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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25
vENTRILooUIsM EXTRAORDINARY.
The Astonishing Performance Given
by SOthern's Confederate.

One of the peculiarities of Sothern's
elaborated jokes was the way in which
he worked up to them, He pretended to
have accidentally discovered that he pos
sessed the gift of the born yentriloquist
and arranged an experiment on the occa-
sion Of supper party given in his honor
at pleasant house in a London suburb
There was foolish kind of hanger on Of
Sothern's who loved to boast of his In
timacy with the famous comedian. He
had often said, 81 wish you would let me
help you in one Of your practical jokes,
Mr.. Sothern.' Sothern humored his de-
sire. Mr.. Edgar Pemberton tells the
story In his Memoir of Sothern."
The comedy must for my purpose be
reduced to paragraph. You know how
fond the professional ventriloquist is OF
talking UP the chimney to an imaginary
man on the roof. Sothern had arranged
for his slavish confederate to mount the
roof by ladder and play the part of the
voice on the roof, which he did to per
lection, and Sothern's success as ven
triloquist was voted nothing short Of
marvellous. Supper being over. the party
adjourned to another room, at which
point Sothern said "Good night" to his
| u
arranged that the seance should be con-
cluded.
Sothern had, however, plotted against
his man, who when he wished to descend
found that the ladder was gone. By
hook or crook the deceived confederate
found his way to the chimney of the
smoking room, where the supper party
were settling down for a long evening.
Presently voice was heard calling down
the chimney: 'Sothern. Sothern! For
heavens sake, come and help me!
can't get down, and it's raining like
mad"
Sothern was taken aback for a mo-
ment, but only to be In ecstasies the next
Mt the EXPLANATIONS Of his friends, who
considered the voice only another exam
pie of Sothern's skill. "You said you
could do no more, your voice was tired,
and here it is stronger,than ever" Soth-
ern, accepting the compliments of his
friends, managed in short conversation
with the voice ON the roof to let his I'M
happy confederate understand that as
soon as possible he would go out and help
him down.
After a time, just when Sothern was
about to slip out and release his friend,
his host went to the chimney and, all the
more to emphasize Sothcrn's success, as
he thought, called out, Are you still
there?' This was the last straw upon
the rain drenchcd back of the sufferer.
ooh, go to blazcs" came the angry reply
and with it a piece of mortar that ratified
| In the CRATE You're BEAST People.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25

A great many people suffer from indi-
gestion, women in particular. and the
cause of their sufferings is in FIVE cases
out of seven lack of fresh air, Fresh air
purities the blood, stimulates circulation
aud prevents Indigestion. A large NUM-
Der of sufferers work in badly ventilated
rooms or stores or in stuffy Offices. They
sleep in equally badly ventilated rooms.
and they seldom think of a cold sponge
ha tn in the morning, yet the cure for all
their suffering is with themselves.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25
The Sponge and Its Uses.

Two little girls with snub noses and
public school voices stood in front Of the
window of Third avenue drug store
yesterday afternoon.
'My" said one. Look at the sponges.
Most n thousand Of 'em. What dyer
s'pose they use 'em all for? ! didn't
think they was so many states in the
world" The other little girl looked at
her companion with whitening scorn.
Don't yer know" she shifted con-
temptuously, that windows has to be
washed Y'-New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25
THE EMPTY NESTS.
HOMES AT WHOSE DOORS LOVE AND
DEATH HAVE KNOCKED.

Mother KneeIs Regretfully In Jacks
Room, Where jack IL Not, but What
Would You Hayef-A New book
Opens as the Old One Closes, and
Life Goes On.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25

Fond Mother-John, do look at that
child. He has your watch in his mouth
and will swallow it.
John (who is bachelor brother-in-law
and very fond of babies)-Oh, don't be
the least alarmed. l have got hold Of the
chain. 1t can't go far.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25
Neither Caught On,

Pat-Are you good at arithmetic, Mike?
Mike-I am.
Pat-Well, IL you had 10 shillings and
l asked you for the lend of five, how
much would you have left?
Mike (strongly)-Ten shillings.
Pat-Ah, you don't seem to ketch on to
my idea.
Mke-No, and you don't seem to ketch
on to my 8 shillings. Answers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25
The Inyention of spectncIe..

