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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
IN a FRONTIER SALOON. j
w. Youth Wa. Not So Mach o. .
4Tenderfoot" a. He seemed.

A STRIPPING OF e9eminate rosiness and
neat attire sat in the corner of q frontier
saloon, modest, silent and as fur out OF
the way as he could get. He had stepped
from the train, and he was waiting for
the stage. 1t was starched linen that he
wore. The city showed quite plainly in
his hat, and it is still in dispute whether
any down was visible upon his lip. But
he was old enough to be smoking cigar
with all the appearance OF habit. The
cigar also was not native of the town.
In fact, the young man made no purchase
upon entering the saloon. Nevertheless
the proprietor could scarcely complain OF
him. The stranger had asked il he might
wait there for the stage and had thanked
the proprietor for his permission.
Then he had sought his quiet corner
and lighted his cigar.
a citizen walked out of the back room
and up to the bar. He had left a faro
game. and tho proprietor was friendly
with him, but respectful-that sort of re-
spect which is Favored delicatcly with
just enough familiarity to bring it out.
1t is probable that the citizen had had
more drinks than the one he now took.
1t is also likely that faro had not gone
ms well with him this morning as he con-
sidered his due. His dissatisfied eye fell
upon the rosy youth and his cigar, and he
took the glass from his lips aud held it.
considering the stranger.
AT length, without removing his eyes,
he inquired. What Christmas tree did
that drop off Z"
The proprietor FASTENED to take this
view. Its express tag has tiuttered
away, guess he whispered loosely.
The citizen remembered his whisky,
swallowed it, set the glass gently down.
gently drew his six shooter and shot the
cigar to smash out of the young mans
mouth.
Now, do not at all know what l
should have done in the young mans
place. Something sensible. l hope. What
the youth did know should not have
done. You will see that his behavior
was out of the common. He stopped
down. picked up his cigar, found it rum
ed, put it in the spittoon, got a fresh one
out of his pocket, found ii match in his
1 waistccat slid it along the seat OF his
nice brooches, lighted the new cigar and
settled himself once more in his chair
without word of protest or an attempt
at resentment. The proprietor saw him
| do il all and told about il afterward.
The citizen took the second cigar like
the first. Perhaps he went trilc nearer
| the youths lips.
What were the card players in the
back room doing at all this noise? They
! all lay fiat on the floor, like the well
trained. Indigenous people that they were
/ n.inding their own business. For there
| was no rear exit.
The youth felt in his waistcoat pocket
but brought no match from it. So he rose
4 with still another fresh cigar in his hand
4 and walked to the bar.
IN have to ask YOU for u match hi
| said TO the proprietor, who at once &c
commodated him.
Once again he slid the match beneath
4 his eoattails and, bringing up his OWL
/ six shooter. shot the citizen rs Instant,
dead as that can be done.-Owen Whistler
/ in Ererybody's Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
KEYS i'm FLATHoUSes.
New York Tenant. DO Not seer. to
Trunt Their Janitorn.

