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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
BOAT DRILL IS TERRIFYING.
Performance Aboard ship That Always
 scares the Passengers

Scares the Passengers.
 A boat drill is an interesting per- formance when one sees it for the first time, provided he knows that it is com ing; butts terrors are real for those who do not expect it nor understand what it means "The second day out, while l was sitting calmly on deck. said a woman who crossed the ocean this sumner, T heard the bell ring yio- iently and continuously. Looking around, saw two able seamen drag ging heavy hose and in anoth er sec ond the water was turned on full force. Then the crew began to appear on every hand and to tear about in the widest way. Meanwhile the bell con tinHed to ring and the captain stood on the bridge giving orders. I wondered if had time to go for my p0eketbook or for tife=preserver. I did regret that I had not read more carefully the di- reeti0as for putting on the life-pre- server. Meanwhile l tried to find out how near death we were, and just what was the cause of our doom, but the 4@-C44 U v AIO4lA 1 q cliJE1etAGl aNIG ee9 44Ad94 frightened CT as ignorant as I. Yes, the ships on fire answered one. An other said he didn't know whether there was fire in the hold or whether something had broken about the en- zine. The crew was busy getting the lifeboats over ard hadn't time to an- sWeF any questions I saw two women crying and elinging to their husbands, and one woman was about to leap overheard when she was restrained by man in a white coat and apron, who. l think, was a cooks boy. The cooks boy told me at last that it was a drill to test the men. Don't try to encour- age me, I protested; I would rather know the worst. It must have been over in five minutes, but learned in that time to feel what it meant to bs sure of death at sea. I asked the cap tain why he didn't warn the passen- gers of what was coming. Because the men would know, to0,' he replied. and l wouldn't find out then how many men slept on duty.'''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
UNCLE SAM SLOW.
Taksa as Much Time Over Sixteen
 Cent BnI as Any Others.

IakSz as Much Time Over Sixteen
 Cent Bill as Any Others.
 A grizzled veteran Of two big wars and several smaller Indian eombats, was relating stories of his experience while in the service Gf Uncle Sam. One of them that will show your Un- cle Samuel one of the real business men of the world is told by the vet eran, as follows: q went through the civil war, and rose from the vol> unteer ranks to a first-lieutenancy, and was assigned to the regular army. In June. 1873, while attached to the quartermasters department of my troop I disposed of some oil to private parties. In selling the oil I sold one gallon more than I had, and turned the money over to headquarters be- fore I discovered my mistake. I then wrote the department at Washington asking it to return the price of the oil. so that I might have my accounts strengthened. AS only sixteen cents was involved I thought tie matter would end by the return mail bringing back the amount of the claim. In that I was much mistaken, as I am still forced to answer documents that read Tn reply to yours of June, 1875 and so on and so forth, till I have in my possession a stack of doeunl~nt ts weighing not less than fifty pounds, and still they come. "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
NC ENGINES TAKE WATER
Are Replenished While the Loco. rnotise Is Making Speed.

Are Replenished While the Looo-
 motise Is Making Speed.
 many of the railroads centering seago It is no longer necessary for ! to Stop to enable the engineer egssh his boilers with water. All
 8ha9e now become accustomed ing the narrow trough, 1.2o0 to feet long. at various dead level
 along the road and they know 'he strip of water which it con- s scooped up by the engine as it
 over the tracks. But people orefgn countries often ask Ques- lbolt the water between the and marvel when they hear the lbeut drinking the engine on
 What seems a marvellous me- saI ontriYance is al extremely
 thing. A pipe with a scoop end fened to the tender. It is c
 with the top end pointing into liter tank ana the bottom curied Uthe body of the tender. By 9 Of levers this end may be -d until it reaches the level of 5. When the engine reaches the x the fireman drops the scoop hich is 91a inches high and F
 wide, into the trough into hit sinks a distance of about six osor within an inch of the bottom. i wabble slightly without doing OsaTna, because the trough is 24
 wide. Dropping the end is all
 done, for the motion of the en- 9es the rest The water rushes
 e pipe and thence into the tank
 rush and force that suggests to initiated the use of powerful en- ~, Q most remarkable thing 1e| later-taking scoop" said
 official, "is the fact that the
 of the train must be reduced
 ae water is taken on. l. reaches
 Id in the pipe with such force the train were allowed to go at Eular speed the metal would be '~i iy strained, 50 we reduce the 40 about thirty miles all hour Te the best results" While the is passing over the trough at
 J of thirty miles an hour it ~ about 4,000 gallons of water uak ks much as would be contained Spirit barrels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
MILLION FOR A YACHT.
6rtunes Sunk in Building Stump
 tnons Pleasure Craft.

