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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-18
Death OF Mrs. s. b. Humbert.
Inecial to Times. Renuhlican.

Cedar Falls, April ls.-Mrs. Frank
Ford. a sister OF 8. b. Humbert. ex-post-
master OF this city, was taken to the
Independence. asylum for insane last
Friday night News has been received
that she died Tuetday morning. The is
q sad blow to her husband and children.
Mrs. Ford was an old settler. coming
here ct an early 1ate. s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-18
BANQUET At CEDAR FALLS.
Iseerley, Mullan, and wise tho G ue.,.
OF Honor.

OF Honor.
Special to Times Republican,.
4 Cedar Falls, April ia banquet was
given last night at Masonic Hall by
the Cedar Falls business men to Pres
ident seerley. Senator Mullan and
Representative Wise for their splendid
work for the Normal appropriation for
new buildings. etc. Mt Normal Hill.
About 100 business men participated in
the festivities OF the occasion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-18
Fourth ward, MIA II. G. Hunaker and

Fourth ward, Mrs NJ. g. Hufraker and
G. H. Brock.
Minerva towhstlp. James 81 Gaunt.
State Center township. A. ]. Palmer.
Timber Creek township, Harrie N.
Walker.
Vienna township. Howard Z. Eckles.
Washington township. j. e. stouffer.
TAAfA COUNTY.
Buckingham and Geneseo townships,
Royal IA. West.
Carlton township. w g. Dobson.
Carroll township. Fred H. Hanus.
Clark township. o. NJ. Haney.
Columbia and Highland townships, G.
"A. Wilson. &
Crystal township, s. w. sotfl.
Grant township. 4. A. Mason.
Howard township p, Charles French.
Indian Village township. Clarence NJ.
Smith.
Lincoln township, William r. Porter
field.
Oneida township. Harry G. Parsons.
Otter Creek township. Mary Wilcox.
Perry township, NJ. r. Van Dueson.
Richland township. Ben n. Reed.
Salt Creek township. Frank w. Sells.
Spring Creek township q. r.. wrage.
TAI ma and Toledo townships, George
w. Swea t..
Tama. city. Myrtle NJ. Mills.
Toledo. city, Frank A. johnson.
York township, Charles Skrable.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-11

Connection with Phila.& Readinglat Halls
For philadelphia, New York and inter.
mediate stations-Leave Transport 7:42
am, 1000 a. n., Arrive Halls 1859 am.
i0lQa. M For Shamokin and informed
late stations-leayes Williamsport 4;30 n
M; arrive Halls 45l p. m,
From Phila,, New York and intermed
late statious-leave Phila. 1921 a. m. and
1876 pm: leave New York.via Phila.7 80
am, 800 pm; leave New York via Ia
m AQUA. 9 10 am. Arrive Halls, 6.94a.m.
and 5 Fl =. m.
From ohanokiu and intermediate sta
tiens-lcaves Shamokin s 10 a. N. Ar
rive Halls Q 40 am.
Connecting with L. V. r Il. at Satterfeld.
Fer Iowanda and intermediate stations,
leave Wilkesharre 3,05 p. m; arrive at
SattGrfeld 6.2j p. m.
For rowanda and intermediate stations,
leave Bernicc $50 am; arrive Satterfed
704 a. IN.
For Wilkesbarre and intermediate sta
tions--leave Towauda 45 am. and 10 80
am; arrive Sat'feld, 1852 a. m. l.04 p. m,
STAGE LINES
Stage leaves Hughesville post office for
Lairdsyille Mengwe and Philipsdale daily
Wilson, Beaver Lake and Fribley on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 80
Stage leaves Glen Mawr Tor Hillsgrove
and ForksyiIle at 02 q, m.
Stage leaves Muncy Valley for Unity
villo North Mountain and lungerville
daiidat l. 10 a. IN,
Passengers taking trains at flag stations
can secure train excursion tickets from
the conductors.
PHILADELPHIA d Reading, Lehigh Valley
and New York Central mileage will be
accepted only lorthrough passengers trav-
cling from Halls to Sauerlield or Satter-
field to Halls.
The general offices Of the company are
located at IIugheeyille, Pa.
b. HARVEY WEIGH
President, Hughsville, IA
s. d. TOWNSEND,
Mgr IIughsvilie, Pa.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-11