"All right" said the locksmitl. who
keeps . little shop in Amsterdam avenue
and does odd jobs of no great importance
in themselves for the residents of the
ncighborhood. ..all right. sir; l Gun fix
this key TO suit you. think.
You Sec he explained to . visitor,
when the customer had retired. he
wants me to give him a jnnitor proof key.
! guess you deil't know what a janitor
proof key Is. because know you live in
house. III you lived in hat, you'd
know
When man moves into new apart
mcnt-thnt is, IN apartment that is new
10 him-the first thing h. begins to worry
about is the key proposition. I'll take my
oath tina, New York people are the most
suspicious set OF citizens that ever saw
in all my life Why. they don't trust
their relatives. After the man Of the fiat
gets his string Of two or three keys from
the janitor he begins to let his suspicious
loose.
"ue thinks o. course that the janitor
is predatory by nature. Maybe he is
4 right. but ! believe the law holds all per-
4 sons innocent until they are proved guilty,
1 and it would BE- a pretty hard thing to do
to prove j janitor guilty. Anyway, the
/ nan of the fiat gets nervous. He has re-
4 ceiyed SO many keys. What is to prevent
A the janitor from having kept a duplicate
key of the apartment? Nothing at all.
4 i, would be the easiest thing in the world
for the iantor to hold out, turning over
4 oil the keys but one and making use of
that to enter the dat whenever he saw a
good opportunity in the absence OF the
family
That's the way the householder figures
the case out To himself. Then he comes
around to souc !ocksulith in the neigh
borliood and gives one excuse after an
other to account for his wish TO have tht
lock changed on his front door. 1t doesn'l
make any difference to the locksmitt
what the reason is, so long - he gets
paid for the work he does, but the flat
ter seems TO think it necessary to spi1
him fury yarn. Anyway. the matter
: ends by the locksmith going around Il
the fat tukiug squirt ut the lock
marking place where he can cut off
tritle of the iron so that the key belong
to it won't worl. and then altering tn,
key SO that it will fit the revised lock.
For this the charge is very slight
There is only few minutes work to tn
: job aud locksnith hasn't the henrt L
: make an oyerchargc, you know. Now
this is much cheaper than having the oil
lock taken off and u new one put on, 10
then new keys would have to be made
and good keys cost considerable, yo
know. BY simply scraping a piece off th
= lock at u certain point and scraping
!. corresponding piece OF the key the fiat
ter gets practically a new protection. an
y the janitor doesn't stand the chance q
y l. u th
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
OBJECT |O NUDE ART
Leaders at Y. M. c. A. Conven.
ton Protest Against Art
Institute.
Circular Is Issued Directing to
Holding OF the Reception
There.
Nude Male Figures Called In
decent and Corrupting
to the Young.

Boston, Mass, June Bishop NAL
lalisu ana many business men Of Bos-
ton who are interested in various
Christian and evangelstic movements
have signed 4 vigorous protest against
the holGins Of the y. NJ. c. A. recep-
tioa i! tue Boston art museum tonight.
They have 10 objection 10 the reception
ttselt, bat are eeeideiy opposed 20 the
alaee y holding il, their chief objection.
being hat in The art museum arc
large Numbers Of fully developed and
entirely nude masculine STATUES, g
They also suggest that the statues be
covered With imitation leaves. The
pfttest winch was given out las, night,
follews
II Y NJ. {. A dslesates The un-
dersigfed respectfully protest against
the felding 81 q reception gwen " tbs
Ladies Y NJ c, A auxiiiaries 10 the
NJ G. y delegates in the Museum
u f'ins Arts u Inc grounds OF 1t he-
ing lslace hardly proper Tor NAKED So
cal gatherings u Young men ana w0-
men, Decause ai the presence their in
many pas;ts f ths buBdIns 81 a large
number II fully isveiopse and elit.rely
nude masculine STAYS.
; tAere anything N rie magic worG
art = Eradicate indeesMey HON can
The obscsne .xi39sure OF the human
form 81 sly less potent lii seaaciiis
Thought Wien chlseled by q master
lana Rather may Il ,i0t be said that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12

he is the noblest who has raised him
self by his own exertions to higher sta
tion.-Cicero.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
Flntterx.

81 don't see why you should persist in
asking me to lend you money" said the
man whose patience hnd sustained much.
II don't know you very we'll at best
My dear sill" replied the person with
shabby genteel manners. "you compel ne
to be blunt where would fain have been
delicate. was merely DESTROYS Of fur
Their and more favorable acquaintance
Ben Franklin says that the way to wiz
n mans friendship is not to do him Ia
vor. but to let him do you one."-Wash
ington Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
"HUsBAND" NOT A WOMAN.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
CURIOUS CHRISTIAN NAMES.
Burdens Imposed Upon Children by
the Caprice OF Parents.

