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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-13

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-13

For sprains, swelings and lameness
there is nothing so good as Chamber
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druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-13
licensed to We'd.

I William Hunenbsrger, laborer aged.
80. and Mrs. Lottie Eiderhoff, aged 80,
both of Marsh alltown.
Joah "A. Piniserton. groceryman, aged
80. and Alice E. Cole, aged 35, both of
Marshalltown.
Elliott Stanley, teamster, agd 81. and
Nettie J. Penzkofer aged %. both of
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
OLD RIVER DAYS.

Stories of Steamboat Racing on the
Mississippi.
When one steamboat comes along
side another on the Mississippi. each
tries to pass the other. That is an in
variable rule of the road. No pilot
likes to takes the wash and broken
water of another boat, especially if the
other boat is slower or more heavily
loaded. Why, when the procession of
steamboats, escorted the United States
gunboat Nashville up the river last
spring, one of the steamboats, showed
the poor taste to lead the Nashville on
the way to the harbor The engineer
and the pilot of the Nashville. an old
river pilot, had the greatest kind OF
trouble keeping themselves out after
her and pulling her down. They did
show their heels in first-class shape to
one river boat that tried to pass them
down below Memphis. 1t is in the hui
man blood and no amount of danger
from overtaXed boilers, narrowness of
channel, sand bars, shoals or snags will
deter the fast boat from showing its
heels to the slower boat. have seen
passengers in the olden time. when
everybody knew a good deal about the
river and its dangers, come up to the
captain of the boat they had taken pas
sage on and say to him solicitously:
Now, captain, l want you to assure
me of one thing, that you are not go
ing to race. I've got my wife and
children on board and l don't want to
expose them to needless danger" "Of
course we won't race" the captain
would answer, and he would mean it
when he said it. In little while along
would come a slow, heavily loaded
scow Of boat and try to pass us. The
captain would get busy and so would
the pilot, the engineer and the fremen.
And as the competing boat would
shade down to a small speck on the
rear horizon, tie passenger who was
so anxious to keep his family out of
needles danger would come up from
below, wiping pair of bruised and
dirty hands and, initiating his chest
pouldly, say to the captain. "She
never touched US" That passenger had
been down on the boiler deck during
the race, passing cordwood to the stok-
ers to put under the boilers. That's
how it is with steamboat raclng.-St.
Louis Republic
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But at the Mangold cabin there was
something besides the wind or possible
crop failure to alarm the tired mother.
Mrs. Mangold looked out of the win
dow several times, marking the close
ness OF the atmosphere, but she saw
nothing in the hazy sky to brighten
her. At mid-afternoon she became I'M
easy and went ont of doors to the
south side of the house.
For an instant it seemed that all her
strength would leave her; her face
paled and she gave a despairing cry
for help.
Extending in a long line from east
to west and driven by the fierce wind
came a ribbon of fire that ate up the
dry prairie grass and was bounding
forward as If rejoicing in its free
dom. 1t was a mile away-was there
time to escape?
To the barn and sheds she ran, call
ing Rob- Tad! Link!"
Not voice answered. Wild in her
terror, she returned to the house
seized few keepsakes and again went
out Of doors. Where could the boys
be?
The granary! To it she hurried and
her cry ran through the building:
ooh, Rob! Tad! Link"
Sleepily, Link answered from his
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
Go be continued.)
Russln's Black Earth Belt.

Soil of the greater portion of the
grain region of Russia and Siberia is
well known in that country as the
"chernozem" or "blsck EARTH" says
Bradstreet's. 1t is a broad belt of
prairie, 600 to 700 miles in average
width, beginning in Hungary and ex-
tending northeastward to the Ural
mountains, and then eastward into ST.
IBERIA to unknown boundaries. On the
north and the west are the gray for
est lands" and on the south and west
are salt and alkaline districts and
sandy wastes, and finally the Caucasus
and the Ural mountains. BY both.
chemical and mechanical analyses thu
soil is shown to be remarkably similar
to that of our own prairie soil. From
a chemical standpoint the soils of the
two regions are similarly characterized
These soils are alkaline, while many
others, especially of forest regions, are
acid. 1t is well known that the sub
stances thus more abundant in these
soils than in others are just those us
ually needed by the wheat plant.
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
What Wn Breathe.