|1 11I8 tuous Pleasure Craft.
 jYew steam yacht Victoria and
 which has been built for the
 Tenby, will be on completion ES4s1somest and fastest yacht any js <nyereign has possessed. It will 1y4lv second to the emperor of .fa wonderful yacht, the Polar Wh3ch is said to have cost close {, c4sOOO 900. Nothing more lavish Iabffate than the fitting and deco su ofsthe Polar Star could easily be 5ned Money has been drilled into frame in hundredweights. The rations of the dining saloon, which seat I50 guests, cost approximately O0o. Exquisite paintings by some he most celebrated artists adorn saloons and cabins and all the AIwork is elaborately carved. There fine library and music-room rd and a beautiful white marble Eain. while some of the ornaments R5f the rarest. The Standart, the hs smaller steam-yacht of 4,90o
 sslrlueh more frequently used the Polar Star. She costs slight er g, SOC. .000. This is only about the price of the Polar Star, but tandart is one of the most sunap- sl yachts afoat. There is accom- lation aboard for a crew of 3005 aqs y offeers and eighty passengers. 'li are three magnificent suites of nents devoted to the use of the For. empress and doWager e0
 fne library, a billiard-room music saloon. The dining saloon neled in tulipwood; the deo1 as.. finger plates and the lamp IS are of heavily carved solid sil- se is a fine marble bathroom,
 silver fittings, and the walls loorss of the principal cabin are sateig ialaid with ivory and T7af-pearl. So many improve
 and additions have been made F Appointments since she was
 ornDleted that she is now worth bIy half as much again as she ally Cost. The German emperor's 7bBis steam yacht, the Hohenzollern. srtarly 4,000 tons, was, considering A4aanty and purpose, a comDara- ! insxpensive vessel, costing con- bly less than $1,000,o0o. She
 very beautiful interior and splen-
 commodation for crew and pas E alike. and is considered one Of i, astest, smoothest-going yachts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
OF HEARINGS A7SD sAi31dsT,
Asphalt Pavements May Be Made from
 These Substances

&sssza&G Agreements A5aJ t5a MaQe from
 These Substances.
 Tie notice of making asphalt arti- aeia1ly from herriags and sawdust seems So extraordinary as to suggest barleseue. Nevertheless, this surpris- ing feat has been accomplished by Prof. ". c. Day of SWarthmore college. near Philadelphia. Specimens of the product are now in possession of the geological survey in Washington. and were shown to a Washington corre- spordent by Prof. Diller, one of the members of the scientific staff of that government bureau Not long ago a very curious mineral substance, up to that time unknown, was found in Utah, deposited in veins which had once been Assures in the rocks. These Assures had been choked up by bita, minous matter gushing from the bow els Of Che earth, and tn this way the deposits of gilsenite,1 as it is now called were formed. 1t is a singu- larly pure species Of asphalt. and is now being mined in 1asge way. the production Of 1t constituting an i'm portant industry, The stuff Is used fof making varnishes. Fer this purpose 1t is especially good, because yarnishes made Of il will not crack. gonsasoa- #ous stfeaks of the gi]sonite run like strips ef ribbon over hill and dale, so that they can be followed with the eye for miles. Some Of this gum asphalt as it is pepalaflr called. was placed in the hands ef Prof. Day for analysis. and he found that it's make up was such as to suggest an animal origin. at least in part. II is believed nowadays by scientific men generally that asphalts ordinarily are derived from vegetable matter. Such matter, being laid down in vast beds during the coal-forming period subsequently underwent chemical processes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
 Larc est Peach Tree.

