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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01

Republican, but with Col. Clark az a
candidate the Tlmes-Republican and
Marshall county are each
willing to let by cones be by-gones. In
all Iowa there is not an ADLER lawyer
or more worthy man for supreme
Judge than Col. Charles "A. Clark, Of
Cedar Rapids. 1t is to be hoped that he
will receive the united support of his
district which will go far to secure the
nomination in the state convention.
On May 10 at Des Moines the conven-
ton to select delegates to the national
convention will be held. Little import
ance is attached to this gathering ex
cept that it affords an excellent oppor-
tunity for wire pulling. The candidates
for state offices Will be present, deals
will be made and politics played with
little outward evidence. Thru some
strange arrangement there will be no
opposition TO the candidacy of the pres
ent secretary of state for re-nemina-
ton, as might have been expected. For
treasurer there will be a contest which
promises to WAX warm before the nolni-
mating convention is held later in the
summer. Already have we heard
charges of railroad candidate. In
fact, this railroad influence in the
republican party has become so per-
sistent charge, emanating even from
reputable members of the party ITSELF
as in Treasurer Herriotts attack on
Governor Shaw, that 1t would be we'll
for the party to sweep its house clean
of all such ver,nin. If there was any
formidable opposition in this state at
all TO the republican party it would
never stand up against such persistent
accusation of railroad influence 1t
will be we'll for those who have the in
terests of the party at heart to look
sharp to the candidates presented and
turn down every one With even the
slightest suspicion of .railroadisn," in
his political makeup. In no instance
Is this more important than in the can
didates for supreme judge and state
treasurer. If railroads have any inter-
estSin candidates it will be in the men
who are to Sit in the courts and in the
executive council which fixes their tax
assessments The Times Republican
for one is tired of this everlasting rail
road influence in republican politics.
Whether 1t exists or not, the persistent
talk about it, both within and without
the party, is obnoxious. II smells bad
and anything about the premises that
produces a bad odor should be cleared
away. 1t is the hope of this Journal
which intends to stand for clean poli-
tics in all parties and especially in the
republican party that rigid political
quarantine may be maintained against
every candidate who has been exposed
to the railroad disease.
1t is not our purpose TO name candi-
dates Who are suspicious, for we are
not in position to know who have
been exposed and who have not. But
I it is our hope that the presence of rail-
roadisnl5 somewhere Within political cir.
cles will be recognized and the party
protected as towns protect their citi-
zens from smallpox
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01

Cough IL you rant lung trouble; and
consumption. otherwise stop II quick
with Mull's Lightning Cough Cure.
Nothing 30 good. Safe for Children: IS
cents and % cents. Ash llcDy4As . VAN
DRUG CO,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01
A norrible Outprenk,

"of large sores on my little daughters
head developed into a case OF scald
head" writes G. D. Isbiil, OF Morgan
ton, Tenn, but Bucklen's Arnica Salye
completely cured her. It's guaran-
teed cure for eczema. letter. salt
rheum, pimples. sores. ulcers and piles.
Only Is cents at Geo. p. Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-01

The Davenport Republican thinks
about the only pleasure the democrats
of Iowa are getting these days is in the
anticipation of John Herriott's prob
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

four years in Chicago, but legal career
was not to his liking. He returned
East and became assistant editor Of the
Hartford Press, which was later united
with the Hartford COurant. With his
old college mate, Gen. Joseph K. HaW
ley, he conducted that widely induen'
tial journal up to the time Of his death
Its literary fame is largely due to bis
connection with it.
Mr., Warmers first success as an aH-
thor was in the book My Summer na
Garden" in which he described his eI'
periences as an amateur gardener ln
gentle satire, delicious, sly humor ana
simple style brought 1t hearty wei
come, and il became evident that new
2 q rzs-ts--s- s-.t4-4..4 at atiI,.'+'0 ""
peared. From this start book afte{
book was given to the public from bib
pen-essays, travel sketches, papers on
important questions of social and polt.
cal reform, novels. etc. In them all
Charles Dudley Warner maintained and
steadily developed the brilliant name be
had made by his first volume. He was
connected with Harper's Magazine for
several years, and at one time conduct
ed the Editors Drawer and later the
Editors Study. It was not as writer
alone that Mr. Warner achieved sue
cess. He took a more than passing H.
terest in the welfare of the country
and made his voice heard upon ques
tons of education, of political interest
and social concern.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

