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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Fred White. the democratic candi-
date for governor, has been billed to
speak in the east court room in this city
on Thursday afternoon. Congressman
Cousins, who will speak here the same
evening. will probably assist White in
getting out a crowd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Ever see our $3.50 grey melton over
coat2 OTHERS ask $3.50 for the same
goods. Buy at Stern s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Mr.. L. L. Putzel, who has been very
i'll for several days With a severe at
tack of Inflammation of the inner ear,
lis somewhat better today although he
had very hard night Friday. AS a re
suit Of the trouble an intermittent fever
has developed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Mrs. 6. A. Swanson, accompanied by
her son Wilbert went to Boone Friday
evening, called by the illness of her
cousin. Miss Bessie Johnson, who has
been i'll for some time with consump-
ton. Miss Johnson's death is expected
almost any hour
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

A premature Halloween party was
that of Friday evening when hide and
seek party was INDUCED in by eight
young ladies and eight young gentle
men. The young ladies designated four
blocks in which they would hide and
the hunters were to be allowed an hour
If not found before that time the party
was to meet at a given place and the
vanquished side to set up the supper.
This pleasant duty fell upon the young
gentlemen and the supper was served
at Sundell's. The girls had hidden in a
feed yard and the boys went there and
made a thorough search, going SO far
as to ask the proprietor to light up, but
all for naught. When they reached the
stable where the girls We're hid the pro-
prietor said in careless, bluf1ing way
that had its effect. NO, there's
In-o-b-o-d-y around here" "Hark!'
said one of the boys, what was that
noise?" as one of the hiders giggled
That's nothing but horse" replied
the proprietor and the boys sped on
without searching. The later hours OF
the evening We're spent in dancing in
the vacant house Of Capt. Shaw. The
party was made up of Misses Carolyn
Andrews, Jeanette Van Week, Char
lotta Wilton, Edna Smith, Fannie
Shaw, Grace Kilborn. Marie Kaufman
and Anna Woodwork. OF Monroe, La.
Messrs. Harry Waterman, Will Eames
Charles Dufield, Sam BeesOn, Gus
Johnson. Fred Van Week. VIII Ben.
Inett and George Anderson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

We have received another invoice of
fine briar and meerschaum pipes and
cigar holders Those VINO are expecting
to purchase anything in this line will do
we'll to look our stock through before
it is broken Pipes to suit every one,
from 10 cents to $12. YanDerveer & La
Shelle.
Good cheap feeced underwear for
nlildran at NeUcnmar,a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

The Ladies of the Eastern Star en-
tertained their husbands Friday eve
ming at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George II. Adams. A large number were
present and enjoyed a social evening, at
the close of which refreshments were
served.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

You may have your shoes shined a
the Pantorium Club whether you ar,
a member or not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

If you are a member of the Pantori-
UNI Club Your suit will be called for
once q. week, pressed and returned to
You and your shoes shined every day
for S1.50 a month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

ordeal which all approach With
for nothing horrors Of child
the mother all Of coming
event and casts over her shadow OF gloom that pc
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

