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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15
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For the imes-Republichn.
Ackley June 14.-sOthers besides pro-
.hibitionis;:, are watching the results of
me ti-,an1een Law passed by our least
congress- and the evident results, Iii the
numerous army posts over the country.
III brings out a very decided opinion
from one regular visitor 10 Marshall
town thai me establishment Of an
army canteeri at the Soldiers Home in
Marshalltown would be AN excellent,
mas visited tbe big soldiers Home in
Ohio. where the army-carteen is i. reg
ular feature. of tht. institution and that
drunkenness is a comparatively rare.
thing. 1;ivessthe same style of arg,l-
ment ae advocated by army officers;
that the old soldier uses, beer. MS he. does
tea and coffee. and only abuses his an
petit. when Re goes 10 town. Where, sal
icons. acknowledgements aud an thnt goes,
NTH III. make him imbjhe foo much.
with the result mat the guard house is
his destination the return trip. This
out Of town observer makes some reck-
less statements of the number of old
soldiers he has seen under the Influence
OF Iiauor in Marshalltown. e.s.pecially az
W Pay gay, any Claims t'ia' the NM
sit'.'.''s II ooiiheei'eis are pelitetis
NJ ast"Mi'ls some u .he oia Nt'-
efahs 70 :. mi up az ipiis as theif money
va, it''sl' - s.''le eei..l'its
arg pt'ter Deter luHiilisa 70 tes'iis IA
nus inatisr, put inns out OF town resi-
cent s'aiu' ~ You aotpt my statement
COUNT eie me 1nsoSieatea veterans
atonhu NE saloons near me depot any
'lhae Mi'hin week afsef next pension
day.
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tornado. years ago Why Sir, when the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15

sN@essS9 tsSsS%e SH~7eAsAANtAS$t
ment, and manufacturers testified that
they Joined the association to save
money. An attempt is being made to
declare the combination illegal, as tend
ing to restrain trade.
III the Iowa supreme court We're to
decide the Titus amendment today II
might be different. Little did those
judges dream OF the trouble they Mere
inviting
There is no longer any doubt about
the ability of the secretary of war and
the officials at the West Point Military
Academy to stamp cut the perncious
habit of ha2ins. said Representative
Lands. of Indiana, . member Of the
board of visitors. There is no reason
why new cadets should be subjected To
illdignities by the older ones and there
il very reason why they should be
treated as gentlemen. Secretary Roots
order defining haxing is broad III It's
scope, and ii is an excellent enes as it
provides for summary dismissal of any
cadet who violates the rules laid down
in it,
The central Iowa strawberry crop is
nov waning, the choice II the fields
having been marketed.
Secretary Root has o,dersc a Large
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15
A REASON WHY
An Inyestmentin
the Stock OF the
Texas Geyser Oil Co.
Is a Safe and Sure investment.

We have recently bought tract of
land from the famous Hogg- Swayne
Syndicate within 200 feet of the Beatty
Giusher tina, is absolutely sure oil gush-
a land This With the 525 acres located
in the Sour Lake, Saratoga. Pine Island
and Big Hill oil Districts of Jefferson
and Hardin counties Consisting of is
different tracts, gives us a sure thing
and our eggs are not all going to mar
het IN one basket. We are now devel-
eping enc tract in the Saratoga district
and VIII move onto ,hisrecent purchase
in the near future. Stock was with
drawn from the market May lst, but
owing TO this late purchase a small all
lptlnent Is again offered until July lst.
ut 81 cents per share of the par value OF
81 For further particulars write any
OF the following officials:
David secor. President winnebago City, Ia
w. Il. Bricc. Vice Pres aud Gen. Mgr.
Mason City. Ia. and beaumont. Texas.
Willard sccor. Secretary Forest City, fn.
r, f. secor. Treasurer. Buffalo Center. la.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15

Mothers write us that they have
solved the problem Of keeping their
well. Give them Rocky Noun
tain Tea each week. A blessing to a
mother and child. Mcbride & VIII Drug
Cam Yf., yty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15

The famous Mics will case al Falls
City, Neb has been reopened by the nj
ing Of Il new petition ON the part of the
heirs who Mere beaten AT the first trial.
The estate is valued al Si.5oo.oDo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15
bargains In Rates.

