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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Tho whvbrew Meetina.,

Rev. Mr.. Whybrew preached on
"How to Live the Life of Holiness" at
the Friends evangelistic meeting held
Monday evening in the Friends church.
The meetings will continue every night
this week and over Sunday. Tonight
Mr.. Whybrew will speak on False
Ways"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Hin Exercise.

"Your husband pores over his books
too much" HE loves to read" But
he should exercise" "Oh, he e1eF-
cises. The doctor told him the same
thing. So now he has taken up golf
by mafl."-Louisville CourierJ0urnl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Get 4 Hobby.

Horace Greeley once said- Young
man. go West" ! give advice as vafu-
able and more easily tnHDwed: l say.
young man, get hobby; preferably
get two, one for indoors and ono for
out: get pair Of hobby horses that
can safely be ridden in opposite direc
tions.-A Edward Newton, In the At
lantic
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
RowE's BACK NOT BROKEN.
x-Ray Picture Shows Nothing But In
iuries to Muscles,

The taking Monday afternoon of an
x-ray photograph Of the spine of Hugh
Rowe, the Des Moines travelling man
injured in the automobile accident near
Lamoille Sunday afternoon, shows that
none Of the vertebrae were broken, as
was feared might be the case. Rowe
was feeling much better this morning,
and his condition was declared to be
quite satisfactory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Local Weather Record.

Seventy eight and 80 were the ex-
tremes Of temperature Monday COM
pared with So and 81, the range Sun
day, and ss and Sc, the maximum and
minimum year ago Monday. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
rMEs-REPUBIlcAN MARsHAILTowN IOWA: ArRn y, 1915.

rainfall Monday night was 81 Of an
inch. At O'clock this morning the
temperature was IS. three degrees
warmer than at the same hour Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Local Livestock Market

Britain & Co. today quoted the fol-
lowing prices for hogs in wagon load
lots:
Hogs, over 125 pounds-6.95.
Good packers-6.45.
Light hogs 100 to 125 pounds-5.4o.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
LIBRARY TRusrEEs' ELECTION.
Former Officers All Reelected at An.
nual Meetina.

nual Meeting.
All old officers of the board of trus-
tees Of the public library were re-
elected at the annual meeting of the
board, held at the library Monday
night. The officers are DR.. Cora W..
Choate. president; Rev. j. J. Fftzpat-
rick, vice president; Mrs. H. H. Mich
OILS. recording secretary; and c. c. st.
Clair, treasurer.
The monthly report Of the librarian
showed the addition Of 1875 books dur
ing the past month, and the circulation
during the same period of 5.794.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Grass Rugs

Your porch, however well furnished is not COM
plete without grass rug. To the severely plain
porch the grass rug brings touch of homelike
charm On the luxurious veranda grass rug sug-
gests touch of refinement Our grass rugs are fast
color-proof against sun and rain. Complete assert
ment Of colors, patterns and sizes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
HAS EARNED HIGH POSITION
American Who Accomplished Won
ders in the Internal Development
Of Chinese Empire.

George Bronson Rea, the American
engineer and journalist, who has been
awarded the grand prize for the best
program for a national system of rail
ways by the Chinese government, is
not a railroad man himself, despite
the distinct railroad flavor of his
name. He is the publisher of the Far
Eastern Review, and has made what
amounts to a lifelong study of the Pc
culiar economic, social, and physical
conditions prevailing in China, which
affect the problem of transportation
between the widely separated parts of
that great country. He was one of
the first to realize the importance of
an adequate solution of the problems
involved, and the measure of his in
tegrity, in the minds of the Chinese,
may be judged from the fact that al
though he was the right-hand man of
DR.. Sun Yat-Sen, after Sun was exiled
for revolutionary activities by his sue
Cessor as president of the Chinese re-
public, Yuan Shi-Kai, Yuan insisted
upon retaining Mr.. Rea as technical
secretary of the ministry of commu-
nications at Picking.
Men who have been acquainted with
Mr.. Rea's career say that he won the
confidence of the Chinese by his COM
mand Of his favorite subject and the
steadiness of his efforts in working
for a greater measure of fair play for
China in the financial and other agree
ments with American and European
capitalists and builders, as we'll as by
his strict insistence upon adherence
to the letter of the "open-door policy"
In other words, they say, Rea has
not fought the fight of the Westerners,
but of the Chinese. And the Chinese
have rewarded him by giving him hon,
oTs and confidence beyond those &C.
corded any other American since the
commission to Arson Burlingame, to
whom was entrusted forty-eight years
ago, the adjusting of Chinas future
relation with the western world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
Most PopuIar Houses,

