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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
Opera House Changes Managers.

special to Times-EtpuDT1caH.
Oskaloosa, Jan. 17.-Mr. Frank Jersey,
of Ottumwa, will assume charge Of the
play house here, he having completed
the arrangements necessary. Several
improvements will be made which will
make the building modern one and
will put it in condition TO handle the
attractions which Mr.. Jersey intends to
tolra tJara
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
A Profitable Investment.

.I was troubled for about seven
years with my stomach and in bed half
my time" says r. Demick, Somerville
Ind. 81 spent about $1,000 and could
get nothing to help me until I tried
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. have taken
a few bottles and am entirey well"
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stom-
achs work by digesting the food. You
don't have to diet. Eat all you want
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stom-
ach troubles. Geo. P. Powers.
Thomas Canotn died at his home in
Paris ILL., aged ST.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
THE FORTY ACRE FARM.

IL. S. Trigg IN Rock1oru Resisler.I
We are asked how a forty acre farm
located near good town can be oper-
ated SO as to secure the best returns.
The small farm located near q COM
mercial and manufacturing center en-
Joys some rare advantages. One I'M
portant thing is that large supply OF
valuable fertilizers are available at
cheap rates street sweepings, the
products of the many town barns and
livery stables and stockyards of the
railway companies. This enables one
to grow crops which pull heavily on
the soil without damage to the farm
In many places no better use could be
made of such a farm than to devote
1t exclusively to furnishing a milk and
cream supply for such a city and the
keeping of as many hens as possible,
for pure milk and fresh eggs are al
ways most salable commodities and
very profitable to the producer. The
land might also be used to advantage
as a vegetable garden-the growing
of early potatoes. cabbage. tomatoes.
celery and sparagus-while straw.
berries, raspberries and other small
fruits could be made to pay well. To
make money we had rather have a
forty acre farm contiguous to the GER
tain market of good city than a 100
acre farm way out in the country
devoted to the growing of such staples
as cotton, wheat. corn, hogs and cat
tie. The successful operation of such
farm demands the best type of in
tensive agriculture-two crops from
the land in year-and studied eff
fort to produce the best in quality.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
Don't Live Together.

Constipation and health never go to-
gether De Wits Little Early Risers
promote easy action of the bowels with
out gripping or distress. Are safe, gentle.
thorough. Purely vegetable. George p.
Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
YOU'D RATHER SMOKE

o good cignr than an inferior weed. We can suit
your taste whether you prefer mild or strong close
ing our cigar stock and we fatter ourselves that
our Judgment L. pretty good. Test II and see.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20

WANTED-EvERY OWNER OF A
COW to know that Olive Food will In
crease the quantity and improve the
quality Of the milk rs per cent 100
feeds, 81, at Hammond & Benedict's.
No East State street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-A FIRST CLASS
railway eating house; $4,000 business;
nine rooms; several steady boarders;
everything nearly new: no competi.
ton; good reason for selling. Address
T. E., care T.-R.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20

SFIENOIO WNOG0 NONNNN-
teed men who learn barber trade with
us; only two months required: posi-
tons waiting over 100 now. Can earn
scholarship, board, tools and trans
portation IL desired. Particulars
mailed free. Moler Barber College,
Chicago, Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20

FOR SALE-oN EASY TERMS.
new and second hand billiard and pool
tables. bowling alleys. ciga store and
bank fixtures at the Iowa branch of the
Brunswick Bake Collendea Co. Ad-
dress T. d. McElroy. state agent. Mar
shalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
70 RENT.

FOR RENT OR sALE-AN EXCEL
lent eight room house with all modern
Improvements. Good barn. large shade
trees, in good neighborhood, and In
all respects one of the most desirable
rentable homes in the city. Delano T.
Smith, court house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
NEW POOR FARM POLICY.

Rockwell City Advocated
Having provided a poor farm and a
fire county intirmary, worth all told
from $4,000 to $4,000, the board of SUI
pervisors of Calhoun county this past
week announced a new policy in refer
ence TO caring for the county's poor. 1t
is embodied in the following resolution,
which appears on the official minutes:
Whereas. The county of Calhoun has
equipped and provided suitable poor
house for the care Of the county poor
who are dependent upon the county for
support; therefore, be it
Resolved. BY the board OF super
v:sors, that hereafter Calhoun county
will not support and sustain the county
poor outside of the said poor house. and
the several members Of this board and
the township trustees OF the several
townships are hereby notified to govern
themselves accordingly"
The expenditures of Calhoun county
on the poor fund have been something
enormous for several years. and the SUI
pervisors think the county can perform
it's full duty to its wards, and make
them more comfortable. at less expense
than formerly. Certainly home on the
new county farm offers many comforts
not obtainable outside of the best resi-
dences in the county. The building is
handsome, solidly built of brick, light,
airy and we'll furnished in the interior,
heated by hot water turnout, with bath
rooms and closets on each floor, and IS
managed by competent and humane
superintendent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20

TO RENT-MODERN FLATS OF Z
and s rooms. convenient to postoffice
and depot. Nantes. mirrors. CRATES,
bath rooms. gas range. hot water fur
naces. all complete. Enquire Of G. r.
Norris.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
ONE CENT A WORD.