New doylies stamped on best ar
linen new battenburg patterns, etc. a
Newcomers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Little Corinne Kinsey was years old
Friday and in the afternoon her moth
er. Mrs. Frank Kinsey, invited in sew
eral little folks to spend the afternoon.
Mis- Bernice Clifford entertained
the little ones, showing them
many pretty kindergarten games,
after the conclusion of which
Mrs. Kinsey. assisted by Mrs. U.
S. Kinsey. served refreshments. The
guests invited to enjoy the afternoon
with Corinne were Hattie Warning,
Bonnie Boardman, Helen Adams, Ian
tina Lands, Leota Crawford, Earl and
Lloyd Kinsey, George Hall, Carl Ingle-
due, Orville Lands, Wade Hargrave
and Francis Page.
AT A o'clock Friday afternoon the la
dies of the Unity Club and the Old
Crowd gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. +. Wilbur, and at o'clock the
gentlemen put in their appearance. The
dinner served was an elaborate one, as
| will be known when it is said it was or
| a par with those for which Mrs. Wilbur
has made herself famous. The menu
1 was served at little tables beautifully
| decorated with flowers. Afterwards
carroms and crokinole We're played ant
/ Miss May WATSON played number OF
selections But any one who has ever
been out with the Unity Club or Ole
Crowd knows there is little need to pro
vide for their entertainment, for they
do not stand on formality and theil
gatherings are always full Of pleasure
Late in the evening the fact was dis
closed that it was Mrs. Wilbur's birth
day, and congratulations and goot
wishes were extended to her.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Mr. and Mrs. Ross c. Peterson de-
lightfully entertained company of
friends very informally at their home
Friday evening at a o'clock dinner.
Their guests We're Mr.. and Mrs l. l..
Cady. DIR. and Mrs. C. C. Cottle, Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Greenbaum, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. w. Welles, Mrs. Elizabeth
Lawrence and Mr.. Graham w. Law
renee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Mr. Earl Speer, son of Mr.. and Ms. j.
NJ. Speer, who has been working in the
Iowa Central yards for some time, will
be promoted on Nov. 1 to the position of
time keeper in Acting General Manager
Tittemore's Office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Spiritualists' Hall, over 3 East State
street, light seance at s. o'clock Sunday
evening for the benefit of the society.
Admission. % cents. This class of Sc
ances is one of the best for skeptics and
investigators. The public is invited.
Often every one present gets letter
from friends and relations on the spirit
ual side of life. Come out and see and
hear for yourselves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28

Miss Helen Werner, Of Laporte, Ind,
spent Friday in the city with her sister,
Miss Lillian Werner. In the evening she
left for Pendleton, Ore. where she will
teach in one of the government schools
for the Indians.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
sing he mint had rnined.

OF losing the point I had gaiued.
He looked at me hard. hesitated a mo-
ment and then called to bis chief clerk.
Mr.. Riley he said, give this young
man a desk and set him at work immedi-
ately.'
A summer long I put In as regular hours
as any OF the clerks in the office. and at
me end Of three months drew my pay in
gold in one lump. II was The frst money I
had ever earned and II seemed like an enor-
nous amount to me. When told my en-
ployer I was about to leave him he remon-
strated with me.
al want you to be my private secretary.
he said. and will raise your wages. You'd
better think twice before you say no, be-
cause there's a chance for you here to grow
into a really fine position
Il told him l was going into a different
business; he pressed me for particulars and
| said I was studying to be a doctor. He
jeered the notion.
Why he said. doctors never make
muth money. Stay here and you can make
a fortune; there's no doubt about it,
Years afterward he cam to me as a pa
tient. He was surprised when called him
by name, and he couldn't place me at all
till l reminded him of the swan made in
hourishes. Then he remembered me.
You can get on in the world much better
by always talking to the head man. l could
never have got nat place IL l had been con-
tent to talk with an underling the day |
started out to see whether l couldn't earn
some money on my own hook"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.

