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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03
Hubbard.


Special to Times Republican.
Hubbard. April 3.Alrs. Frank Dam
ger died Thursday night and was bur-
led Sunday at p. m. at Point Pleasant.
She leaves q husband and two children
to mourn her loss.
Mr.. ID. c. johnson has moved from
Des Moines, and exepcts to make this
his future home
Mr.. Worth Dodge and little nephew,
Warren. visited his parents at Grinnell
last week.
Mr.. Williams son Of Philo Williams.
sEd Mrs. Robinson were married Fri
day.
Mr.. Clark, of Lawn Hill. and Mrs.
Belle Roberts We're married at d. d.
Carriers Thursday night, Rev. Dammon
Ioficiating.
Mr.. D. c. Johnson went to Lake BEN
ton. Mimi, to look at land he recently
purchased.
Rev. q. L. Martin left last evening for
Havana. Cuba. on mission work for the
Friends church.
Mr.. 1. w. Fox left yesterday for Free
port. ILL.,, with his family, to make their
future home.
MIR. w. "A. McGregor and family vis-
tied at Webster City Saturday.
Mr.. Lem Buoy is out dra ying again,
after his confinement with smallpox.
I, Everything is moving nicely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03

e over at Mt. Etna, a country town
near Corning, lives country doctor
who has performed three times success
fully the operation known to surgeons
as the calsarean section, and in each
instance upon the same patient, Mrs.
r., an Adams county woman. In each
case the life of the infant was saved
and the patient made rapid recovery.
The doctor has visited England, been
a welcome guest at the lord mayors
palace in London and a lion at English
hospitals and among English surgeons.
But he still keeps his country practice
at Mt. Etna.
F. A. MOSCRIP.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03
Special to Times-Republican.

Murray, Iowa. is inclined to be
musical. 1t has one of the best bands
in southern Iowa and is proud OF it. Its
pride takes a practical direction also,
and a cornet player who is out of a job
hasn't much trouble in getting one i
Murray if he will get into correspond
ence with the secretary of the band.
BARRIERS and all kinds of classes of peo-
I pie who work for wages, so long as they
can play in the band are always want
ed at Murray.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03

This town, while probably one of the
muddiest in Iowa. is also one of the
best business points. It is a great grain
market and heavy distributing point
for goods. Amove is on foot for the es
stablishment of a brick yard there and
to the writer 1t seems an opportunity
for a practical brick maker With sutfi \
Gent capital to conduct reasonable
business. The clay is present in mex
ihaustible quantities and the people are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03

NJ Bishop Western DistrictJ. 8. Mills.
Bishop Holt. who has been In attend
ance at every session. Of the conference.
may address the United Brethren COM
gregatlon at Lisbon, after which he Will
return to his home at Dayton, Ohio.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03

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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Table Rock,

At the present time but little of this
famous promontory projects over the
Niagara falls. 1t is at this point that
the finest view of the falls is obtained.
Originally great mass of rock over
hung the cataract, but in 1850 huge
section of the ledge, 200 feet in length
and 100 feet thick, broke off and
crashed into the chasm, CARRYING with
it an omnibus that was standing there.
Dickens wrote as follows of the view
from Table Rock: SIT was not until
came on Table Rock and looked
great heayen!-on what fall of bright
green water that it came upon me in
its might and majesty. Then when
felt how near to my Creator 1 was
standing, the first effect and the endur-
ing one-instant and lasting-of the
tremendous spectacle was Peace. Mag
ara was at once stamped upon my
heart, an image of beauty to remain
there changeless and indelible until it's
pulses cease to beat forever"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Useful Bon Voyage Gift.

If you have ever noticed how forget
full and bewildered peoplebecome when
packing satchel you will not smile at
the useful little parting token quick
witted niece gave her aunt. 1t was
simply a card some four inches long
and three inches wide, on which was
neatly written an enumeration of the
necessary and desirable articles that
should go into a satchel. Besides full
list of toilet implements it included
soap, scissors, court plaster, corkscrew,
needles, thread, clothes brush, Irvine,
boot laces, collar buttons, small mir
ror, address book and pencil. -Wom-
ans Home Companion. .
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Books for sunmer reading.

