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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
castratino the Pics.

The operation of castrating is one
that is often neglected upon the aver
age farm. Quite frequently you will
find bunch Of pigs, perhaps four or
five months of age where the boars
still remain unrestricted When pigs
have attained this size the operation
entails both hard work and unneces-
sary danger from loss. Except in cases
where weather conditions are very bad
pigs should be castrated at from four
to eight weeks of age. When at this
size they are easily handled, and as
they are still nourished by the dam the
i'll effects of the operation are very
slight. Castration is not hard opera
ton to perform and about the only
precautions necessary are to make the
ncision low enough to allow the wound
to drain we'll and to take care that the
entire testicle and cord are removed.
IF possible it is advisable to keep the
young pigs from wallowing in the mud
for three or four days after the opera
ton and in a short time the wound
should be sufficiently healed up to
keep out foreign substances. After
castration the wound should be washed
out with mild solution of some disin-
fectant and with pigs of the proper age
there is practically no danger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
LET cowNls STICK TO HIS LAST.

Is it possible that John Cownie mas
swelled up and had his head turned
by the profise praise that has been
accorded him for his good work on the
board of control? Has Mr.. Cowtlie i'm
bbied the idea that his office gives him
opportunity. much less authority, to
tell the women of Iowa whar they shall
wear in skirts? If 50, the nestor of the
board OF control has run up against
something beyond the control of
boards and individuals. The man who
tells woman what to wear rusfes
blind to destruction. Napoleon him
self couldn't do it successfully and
Napoleon could have conquered Hol-
land before breakfast, bikes and all
Mr.. Cownie is getting above his bus
dness" when he suggests as 70 the ma
terial, the style or the hang of a skirt.
Mr.. Cownie sat in his sanctum and
burned a sample OF cloth With a match,
snuffing the while and watching the
threads curl ana twist. The goods were
wool all right all right. And then ne
turned around and put his foot in il.
He would have women wear nothing
but wooden skirts. Then they couldn't
get burned up standing before the fire.
place and raking grass on the bon
fire
Even if the women were willing
and they are MOTTO listen 10 the voice
of Cownie or any one else for that
matter, there would arise stern oppo-
sition. If there is a beautiful sight in
nature bevy of young girls in their
white muslins affords ii. All women
look younger in white, does Mr.. Gown
lie know that? There ara no WOODEN
peek-a-boos. as Uncle George Perkins
can tell you. There are no woolens thru
which shine the pink and white of
plump arms and shoulders that might
have made Miss V. de Milo twist her
head for a block in watchful envy of
their symmetry. There ara lots of OBJ
lection that may be urged against the
butting in of Cownie
Ne sutor ultra crepidam. Let John
Cownie stick 70 his last
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
Horse Notes.

Water the horse before feeding.
Good horses are in demand and at
satisfactory figures.
The fatter the horse the fatter the
price if the horse buyer gets him.
Handle the colts feet often and he
will learn to submit quietly to shoe
ing when older.
Be sure the colt is not neglected in
rush of spring work. Good care pays
every time.
Keep the colts feet level by fire.
quently rasping the wall of the foot
even with the sole.
The foot of horse is all important
mo foot, no horse" Don't allow the
colts foot to go wrong.
Trim the colts feet often. The first
year of his life has much to do with
his future usefulness.
Halter break the colt as early as
possible. The younger he is when you
begin his training the better.
The colt should be fed grain every
day from the time it first learned tc
nibble oats from its dams feed box.
Much damage is done the horses
neck and shoulders by collars that are
too large and by loosely fitted names.
Decaying or uneven teeth are often
the cause of ill condition. 1t is good
plan to examine the mouth and teeth
frequently.
Break the colts in open brides al
| ways. Then they become accustomed
to seeing things back of them as well
| as in front.
| Fast walking horses are what is
wanted for modern farm work. Teach
| the colt the necessity of a rapid stride
till it becomes a habit.
| The better the mare the better .he
| colt. 1t takes first-class mares to raise
| first class colts. The sire is not the
whole thing, no matter how well bred
! The grooming of the work horse
plays an important part in his health
and welfare, but don't use a harsh
curry comb on a tender skinned ami
NAL.
A good way to fit collar to a horses
shoulders is to soak it over night in
water and use it on the horse at work
the next day. In this way the soft
leather will conform to the exact
shape.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
THE LIFE SENATOR'S