Perhaps the most peculiar types Of
dwellings being built at present are
the two-family and three-family
houses. The reason for this is not
hard to understand when one consid-
ers that the rented apartment or
apartments in such a house carry all
interest. taxes, water rates and insur-
ance, and that any money paid in by
the owner is in the nature of decreas-
ing the mortgage, so that in time
these payments will pay for the house
and he will own it free and clear.
An additional feature of the two
family or three-family house is that
after the house is fully paid for the
rentals furnish a steady income and
means for the upkeep of the whole
building.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
LOOK INTO YOUR CELLAR
Plenty of Air and UnsIaked Lime
Make for Health, Says Writer
of Experience.

Householders seldom know that
their cellars are the stOrehouses from
whence comes so per cent of the air Of
the first floor and 80 per cent of that,
on the floor above. If they did there
would not be so many dank and moi
some places filled with refuse and
mold, spiders, cobwebs and mice, to
say nothing of decayed vegetables and
fruits, writer in Mothers Magazine
observes. VapOrs from all these com
bine to penetrate the whole house and
add their poison to the air that is
breathed by those living above them.
Every cellar, even if kept free from
dirt, should be ventilated as carefully
in winter as in summer. A musty
smell shows that mold plants are grow
ing and are waiting to attack fruit and
vegetables. Cold will not kill these
destructive germs. There should be
plenty of air let in the cellar every
clear day. MOisture-laden air ell
tering it condenses on the walls and
pipes and soon makes it so damp that
it is a menace to the house, All Gel
lars should have dishes of unslaked
lime in them; this takes up moisture
with avidity. When the lime crum-
bes. losing entirely it's crystalline
character, it has become slaked and
will take up no more moisture. 1t
should then be renewed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
Repairing Ravages of War.

Something of the extent to which
arms and equipment are damaged in
warfare may be realized from the
fact that the repair shops which the
British government has built near the
general headquarters of the expedi-
tionary force III France number more
than three hundred and employ $4,000
picked men in various trades. One of
the chief functions of these shops Is
to keep in repair the motor vehicles
used in various branches of the serv.
ice. Motorcycles, automobiles and mo-
tor trucks are used in large numbers,
and the service to which they are as
signed is often so severe that acct
dents are frequent. Heavy trucks
bearing ammunition are sent at full
speed along roads that in times of
peace would be regarded as almost
impossible. But the ammunition must
be delivered, and the drivers take
risks equal to those involved in
trench fighting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
HE CLOSED THE DOOR.

John was an iceman. For years he
had driven his wagon along the city
bouleyards and through the back al
leys. He was strong, husky fellow,
popular with the boss and with his Gus
toners He was accommodating, and
his ringing Good morning" was al
ways welcome He was ambitious, but
didn't know it; was satisfied because
over his horizon little had arisen save
a horse and an ice cart.
Among his customers was a multi
millionaire, the president of a bank
and the owner of the largest factory
in the city. The basement door was
located under his library. Every morn
ing this man of business sat before
the open window, or before the glow
ing crate, and read his morning paper.
Old as he was, busy as he always had
been, his eye had not lost its power Of
penetration or his ear its acuteness.
He saw and he heard more than most
men.
Tho grocery boys. the market men.
and others delivered their goods below
his window, and every one. save the
iceman, slammed the door when he
went out; but John always closed 1t
softly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
NO PLACE TO CUT EXPENSES
Economy, II II Must Be Practiced.
Should Be Accomplished Outside
the Home.

