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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
Items OF INTEREST.

June bugs are thick in parts Of Ger
many this year. AT Brody school child
rem lately gathered 1850 pounds from a
sixteen-acre field. Some one has fig
ured out that this means 100000 June
bugs.
Somebody once asked Queen Victor
las late physician. DR. .Jenner. if anx-s
iety ever caused him to lose sleep.
why should it?" he said II go: do
my best. Who can do more? Why
should lose sleep?"
| The air of London is polluted every
/ day with $4,000 tons of coal-dust, and
SCOT and carbon are eating away it's
1 finest and noblest architectural piles.
4 Every day, from years end to years
end, there hangs over London smoke
cloud weighing hundreds of tons.
Recent researches with the aid OF
4 Roentgen rays on the movements of
/ the stomach of cat during the diges-
ton OF a meal showed in the most strik-
ling manner that any slight vexation
of the animal stopped with surprising
/ promptness and invariability gastric
! CONTRIBUTIONS and movements of every
sort.
4 In the Long Island College Hospital
is a 5-year-old boy in the throes of
4 delirium tremens. Els name is Karl
Goermer, and he came to New York
4 from Holland this week on the steamer
Friesland with his parents. They have
been In the habit of giving the child
'schnapps" to prevent his crying, and
now, at the age of 8, he is confirmed
drunkard. This is the kind OF thing
: that confronts the immigration officials
now and then and gives them uncharit-
]. able convictions on the subject of de.
generacy among foreigners.-New Yorl
j. Letter Pittsburg Dispatch.
living snake, of the most poisonous
t variety. was encased in plaster pari!
5 last week at the Geological Garden!
! and a cast taken OF 1t for the sake o
I science. The snake was ful1-growl
: venomous Arizona copperhead. and TIL
I man who took the cast was John w
Thompson. the keeper of the reptil
K house. 1t is a common thing for scien
r lists to make a. life-like reproduction
n of dead snake, but to make a cas-
: from the living has never been at
e tempted before.-Philadelphi Times.
4 Some ardent and inquisitive cyclls
u applied to Mr.. Ruskin, the venerabl
: apostle OF the beautiful, for his opinio
OF the wheel and he got It. And here 1
9 is: II am prepared" he writes, IT
8 spend all my best bad language i
n reprobation Of bi-tri, and A., s., g., o
: z cycles and every continuance and In
It vention for superseeding human feet o
g Gods ground. To walk, to run. to Leaf
and to dance are the virtues Of tn
9 human body. and neither to stride o
It stills. wriggle on wheels. nor bangle o
Q ropes. Nothing in the training OF tn
!. human mind with the body will eve
superssde .the appointed Gods way 4
J. walking
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02

Association had $50 members ana was
an exceedingly strong and active orr
ganixation. Today the association has
practically gone to pieces for lack Of
members Some OF these pilots have
gone to Yukon, others have been laid
of by old age. and still others have
gone to different rivers. No new pilots
have come to take the places Of the
many who have thus gone, and there
are now no extra pilots of ability to be
found out of positions on the upper
river.
There Is another thing. which Is now
knocking out sawmills along the river
and putting stop to the rafting BUSH
ness. Syndicate men are buying up all
the lumber they can find in the north,
and mills are being erected and operat-
ed among the pineries. There they can
manufacture the lumber cheaper than
the river mills can have the logs
brought down to them and manufac-
ture 1t. These new pinery mills are
going to be the last ones to cease oper-
ating whe n the end of the lumber bus
mess for this part OF the United States
comes
ACTIVE OPERATIONS ON THE WA
BASH.
IAlbia Union.l
Last Sunday afternoon shortly after
o. clock forty-nine head of mules were
unloaded at the c., B. & @. stock yards
in this city and the animals will be used
to do grading on the Wabash. Henry
Mcpherson is the owner of the animals
and all the grading tools that arrived
on the train. He has the contract for
six miles of the track from this city
south. He will establish the first camp
near Hilton and will work this way.
Just this side of the point where the
camp will be established there is to be
a twenty foot fill, the place being on
the land of H. H. Harrington. The fill
is to be seventy-eight feet wide at the
bottom and to a height of twenty feet.
The force will then proceed with the
work toward this city as rapidly as the
men and teams can do 1t. all the ground
being staked and ready for the con-
tractor from the point where they COM
mence to the switches that connect
with the old track at the Centrai depot.
The outfit is one of the best looking OF
the kind that ever worked through
this county. The mules are all fat and
in good shape and We're purchased in
st. Louis a couple of months ago.
where they cost Mr.. Mcpherson $50
each for the pick of the yards He will
bring large force of men with him.
but will need about thirty more drivers
and scraper holders. Work will begin
at once. The entire gang that arrived
have been working for two months on
Improvements that the o. was MAX
ing at Gladstone, ILL.,. and they came
here direct from that work
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
POINTS ON CANNING FRUITs.