the reverse of the effect intended by the
latter. 1t seldom matters much wheth-
er or not the reply of the speaker is the
exact truth, the principal point being
1t shall turn the laugh on the question
err.
Over a quarter of a century ago a
General James Madison Leach, a North
Carolina congressman, made retort
to an inquisitive member of one of his
audiences that made the man sorry be-
cause of his curiosity. The retort was
one of the kind which did not need to
be backed up by truth to make 1t eff
fective. General Leach was repre-
sentative from one of the eastern dis
tricts of his state and was candidate
for reelection. While in congress
Leach had voted for that famous meas
ure which came to be known in history
as the salary grab" By passing the
law the congressman voted themselves
several thousand dollars back pay"
by which phrase the extra money Sc
cured was generally known in the Caro-
linas. The opponents of the general
were using the fact that he voted for
the grab with more or less campaign
effect Until the latter part Of the
campaign no one had mustered up suf-
flcient courage to say anything person
ally to the congressman about the mat
.er, for he was known TO have pretty
.austic tongue. One night few days
before the election the candidate was
making a speech in a schoolhOuse In
one of the way back sections of the dis
trict He was getting along pretty
we'll toward the close of his talk when
a man in the rear of the crowd yelled:
How about that back pay of yoursW
"Well, just wait minute until / fin
ish the point l am discussing and I'll
tell you about my back pay" The gen.
eral had been taken little unawares
and he needed second to think up just
/ what to say. When he had exhausted
! the topic which he had been discussing
he stopped and, looking back toward
the rear of the crowd, said: "Now,
where Is the man who wanted to know
about my back payT"
Here we are" responded the man.
with a slightly decreasing amount Of
assurance.
"Oh, you are the fellow, are your"
said the general as If he recognized
the man, although he had never seen
him before in his life and had no idea
who he was. "Well, stand up straight
there, so everybody can see you. Some
body give him chair. Now, get up
there In plain sight OF the whole crowd,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
SOME STUMP RETORTS
REPARTEE A WEAPON OF CAM
PAIGN TAKERS.
often Has Greater Effect than Heavy
Weight Arguments-Truth Not Al
ways Necessary in Warm Replies to
Questions-Crop of Stories.

OF the thousands of political takers
who have been scattered over the coun-
try making the welkin ring with praise
IF candidates and party principles the
'spouters' who were sharpest at rep
lrtee were the ones likely to make the
largest tracks in getting votes. Inc
speaker who can give a quick, warm
answer to the man in the audience
who interrupts him with embarrassing
questions is the kind of campalgner
that tickles the fancy Of the average
voter. At most any meeting in the en-
Dire country the political orator is apt
10 be bombarded with shrewd questions
ared at him by member of the oppo-
htion party in the audience.
Instead of being tlustered by these
questions the campaign speaker, If he
Is a first-class one, must be ready to
meet and parry such thrusts and fire
back a hot retort at the questioner
which will unhorse him and produce
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

over the prisoners, and on the CON-
mandant demanding an explanation
Tommy" offered the following extra
ordinary account of his transformation
from prisoner to sentinel over him
self and prisoners: well, sir,
this ere poor little chap" pointing to
the sleeping form of a Boer lad 10
years old, was dead broke for sleep
after two nights of dooty. takes pity
on the little chap, and | says, Look
ere, you're regular done up, you are,
that's sartin. You give me your rife
and take hit O. sleep, and I'll do SEN
try go for you, will. Honor bright!
won't do nothink wrong, blow me If
do! So the little chap went off. It's all
right, sir; don't you blime him, please;
he Is only a kidv'
Il was assured" adds Mr. Davitt.
that neither the kid nor the kind
hearted English prisoner suffered over
the unique incident. london Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

