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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
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Extracts From q Article Written
By Professor lsrston for the
Midland Municipalities
= Condition That Confronts Every
City Of the Growing Wsst-In.
tsresting Facts.

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In the first number of the Midland
municipalities, the new magazine pub
lished in this city by Mayor f. G..
Pierce and others. Professor Marston,
Of Ames, contributes valuable article.
on modern methods Of sewage disposal
in the middle west. Professor Marston,
who is the consulting engineer emp loyed
by Marshalltown during the construc-
ton OF the elaborate sewage disposal
gpfant being erected here, give brief
description OF the Marshalltown plant
in the article, which is worthy Of pc.
Frusal by every citizen OF the middle
west but which Is somewhat lengthy
for publication in the columns OF a
newspaper. However, many OF the vail
liable points In connection with the
sewage question, and the description Of
the Marahalltown plant, are here given:
One Of the most Interesting Of the
many engineering questions coming to
the modern city for solution is that of
sewage disposal. The transformation
OF filthy sewage into pure, sparkling
water by merely passing it thru three
or four feet Of sand, or other material,
always seems q miracle; as the author
writes there stands on his desk two
walls Of water. clear, pure and undis-
ltinguishable from each other. One Is
the water OF a public supply and the
other purified sewage of the same
place.
Besides being an interesting ques-
ton. the sewage disposal problem is
rapidly becoming one of the most pres
sing OF those confronting city officials.
The great increase in our city popula-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18

snection with bacteria filters. increases
the percentage of publication effected.
THE NiARSHALLTOWNs PLANT
An excellent example of the appli-
cation of the most modern methods in
sewage publication TO an actual plant
on a large scale is seen in the work
which is now Junders way at Marshall
town. Iowa. A cut of the general plan
of these works is given in figure No. 4.
1t will be seen that the sewage is first
received III three large septic tanks.
These tanks are capable of holding
somewhat more than twenty-four
hours flow of sewage. The sewage
flows from the septic tanks over long
sweirs into a concrete sewage carrier
five feet wide and three feet in depth,
which extends along the end of the
tanks and between the filter beds. From
this carrier the sewage Is first dis
charged into the odd numbered beds
forming the north line of filters. num-
sbered one TO eleven inclusive. These
beds are on higher level han the even
numbered beds, TWO TO twelve inclusive,
on the south side of the area, and the
effluent from the first set of beds passes
thru the second set before being dis
charged into the main outlet drain
which leads to the river All the beds
are to be filled With screened cinders.
tone-eighth tosone anG one-half inches
in size. and will be operated as bac.eri-s
al filters, on the double contract sys-
tenn. 1t will be seen that we have here
a combination of septic tanks and the
bacterial filters This einbodies the very
latest ideas in sewage disposal work.
The plant was designed by Mr.. George
S. Pierson. NJ. Am. Soc.C. f., Of Kala-4
mazoo, Mich. and Is being constructed
under the supervision of the writer.
The septic tanks are placed above the
natural level of the ground, and the
sewage is lifted into them by electric
pumps. Filters Nos. Is to 16 inclusive
will not be constructed at present. The.
plant is designed to purify 100000 gall
Ions of sewage per day.
The sewage disposal works at Mar
sshallto;Nn are Of especial interest be-
cause they treat a kind of sewage
which has never before been dealt with
in publication plants. The city officials
had very thorough preliminary study
made of the sewage and the available
publication area, and this study dem
onstrated that the bulk of the sewage
consists of unusual manufacturing
wastes. The sewage is much stronger
than ordinary sewage. and the pollut-
ing material is OF a different character
from that ordinarily encountered. IT
shows the very great confidence OF the
engineers in the new methods when it
is said that advice was obtained from
nine different sanitary engineers. and
that nearly all advised the installation
OF septic tanks and bacterial filters
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
n ;! ARfs WITH COLD


