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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Moi.tura From tha Air.

A dry soil will absorb considerable
moisture from moist air. One soil ex-
pert has found that thousand pounds
of perfectly dry sand will. during a
night Of twelve hours. gaintwo pounds.
Loan soil will gain twenty-one pounds
and clay loan twenty-five pounds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Women Who pisreuard Health

Women Who .0Isregard heAIth
s II a woman disregards her health
she is sure to pay the penalty in later
years. Incessant work and worry unfit
a woman as q helpmate and mother and
bring on ailments which drag her to
despair. The real help for all such all
ments is Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. natures ideal assistant to
build up and strengthen the female or
ganism and throw of disease, as proved
by the letters from women continually
being published In these. columns-Ad-
yertisement. "a "a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Drain Tile to the Acre.

These figures will serve to give an
idea OF the amount Of drain tile re-
auired Cor an acre of land. When the
lines Of tile are laid Is feet apart 176
rods per Acre will be, needed. Thirty
feet apart will require SO rods: IS feet
apart, "a rods; and ~; feet apart. So
rods Always lay drain tile a little
below the frost line. 3%
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
HIa Lone Opportunity.

With all the humorists at large IN
this country. mere paragrapher can
never hope to be asked to go as q
war correspondent, but some day they
may. exhaust all the other classes Of
writing folk and ask his opinion Of
stubbleAsld's favorite pipe mixture
Milwaukee Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Fertilizer Economy.

Stable manure has long been known
as the best all-round practical ma
nure, and as it contains potash. phos-
phorus, and nitrogen, it is complete
fertilizer !. But it contains much more
nitrogen than is ordinarily needed. To
give the nitrogen in manure its full eff
feet, use potash and phosphoric acid
with It. s55,s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
r. Re.tore Fertility, J, :

4 About 80 per cent Of the fertility
that crop takes out OF the soil IS re-
stored to the soil If the crop is fed to
live stock and the manure preserved
and applied to the land. 5 ss-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
DIVERSIFIED EARNING SAFE.
Black Hawk Land Owner Doesn't Risk
:. ". All ON One Crop. .

Black Hawk Land Owner Doesn't Risk
All on Ons Crop.
That diversified farming is the safest
proposition for the farmer. is the
opinion Of DR.. o. j.. Fullerton, OF Wat
erloo, who. owns four Iowa farms. He
\ believes that it isn't wise to put all OF
ones eggs into one basket. as q TAIL.
ure is likely to work a hardship, b
Last year one Of my tenants near
Kensett. Worth county, planted ITO
acres OF his $40 into corn against my
advice" said he. LAS q, result, he met
with, almost total failure In spite OF
! the rainy weather, his corn grew pretty
well, he had an even stand and when
the warm days began TO come In the
fall It began to look as tho he might
get crop. However, the frost caught
ii before 1t matured and he had but
litaIe to show for his years work.
For this reason believe in diver
stfied cropping. II you put in num-
her OF different crops, they won't az
fall, and you are going to get at least
fair crop every year.
This year am taking precautions
i In ease we should have bad year
B for corn. and I have on hand some
buckwheat which / will SOW in July
III case II IS necessary W w Sps ~ (
II also intend to try out sugar cane
on .afteen or twenty acres. Sugar cane
viii produce from six to twenty tons
10 the acre, while clover and timothy
will bring only one to one and one
half. Moreover. 1t is a very nutritious
feed for the cattle, especially mich
cows. 81 3sya
.Growing this kind of q crop RE-
duces the number Of acres you must
devote to raising forage for your cat
! tie. If you depend on timothy and
clover and have very many animals 1t
will require too large q proportion Of
your land to provide them roughase.
II expect 20 try out alfalfa too this
year on a small scale to And out how
II will grow on my land. am hay
Ing my soil tested at Apes to deter
mine whether or not it needs lime.
am not sure whether or nqt 1t requires
innoculation or whether or whether IT.
is adaptable to growing alfalfa II is
crop that requires q soil that will
ayIewfit TO send down deep roots.
Many OF my ideas for managing my
farms come from the experiment sta
lions and the agricultural colleges.
am d firm believer In scientific farm
Ing, as one can't handle Iowa soil the
way we used tots too high priced,
we must make 1t produce more to the
acre,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
No Wonder Hogs Root.