A handy case for eyeglasses, recently de-
signed. has a fiat leather base, with a central
block. over which the spring bridge of the
frame fits. with a hinged cover having
springs to hold the glasses i'll place.
Ladies' hats are securely held in place by
a new opera-chair attachment. composed OF
a pyramid of soft material which is easily
punctured by a hatpin, the hat being placed
on the device and pinned fast.
A Canadian has designed a waterproof
sleeping bag for cold climates which is made
of sheet metal. with a hinged cover to close
tightly over the opening, ventilation being
Obtained by means of holes in the sides of
the bag.
A Kentucky woman has patented a rotary
tooth brush in which the bristres are placed
around a spindle, with the opposite end of
the spindle threaded spirally. TO be revolyed
by a projecting pin carried by a sliding car
riage.
For attaching labels to bottles a new de-
vice has an alright suction base, which is
pressed against the surface OF the bottle TO
exhaust the air and cause it to adhere TO the
glass, a holder being provided on the face for
the label card.
An improved bottle for holding and meas
uring medicines. ETC., has the interior of the
neck ground, with the stopper OF hollow
glass ground around the outside to fit the
bottle. the interior OF the stopper being a
graduated measure.
A Montana man has designed a gun cam
era" having an ordinary camera mounted
on a gun stock, with a trigger mechanism
for operating the shutter, the camera being
provided with sights at the top instead OF
the usual finder.
Shirt bCsoms are prevented from wrink-
ling by tie use of a new attachment, com
prising a pair Of duplex tabs fixed OIL oppo-
site sides of the bosom, one containing a
button and the other a buttonhole, TO be
fastened around the suspenders.
To do away with the necessity FOR two
separate lamps in a double stereopticon a
new system of lenses is arranged TO divide
the rays from a single lamp with a prism
to bend them at angles which viii project
them through lenses on to the screen.
Coarse and fine coal can be burned in a
new adjustable CRATE, which has a single
horizontal rod set in the center of the ire
box, on which slide the curved bars forming
the basket or CRATE, the adjustment being
made by spreading or closing up the bars.
To automatically close the outlets in case a
water-gauge glass breaks on u boiler, 4
spring Is attached 10 the valve levers, with
a strip of paper lying parallel with the glass
to be wet by the steam N case of accident,
releasing the spring and closing the valves.
Shoe strings are displaced by a handy new
device for fastening the shoes on the feet,
the edges OF the uppers having guides ar
ranged on either side, with a flexible tangue
sliding through a wire bale at The bottom to
be pulled over the guides and draw them to-
gether.
Typewriter operators wifi appreciate a new
copyhOlder, which suspends the copy cilectly
over the keys OF The machine, having a base
to be placed at the rear OF the typewriter,
with a vertical post carrying an adjustable
bracket at the top to hold a curved arm 10
which the copy slip is attached.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
CONNUBIALTTY.

When people get married in June they
feel as IL they could live on love, but along
about the first of October they both have an
uncomfortable yearning every now and then
for cakes.
John Hile of Norwood. Mo-, went to Hart
vile and paid the recorder for a license to
marry Miss Julia Cole. The day before the
time came to ioin hands Julia changed her
mind. notified another lover, Ben Smith Of
Fontana, Kan. to come and claim her as his
own. Smith came and Rev. Schaffer pro-
nounced Ben and Julia husband and wife,
much to the chagrin Of her rejected sutton,
who witnessed the
A Dakota justice of the peace advertises
as follows: Ladies and gents contemplat-
ing matrimony should see me, as | now
throw in with every marriage service a free
ride all around the city and a dandy wedding
certificate. Or, If preferred, an order for a
dozen photographs or a life-size crayon of
the bride made by my wife, who is away UP
II you desire your marrying done reasonably
and properly"
There is a man in Chicago who is suing
a woman who used to be his sweetheart for
s102. which he claims he spent in buying
presents for her. Among the articles which
he says he laid at her feet are "hydroH
water, sealing wax, hose, condensed milk,
groceries, gas stove, egg cocoa. a bath brush,
medicines and hair nets" He claims also
TO have paid her laundry bills, but there is
III eNlutuCe 10 SlOW THAI ne DullI the UTe III
the mornings. moved the lawn or carried
out the ashes.
The Cuban wife of George Hawkins, form
erly a sergeant of the Eighth Illinois in
fantry. who is living in Peoria City with his
brother-in-law Charles Higgs, has left him
and gone back to her relatives, her husband
being unable to procure permanent employ
ment. Hawkins enlisted in the Eighth in
Chicago last summer and went with his COM
mand to Santiago, where the regiment did
garrison duty. He was sick with fever for
some time. While in Cuba he married a
Cuban girl. although he had a wife in Chi
cago. When the regiment returned to Chi
cago he took the Cuban wife with him. Then
he had considerable difficulty arranging mat
tiers with wife No. l. but succeeded.
The n~egritos of Luzon have a curious mar
riage custom. When a young man makes
known his preference, the young woman
fees from him., while he gives chase and
catches her in his arms. She struggles and
frees herself, whereupon the chase is re-
newed, and so on until he has caught her
the third time, when she yields. and he
proudly leads her back to her fathers dwell
ing. The father and mother of the bride
elect then meet with the contracting parties,
the latter kneeling side by side. The father
then takes some water in a cocoanut-shell
and throws it over them. Continuing the
ceremony, he takes each by the neck and
bumps their heads together several times,
and they are then adjudged to be duly mar
ried. A wedding tour Of five days sojourn
alone in the mountains follows, after which
they take up their abode aS Stald citizens
among their friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