DR.. Edward Smith has made some
careful examinations in regard to the
inhalation of oxygen and the exhala-
ton of carbon during physical exer-
else. Allowing the figure 1 to repre-
sent the quantity of air inhaled by a
man when lying fiat, the quantity of air
inhaled when he sits is lis, when he
stands 1873, when he walks one mile
an hour 1893, four miles an hour 5, and
when he runs miles an hour, 1t is 7.
In other words, If man at rest inhales
$50 cubic inches of air per minute, he
inhales 2,40O cubic inches when he
walks four miles an hour, and 5000 GU
bic inches when he walks six miles an
hour. The exhalation of carbon in
creases proportionately.- York
World.
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
TIM ELY FALL
IF Feathers Aided Thieves In Escaping
From the Police.

II Feathers Aided Thieves In Escaping
From the Police.
New York Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean:
A friendly cloud of goose and rooster
feathers that settled down over De-
lanov street yesterday afternoon, en-
apIeo three thieves to escape from
pair of confused detectives. The thieves
had been ransacking the rooms of a
burning tenement house at No. 217
Delaney street, from which the tene-
ants had fed, panicstricken. In the
opinion of the police there is no mean
er thief than the one who will rob a
family turned out by fire, and the po-
lice, who figured in this case did what
they could to relieve their feelings by
kicking the thieves half way down the
fight of stairs to the street, intending
to grab them again on the steps. But
as the thieves reached the steps a
score of feather beds that had been
thrown out of the Hebrew tenements
upstairs by the firemen plunged down
on the sidewalk and burst Feathers
rose up and swirled about in eddies.
Fire department wagons and horses
were covered with them, and so were
hundreds of Hebrews who were in the
streets, enjoying the last hour of a
forty-eight hour holiday. The thieves
jumped into the cloud of feathers and
escaped. After the cloud had cleared
away the detectives yanked Morris
Rosenstein and Isador Goodman out
of the crowd and locked them up on
suspicion that they were pictpockets.
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
chinese customs Up.,de Down.

China is the land where everything
is upside down. Thus in Canton the
women act as sailors and boatmen,
while the men are employed as cham
bermaids, laundresses and seam
stresses. In salutation the Chinaman
shakes his own hand instead Of that
of his visitor. AS a remark of respect
he puts his hat on instead of taking II
off. Their signboards are perpendicu-
lar instead of horizontal. In reading
Chinese print it is necessary to begin
at the right hand side ut the bottom
and read to the left and up. The Chi
nese raise the toe of the shoe and de-
press the heel instead of raising the
heel, so that they sometimes appear
to be in danger of falling over beck,
wards
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
Injurious Lemon.