"Oh, dear!" said Mrs. Parkington, al,
she began making plans for her sums
mer campaign, Il wish I knew just
what books to take. I haven't room
ito have and to hold all of them, nor
time to devour that mess of Red Pot-i
tage and hardly to finish my DAYS
Work wonder if George would like
me to take The Gentleman from Indi-
ana along? He might say 'venge-
ance Is Nine However, he can hardly,
object to the Little Minister must
put in Bible and prayer book. Iwon-
der what he'd like to take for him
self? There he is. I'll ask him."
Which she did.
"There's one I've got, to take" said
George, "and it won't do to put it into
the trunk. I shall want it along with
me-"
(which is that?" she asked.
'aThe one bound in leather and
stamped. The contents are printed and
published in Washington"
"Oh!" she said, some stupid old gov
eminent publication
But the book he meant was his pock-.
etbook.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Rapid work.

It is doubtful if there has ever been
q composer who could work more
quickly than Able Perosi, says the
New York Herald. A short time ago
large number of pilgrims from Lom-
hardy arrived at Rome under the guild
ance of Cardinal Ferrari, and on the
evening before the day which was
fixed for their reception at the vati-
can the cardinal called on Perosi, who
is native of Lombardy, and request
ed him to compose an appropriate
piece of music for the pilgrims, as
they wished to surprise the pope by
giving a musical performance in his
presence. Able Perosi promised that
he would do so. That very night he
composed the music; early the next
morning he gave the score to the per-
formers and directed four rehearsals.
and at half-past II o'clock his music
was splendidly rendered in the pres
ence of Leo Kill, who was SO delight
ed with it that he sent for the COM
poser and warmly congratulated him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
giving Bachelor. the c.o.Rx

The town of Givet, in the Ardennes,
is taking steps to put an end to the
depopulatio of France. Hereafter in
all town offices first fathers of more
than three children and next married
men will be preferred to bachelors.
Prizes OF five dollars will be awarded
yearly to those parents who have sent
the largest number of children to
school regularly, and scholarships in
the national schools wlll be reserved
for families only of more than three
children. Fathers of families shall
also have the preference for admission
to almshouses and old peoples homes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
he first time since they left home.