aO994Se0 10 q AL1n9ek1m9 Cold which
4 Astasss - Ylsla 70 OralaaEy TFsat.
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atarrh usually starts with j enid In
the hsad and II left unchecked sin this
climate rarely gets we'll OF itself.
AZ fresh cold ID taken the disease
spreads. getting deeper and deeper,
cseeping along the mucous membranes.
from nose to throat. from throat to-
swindpipe, from windpipe To- bronchial
tubes and from hronchlat tubes to lung
cells. j: s
The mucous membranes all connect.
one with another. Hence II ID easy to,
spread from one part to another lined.
with this same membrane. This Is why
catarrh in the head soon affects the
throat and finally the stomach itself.
bringing on chronic catarrh Of the
stomach, which ID most obstinate
form OF dyspepsia.
Everybody Is now we'll agreed that
scatarrh Is q blood disease and not q
local one and the attempt to cure by To-:
relief from the purely local symptoms
without the remotest effect in staying
the progress OF the disease.
s. It's 1ISTe IN a ueW fpTepdI6AlOIl} = SASaSS
offered to the public that ID apparently
destined to do away with every other
form OF catarrh treatment.
This new remedy is not secret pat
ent medicine, but is a large, pleasant
tasting tablet composed of sauyuinaria,
sencalyptol, guaiacol, hydrastin and
other valuable and harmless SPECIFICS.
which are taken internally and seem to
have a remarkably beneficial. effect
upon the blood and mucous membran mes,
apparently eliminating the catarrhal
poison from the whole system.
These tablets. while being pleasant,
convenient and absolutely safe to use,
nave made cures in long standing cases
OF catarrh that are little short Of mar
velous. They are sold by druggists un-
der the name OF stuart's Catarrh Tab
lets and any catarrh sufferer who has
tried inhalers, lotions, ointments.
salves. etc, and realized their incon-
venience and uselessness, will fully app
preciate the difference between mere
palliative and permanent cure after
giving Stnart's Catarrh Tablets an Inn
partial trial.
All druggists sell them ct 80 cents for
full sized package and no matter where
the catarrh is located. in the head
throat, lungs or stomach, stuart's Ca
tarrh Tablets will surprise you with the
effective results of even a few days
use.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
IpitAtion. intermtt tent AHrat lion, BAG:
teral filters, septic tank ~ 4
Thee Nj. Marston descNbes and dis

'pitAtion. Intermittent mira jon. bac-
aeral filters, septic tan III. n rs
IL These Mi. Marston descrdbes and dis
cusses in the order named.
THE SEPTIC TANK
y The septic tank system, which is =
part OF that being constructed in Mar
Ehalltown. 10 described BY Mr.. Marston
~ follows:
Another startling innovation In sew
age disposal methods. which has been
made in the last four years, Is the de-
velopment of the septic tank. The sep
tic tank is tank capable OF holding
from eight to twenty-f0ur hours now
of sewage, in which the sewage Is re-
iceived and allowed to undergo pre-
liminary process OF fermentation and
partial publication before being sub
jected to further treatment. II Will be
seen that the septic tank is practically
the old fashioned cesspool adapted to
the needs of a sewage purificatiOn
plant 1t has been studied especially at
Exeter, England, and at Champaign.
Ill. The great advantage of the septic l
tank is in the separation and partial
sliquefaction Of the suspended solids in
the crude sewage. 1t is these ingredi-
ents which tend to choke the filter beds.
and their removal and liquefaction is
great benefit in the process Of purthca-
ton A further advantage is that in
the septic tank there is q partial break
ing up Of the organic compounds in the
sewage which renders them easier to
purify in the filter beds
In the case OF the intermittent fill
terSit is stated that oxygen was necesz
sary to the life CT purifying germs.
Bacteria, which require oxygen In or
der to live, are called '@robic' bacteria.
There are other kinds Of bacteria which
do not require oxygen to live, and these
are called 'nn#robic.' BY adding the
septic tank to our publication plant we
secure the aid of the an@robic as well
as the mrobic germs. All the late adj
vances in sewage disposal methods. and
the lines of most promise for the flu
ture. are those which make the fullest
possible use Of all of the different kinds
of germs which are capable OF purify
ling organic material
1T was at first hoped, by means Of
the septic tank. to get rid Of all the
sludge, which has been so great detri-
ment in chemical precipitation plants.
This hope seems doomed to partia. dis
appointment, but 1t is very remarka-
bile fact that by far the greatest part
of the solid material in sewage can be
lliquefied in the septic tank, and the ex-
lpense of its removal from the sewage
| or from the filters is thus made very
small. The septic tank. used in cons
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
Compan ..A'' Rough Riders. At,en.
#st tlOns