J.
To some people canning fruit is one OF
the biggest bugbears of their household
duties. They dread it. and from the
time the first berries and cherries make
their appearance, until the last peach
and pear have been taken care Of they
live in constant fear of their fruit fer
menting and spelling. With myself,
while it is work that / have no fear as
to the result, it is always satisfactory
always what 1 intend it shall be--a sue
cess.
In canning fruit for sauce. measure
into my preserving kettle only enough
raw fruit, as near as can guess. to fill
one jar when it is cooked. This method
may seem very tedious TO some. but in
the end it pays, for in this way the fruit
| has a chance to be thoroughly cooked
without crowding and the danger of
| cooking it too much is also lessened. To
save time, one can have several kettles
over the fire at once, but do not try to
expedite matters by cooking large
quantity of fruit all together. / have
seen it tried a number of times, with
| always the same result; If not absolute
| ~ sour when opened, it would be fiat
| failure.
| Another important point which
should be carefully watched is to have
the jars perfectly air-tight, and lr
using the self-sealers, If the tops do moi
screw on sufficiently tight with one
rubber. add an extra one. This should
remedy the trouble. which is caused b,
the Jars being uneven or defective a
the mouth.
After the fruit is canned protect from
the light by wrapping paper arount
each jar, or. better still, fill the boxes
the jars came in when purchased ans
set in place with as little change o
temperature as possible. There will b.
no danger of it's spelling IL 1t has beef
properly cooked.-Emma r. MakemsoI
. in Farm, Field and Fireside.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
BEEF EATERS AND BEAN EATERS
[Philadelphia Recordl

philadelphia Record]
Investigations carried on at the Lon
don Zoo have disclosed the fact that
the percentage of tubercular diseases
lis far greater among graniyorous and
herbiyorous than among carnivorous
animals AS whole, beasts suffer
nearly 80 per cent more severely from
tuberculosis than birds; but the most
noticeable difference is that between
the meat-eaters and vegetable feeders.
Thus among monkeys, antelopes, deer
and kangaroos 26 per cent of all the
deaths are caused by tuberculosis,
whereas among lions. wolves and the
felidae in general the disease carries
away barely per cent. OF the grant
vorous birds, such as pheasants, grouse
pea fowl and ostriches, the proportion
of deaths from tubercle amounts to 81
per cent, while only IL per cent of the
/ fiesh-eaters, as vultures, eagles anc
owls, succumb to the disease.
To lower the risk of being attacked
by the malady men should, therefore
eat beef-steak and eschew beans Seri
lously speaking, however the observa
lstions made at the London Zoo" APP
pear to confirm the belief that mea
diet and open air life are the best pro
Election against consumption.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
IOWA NEWSPAPERS.
COAL BUCKET HAT.