the first time since they left home.
We are in for Storm" he heard
one of the passengers say. He steadied
himself and walked down to the sick
woman's door and sat near, waiting ex-
| spectantly as if he knew he would be
summoned. In a moment the door
opened, and the surgeon looked out.
He beclloned to Kirk, who instantly
rose and went in. The great change
was coming. Kirk had never seen any
one die, but he knew at once what the
look Oh the face meant. He kneeled
and the woman feebly opened her eyes.
He took the hand and prayed again
and knew that she heard and UNDER
stood.
Wen see that your baby is cared
for" said Kirk very gently. Hes a
fine boy, and we are going to pray that
he may grow into u noble Christian
man. You don't have any fear to go.
do you? We have talked about that.
You can trust the love of Jesus? You
Know he has prepared a place for
you?"
She could not speak, but they all
knew she understood. AS the storm
rose and the vessel began to pitch and
toss under the resistless grasp of the
heavlng hand of the tempest under i.
the woman neared her harbor of peace.
And she entered it gently just as the
gray dawn was creeping over the wa
ter now dashed into great sheets of
spray that Went clear over the decks
and fell in torrents on the hatchways.
A death on board ship in midocean
is soon known by all the passengers.
Before noon every one knew that there
was an orphan baby in the intermedi-
ate cabin. The storm increased as
the day wore on. Nearly every one
was sick. One after another of the
women in the cabins gave UP the strug-
gle and retired.
This was what led to an unexpected
experience for Malcolm Kirk. The baby
woke up, and for the first time there
was no one to take care of him. The
three women stewards were busy with
their duties, and one of them who had
prepared the baby's milk suddenly
came up to Kirk, who was standing by
| the long dining table, and asked him If
he couldn't take the baby awhile.
II don't know what we'll do" she
said in great perple1ity. .'The women
are all sick. and we have our hands
full caring for them. You can hold
him all right, can't you? He's the
best baby you ever saw"
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yes. yes" said Kirk eagerly. He
had long talk with the surgeon, and
next morning after the storm had SUBJ
sided and they had gone out to breathe
the fine salt air Kirk had no difficulty
in persuading the surgeon to keep the
body Of the mother and help in some
way to get 1t to the sister, in London.
Aye, aye. we'll arrange it all right.
The company will see to that. But the
expense of the rest, man. Can't you
see to it that the passengers do some
thing for the baby to give him start
in life?"
Il had already thought of it," said
Kirk, and the fact revealed one of his
great qualifications for the ministry.
I'll go up on the other deck and see
the first cabin passengers about it."
The surgeon was Scotch Irishman
with a big heart. He had influence
with the purser and easily persuaded
that gentleman to call the passengers
together in the dining and music
rooms, which joined, and then suggest
ed that Kirk himself take the baby and
go up and tell his story and appeal for
help.
This time Malcolm Kirk required no
urging to have the baby placed in his
arms. He would have gone with it in
to the presence of all the crowned
heads of Europe and their families
even. although he knew we'll enough
that he looked and felt as queer as a
long legged. long armed, awkward man
ever looked and felt.
The women wrapped the baby up.
and he smiled when Kinks hands
clutched him.
''He doesn't care how homely and
awkward am anyway" said Kirk to
himself, with gulp in his throat. He
climbed up the rather steep stairs out
OH to thu, lower deck The storm was
almost spent. 1t was about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. and when he reached
the promenade deck he met the purser
himself, who led the way into the din
ing saloon.
The first cabin passengers Of that
steamer will never forget that incident
in their passage. They had gathered to
the number of 100 or more, many Of
them old travellers who were not af-
fected by storms. They had been told
that the orphan baby's friends below
wanted to tell his story, and they were
ready to listen to it, but they were net
prepared for the sight Of the baby
himself and his strange nurse.
(To be Continued.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Rewards for Andree RELICS.

Notice has been received at the
Swedish and Norwegian consulate in
New York that the king Of Sweden
and Norway has decided to reward
persons who have found objects be-
longing to the Andree polar expedi-
ton, and that fund has been set
aside for rewards for persons who may
hereafter find objects from the expe-
dition. It is supposed that the hope
of reward is meant to be an incentive
to whalers and other mariners who
go far north to search for traces Of
the explorer and penetrate places out
Of the beaten path for that purpose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26

It is not SO very long ago that some
congressman got congress to seriously
consider the expediency of appropriate
ing the sum Of $1.5000OO for the ex-
termination of the Russian thistle. then
q new pest which 1t was claimed was
going to oyerrun the west and make
the raising Of crops an impossibility.
Fortunately the bill did not pass. 1t
proved that while the weed might be
troublesome to some extent on the bor-
der line Of settlement and agriculture
touching the desert 1t still could gain
no foothold in the settled portions OF
the west. We see no mention Of 1t
now even In the territory where 1t was
thought 1t would monopollze the earth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26

If the Circuit bill, which compels cleo
to be sold for just what it is and de-
MES 1t the right to find O market under
the guise of genuine butter, should
finally become a law, 1t will prove to
be the greatest victory which the farm
ers Of America have ever won in the
halls Of congress. Against the passage
of this fair and wholesome legislation
there is pitted one Of the most I'M
scrupulous Hobbies ever organized in
the interest of fraud and monopoly.
The farmers Of the country can well
afford to look into this and see WIN
their friends are among the congress
men who will come up for reelection
this fall.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Pure-BIooded Arabs Exported.

It is stated the sultan has author
lied to be sent to the Paris EXPOSE
ton is pure-blooded Arabian horses
from Turke y-in-Asia, and the director
of the imperial stables has been per-
sonally charged with the choice of
these horses and their care while in
France. This will be sensational news
to horsemeD. for it is the first time
that the expectation into Europe,
even temporarily, of these horses has
ever been. authorized, the Arabian
"pure-bloods" which Europeans be-
lieve they possess being no more than
half-bloods.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Suspense ana su.nen.,on.