The honor and credit of pointing out
the benefit of glasses to aid defective vi
sion belongs to Roger Bacon, who lived
from 1914 to 1892. Spectacles were ac-
tualy invented in the year 1880, the man
who conferred this great blessing on suf-
fering humanity being Alexander Bpinia,
a monk of Pisa, who died in 1913.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25
Gagged WILD ANIMALS
THE BEAST THAT SPRINGS is THE
ONE TRAINERS FEAR.

Inexperiencc and CareIessness Are
the Greatest Factors In Accidents.
A Trainers Experience With an
Excited Lion.
A famous wild animal trainer, who by
virtue of many years experience in ham
ding wild animals has come to be sort
Of adviser and coach of animal trainers,
says that in very large percentage Of
cases injuries suffered from trained ami
mails are the fault of the trainer.
.Inexperience and earelessness are the
great factors in accidents of this kind"
says the trainer. 1.-THE average young
trainer is too likely to forget that every
bne of the big eats has five mouths, as
one may say-one in his head and four
more at the ends of his paws-and each of
those mouths is capable OF inflicting ter
rible injury. However, we do not place
an animal in the list Of bad animals un-
less he makes a direct and full attack
Striking at the trainer with the paws
amounts to little; it may be even acct
dental. 1t is the spring that counts.
Every trainer expects to be elawed
somewhat. 1t may lay him up for awhile,
but he doesn't lay it up against the
beasts. The trainers own arms, legs,
breast and back are deliberately tattooed
with testimonials from his feline friends
of past years. But the beast that springs
must be beaten into submission, or the
trainer must escape from the cage as
soon as possible. Ii the animal really
means business, 1t Is the mans part to
get out, for no man can stand against the
strength of a lion or tiger or the wonder
full agility of leopard.
THE best defense against charging
lion or tiger If one has only club is to
strike the animal on the nose, hitting up
from under, but this Is by no means an
easy thing to do, as the creature will
dodge and block with a degree of skill
that would do credit to champion of
the ring. Meantime however, the man
can have been edging into a position
favorable to escape. The felines jump
for the throat, and an agile man II he
sees that the animal is going to leap can
avoid the onset and get in blow that
may send his assailant cringing to the
other end of the cage.
mo man who is not agile has any bust
ness with these brutes. If Knocked down,
the mans only chance is to struggle to
the bars and raise himself, for on his
feet he has Il chance OF controlling the
animals;. down, he is completely at their
mercy, and they have no fear or respect
for him. The minute his body touches
the floor he ceases to be the master.
"a number of bad accidents that have
come under my notice have been ascriba-
BILE to drunkenness on the part Of the vic
Tins. a half drunken fellow goes into
the cage with desire to show off his
mastery over the animals and, cursing
and swearing at them, puts them through
their PAGES without let up. Every ami
NAL knows when he is being overworked,
and there is nothing he resents more bit
terly. The animals endure being put
upon for a time; then the first thing the
trainer knows one of them has him
pinned, and if he gets out alive 1t Is
more than he deserves.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-09-25

had nestful once of my own.
All, happy, happy |!
Right dearly l loved them, but when they
varp grown
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
CURRENT SPORTS Talk
Americas Cup to Remain in This
Country Another Year---The
Trials.
-------
spor,smen Getting Ready for the
Annual Quail Shooting.
Birds Plentiful.
A Marshalltown Mare in the Fall
Racing Circuit Does Well..-
Iowa Football.

