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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
A PEsTIFERous GERM.
Burrows Up the Scalp Into Dandruff
and Sans the Hairs Vitality.

BurroWs Up tho scalp INTO Uahururi
and Saps the Hairs Vitality.
People who complain of falling hair
as rule do not know that 1t is the re-
suit of dandruff, which is caused by a
pestiferous parasite burrowing up the
scalp as it digs down to the sheath in
which the hair is fed in the escalp
Before long the hair root is shriveled
up and the hair drops out If the work
of the germ is not destroyed hair keeps
thinning until badness comes. The
only way to cure dandruff is to kill the
germ, and until now there has been no
hair preparation that would do it; but
today dandruff is easily eradicated by
Newbro's Herpicide, which makes hair
glossy and as soft as silk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
only Two Classes.

Stenographer-Do you write dear
madam" at the beginning Of letter to
IN unmarried woman7
Employer-Yes: at the beginning Of a
letter to any woman. whether she is
married or just wants to be.-Somer-
Vile Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
This is the Date-January 6, 1902.

On which thru passenger service to
Florida will be established from Chi
cago via Pennsylvania lines. Draw
ing room sleeping car will leave Chi
cago union station at IL o'clock noon
every week day, taking passengers thru
to Jacksonville and ST. Augustine Fol-
particulars apply to III. r. Dering, A. G
p. Agt,, 24S South Clark street, Chi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
Uncle Eben,s Advice.

"Don' stop to tell bout de chance yoh
missed las year." said Uncle Eben.
"Keep yoh eyes open an ten to busl-
ness or mebbe yoh'll be dom de same
mex year. Washington Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
lodne Elections.

At the last regular meeting Of r. NJ
Thomas w R. c. the following officers
were elected:
President-Mra Louisa Johnston.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16
TIE SANTA C[AUS MAIL
Little Tots Write to Santa Claus
and Tell Him OF Their Many
Wants.
A Livery Barn. a Hack. a Gun,
Razor and Gold Watch
Wanted by One.
Little Willard Hull, Aged IL and
Six Feet Tall. Wants
Drum.

SO far no. very many children in Mar
shalltown have written to Santa Claus
thru the Times Republican, and IL the
others don't hurry up the little man will
rot have to carry a very big load OF toys
when he cores driving along with his
team OF RENDERS. However few little
folks don't want Santa to forget them
| and their letters, which reached the
es-RepIblican in their own hand
writing, make very interesting reading
Old Santa will laugh till his sides ache
when he reads them.
Bernice Schlck, 7-year-old living on
North Third avenue, writes:
Dear Old Mr.. Santa Claus | want
nice new pair of skats and some hand
kerchief and a nice new pony and
| sleigh too.
/ want some candy toe. 1 want some
nice new dresses for my dolls too and
! some hood too, and some nice new coats
too Bernice Schick.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H e. Boardman's lit
tie Bonnie writes:
dere Santa Clas l would like littel
doll, little doll dresser. Box OF cadey
My Bruther is to little to write And So
I am going to write for him he wants
a horn and hors and Bulge. and box
of cardy. Bonnie Bell Bordman, 400 st.
Main street.
Little Dorothea Smith, daughter of Il.
w. Smith, travelling man residing at
io4 South Third avenue. is very explicit
in her message to Santa Claus She
says:
Santa Claus, Dear friend drop a few
lines to let you know what want a doll
a little piano black board a pair of
skates. Dorothea Smith.
p. S. be sure and delivery very early
Xmas morning.
Hamlin b. Miler's 7-year-old writes:
Dear Santa Claus my name is How
ard Miller live at 112 North fifth street
Marshalltown, Iowa. I am seven years
old my birth day is Oct. ], 1901 will
have christmas tree and would like
to have you put something en- 1t. want
cany nuts and some skates nomber
year old size will fit me.
from Howard Miller
Robert Moscrip, aged 4, telephoned his
message to Santa Claus. He wants
drum, anu SOHie lux III StiSAs-' q ~niius
cane, some candy and some nuts.
From Gilman Winfred Beale and his
sister Marie write to indicate what
job Santa Claus at the Beale home has
on his hands.
My Dear Santa Claus
/ want pair Of skates
want tool chest
want a gold watch
I want stove
I want livebarn
I want air rifle
I want some be be shots
/ want a drum
I want writing desk
/ want hack
/ want pearl knife
I want Ratchet
/ want a storie book
want some games
I want pair of mittens
/ want foot ball
I want resor
I want hunting coat
Winfred Beale seven year
old boy.
49,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-16