Only little more than half Of a
clover crop is above ground One crop
expert has found that for every ton
of clover hay cut. about 1000 pounds
of root and stubble were left. This
means that hve-ninths of the crop was
cut and four-ninths was left in the
ground.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Hoo. Wsiahs $50 Pounds.

IN Cedar Rapids May 23.--What Is be-
.lieved to be one Of the heaviest. II not
the heaviest, hog ever raised in Iowa
was sold recently by J.. NJ. Kovar, /342
Rockford avenue. Mr.. KovarSowns o
farp near Blairstown and 1t was there
that the record breaking porker was
raised. The animal was a 2-year-old
Duroc Jersey and when .marketed
weighed $50 pounds. Mr.. Kovar is of
the opinion that at least 100 more
pounds could have been added to the
weight had she cared to risk the, ex-
pertinent during the hot weather
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
Auto sleepines..

Frequently where there is an accident
where the car runs Off the road. hits an
obstruction or Is upset, the driver or
some other occupant Of the car or the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
LOST TWO ACRES OF TOMATOES.
August Miller, Gardener, of creston,
y Heavy Loser by Frost.

,Creston, May 2S.-August Miller, the
gardener Is a heavy loser as a result
OF the frost and freeze Of wednesday
night. Most of the plants in the two
acre tomato field were destroyed, and
as Mr.. Miller values the plants at
about is cents each after they are set
out and start to grow, one can rapid
ly see the loss Is quite q severe one.
However Mr.. Miller and his force OF
helpers are now at work replacing the
frozen plants with fresh ones. A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23
HAS GOOD LUCK WITH pigs.
Ed Giles, Of Montgomery County
TAO PICS From Fifteen Sows.

40 pigs From Fifteen Sows.
Red Oak May Ed Giles. OF
West township. has-had some remark
ably good luck with his pigs this
spring, & hfteen young Duroc-Jersey
sows having narrowed 40 pigs. or an
average Of nearly ten pigs to the litter.
Only few pigs were lost, and the
whole lot areas hearty as can be-. Mr..
Giles attributes his success to care
with which he has fed the sows. for
hs has studied the proper ration and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23

from the searchligftaswep about tho
IskyncrHperss in IlowsF New York City,
willis thousands Of persons let fred IA
wonder at Its power The lens ID i've
feet In diameter and the light has an
|effective rspge o. flftesn mica.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23

A He laughed, hooking away from her.
FITS Just my way O. spsakin' = that
boy o. mine. Bibbs..
tTo Bo ConiInued.l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-23

ID be 81 the largsst
searchiight IN the world has been set
as II the New York navy yard, great
OH ID me United States as part Of
~ ! nixht nrotection OF ths yards Rays
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-23
THE eJEFFERSONIAN


simple diet of the poor.
Great God Where would Christianity
have gained foothold, after Christ's cruel
fxion, If the missionaries had demanded a
style of living which opened chasm between
themselves and the poor?
DIR. Smiths missionaries cannot lice on
poor fozhs' victW0Zs!
CHRIST COULD.
Peter and Paul couzd
Judson and Morrison could, and did,
O the injustice of it This eternal nagging
at the home preacher, and the home church,
for money to build fine mansions, employ
many servants, and purchase the choicest
foods for these "consecrated, self-sacrifcing,
and devoted" missionaries, who turn up their
noses at Chinese hog-meat, and import such
dalntles from England pOtted ham at ~
cents O. pound.
And hospitals everywhere in heathendom
for the use Of Chinks Japs, and Hindoos, who
need medical treatment or surgical opera
ton.
live here in the midst of people who
have built hospitals all over the Orient, for
the convenience of Orientals, and yet when
one of our Christian women has an internal
tumor, or a diseased appendix, or something
else, she has to be carried away from Thorn
sohn, and taken to a professional hospital
some 40 miles aWay-Where the charges are
always high, and the nursing not always good.
II the Christian woman happens to live far
from the railroad, as is so frequently the case,
she may lose her life on account Of the i'm
possibility Of getting doctor in time, or of
getting her to the surgeon in time.
Oh, it is sad beyond words! Our church
people aUon't see it.
The good women hustle around and gather
UP most of the money: they will sew and en-
broider, and knit tirelessly to raise the money;
and then they turn it over to the men, and
the men do what you've seen the rooster do
he crows loudly at the worm the hen has
scratched for and found, and he CALAMITY
eats it.
The women scratch for the missionary
money, and the men spend it.
Some time ago two fine Baptist youths
graduated from college, and were immedi-
ately appointed Foreign Missionaries by DR..
Smiths Board.
These youths were the sons Of the infuen-
tial Baptist clergyman, who is President of
Wake Forest College, North Carolina-a
So the boys entered upon China and 5000
year, apiece.
One Of the young men wisely took a wife,
and she also entered upon China, and her
5000 a year.
So there's 81 200 year to start with, and
when the babies begin to come, they also will
enter upon China, and 500 year, each, thus
making their parents happy from two diff
ferent angles-one paternal and the other
financial.
Did these young men have any training for
missionary work? Were they subjected to
any test, or given a trial, or put on probation?
No: they were fresh from college and their
father had infuence-and deserved to have
and they secured, as "new beginners" salary
which thousands of Woodworking conse-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-23