The American cup, which was won
for the first time on Aug. %, 1851, wnen
the America beat the AURORA, and mas
been the property of the New York
Yacht Club ever since. is TO remain for
at least another twelve months i'll this
country. What has proved to be the
most magnificent exhibition of seaman
ship ever witnessed in American waters
curing the half century of trials was
completed yesterday afternoon, when
the Columbia beat Sir Thomas Lipton's
Shamrock III. in three straight trials off
Sandy Hook. The races have all been
close, the first being by thirty-seven
seconds, the second three minutes and
thirty-nine seconds and the third and
last by forty-one seconds, and those
forty-one seconds gained only by the
time allowance gained by the handicap
OF forty-three seconds given the Ameri-
can boat. Altho there has been ma
tional pride felt universally over the VIC
tory of the Columbia, one can not help
but express a little sympathy for the
loser-Sir Thomas-for O truer or more
gentlemanly sportsman never had any
dealings with American people than he.
American people quite generally would
have liked to have seen him win at least
one or two OF the races and many more
would not have shed tears had he cap
tured the cup. but instead would have
cried Bravo" for many have felt that
IL the cup ever went anywhere out of
American waters there was no one
whom they would rather see get 1t than
Sir Thomas Upton. What will now be
the result is hard to forecast. Sir Thorn
as will still insist undoubtedly, that he
has the better boat, and its designer,
Watson. claims that he can do no better
in building another, having spent five
years on this challenger. To bring the
rev boat across the water and then
Rave it worsted by "second-land
boat" makes the defeat even harder to-
boar AS yachting is expersive. it may
tie that this will be the last of the cup
racing for years. but Sir Thomas is
game to the last and the word fail isn't
in his vocabulary. 1t is now up to the
Canadian syndicate to try for the cup.
the intentions of a number Of Toronto
gentlemen having been announced sew
eral weeks ago that IL the Shamrock
failed they would build a boat to COM
pete as n challenger. There is ore thing
that the American people would like to
gee now and that is for the crews of the
two boats to be changed, and Skipper
Bnrr, of the Columbia. be placed in1
charge OF the Shamrock. Many think
that with this the circumstance the
Shamrock could outsail the Columbia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
LIVESTOCK REVIEW.
Cattle Supply Large for Saturday
Prices Unclaimed.

Cattle Supply Large for Saturday
Prices Unchanged.
Chicago, Oct. 5.-Cattle-The supply
was large for Saturday, receipts being
estimated at 900. They were mostly of
common quality and sold at a low range
of prices. About 70,555 We're marketed
here this week against 7S,90S last week.
Choice cattle are selling at the highest
prices of the year. but Mondays adj
vance in other descriptions was lost, and
the lowest grades made new record
for low prices, a sale yesterday being
made of Nebraska steers averaging
1852 pounds at $685.
Hogs-Today's receipts We're estimat-
ed at 1900. making a total receipts for
the week of 10000 compared with 1885,
1926 last week. Prices We're steady this
morning except for heavy packing
droves, which sold slowly at decline
of about cents.
Sheep-Receipts today were estimated
at $500, making total receipts for the
week of 1l1.T69, which breaks all rec
ords. Today's light supply was closed
out at unchanged prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
IOWA NEWS ITEMS
Havelocx.

Havelock.
The Baptists church is again without
pastor. Rev. Smith having returned
to Chicago to continue his studies.
Tama.
Miss lessen, OF Dysart. was adjadged
insane by the Commissioners. Monday.
and taken to the asylum at Indepen-
dence.
Woodbine.
The basement to the new Odd Fell
lows building is nearly completed and
the brick work will be finished as soon
as possible.
Grand Junction.
The creamery is to be located on the
old creamery site. and the building
will. be 90 by A and the work will COM
mence at once.
keokuk.
The annual reunion of the Seven
tenth Iowa Infantry closed Thursday
night at Schouten's hall. Captain Spiel
man. the outgoing president, presided
and Installed the following officers OF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
IRl[|E VOLUME LARGE
Speculative Markets Quiet But
the Distributive Trade Is
Very Active.
The Volume Of Business Very
Satisfactory to the Jobbing
Houses.
Condition Of Cotton Lowest in
Many Years-.-Ilie Trade
Reviews.

