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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-22
EXPLOSION KILLS MANY
Fourteen Persons Burned to
Death or sufiocated in
New York Fire.
People Compelled to Jump From
the Windows by Rapid
Spread OF Fire.
A Tornado in Nebraska Kills
Whole Family--Other
Casualties.

New York. June 22-Fourteen peo-
pie are believed to have been Killed
and il number injured Yesterday as the
result OF fire following an explosion
among a quantity of fireworks iii the
store Of Abraham NJ Rittenbers. at
Paterson. y. j. The store was on the
ground floor Of tenement building.
The cause OF the explosion is not
known and The property loss Will not
exceed $4,000
List of Dead. Missing and Wounded.
The dead are: Mrs Lucinda Adam-
scn. Mrs Charles Williams burned
irving to save her liuShalltl. Charles
William Il cripple. Harold Rittenborg
rs months old and Henry ElsasSer
f1ahg1. Those missing and almost Ger.
talnly dead are: Mrs. Ber, Bantbcrg.
Charles Ranterg & months child of
foresoin-l Mrs Andrew Eivin. Mrs.
Mary lsisassrr .goseill Elvin baby OF
Mrs andrew flvil. Mrs - Burns,
Clarence Burns e. yeai9old son of fore
go.let Mrs 3Nnn lfentemaln and Mrs
Annie I.anlligan
The injured are: Mr.. j. Jessllp
bruised and l'm'nod; Mrs ]. .IeSSnp,
bruised ard burned; L Hamburger.
lte3d AVID faee burned; George Sober
head seNeiNy cut: Nicholas Ilillnan
cut on head Fireman Edward ). Ling,
land injured by failing wall: Mr.. and
Mrs .Ioh,l McGione. bnrnod about face
and body. nolnber of people re-
ceiyeil minor injuries. but went to
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The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14

mot known. He left. none -. behind
whom he cared to inform.
Mollie graduated and temporarily
hung out her shingle in her native
town, an unwEse timing to do always.
People who had known her always as
sweet little Mellie" couldn't speak
OF her as "Dr. Mollie'' without laugh
ing.
SO she arose and went out to the Mb-
eral, welcoming West, and lucated in
booming mining town.
Her shingle attracted little attention,
but her beautiful face and figure did
from the first. Before a week passed
she had begun to get patients, and,
what was better, fees were1p paid in ad-
vance, and usually double the amount
OF the charge. Before two weeks went
by she was getting calls hourly. A
novel fact soon began to dawn On her,
however, that was disturbing. She
began to discover that nearly all her
patients were handsome young men,
and that If they were diseased at all
the complaints were SO deep as to baf-
a failure in diagnosis?
A young man would come in COM
planning of heart trouble. He wonld
lie down on a sofa and long examin-
alton with stethoscope would ensue.
The heart pulsations, except for a little
nervous excitement, which the patient
rather than she could have accounted
for, was all she would find. Cases of
mOnOtonous similarity were multiply
ing and her professional pride and dig
nifty were suffering. Some young gen
tlemen would insist on second exam
ination, and when she would sternly
assure them that there was only func-
tional excitement at most they would
not be satisfied. IN !.
All these experiences set her to
thinking, and quietly invests igating.
She soon. learned that in nearly every
instance her Would-be heart patients
were single men! Her iandlady still
further enlightened her one day by re-
marking: You pirty little thing, you!
Jest as long as you remain as pirty as
you are now, heart trouble is goin'
to be oWful in these partsi It'll take
the form of jealous heartaches among
all the gals!
Poor little doctor!
She felt SO shamed and humiliatad'
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GENTLEMAN IN BARE FEET,
He Causes Much Surprise In Gardens o.
Moscow

