great amount of urging viii be re-
quired to persuade the farmer that he
ought to keep flock Of these useful
animals
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20
Business Matters.

Many oranges in New York state
have been doing things in the business
line. Washingtonyille grange did busi-
ness amounting to over $4,000 last
year and Warwick to about $4,000.
At the Herlzimer grange store busi-
ness has been done amounting to over
$4,000. and the stocks and property
will inventory $4,000. For the past
four years the profits have been 70
per cent on the original stock, and 80
per cent dividends have been paid an
nually. There are very few oranges in
the state that can score this record in
cooperative buying.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20

The 19o6-7 olive oil production OF
Italy is rated at 29,411, ,423 gallons.
We're the figures not given on what
seems to be good authority one would
be tempted to suspect that a good
share Of this olive oil was made from
American cotton seed or linseed.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20

There are certain sections in the.
north central states where tests with
alfalfa have proved conclusively that
it is futile to try to raise it unless
chickens have the run of the field de-
voted to its growth and are able to
keep the grasshopper pest In check.
Where poultry is not about the hoppers
pounce on to the young plants when
they are in the second or third leaf and
annihilate them, in which performance
they show good insect judgment, for
1t is quite likely the most succulent
and nutritious heroage to be found at
that season of the year.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20

A lady reader. writing to leading
western agricultural paper, tells of
having some 200 little chickens killed
by crows during one season. they hay-
ing had nesting place in nearby
grove and she not realizing the source
of the depredations until most Of her
chicks were done for This and other
evidence of the destructiyeness of the
crow to eggs and young chickens
would seem to show that as an enemy
of the poultry raiser the crow has the
hawk, mink and skunk tribes beaten
ali to pieces
Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-08-20

Broken crockery may Be made to
serve a good purpose II instead of be-
ing thrown on the ash heap or out be-
hind the wood shed it is broken up into
small pieces and put into the hen yard.
The poultry viii appropriate all that is
small enough as grit for grinding their
food
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27

to the efficiency Of the young man that
while the editor did not have the time
or chance to praise his former employe
in the same issue in which the young
mans good fortune was announced, he
did not overlook doing SO as soon as he
could.
Efficiency in ones work is always
noticed somewhere, by somebody. 1t
may be a little time before the returns
come to the worker but they are
bound to come. The young man just
out Of high school who goes into the
work day life, should strive to ac-
complish 100 score in his daily tasks
and it will not be long until he hits
the bull's-eye of approval as did Moore,
and will get the boost that he deserves
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
A BOOST FOR A WORKER.

Now that a lot Of young men have
been turned loose from the high
schools and the vacation enables them
to have moment In which they can
give ear to friendly and well meant
word, their attention might be called
to the case Of Leonard Moore. This
item about Moore appeared in recent
issue Of the Newton Journal:
Mr.. Leonard Moore, a graduate OF
Ames this year, and a former employee
of the Journal office, will soon leave
for Provo, Utah, where he enters the
employ of a large construction COM
pany in the capacity of an electrician.
In a subsequent issue the editor of
the Journal took the opportunity to
say:
The above item appeared in the
Journal last week, but the facts in the
case make it worthy of more ex-
tended mention. When Leonard came
to us he told us he was anxious to
obtain good education, and to that
end he has successfully labored. Dur
ing vacations he worked at whatever
promised the most pay-at college he
found employment in sundry and var
ious ways, living economically and
cleanly-alwayss looking to the end to
be obtained, and so commendable has
been his life in college, SO thorough
has been his preparation, that as soon
as he graduated a lucrative position
has been offered him. We confess that
1t is positive pleasure to make this
record, because it may give courage
and ambition to other young men to
initiate his example. That honors await
Leonard we firmly believe.
This was case of a young man
who had to work to get what he
wanted and he worked with will. He
was after an education and he was
bound to obtain it. AS means to an
end he was willing to do any honor
able work which would help him to
accomplish the completion Of his stud
les and he did his work so well that
his employer not only could not help
noticing it, but wanted everybody to
know what good service Moore had
done for him. 1t is an especial tribute
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
COLLEGES and Culture.