What is the Amazon's favorite
weapon? A Chicago newspaper COM
piles table showing the character of
weapons used by women in several hun
e1red cases of assault and battery before
the police courts during the past year
As was to be expected, the broom han
ole Is most used, being chosen by 1856
Delligerent females. But this may
mean only it was the handiest, not the
favorite, weapon. Hairbrushes and hat
pins figure conspicuously, and the roll
1ng-pln is deadly in many cases. The
most interesting is the case of woman
who went into battle with nursing
D0ttle and smashed it over her antagon-
1sfs head. All this seems ridiculous.
Out there Is some satisfaction in the
Thought that women do not employ the
knife or the pistol in settling their
'alHerences. In this respect, at least.
ahey can claim more common sense and
humanity than men.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Carrot Works Wonders.

Perhaps the new claim made for the
carrot will add to the popularity of that
somewhat prosaic vegetable. 1t is said
that not only Is this wholesome and
sustaining article of food, but that
when partaken of in the morning, reg.
ularly and plentifully, it has a beautify-
Ing effect, surprising that of any COM
pound sold at the beauty factories. Car
rots make the skin smooth and clear,
the eyes bright and the hair soft and
luxuriant "Carroty hair" has been a
term of derision, but under the new
Interpretation it is thing of joy. Eat
carrots and grow young is the motto of
those who have discovered the hyglenic
merits of this lowly vegetable.-New
York Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

creasing practice OF permitting dogs TO
be public familiars in crowded cities is
full of peril. The torture to which they
are constantly exposed and frequently
subjected Is of itself calculated to in
,duce insanity, whose consequences are
not limitable to their own species. Dis
semination of disease by all varieties
of animal life is now so well estab-
lished in scientific annals that cranks
and cyclists with animal fads must be
required to keep their pets within safe
guards for the protection of the COM
munity as well as of the pets.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

1t is only fifty years since the posi-
bility of sending telegraphic messages
under the sea was first established; and
the engineer who directed the laying of
the first ocean cable, from Dover to the
French cliffs on the other side of the
English Channel, is still living in Eng
land. The cable soon ceased to work,
but 1t was the precursor of the Atlantic
cable which was paid out from the
Great Eastern in 1866, and Of the one
hundred and seventy thousand miles of
ocean cable now in operation. The dis
coverles of one generation become the
Indispensable conveniences of the next.
To realize how ocean telegraphy has
affected the conditions Of modern life,
we have only to try to imagine what
the world would be like without it. II
dealers in cotton or wheat at New York
prices in London or Bombay, how timid
and contracted their transactions would
be! III all our news from Europe were
a week old, how slow would be those
exchanges of opinion and sympathy
which now make common interests
among the nations! How perplexing
and interminable would be the adjust
ment OF international questions. if such
conferences among the governments as
those necessitated by the crisis in China
had to wait the slow course of CORE
spondence by mail! Like most discover
ers and inventors, the first experiment
ers with ocean telegraphy builded bet
ter than they knew; and the world is
vastly different from what it would
have been, if they had not pushed their
experiments. in the face of discourage
ment and ridicule, to a successful con-
clusion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Cor am going to make you famous in

for I am going to make you famous u
about twenty seconds"
The man was beginning to get nerV'
GUS and feel as If he would like to go
through a crack in the floor, but as
there was no crack large enough ne
sheepishly climbed on the chair
80 you are the highly scented nu-
man specimen who wants to know
about my back pay, are your contin-
ued the congressman. The man tired
to nod and swallow lump in his throat
at the same time. "Well, I'll tell you
about that back pay. got exactly
$4,000 back pay and of that amount
l paid $4,97742 on a note that l had
indorsed for your internal - old seal
awag of a bankrupt father"
The crowd went into spasms OF de-
light and the poor inquirer shriveled up
and skunk out of the house. or course
what Leach had said was pure unadui-
terated fabrication, but an explanation
or a refutation would not have been
worth the breath necessary to make 1t
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
CHARLES DUDLEY wAenr. :
Great Writer Whose Death 7.
to Literature.