He Causes Much Surprise In Gardens Of
Moscow.
For some weeks a gentleman ele-
gantly dressed, except as regards his
feet, has been walking for several
hours daily in one of the public gar
:dens at Moscow. On his feet ne wore
neither shoes nor stockings, and for
this reason naturally attracted much
attention from the crowds that fire.
lquent the garden. That he was man
of wealth many persons conJectured
from his extremely fashionable attire,
but why he did not cover his feet they
could not understand. The mystery has
now been solved AS the odd looking
pedestrian was walking in the garden
the other day, an elderly woman, con-
fdent that he was a beggar, ap-
preached him, and, taking out her
purse, handed MIN rs cents, saying:
"Take this and 60 and buy yourself
pair of secondhand shoes. I am only
poor woman; otherwise would give
you more" With these words she went
away, but the gentleman followed her
hastily, and, holding out the e25 cents,
he said: "Please take this back, for
really do not need it. I can buy all
the shoes I want, but am disciple Of
kneipp, and think it healthier to go
barefooted." The woman, however, had
never heard of Able Kneipp, and, still
convinced that the man was a beg
gar, she refused to take the money,
and hurried off so fast that tle gen.
tleman could not overtake her.
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AN UNAPPRECEATED INSECT.
Tha Mission of theseSpider as Seen +
Scienfisfs

Tha Mission of the Spider as Seen s,z
Scientists.
1t is "a pity that such interesting and
useful creatures as spiders should be
SO universally disliked, writes N. Hud-
son Moore in the Chautauquan. The
chief prejudice against them arises
from the poisonous nature of their
sting or bite, but if one can put all
TINS mass Of testimony out of mind
and believe that a spiders bite is no
more harmful than a needles prick
one Acan endure their. proximity, and
study their habits at leisure. Who
that Kills spider is prepared to do it's
work to mankind! Under the head of
neneflcent insects should be written
large the name Arachnida. Their mis-
sion is to keep down the hordes of in
sects whose increase would threaten
the life of mankind. Some scientist
has advanced the theory that if dragon
flies Were raised in sufficient numbers
they would keep down the hordes of
mosquitoes that raSage our coasts, as
well as our inland retreats. But Mr..
Henry McCook, our most famous
arachnologist, thinks that if spiders
We're protected and suffered to increase
the mosquito plague would be lessened
Many people are prejudiced enough to
consider the remedy worse than tho
diseasei
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
Dr.. MOIIie.
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.


EEopyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub COD
In 1.-The town of Emmonsville there
dFW6lt young girl who had resolved no
become a physician. Strange to relate,
SheAwas very beautiful; stranger still,
SheWas not one of those new women
that would have looked SO much bet
ter in masculine tOgs, and still strans-
:er, she was very much in love with a
handsome, lovable, young man, Jer-
"ome Boucher, and had already prom
.ased to marry him.
Now this young man WIS lawyer
OF great promise, but little present
achievement. He was not in a position
TO undertake a dual responsibility lat
'fhe present, and, during the interim,
Miss Mollie Dalton couldn't see any
great good sense in being unemployed.
While her Jerome was struggling UP
the hill she believed it almost wicked
that she should watch him, hands
folded, in the valley of idleness.
But Jerome could not bear the
thought of her being a dDctNT, and he
told her well of it, as they sat together
on the soft turf, beneath the shade of
a great beech one August afternoon.
.'Mollie Darling said Jerome. his
fine eyes brimming with love1lght,
how could l bear to hear you called
DR.. Mollie? Oh, l couldn't, and shall
not! Please get that notion out ,of
that pretty head. Such a notion, long
continued, will disfgure you, dear. II
you.keep nourishing that scientific idea
1t will drain all the sources OF your
beauty. Oh, you look like Doctor
you little nosegay of feminine sweet
ness! I tell you, though, you can
transform and disfgure yourself. The
mind can knead the body into most
any shape it sees fit. By their looks
ye; know what people are.
IF you persist in your determlna-
tion, the dimples of your cheek will
asink, spread and deepen into concav1-
ties. Your golden, glossy hair will
wear off short, and get straight, dry
and pale as wheat stubble in dog days.
Your plump lips, red and warm now,
will get ironed down thin and tucked
in at;the corners, Your nose, straight,
fine and Greek, will get a hump on
itself, and sharp and hooked at the
end like 'hawk-billed knife Your sex-
pressive blue eyes will lose their ador-
able <softness and luminosity and will
become sharp, penetrating, analytic,
scientifc. Oh! how could l bear it!
Molliess sweet blue eye becomes the
doctors scientific eye!"
During this disQuisition "Mollie Dar-
ling gazed at him with face sparkling
with smiles, but beneath those snailes,
like back wall, frowned stern reso-
luton. Jerome saw this, and looked
discouraged.
Jerome" she responded in qaaiet,
decided Noice, My mind is fully made
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
ARTISTS SUMMER ROME.
On Top OF aH Ossk Tree This Man