Low rates are now in effect to Buffalo,
Boston. New York and other eastern
points, via the Chicago Great Western
railway. For fun particulars inquire Of
j "A. Ellis. ticket agent Marshalitown.
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15
BZocl ii
Dyspepsia Cure.
Digests what you eat.

There is no pleasure in life II you
dread going to the table to eat and IL
you can't rest we'll at night on account
of Indigestion. Yet many people are
living just such lives, and after trying
almost everything they give up hope
and endure their sufferings as bravely
as possible. We would like to recon-.
mend to everyone the preparation
which has acquired such a wonderful
reputation for the cure of indigestion.
We refer to KoDoL DYSPEPSIA CURE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15

Rev. w. e. Sitter, w. Cation. n. r,
writes, ~ had dyspepsia over twenty
years, and tried doctors and medicines
without benefit. was persuaded to
use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and 1t
helped me from the start. believei It
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15
&C can't help but
do YOU mood

It is the only preparation that
completely digests whatever variety
of foods you may wish to eat. That
is why it is so highly endorsed by al
who have used it.
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Northern Wisconsin hallway Farm
Lnnds For Snlc.

c. w. PHILLIPS, Secretary.
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The New York Sun pays the president
a deserved compliment in speaking of
his third-term letter: No document
that William Mckinley ever signed Will
affect more profoundly the future esti-
mate of the true greatness of this Amer
lean citizen, now acting as the servant
Of the nation. How petty and pitiable
it makes the attitude of that fast de-
creasing number who impute to the
president disposition toward personal
Imperialism, willingness to strain our
institutions for the sake of his own re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-15

ment, and manufacturers testified that
they Joined the association to save
money. An attempt is being made to
declare the combination illegal, as tend-
ing to restrain trade.
Evening star., 1901-04-27
ACROSS FAST RIVER
New Bridge Will Be ''uch Larger
Than the Old.
How THE CABLES ARE STRETCHED
MaVeIs Of Engineering Which
Have Been Accomplished.
WORKING HIGH IN THE AIR

Written for The Evening Star by Lewis Nixon,
mission.
Unless in the immediate future some of
the magicians of science spring a surprise
upon the world. the new East River bridge,
thrown from Manhattan to Brooklyn. will
be the first great record-breaker of the
twentieth century. 1t will when finished,
mark the climax of achievement in bridge
building. In many respects 1t will be one
OF the most remarkable structures of it's
>kind in the world. AS suspension bridge
II will stand unrivaled. and as an engineer
Ing feat only one bridge can approach II.
Its near neighbor the Brooklyn bridge. In
deed, the latter Is the only suspension
bridge in the world to be compared with it,
and to give some idea of the magnitude
ami ambition Of the new bridge some COM
parative figures between it and the old
will form the best illustration.
The greatest contrast between the two
lies in their relative strength. Roughly,
the new East River bridge will be four
times as strong the Brooklyn bridge;
each of its four cables will he about twice
of the older structure. and in other re-
spects its superiority in strength will be
maintained
Each of the four cables will consist of
thirty-seven strands md each strand will
Evening star., 1901-04-27
Friends From Home.
Il the Cleveland Plain Dealer,

Friends From Home.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Another ex-Cleyelander was telling about
the numerous calls he received from needy
Clevelanders, who only needed little mon
ey with which to get home on. There were
half dozen men in the crowd and they
had all had taste Of the same experience.
''They always intend to send it back by
the first mail that leaves Cleveland after
they get home" said one
Yes said the rest.
And it never comes'
NO. responded the chorus.
And you never hear from them again :"
mo, unless they get stranded here again
and are again homesick."
"One man has been to see me four times, 4"
added one
"I am out $50 in the past month";" said
another.
Let me tell you my experience" said a
third. This fellow said he was a news
paper man. He had worked his way up
from Texas on ship Fasig. he said, was
going to send lot Of horses to Cleveland.
and offered him free ride II he would help
take care of them. All he needed was 81
way.
II loaned him the money. Three days
afterward there was a ring at the door of
my residence. The maid came in and said !:
He says he is newspaper friend of yours.
He wants to know II you have an old shirt
you're not using That's the way they stay
by US. when they get q hold"
did he get shirt?'
Il was using 1t. )"
Evening star., 1901-04-27
Cabbages to q Finish.