Too many men try to cut the ex-
penses of the home and never think
of reducing their personal outlay.
Men grumble at the size OF the gro
Gerry bin for the week when they have
spent as much, and perhaps more, In
satisfying their own desires for COM
fort or in making good fellows of them
selves.
It seems to be the nature of men In
general TO make the cut in their own
expenses the last thing thought of. 1t
should be first.
A man will lose ten dollars in a
poker game and on the way home re-
solve that he will never play again;
but IL his wife should ask for that sum
for new hat he would grumble and
many times fly into rage over the ex.
travagance of his helpmeet.
Mans personal expenses should be
pruned first; then, IL 1t becomes neces-
sary to reduce the outlay, look for
nshsr leaks but the home comfort AZ.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24

placing Of the porch in the little bunga-
low shown here, for instance Instead
of being handled in the usual way it
is built at the corner Of the house.
The entrance is also at the corner,
which has been cut off to accommodate
the door. This arrangement illustrates
the possibilities of just one part of
the house.
The front door design is also out Of
the ordinary. Instead of a plain panel
door with a plain door knob, this door
has several ideas incorporated in it
that are as distinctive as the porch
arrangement. The hinges are of heavy
brass and extend almost across the
door. The knob and plate are also of
the same heavy material to harmonic
with the hinges. Instead of one broad
window across the top of the door, a
paneled effect is obtained by placing
narrow strips Of glass across the door
horizontally. There are four Of these
strips.
The door fixtures illustrate the pos
sibilities of builders hardware. 1t has
often been said that door can either
make plain house beautiful or beau
tiful house plain. A door as hand
some as this will certainly have a
marked effect on anyone and will put
them in mood to appreciate the beau
ties of the interior decorations.
ty,
presents an excellent opportunity to
develop an artistic floor plan. A dag
onal wall is built from the stairway in
the central part of the house to little
closet that is placed in front of the
entrance. The closet is of triangular
shape. Two rooms Of the house can
be reached from the reception hall.
On the right is the living room and
on the left is a door leading to the
dining room.
Across the living room from the re-
ception hall is cozy corner den that
is one of the pleasantest features of
the floor plan. A big fireplace is built
in this room and a double easement
window provides the light on one side
Of the room. A few easy chairs and
table that will harmonic with the
interior decorations will make this lit
tie den an unusually attractive spot.
A large unobstructed floor space is
available in this plan, as the diagonal
wall mentioned before is cut so as to
provide wide cased opening between
the living room and the dining room
This makes one large room of large
part of the house and 1t can be used
as such If occasion demands. The din
ing room Is lighted by four windows
placed in a square bay, and the living
room by four windows placed along
the wall. The dining room windows
face the front of the house and the
living room windows are on the side.
In spite of the fact that considerable
care has been taken to get an attrac-
tive arrangement of the living rooms
/ of the house the kitchen has not been
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
HEALTH AND SALARY.