New York Tribune: The largest peach tree iR tie United States is said to be in Nanley. Kent county, AId. Tae trunk is 67 inches in circumference and 2 inches in diameter. or a9oat the size Of an ordinary kerosene barrel. Three of the limbs are 2. % and 90
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
Ancient Custom Observe q.

ancient custom of presenting a # bacon to each of those mar .uples who could swear that 'in 'emonth and day they had re- not in thought any way" of Iarried state was observed, with
 old ceremonial, at the small of Dunmow, in Essex, England. .emony was held inside a mar- sected in a field. There were up1es for trial by the jury Of idens and six bachelors. The turned verdict in favor Of tha It's, Who were accordingly
 am cheers, a fitch of bacon,
 sked With ribbons and rosettes. te trial the couple were ehaired ried in processions, and the att fun and feasting were main i. ntIl late hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-04
cn1nrad ado,s Treasnrar.

The salary of the state treasurer Of Colorado is $6.o0o a year and he enjoys the distinction, which treasurers don't usually get. If havfYr I hie'ia. ss7
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
a BRAKEMAN HURT.
james Carroll. . q. Il n. w. Brake
man, Injured and Brought Here.

james Carroll. = q. q n. w. Brake
man. Injured and Brought Here.
James Carroll, aged 90, who resides
with his parents at Clinton, and is ems
ployed as a brakeman on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, was injured at
9:45 this morning at Montour. Carroll
was on a gravel train and in switching
stopped over to pull a pin. He slipped
and was thrown between the rails, his
left foot being caught between the
iflange OF one Of the wheels and the rail.
1T is the greatest wonder in the world
that the foot wasn't mashed SO that
amputation would be absolutely neces-
sary, but fortune seemed to be with the
victim, and aside from severe contus-
ions and laceration OF the foot and an
.kle he escaped without injury. He was
brought to the city on special car
shortly after 10 o'clock and was taken
to the Getz hospital, where he will be
confined for month or six weeks,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
Thestorn Passed By,

The Hot Air Club, situated 1t the
first table to the left az you enter the
Pilgrim dining room, is mourning the
loss OF Its star member and most per
silent blower. Frederick Edward Click.
Ma-shalltown mourns with the club.
Pete Densel hangs his head in sorrow
and Cliff Will can be heard roaring his
lamentations for the dear brother who
has departed; passed into oblivion by
having accepted q position as travelling
salesman for the Boone Coal and Mining
Company. No longer will the cluL and
its friends be RECALLED with the familiar
cyclonic blasts Of wisdom. The hot
winds that used to roar and rumble, as
dictums in politics, religion, science.
metaphysics. philosophy or personal, In.
dividual anthropology issued from this
crater of universal enunciation, will no
longer blow The Hot Air Club has lost
Its inspiration. Fred Click has gone.
Only the member OF him, as OF the storm
Of 80, remains.
Frederick Edward Click, in his early
youth, was great man. From the sec
|retaryship Of the D. C.'s, a famous ju-i
yenile organization Of this city. he rose
in fame thru successive stages at Shat
tuck Academy and Ann Arbor until he:
became the recognized leader in all
sporting lines. His career as pitcher Of
the Marshalltown Giants was but q
step to his subsequent greatness. Start
ing at the very pinnacle OF fame. as he
| is wont to tell of 1t, he has advanced for
ever upward: be 1t, tho, from necessity.
on air. (Having left the pinnacle his
\ flight would have to be in gair.-Cli6.) It
was the intention of his friends to give
him fitting farewell, and fitting II
Elwould have been, hut with his ever
strong faculty for over stating facts. III
had placed his departure 1t Sept I
4 and the truth was never known (Ihis Il
j 1.-the first time it was ever known-Ifuck'
until his absence fell like blight upof
the community. The boys and girls ali
join in mourning his loss. Written al
the request Of his dear friends. Hucl:
4 Watson and E. G. Will, with apologies
for the omission Of his likeness from this
Iarticle owing to the lateness of the
Ihourl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01