New York, Oct. 5.-Bradstreet's Re
view of Trade today says:
While speculative markets, except for
cotton. show reactionary tendencies.
general distributive trade and industry
are active and heavy volume of bust.
ness is going forward All obtainable
measure of production and movement
for the nine months of the year testify
excess of previous years, earnings con-
tinue favorable and talk of scarcity of
cars for different sections of the country
is heard. Failures are more numerous
than last year. but fewer than in recent
~ preceding years and, while the LA
bilities have expanded, this has been
due mainly to few large financial sus-
pensions before reported, because cur
rent failures and liabilities are not as
heavy as earlier in the year.
The cereals are generally weak and
lower in all markets. Large receipts.
liquidation by tired longs and unsatis-
factory cable advices have weakened
wheat Slightly. Export trade, however,
fails to be greatly stimulated.
Corn has weakened slightly on i'm
proved outside buying to keep prices up
to the professional liquidation and pool
exports inquiry. Western shipments are
heavy.
The feature of the week in cotton was
the publication of Thursday of the gov
eminent crop report showing the lowest
condition with one exception in eighteen
years. Coming at time when all the
unfavorable features, such as small for
eign buying and the threatened strike at
Fall River has been discounted, the
market quickly responded in q quarter
cent in futures and one-eighth Of a cent
for the spots.
Print cloths have been firm with little
doing at the recent advances. Staple
eottons have been rather quiet as re-
CARDS new demand. but jobbers report
q good business in prints, which are
rather scarce. and leading manufacture
ers of ginghams are heavily sold ahead.
New business in wooden goods is quiet,
but the mills are busy on winter-wear
orders and large volume of their
spring output has been booked. Wool is.
steady, former prices are insisted upon
and consumption is heavy. Demand
for boots and shoes is active.
Iron trade reports are the best of the
year. Foundry and Bessemer pig iron
are very active at Chicago and Pitts
burg. Finished structural mills are two
or three months behind on orders and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05

association who We're elected in the af-
| ternoon H NJ. Kenderdine, Elwood
| Kan. president; Web. NJ. PiXley, Fair
| field, fret vice president; w. ID. Had
ock, Eldon, Iowa. third vice president,
and w. H. Allen. Knoxville, secretary.
Ackley.
The Phonograph has for two years
been under the editorship of Harry Il.
Purcell, who. i'll announcing the ami
versary event, states that the paper is
on a stronger basis than ever before. 1t
is we'll edited and merits paying sup
port.
Ogden.
Several car loads of potatoes have
been received in Ogden this week and
sold to the retailers at about one dollar
per bushel. The Reporter thinks that
when the fall crop begins to be harvest
ed potatoes will probably sell at 10 cents
and dollar a bushel here.
Hampton.
The Chronicle reports that the man
ayers of the Franklin county fair are
quite well satisfied with the results.
considering the weather All premiums
will be paid in full. and after all other
expenses are paid the society will have
come out about even. The weather of
course, was disappointment as the
fair had to be extended another day,
and by putting two days program into
three days it divided the attractions
up so that neither day was what the
society had hoped to make it.
Council Bluffs.
Margaret Baxter, of Panama, Shelby
county, has filed a petition in the dis,
trict court in this city asking for a di-!
vorce from her husband. George Baxter.
of Media, who she charges with cruel
and inhuman treatment. She alleges
in her petition that at several times
Baxter has beaten, bruised and wounded
her and threatened to shoot and kill
her. Besides the divorce she asks the
custody of their five children, ranging
in ages from to 16 years. and $500
aiimony.
iindianoIa.
Il. w. Hartman showed the Herald
a sample of home grown peaches. al
most as large as an orange, and from
one tree he picked two bushels. They
were the finest home grown peaches
the Herald has seen. 9 -. Miss Zoe
Tansey, formerly a student in the mus
ical department at Simpson college. but
who has been teaching for the past few
months at Runnells. Iowa, returned to.
her home in this city on last Monday.
1t is learned that she has given up her
work at Runnells and will leave here to
accept a position as vocal Instructor in
the Central College at Pella, under
Professor George F. Sadler, musical di-
rector. Miss Tansey is we'll known in
the musical circles of this city.
Keokuk.
A fatal accident occurred about 81
o'clock Thursday morning at the foot of
the Anschutz hill, in which young and
stalwart farmer met almost instant
death. The victim was Fred Carpenter.
the 22-year-oid son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Carpenter, who reside uponsa
farm near Sandusky. Young Carpenter,
was on his way to Keokuk with load
of wood and was accompanied by boy
ramed Herbert Collins. The accident
while the young man was fix
ing the harness. In some slnexplainable
manner he lost his footing and the
wheels, given a start ran over the
breast and region of his heart, killing
him instantly. Carpenters remains were
taken to his home at San
dusky. He is survived bysa sorrowipgd
family ~ ID
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05