A singer in grand opera contradicts
the statement frequently made that
lemon juice is excellent to relieve q
slight hoarseness. 1t may clear the
voice at first, but only for a short
time, and the strong acid is extremely
injurious to the vocal cords. To sooth
and relieve the congestion that pro
duces the hoarseness, this singer says
that nothing is better than the white
of an egg whipped to stiff froth.
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mother, clasping Link, went off the
other, none being much hurt.
The car plunged forward with little
slackened speed. In vain the engin-
eer tried to stop and get away from
the queer-looking thing bearing down
upon him.
A clank, crash, cracking Of tim
bers, and the white Dove" lay partly
In the ditch, partly on the engines
front. It's cruise was over.-Charles
Moreau Harger in Chicago Record
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tried to persuade Margaret to return
with her; but she knew Cleland would
overhear 1t, so there was nothing for
her but to walk on to the house.
Margaret did not see Cleland until
che was close to the seat, and then,
with a little start, she would have
passed, merely bowling slightly; but
Cleland rose at once.
You meant to take this seat, Doc
tor Crawford. Don't let me deprive
you of it. shall vacate it If you would
prefer to be alone"
There was nothing for Margaret but
to sit down, which she did at once.
Cleland stood beside her. A volume OF
poems lay on the seat; it was one of
Browning's.
You have been reading Browning, L
see," said Margaret, little nervously.
Yes. He is my favorlte poet-my
only poet, indeed"
How well Margaret knew that! She
touched the book with fingers that
were not quite steady.
After pause Cleland spoke again.
Il had dear friend once-it seems
very long ago." he said, looking, not at
her, but at the far-off ridge OF Penny
Cant rising up in bold relief against
the clear sky, Ito whom, think, l in
troduced Browning. l remember one
day, it was early April, and we had
gone a long walk-the only pre-ar-
ranged walk l ever went with her-to
hn Los, Ie Il
messy knoll above Bonally, where we
could look down on the silvery Forth
in the far-off distance, and l read
aloud to her. May l read the same
thing to you now, Doctor Crawford?'
Margaret, looking up with sudden
flush of fear in her eyes, merely bowed.
She sat still and motionless as he
read aloud, in a voice that sounded
deeper than usual, the words that had
become so familiar to her after that
day on which he first read them aloud
on the green slopes of the grassy Pent
lands. They had haunted her then
for days afterwards, and they seemed
now to stir chord in her memory
that ached until it almost became I'M
bearable, as she sat with her pale, dark
eyed face turned from him.
We two stood there with never a third;
But each by each, as each knew well,
The sights we saw, and the sounds we
heard,
The lights and the shades made up
spell,
Till the trouble grew and stirred.
Oh, the little more, and how much 1t
is!
And the little less, and what worlds
away!
He paused abruptly, but even then
did not look at her.
Then-what was it?-a sudden move
ment of the little white hands-a
movement which he saw, and which
seemed, in a strange, vague way, to re-
veal all to him, compelled him to turn
and look into her face.
She was leaning back against the
old-fashioned summer seat, her face
pale as death, her lips parted, and her
breath coming in short, unequal pants,
as if she were fighting hard with her
self.
In a moment Paul Clelands arms
were round her, and once again her
head lay for one brief moment against
his breast
ITO no continual
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
Costly WIeeIs.

1t is said that Queen Margherita has
the most beautiful bicycle in the
world. The wheels are of gold, and
the frame is richly inlaid with jewels
and mother-of-pearl. Lady dudley,
one of the famous beauties OF Eng
land, has a white enameled wheel,
whose handles are of ivory.
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bed on the wool sacks, What you
want?"
In an instant his mother was by his
side, almost carrying his to the open
air.
"Where-where are the boys?"
"Sailn' tn White Dove"
Link was almost afraid to tell lest
he should lose his promised ride, but
the look in his mothers face decided
him.
"Where-where do you mean?"
He pointed to the north. She could
see two small forms standing on the
low car, struggling with a tapping
cloth, evidently too large for their
strength.
Come" and half dragging the roly-
poly Link she raced over the plain to-
ward the track The fire line had
swung in an irregular course, and,
while it skirted the bluffs in one direc-
ton and was dying out in the short
grass of the hills behind which the
men were working, it blazed more
fiercely than ever to the southeast and
east. She could not find safety in any
direction but to the north.
Rob and Tad, toiling with the I'M
wieldy sail, has not noticed the fire,
nor did they see their mother until
she was by their side. Then they
started guiltily.
I'VE amt hurtin' any" began
Rob, but he glanced at his mothers
face and all thought of excuses van
ished.
Come, boys, run." she gasped,
looking along the track wondering if
the narrow stretch of fresh earth
would save them.
She made a start over the ties, still
holding to Links hand, when Rob
spoke: Let's get on the car-and you
help u.s."
And sail it." added Tad.
1t was a new idea, but the quickened
wits of the woman grasped it. Lifting
little Link to the splinter-covered plat
form of the car, she helped Rob with
the sail while Tad clambered aboard
With her assistance the heavy cross
piece and its burden of bagging was
hoisted. Then each held lower cor
ner Of the cloth, while with the hot
wind, heated more intensely by the
blaze a few rods away, it filled and
bulged and strained.
Rob slid to the ground and pushed
the car until it was under way. Then
to his seat. Glory The wind was
carrying them Observation-Disclosures
Following a slough, the fire had run
ahead in places and now blazed on
both sides Of the track mile ahead.
For an instant smoke blinded them,
little darts of flame were here and
there, the sail was in danger. Rob
and Tad lost courage and bowed their
faces close to their knees; then they
rushed out into the clear air again,
and the fire was behind-one tall pill
lar of smoke far away telling Of their
cabin homes destruction.
Swifter and swifter whirled the
wheels of the little car tighter chung
the mother to Links chubby form.
Mrs. Mangold's hair streamed loose in
the wind. The sail rounded beauti-
fully and they were pushed forward at
a rate that would have been a delight
under different circumstances, and
even then gave Rob and Tad a thrill
of pleasure.
Ten miles away was the village of
Manchester.
AS they passed the little depot the
agent came out waving his hands fran
tically. Peering under the sail in front
OF the car, sure enough they could see
danger-the daily train from tho north
was comingl
Rob looked at his mother. She
shouted the one word: Jump"
Rob and Tad tumbled off on the
fresh earth on one side while the
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Denominations of stamps.