Sum boots and lumbermans fam
Hel at j. ". Bucks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-01-11
WiIIiamsport & North Braneh R. Ia


T u ME 4 a Is l. e.
In EHect Tuesday Sept. IL, 1900.
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the first thing you know he'll be spell.
ing elephant with two rs.
THE stenographer habit is bad as
cocaine when once you begin il you've
got to keep il up or you're lost. II at
tempted to write letter of any length
at present my correspondent would be
certain to set me down as a scandalous
ignoramus. and believe niue-tenths
of the business men in the city are in
the same boat. The memory of most
people, by the way is chiefly graphic.
as far as spelling Is concerned. mean
By that thar they have to write a word
down on paper and see how il looks be.
fore they are certain about its orthog-
raphy. THAT is why they become rusty
so quick as soon as they give up the
personal handling OF the pen. In me-
dieyal times the upper classes didn't
pretend 10 know how to write. They
left that TO professional scriveners. and
we appear 10 be drifting back to that
happy condition OF affairs"
The Negro world., 1900-06-09

hippers and tail. One of them catch
es a football on his nose. and there spins
it until it occurs to him to toss ii back
TO his master.
Next he balances on his nose a stick
surmounted by the football. With his
tiipper he knocks the stick away.
catches the ball on his nose. and a mo-
ment later transfers it TO the nose of
another seal, which tosses it back to
Capt. Woodward.
The trainer takes "A pyramid of those
funny clowns hats that fit into one an
other like baking tins. One by one he
throws them over a distance of 35 feet
to the biggest seal.
Mr.. Seal watches each missile mar
rowly. lodges. reaches or ducks. ac-
cording to the exigencies of the case.
and catches all in succession on his
head. He afterward takes one of them
in his mouth, throws il in the air and
catches it as before.
Then comes balancing feat that re-
minds one of pet dogs tantalizing or
deal of holding a lump of sugar on his
nose until permitted to eat it. One of
the seals balances on his snout stick
surmounted by ashland no pug ever
liked lump of sugar better than seal
likes fish. One does not wonder at
the yearning look in the performers
big brown eyes as the aroma of that
tit-bit floats down to him.
Hey. presto, At the word of COM
mand he knocks away the stick with
his fipper and catches the fish on his
nose. Next moment it is down his
throat, and the spectators shrek at his
solemnly beatife expression.
As an appropriate climax TO their
amazing performance the seals iuggle
with barbells al the ends of which are
blazing torches.-S. Y. World.
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
GaIIantrr Amonr Amman.

Farmers. and horsemen in general
know that although a horse win
promptly attack any other horse that
may interfere with him. either in the
field or in harness. he will very seldom.
attack a mare. Farm horses which
cannot be worked alongside of apy
other horse on account of their savage
temper. may be safely yoked in double
harness with mare. II is not so gen
orally known that dogs have this same
ehivalrous trait. No seIf.reSpect;po
dog will bite female. EXCEPT in the
most extreme need of sef-d4fenSe
though the female. as a rule. has no
Acrnples whatever about Furnishing. 10.
to the full extent of her power. a doe
OF the opposite sex that happens 10 he
Inferior to her in size and strength
80 strong Is this unwillingness 10 figb,
female that few male hounds viii
attack she-wolf or eTen follow her
tail
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
With ELECTRIC vELocIpEDEs.
Looking Forward to Great Times
when BOys Are Thus
Provided.