s Troubls u 0ne u ~ shAlls
Aaoo1e1ane. .ssSs &

- - If sSs liig
Prof. Jules steyaert. wsllsinsWnI
musician Of Marsha lltoWns swas tA1Eeh
this morning By triends To- the coanty
hospital, near la loiise. Tor Temporary
treatment for mental trouble. He has
been i'll for some tinie. sufE sring from
rheumatism and govt, aggravated no;
doubt by indiscreet living. OE l1te1
friends have feared for his mind Ind Il
was decided that his mental state Wasl
such that he would be better on q the;
county hospital, where he could fecelve3
treatment. ~
Efforts this afternoon, however. are
being made to have the professor
brought back to Marshalltown and
cared for, and IL he does not improve
have him brought before the commits
isioners Of insanity for investigation. II
then 1t is determined that he 10 q at sub.
ject for the asylum he will be sent TO
Mt. Pleasant.
Professor Steyaert has made his home
in Marshalltown for many years. He 10
q Belgian, Of q jovial nature and vixen
in good health was an agreeable friend;
to all who knew him. Eis talent IN mu-
sic, especially the piano. was exceptions
al, and among his pupils have been
numbered many of Marshalltown's best
musicians. His pupils were to give =
recital this evening and when the action
was taken this morning 1t was feared
the plans would have to be dropped IT
has been decided, however, that It would
be nothing more than q fitting compile.
ment to give the recital and whatever
is realized as result will be donated to
Professor steyaert. The benefit, there
fore, will be given this evening in the
Presbyterian church, as advertised, and
will be under the direction Of Mrs.
Ralph w. Mcbride.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01


3 Getting Attention; Keeping IT.
y. n. Stark, Oelwein.
s Helps and IIindrances.' i.
Davis, Tama.
(c) Primary Workers Confefence''-
Miss Wilcox, Des Moines, leader.
Practical Plans.
q The Lesson: what3 How
Taught?'
8. The Primary Department With
out q Separate Room"
The Great Teacher" II. o. Breeder,
5Des Moines.
The church Of this city will look after
the entertainment of the guests, and
the members have already made plans
in the different Inns.
Mr.. Ralph c. Sargent. OF Mason City,
will conduct the music Of the conven-
ftion
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
ga HiRh Class Colored show.

= -
The performance given by The Hot
test Coon in Dixie Company at the
Odeon Thursday night will be revela-
ton to our theater-goers Of the marvel-
Gus advancement made by exclusively
colored performers during the past five
years. With positively one eastern
exception this attraction ranks as the
leading high-class colored amusement
Organization in America, and includes
in its ranks thirty names familiar and
prominently identified With about all
the big successful colored attractions
of the east, such as Bob Kelly, William
Fl. Proctor, Billie Cole, the Grundys.
Fred T. Carey. Lew Gilbert, Bessie
Hamilton, Miss Neale G. Hawkins.
Clara Belle Carey. Mollie Minor the
"Clorindy'' chorus and others. For
sixteen weeks in New York at the
fashionable Casino last summer these
dusky entertainers were quite the rage.
and at the magnificent California The
alter in San Francisco they packed the
house during a three weeks perform
ance. In Philadelphia, Chicago. Kansas
City, st. Louis, Denver and all the
leading western cities they also have
met with phenomenal success on
their tours. The company numbers
about thirty singers, comedians and
speciality artists. all colored. The cos
tuning is said to be quite lavish, and
the attraction promises to be really one
of the best things OF the season. Odeor
Thursday night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
LEoRAND DEPOT CASE.
Final Argument In the Famous Case
20 be Given Thursday.

Final Arguments In the Famous Case
70 be Given Thursday.
The hearing Of the final arguments
lin the celebrated LeGrand depot site
case has been set for Thursday OF this
week at LeGrand. At that time the at
torneys for the railway company and
the town will address the entire body
of railway commissioners with view
to final adjudication Of the diff
culties. The only thing that may
arise to postpone the hearing is that
Commissioner sMowry. OF E!beron, may
not be able to be present. Col. Mowry
was taken Ill recently while on board a
train. but reports from his bedside are
to the effect that he is rapidly gaining
strength. The hearing will be held in
the chapel OF Palmer College.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
NEW LODGE QUARTERS.
X. P.'s WIN occupy the Third Flo,
of the City Bank Block for III