His sister, aged nine, writes;
Dear Santa Claus
want a doll that open and shut 1t
eyes and doll cab. want some dish
es and want tub and wash board
and a ringer and q bench. / want a
gold watch / want gold ring. want
a table for my dishes. / want some
games. I want some clothes for my
doll and want pair of blue shoes and
stockings for my doll. want pair
that I can cook on. I want a writing
desk. l am nine years old. Marie
Beale.
The letter that ticlxled Santa Claus
most to death was the following from
Willard Hull. Willard is a little fellow
only seventeen years old, not much over
six feet tall and a valiant foot ball
player as well as a prime favorite with
the high school girls. His letter is as
follows altho Santa Claus knew that
some one else had written the letter
for the little man and probably without
his consent.
Dear SANITY
Papa told me to right a letter to you
and he would send it to you by the t.
r. I would like to have a sled and
a little drum and a box of blocks and
tin horn and some candy and to-
begin cap. 1 will be happy If / get
these for Christmas. Wishing you a
merry Christmas I am your friend
Willard Hull, 4OS w. State ST.
The genial likes boy Roland has evil
IDENTIFY heard his father talking around
the house for he writes as follows;
Dear Santa
/ see that Mr.. Norris says in his
paper that you take the T.-R. I put
La letter down by the CRATE and it was
gone l don't know If you took it or
not so here is one. l wish a gun, sled,
book. You can pick out the rest of the
things.
While. you are out don't forget to
think Of the poor children.
hope it is good weather for sleigh
inb so you can come with reindeer and
sleigh. 1t don't seem like Christmas
of you come on bycicle or an auto
mobile. j am you little friend, Roland
Root Speers
Mr. and Mrs. d. II. Gross daughter
writes;
Dear Santa Claus.
/ want a magic lantern and school
book and l want one of those scale
things and a doll sewing machine.
Louis Gross.
On Wednesday or Thursday of this
week we hope to publish some more
letters for Santa Claus to read. He is
interested and is getting ready his
pack.
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
An object Lesson ON Faith.

There was g man in Albion, Michigan
recently, who believed that faith was
omnipotent. 1t is appropriate TO use
the past tense in this connection, be-
cause the man does not live there now.
He passed out" in the language of the
cult. some days ago, as the result of an
experiment.
From his point of view the expert
ment was perfectly rational. He had
acquired faith so strong that he be-
lieved implicitly in the promise of Paul,
so generally ignored by the average he
lever in Christian Science, If they
drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt
them" For some reason or other. the
faith which is proof against microbes
and broken bones seems shy of poisons.
If about fifty Christian Scientists were
full view of an audience in Madison
Square Garden. or some similar place
in the presence of reputable physicians
and druggists who could testify that
the drugs were genuine, it would prob
ably result in either a great increase in
the number of believers or total col
lapse of the movement.
This man. however, believed in the
harnlessness Of poisons firmly enough
TO illustrate his belief, and he took
twenty-four grains of morphine. The
result vas encouraging. His stomach
had rejected the dose and he still lived.
This thing, however, has been known
to happen in other cases. If the NOR
phine had staid in his system and done
him no harm the miracle would indeed
have been a powerful one.
The result of the experiment encOur-
aged him So much that he announced
that he was also proof against bullets.
He bought d revolver, went out in the
front yard. placed the weapon with the
muzzle against his temple, and shot
himself At last accounts the victim
still believed himself dead.
This event loses some of it's sadness
when we reflect that If this man had
rested content with his morphine ex-
pertinent he would probably have made
some proselytes, and If IT had become
fashionable among the credulous peo-
pie in that neiGhborhood to take
strychnine, paris green, and prussic
acid, the result would probably have
been several deaths instead of one. As
Il is. the progress OF that variety of
faith in that particular community has
probably been checked.
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
Mortgaged Nations.