81 am looking forward no~.'saif
Mr.. Fatherly. relates the Ne" York
Sun. .alnd with feelings compounded
In about equal parts of apprehension
and interest. to The time when some in
ventor shall have produced an auto
mobile yelocipete. or vehicle of like
general character. for the use Of boys;
some contriyance that can be charged
from wire OF the electric light equip
ment in the family home. As it is now
the boy gets out of the velocipede that
he 50 gaYly propels only the speed that
he can attain by the working OF his
own short legs; but even so, he whiris
around corners TO his own great de-
light aud the imminent peril of the
older people who walk; aud at times
he manages to upset himself. or TO
come into collision with other veloci-
petles similarly driven; and so, take 1t
altogether. to make even with thelow-
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
FORGET oRTHocRApHY.
en- mpIoymeat of Amsnsense. said to
caase Men 20 Forget How
To spell.

'.The practice of using an amanuen-
sis has become almost universal among
busy men of affairs said a Magazine
street wholesaler. according to the
Pittsburgh News. "and it's death on
photography. ! defy any man who has
dictated to a stenographer for as long
a period Of time as two years TO SIT
down aud write an ordinary business
letter without making at least four
or five ridiculous biunders in spelling
Skill in English photography is purely
an arbitrary accomplishment. It's a
feat in mnemonics and doesn't neces-
sarily presuppose the possession of any
special aIiHteileetual gifts. The only way
that the average man retains his abil-
ity 10 spell with reasonable correct
ness Is by keeping constantly in prac.
ttee and seeing the written words be-
fore his eye. Let him suspend that
mental exercise for a short time and
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
ABOUT SLEEP WALKERS.
How Two of Them Were Cured of Il
Habit Before Ii Had become Tn
alternbly Fixed.

Somnambulism is phenomenon
that has not been solved, either il
cause or cure, and the stories reate'
about sleep walkers are never ending
Usually the eyes are wide open, bu
il is frequently agreed that the som
namhulist cannot see at those times
A gentleman relates that when h
was young man an acquaiutanc'
was badly given to the habit. and h
would often go out into the yard and
wander about. One night numbe
of his friends lay in ambush for bin
Just to watch his operations. by al
by the door opened in a businesslke
way and out came the young man
He went straightway across the street
into lot where there was a nut tres
and proceeded to pick up nuts an
put them in a pile. A few moments
at this task. then he started toward
the house. In getting over the fence
he made a misstep and fell. This
awakened him, and while he was ID
the first act of collecting his thought
he saw in the darkness the youns
men who were watching him. Jus
at that time their appearance
startled him that he fed like a deer
The circumstance was SO impresso
upon his mind that he never after
ward INDUCED in the habit.
Another gentleman tells an anus
ing incident that happened in hi
early life. when he was not more ths
six years old. He often found him
self at the far end of the long. un
finished chamber where he slept. an
usually could not awake sufficiently
to find his way to bed again. so o
or the other of his parents Won.
hear him crying and come to his res
cue. Naturally they got little tired
of the bother aud no one should b,
blamed for what followed. As stated
the chamber was an unfinished one
and in place of the guard rail at the
danger end of the stairway a number
of barrels had been placed When the
nights somnambulistic .our culmlnat
ed that left lasting impression OF
his mind, as well as his body--he wa'
near those barrels and it seemed bac
been struggling to get through be-
tween them when he must ely
have been killed by falling down the
stairs. The noise aroused the parents
and on this memorable occasion the
father visited the chamber and just
in time to save the lads from getting
through. He was on his hands and
knees pushing through and the OPP
portunity for administering the usual
punishment of those days could not
have been better arranged to order.
Talk about spanking" said the
reiator; why. that must have been
40 years and more ago. but | can feel
the sting as il it was last night. But
II cured me. you may be sure.
Golden DAYS.
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
FIVE EDUCATED SEALS.
They Play Football, balance sucks
and Perform Many Other Won
derful Tricks.