From the Memphis Srimitar
An old darky. who lives in the thickets
across the river, came to Memphis the other
day to get his pension check cashed. After
receiving his money. which amounted to
SILL the old ex-siave sauntered down Front
street to produce house and bought three
crates OF cabbages When they were deliv-
cred at the wharf late that afternoon the
old man was there and received them with
a mouth watering In anticipation OF the
good time ahead.
"whut yer gwine ter do wild dem cab
bages?" inquired the negro drayman who
delivered them.
Eat EN-" was the quick response. Use
bin free forty years, and dis is de first time
Use had de money to buy mum cabbage.
Use gwine ter eat cabbage till I furgit de
way ter my mouf.
Evening star., 1901-04-27

strand will be lashed together In an ap-
proximately cylindrical shape, lowered sew
eral feet and united to form the cable,
which will be built in vertical plane and
afterward moved transversely to give it
the required grading. AS explained, dur
ing the process of cable making in pre-
vious suspension bridges, including the
Brooklyn bridge the strand wires have all
been pulled ac oss from side of the
river. and the cable making has been per-
formed by limited number of men in tray
cling cars suspended alongside of the ca
bleS. This, however, has been vastly i'm
proved upon in the case of the new bridge.
where the wires will be pulled across from
both sides of the river.
Rapid Constructions.
1t has been so arranged that two strands
of each cable or eight strands in all can
be simultaneously made, and a practically
unlimited number of men can work on
them simultaneously by means of the foot
bridges, which form the working platform
under each cable for it's full length. For
this operation four sets Of machinery will
be required. and these will SO expedite the
work on the four cables that they will be
built more rapidly than ever before thought
practicable.
The weather will play an important part
in the making of these cables. In calm
weather the work can be carried on with
out interruption. but 1t will almost entirely
cease during high winds The cables at
each anchorage VIII be attached to the
forty steel eye bars. fourteen feet long
which are built in solid masonry. These
will be walled in with granite blocks of
the same size as those used in building
the anchorage after the cables have been
attached.
This new bridge will. indeed, be in every
way remarkable structure and strik-
ing monument to American engineering
genius. There is no space here to speak Of
its commerciaf value an investment by
the city of New York. but it will be worth
many times the eighteen millions to be
spent upon 1t.
Evening star., 1901-04-27

have 2s2 single wires. a total of IL. 43i
wires in eacn cable The normal pull on
each cable will be about 1000 tons and as
each will be capable of supporting 10000
pounds to the square inch and will have
- square inches net. the engineers calcu-
late that the suspension power of the
bridge Will De four times greater than the
nSaximum demand upon it.
Larger In Every Way.
The width of the new structure will be
ills feet, as compared with the eighty-five
1eet of the Brooklyn bridge, and the char
acter and amount OF its traffic accommo-
dation will be proportionateiy greater. 1t
VIII have six railroad tracks, two carriage
ways. each twenty feet wide, two foot
walks and as concessions to the growing
tastes of the public two bicycle paths
In actual channel span the two bridges
Will not present great difference, merely
q matter of four and a half feet but in
the to;ai length OF the span the new bridge
will claim the record by 1900 feet The
Brooklyn bridge has channel span of
1s.a51a feet and total length of 5000 feet
The figures of the new bridge are respec-
lively 1000 feet and ! 800 feet.
The steel towers of the new bridge are
about fifty nine feet taller than the mason
ry spires Of Brooklyn bridge. The cap of
the steel work from high water is $50 feet !:
similar measurements the Brooklyn
bridge give height Of 276 feet. The mini
mum height of the bridge for 200 feet on
either side of the center above mean high
water Of spring tides is 135 feet; the
Brooklyn bridge has the same height, but
only at the central point.
The work of building this bridge is
work OF daring and enterprise, compli-
gated and full of the most delicate detail
1t has brought forth the display of the
greatest skill in engineering and the per-
fection OF mechanical appliances From
the sinking OF the stone piers to their bed
or rock. 1lo feet below the water level. to
the spinning in mid-alr of the mighty ca
bles. the work has been performed with
unerring precision and fidelity. The sink
ing OF these piers was done In a depth of
Evening star., 1901-04-27