The other day in the senate Senator
Aldrich rebuked a younger member of
that body who had questioned him. 81
have brought thirty years of experience
to this work" severely announced the
senator from Rhode Island. And he
and great many Others are satisfied
that this was good and sufficient
answer
But il isn't Aldrich with his thirty
years experience" has been exposed as
knowing less of tariff than some of the
men who are filing their seats in that
body for the first time. The fact seems
TO be that Aldrich knows very little
about tariff and tariff schedules. His
experience is of little benefit except to
certain interests and his tariff bill is a
monstrosity and a failure There isn't
an honest man in the senate that could
not draw a better one.
Heretofore the Aldrich answer has
been deemed sufficient defense. We had
1aiien INFO a way CT thinking that
counted time more than knowledge and
covered ignorance and worse than ig-
norance with the mantle of what AL
drich calls experience Heretofore the
AIdrich stamp have not had to have
anything but experience and the as
sumption of knowledge The experts
from the factory and the rre siden.e and
managers of protected interests have
made the figures and assumed the role
of actuaries for tariff legislation.
Perhaps we are coming upon time
when Experience" will be double
edged as rebuke. We are going to ask
what a senator knows, what ne has
done and how he stands rather thar
the number of terms he has succeeded
in landing one way and another An6
then there will be few life senators.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
A NECK pEA7HBEp REPENTANCE,

The National Model License League
and other organizations which have for
their object the perpetuation of the sa-
loon, are buster than a cranberry mer-
chant. The mails are filled with their
literature. This literature" deplores
the non-observance of law and declares
gravely that obedience to law is es-
sential to the continuation of our in
stftutions," and asserts that "no fact
IN our history, as recorded day by day,
Is more lamentable than the failure on
the part of states and municipalities to
snforce the edicts of society as ex-
pressed on our statute books" This
failure to enforce laws regulating the
liquor traffic it is asserted is respon-
sfble TOR . crusade against the entire
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
Cost of RAISING HOGS.

4
| 1t Is an almost every day occurrence
to hear complaints of the high cost of
raising hogs when grain is selling at
a high level 1t is no doubt true that
| there are some hogs which cost too
much to raise, no matter what the
price of grain may be, but on the other
hand it would seem that, if farmer
had the right kind of hogs, there are
few, if any, occasions when this animal
does not return a profit for the time,
labor, and feed invested. In calculat-
| ing the cost of raising pig from the
time of his birth until ready for market
feeders are too apt to figure all grain
| fed at the highest market price, when
as a matter of fact, most of this grain
was probably of low grade and perhaps
of but little market value. A squeal-
1 ing, thrifty lot of pigs will also make
use of large quantities Of SKINNED
milk or considerable amount Of pas
ture, both of which might have been
of little value for any other purpose.
1t must also be remembered that the
pig crop which goes to market every
year takes but very little fertility from
| the farm.
/ Figuring the cost of pork production
upon the price of corn alone, there
are but few instances where any, actual
losses are recorded. 1t is known
fact that from a bushel Of corn there
can be produced from nine to fourteen
pounds of pork, depending upon the
4 various conditions under which the
1 feeding operations are carried on. TAX
ing ten pounds as the average amount
1t will be seen that there is at least
no loss in feeding so cent corn to cent
hogs or 70 cent corn to cent hogs.
When the other features mentioned
above are taken into consideration II
iwill be seen that in most cases even q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
Saved Lives Of PASSENGERS.

One hundred lives hung in the bal
ance for the fraction Of a second the
other night while Engine Driver Bald
win of the Santa Fe railroad hesitated
as to whether he should follow his
fireman's example and jump or stick
by his engine and pilot it over the fast
settling bridge at Arroyo Seco, Cal.
The arroyo was a raging torrent from
the heavy storm and the water cut I'M
der the concrete piling of the bridge
and 1T began to sag. Then came the
train of five cars slipping down grade
from Pasadena. Engine Driver Bald.
win saw the danger, but as he was
unable to stop the train before it was
on the bridge he opened the throttle
and let the engine run across. Had he
hit the bridge at high speed cars and
passengers would have gone into the
roaring water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
In Infancy Of RaiIroads.