On Top OF RI osk Tree This MAN
- Eives> - -
One could scarcely aaaeeive more
unique plan for enjoying these IN
tensely hot days than xhat adopted by
artist D. Orrin Steinbsrger. whose,
home is few miles mssgaaa of Snrinp-s
field, Ohio. Perched 5m q house fifty
feet from the ground, IA a majestic
oak, secluded from the warad, except
ing the lowing COWS Ra the field a
man whose pictures MaYe demanded
the attention of the 1smaaaa spends most
of his time. 1t is an IDEAL spot for his
house in the tree The ssvarance to the
nest is through a long aane OF willows
Inc tree-top house Is made OF boards
with sapl1ngs bound aszaas the side for
support and protectieaa- There lis an.
elevated step on the ERH side, where
Artist Steinberger sits @aa paints and
sketches at Will. WhSap thick foliage.
OF the overhanging boxnshs form a pro--
lection from the rain ysst the rays OF
the sun penetrate even ITO a .certain ex-
tent, and to keep this @da canvas has
been stretched on the eaEa side. Theass
is room on the floor MS The nest Tor a
dozen people. To- reach the house q
block and tackle is usssa fer The more
timid, who are seated aa a swing and
pulled up through a trap Reor. The frsn
up affects the nerves III some, espe-
cially the ladies. kEaAst SteInberger
does not use this mgMas gf going TO
his nest. He mounts u ladder made Of
two small saplings zam gees up the
tree from limb to- hHzgs "a raz,idIy as a
squirrel He built this MaEne ia the tree
for the purpose of reguansng his health,
going back to frse WEancaples. He
drinks warm milk dirafa from the COW
and breathes the pure aag OF the co,an-
try. Since living here alis health has,
gradually returned. ana 1le is now al
most well.
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she didn't know what to do. To have
her nobse profession turned into sub.
ject OF mockery and bur1esque and
she herself made ridiculous she could
not bear much longer. Only her need
to dc something for her daily bread
kept her from tearing that sign from
the door and flying back East.
One day she was sitting in her Office
sadly Illuminating when her door
opened and tall, fine looking, bearded
man entered r + .=sS =s$
"Is this Dr. Da1ton's Officer" he
asked with an embarrassed hitch ir
his voice -
Il presume you saw the sign," she
replied, hardly docking up.
"Ah-heml Well, want to get my
eyes examined"
She cast a reluctant professional.
glance at his eyes, and replied:
There's nothing the matter with
your eyes, SIR :. a
He stared at her dumbfounded.
well, / must say you are a strange
kind of doctar!''
"a kind probably that you won't
care to patronize," returned the doc
tor, not deigning look. ~
"Say, DR.. Dalton, I've got plenty OF
money, and you hold yourself out as
doctor. insist that you look into
ny eyes, and see what it is that's goa
I>ia 'em. You surely don't pretend tc
thoroughly examine eyes merely CLAN
cling toward EN-" =.
She forced herself up and came
slowly toward his chair.
She pushed up the left lid with pro-
fessional deftness, and instantl,
dropped it, Saying:
II see nothing in your eyes, SIR
Nothing at all?" he asked eagerly,
Nothing, say
HLook at me doctor, and tell NE
didn't you see a great deal of love in
them-Say, Mollie Darling?"
And this strong, scientific woman be-
gan to cry, and he began to laugh, and
a moment later her ear was at his
great chest, but not to listen for irres-
ular heart beats. An hour later, when
he called her doctor" she slapped him,
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
Dancing Around a NIausoleum.