Iowa City Republican,
The ladies are determined to paralyze
masculine observers with their head
gear this season. The latest freakish
attire strictly la mode, of course-is
a hat that can be compared to nothing
else but coal bucket with it's sides
kicked in. and it's whole being gaudily
decorated.
CHANGES WROUGHT BY TIME.
LWaterloo Reporter.]
The 'whirligig of time" works queer
things In politics as we'll as in every
thing else. For years Hon. c. s. Ranck,
of johnson county, has been one of
Iowa's most prominent democrats. He
represented his county in the house and
in the senate, was once chairman of
the democratic state central committee,
and he was an acknowledged party
leader doing his legislative career. Now
he is in the list of delegates from his
county to the republican state conven-
ton. Free silver, populism in variegat-
ed colors, and all the latter-day antics
of his party was more than he could
stand.
GUESSED HE WAS A HOODOO.
[Belle PLANE union.
A travelling man who makes this
town semi occasionally says that each
visit here is attended by a tragic event.
The first time came to your town
he says, "a little girl was bitten by a
vicious dog. The next time a railroad
man lost q foot, and he was the first
object my eyes struck as stepped from
the train. chr. Christianson) was fat
ally burned in attempting to start a
fire with gasoline. And this time just
as | was getting ready to get out of
town Saturday, | heard of the death
of man (Mr. Spitler) by accidental
poisoning. guess I'm hoodoo. Good
bye
ROE MAKES GOOD PROGRESS.
[Council Bluffs Nonpareil.l
Considerable interest Is being taken
locally in the ride from New York to
San Francisco on bicycle by Messen-
ger Albert v. Roe of the Postal Tele-
graph Company. from the fact that the
lad is an Iowa boy, his home being at
Grinnell, and c.. S. Barker. the COM
lpanys agent at this point, is being kept
duly advised as to Roe's progress across
| the country. The latest advices received
| by Mr.. Barker from H. +. Wilson. man
ager of the company's New York office,
are that Roe is riding on an average
siAty-five miles day. and has already
passed the automobile in which Mr..
and Mrs. Davis started to make the
l same trip several days before he left
New York. Messenger Roe claims the
championship as the one-armed long
distance rider in the United States and
has been awarded more than a dozen
medals for long distance wheel riding
/ He Is only 10 years of age and was I'M
fortunate enough to lose his left arm
while switching cars in Los Angeles
Cal. Manager Barker intends to give
Roe royal reception when he reache:
Council Bluffs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
ENGLAND FREE TRADE ONLY IN.
NAME.

ENGLAND FREE TRADE ONLY IN !
NAME.
England las so long been the home
of those who preach free trade that
many have come to believe that she
practices it, and that the country is one i
vast free port where no customs duties
at all are levied. But Thomas Gibson
Bowles, N. p. says in the August
Forum that this is far from being the
case. 1t is so far from being the case
indeed. that there is no country in Eu-
rope, nor, with the exception of the
United States, any in the world which
leyies SO large an amount of customs
duties at its ports as the United King
surprising saying; but it is the strict
truth. Not protectionist Russia; nor
protectionist Germany. nor projections
list France gets SO much revenue from
the strange thing is that the British
customs revenue is levied wholly upon
very few articles such as tea, which
is taxed with customs duty of 81 per
cent; wine, which is taxed at % per
cent; spirits, which are taxed 206 per
cent and tobacco, which is taxed 241
per cent.
Mr.. Bowles declares that the schis-
mates, who doubt whether this is free
trade, and the heretics, who deny that
it is free trade, are indeed loftily si-
fenced by being told that the fewer the
articles taxed the freer the trade is for
all other articles upon given customs
revenue. They are further told that
since neither tea nor wine nor tobacco
is produced in England. and since there
is q countervailing excise duty on Brit
ish spirits equivalent to the customs
duty on foreign spirits. therefore it is
not system of protection, but only a
system OF revenue. which raises over
.e20,00O,000 of customs at our ports
They are reminded also of one of the
great central free-trade doctrines, tina
it is the motive which governs all, ant
duty on corn would be outrageous be
cause suggesting the motive of protec
ton, there is no such wickedness in tn
247 per cent on tobacco, inasmuch as. ii
that instance, there can be no motiv
but that of revenue.
But there is another way in which tn
British encourage protection, as told b
another who is familiar with methods
and that is by discouraging trade il
foreign articles that come into compe
tition with English wares. Such boy
colt is said to be very effective, and ]
is made wholly along the lines of HON
protection. All this leads to the con
clusion that the best way to formulat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
RETURN TO PEACEFUL PATHS.