DR.. Smith, so as to fully give his point OF
view and his statement of alleged facts.
lie never treats me qcith equal fairness
WHY NOT?
Who is this ''finest missionary lady," that
so fatty contradicts the testimony of the mis-
sionary teacher, Professor Heodzomd, whose
recent book, ''Home Life in China" quoted
to prove my contention?
Who is this missionary lady who contra
diets the price-lists published in trade jour-
no7e?
Both Or. Smith and DR.. Graham persevere
III the ridiculous statement that foodstuffs are
higher in Japan and China and India, than
they are in the United States.
Gentlemen, you are not fooling anybody.
Your statements can be shown to be untrue,
from y0u2' o2c7e literature.
Every soldier and sailor who has been East,
bears the same testimony as to the cheapness
of living in those Oriental lands.
Every traveller and explorer does It,
The missionaries did 1t, until the fire of The
Jeffersonian began to get too hot
Why, even In this Bulletin, DIR. Smith gives
the whole thing away, on page Is, where we
find the following:
The Report of the North China Mission asks
the following very pertinent question:
(Which would pay best fnancially-to build
and equip the college for men and normal school
for women, which would train Chinese teachers
who could take charge of our station schools at
annual salary Of 800, to continue Indefinitely
to send out American teachers at An annual salary
of 5000? The Chinese Christians will far
readily undertake the financial support of their
schools under efficient Chinese teachers at Chinese
salaries"
You made a slip there, didn't you Doctor?
With 800, the Board can employ Chinese
Christians to teach the missionary schools in
China but the American teacher must have
5000
Why the difference of $500 in favor of the
American missionary teacher?
If these men and women, selected by the
Board are so ''consecrated, self -denying, and
devoted" why do they demand six times more
than the Chinese teachers?
'The poorer classes use foods that are In
most cases entirely out Of the question for the
missionaries"
What are those foods which the Chinese
poor use but which the missionary considers
'out of the question" for him.?
Gire as q list, Doctor.
What do the seven servants eat. while the
imported English ham, costing 40 cents a
pound?
Would Chinese hog meat disagree with, the
missionary?
Think of i'll Christ loved the poor, made
His home among them, and lived with them,
and ate the same food they did.
What sort Of a table do you suppose was
spread at the home of Lazarus?
What sort of meal was it that you imagine
Martha got for Jesus?
A cup of the common wine of the country,
a loaf of bread, with perhaps date or a
dried fig, or an olive, with now and then
a piece of the meat of kid, or lamb
was the food of Christ, throughout his
ministry.
He chose bis Disciples from among the
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17