Cornwall has many curious customs,
but that new one of tWenty-one years
date called the Knill celebration us,
perhaps, the most curious Of all The
late John Knill left G5 to be equally
divided between ten girls, under 10
years Of age, natives Of st. Ives, and
daughters of seamen, fishermen or
timers, who shall dance and sing
round the mausoleum containing his
mortal remains on the anniversary OF
his death. Other curious gifts, such
as g 5 to the native with most chill
.dren, are also distributed. The cere-
monies last week were very pictur-
esque, and the local magnetes did their
best to let everybody have a good
time.
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Tense. shall not lean he1p1ess1y
against you as pillar of strength.
The pillar might get broken shall
qualify myself to be a physician; then
if good fortune will fix. it that I'll not
need to practice, very good; but if mis-
fortune comes, I'll be ready to meet it
with skilled weapos.
II can't listen to you patiently,
dear" cried Jerome. "Yeu have prom
ised to be mine. I forbid your going
to a medical school,
'But I'm not yours yet, understand"
returned Mollie, q good deal of empha-
sis i'm look and voice :
jerome suddenly drew in his firm
lips and faint lightning played in his
eyes
n lllad no idea, MnIlie,'' he spoke in a
surprised tone; that you could be so
unreasonable and perverse."
'''Wou mean you didn't know I could
be $50 sensible and farseeing,'' she re-
turned, with defiant smile.
Jerome rose to his feet He ran his
long fingers through his soft chestnut
hair, then pulled his hat down hard
ON his head. He gaZed absently toward
"a -cornield a hundred yards away, in
which man was plowing, and "a fine,
buxom young woman was cutting
weeds from the corn rows after him.
'Ehe man halted, turned toward the
woman, uttered some banter. then
.playfully picked up clod and threw
it at her. >She lodged the clod, gayly
,cackling, and then playfully lifted the
menacing hoe toward him.
Mollie caught the idylic picture, and,
looking up at Jerome with a meaning
l. expression, exclaimed:
Happy young married folk!'
But the suggested picture of mutual
help was lost ON Jerome at that mo-
ment. He was "a typical young south
erner of the old >school-one of those
who contemplate women through ,chiv-
alric ideals only. A woman, according
to his doctrine, is genius or .inspira-
tlon for man, but she, her sacred self,
must not achieve.
when do you leave?" he asked in
a sad voice.
Next Monday"
$50 do l."
Mollie went Ito "a medical school in
New York Wharo Tororoo ,,,,e+ ~,,,,
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
Refi&tiHv Old rara

"A car-refitting company in New York
city buys old Pullman coaches, tears
the inside furnishings out and refts
them according to the wishes of it's
customers. Whatever kind Of private
car man may wish he may order
parlors, handsomely carpeted, sitting
rooms, dining-roons, sleeping compart-
ments, smoking-rooms-aH with equip
ment more or less perfect, according to-
the price. And cars are reftted in this
way and sold for prices varying from
$1,000 to $4,000. Very handsome and
serviceable cars have been built from
the Old "castaways," and the man Of
moderate means can travel privately
and comfortably in a home of his own.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
Gift to Mexican Songstress.