In the July number of "Gunton's
Magazine" appears an interesting ar
ticle by George E. Walsh. on the sub
tect of "Mortgaged Nations" In this
article the writer points out that China
Persia. Portugal Turkey, and various
South American countries are so heav-
lily indebted to Europe as virtually to
be in pawn and unable to make an in
dependent move Of any consequence.
With reference to several of the ma
tions mentioned, this is true, and in It
self it may not be a bad thing for the
world that such condition exists. 1t
is not easy to see any independent move
that China, Persia, or Turkey is likely
to inaugurate that promises much ben
eft TO the civilized portion Of mankind.
Those countries viii never progress Of
their own independent motion. What
we call the progress Of the world" they
regard as merely n multitude of bar
barous and hideous Innovations They
take this position because the masses
of their people know nothing and care
nothing about progress, while the priv
ileged classes and rulers see In it 10th
ing but a curtailment of their own
privileges.
The most serious feature of the situa-
ton created by this mortgagiDg process
is found In the antagonisms and rival
ries engendered among the European
nations themselves There is at this
time scarcely a single question of in
ternal national policy that is likely to
embroil any European State In war
The dangers all. or nearly all. lie in
questions that are external-which per-
tain to rights and interests that have
been acquired or claimed far away
from home and within the geographical
boundaries of other countries. Ques-
tons of territorial ownership on their
own borders may lead to hostilities be-
tween Germany and France and be-
tween Italy and Austro- Hungary. but
the great issues which threaten the
peace Of Europe are to be found in
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
PERSONAL.

Governor Orman, of Colorado, is n ma
tive of Muscatine. Iowa. and went to Col
orado as a poor boy in 1869, getting work
as railroad laborer. He rose in the
business and has been connected with it
for thirty years.
The old Patterson home on Patterson
Street, in Lexington. Ky. is to be re-
moved to Dayton. Ohio, by Thomas H.
Patterson, grandson of the founder of
Lexington. The home is one of the his
toric spots which made the Kentucky
town famous.
Luke Fields r. A, who has been hon
ored by the command to paint the official
portrait of King Edward, has latterly
painted many portraits. His best-known
pictures are perhaps THE Village We'd
ding and The Doctor
Lord Lamington, who has been chosen
as the new Governor of Ceylon, gets the
blue ribbon of British colonial appoint
ments. The duties are light, the salary
is large, and there is a capital residence.
Rev. Mr. Pearson, who holds the office
of sheriff of Cumberland County port
land), Maine, says that since he began his
vigorous enforcement of the State pro-
hibitive law he has been offered at least
SIuDO 900 in bribeS. These were all tender
cd in the vain hope that he would ''let
up
Surgeon Kinyoun, recently of San Fran
cisco and now in charge of the marine
hospital at Detroit. has been detailed to
visit Japan and China to inspect the work
of the Marine Hospital Service with spec
iaI reference to the plague. DIR. Kinyoun
was one of the Marine Hospital experts
who was abused by San Franciscans for
saying there were plague cases in Chi
natown.'
The Rev. A. A. James has just preached
his fiftieth anniversary sermon at the
Fair Forest Presbyterian Church. in I'm
ion County, S. G. People gathered from
three counties for the occasion. The
church was first built of big logs in the
days when there were many Indians in
that region--I75i- In 1919 a brick edifice
was erected.
Mayor A A. Ames, of Minneapolis, an
nounces himself as a candidate for Con-
gress on the Republican ticket as sue
cessCr to Loren Fletcher. The latter
however, has not announced his inten-
tion of retiring.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie is a very plain.
practical woman. who buys carefully
Thus. while her gowns are fashiona BILE
she wastes no part of her money on Paris
dressmakers.
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
ArfificIuI Cnnlness