Il
| "A president of New England col
1 ten of it's students are there for the
purpose of gaining an education as
means of liberal culture Most ambi-
tious young men," says the Congrega-
| tionalist of Boston, now go to college
or university because they are con-
WINGED that the trained mind Is most
likely to win in the race for business
success. Few Of them are pursuing
knowledge for it's own sake, or for the
mental and spiritual enrichment which
is the fruit of scholarship. That is
one reason, mostly overlooked why
few college men are looking forward to
the ministry. The general estimate or
the rewards of that profession is lower
than 1t was formerly. The college and
the academic department of the uni
versity have taken the place which
used to be occupied by the academy
and the secondary school, In those
days the youth who went to college
was usually one who had been recog-
nized as having exceptional mental
endowment and he went with the idea
that he had been In an informal way
selected by the community to do ex-
ceptional service. In a degree the
postgraduate schools have taken the
place of the colleges of the past which
drew to themselves exceptional men
But their work Is rather to make spe-
cialists than to develop men of culture.
And many OF the churches are seeking
specialists for their ministers, who
can draw audiences, make converts,
and raise money, rather than the ripe
scholar and the seer. A higher ideal
of the ministry among the laity would
go far to restore the church to Its
former dignity and power"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
A Notre Dame lLady's Appeal

tism, wether muscular or Of the joints.
sciatica, lumbagos, tackache, pains in
the kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write
to her for a home treatment which
has repeatedly cured all Of these tor
lures. She feels it her duty to send it
to all sufferers FRIII5. You cure your
self at home as thousands will testify
no change Of climate being necessary.
This simple discovery banishes uric
acid from the blood loosens the stiff
fened joints, purif1e.; the blood, and
brightens the eyes, giving elasticity
and tone to the whole system. If the
above interests you, for proof address
Mrs. M. Summers, Box r, Notre Dame,
Ind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
Adler. Message to Germany.

DR.. Felix Adler the recently ap-
pointed lecturer at the University OF
Berlin under the provisions of the
Theodore Roosevelt professorshtp of
American history and institutions, has
outlined his views concerning the chair
to which he has been appointed and
the possibilities OF his mission, in. an
interview copyrighted by the New
York Herald The interview is full of
interest to Americans who realize that
iudicious enlightment of the European
educated world concerning the insti-
tutions Of the United States is needed
to clear away pretudices based on par
tial and often prejudiced information.
Tho born in a little German town ON
the Rhine, DR.. Adler will take to his
native land the impressions of New
Yorker He will also be the first Jew
appointed under the lectureship pro-
visions. This is Of Importance, be-
cause German universities have not
been broad in their religious require
ments Practically, no Jew has ever
been so honored as DR.. Adler will be
honored, in being received as the rep
resentative Of an American institution
Of learning and an authority on sub
ject of international interest.
'Your message to Germany will ex-
press our national greatness?" he was
asked.
eve lovingly refer to America as
Gods country, and we observe this fact
most wildly when, returning from
abroad, our attention Is called to 1t by
contrast Part Of our national great
ness consists in the fact that here is
vast continent occupied by 80.O0O.0O0
of people who are living by internal
self-control, and not external repres-
sion, in peace 1t is sublime to see
these millions keep the peace. Nowhere
else in the world is there such a sense
of responsibility among the people
themselves for what happens.
"Again, there is no caste system in
the United States, nor eevr can be as
long as we remain what we are. Caste
system wherever it exists is founded
upon a notion that some men by
birth-not by effort, by achievement,
but by birth-are entitled to opportun-
tiles denied to others.
"The prime axiom underlying Amer
lean life Is that this idea OF caste is not
true OF course we are a practical peo-
pie and not being lacking in common
sense we know perfectly we'll that
there are differences. Some men are
enormously rich, and curiously enough,
in no country in the world is there
such glaring evidence Of equality.
But the richest man in America
would not seriously claim that he is
made Of finer clay. There is intense
curiosity In America about the doings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
LESS POSTAGE 10 ENGLAND.