I.1ail orders already booked insure activ-
ity far into next year. Among the other
metals. tin, affected by the statistical.
position, broke early in the week, but
frmed up without, however, regaining
the loss of about half q cent a pound.
Wheat, including -four, exports for the.
week aggregate 6,195. 749 bushels as
against 6,4T0,352 last week and 459, 1877
in this week last year. Wheat exports
from july 1 to date fourteen weeks
aggregate s4,sis,S20 bushels as against
&c, 165.359 last season. Corn exports ag-
gregate 907,374 bushels as against 595, 100
last week and 2364. 249 last year. July .
tc date. corn exports are 1885. 1884 bush
els as against AZ, 106,S96 last season.
Failures for the week number ITO as
against 1877 last week and 177 in TINS
week a year ago. {, 4
Dun's Review.
New York, Oct. 5.-R. g. Dun & Cos
Review says:
Trade channels are remarkably free
from obstruction, altho the movement
of goods at some points is checked by :
insufficient transportation facilities.
This is a tribute to the unusually heavy
nftely by railway earnings in Septen1-
Der, 90 per cent larger than last year
and 1871 per cent above those Of 1888.
Manufacturing is of such vigor that
few wheels are idle and further wage
agreements have reduced the number
of strikers to minimum. Mild wealth b
er, yacht races and other temporary, In
fiuences curtailed the volume Of retail
col, jrnI1 s.ar
wholesale concerns are preparing for
exceptional transactions. Foreign
trade is also heavy.
Contracts to an enormous quantity
of steel rails, deliverable next year at
current quotations, indicate the gem
eral confidence in the stability of prices
and the expansion of every facilittes
required to meet the growing needs a.
the country. Finished steel and pig
iron sales are of satisfactory volume.
Steadfnes is still the feature in tex
tile markets. here was a tendency to
hold back the placing of new business
particularly in>the cotton goods diyis-i
ion This was attributed to expectal
ton of changes in the price OF raw ma
terial. Recently advanced quotations.
are held and exporters for China are
ton asked. New orders for woo1enn
are slow, but the buyers complain Of
delivery on old contracts. Wool comes s
forward freely and supplies are ample.
Supplementary orders for winter foot-
wear made the situation rather more
satisfactory than producers antici-
pated, while jobbers are unable to SCI
cure goods to fill orders. Hides were
violently advanced to the highest prices
of the year. 4.
High Praise.-tOh, Mr.. Longair!@ s.
claimed Miss Gushington. there one
thing do so admire about your draw
ings in the papers #
Indeed 2" replied the young artist.
much pleased, and that IS r. ' "a q
your signature. I think It's just TOP 1
cute s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
CHICAGO Livestock,

Chicago, Oct. D.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today
500; steady: good to prime, 6.15@650
poor to medium. 3.5o@5.90; cows, 1.25@
Ago; Texans. 2.9o@s.so; stockers. 2.2S@
400.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today
$4,000: steady: heavy 6.60Q6.S5; light
e.5O@6.65; mixed, 6.35@6.70.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today
$500; steady; s.ooa3.75; lambs, weak;
a.50@4T5.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05

clover-s.75.
Buster-steady; creameries. 14@s1's;
diaries. 11@19.
Eggs Steady; II.
Iced Poultry Easy; turkeys, sds;
chickens, sos.
LlEsTock REVIEW.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
The Money Market.

New York. Oct. 5.-Money was steady
at per cent; prime mercantile. 41s1o1s
per cent; sterling was nominal at 4.S51s
@4.S5ss for demand and 4.ssss for sixty
days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05

New York Exchange.
Chicago, Oct. 5.-New York exchange
was at 20 cents discount.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, Oct. 5.
wheat-Dull; spot IS 6i4d; Decem-
Der, 4lad; March, 7Ad.
orn-Quiet; spot. As lid: October
10Ad; November and December, 1ossd
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05

nv, fcIlov,rr market letter IL furnished
Tie Times-Republicnn by Martin s Slack
nen,ters q tie Chicago Board 81 Trade
thru A. II Bryant. local manager.l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-05
Minneapolis Grain.

wheat--,,ash, 81: December, 6eA;
No. / northern, 81; No. 2 northern, 6412.
May, 69ss. On track-No. hard, 3d.;