The first locomotive to be placed on
American rails was the Stourbridge
Lion. 1t had been constructed in Eng.
land and made its initial trip on Au.
gust 8, 1929, with Horatio Allen at the
throttle. Allen was the engineer Of
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Conn
pany and had supervised the construe.
ton of this engine.
The track was 16 miles long and
was built Of wooden rails covered
with strap iron. When the iron straps
worked loose, as they frequently did,
they would fly up and punch holes in
the floors of the cars and sometimes
would perforate few passengers.
The first locomotive built in this
country was completed in 1880 and
was used to transport passengers over
the Baltimore & Ohio from Baltimore
to Ellicotts Mills at rate Of speed
sometimes reaching 10 miles an hour.
The name Of the engine was the Tom
Thumb. and it was designed Nv Peter
Cooper the philanthropist. =
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had watched from the shelter of his
OWN vine the long freight trains and
the flying. passenger trains crossing
the bridge. For 20 years the mid
night express woke him. and when she
rushed past his cottage he knew that
the bridge was there, and that the
train had crossed in safety.
But when the new engineer came in
with a gang of workmIen to replace the
old bridge with modern twin-trapped
steel structure, the old man was un-
able to understand why they should
seek to destroy his masterpiece" At
first he refused to believe It, He re-
called that the company had hard
work raising the money to build this
bridge 20 years ago. He pointed out
to the engineer that the bridge was as
good as new, the masonry and the
material employed grew stronger and
touch Of time.
"Ah, yes" said the young engineer,
1t Is indeed a splendid piece of work,
and il you could have foreseen the
vast volume Of traffic that would have
Travelled this way, IL you could have
anticipated the modern mogul with its
SO loads OF 0,000-pound-cars, IL you
had but dreamed Of the great express
engines with their crushing hammer
blow-you might have built bridge
that would have stood for century
instead of 20 years.
This story states in the form Of fic-
ton most interesting fact-the fact
that Canada is growing, and that the
Grand Trunk railway system is keep
ing step. In the short space of sin
gle decade the line had developed
from fourth-rate, single.track rail-
road, to one of the very best double
track lines on the American continent,
with one Of the longest continuous
stretches Of double track under one
general manager in the world.
The officers of the line have spent
much time and some money to make
the Grand Trunk attractive to railway
employees of every class, especially to
trainmen, shopmen and those who are
not officials. They have provided night
schools in connection with the me-
chanical department. for the benefit
Of apprentices, and even scholarships
in McGill college for limited number
who show interest and enthusiasm in
their work. All this tends to the bet
torment Of the service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
pehornino Calves.


AS a large majority of the farmers
in the northwest make a practice of
dehorning their calves we give here
with one of the simplest and most hu-
name ways of performing this oper-
alton. In. using this method it must
be remembered that is should be per-
formed preferably before the calf has
reached three weeks of age or before
it is four weeks old at the very latest.
The material used for dehorning is
caustic potash, which can be secured
at any drug store at a very slight cost.
This potash should be kept in an air
tight bottle or vessel as it will absorb
water and crumble if left exposed to
the atmosphere The articles used in
dehorning. besides the potash, are a
small basin of water and pair OF
shears. The calf should either be
thrown on its side or tied SO that it
can not move its head. The hair should
be clipped from around the horn so
that it is fully exposed. The operator
should then take stick of the caustic
potash. wrap paper around one end,
and after dipping the other end in the
water, rub it gently upon the horn
which is Just starting to grow. The
rubbing should be continued. taking
care to moisten the potash carefully,
until the thick outer skin of the small
horn has been penetrated and the red
surface of the inside has been exposed
to the extent of a space about the size
of a dime. Care should be taken not
to keep the end of the potash too vet
so that the water will drip down the
side of the calf's head, as this will
scald the skin wherever it comes in
contact and cause an unnecessary sore.
Extreme care should also be taken that
the calf does not get the potash or any
water from it into it's eyes. The oper-
ator will also find it advisable not to
allow it to touch his bare hands. II
the water in the basin has been slight
ly disinfected it is we'll to wash the
calls head around the horn before
the potash is applied. If this job is
done thoroughly it will cause the calf
but very little pain and the horn will
stop growing Immediately. This meth
cd has the advantage over all Others
in that the animals head remains
smooth and is not disfgured in any
way. If this method has once been
tried, no other will ever be attempted
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
THE LODGES.
4 MASONIC NOTICES.
x&Vfsitors always welcome,