the structure. The water was Immediately
turned on and -ontinued FOR an hour. 81 the
end Of that time not a drop had come
through. and the packing al the hole In the
rear Of the plate was not even dampened.
The cocoa cellulose. tested at the same time,
failed to come up TO these requirements. and
since then he use Of corn pith has been
adopted in all our navaf construction.
The c~ellulose is packed in the Golfer dam
space between the outer and inner walls Of
the ship. 4 belt Of it three feet thick backs
NJ he armor belt. extending six feet above
and six feet below the water line, entirely
around the vessel. Fifty tons Of it is re-
quired to equip a vessel OF the Illinois class.
and this is computed to equal 800 tons Of
steel in adding to the defensive strength OF
the ship. 1t takes about fifteen tons Of the
raw material to provide one ton Of cellulose.
To supply this important feature in the con-
struction Of each Of our new battleships,
therefore, requires $50 tons Of stalks, or the
product Of more than 200 acres Of corn land.
In the same way that the corn pith en-
ahles our lighting vessels to keep afioat. even
after holes have been punched in their sides,
II may be used 10 add 10 the safety of mer-
chant and passenger ships. Most ocean dis
asters result from collisions between two
ships or from a vessels striking upon hid
den rocks. AS the ~cellulose packing swells
to nearly ten times its original bulk under
the influence Of water. it would serve to
close up even the ~yawning hole torn by a
liners prov when she strikes a weaker ship.
Even though the cellulose did not hold long
enough to float 4 ship back to port, it would
suffice to let her passengers escape. and
would thus remove the most horrible feature
Of ocean catastrophes.
The two new passenger ships. the largest
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

around before the sight
i'll the most sickening
and nauseating manner
until ones entire being
b mes faint and
wretched with indie
scrlbable misery.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
JOE JEFFERSON'S NAXlMS
BALES Which Have Contributed Most to His
Success in Life.
IMITATION A SURE ROAD TO FAILURE
students of the stage Must Observe
the Inner Mnn-How He Lost
n Necktie-Rip Van
Wrinkle story.

The surest way to score a failure is to
initiate some one else
This is Joseph Jefferson's ~favorite maxim.
For years he has striven to impress his four
actor sons with the notion that the truth Il
contains is Of the greatest Importance to
every one DESTROYS of winning and keeping
a place upon the stage. Yet it should by no
means be understood that he would advise
against a young actor studying the work Of
a true artist; on the contrary, he believes
such study very beneficial, providing it is
properly directed. He explained his views
upon this point in detail last fail.
MIR. Jefferson took greatest interest, per-
haps, in preparing Tom for the Rip Van
Wrinkle scene in which that character re-
gains consciousness after a sleep of twenty
years. Just before the first rehearsal the
older man explained his plan Of action.
Now, Tom. I will lie down as IL asleep, e"
he said in effect. s"Then I will waken.
exactly as would II l were performing on
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

by whimsical comprehension. hat had been
apparent when the business was really an
accident. and it had to be abandoned befors
the week was over.
The Rip Van Wrinkle Idea.
1t is one Of the traditions Of The jefferson
family that Boucciceult did not believe a
phenomenally successful piece could be
evolved from the Rip Van Wrinkle idea.
This view Of the situation he placed def.
initely and frankly before MIR. Jefferson
when asked to begin the work. When tn,
piece was finished the playwright begged the
actor not to attempt its production.
You See pleaded Bouccicault. almost
in tears. the Rip Van Wrinkle Of the play
though young and lusty in the first act. is
old, gray-haired, decrepit and wrinkled later
on, and. in fact, through all The best part Of
the piece. Now. l have studied the prefer
ence Of theatergoers closely enough TO know
that they will not accept YOU as an old man
and 1 am sure you will play to disaster
whenever you attempt that part
But this sort Of talk did not shake Jefer.
sons faith, and at this date il is hardly
necessary to say that the Bouccicault Rip
Van Wrinkle as played by Joe Jefferson
scored an immediate and profitable triumph
Getting ON in the world.
4 few evenings ago DR.. George f. Shrady,
the surgeon-journalist, formulated a few of
the maxims which he has accumulated in
his journey through life, and pointed each
one with an anecdote.
Getting on in the world, said he doctor.
"is generally a matter Of brains. hard fight
ing and learning the plain lessons Of ex-
perience.
But the man who happens to have brains
shouldn't be pulled up because he has them.
1t isn't because of anything he has done
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09
His Life Was saved.