You will assemble in uniform on SAT-
urday. Oct. 20. at p. m. sharp, on
North Third avenue. right resting on
Main street. Marshalitown. Iowa. And
1t is earnestly requested that. all who
can secure uniforms Will Join this COM
pany in parade. III
GEORGE NJ. LYON,
Captain.
a. 3. HOOVER. Colonel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18

Great Cousins and Doilivsr Assssna
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saturday.
Col. A. b. Hoover, commanding the
Marshall county regiment Of rough rid-f
.ers. has issued the following notice to-
the various companies Of the regimenti
and the different marching Cube that
will participate In the great republicans
demonstration to be given In this city
Saturday evening on account Of the
presence OF Senator ]. r. Dolliver and
Congressman r. q. Cousins in the city,
The announcement to the companies and
marching clubs is az follows:
Main street and Third avenue. The fol-
lowing asjgnements have 70 far been
made and will be observed by the varl-i
GUS companies and clubs named:
Company A, George NJ. Lyon, captain
North Third avenue, right resting on
Main street.
Company B, George L. Suter, captain.
In rear Of Company A.
Company q, r. B. Wallace, captain
East Main street. right resting on Third
avenue.
Fremont Club, Jud canAeld, chairman
I'm rear OF Company G.
Iowa Soldiers Home Club. headed by
I. s.. III. band-In rear Of Fremont Club.
Sons OF yeterans-In rear Of l. 8. H..
Club.
Other companies and clubs, formed
and uniformed, together with visiting
bands. will be assigned positions az fast
az application IL made.
All cavalry companies will be assigned
to the rear OF all infantry companies and
marching clubs.
Line of march In formation named
above with Forty-ninth Iowa regimental
band leading, will be az follows: West
on Main to Fifth street; countermarch
to First street; thence north to Grant
street; east to Center street: south to
Church street; cart to First avenue;
north to Main: east to Second avenue;
south to Odeon and break ranks.
| All those desiring to participate IN the
parade and not yet assigned will report
to the undersigned before s clock p. m.
on the goth inst.
A. b. HOOVER, Colonel
Those who are DESTROYS OF Joining
leither of the companies OF rough riders.
and who have not suite. can procure
them, as an extra order Of 100 was re-
GENTLY purchased and between forty and
fifty yet remain for those who have not
fpurcha The meeting Saturday after
noon and evening, as the time draws
nearer, promises to be one OF the larges,
4 demonstrations, outside of the recen,
4 Waterloo meeting, that has been held in
i Iowa during the present campaign.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-18
ARCHIE COX MARRIED.
Former NIarshalitown Man WEEDS At
Cleveland, Ohio.

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News received in the city thru letter
from Mrs. A. B. Cox announcestlle mar
riage in Cleveland. o.. of her son. Mr..
Archie Cox, a former resident of this
city, who was high in business and So
cial circles prior to an unfortunate pre-
dicament in which he placed himself
when he left his mother and wife In this
city and went to Chicago with an adven-
turess who had charmed him with her
Winning wiles.
The news OF the marriage is very
meager, the name of the bride even be-
ing withheld. altho it is stated that che
is a Very prominent and wealthy young
woman.
But little has been heard of Mr. Cox
since his affair Of a few years ago 1t
has been the intention Of his relatives
to keep his whereab bouts a secret and to
no one here were they divulged.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
Respectfully,
MRS. H. E. SMITH, Sc,
No Ice Reported Between Gin
cinnati and Middleport
Gorge.