4 MASONIC NOTICES.
Xvisitors always welcome.
N\Hail over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 10S A. F. q A.
NJ, regular convocation Friday even
ing. May IA, 8 o'clock. H. G. Hoeck.
w. NJ M, H. s. Lawrence, Secy.
sTGNET CHAPTER No. 50, r. A:sS.
Stated convocation Monday, May IL.
8 p. m.
q. n. Bogsie. n. p.
I. S. Willard, Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. & 8.
M.-Stated assembly Monday, May II.
8 p. M,
A. D. Meeker, T. I. N.
I. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMlAR COMMANDERY
No. 80, K. Especial conclave Mon
day evening, May 10th at 1880 sharp.
Order of the Temple.
Fred NJ. Wilbur. d. G.
Fred Wallace, Recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. >.
Especial meeting Tuesday afternoon,
May 1S, at O'clock for inspection.
Mrs. Geo. Downing, w. N.
Edna G. Fularton. Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
Hog Notes.


| Some rape sown late will provide
fine hog pasture after the early one
has been too closely grazed. An acre
of good rape is worth as much as a
ton Of grain.
Too many farmers have not yet
learned that the hog is a grazing ami
NAL and that to make a profit out of
him large part of his growth must
be made on green forage.
One of the very best feeds for young
pigs is oat meal. This may be obtained
by grinding oats and floating off the
hulls. Whole oats as we'll as bran are
TOO bulky for young pig.
An exchange says that to be profit
able, brood SOW must produce two
filters year. About 80 per cent of
the brood sows in the country are I'M
profitable. according to that.
If the brood SOW has been fed a ration
of forming food such as shorts,
oats, and clover hay with enough corn
to keep her in good condition it is
Very seldom that she will devour her
young.
When you put up new hog fence,
take especial pains to make sthe cor
ners perfectly solid. They are the
foundation of the fence and if they
are not properly made, the entire
structure is poor.
Mr.. Cudahy says that hogs and
cattle are both going much higher. Mr..
Armour says that both are going lower.
Take your choice, gentlemen, but feed
your stock tilhit is ready for market
and then let it go.
Clip off the tusks on the little pigs
They are a useless appendage and
often cause much trouble. Sore
mouths and noses, irritable sows and
dead pigs are some of the results of
the use of these weapons.
The winter just passed marked a low
ebb in pedgreed hog sales, but all ele
ments point toward quite the reverse
for the coming season. The specula-
tors We're sometimes left by the way
side but the true breeder is staying
and he will be ready to reap the re-
ward that Is bound to follow.
If scours get started with the little
pigs, reduce the feed of the sow, and
clean out the quarters thoroughly
Then give the sow two or three tea
spocnfuls of tincture of opium. Over
feeding. sour or spoiled slop and damp
beds are the chief causes of scours.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
The Amateur Gardener.

I've planted the peas In the rose bed
I've set out some slips in the sun.
I'm wondering now with a care furrowsd
brow
What the Job will be like when it's done.
The names that are written in Latin
I've studied with scrupulous care.
i've mixed up the seeds of all kinds Of
breeds
And scattered EN- everywhere.
The scheme will work out beyond question
In highly original way.
The humble string bean side by side viii
be seen
With the pink and the poppy so gay.
But trernble to think Of the finish
AS over the garden gaze.
WIN they call me to eat the petunias 20
sweet
While tomato plants stand in vassS
."-~.f-y.an Sta.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
CLUB TO LIVE ON FRUIT.
Society Called the Golden Age IL
Formed In London