Emperor Franz JoZef of Austria for
warded a generous gift to Concha
Mendiz, the Mexican songstress, on the
occasion of her S0th birthday. After
Emperor Macmillan, brother of Franz
Jozef, had been shot,a Empress Car
lotta had gone insane the audience at
a Mexican theater called ON Signora
Mendiz to sing assong. vilifying them,
but she. cried out, mo, I shall not
vilify the dead and the unhappy and
a hush fell upon the house. This Incl
dent is recalled in connection with the
gift. t1S{
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
ET CURED n BAD HABIT.
The Smart PraefIcna Joker Had tbs
Tables Turned ON Hizn.
ad t1as

The Smart Pr8ef1cn1 Joker Had t1ak
Tables Turned ON Hin.
'I never indulge the practical joke
habit, :" said gentleman who recently
visited New Orleans, .and I have
good reason for taking NO sort of stock
in such things There was q time in
my life when was fond of playing
pranks, and / have turned some clever
tricks along this line But it has beer
several years since made my last ef-<t
fort. 1t was living in a small town up
in Arkansas and al the time was
boarding with an aunt who was even
fonder of the practical joke than i
was. Along about Christmas time q
young man came out to the town in
which lived to spend some time with
friends. He was a dudish sort Of
fellow and was just at that period OF;
life when the gold watch and chain,
he wore impressed hiEa as being the
most important thing in the world
My aunt was quick TO perceive his'
weakness. She hatchsl plot. / was
to slip into his bedroom and steal the
asleep. The night was fixed, and my
friend retired about 10 o'clock. He al
ways hung his vest, which contained
his watch and chain and other valu-
ables, on the bedpost ait the head OF,
the bed. My aunt knew exactly where
could find it, and about 10:30 II
Slipped stealthily into the room, found
the vest and began TO rifie the pock-
cts. My friend raised up quickly, as
he ran his hand under his pillow
Bang! bangs bang! 4 was shot u
was shot three times. with the reyol-
yer pressed almost against my breast
1 could feel the holes In my back where
the bullets had come Ga1, and the blood
was trickling down my spinal column
My aunt came rushing into the roona.s
My God!'' { said: tAmzt1e, I'm shot,s
She got the campheE hottie told
her the bullets had passed clear
through me and had rolled down into.
my shoes. They csaEad stand it noa
longer, and. to my azsaazement, my
aunt and my friend zsraKe out into
perfect spasms of laughter, and by
degrees the real situaainsa dawned up-
on me. My friend hasa expected NV
visit. He had extracted The lead frona
three cartridges III ake nsistol at the
suggestion Of my auua- and had turn
ed the tables on me. sSnee that time
-f@haYe@ played no jokes
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
THE POPULAR GIRL.
She is Neither Egotistical Nor Wrapped
Up in Herself.

She Is Neither EgOtfsttca1 Nor Wrappo0
Up in Herself.
The self-centered girl who stands
with. her back to people, takes the tall
est chair, pushes herself to the front
and snubs young and old, friends and
enemies alike, because she is thinking
and caring only for herself, is never
the popular girl. She is the one who
causes much mischief among human
there is any other being besides her
self on earth and she, consequently,
wants all the attention of her friends,
If she has any, to the exclusion Of ev-
erybody else. Her friends dare not
mention any others name; hers must
be son their lips constantly. She is the
ideal egotist, this .self-centered girl
Watch and listen to the popular girl.
She is thinking about you, your likes,
your opinions, your happiness. She
sets you and everyone she comes in
contact with at east and makes you
appear at your best because she looks
and expresses a friendly interest in
you. Her motto is not what are you
going to do to me or for me-" but
what can I do for YOU" The same is
true of all those around her. She is
constantly studying how she can make
others happy. There is no excuse for
any girl not to possess all the womanly
charms which go so far toward making
one popular and others hNnry when
they can be had for the taking. The
oldest, youngest, poorest, homeliest
and most sedate can possess these
charms if she so desires. Then there
is another reason why girls should
endeaVor to cultivate these charms,
because it makes them attractive, lov-
able and winning, which is every wo-
mans mission and which makes her
useful to the world. No true woman
can afford to live for self. She will be
the heaviest loser in the end. The
world will not coax any one to be kind
and lovable, but it will abundantly re-
ward those who pay attention to these
things.-Pittsburg Press. w.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
How Uncle Sam Keeps Tab on Crons