The First Nebraska Regiment has
reached San Francisco en- route home
from the Philippines and will be given
a royal welcome by Nebraska people.
Ii Col. Milford fairly represents the
men of his regiment they have had all
of the Philippines they care for in their
present mood, although the percentage
of death losses has been comparatively
slight-siXty- for the regiment.
However, it need not be accounted
strange that they are glad to return to
the paths of peace, for they encountered
great hazards in going to war. Aside
from the blighting effects of a wither
ing climate, the task assigned them was
not of a picnic character, for in what
ever guise it may be concealed War is
hell" as Gen. Sherman said. 1t means
death and desolation in every form. 1t
means the reign of bayonets and pas
sion and the destruction of industries.
For this reason our nation should end
it as soon as possible. Men trained in
the paths of peace in a republic like
ours can never be reconciled to a long
continued war. 1t is contrary to oul
theory of government and destructive
of our domestic peace. If a new cam
paign is to be undertaken short work OF
it should be made by sending an ade-
z OIl3tea force To restore order
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02

A woman without arms has been
married at Christchurch, New Zealand.
The ring was placed upon the fourth
toe Of her left foot. A similar marriage
to this was performed at st. James
Church, Bury st. Edmunds, in 1889.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
ALGER,s DEFENSE.

Before retiring from his position Sec
rotary Of War Alger put forth state
ment in his own defense in which he
made dignified and dispassionate plea
in his own behalf. He claims not to
have been responsible for appointments
for which he has been censured, and in
regard to the Incorporate attack of the
London Times, which alleged misuse of
mo one can ever show that dollar
was misappropriated, stolen or embez-
lied out of the hundreds of millions of
dollars expended" While this latter
may be regarded as an extreme state
ment for any one, however honest, to
make such form of mismanagemen of
his office is not seriously alleged by
those familiar with facts. The most
serious reflections on his conduct of the
war department are not based on what
he did, but on what he omitted to do,
or in other words, are based on the
splendid opportunity that was not full
ly improved to make the war depart
ment the chief instrument in closing
the Philippine war. Perhaps too much
was expected of him, and it is better
that he be retired on this account. The
people will now have an, opportunity tc
see what new secretary can do, and
to make comparisons hereafter that
may not be as severe upon Alger as
the censure so freely nleted out TO him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02
GOVERNOR OF CUBA.
Washington Correspondence Chicas
Tribune

washing ION Correspondence Chicago
Tribune.
Leonard Wood will be the civil gov
ernor of Cuba ii President McKinley's
recommendations for temporary gov
ernment for that island, as outlined in
the Tribune, are adopted by congress.
General Wood will resign from the
army in order to accept this position.
1t was wondered why he declined an
offer as president of the local street
railway with a salary of $50, 600 year
for five years and 100000 worth of
stock. 1t is now explained that PresY-
dent Mckinley held out the governor
ship of Cuba as an inducement to re-
main in the army until congress author
lied the appointment of a civil governor
for Cuba
General Wood is only a captain in the
regular establishment and on July l.
1901, he will return to that rank, as all
volunteer commissions expire then. The
governorshjp of Cuba will be only a
4 temporary position, but it is believed
1.-The position will be worth at least $15,-
1000 year. Money is not the only in
ducement which will lead General
4 Wood TO accept this position, as he will
be able to make a record which will
cause him to be recorded by historians
as one of the conspicuous figures OF the
Spanish war.
General Wood would practically have
full sway in Cuba and he would get the
credit of creating a government which
will stand for generations, besides put
Iting the island in excellent sanitary
sIcondition.
3 1t is the growing impression that
I Cuba will eventually be annexed to the
United States and. of course, General
Wood would be given much credit fol-
stimulating annexation sentiment by
| administering a good government
1t is almost certain that Presiden
Mckinley will serve second term
and after General Wood has completed
i his present work in Cuba the presiden
will see to it that the soldier physician
is given a good berth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02

On the question of afflxing revenue
stamps on bonds and mortgages the
revenue department decides that the
necessary stamps at the rate of 5 cents
per each 800 or fraction thereof may
be either placed on the mortgage or
the bonds Issued theron, as the par
ties may elect.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02

Governor Gambler, of Georgia, has
issued an address denouncing lynching,
though it will take something more
than paper wads to cure the evil in that
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02

Representative Hull, en- route from
Alaska, said the United States must
keep all the land bought from Russia.
The only question appears to be about
the slice Canada claims and arbitration
must settle that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-02