The channel of the river at this point
is entirely free from ice, and accord
ing TO reports from above is clear all
the way up to the first gorge, which is
at Middleport. A passenger in ever
the c. &c o. yesterday reported keeping
watch all the way down from Hunting
ton and the channel was clear as far
as he saw it. A few more days of this
sort of weather will see the river open
all its length. Unfortunately, however
unless the breakup is attended with
considerable OF a rise it will do but
little good, except for the local packets
The several Pittsburg towboats in the
harbor here could be dispatched home
ward with tows of empties now, so far
as the ice is concerned, but the water
is considered too low TO make it
worth while to start out The reports
from toward headwaters were not
very encouraging for more water
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
"The ROYAL Box. :"

Charles Coghlan's successful pay
The Royal Box" will be given at the
Auditorium Saturday night, Jan. 13.
This play has made one of the greatest
hits on record in the metropolis in ten
years.
The principal part is tina, cf Clar-
ence the actor, the leading artist Of
England in the year 1870 The fourth
act Ct the piece is divided into two
scenes. The first pictures the dressing
room Of the actor, and the second the
stage Cf the Drury Lane theatre, in
London with a drama in progress. In
the srage scene the actor is presented
playing Romeo in the balcony scene
from Romeo and Juliet" Wrought
up to a stateY of mental hysterla
through jealousy of the woman he
loves, who sits in the royal box with
the Prince of Wa,es, afterwards George
", ne publicly denounces the frs
gentleman OF Europe from the stage OF
his ploflgacy. The transition from
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
SymboIic Laneuage.

IL is an interest reversal OF the ao-
cspted order of things to find China
man mstructing the occidental races
as to improved methods of communion
tioh, but paper which appeares in the
December issue of the National Review
over the signature Of Chlhchen Lofen-
gluh, the Chinese minister to London,
has more than the interest of novelty.
The writer argues that the phonetic
system OF writing, as it to be found
among most civilized nations, is both
cumbersome and lacking in perman-
ency. Sooner or later he points out,
the sound Of speech change with
varying nations, and, as the writing in
due time follows the change of sound
language Is impermanent and tends to
disassociatlon Of races. The Chinese
language Is symbolic; a sign stands
not for sound, but fer an idea, and
thus it has come into use not only
among Cinnamon, but as the medium
of written communication for several
adjacent nations, including Japan.
| Books written in the Chinese of 1000
years ago can be read now with ease;
moreover, a symbolic system, in the
Chinese writer's requirements fer a
universal language than any system
yet devised.
The most interesting part of the
Chinese ministers's contention, howev-
er is his claim that Europeans already
and unconsciously have found it ex-
pedent to introduce symbolic writing
in dealing with certain subjects Alge-
bTtaic propositions and chemical form
ulae, for instance, are made instantly
intelligible by the use of few signs
absolutely without significance phone
tically. Even the use of Mr." instead
of mister" marks a tendency to SYM
bolic writing. Whether or not the
need for a universal system of writ
ing is so pressing that the world event
ually will turn to it Gin obedience to
| llC law VI eNOluLlOH ID d plhpOSlllOl
which philologists will find of some
interest. At all events, Chihchen
Lofengluh evedintly may not be wrong
in declaring that the code of symbols
affords the only means of securing a
universal means of communication.
Past experiments with universal Ian
guages" have served only to prove the
stubbernness with which nations ad-
here to their inherited speech. A page
Of algebraic equations, like a bar OF
music written in the ordinary rotation
may be as easily understood in Russia
as in French or English. Could q
similar system be brcadened to include
all the subjects which are known in
common among most civilized ma
tfonS?
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
Great Record of Ocean Liner.

The greatest distance ever Travelled
in single year by any creation of man
moved by its own motive power, was
completed yesterday by the steamship
st. Louis OF the American line, when
she arrived at her dock for the seven
teenth time during 1899. In "a voy-
ages across the Atlantic, between
Southampton and New York, this
American ship travelled 1O6,764k miles
and carried 1888 passengers, 1891 of
them flrst-class. During all but two
weeks the St. Louis was in commission
and had not a single mishap. 1t
would be rash to assert that those of
the officers and crew of the st. Louis
who have been aboard her throughout
the year, have travelled farther than
any human beings ever travelled in the
same length Of time There may be
express messengers, railway postal
clerks and sleeping car porters on
long runs yhO can show a superior rec
ord. Likewise, there are perhaps, Pull
man cars on transcontinental trains
in constant service which roll IN a
greater years mileage than 100000,
but no locomotive or other vehicle
propelled by its own motive power
can approach The st. Louis's record.
Two hundred miles day is a daily
performance for any express flyer
while the st. Louiss average for the
1865 days in the year is 292 miles. AS
a matter of fact, she was in port during
1873 days, so that her average distance
covered when at sea was 46O miles a
day.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
Three EcIipses This Year.