bridge will begin the stretching of the cable
proper The necessary wire for the main
cables IS now in the course of manufacture
at Trenton, n. j., and will be 3-16 of an
inch In diameter, and. as l have already
said Will be capable of sustaining a strain
OF 100000 POUNDS to the square inch. Each
wire will be made 4,Oo0 feet in length, and
will be shipped to the bridge site on drums
In each cable there will be 10000 wires laid
straight and parallel to each other, which
VIII be first grouped into strands Of thirty
/ SIX 10 each cable. Each strand will contain
2oo wires, and will be temporarily wrapped.
When the thirty seven strands for each
cable are made, then the temporary wrap
ping Is removed and the 10000 wires are
grouped together in q cylindrical cable
Each cable will be held in form by heavy
clamps of steel weighing about 400 pounds
each These bands will be placed twenty
feet apart, and will secure the suspenders
consist of four strands of IL inch twisted
steel wire rope, and to- each of these sus-
penders the end of the floor beams will he
attached- The floor beams and the entire
structure Will De thus suspended from the
cables proper by the suspenders When
completed the cables will be sheeted with
casting of sheet steel. about one-six-
teenth of an inch In thickness oyerlanpinp
IN ofuer to shed the water
Modern Methods.
The operation Of cable making Will, con-
sist of an endless rope, moved in both d.
recttons by steam engine placed In the
construction plane of each cable This rome
passing around sheaves at the anchorage
VIII carry blight Of the cable wire across
the river. The loops at both ends Will be
received on Shoes which will rest on legs
several feet from the anchor pins. This
arrangement will cause the strand during
construction to hang from twelve to six
teen feet above its final position and af-
ford an opportunity to adjust each wire
separately to exact parallelism with a
standard wire. AS the end Of one con is
reached 1t will be spliced to the end of an
other coll, and the wire made continuous
throuEhout the strand. The Eirea In each
Evening star., 1901-04-27
Frank.

From the Detroit Journal.
Here we were set upon and beaten with
clubs.
Murder cried Ardley. impuisiveiy
A subtle something told me he was
wrong.
''You are college students. are you not."
said I. addressing our assailants
I'VE are" said they, civilly.
1T LIS as / thought" said I, turning to
my companion. This is not murder at al,
but a prank merelyF'
Ardley was covered with confusion, and
vowed he should never forgive himself al
though the students, with rare good breed
Ing, affected to make light Of IT,
Evening star., 1901-04-27
MIR. O'RELL SPEAKS OUT,
] Hearty and Eliminating Praise for
American Men and Women

nearly and Discrim mating Praise for
American Men and Women.
From the London News
Young men Of BALKAN who may be about
to marry were given the following advice
by Mr.. Max ORell: 'If you have to choose
between living with your mother-in-iaw or
shooting yourself. do not hesitate for a mo-
ment-shoot her" This was almost the
only severe thing he said about III. R. H
Woman'-the title of his lecture
Mr.. O'Rell has discovered only two coun-
tries where men are in leading strings
his own and the United States OF the
women Of both lands he discoursed with
enthusiasm. The French wife, he said is
her husbands friend, confidante and busi-
ness partner. To this circumstance is due
in his judgment, the fact that France is
today the richest country in the world
richest, that is. in evenly-distributed wealth
e per cent of the population outside Paris
owning their own homes He went on to
af1rm that French women are supreme in
the politics of matrimony She knows it is
a question of remaining, not beautiful, but
interesting; hence her little bustling ways
and her varied manner of doing her hair
In this country marriage was looked upon
as the end of love making, but in France
after marrying your wife, you had to win
her-a process very pleasant. If so many
kisses We're not indulged in before mar
rage In this country, there would be more
afterWard In France not more than one
man in every 500 belonged to club AS
for womens clubs-ugh, Having seen the
way the poor American milliOnares lived
tthey being too tired on Sundays to tell
their chiidren stories), the advice he
felt compelled to give everybody was:
Live well, and live as long as you can
You will never have another chance"
Beads of perspiration on the Yankees
brow crystallized into diamonds on the
necks of his women folk
American girls Mr. Max O'Rell praised
without stint. The animation of their fea-
lures. the brilliance of their conversation
their freedom from affectation. the pictur-
osqueness of their language-oh, they were
glorious and unique. The American girl of
seventeen or eighteen was allowed almost
every liberty, and she took the others. Eu-
rope was surprised that she had a latchkey
ana stayed out late with young men. Dear
old Europe-dear old museum! The most
vulgar American man could, in the matter
OF how to behave to women teach a lesson
to the men of the old world-even to
F'renchmen. His compatriots, in that mat
ter, were living too much on the reputa-
tion of their ancestors. A Frenchman
when he made way for lady, looked at
her; an American, in similar circumstances
lowered his eyes. The former sighted the
miss, the latter missed the sight In con-
clusion. Mr.. Max O'Rell enthusiastically re-
marked that If he could be born anew
selecting his sex and country, he would say,
please make an Arnerfpan uo,,op
Evening star., 1901-04-27