r.
to Literature.
American literary circles bsvo "a.
fered severe loss in the aasth !.
Charles Dudley Warner. Hk ~,
from earthly scenes leaves but ono s y
trio of famous writer's who wera ~.
neighbors and friends in Hartford ~
other two being Mrs. Harriet Roaoha.
Stowe and Samuel l.. Clemens fva.s
Twain). Clemens alone survives
Charles Dudley Warner was horn !.
Plaintield, Mass, seventy-one vaa..
ago, his ancestry being of the best Nav
England stock. He inherited his tas,.
of literature from his father, who Wa,
fond of books and possessed a fine 4
brary. Young Charles received ri,
early education near his native nlac.
and at Cazenovia, n. Y. He entered
Hamilton College, at Clinton, N.
graduating from that institution !,
1851. While in college he contributed
to couple of magazines and also nra
pared a Book of Eloquence. He on.
tered the law department of the TTnA
versity Of Pennsylvania, graduating ii
1856. He practiced his profession 70,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

ii was regarded as great triumph
%on for human liberty a couple of cen
Eurles ago, when the principle was es-
aaohshed that all trials of persons ac-
Gused OF crimes and misdemeanors
must be held with open doors. The
samous Star Chamber" court of the
-Sttarts was typical of tyranny. But
years of experience under free insti
anflons have revealed the fact that in
. very large number of cases a trial in
open court has hardening and degrad-
ang influence on the persons accused
and that with young people of previous
good character some choice might well
DE allowed as to whether the trial
shonld be open to the public or con
@ncfed in the presence only of the court
S0thclals. the necessary witnesses and
attorneys. The latter view has oh
GAINED in the conduct of the special
court established about year ago in
Buffalo for the trial of juvenile Offend
'ers. one of the first acts of the pres
ent police Justice was to announce that
children would be tried behind closed
Hoors. No protest appears to have
oeen raised, and the plan is said to
nave been most successful.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Biggest of WatePspOuts.

A column of water sixty or seventy
feet in height that covered an area Oh
nearly 100 feet square was sight tna'
Captain Liddle and the crew OF tn'
steamship King Bleddyn, which arriVel
from Mexico, off Campeche bank, saF
on the morning of Sept. 10.
Captain Liddle, in describing the aF
usual spectacle, said:
1t was about $50 in the morning Oh
the 10th, when we were In hn'uw
23:14 and longitude 81:07, while CT Nv
northeast end of Campeche bank IL tin
Gulf of Mexico, that we Observer cVf
umn of water whirling in the slr ~
height of apparently sixty or 'e'en9
feet, and covering an area thatappeA
ed to be about 100 feet square.
The column, which looke IKE
mass of steam, made beautrul sign
as 1t shot into the air. All arFuho II wv
water was foaming and frthlng nA'
breakers in a shoal AS to yhat 1t was
don't know; it looked Like Voical'
eruption, though l never leard Oh ap
volcanoes In that region. 1t may nav
been due to an upheaval caused Oy
earthquake" !.
Captain Liddle said that the spec1aS,
was visible for half an hour, and uD,I
as the King Bleddyn gradually sahs'
out of sight of it the water calhs'
down and then suddenly rose agaD
shooting a steaming column hlgn ~
the air.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

Effort has been made for some time
70 classify hydrophobia among diseases
OF the imagination. Even at Pasteurs
laboratory faddists insisted that the
pFild-eyed children brought there for
treatment after being bitten by wolves
dogs or cats were the victims of hallu-
eination. In Chicago a horse bitten by
a COW developed blood poisoning, ac-
eeOmpanied with all the symptoms of ra-
Dies. death resulting after horrible suf
sering. In the case of the horse 1t can
scarcely be claimed that the creature
died from dread caused by associa-
suon of Ideas" or hearing hydrophobia
talked about" The truth is that rabid
animals whose dangerous tendencies
are rarely discovered until too late for
precautions are allowed too great lib
'Sz1 among human beings. The In
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