| That little notice which was pub
| Nshed recently that the United State:
would have a two-cent postage rate
to England and vice versa beginning
October / did not attract as mucf
| attention as it might have. The news
papers did not play it up strong as
a story of rare current interest, mol
| did 1t receive a space on the bulletin
| boards But it is a reform OF great
| Importance and an economical stroke
which will mean a great saving to 9
large number of people.
The bulk of the interchange of pos
tai matter being assumed as in guam
titles Of less than an ounce, we are
safe in saying that the economy eff
fected in the large number of letters
after October / will be 60 per cent
and after that date, If the strength OF
the sound of figures is any consolation
to us, we can say with truth that the
old rate was practically $50 per cent
higher. This will be matter in which,
figures will not lie.
We are told that the growth of mail
interchanged between England and the
United States has increased enormous
ly within a comparatively few recent
years. Ten years ago there came from
England 100000 letters in a year,
and in 1902 this movement had In
creased to 13,00O,000. Last year 1T
was 10000 900. Thus the statistics
show an increase Of nearly 100 per cent
in a decade, a truly remarkable growth.
On 20,000,0o0 letters the saving thru
the new rate to the pockets of send
ers would be at least 100000 and such
a difference would have to be assumed
as loss by the British government.
while a loss of similar weight would
fall on the United States on an equal
amount OF mail.
But how far and how long such a
reduction OF postal income would be
felt by the governments is problem.
for precedent has demonstrated that
every reduction in mail rate has
brought an enormous increase Of mail
movement. In this instance we will
no doubt have q greater amount OF
mail interchanged by people to whom
the saving Of 3 cents is a very consid-
cradle item. Some people will write
for while for the mere novelty Of
sending letters across the ocean for Q
cents, while our merchants and man,
ufacturers will write more business let
ters abroad and send a heavily in
creased amount of advertising cores
.pondence.
The rate for first class matter up
to last October was cents half
ounce, which cost was succeeded by s
cents for. letter weighing an ounce
or less. The coming reduction is
greater than the one effected last year,
and the gratitude of the public is due
to Mr. Buxton, head of the English
post system, and Postmaster General
George Won l.. Meyer, of the United
States, for continued efforts in giving
the English speaking nations "a more
economical postal service and for add
ing to the common ground of unity
between John Bull and his nephews in
the states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27

L
502,925. He was beaten in 1896 by COL.
S54, and in 1900 by S65.496. Yet ther,
are deluded persons who contend tina
Bryan has strengthened the democratic
party"
According to the Mt, Pleasan
Journal, 1t Is now asserted that Solo
mon came into possession of all his
wisdom by needing the advice of his
500 wives.
| Major Rathbun Of the Marion Reg
lister, in an inquisitive mood, says:
Hon. George d. Perkins was consist
ent when he voted for a tariff re-
vision plank But what can be said
of Major Lacey and Colonel Young
| who have defended the Dingley tariff
all the time since 1877"
The ice plant is gradually invading
Iowa." the Burlington Hawkeye notes.
Boone has just opened an ice factory
that represents an investment of $685.
900, and that promises to be a sue
cess. 1t has long been argued that
artificial ice can not compete with the
natural product, but the artificial ice
manufacturers have done little argu-
ing. They have simply demonstrated
the fact that they can and do COM
pete"
The Des Moines Tribune remarks
that, figuratively speaking, Lafe has
been invited into the woodshed by the
business men of Des Moines, and judg-
ing from the noise in that direction he
is getting what is coming to him.
There is talk of holding the next
republican national convention in a
smaller hall, the object being to give
the convention officers better control
over the audience and to prevent such
runaways as occurred during the Chi
cago gathering. 1t is the same sort OF
talk we had after the convention of
1904 The probability is that the con-
vention of 1912 will be held in larg-
err rather than smaller hail." the
Sioux City Journal believes.
Here's one from the Sioux City Trib-
une: Colonel LATE Young was one OF
the eighteen Iowa delegates to vote
against the motion to amend the rules
so that, in subsequent conventions.
representation should be on the basis
of votes cast for the president instead
of on the basis OF the congressional
representation. He prefers conditions
under which one republican In Georgia
shall have as much power in ma
tional convention as thirteen Iowa re-
publicans. And he does 1t all for puree
unadulterated love for the poor me-
gro"
In the view of the Mason City Times
Herald, Sunny jim" the new name
already given to James Sherman, Of
Utica, N. Y may be worth thousands
of votes. People like q person of
sunny disposition. Linked up with
"Bill' Taft, the candidate with the
ready smile and cordial hand shake,
they should carry sunshine all along
their route.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
Iona Newspapers
AN APOLOGY DUE.
philadelphia Press. }