1t has been suggested that it ought to
be as easy to make clubs, hotels, and
business offices cool in summer as TO
freeze pork and beef at the same sea
son by artificial means, and that in the
future as much attention will be given
to cooling as to warming the dwelling
of the civilized human being. The
New York Herald" ventures to state
that hundred years hence it viii prob
ably be Il matter of surprise that the
American of the nineteenth century did
not attend to this.
There is, however. some reason to
doubt the desirability of such an inno-
vation. Anyone who has gone into
cold storage warehouse. cellar, or some
other place artificially cooled on a
broiling July day, has probably been
conscious of a feeling of uneasiness
which is not present on entering
warm room in December. There seems
to be an instructive perception that it is
not altogether safe to try to secure ar
tifcial coolness beyond a ceiSain point.
The heat of summer undoubtedly has
a beneficial effect on the human frame,
when there is no over-exertion or rash
exposure to complicate matters. The
person who attempts to go through the
summer with the same habits and
clothing to which he is accustomed in
winter and spring is foolish. 1t was not
intended that he should do anything of
the kind. The wise course is rather to
abstain from violent exertion when not
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
The Change of inauguration Day,

The New York Tribune" puts in Il
strong and earnest plea for change of
the inaugural date from March to
about April 30. 1t is a pleasure to note
this, and The Times earnestly hopes
that the press Of the entire country will
take up the matter, and push it vigor-
ously until the proposed change is
| made. AS the Tribune suggests,
there is everything to gain and nothing
to lose by il. People living elsewhere
and who are not in the habit of attend
ing Presidential inaugurations may
not appreciate the reasons for the
change, but they at least should not OBJ
ject, ana it is not likely that many will.
The inaugural ceremonies are essen
TALLY out-of-door exercises, and the
fourth day of March is a date when we
may fairly and reasonably expect some
of the worst weather of the entire year.
Not only may we expect it, but we fire.
quently get it in the fullest measure. 1t
is not a pleasant spectacle to see the
President-eleet standing bare headed in
a driving snowstorm or a beating rain
while delivering his address But if it
were merely question of his personal
comfort the matter might be arranged.
There IS, however, no way of taking
care of the marching columns and the
hundred thousand spectators who line
the streets or pack the open space on
the east front of the Capitol.
The pageant OF inducing into office
the Chief Magistrate of the greatest
nation on earth should, if possible. be
accompanied by every beautiful adjunct
that nature can furnish. on or about
April 90 Washington is one of the love-
liest spots Imaginable, with its green
leaves and bright flowers, with its trees
and shrubbery just putting forth their
foliage in freshness and vigor.
Bat, after all, these are minor points.
People will attend the inaugurals no
matter what the weather may be. and
every stormy Inauguration measures its
victims by the score, if not by the hun
dred. a bleak and stormy Inauguration
day is as destructive Of human life as
is a good sized modern battle Every
| old resident OF Washington can testify
TO this fact, and If for no other reason
the date should be changed as meas
ure for The protection Of the lives and
the health of those who attend.
The objections, such as that it will
pr0long the Presidential term. and ex-
tend the short session of Congress n few
weeks. are utterly trivial, and ought not
to be given q feathers weight against
| the considerations TO oe urged in favor
of the change. Let-the District Com
mittee continue its efforts TO secure the
desired legislation. and let every Wash
ingtonian aid in any manner that he
can With earnest work it can be ac-
compiishcd, and when 1t is done the
whole country should rejoice. 1t will
help Washington immensely, add 20 the
beauty and iinpressiyeness Of the cere-
Inony itself, operate to the comfort of
all who attend or take part, save in the
aggregate many thousands OF lives. and
do no possible harm anywhere.
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
what Docs Chadwick Know,