One of the most curious names ever be-
slowed upon girl is Airs and Graces.
her name being registered at Somerset
House, London in 1888. when she was
baptized. Her sisters name is equally
un,sual-Nun Nicer. When Airs and
Graces and Nun Nicer arrive at the age
of matrimony, at least one of them should
marry youth whose Christian name
compares fayorab ly-for example, Acts of
the Apostles.
This is name found on an English
parish register: Actsapnstle, son of Tholn-
as aud Elizabeth Pegden, was baptized
Aug. ., 1885. Again this name figures in
records in 1893. when Acts Of the Apes
ties, son of Richard and Phebe kennett,
was baptized. This name curious as it
is, is preferable to What and DUN Spiro
| Spero, names with which children have
been handicapped.
1t was patriotic American who be-
slowed upon his young hopeful the name
OF Declaration Of Independence. A most
warlike name is Robert Alma Balaklaya
| Inkerman Sevastopol Delhi Dugdalc.
! who is an English innkceper's son. A
| similar name is Richard Cnur de Lion
Tyler Walter Hill.
/ About 100 yeurs ago snowstorm in
western Pennsylvania set in about the
LIST of March, and there were many weeks
of sleghing, traditional for years for tho
length of time it lasted. What did Mr.
Smith do, who happened to have boy
born about this time, but name him Sever
Weeks Sleighing In March. He usually
went by the name Of Weeks. His initials
were all written outs. w. S. /. NJ
Smith.
4 Parents of large families need no as
surance that the advent Of another child
is not always as welcome in fact as il
theory, but it is scarcely kind to max,
the child bear token of disapproval al
its life. 1t must be rather unpleasant t,
go through life, for example, as No
Wanted James, What Another, Only
Fancy William Brown or even as Las
of I'm Harper or Still Another Hewitt
And yet these are all names which tn,
caprice Of parents has imposed on limo
cent children.
An American lady spending some tim
in Devonshire, England. met at an after
: noon tea Mr.. Pine Coffin, Mr.. Deith (pro
!. nounced Death) and Miss Graves.
J, DR.. d. B. Mckee died at his home il
Hutchinson, Kas. He was the oldes
i | pl,vsicjau IN, point of wears of nractic
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
Tire Blood 10 the Source
ie pains are com Of AN Sfrennfh

.ople, whose blood
because of the lack of the red corpuscles that give
blood. Sallow complexons and rough, oily skins
blood trouble, which salves lotions. powders nor
re. Diseases that originate in the blood, whether
GERS, tu,nors, itching eruptions muscular OF bone
purifier such as s. S S., which not only antidotes
ID humors but possesses health giving tonic proper
lie does. 1t goes down to the very foundation of
he disease and eliminates from the system every
hing of poisonous character or that obstructs and
clogs the circulation. 1t builds up and imparts
new strength and vitality to the old innutritious
blood, and when the arteries and veins are once
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options of every kind disappear.
iseases it has been tested in thousands Of cases
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if i'll needo medical advice write physicians all
ION will cost you nothing and comes from experi-
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-12
The bishop. Pun.

A few years ago committee OF angry
low church men visited the bishop OF
Oxford, the late Dr. Stubs. to complain
of various rituaiistic excuses of their
rector. They were especially excited
over the fact that the parson wore red
hood instead of the blue one to which he
was entitled as graduate of Trinity
college, Dublin. He carries lie on his
back!" they cried.
AS matter of fact the accused priest
had an Oxford degree as well as an
Irish one. but the bishop did not argue
the matter. "a lie." said he, with a
comical smile, is u hard word. Suppose
you call it falsehood."
And the committee laughed and with
drew.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
Birds Eggs Superstitions.

The old, wrinkled, dusky aunties Of
the south tell children: do not eat the
bluebirds' eggs. They make you love
to wander" They believe that the pale
blue eggs Of that beautiful creature,
that violet Of the air." that bird with
"sky tinge on his back, earth tinse on
his breast" will make the greedy nest
robber restless as long as he lives. No
place, however cnticing. can hold the
being who has once tasted blueb!rd's
egg.
He who eats a mocking birds egg
will be compelled to tell all he knows" I"
The one who robs killdee's nest and
eats it's eggs will surely break an arm.
He who eats doves egg will be fol-
lowed by bad luck, while the egg Of any
bird Of yellow plumase will be sure to
cause a fever, and he who eats an owls
egg will be always shrieking. The eat
er Of crows egg will always. as old
aunties say, "be Swine on foolish like a
crow does go on. 'IIa. ha, La!' But o
partridge's egg" they declare. "du des
make you thrive ar grow fas'. Dey
is de onlies' sort er birds eggs dat you
kin eat widout fndin' 'em danger
some"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
Modern Advertising.