In the absence of any better topic of
discussion, at a recent meeting of the
Rainy Day Club in New York Miss
Dora Goldthwait made the assertion
that women do not always tell the nm
qualified truth. Strange as it NAV
seem, since lying, like most other
faults, Is supposed to have no sex. the
assertion aroused tremendous excite
ment. To obtain n satisfactory answer
to the question, do women lie?" it
should first be settled what lie is. If
by lie is meant the intentional pur-
pose to deceive with malicious or dis
honest ends in view, the woman Is rare
who utters a lie. She is seldom guilty
of the ''le direct" which is the mascu-
line lie, but as to the "lie with circum-
stances" that is another story. Byron
defines a lie as the truth in masque-
rade,' which, perhaps, comes nearest
to the gentle art of lying as practiced
by women-an art not only gentle but
difficult, for Tennyson says that "a lie
that is half the truth is the hardest lie
of ALL" The half truth is simply an
other form of tact, and women are con-
coded to be masters of tact Nearly all
the communications upon this subject
are from women. Few men. indeed,
would venture to express their opinion,
though Julian Hawthorne has the cour-
age to observe that when women in
tend to be truthful they come nearer
success than we can" but on the other
hand they are able to fabricate lie
which shall bear a misleading resem-
blance to the truth more skillfully than
their male brethren" The most ex-
haustive discussion of the question is
that made by May Bushnell Moody.
who asserts that there are instances
where a plain, straightforward, honest
lie is an absolute necessity and thor
oughly pardonable, and that ito tell q
clever untruth at the critical moment
is an admirable accomplishment" AS
rule, however, she believes that Il
really tactful woman cannot get along
| without her reserve fund of tiny
| harmless subterfugeS," and that IF one
never deviates from the path of truth
one is ceaselessly plunged into all sorts
| of troubles, besieged with enemies, and
| absolutely devoid of that delightful
| kindness toward people which is the
| basis of all happiness and unity" In
| other words, this lady would have us
| believe that a lie is an offense but a
| fib is just cheerful evasion. and the
| woman who can discriminate between
| these two is justified in using them with
impunity." 1t is noticeable the ques-
! ton is never asked, do men lie?" 1t
| is cheerfully assumed they do, and, not
| being creatures of the emotions, they
do it directly and robustly. They rare
| ly fib. Women. on the other hand. being
| governed by their emotions and imagin-
atoms. while they have horror for the
'lie direct" do not regard the lie with
| circumstance" as a sin but rather as a
necessary accompaniment of tact
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Electric-Lighting Machinery,

Some idea of the magnitude of the
electric-lighting machinery in this coun
try may be obtained from the state
ment that the public lighting stations
of New York City alone supply mean
descent lamps each year to the num-
Der of 2,125,000. This Is independent
OF those furnished by private plants.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
stood sentry Over Himself.

The Dutch commandant who had
charge of all the British prisoners
taken after the battles of Glencoe, Dun
dee and Nicholsons Mex has told Mr..
Davitt the following interesting little
story:
Going his rounds at midnight on one
occasion, he was astounded to see an
English soldier acting as Boer sentinel
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Protection AGAINST Burglars

In tearing down the Atlantic Mu,~
Insurance Company building In ~
York City a secret method of proteepI
against bank burglars has been re's
ed in the form OF cannon balls o.
imbedded in the walls surrounding I
money vault. The idea was to frusu-
attempts to pick the wall apart Di =
posing the rounded surfaces and y.
revolving bulk of the cannon Dsis
the burglars tools.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Small Horses in War.

The experience of the British In South
Africa Is said to have demonstrated
the superiority of small horses to large
ones as draft animals in the field OF
hosuhtes. The small beasts can go
longer without food, 1t is said, can do
just as much work. and make q smaller
targst for the enemy.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

What has become of the sense of
law! Every city has its lawless ele
ment and the only safety is to keep that
nnder But nowadays there seems to
be general indifference, and the aver
age citizen leaves these little difficult
sizes 10 be worked out between the DO
lice and the mob, and if he shows any
interest at all it is to watch how the
row win come out.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

A rich Englishman who died the 9th
er day provided in his will that his
daughters were to inherit nothing if
citizens. Pouf! We would like to see
his homely old daughters stand beside
some of our girls for comparison.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

Women who never read the newspa-
Ders are still becoming the prey of big
&mists who marry for money. Every
girl should read the newspapers and
learn something of the ways of the