Admiral Sampscns faithful friend
and pet captain, Chadwick, is reported
as saying that he has important testi-
mony to give against Admiral Schley
before the investigating board. Judging
from his past expressions. we have no
reason to doubt that this ''courtly' and
fair minded" naval officer will rather
the fair fame Of the man whom the
whole world, outside of a small sized
American naval clique halls as the real
victor OF Santiago.
At the same time we find ourselves
unconsciously wondering what Chad
wick knows about the matter anyway
He was not at Cienfuegos while Schley
was there: he was not at Santiago in
the preliminary stages of the naval op-
erations at that point; he was not near
enough to the battle with Cervera's
ships to know anything about the IA
nous loop" or any other point con-
nected with the engagement. Chad
wick was both figuratively and literally
in the same boat with Sampson, and
both were far enough from the scene
of action not only to be secure In their
persons, but blissfuily ignorant of what
was going on beyond the simple fact
that a battle was being fought in their
absence.
But we need not stop here with Cap
tain Chadwick. If. with a piercing and
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
An ACCOMMODATING SULTAN.

Obviously the War Department will be
reprehensively neglectful of diplomatic
form if it fails to take official notice of
the courtesy paid by the Sultan of Jcio
to Adjutant General Corbin The Sultan
at the time of General Corbin's arrival
was engaged in conducting a battle fif-
teen miles away. y less courteous mon
arch would have continued the battle to
conclusion, sending word to any poss-
BILE guests that he was too busy to ell
tertain. The Sultan. however. stopped the
battle off-hand. left the enemy, ana went
to meet his visitor. Apparently. Jolo is
the only country wherein warning gen.
erals ask and receive permission to inter-
rupt a battle for a few moments while
they make Il call or perform some other
pleasant social duty But even II the
Jolo code makes these little amenities
easy the action Of the Sultan is none the
less COMPILING ntary. He evidently pre-
ferred seeing General Corbin to sighting.
and for an inh;;bitant of Jelo this means
a great deal An accommodating SEitan
who is willing to suspend u battle OF or
der one up for the benefit Of e represen-
tative of our Government evidently is
entitled to special recognition.-Chicago
NpNyS
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
TRYING THE WRONG MAN.

Ihe country is soon to witness the un-
precedented spectacle of a naval officer,
successful in one of the greatest of sea
nights. on trial for various alleged failures
to perform his duty
Aside from the fact that one nlaneuvre
of the Brooklyn at Santiago has been tech
nically criticised there is no respectable
charge In any quarter that Admiral
Schley failed in that memorable engage
ment to do all that was expected of him.
He was at the post of duty when the
emergency presented itself, ne and his
ship We're in the thickest of the fight from
the beginning to the end, and so sweep
Ing was the victory that not a ship and
not a-man of the enemy escaped.
This is the officer who, to defend himself
from the slanderers of the department,
has been compelled to demand an enquiry
in which he is practically placed On the
defensive as culprit might be.
Concerning their conduct before and
after the Battle of Santiago there are
many more reasons why Secretary Long
and Admiral Sampson should be on trial
than that Admiral Schlsy should be. He
did the business. What did they do?
Under ordinary circumstances a conf
mander-in-chief who absents himself at
the time of great and critical engage
meut is called TO account. Where was
Admiral Sampson and what was he doing
when the Battle of Santiago was fought?
Was he making excuses to General
Shafter for his failure to cooperate with
the land forces OF the United States?
II is clear enough that there ought to be
not only naval courts of enquiry. but Con-
gressional committees of investigation
clear that the wrong man is on trial
nOW-C 'hica 20 Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1901-08-07
WANTED, AN EDITOR.

That correspondence between Rear Ad-
miral Kimberly and the Acting Secretary
of the Navy, Mr.. Haclxett. would have
been the better for a little editing before
it was given out. Neither OF them prov
ed his literary skill by saving exactly
what he intended to say. How easy. for
instance would it have been to improve
the adnlirals Standardization to my
modification. this is the first department
order that l am unable to honor during
. naval life OF tifty-hVe years. Literally
Interpreted, that expresses regret that
the writer's inability to honor department
orders had not developed earlier ana Of
tener-which. of course, was not his idea.
And Secretary Hackett says: Permit me
to express the hope that your health Will
continue To improve so that in future.
should a less arduous duty be required of
you. you may be fully able TO respond
Now, really, that wasn't II tactful way
of putting it, and the reference TO "a
less arduous'' duty might well have been
eIided-Ncw York Times.