A~o" 'eA.SAO 56HA n0opS LAO on C1OpS.
There are in the United States, ap-
pEoximatey, 2,750 counties of agricul.
tural Importance. In each of these
counties the agricultural department
mas a principal county correspondent,
VINO maintains an organization of
three assistants, each covering a speci-
fed territory. Facilities are furnished
the principal correspondent to enable
him to obtain regular reports from his
assistants. These reports he tabulates
at the end of each month, supplement-
ing the information thus obtained by
his own observation and knowledge of
the situation, and the consolidated re-
port is submitted to the statistic1an at
tached to the position, an average of
about 80 per cent of them reports
monthy.-Washingto Times.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
Electric Energy from wind.

Electric energy from the wind has
been successfully obtained in both
England and Germany, but it is in the
latter country that it has been actually
put into use. M. G. Couz, Of Ham
burg, used a windmill with a regulator,
which would keep its speed constant,
no matter what the speed of the wind
was, and succeeded so well that there
is strong probability that it will be
used in small villages in Germany and
supply electric light and power at a
low cost.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
steel bridge over KlondiI.e.

4 The first. steel. bridge in middle Yu-
kon has been formally opened for
traffic. It spans the Klondike river,
nearly opposite the mouth of Bonanza
Creek, or about mile and half
above its junction with the Yukon at
Dawson. The main span is 1854 feet
long, and rests on steel caissons filled
with cement and strengthened with
crib and rock-Work. The total cost o9
the bridge in position was $50, 900.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
True. Esaserx,saHn..

Any one killed in aaan dire dowR
at the Old Maids haHnE'' asked the
Great Editor of the Assistant &.Nayg--
nothin but nine eats said The As
sistant, who was mot azEun 10 the ps,ss-
sibilities OF yellow liszn. .fss iresae
Scott, man! Yelled thM Great Editor.
Rush an extra On tIae asa1,asets and ran,
red-ink head line dlsmr aey,ss f3se.
front page, saying rs 1nzap I.isa.a
F.nas Raltinora AnnarIgsan.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14
Mems Leather IN, a.z.sssa.

The number of mem wsssaTIng leather
bracelets is said tn be increasing.
Some call them leatnHT hands. They
are supposed to b@ a protection for
weak joints and soaa homes. AFany
athletes are addicted a3 The bracelet
habit. Perhaps there aB "a superstition
with 1t that i'll Keeps air disease, as.
there is with the bucassSRa worn pn the
ankle to prevent goala, Rnd the req
string about the waist aO cure rleaa-
.matism.
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14

{, up. I'm going to be something and
know something in my own right. /
have got rid of all those false notions
respecting woman's sphere. Woman
was given brain and hands to be used.
She was not made to sit back In beau
tiful. rosy stupidity and idlenesg. A
capacity for effort implies duty to
nss that eapaefEy, shall study med
5cine. I'll EQUIP myself for self-de-
The Cook County herald., 1901-12-14

AN easy road raMs smoothly down &
no Halfway Town; !;
For everything Shafts but begun, = z
And everything chats never done,
Just rolls aside and, one by one,
Goes into Halfway Town.
@Half-fnished walls are tumbling down
In FFaaFWay Town. ii
= 'Half-fnished streets are always lined
With haMa60ne work of every kinds a
And all the world Just lags behind
In dreary Halfway Town.
Keep straight along, and don't look 'dowr
Toward Halfway Town.
They sag, iff every one should try
TO keep con moving, brisk and spTy,
We shotiEd discover, by and by,
There's be no Halfway Town.
Youths COmpanion