A little over half a century ago It
was considered beneath the dignity Of
many substantial concerns to adver-
tise beyond the insertion in the news
papers Of an occasional business card.
Some of the experiences Of that time
show how recently advertising, as we
know it, has developed.
4 retail hardware house in an east
ern city once found itself possessed Of
ten times the number Of articles Of a
certain kind that it had intended to
buy. AS they had been ordered espe-
cially for a new hotel and were Of Pc
culiar design, there seemed to be no
way Of disposing Of them except at
merely nominal sum.
One Of the younger men connected
with the concern offered to move
them" at g fair price provided he be
permitted to advertise. The sugSes-
tion encountered much opposition, but
finally q small sum was set apart to
carry it out. The advertisement was
drafted in an attractive way, and the
people soon began to buy the new arti-
Gle. Finally the house was obliged to
send to the manufacturers for more.
When the next seasons trade opened,
the member Of the firm who had most
opposed the experiment whispered to
the young man that he had better
write out a few notices "and put them
in the papers"
From such beginnings the odvertis-
ing practice has come. Thousands Of
dollars are now spent not only in ad-
vertising itself. but in deyising clever
catch words, ingenious phrases and IL
lustrations which will stick in the
memory Of the reader as well as new
general metLods.-Youth's Companion.
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me2'
last night, leaving the horses unfed, and
did not return to the plantation until
midnight, when he was brought by the
constable, who had caught him COM
ing out Of the swamp, and stubbornly
refused to say where he had gone. He
caused the unfortunate fellow to be tied
by the wrists to feed rack from last
night until this evening without food
or water and threatened the whip If he
did not tell where he had been, but
promising release for confession. Leon
obstinately closed his mouth and would
not speak.
Constant went into the stable this
evening and made his final demand
for confession, but with no effect. He
then barred the negro's back. and gave
him the lash until he fell forward and
hung from the rack limp and uncon-
scious. At this he became alarmed,
believing that he had killed him, and,
cutting him from the rack, dispatched
for the doctor. I remained there un-
til De Roux came and reported that
he had revived Leon, but could give
no assurance that he would not die
from the effect Of the punishment.
Constant drank more brandy. raved
like q madman, swore he could never
get another jockey to equal Leon and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
His Prayer.

The little son Of an Episcopal clergy
man cf Los Angeles wds visiting with
his mother q Canadian city. where the
two attended services at certain
church. It is the custom in that church
for the clergyman and congregation to
bow in silent prayer for = minute or
two just before the sermon bcgins. It
was q new proceeding to the clild, for
he was not accustomed to seeing this
done in his fathers church, but the
little chap bravcly and reverently did
his part.
After the service was over the clergy
man, one of the old evangelical school,
who had noticed the reverence and ap-
parent devotion Of the child, spoke to
him and commended his reverence with
an affectionate pat On the head. ut
was very pleasing" be remarked to a
group Of bystanders. Ito see this little
fellow SO deeply engaged in earnest
prayer just before began my sermon.
What prayer did you offer to the throne
Of grace, my little boy"
All unconscious Of the effect it pro-
duced, the little fellow candidly and
instantly replied: 81 said: Now lay
me down to sleep. l pray the Lord my
soul to keep San Francisco Argo-
naut
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promised the doctor $500 to cure him.
All this made me feel utterly misera-
BILE, and l came away"
"And if you will never go back there,
dear grandfather" Estelle exclaimed.
seboth You and I will be the gamers"
"You are weeping, child" SAL the
old man. seeing the tears that blinded
her eyes. Il should not have harrow
ed you with sucL recital"
You did right to tell me, tha: may
have the best Of causes to entreat you
to stay away from him. Oh, my kind
protector. he is not III to associate with
you! He is an atheist, fend, 4 brute,
and you are a Christian gentleman.
He is not the equal N characte- the
poor negro he tortured, =.
dered. Never permit him . s to
me. Do not expect me to notice him
If he does. Never invite MIN to come
here. If he enters that gate, will set
all the dogs on him."
"Calm yourself, my little one," the
grandfather said soothingly, "and re-
member that Constant is white man
and Leon only his negro slave,
"Grandfather," the girl replied splr-
itedly, 'it Is more probable that Leon
Is not Quiuebert's negro slave than
that Quilebert is deserving to be call
ed white man."
what do you mean, Estelle"
81 cannot tell you now, but time will
explain this saying Of mine ii both
it's parts. Only promise me this-that
never shall one Of our slaves be put to
the lash or tortured"
81 promise that sincerely"
'Then, dear grandfather, let US talk
no more Of this unhappy subject. You
need your supper and pipe"
eyes, dear, and tell old Julie to drip
the coffee extra strong to quiet my
nerves"
Passing into the hall, Estelle found
Odette sobbing bitterly and, taking her
hand, said in O. low tone:
"You heard what my grandfather
told me?'
"Yes, mamselle Forgive me for lis
tening."
Remember, then. Odette, what Leon
suffered for your sake and be you as
brave and silent for his. The God Of
mercy will right all this wrong. Trust
in God and Mr.. Oakfell."
eyes, and you, dear mistress"
"Go now, battle your eyes in cool wa
ter and wait on US at table with face
showing no trace Of weeping"
Estelle proceeded to her own room
and, closing the door, knelt at the pret-
ty little priedieu near her bed. .Bowing
her beautiful head and closing her eyes,
she addressed her "ition for the sue
cor Of the oppressed to heaven, but in
her involuntary vision she saw only the
face Of Oakfell. From the happiness of
this dual devotion she was summoned
to preside at the meal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-10-30
English Quail Stew.