ADVERTISEMENTS under the head
Ing Wanted" For Sale ITO Rent,
ITO Exchange" ITO Trade" Lost"
or found" inserted in this column
ONE CENT A WORD for each inser-
ton, payable invariably in advance.
No advertisement inserted for less than
10 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds of Different Towns
end Communities.
BIG SUIT For DAMAGES.

[Traer Star lipper.1
T. r. MCKINNEY is about to begin
suit against the Northwestern railroad
company for damages sustained in a
wreck near Chicago year or more
ago. He has retained Boies s. Boies.
the Waterloo attorneys, to conduct his
case, which will be tried in this coun :
~. As the papers are not yet filed
we are unable to state the amount
asked, but it will not be less than $10.-
600 and probably more. The suit will
be on the docket of the February term
of our district court, but will not like
~ be tried until fall. as courts are
as slow as they are uncertain. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. McElhin-
ney was on a stock train, asleep in a
berth at the time of the wreck. He
sustained injuries to the spine and
nervous system. He has never since
been himself and probably never will
he. The suit will be watched with
considerable interest by Mr.. McElhin-
ney's friends in Tama county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
WANTED.

WANTED - YOUNG MAN OF
good habits with or 8 years expert
ence in horseshoeing to finish trade
Board and room with employer. w.
II. Gallagher, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20

FOR SALE-Two FRESH MICH
cows, also good Rural New York po-
tatoes. A. d. Summers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
LOST.

LosTzA VIOLIN ON WEST MAIN
street between Marshalltown and Lu-
ray. Finder please return to St.
Mary's Institute and receive reward.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20

FOR sALE-Two GOOD RESI-
dence lots on West Main street. adj
Joining corner of Twelfth. Sold cheap
II taken at once. Enquire 212 North
Third street
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
SPLENDID WAGES GU.

viAvI, THE WAY TO HEALTH.
lot North Fourth street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-20
GREAT WESTERN RY
Maple Leaf Route.

TRAINS SOUTH
No., DIN. s. *. y. Limited. 4.E m
Nos d. NJ, st. J. X. Q. Express. 9.3 M
No. kouthwestern Express..... 40 p Ia
TRAINS NORTH AND EAST
No. Twin CITY and Chicago Spell. 10 m ]
Not St. Paul and Chicago Exp. 10 ~ m
No. Twin City and Chicago Lin. 10 10
All trains daily Il
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
Title of Monarch
Sternlv Put Aside

When the revolution ended and peace
was declared, the discontents of the
officers and soldiers, respecting the ar
rearages of their pay, increased, and,
there being now a prospect that the
army would ultimately be disbanded
without an adequate provision by Con-
gress for meeting the claims Of the
troops, these discontents manifested
themselves in audible murmurs and
complaints which foreboded serious
consequences. But spirit still more
to be dreaded was secretly at work.
In rejecting on the limited powers of
congress, and on the backwardness of
the states to comply with the most
essential requisition, even in support
of their own interests. many of the
officers were led to look for the cause
in the form of government. and to
distrust the stability of republican in
stltutions. So far We're they carried
by their fears and speculations that
they meditated the establishment of a
new and more energetic system. A
colonel in the army, of a highly re-
spectacle character and somewhat ad-
vanced in life, was made the organ
for communicating their sentiments to
the commander-in-chie In a letter
elaborately and skilfully written, after
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
Incident Typical
of Washington's Life