An eminent vegetarian doctor once
wrote to the judges OF London, Eng
land, asking If 1t were not time that,
by way Of experiment, capital pun
iehment should be suspended. He re-
ceived only one answer, which was to
this effect: "Dear Sir: I consider it
preferable that the murderer should
be suspended" The vegetarian re-
Piled: MAY your lordship never
know what an awful thing suspense
isl"-San Francisco Wave.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26

It was not personal friendship
which made the sparrow follow up the
robin as the latter was busy on our
lawn digging up the earthworms. The
sparrow was a feathered tramp and
had in some way found out that he
could live without work by keeping
about two feet from the robin, and as
the latter pulled out the long, and juicy
worm the sparrow would snatch it and
fly of before the robin knew what had
happened. The difference between the
robin and man was that the bird did
not seem bit put out by this sort Of
high handed larceny.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Automobile on Runner..

"A new use for the automobile has
arisen in the vast Minnesota forests
that supply the country with white
pine. One OF the large lupber com-
panies has beenie perimenting the past
two years with q design for sled that
should propel itself and haul load
over the ice and snow roads of the for
ests, and it has this winter succeeded
in making sled that goes. 1t is a To-
connective on runners, and the power Of
the entire engine is applied to two
drums, one at each end of the sled.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
Locusts Saved Them

The Household Cavalry Composite
regiment being met by an oyerwhclm-
ing force of Beers, from which there
seemed little chance of escape, the sky
suddenly was darkened by an immense
swarm of locusts, which fell between
the troopers and the enemy, says the
New York Press. The Beers could not
locate the cavalry, and fired at random,
wounding one or two men. The regi-
ment, however, screened by the locusts,
eventually galloped back safely to
camp.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
DOES HE OWN THE FisHa

We are asked II a farmer has not q
better right to the fish in the river
which runs through his farm than the
man who lives down the river in some
town. This will have to be answered
from legal and not from an ethical
standpoint. The law Of the country
holds that he has only an equal right
to the fish in the stream with his town
brother down the river. The law
broadly recognizes the rights Of the
general public in all streams Of run
ming water aud meandered lakes.
Though the fish may be in the river,
the bed of which he owns, he still does
not own the water or the fish in it and
is just MS strictly bound by the laws
governing the season and method of
taking the fish as though he lived
somewhere else. He has common
right, with all others living tributary
to the stream, to the use Of the water,
and must neither divert its flow or in
jure its quality to the detriment Of
his neighbors down stream. A pond
which is formed by the spring over
f6w Of river and which at all other
times is entirely isolated from the
stream is in the same category as the
flowing river, and though such pond be
full Of fish left there by the overflow,
the owner Of the pond possesses no ex-
elusive right to or ownership in such
fish. II man should sink flowing
well and thereby create a fish pond
which he stocked up with fish, he then
becomes the absolute owner Of such
pond and all that it may contain, and
the public acquires no rights whatever
thereto; Owning such pond and its
fish, he may further catch them and
kill them whenever he wants to, re-
CARELESS Of close or open seasons. The
right to enter upon mans land in
pursuit of fish in stream varies in
different states. In some states where
man has stocked the stream he can
bar out the public, but he cannot dam
or obstruct the stream so as to prevent
the run Of such fish to other portions
Of the stream not controlled by him.
In most states the right to walk up
stream or run boat thereon and
catch the fish therein Is allowed, the
common law of trespass not applying.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26
DOES THE RA1NFALL CHANGE,