A seal football team has come TO
town. 1t plays at the circus.
Its members also sing, play orches-
tral selections and perform feats of
balancing and sleight of hand-slei3ht
of snout would be better term-that
would equip any man or boy to earn
living at country fairs.
There are five of these seals, big,
clumsy fellows, so glossy of skin that
when they lie motionless with snouts
pointed to the roof they look like mon
sters in highly vanished mahogany.
Their marvellous feats are one of the
two chief attractions at the circus in
Madison Square garden.
But when they hear the voice of the
trainer. Capt. Woodward, messieurs
the sea lions hasten to show that in
stead of being carved out of mahogany
they are a compound of agility, obedi-
ence and brains.
First they sing in solo and chorus.
The writer does not wish to dwell upon
this part of their performance. 1t is
enough that they evidently know what
is required of them, and that they
really sing very well-for seals.
Nor Is II necessary to bring Wag-
merriam critics standards to bear upon
the seal orchestra. consisting of bass
drum, snare drum. tuba and French
horn. The zeal of the musicians is
their most admirable trait.
In other realms of vaudeville. how
ever. Capt. Woodward's seals can chal-
lenge comparison with many biped
endowed with hands and feet instead of
The Negro world., 1900-06-09


''Were there many ont ?? inquired
his mother She was putting the din.
ner on TO the table.
Quite a sprinklin. but mighty few
% EN- went 10 the graveyard. Hen
est. II my whiskers had been any
other rolor think they'd have froze
and snapped of mp there.
at must have been terrible hard on
Marin =
Yes. ! reckon IT must" He looked
searehingly into the old iady's face.
'Mother, you said the otner day that
you'd be happier II | were married,
and had somebody to keep the home
goin' when
'.Nhen am gone" The old lady
spoke eagerly2..Yes. Thomas. I did.
And lis so.I ain't long for this
world. dear boy. was - last June.
] hate 10 think of leaFin' sou here all
alone. But why? What's put the no.
tion into yonr head 50 sudden? You
ain't-.'
''No.T amt Only / was thfnkin'
that you mustn't let your mind dwell
on such things mother You're young.
er now than= plenty Of women who
Invent lived half the years That's
all. mother
At the corner store that afternoon
he told cold-weather stories and
cracked jokes. while he nursed his
frozen nose aud ears. But that night
after his mother had gone TO bed. he
sat long before the fire. with letter
"A letter yellowed by agc-in his
hand, reading and rercading.
Dearest Tom" il said. II have been
thinking Of what you said last night
Of staying by your mother. II does
yon eredii-yes. II Is noble In you. but
dear, It hurts. ! am not so good as
you. My parents are not so fortn
nate in their child as your mother Is
in you. Sometimes | feel that could
defy the whole world. II by so doing
! could take you to myself-alone
But In my soberer moments ! can see
that such thoughts are foolish. !
must do as father wishes, | presume
and sacrifice myself. II Is hard-O. Sc
hard 10 marry one whom I neither
love nor respect. Perhaps. somt
time
The letter ended at this point in q
great blot
Perhaps some time" repeated
Tom. slowly. wiping his eyes. per.
haps some time. She felt she had tc
break away from me. poor girl. She
couldn't help IL. Her folks were cruel
hard. I'm glad told her the lie
about stickin' by mother; IL sort oi
made IL easier for her"
He pushed his chair back from thf
fire and glanced AZ the door of his
mothers room.
TITS been for the best I s'pose." he
murmnred. "Motherd been alone else
or n she hadn't been alone maybe she
and Maria wouldn't have hitched
But. perhaps some time"
He raised his face and drew long
breath. Then glad look came into
his eyes.
Seems to me it's gettin' warmer
he said. Philadelphia Press
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&c, Sc. If, 2g. 2h, 81. TX, An. 10,
1r, 81, III, 1v. TX, 2y in the spas
Arrange them so that 1-3 is used
weighing; 2-3 is necessary for
ligion; 3-5 is necessary to succes
all undertakings; "a is anothef@r
for hope: SIS is the age of grasS
promise; A. is the part of intellstl
men. If the letters have been VI
ranged correctly. you will read u
balance; 2-3, believe; SIS, energy; 4
expect; SIS, youthful; A, thinhS
To make new puzzles for your friend
work backward from words with 4
proper number of letters TO fill d
spaces, and describe them so ia
they are guessable. The necessity
having two words end with the sal
letter that begins two Others. OF 8
proper number of letters. will afc
endless enjoyment.-St. Louis Clio
Democrat.
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
THE BEST you CAN.