". $. Johnson. l72 n. Halsted
street, Chicago, H., president of the
Target concern of It's kind in the
world, wants three or four men in
Holt County and several men in adj
joining counties, to work for him
spare time or all the time. He can
use only those who have rig or
auto: Work is very pleasant and no
previous selling experience is neces-
sary, Work consists of leaving a
wonderful new household necessity
In the homes on free trial. Tests at
more than thirty of the leading uni.
yersities and the Y. S. Governments
Bureau Of Standards show this new
article to be four times as efficient as
article now in general use in this sec
ton. Article is needed in every rural
home and benefits every member of
the household, bringing cheer, COM
Tort and happiness into the home. Not
necessary to be away from home
nights. Pay from $500 to $500 per
day, according to ability and number
or homes visited. In writing Mr..
johnson, mention what townships will
be~most convenient for you to work
IN; what your regular occupation Isl;
your age; married or single; how
long you have lived in the commun-
ity what kind of rig or auto you have I;
whether you wish to work spare time
or steady; how much time YOU will
have to devote to the work; when YOU
can start and about how many homes
are within six miles of you in each
direction. This is q splendid oppor-
tunity for several men in Holt Coun-
ty and counties adjoining to make
good money, working steady or spare
time. Some Of the field men earn
$4,000 per month; one farmer earned
100000 working spare time only. No
investment or bond necessary.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17
Fruit Tree Quacks.

Some so-callcd nursery statesmen
operating in Missouri are making
promises that seem too good to he
true. The Missouri Agricultural Ev.
pertinent Station wishes to warn
farmers and fruit growers to be vcry
careful about investing In stock of an
unknown variety Of supposed special
merit and against signing contract
To buy and grow fruit trees. vincs,
or other nursery stock on the
strength. Of promises that Il can he,
sold later nj very high prices.
Buyers should require the nursery
statesmen To show the special permit,
which the law requires them 10 s,-
cure from the Chief Inspector Of NV.
series aud Orchards. Statesmen who
canno, show such permits should he
reported at once Ia the Experiment
station ~ Columbia for inyc,tira.
ton. hut the honesty Of those who 10
have such permits cannot be qua =
antccd by the Experiment, Station,
although there Is strong presumption
hat the men who have complied win
the law by taking out permits will
he much more likely to be honest and
straightforward than the man who *
selling in violation of the law.
The exhibition Of such permit
shows that the agent is egis,crci
Tor the sale and distribution of stock
which has been inspected and found
free from dangerous insects and dis
eases There are plenty of response
ple agents IN the state representing
responsible nurseries and orders can
he placed by mail with nurscrymrn
who will look after the Interests of
,heir customers honestly. So with n
lIttlc care the buyer can get cXac,'y
what he wishes without dealing with
questionable parties. lie should or
der standard varieties which he
knows are doing well in his locality
and refuse the fancy varieties IN
which fabulous profits are promised.
-. Haseman, Chief Inspector Of
Nurseries and Orchards, Columbia,
Missouri.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17
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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17
Our Faith In Drugs.

j.. ], Barnum said, "Thc American
people like to be humbugged." In no
other way is the statement of the
great. Snowman so well proved a. by
the demand for medicines and the
blind faith the average person puts in
drugs.
We import into this country every
year more than Sl00,OOO,OO worth OF
drugs or chemicals used in making
drugs.
We consume more than $500 ,OOO.-
200 worth of drugs every single year.
Can any reasonable person believe
that there is any necessity for this. or
that Il can do anything but harm .
asks Dr. VI. p. Ravenel, of the De-
partment of Preventive Medicine, of
the, University Of Missouri, at Col
umbia. " WI
When we consider patent medicines
the increase in their manufacture and
use has been even more surprising.
In 1879, there were 62O factories
making patent medicines, and the val
ue OF the output was $16,8S5, 49S, In
1909, there were 3,642 establishments
and the value Of the output was
$l4l ,041 500. During this period The
population Of the country had increas a.
ed from 10000, 900 to 90, OOO, 900. the
population had increased only Ss.S
per cent, whereas the output Of nat.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17
"SWAT THE Ely" EARLY