or the $50 stamps which have been
issued the values have ranged from
one cent 10 $4,000. Five dollars is the
highest value among postage stamps,
but newspaper stamps reach the 500
mark, while revenue stamp may rep
resent IS 900.
The Yale expositor., 1900-07-20
Her EverlastIng Duty.

When New England woman starts
to go upstairs, she always asks her
self whether 1t is her duty to begin
with the right or the left foot, and
what relation her step bears to the
great laws OF the universe.-Garden Of
Edea.
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In the absence OF anything from Brit
ish sources enlightening the Doors stnte-
mert that Gen. Butler requested three
davs' armistice, the military exports here
ara ir cined to believe revised version
of the story win show that Gen. Bnller
summoned the federals to surrender or
evacuate their positions within three days.
failing in which he would attack them.
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growing belief that though the question is
bound TO be settled. 1t will be at the dis
erection Of the new board OF directors.
The on.y new feature of the presidential
situation today was the withdrawal of
Mrs. Williamson. of New Jersey which
left a clear fed for Mrs Lowe.
After the reorganization session, Mrs.
Ellen Henrotin. of Chicago. the honorary
president OF the general federation. APP
peared for the first time to present a
memorial TO Mrs. Edward Longstreth. She
was given an ovation
Then came the industrial session, with
Mrs G. :. Brown. OF Chicago. az chair
man. other section meetings were devot-
cd tn "Civics." with Mrs. William Heron,
~ Cincinnati I'm the chair: The Ethics OF
Work" The Common Sense of Domestic
Science
The sessions were followed by a series
OF elaborate receptions in as many MIL
waukce homes,
This evening at the Alhambra theater.
one OF the chief interests of the fedora
ton. the work ~ the Consumers League,
was handled by Mrs Sarah Decker. Of
Denver. Mrs. Frederick Nathan spoke Of
The Power and Responsibility OF the
Consumer, Mrs Florence ke.,ey, ~ New
York. spoke Of The Consumers League
Label and the Inspection ~ FactOttes ."
Mise Edith VI Howells. president OF the
Massachusetts, Consumers League. dis
Cussel "iOW can The Conscientious Con-
sumner Cooperate with the Conscientious
Merchant ana Manufacturer
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Lindley and Senekal 70 Fcksburs. Is
now held so strongly that an advance
toward Frankfort and Bethlehem seems
imminent The capture Of the yeomanry
force will serve 10 convince Free State
leaders that their bold stroke did not pre-
vent the fall of Pretoria and has left them
with prisoners TO feed when their own
supplies are meager The clearance of this
eastern district of the Free state is evil
IDENTITY the first work which Lord Roberts
will order. II will be greatly facilitated
when Sir Redvers Buffers army, from
which there has been no official news for
several days, compels the evacuation Of
Laing's mex and is to free and occupy
Standerston.
Gen. Butler is reported to be comforting
with the Boer commander at Laing's mex.
but is more likely TO be swinging his d.
visions around Newcastle as a pivot, so
as to envelop the Boer position.
Society has been badly hit by the cap
ture OF the yeomanry, since the corps
represented the titled and wealthy classes
The casualties of the yeomanry in the
night which preceded the surrender were
serious.
Questions connected with the settlement
or the conquered territories are not seri-
ously discussed by the press, since a mill
tary occupation and government for a
prolonged period is a foregone conclusion.
Inc new crown colonies will not be al
Tune after the next general election in
England When that election will occur
rs sun uncertain. but proba bly, II will take