OOAS 'A110 TtAxNFALL CHANGEy
We are asked whether, with the re-
moval of the timber of the country
and the cultivation of the soil, the
average rainfall Of q given territory
shrinks. No, 1t does not. The rainfall
will, Of course, vary from year to year,
as it has always done, but the average
precipitation will remain the same. 1t
is true that with the removal Of the
timber and the cultivation Of the soil
drought periods probably become more
marked, this being caused by the more
rapid removal of the water from the
surface into the artificial bitches and
waterways and also by the greater
amount evaporated from the soil by
growing crops. These two agencies
account for the drying out Of the lar,,a
areas Of wet lands all through the
west. The rainfall Of the Mississippi
valley comes not from moisture evap-
Grated from the soil of the valley IT.
self, but almost wholly from the wa
ter pumped up by the sun from the
gulf Of Mexico. This being the case,
1t follows that SO long as the gulf re-
mains and the sun keeps at work there
can be no visible change in the rainfall
of the valley itself. The lesson which
needs to be learned under the changed
conditions Is how best to conserve the
rainfall. for that undergoes no change.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26

1t is q hard problem which presents
itself to many farmers in the eastern
states how to use their land with
profit in competition with the cheaply
produced farm products of western
lands. The dairy, the poultry yard and
the orchard are about ali that are left.
1t LIS fortunate that the east is still able
to. retain it's hold on manufacturing,
which insures ready and profitable
market for milk, cream, eggs, vege-
tables and fruits.
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he Teally tried to be as gentle aoith IL as
Its olon mother eDeq' qoas.

: i . & !
By this time the baby had developed
s gsad, healthy cry that could be east.
ly heard through the roar of the storm.
Kirk looked doubtfully at the stew
ardess.
I'm afraid I'll drop him." he said.
drop him! A great strong man
like you'll" said the woman, whom Kirk
was sure was laughing little at his
hesitation. Hell be all right as soon
as he has some dinner, poor fellow"
well, bring him here, then" said
Kirk desperately. And the woman
quickly brought out the baby and plac-
ed him in Kinks long arms.
If the few passengers still in the din
ing room had not been SO miserable
from approaching seasickness, they
certainly would have laughed at the
sight Of Malcom Kirk holding that
baby. He really tried to be as gentle
with it as its own mother ever was,
but it seemed to him that he sprawled
all over the cabin in his efforts to keep
the baby where the woman said he
ought to be.
But the tremendous storm was partly
to blame for that. Kirk braced his
feet against the legs Of the table and
held on to the baby as if it was life
preseryer. The milk In the bottle was
first In one end Of it and then in the
other. Every time the baby missed
getting it he cried with vigor that
made Kirk afraid he would burst a
blood vessed or rupture his lungs. Ri
nnlly, however, matters were adjusted
SO that the baby's hunger was satisfied,
and he dropped asleep in Kinks arms.
Kirk was so afraid to carry him over
to the cabin where he had been kept
that he held him for nearly an hour.
The storm howled over the vessel, and
there was remarkable confusion OF
all sorts Of noises in every part Of the
steamer. Kirk noticed, however, that
the stewards and one or two officers
who happened to pass through the cab.
in were unconcerned. ut will blow 1t.
self out before morning." was the
statement Of the surgeon who came
down in lull Of the tempest.
He laughed at the sight of Kirk and
the baby. But, being a man with a
baby Of his own at home in Liverpool
there was also little moisture about
his eyes that was not caused by the
ocean spray.
you'll do, man." he said. "And the
boy will make fine sailor, looks like
He sleeps through the storm as If he
We're used to being rocked in the era,
| die of the deep But we must be after
looking up the other woman when we
get across
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26

Oddly Named st. Helena Pinnacles.
The island Of st. Helena is a great
place for caves and hills. Geograph-
ically speaking, the island is largely,
II not wholly, volcanic, and q lot Of
extinct craters are apparent. Some
of the pinnacles have names, such as
Lots Wife, the Man and the Horse,
the Asses Ears and Holdfast Tom.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-06-26

1t has always been that laws passed
by the several states for the protection
of game and other birds have been
held in general contempt. No laws
have been SO difficult of enforcement
and none so little regarded. 1t is Of
special interest, then, to note that the
general government Is about to take
a hand in this good work and that at
last our game and song birds will be
under the protection of national laws,
which will be executed by United
States marshals and federal courts-an
authority which the people hold In pro-
found respect Congressman Lacey of
Iowa Is entitled to the thanks OF all
lovers of bird life for his efforts in Sc
curing this legislation.