But why "swat the fly" in the WIN.
ter when you fail to see any Listen!
81 am big fat mother ny ana i
live in large house, tucked away IN
crack behind a door casing. The
housekccpcr has overlooked me. she
thinks We are all dead. have.
friend or two in the basement and
cousin in the attic. We have seen
each other a few times since winter
set in. though We hide away most OF
the time. Several of my friends ani
near relatives selected the barn tof
their winter quarters and ] hope they
are comfortable. Some live outdoors
i'm sheltered places and some in other
houses. a few of my younger BROTH
ers and sisters were still feeding IN Il
filthy stable on the other side OF the
road last fall when ] developed wings
and flew away with filth sticking to
me. This filth ! have since wiped oil
on cake, bread and other exposed
foods in the pantry. Some OF these
brothers and sisters will no doubt es-
cape the cold. as stable manure stays
warm if il is permitted to accumulate
in the stable all winter. These are
now enclosed in small, hard brown
cases and as soon as warm weather
comes ! shall go to the stable and
see IL can find any Of them.
"My city cousin says: We have
had few warm days, but II Is still
too cool to venture out. In few
days ] expect to move. ] am hungry
and need more air. ] long Tor the day
when ] can leave the house for a
| L.. IL. had
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17
mt medicines had increased 74O per

ent medicines had increased T4O per
cent.
Il is known that most Of these
drugs are taken by people without the
advice Of physician and without any
special knowledge as to their proper
use, either as to quantity or as to
period of time during which they ar
taken. II goes without saying that
drug which is powerful enough e.
produce effects in illness must pro-
ducc i'll effects in health when taken
over a considerable period of time OF
in large doses. II has been well sail
that when we give medicines, eve
are putting drugs of which we know
little. into bodies of which We know
less" The blind faith which the ma
jority Of people have in the efficacy
of medicines is great evil. II is
worse where drugs are taken in prep
arations, the composition Of which We
do not know. Many people take
large amounts Of alcohol and opiates
without knowing II, and drug habits
are acquired in this way. The Harri.
son Anti-Narcotic law has had good
effect. but has not entirely abolished
this evil.
As an actual matter Of fact, there
are not more than dozen drugs
which have a marked and specific ef.
feet on disease. Striking examples
are: Quinine, which is a specific pois.
on for the malarial germ; mercury
and certain preparations Of arsenic
which destroys the germ Of syphilis
Treatment and diet are more eiIica.
cious in the cure Of most diseases
than are drugs. The great majority
Of diseases are self-limitcd. and gtt
well themselves, and the effort Of o
conscientious physician is to assist
nature in bringing about the cure
Drugs have little effect in most dis,
Eases except for the relief Of symp.
toms. When used at all they shoul,
be- given undcr the direction OF com
potcnt physician. II il impcrativ,
That the composition Of medicines am
the dosage should be known.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17

Rooles-Ever womern must kottun
ware, or bad she'll fair. Besur and
KUN. levefinery tn hum. Ever gent
must yware ole klose, or he'll have
foes. At a billed shirt We'll holur; for
dude kolur vel fin him five sents.
Fines for laydies-No apern. 2
sents; wul dress tole) 3 sents; rings
(diamund) 3 sents; tplane) 2 sents;
nu dres, emmy kind. 5 sents; plane
white. 3 sents, silk (waist) 2 sents;
silk tdress) sents; hare wrats, .
sents; fancy hare pins. sent; bache
kome, 2 sents; hurled hare, 2 scnts:
powder on Ease, ic.
Fines for Mcn-WatcheZ. 4 sents (:
ties, 2 sents; standup kolur. 4 sents:
patent lcdur shucs, 2 sents; hurled
hare. 3 sents; rings, sents; kuir but.
tens. 2 sents.
Progrum-Thar will he sum spcck-
in and singin-likc this: | Teller will
play a harmonikcr. anuthein a fiddle.
and sumbuddy else n piancr. A vokul
song by fcllcrs: a piece by a gurl
4 nuthcr piece Of musk: sum more
'pcckin; Teller will play a fiddle and
biancr doet: . gurls will sing voklc
ong: A Teller vii sing about irelar
ingin bye the hui push; musick "n
wind instruments; prize vii be- given
,uc the wurstcs, lookin rig.
L vii hafto put down | dim Ga
s"nts) Ia git in: the rest j. IRE.
This hull thing starts ole nj ate
o'clock y. m. IN the evening. at odd
fcllcrs hawl. Sandwitlhcs. pixies aud
Office in soupcr abundance. Cum
nun, cum awl.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-03-17
Hard Times
SOSHUL

The Christian Enieavor of
the Christian Church axes yu
and yer frens to be at the
odd feller's hawl, SAINT pa.
trix Da at 8 p. NJ, after
supper. OF all the doin's,
twill be the gratust and the
1atust.