For four plump Qunils provide four
oysters, four tablespoonfuls Of butter,
three large cNpfuls Of OK tail soup or
rich stock, two small glasses Of port or
madeira, two tablesDoonfuls OF onion
vinegar, the same of India relish and
mushroom catchup. celery salt, white
pepper and four slices of crisp, brown
toast. Leave the Quails whole, simply
opening down the breast. Put the but
ter in frying pan over a hot fire ana
when brown lay the quails IN the pan.
Cover and cook ten minutes. Turn and
cook ten minutes more. When Drowned
on both sides, add the soup or stock,
wine, catchup and relish. When IT
boils again, add celery salt and pepper
to season and thicken with q table
spoonful Of -four wet up in cold water.
Stir it gradually until it boils. Turn
each quail on its back and insert an
oyster Cook five minutes and serve
on slices Of toast with the liquid poured
over all.
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"And what is thatr' Quillebert anx

"And what is thatY' Quillebert anx~
iously inquired.
"Laure Luneau," Dede answered.
"You made a great fight for her at the
election Of the BELLS godmother, and
she is your friend for that. Moreover,
she hates that overbearing American
Oakfell and the simpering doll Estelle
Latiolais, and she is O true Gasconne.
Her grandmother will do for her what
she might deny to the rest of the world.
Seek Laure and at cnce."
"You are right, Dede, and your Cas-
con wit has not been entirely burned
out by your rum, which is so fiery that
I believe it is distilled where the priests
say my gold Is coined. Give me anOth-
er glass Of it. and Will see my little
partisan this very day. Gascon sl!:ewd-
ness is a match at any time for hector
ing Americanism, and we'll head of
this Internal abolitionist Oakfell yet"
"What is that you say? Abolition
istw exclaimed Dede, placing before
his patron the brimming glass Of liquor.
"Not so loud, idiot" Quillebert said,
and, with the look Of cruel ferocity
which came into his visage whenever
his malevolence was at work, lie added
in a low, grumbling tone: did not his
speech at Baton Rouge prove him an
abolitionist? l believe he has been
tampering with that rascal Leon. be-
licve he Is at the bottom OF all this
scare about an uprising among the ne
grocs If Leon should give the preteXt
by dying. 1 believe he has Ieen bar
gained with by the abolitionists to be
paid double the price Of his own slaves
for his services in setting all the others
free. But say nothing about this now'
Dede; only watch and listen"
Emptying the glass at one draft
though the liquid heat forced the brine
to his hardened eyes, he mounted his