place in October.
me chinese question is now considered
nuch greater than anything that is hap
p pen IN south Africa. There is gen
era apprehension that an outbreak he
tween Russia and Japan will be the Sc
quel 10 the large use OF Cossacks for the
FeieI or foreigners in China.
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increase, as before stated. all along the
line, despite the fact that the committee
on pubic buildings and grounds have held
back all matters OF them. and the com
mittee on rivers and harbors all matters
before them, with two or three exceptions.
and all accounts and claims have been
practically barred from consideration at
this session"
Mr.. Livingston then gives a large table
showing the appropriations for the years
1887 to 1901 inclusive. and continues:
1T should be borne In mind that in the
case OF the above noted appropriations
for the navy, the authorization for the
eight new warships-two battleships. three
armOred cruisers and three protected
cruisers-involves an ultimate expenditure
for construction, armor and armament of
something like SIS 0o0, 900. not one dollar
of which Is now appropriated for and does
not figure in the navy item, but must be
met in future years.
THE dominant party attempted to COM
nit this congress at this session and
doubtlesswlll renew their efforts at the
coming session to commit the government
to what is known as the ship subsidy
scheme which involves the sum of $50
GO 0o0 70 be expended throughout term
OF years"
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ST. LOUIS, June Lee King and Found we're
the winning fsvorites today Results
Six fnriorgs lee kins won Macon second. Glen
third Time. i5a
selling ard one-sishth miles Duke u Mel
bourne von. PsoemAksr second. School Girl third
Time. So
Five furiouss- Small Jack won. Wild Pirate sec
ond Danger Line third Time "a
Press stakes. value 81 no heats Ave and me ha ~
tIrlonss Hummer won. Found second. I'd l. third
Time. o.
Second heatF Found won, Hummer second I'd T..
third Time. -
Run Of Found won. hummer second Time. l2i
Seliins. mile and one sixteeath-Sir Rolls wun,
TNillA Fonso second. Laureate third Time a..
81. furl0nss Ned wicss won. Hi Nocker .ecoui.
RsrthA Nsn thirh Tine. Is
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and Kerr mill, on the shore OF Silver lake.
southwest of the town. The main business
section OF the city is about i've blocks from
the mill and over this intervening terri
tory the flames spread fiercely, carried dl-
rectly to the business buildings by ne1ce
southwest wind. Within an hour IL had
carried away everything between the mill
and the railroad station. eight blocks
away.
The path Of the flames was clean cut
as that Of a cyclone. The territory over
which the fire travelled covered about
twelve blocks. about nine Of which were
thickly built UP.
Tonight there Is not a business mouse,
hotel or store standing in Virginia The
residence portion of the town was only
partially burned. The school house IL un-
touched as also are most OF the cnurcnes:
The loss is estimated al $500, coo. Not
more than 900 insurance is carried in
the town.
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DEWEY IN COLUMBUS.
He Reviews a Parade of Ten Thou
sand Men From state Capitol

COLI MBtS, o., June Admiral Dewey
was astir early this morning At o'clock
he was conducted to the state capitol.
where the public awaited his coming The
drive was made amid a continuous ova-
ton.
From $50 a IN. unit, IL o'clock the ad-
miral greeted the public. there being a
steady flow of people with outstretched
hands.
The public reception was followed bv a
luncheon at the Columbus Club. The event
Of me afternoon was the great paraae. in
which 1900 men marched and which was
reviewed at the state capitol by the ad-
miral.