N"ASS i1al anu iieAdl uuuS-
Stretching the Cables.
The stret ching of the cables from tower
to tower Will be an affair of the greatest
! labor and niceness. It would be hard to
present the delicacy of this operation to the
lay mind. but a conception of it may be
given when it is said that these enormous
cables will have to be twisted, two tiny
wires at time high in mid-air The prep
arations for spinning those cables are now
under way; the four solid steel saddles
eacn weighing thirty-fve ions, over which
the cables will pass, are in place at the
top OF the towers and all is being made
ready to sling the first wire. But before
that can be done sort of minor bridge
but one which, by the way, viii cost S2U-
0to-wlll have to be erected, and from this
the work of constructing the cables will
go on.
This foot bridge will consist of a suspend
eu structure OF three spans, one of 600
teet between the two towers and two of
nearly GOO feet each between the towers
ana granite anchorage. The middle span
VIII virtually consist of two narrow parallel
double-deck bridges, SiXty-Seven feet apart
on centers, and connected by cross bridges
100 feet apart. Making the connection be-
tween the towers for this foot bridge is an
interesting operation in itself Contrary to
precedent in such cases, the first bond OF
union is heavy cable weighing over
twelve tons and not a thread or light line
DIS W dS uStt IN the BROOKLYN ana other SuS-
pension bridges. Here is how the connec-
ton was made. The end of the wire rope
two and a quarter inches in diameter. and
1000 feet in length, was attached firmly to
the anchorage on the Manhattan side. The
other end was then passed over the tower
on the Manhattan side and down to fiat
boat at the edge of the water On the fiat
boat the free end of the cable was flXed
and tugboat started slowly on the trip
across the river the cable being carefully
reeled off, so as to sink toward the bottom
of the stream. between the hatboat and
the side of the river which it was at
tached. that 1t might not impede navigation
during the time that the cable was being
pulled across the stream. When the cable
had been stretched across the river the un-
attached end was passed up over the Brook
lyn tower and the line hauled from the bed
of the river and drawn taut till the loose
end reached the anchorage on the Brook
lyn side.
Suspending the Structure.
With the completion of the temporary
Evening star., 1901-04-27
Wanted to Be Sure.

From the London King.
An old woman Of undeniable Celtic origin
entered provincial savings bank the other
day and walked up to the desk
do you want to withdraw or deposit p
asked the clerk.
Nav oi doan't. OF wants to put some
in." was the reply.
The clerk pushed up the book for her sig
nature, and. indicating the place, said,
Sign on this line, please
"Above it or below it?'
"Just above it."
me whole nameT
''Yes."
Before OF was marriedf'
"No, just as It is now
"Oi can't write'
Evening star., 1901-04-27

From the Detroit Journal
II have just graduated from school Of
Journalism" quoth the young man, with
pardonable hauteur.
The editor laughed mockingiy in his face
only graduates Of divinity schools know
now to run newspaper he said.
But the young man was by no means
disneartened. He vas far from being the
frst to have started WRONG.
Evening star., 1901-04-27
ADVERTISED LETTERS,

The following Is q list Of advertised letters re-
manning in the Washington ID C) Post once Sat
urday. April "a. 1901.
To obtain any OF these letters the applicant
should call for Advertised Ietters'
II not called for within two iD weeks they viii
be sent to the Dead Letter Once.
Evening star., 1901-04-27
A Definition.

From Puck.
Musician-"f4'ink he's a true moosician-
q true artist"
Fr1end-'What do you mean by that?"
Musician-"Vell. true artist is one vot
would love art for its own sake II he could
afford . :"
Evening star., 1901-04-27
Stretching the Cables.

sixty feet of water and presented a diff
Guilty real and hazardous.