Good health is not always a gift of
nature. Like other commodities. it
may be acquired or earned.
Seventy-five per cent of our ailments
are self-made or seh-induced.
Nature intended to start US in health
and to keep US well. and most of US
can nave the health we want if we
Will unless we are prenatally handi-
capped.
Nature does her part, is forever Civ
ing us health, and attempting to dispel
disorder. But nature alone can no
more guarantee good health than can
glassware insure itself against break
age
Business has not time or inclination
for sympathy. 1t is its province to
make money, and it cannot, under pres
ent conditions, tolerate either indif-
ference, jnefiiciency, incapacity, or i'll
health 1t demands the best there is
in US if we would succeed.
If one cannot meet business require
ments in the main it will have nothing
to do with him, and will relegate him
to the scrap heap. 1t is just as much
your duty to keep in good health, if
you can, as it is to be on time at the
office in the morning anu W work faith
fully during the business day.
Your employer has a right to de-
mand health Of you, as well as faith
fulness- While he may sympathize
with you if you are suffering from
some ailment for which you may or
may not be responsible, he cannot de-
pend upon you, or promote you, or
give you full opportunity unless your
physical condition is up to normal or
strong enough to permit you to do your
duty with a fair degree of efficiency.
Statistics show that poor health is
second only to dissipation and extrava-
gance as the cause of commercial dis
asteT.
The physically weak man who takes
care of himself is often better able to
work than is one of robust health who
Is disSipaGed, eXuavagant, Indifferent
and careless
You cannot make a normal success
Of business unless you are normal both
physically and mentally; your brain
cannot do its full work unless it is
supported by a healthy body, and your
body cannot be in good condition IN
less it is given as good care as that
bestowed upon the heartless engine or
the neTveless loom
Late hours, overeating, lack of exer-
else. and every form of mild or other
dissipation predisposes one to physical
downfall. resulting in mental inca
paCity and in the inability to accom-
plish.
To abuse your body is robbing your
self and your employer as much as
you would be doing if you deliberately
cast your savings into the sea or
emptied his cash drawer.
Your body has been given you as a
sacred heritage. 1t has been placed in
your care and you will be held re-
sponsible for it.
Health stands for comfort, pleasure,
peace Of mind, and prosperity.
II you are strong, keep yourself
strong; if you are weak, take all the
more care of yourself. Look upon
your body as not a mere physical as
set, but as an investment, to be hus-
banded and to be protected more than
you would the family jewels or the
savings Of your lifetime. You can lose
money and regain it. If you lose your
health. you may not be able to find it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
COST LARGE AMOUNT
OUTLAY OF $12,ooo,ooo ON LAcKA-
WANNA VIADUCT.
Materially Reduces the Route Between
New York and Buffalo, and Is
Considered Triumph of
Engineering Skill.

The new cutoff" of the Lackawanna
railroad, between Clark's Summit and
Hallstead, Pa, by which the distance
between New York and Buffalo is re-
duced SO miles, was formally dedi-
Gated a short time ago.
The Scranton Binghamton cutoff is
1876 miles long. The Lackawanna has
always been the shortest route be-
tween New York and Buffalo and the
opening of the new double-track road
reduces the distance to 1876 miles
The work Of moving mountains and
filing valleys in order to shorten the
route and cut down grades cost approx
imately $12,000,00O By taking short
cut from Clark's Summit. seven miles
west of Scranton, to Hallstead, IA
miles east of Binghamton, N. Y, a
maximum grade of 1913 per cent was
cut to .6S per cent. Formerly the curva
ture was 1870 degrees. Now it
amounts to only 1870 degrees.
Time, however, means money in the
operation of railroads and the cutoff"
means the reduction of 20 minutes in
the running of each passenger train
between New York and Buffalo. A saw
ing of one hour in time is made in
each freight train passing over the di-
vision. Freight trains that required
five locomotives on the steep grades
can now be mOted at the same speed
with two locomotives.
The big feature of the "cut-off' is
the Tunkhannock viaduct crossing the
valley of Tunkhannock creek near the
village of Nicholson, Pa. 1t is a re-
enforced concrete bridge connecting
mountain with mountain. 1t is half a
mile long and 240 feet high, or more
than 100 feet higher than the Brook
lyn bridge 1t consists of ten spans
of $50 feet each and two spans of 100
feet each The mammoth viaduct con-
tains 100000 cubic feet of concrete
and 2,2S0,000 pounds of reinforcing
steel. Parapet walls three feet thick
four feet, insuring safety without cut
ting off the wonderful view from the
car windows.
If the Flatiron building were ex-
tended up Broadway from Twenty
third to Twenty second street the
structure would take up about the
same space as the viaduct.
The Martin creek viaduct on the
cutoff" is 1000 feet long and is $50
feet above the bed of the creek. We're
it not for it's bigger brother, the Tunk-
hammock, it would be the biggest con-
crete viaduct in the world.
The entire work of building the "cut-
on" was planned and executed by
George L. Ray. F. L. Wheaton was
chief engineer of construction in i'm
mediate charge of the work. The Tunk-
hammock viaduct was built under the
personal supervision of F. M. Talbot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24