A story illustrative of the firm and
determined character of Washington is
told in the following description of af-
fairs during the frontier warfare:
''The labors and dangers of the field
were not the only troubles with which
Col. Washington at this time had to
contend. By an ill-timed parsimony,
the pay of the officers was reduced so
low as to create murmurs and discon-
tent throughout the camp. Complaints
grew loud and vehement, accompanied
with threats to resign and leave the
army to its fate. Under this pressure
the character of Washington shone
with the same purity and lustre that
often distinguished it afterwards on
similar trying occasions. In his letters
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21

messenger was dispatched for DR..
Brown, who resided nearer Mount Ver-
non. These physicians arrived in the
morning. and DR.. Dick in the course
of the day. All the remedies which
their united counsel could devise were
used without effect.
His suffering was acute and unabat-
ed during the day, but he bore it
with perfect composure and resigna-
ton. Towards evening he said to DR..
Craik: Il die hard. but am not afraid
to die. l believed from my first at
tack that should not survive it. My
breath cannot last long" From that
time he said little except to thank
the physicians for their kindness, and
request that they give themselves no
more trouble, but let him die quietly.
Nothing further was done, and he sank
gradually till between ten and eleven
O'Clock at night when he expired, in
the sixty-eighth year of his age and
in the full possession of his mental
faculties; exhibiting in this short and
painful illness, and in his death, the
same sample of patience, fortitude and
submission to the Divine will, which
he had shown in all the acts of his
life. On Wednesday, the 18th of De-
cemher, his remains We're deposited in
the family tomb at Mount Vernon.
Congress was at this time in session
at Philadelphia; and, when the news
of the melancholy event arrived at the
seat of government, both houses i'm
mediately adjourned for the remainder
OF the day. The next morning, as soon
as the House of Representatives had
convened. Mr. Marshall, afterwards
chief justice, rose in his place and ad-
dressed the speaker in an eloquent and
pathetic speech, briefly recounting the
public acts of Washington. Let us,
then," said he at the conclusion, "pay
the last tribute of respect and affection
to our departed friend. Let the Grand
Council of the nation display those
sentiments which the nation feels"
He then offered three resolutions, pre-
viously prepared by General Henry
Lee. which were accepted. By these
it was proposed, that the House should
in body wait on the President to ex-
press their coincidence; that the speak,
er's chair should be shrouded in black,
and the members and officers of the
House be dressed in black during the
session; and that committee, in con-
junction with committee from the
Senate, should be appointed "to con-
slider on the most suitable manner OF
paying honor to the memory of the
man, first in war, first in peace, and
first in the hearts of his fellow citi.
zens."
The Senate testified their respect
and SORROW by similar proceedings. A
joint committee of the two houses was
appointed, who reported resolutions
recommending that a marble monu-
ment should be erected to commemo-
rate the great events in the military
and political life of Washington; that
an Grafton, suited to the occasion,
should be pronounced in the presence
of both houses of Congress; that the
people of the United States should wear
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
Book Once Owned
by Wa ashington

Secretary Hay has copy of Oliver
Goldsmith's Life of Shakespeare" an
early, and rare edition, but it has a
greater value than it's literary rarity
in having come from the library Of
George Washington. Washington's S
personal Dookplate, the familiar arms
of his family, on which the American
flag was modelled, adorns the inside of
the cover, and the signature of the first
President appears on the title page, as
clearly as if it had been written yes
terday, instead of more than a hun
dred years ago.
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
& Il # +
Il Die Hard, but
1 Am Not Afraid''

After Washington's retirement from
the Presidency, his health was remark
ably good; and, although age had not
come without it's infirnnities, yet. he
was able to endure fatigue and make
exertions of the body and mind with
scarcely less ease and activity than he
had done in the prime of his strength.
On the 18th of December, 1899, he
spent several hours on horseback, rid
ing to his farms, and giving direc-
tions to his managers He returned
late in the afternoon, wet and chilled
with the rain and sleet, to which he
had been exposed while riding home.
The water had penetrated to his neck,
and snow was lodged in the locks of
his hair. A heavy fall of snow the
next day prevented his going abroad,
except for a short time near his
house. A sore throat and hoarseness
convinced him that he had taken cold,
but he seemed to apprehend no dan.
ger from it. He passed the evening
with the family, read the newspapers,
and conversed cheerfully till his usual
hour for going to rest.
In the night he had an ague. and be.
fore dawn of the day the next morn.
ing, which was Saturday. the 14th. the
soreness in his throat had become so
severe that he breathed and spoke with
difficulty. At his request he was bled
by one of his overseers, and in the
meantime messenger went for DR..
nj nff OF
Alexandria. AS no relief was obtained
by bleeding and the symptoms were
such as to alarm the family, another
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
TALKING TO ONES SELF.