What#uss to frown ZwhenZt things &c
wrong?
A frown won't set them tight.
BE brave of heart. and sing song -
To make the burden light. t.
That this is true l quite belleFe'Z
= He is the wisest man H=.-
Who sings when care and trouble come
And does the best he carl.=#=
The man who broods Ger trouble finds
His burden heavier Cow.
As he climbs up the hill OF #life.
The wise man does not So .=
He gathers flowers beside the way
He says to feilow-man:
Lets make the most of pleasant thihss
.And-do the best We can.
In thinking of another's need, ,Z
We oft forget our own; ;
So let us think of others more
Not of ourselves alone.
Keep up a brave and cheerful heart'
'Tis aye the wisest plan
To sing when care and trouble come
And-do the best you can.
-Eben T. Rexford. In Golden Days.
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90 wrong. The inventor had been A
tailor before losing his balance and
knew nothing of ships and anchors.
But he drew the diagrams and made
the models for this fruit of his dis.
ordered brain and one day man
who visited him and saw the plans
VAS greatly taken with them. SAYS
london Answers.
He obtained permission. natantad
and put the anchor on the market. Ii
was tavorably received and at the end
OF two years the invention had
brought him $4,000. Half of this the
capitalist who had marketed the an
ehor gave TO the two daughters Of the
madman. who were alive and sane.
During the rest of the inventors
HE the anchor brought in enough TO
pay for his maintenance and keen his
two daughters in easy circumstance
lie Invented other useful things in
slading new Kind OF eoraserew and
a folding chair.
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
THE SCISSORS PUZZLE
tt Requires Time. Pntisnc. ana.
seaaiiy to work 1t Out. IN,
Very Entertnining.Z

I!rsrs n nav Kind of puzlls
at will AFFORD mary hours Of anl
II IL, and al the same tifue IA,
i-enuity of those who rnak+ Il
guess 1t. Draw The picture Of !.
of shears. putting the. nnnerai. !.
[ 10 ut The points Shown IN
diagram. Divide the blaties and
dies into sections. as shown n
and the pan Of the puzzle is n
There shoutl be=s7 spaces in
Each one of the spaces is to be {
with letter. so words ca,
spelled from the numbers., The
words from 1-3 and % will. of co,
end with the same letter, which i,
first letter of the two words run
from 3-4 to 3-5. The WI. TO
the puzzle is this: There are "a
The Negro world., 1900-06-09

powered and comparatively slow-mov-
ing machine considerable commotion.
but give him, as suppose some day
somebody will. an electric yelocipede!
Now and then some big, grown-up
electric vehicle of the day. that it would
seem ought TO be big enough. and by
this time old enough, to know better,
gets on a tantrnm and cuts up in man
ner astonishing TO see; and we think
that the streets of this great city are
just full of life and animation; but
wait till the small boy gets his electric
velocipede and the electric velocipede
gets him."
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sign proved to be good drawing card
until Young man of humorous turn
of mind came along. The latter. see
ing the sign. stopped. and. after seru-
tinixing 1t closely, smiled one of those
smiles which bode no one any good.
Tie waited until none OF the employees
was Watching. and, taking out his
handkerchief. he erased the letter ''b''
from the word beat. The transforma-
tlon was complete, and Il was not until
a crowd had collected that the pro-
prietor os the restaurant discovered
why there was larger crowd outside
than inside.
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
MUTUAL DIsAGREEABLENEss
Oceapy the same Cabin ON
Steamship.