Mr.. j. Z. Lilly, a prominent citizen OF
Hannibal, Mo, lately had a wonderful de-
liverance from a frightful death. In telling
Of it he says: Il was taken with Typhoid
Fever. that ran into Pneumonia. Ny lungs
became hardened. | was so weak | couldn't
even sit up in bed. Nothing helped me-. /
expected to soon die Of Consumption, when
/ heard of DR.. Kings New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. l continued TO use
II and now am we'll and strong. / can't say
too much in It's praise" This marvellous
medicine is the surest and quickest cure in
the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble.
Regular sizes 80 cents and Si.00. Trial
bottles free al Kuhn & Co.'S drug store;
every bottle guaranteed
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

Among all
h hooking
horrors of
chronic indi-
gestion and
liver COM
plant, none is
more unbear-
able than that
dreadful SEN
sation of gid
din e S S in
W hic b the
whole world,
indoors or out,
seems to swim
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

Cooks Imperial Extra Dry Champagne is
10 be found in the best cafes. clubs and pri-
Tate sidebogTds everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-09

- was suffering with what the doctors called
chronic indigestion, torpid liver, and vertigo
writes Mrs. Martha E. Barham, of MELVILLE,
no good. Ny symptoms were giddiness in
the head, pains IN the chest and an uneasy
feeling all over. l also suffered with female
weakness.
u was all rundown and could not do any
work at all without suffering from nervous at
lacks. l wrote to DR.. X. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo,
n. Y, for advice. He advised to use Or. Pierce's
Golaen Medical Discovery aud Fayorite Pre-
SeUption. l did 50, and used FIVE bottles of
each. and | cannot express the benefit l have
received from these medicines. gained in
health and strength. When I commenced TO
use the medioines I weighed only ia pounds,
now weigh 40 pounds ! thank God aud
Dr, Pierce for my recovery. My husband and
friends all thought I would die but to-day l am
. well woman"
The wonderful effects of this great Dis
covery are genuine and permanent; they
are not due to any false or alcoholic stimu-
lus for II contains no alcohol. Real sub
stantiaI healthy musuclar strength is built
up the stomach and liver are toned; the
blood is purified and vitalized; the nerves
are steadied the entire constitution is re-
juvenated and renewed.
In case OF constipation, there IS nothing
quite SO effective as DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets- They act comfortably though
surely they do not gTipe; you do not be-
come a slave 10 their use. Their effect is
lasting. There are countless substitutes;
but nothing else Is like them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-15

fngm Of cold ana 70 on through the entire list c1
remedies. At all druggists % cents a vial
II you need medical advice write Prof Munyea,
1875 Arch ST., PhllA. II IL absolutely free.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-15

1.-THE Sunday School as an Agency OF
Power in Church Work"
Church Services.-11:00 a. m.)-Ser-
mon by Rev g. S. Williams, ID. D., of
Washington City.
$3.50 p. understanding of Baptists
of Raleigh.
Ten-minute talks by Rev. ]. w. Car
ter, d. D., 7. II. Briggs, Jno. Il. Ray,
j. G.. Maroon, w. \. Jones, W. III.
Dodd, Jno. T. Pullen.
1870 p. m.-Address by Rev. Thos.
Dixon, Jr 1.-The World for Christ
At the morning and evening services
on the Sabbath day an opportunity will
be given for silver offering to aid in
paying off the Indebtedness of the
church.
Dr. Hufham will arrive this after
noon and will stop at the Marlborough.
Dr. Nelson and wife arrives this
morning, and will stop with Mr.. \. il.
Broughton, North Person street.
DR.. Hall and wife will arrive this
afternoon and will stop with Mr., j. NJ.
Broughton, corner Person and Jones
streets.
DR.. Gwaltney is also expected today.
He win stop with Mr.. Jacob $. Allen,
ST., North Bloodworth street.
DIR. Williams and wife will reach here
Thursday They will be entertained by
Mr.. j. II. Barley, North Person street.