Theodore Roosevelt again stands
before the world as a man of his word.
Those persistent detractors who have
endeavored so sedulously to create a
belief to the contrary owe an abject
apology to the president of the United
States. But they are not broad minded
enough to have the grace to proffer it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
Will Cure Consumption.

A. A. Herren, Finch, Ark. writes: "Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is the best prep
aration for coughs, colds and lung trou-
BILE. 1 know that it has cured consump-
ton in the first stages" You never
heard of any one using Foley's Honey
and Tar and not being satisfied.-Mc-
Bride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
Fierce, indeed.
Phi1ade1phfa Press


"Now." said the teacher who ha.
been describing the habits OF bears
"what is the fercest animal in the pol
ar regions, johnny"
"why--er--er." stammered Johnny.
''Come, don't you remember? The
pol"
ooh, sure-the pole-cat."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

The Manson Journal says the less
LATE Young and George d. Perkins
have to say about harmony for the
present at least, the better it will be
for the party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
young and old is prompt relief for
coughs, Group, hoarseness. whooping
cough. Gently laxative Guaranteed.
Sold by B. A. Morgan's Drug Store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27

curiosity is not confined to wom-
en-" observes the KeolSuk Gate City.
"The auditor of Iowa county was so
anxious to ascertain the result of the
primary that he opened the poll books
and counted the votes. Some claim
this may invalidate the whole vote in
that county,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
sHAw's ESTIMATE OF TAFT.
l1Des Moines Register and Leader.)

(DeS MONIES Register ana Leduei.l
Iowa will accept Secretary ShaW's
estimate of Taft. He has served with
him, knows him, and is not factionally
allied with him. His judgment is I'M
biased, and his perceptions are keen.
"There is no more lovable character
in public life than William H. Taft, )"
is the Shaw estimate. This is the tes-
timony of everybody. A big, clean
whole souled American citizen, man
of right purposes and high ideals.
But this is not all. And here we
come to the point that is in dispute
and that will be in dispute during the
campaign Taft is not an imitator.
"Only small men attempt to initiate,
and they always fail. There never was
and never will be an exception. Taft
is a big man with very marked in
dividuality and ability to back it"
If Taft has this power of initiative,
if he proves able to project his own
personality on the public conscious
ness he will grow amazingly the
campaign progresses. Secretary Shaw
reads men keenly, and he has served
with the president and with Shaw.
Iowa will accept the Shaw estimate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
y,rrs- 77sephlirat, narstanu,s jn1ua au'm II 1908

of rich people, an often vulgar, plebe-
ian curiosity. But no one in America
with impunity would use the phrase
social betters.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27

Says the Oskaloosa Herald: "An
arithmetic man notes that the COM
bined vote for Cleveland and Weaver
in 1892 was 6,597.946, while Bryan, for
whom the democratic and populist