There's one place above all Others
where man exhibits his mennness, -
said the traveller, relates the Kansas
City journal. "and that's aboard an
ocean liner and toward the man who
Is obliged To occupy the same state.
room with him. You are mad To be.
gin with that you have to bunk IN
with somebody. II he gets the lower
berth, he's done you mortal injury.
" he's seasick you have contempt for
him: IL he Is not you are biz en-
yious I've crossed the Atlantic nine
and was never more than ON speak
ing terms with my roommate. You
can he all right toward everybody else
aboard, but he's your enemy. The
case is worse when us pair of old
travellers, as each is posted as To his
rights and privileges and is Jealous
In enforcing them. When | crossed
To London last year. | had Chicago
man for chum. No doubt he wns an
all-around good fellow. but II was his
sixth or seventh trip, and he'd got
posted ms to when and how to exhibit
his mcanness. found him in ths
stateroom when came aboard. We
recognized each other as veterans.
but few words must be uttered for
deccncy's sake.
Names Jones. says I. as
chucked away my steamer trunk.
NAMES Iirown.' says he. as he
banged on his hat.
I'VE didn't speak again for four
days. Then we got heavy gale and
n big sea, and as | was lying In my
bunk he came Ia tor some cigars and
growled;
"Iot itT
"'No: have yonr
"'No; hoped you had
Ditto
AN hour before we landed handed
him paper ON which | had written
down my feelings concerning him. |
called him n crank, a eurmudgcon. y
bear. heathen aud lots OF other
things and expressed the ferycnt hope
that IL might never occur that the
same hotel would give US both shell.
ter in Europe As | handed out my
paper he extended one. tie had writ.
ten down hts feelings toward me. and
the two papers were alike. met him
IN Paris six weeks later, and we
rushed to greet each other like old
friends, aud for two weeks we walked
about like brothers and were grleved
when the parting came. That was
ON land. You know. and we weren't
bankmaies. I'm going over again
next month. hut I'm making no prom
Uses of better behavior. Whether my
roommate Is minister from Boston
or a cattle raiser from Arizona.
shall prohabiy do all can To make
his position uncomfortable. and am
sure he viii do as much for me"
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
fseSIDoRY { J
OLD HOMES.

Old homes among the hills, love their
gradens.
Their old rock fences. that our day In
herits;
Their doors. round which the great trees
stand like wardens.
Their paths down which the shadows
march like spirits.
Broad doors and paths that reach bird
haunted gardens.
see them gray among their ancient
Severe OF front. their gables nehen-
sprlnkled-
Like gentle-hearted. solitary Quakers,
Grave aud religious. with kind faces
wrinkied-
Serene among their memory -haiIowed
acres
Their gardens. banked with roses and
with lilies
Those sweet aristoerats of all the
flowers
Where springtime mints her gold In daft
And Autumn coins her marigolds In
showers,
And all the hours are toilless as the
lilies.
love their orchards where the gray
woodpecker
Fits, flashing DER you. like winged
Jewell
Their woods. whose floors OF moss the
squirrels checker
With half-hulled nuts. and where. In
cool renewal
The Wild brooks laugh. and raps the red
wo0dpecker.
Old honest Old hearts! Upon my soul
forever
Their peace and gladness lie like tears
and laughter.
Like love they touch me. through the
years that sever
With simple faith. like friendship, draw
me after .
The dreamy patience that IL theirs for
ever.
Madison caweln. In Myth and Romance.
The Negro world., 1900-06-09
INVENTIONS OF INSANE MAN.
One Design OF an English LnnntIc
Brought Him n Handsome
Fortune.

Until quite lately there lived a lu.
matte in Wellesley asylum who turned
out round dozen of Inventions dur
ing his ten years stay in the place.
and some of them were really good
and useful. One was "A new style of
ships anchor, which holds twice as
fast as the old kind. and can be trust
ed never 10 foul its chain or otherwise