Why doesn't the closed window shut
out light just as much as it shuts out
sound? Both light and sound travel
through the air and their waves come
in contact with the glass The light,
after it has gone through the window,
seems just as strong or stronger, while
the sound seems ever so much weaker.
Why is it? many of US have wondered.
The reason is that light is not
wave of air. while sound is. Light is
a wave in the ether which is in the
glass as well as in the air, so that light
in passing through glass still has its
natural path of ether.
But when sound waves strike the
window glass they must put the glass
into vibration, and the glass in turn
must make the air inside vibrate. All
this lessons the strength of the sound
waves and they reach our ears capable
of producing a less startling effect
than the light waves which reach our
eyes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
Utilizing All the Ground.

This country is so new and so given
to thinking of farms as huge areas
for cultivation that the idea of utiliz-
ing every bit of land as Europeans
do, makes little Roadway here. Inten.
sive cultivation is practiced, but on
the outskirts of eastern cities, where
some farmers are making good liv.
ings by intensive cultivation of small
tracts of land there are other tracts
just as good lying idle which at least
could be made to yield vegetable sup.
plies for several families and at the
same time pay small rental if cul
tivated by a few workmen in their
spare time. School Children's gardens
on vacant lots in various sections of
this city show the possibilities of such
ventures. The old American idea that
every family with access to bit of
land should have it's own garden was
an excellent one. 1t would be good to
have it revived-New York Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24

The telephone directory has almost
displaced the city directory, because
of the completeness of the former and
its accessibility The last New York
city telephone directory contains $780,
900 listings for $4,000 telephones in
the city. The first telephone directory,
issued in 1878, consisted of a card
containing the names of 252 subscrih-
ers. The present directory has go
pages, and an edition of $4,000 copies
has been distributed. The preparation
of the directory consumed fifty car
loads Of paper, seven tons of ink and
230 miles of binding wire.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
A Snail's Pace.

AT a snail's pace is a common ex-
preston, and usually signifies very
slow speed. But what do you suppose
is the actual pace made by snail
in travelling?
1t can be given in accurate figures.
One foot in four minutes, or at the
rate of one mile in sixteen days, If
travelling continuously.
There are figures given by George
Zahnizer, a civil engineer, taken from
actual observation.
A short time since Mr.. Zahnizer was
waiting for a train at a country sta
ton. He had nothing in particular to
do, and killed little time" by tim
ing q snail which was creeping along
the ground.
That snail travelled Just exactly one
foot in four minutes. Mr.. Zahnizer
has figured out that 1t would require
sixteen days for that snail to move
mile.-Kansas City Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24
Arrangement of Corner Entrance Five
Room Bungalow, Size 80 Feet 6
Inches by IS Feet Inches.

rooms in the back part of the house
readily accessible. The two bedrooms
in the opposite back corner of the
house from the kitchen can be reached
through this hall The basement is
made with plenty Of headroom so that
heating plant can be installed. The
house is built well off the ground,
to make this possible.
If storage room for fruits and vege-
tables is desired it is we'll to place
the furnace in one end of the basement
rather than in the center The storage
room can thus be kept cool, which
will keep all the perishable things in
good condition.
The exterior walls of this bungalow
are finished in one of the typical bun
galow ways. They are of rough sid
ing up to the gables, which are shin
gled in alternate wide and and mar
row courses. The trim around the win
dows, doors, caves and porch is white.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-24

Thermit, the burning fluid which the
Zeppelin raiders drop on English
towns, has other uses than that of de-
struction. When the fluid strikes an
object, no matter what it's fusibility,
the latter yields to the burning Their
NIT. 1t is used in foundries for weld
ing. Two objects of steel may be
united with it in few moments. AS
much as 5000 degrees c. can be gen.
Grated by use of it.
The Metropolitan Street Railway
company Of New York in welding it's
rails employs the burning fluid. A
form is fastened about the two ends
of the rails where they are to be
Joined. Then the constituent parts of
thermit are mixed in a crucible and
poured into the form. Thermit is used
also in casting where high tempera.
ture is needed.