In this, the last of the nineteenth
century, which by the way, is not q
leap year, though 1t is diyisible by Gour
there will be three ecllpses two of the
sun and cne of the moon.
The solar eclipse, taking place on the
2Sth of May, will be visible through
out the United States, and be total
from the southern part of Virginia
down through Mexico, while north of
Norfolk Va, il will be partlal. In the
City of Baltimore it will begin at 7:4S
a. m. OF all phenomena of nature there
is none so profoundly impressive and
awe-insplring as a total eclipse of the
sun. and a trip through these regions
of the country through which the
shadow of the moon will sweep on the
28th of May is well worth undertaking.
1t scarcely admits of any doubt that
many thousand people of the Northern
and Middle States of the Union will go
to see a phenomenon which compare
lively few people have had the prlvi-
lege of beholdlng. The average
breadth Cf the eclipse Of the sun will
occur on the 21st of November. 1t
will be annular, but not visible in this
country. A partial eclipse of the moon
will take place on the 18th of June,
though it will not be visible in this
country.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
Newbury.

The wheat in this vicftity was not
sown early and there is no sign of in
jury by the fly. Stock is doing as well
as it ever did in any winter in my re-
membrance. Some plowing was done
before the cold spell. A record was
kept of the number of wagon loads of
manure that was hauled out on the
Curtis farm during the last year and
it amounted to three hundred and ten.
II any farm can show a larger output
of home made fertilizer, let us hear
from it.
c. w. Oakes has bought wind mill
to be used to she'll and grind corn.
S. B, oakes is getting ready to build
a barn and has a saw mill on the farm
to cut the lumber. The size is 4Ox60
with a basement eight feet deep under
the whole.
DR., II. s. Curtis has sold his practice
in Noblesville. Ind. and will locate in
Parkersburg If he can find rooms suit
able for dental office
Robert Thompson, who has a store
at Little Hooking, intends to return tC
Scotland, where he was raised He will
find a great change in the people after
an absence Of twenty years.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-01-09
Last Money For Slave Sale.

Dallas, Texas, Jan. 6.-An echo of
slavery times was heard in Dallas to-
day. 1t was the settlement of debt
contracted in 1850, in which the sale
of negro slave was the basis of the
transaction. In the days before the
war" the Mcdonald and Epperson
families were among the leading plant
ers of the Red River Valley The head
of the McDonalds of Lamar county
Scld a negro to Col. d. H. Epperson, of
Red River county. Epperson gave a
note fer $3.50 to secure payment on the
purchase. The war between the states
interfered with the business arragne-
ments of the McDonalds and Epper-
sons.
After the war the note was present
ed for payment and resisted on the
ground that the abolition of slavery
nulifed the obligation. The matter
got into the courts, and judgment for
the face of the note was awarded. The
case got tangled up on appeals and
dragged along until short time ago,
when the Epperson agreed to settle
with the Mcdonald side and stop liti-
CATION. Today ex-senator Henry D.
Mcdonald. lawyer of Paris, Texas,
representing j. w. Mcdonald the
holder of the note, and who Is Nation
al Bank Examiner for Northern Texas,
came to Dallas and met Joseph NJ
Dickson, lawyer for the Eppersons,
and received from Mcdonald $3.50 cash
in exchange for the old note executed
in 1860
This is probably the last slave that
will be paid for in Texas. Colonel
Bpperson died in Red River county in
1878. Colonel Mcdonald has been dead
a number of years. The slave that was
sold died in Clarksvllle, Texas, about
the time the war ended.