A new society club formed in Lon.
don, called the Golden Age, has been
established to advocate a fruitarian
system Of living for philanthropic, hu-
name and hygienic reasons. The club
is for men and women who are inter-
ested in the suffrage movement.
1t will be purely social. and bridge
and other games will furnish diver
sions A medical leader in the move
ment afirms man should reach the
age of 1913 under the proposed diet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
Topics of the Times

Under the new law you can't catch
more than forty game fish in day
And you couldn't catch half dozer
law or no law. What we need is Law
to make fish bite.
If Theodore will only kill rhinos-
ceros with jack knife, or rope and
hog-tie bull elephant the public will
be satisfied. The demand is for some
thing actually strenuous.
The way to a woman's heart is thru
her hat; and it makes the highest
priced paving look cheap in COMPARE
son.
A hand saw capable of being rolled
INTO complete spiral without break
ing or straining beyond Its limit, and
of saving thru large nails and gas pipe
without changing its set of teeth or
dulling them is described with illus
trations in the June Popular Mechan-
les. The saw is made of vanadium
>steel, and it is due to this fact and the
skillful tempering that it can be used
TO the point of abuse without injury.
The steel contains OBS per cent of
vanadium.
The international commerce of the
world established a new record in 1907.
A statement showing the value of the
imports and exports of every country
of the world which will be given to the
public in a few days as a part of the
statistical abstract of the United
States. prepared by the bureau of sta
tistics, of the department of commerce
and labor. puts the total exports of the
various countries and colonies of the
world at s14,ooo,Ooo,ooo, and their i'm
ports at s16.o0o.0oooO0 making the in
ternational commerce of the world in
1907, $4,000, 100000
Boyle's story of principal who
schemed the Kidnapping in order to pay
Boyle's blackmailing demands does not
help his own case He deserves life
imprisonment as blackmailer as well
as kidnapper.
There is manifest incongruity be-
tween words and conditions when the
city man who is buying a bicycle on
the installment plan speaks of the
''rube1 in an automobile.
The Washington Press says Senator
Dolliver doesn't do anything by
halves" That is true The difficulty has
heretofore been that he divided his
time.
When you come to think of it Rhode
Island is bigger than Texas except on
the map.
Senator La Toilette refused to vote
on the lead schedules because he had
an interest in a lead mine If the sug-
gestion take root there may come a
day when the two Iowa senators may
constitute voting majority in the
senate.
The Nevada Representative is so
lonely since Deliver went away. There
may come time when the represent
ative may stand like Campbell's Last
Man" the lone representative in Iowa
Of the Rhode Island plan of SHINING
the populace.
Shall it be Dolliver or Cunmins for
the presidency in 1s12?-sioux City
Journal
Well, it's about time Iowa claimed
her own. Which of the two does the
Journal favor least?
General Dodge is telling how much
Sioux City and Iowa owes to the pro-
motors Of the Sioux City and Pacific
railroad. Is this the road which received
the bonus which impelled Judge Hub
bard TO assist Dave Mercer, who voted
for it in congress. with the 40 votes
which "Shercliffe's relatives" might be
supposed to poll were the noted dia-
mond thief paroled from an Iowa pen
itentiary?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13

Many weak, nervous women have
been restored to health by Foley's Kid
ney Remedy as it stimulates the kid
neys so they will eliminate the waste
matter from the blood. Impurities de-
press the nerves, causing nervous ex-
haustion and other ailments. Com
mence today and you will soon be we'll
pleasant to take. Mcbride & Will DRUG
Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS,

. does your head ache or, simply. feel
neavy and uncomfortable? Does your
back ache? Does. Your side ache? DO
you feel tagged OUT? The tonic laxa-
tive herb tea known as Lanes Fannie
Medicine will clear your head remove
the pain In side or back and restore
your strength. Nothing else u SO good
for the stomach and, boweau AZ dr1,s.
gists' and dealers. CSC. 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-13

Study the potato crop business" ad-
vises the Iowa Falls Sentinel 1T pays
TO grow potatoes, but it does not nay
to be spasmodic in the business. Ar
range TO grow them each year and then
prepare for it." asserts the Sioux City
Journal