Belief Is Common That 1t Is Symp.
tom of Insanity.
Talking to ones self has this obvious
advantage over any other form of ora
tory or gossip-one is assured of
sympathetic audience.
But it has also this peculiar draw.
bacll-it is supposed to be one Of the
early symptoms of insanity. Wrongly
so, perhaps. A mad doctor might rule
the habit out Of his diagnosis.
Nevertheless the popular belief is
firmly rooted. And it is for fear of
this belief, doubtless, that we talk to
ourselves, even as we dress our hair
with straws, so rarely. 1t may be said
that we never do address ourselves at
any length except in the delirium of
fever. In moments of ordinary ex-
element, of course, we utter to the
wind some sort of appropriate ejacu-
lation. Delight wrings from us cry
of "Hurrah!" or "Thank heaven:'
even though there be none by to echo
us.
Similarly in any disgust we emit one
of those sounds whose rather poor
equivalents in print are ugh" and
"Faugh!" ''D-n!" and "Tut!" Much
farther than this we do not go. why.
what an ass am Iv' cries Hamlet in
one of his soliloquies. Omitting the
first word and transposing the last two,
the ordinary modern man does often
soliloquize to that extent. But he
could no more soliloquize to Hamlet's
extent than he could speak in deca.
syllabics.
Nor is there any reason to suppose
that that class of the community with
which, contemptuous of his own flu
ency, Hamlet compared himself, is or
ever was more prone to soliloquies we
cannot accept Hamlet as an unbiased
authority.
We merely find in him the possible
origin of the belief that talking to-
ones self is bad sign.
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
ABOUT NEWSPAPER oAiTlos.
They Have Faults, Some of Which
A. n n>..A14-4,,

They Have Faults, Some of Which
Appear to Be Constitutional.
The average critic of the newspaper
does not own stock in any newspaper
and does not know the cost Of getting
the news. The chances are that he has
never consciously met a reporter. Yet
most of what he knows from reading
outside Of his own business or profess
sion has been taught him by the news
papers. They show him every day
that the world is not what he wants
it to be and it is hard for him to learn
their lessons and especially hard to
make allowances for their faults. He
may be lazy-they are industrious for
him; he may be stupid-they are in
telligent for him; he may be timid-
they are bold for him; yet he de.
nounces the newspapers.
When reporter, working day and
night, throws the ardor of youth or the
pity of age into tragic scenes from
court where every one with bright
heart was in tears he denounces the
newspapers. When an editorial
which he hunts for before breakfast
in order to know what to think i'm
mediately after some momentous trag-
edy-is not exhaustive, he denounces
the newspapers. His especial condem-
nation is bestowed upon what he calls
the vulgar publicity of the newspa-
Ders.
When he reads enough papers or ex
tends his reading beyond his newspa-
pers and his business, or, better still,
tries to prevent some injustice, he may
learn that vulgar publicity is often a
safeguard of justice. Good taste and
the modest reserve of private life too
often tempt the critic to shrink from
an open fight with oppression. One of
the arts of the leading criminals
among politicians is to scare off the
private citizen by warning him that
evil communications corrupt good
manners. But public spirit is much
more robust and efficient, says the At
lantic Monthly, when coupled with a
familiar knowledge of the vulgar
world.
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
Gratitude of
Congress Shown

When Washington returned to New
burg, at the close of the revolution,
he found a letter from the president of
Congress. asking his attendance on
that assembly, then in session at
Princeton. The object of this request
was to consult him on the arrange
ments for peace, and other public con-
Germs. While he was making prepara-
tions to leave camp Congress conferred
on him new honors. 1t was voted
unanimously that an equestrian statue
of General Washington should be
erected at the place where the resi-
dence of Congress should be estab
lished, and that it should be executed
by the best artist in Europe, under the
superintendent of the minister of the
United States at the Court of Yer
sailles.
Oakes Republican., 1902-02-21
Thought the Doctor Knew.

At the last annual meeting Of the
Association of Military Surgeons Of the
United States Maj. John Van r. Hoff,
in the course of his speech accepting
the presidency of the association, told
the following story: "a lady was pass
ing through the wards of an over
crowded military hospital wher she
suddenly encountered two men saving
and hammering on some boards. She
looked at them in some surprise and
wonderingly asked: What are you do
ing there, my men? They looked up
at her and one of them said: What
are we doing? Why, we are making
coffin, that's what we are doing "A
coffin?' she asked For whom are you
making coffin?' For that fellow over
there in that bed. Don't you see him?'
The lady looked in the direction indi-
Gated and saw man apparently in
good condition and watching the oper-
alton with great interest. Why, that
man is not dead, and, indeed ne does
not look as if he were going to die
Can't you postpone this work.? No.
the men said, we can't postpone it,
The doctor told us to make the coffin,
and he knows what he gave him.