X. P.'s Will occupy the Third Floor
OF the City Bank Block for Ten
Years.
An important business meeting Of
Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 3S, knights of
Pythias, was held Monday evening in
the lodge rooms to consult the pro-
posed change in quarters, as announced
in. these columns last week. AS res
suit of the meeting it was unar usly
decided to make the change of a lIrters
and to lease for a term of ten years the
entire third floor of the City National
Bank building. This will give them a
floor space 110x40 feet and when pre-
pared for occupancy will equal in ele-
gance and convenience any lodge room
in the state The bank people will fit
up the rooms to- plans furnished by the
lodge and Will go to consldera BILE ex-
pense in so doing. Hard wood floors will
be laid thruout and the walls properly
decorated. A club room provided with
the proper means OF amusement and a
reading room are among the proposed
Improvements to be made and an cle-
CANT dining room is also contemplated
1t is intended to sell the furniture in
use at present by the lodge and pro-
vide entirely new furnishings for the
new rooms. The lease gives possession
Nov. 1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
OBITUARY.
Turner.

The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
". s. Turner died Monday evening at
their home, ave and one half miles
south OF the city. Rev. Masterson con-
Quoted the. funeral at 4 o'clock this af-
ternoon. The interment was at Timber
Greek.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
fredericksburg
Istate Association Of the Tristan
Church to Hold Convention
Next Week.
Sunday School Workers Thruout
the state Will b Present
The Object.
Program Of the Two Days Meeting
SESSIONS to Be Held in the
Christian Church.
Marshalltown seems to be deIegated

Marshalltown seems to be delegated
for her share OF state conventions this
year, and especially in May, and be-
sides the Iowa postmasters. the state
sportsmen, the Y. p. G. 4. u. workers,
and others, already announced in these
columns the city will entertain at a
mass convention. on Tuesday and
Wednesday OF mex. week, the Iowa
Bible workers OF the Church OF Christ.
The convention will be attended by
about 200 Sunday school workers and
will be held in the Christian church.
The convention is Of no small impor-
lance and is largely to be one OF or
ganization along certain lines. The
lsgreat object Of the convention is the
gathering for conference of interested
Bible school workers concerning espe-
cially the Bible school interests OF
Iowa. Shall distinctive work for
Iowa Bible schools of the Christian
work be inaugurated?'' is the main
question to come up and IF not. why
not?" and If SO, what and how 2? The
program, as arranged. Is as follows:
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Prayer and Praise, This One Thing
Doc. NJ. Weimer. leader
Normal Bible Study. The Four Cos
pels"-J. e. Denton, Onawa.
The Bible School q Force"--H. I.
Prussia, Mason City.
The Agencies to Success in Bible
llSchool Work.. q. Reed. Delta
What Shall the Bible School
Teach ??.-W. H. Wonder, Onawa.
General Discussion-H. H. Slayton
Des Moines.
TUESDAY EVENING.
Service OF Song-R. c. Sargent, Ma
son City.
Address-H. F. Davis. st. Louis Mo
Address. THE Twentieth Century
Bible School,. NJ. Rudy, Cedar Rap
lids.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Normal Bible Study, The Life Of Je-
sus' professor w. "A. Crusinberry, Des
Moines.
Devotional and Conference. zone
Thing Needful in Our Schools. p
Stake, Webster City.
The Possibilities in Organized Bible
School Work"H. F. Davis, ST. Louis
The Practtcabtlttys of Organized BIZ
bile School Work in Iowa"--Nelson G.
Brown, Ottumwa.
Why Are We Here Ell. NJ. Hoff-
man, Boone.
General Discussion-Led by s.. b
Ross. Brandon.
4 Business Session.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
II Devotional. Lord. What Wilt Thot
Have Me Do ?"-Jame II. Nichols. Vim,
j ton.
Teacher Training: Whose Response
bility to Provide? How Provide?"-
i William Bayard Craig.
Conference Hour by Sections
/ (a) "Superintendent's Conference
John B. White, Adel, leader
1. Grading the Bible School: Why:
Howe"
2. The Supplemented Lessons;
What? How Taug ht?,,-M. Hedge, Os.
y kaloosa.
3. Teachers Meeting: Why Essen.
4 tial? How Conducted Pr. c. sar.
4 gent. Mason City.
4 (b) Teachers Conference"-H. F
i Davis, st. Louis, leader.
/. Glass Organization and Vista.
j ton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01

II had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope Of being cured till I
began to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It
has done me no much good call II the
savior Of my life. writes W. =. Wiikin-
.son. Albany. Tenn. II digests what you
eat. All dru4gists.