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil sent out
las a supplement- to its Sunday morning
edition a prosperity number, com
prising 80 attractive pages in pamphlet
form. Handsome views of public and
private buildings appear and scenes of
industries that now make Council
Bluffs one of Iowa's best cities. The
number is success from a literary an6
mechanical standpoint and gives the
reader fair idea of some of the at
tractlve features of one Of Iowa's most
/ properous cities.
The times., 1899-02-19
AMERICAN TOBACCO
TAKES A HIGH FLY
Gains Twenty Points in a Day S
Transactions.
Wall Street Treated to Sensation
Suggestive of a Corner.
Th. Result of Rumorcd Compro-
misc of Two Great Antngonistic
manufacturing Concerns.

New York Feb. 1S.-For the first time
In many years Wall Street was treated 70
a sensation today that was suggestive of 4
corner. After remaining dormant and
rather heavy for several weeks, the stock
of the American Tobacco Company, after
further decline yesterday morning. began
TO show signs of life and the net result Of
yesterdays trading was an advance of 4
per cent. This morning the stock opened
> Ia points higher than it closed yesterday,
at I4l. and during the two hours of business
a further advance to 15S took place. AT a
recession of only . points from the highest
price the stock closed Il IA points higher
than yesterday. The movement was nat
urally accompanied by rumors that the two
antagonistic interests in the tobacco manu-
featuring industry. namely. the American
and Continental, had come to an agree
ment. These reports could not be con-
firmed: in fact. were denied in some quar-
tiers. 1t remains to be seen whether the
market for the stock was heavily oversold
or whether substantial Developments war
ranted change in the speculative position
OF certain very influential interests. After
bacco from the total transactions. there
remains sales Of over half million shares
distributed through the remainder Of the
list. The largest contribution to this last
named total was made by 81. Paul. which
OIL sales OF over 1900 shares closed nearly
. points higher than yesterday. other
features we're Burlington and Quincy.
which sold at the highest price recorded
for H. Rock Island, Atchison preferred,
Central Pacific Reading first preferred.
Peoples Gas Manhattan Railway. South
ern Pacific. and Northern Pacific common.
In the early dealings all OF these stocks.
and. in fact, nearly the entire list, made
progress toward a higher level, but the
opening Of the market was so Wild in Ger
Tain stocks that both professional opera
tors and traders. through commission
houses. hastened TO take profits. Selling
was also induced in the last half hour OF
business by the further increase of over
s. .5Go. .OO0 in the average loans of the as
soeiated banks. There was also the usual
realizing of profits incidental 10 the end OF
the week. In consequence the market as
whole must be described as irregular. In
many cases the early improvement was
more than wiped out The majority of the
list. however. Notwithstanding the final re-
cession. closed higher than yesterday. The
weekly statement of averages of the asso-
ciated banks shows an increase in lawful
money of S114O.G0O, all of it in specie.
which presumably came from the Pacific
Coast in time to more than Offset the ship
ment of 81. SOC. 600 of legal tenders to the
interior. The increase in loans and in
lawful money make the deposits over
81, ,00OO 600 larger than they were last week
The net result reduces the surplus reserve
over million dollars to s34.S7S,S25.
The times., 1899-02-19

ing increased by the added amount of de-
pcsits. the large loans cause small de
crease in the reserve above the low re-
uujrement. There is, however. an increase
in the lawful money on hand The loans
increased s8. SCI. 600; the reserve decreased
81 $50. 600; the deposits increased 81. .ll',-
200. The most careful consideration shows
nothing in these figures that should be
considered in any way alarming. The con-
slant flow of money to New York is un-
abated. The spectators have borrowed
money. but not to the extent of lessening
its plenty or hardening the rate IN the
least
The times., 1899-02-19
THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Sellers and shorts Make the thief
Demand for Wheat.

Chicago. Feb. lS.-Wheat at one time
showed loss from Friday OF 5-Sc, and
there was hardly any recovery. 1t was a
small day trade with holders, the sellers
and shorts furnishing the chief demand
CIearances were disappointing, particularly
today's which aggregated only 10000.
There will be some increase in the visible
supply on Monday and some increase in