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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
CONDITION OF THE NAVY.

The report of Secretary of Navy
Moody, made public today, tells of the
present condition, progress and future
needs OF his important branch of the
public service. The public understands
that since the Spanish war and it's ma
val victories, and since the policy of ex-
pansion has taken on new life, the navy
has secured a better standing and en-
couragement. 1t is developing, tho not
as rapidly as the secretary would like
AT the close of the last fiscal year
there were under construction for the
navy, by contract, the following yes
sells: Eight battle ships, six armored
cruisers, nine protected cruisers, foul
monitors, thirteen torpedo boat de-
stroyers, seven torpedo boats and sever
submarine torpedo boats. The genera
progress of work upon these vessels
has not been found to be satisfactory
The battleships were, on the 30th OF
June, 1902, from ten to twenty-nine
months behind contract time; the ar
mored cruiser from four to thirteen
months; the protected cruisers from sis
to eighteen months, while the monitors
were from sixteen to nineteen months
In arrears.
In the cases Of the larger vessels the
causes assigned for slow progress are
the non delivery of structural material
the inability of shipbuilders to obtair
q SUFFICIENT supply of skilled labor, ant
in some cases, strikes. Other causes
have contributed to the result. The de.
partment has recently taken steps t.
remove, as far as practicable, any
grounds of delay over which 1t can ex.
erciss control.
During the fiscal year the followins
vessels have been finally accepted: The
battIeships Alabama, Wisconsin, ane
Illinois, the torpedo boats Bailey, Bag.
ley. Barney, Biddle, Shubrick, ane
stockton. The torpedo boats Thornton
and Wilkes. and the destroyers Decatur
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
A Violent Attack of Group Cured.

LAST winter an infant child of mine
had Group in violent FORM" says Elder
John w. Rogers, Christian Evange-
list. Of Filley. Mo. Il gave her a few
doses of ChaInberlain's Cough Remedy
and in a short time all danger was past
and the child recovered" This remedy
not only cures Group, but when given as
soon as the irst symptoms appear, will
prevent the attack. 1t contains no OPP
Jun or other harmful substances and
may be given as confidently to baby
as 10 an adult. For sale by drug
gistS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

Perry and Preble have been prelimi-
narily accepted. Between July /, 1902
and Nov j. 1902. the Thornton has beer
finally, and the following vessels pre-
liminarily, accepted: The monitor Ar
kansas, the torpedo-boat destroyers
Barry. Chauneey, Dale, Paul Jones
Truxton. Whipple and Worden, and the
torpedo boat De Long.
A number of vessels have been strick-
en- from the list, condemned and sold
The list of vessels now on the navy
register is given in five and a half book
pages of small type, presenting a for
midabie showing.
At the last session of congress, by act
of July !, 1902. the construction of the
following additional vessels Of the navy
was authorized: Two battleships, one
to be built at such navy yard as the
secretary might designate: two ar
mored cruisers, and two gunboats.
OF the future of the navy, the secre-
tary says:
Among the most important lessons
learned in the war with,Spain was that
a modern navy can not be inprovised
during war or upon the threshold OF
a war. Much money was then expend-
ed in the purchase Of ships. Many OF
them served useful auxiliary purposes,
but it may well be doubted whether
they added materially to the fighting
efficiency of our feet. The time best
suited to the development and perfec-
ton of our navy is the time when there
is neither war nor threat of war. Hap
PLY the present is such time, and 1t
permits a dispassionate consideration
Of the future.
"The country approves, with hardly a
dissenting voice, the policy of strength
ening our power upon the sea. What
would have been an adequate navy
some years ago is totally inadequate for
the performance of the duties growing
out of our new possessions in the Pacific
and Atlantic and the determination of
congress to construct a canal across the
isthmus.
"If, then, the policy of strengthening
our power upon the sea to the point
where it can respond to the national
needs be not abandoned, the navy has
manifold needs. There must be addi-
tional naval and coaling stations; more
ships, fighting and auxiliary. and an
Increase of officers and men. In all of
these respects, congress In the past has
dealt with the navy wisely and gener-
ously, and doubt not that in the future
it will as accurately register the will of
the people.
eThe most imperative need of the
navy today is of additional officers.
can not oyerstate this need. 1t invites
the instant attention of congress. The
administration of the department is
embarrassed almost daily by the lack
of officers below command rank. This
condition has been approaching for
some years, and was clearly appre-
hended and stated by my predecessor
in Office. 1t is acute today, and, when
the ships already authorized are COM
pieted, 1t will be desperate unless there
is early action
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
Reliaf in Six Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by New
Great South American Kidney Cure.
1t is a great surprise on account Of its
exceeding promptness in relieving pain
in bladder, kidneys and back, in male OF
female Relieves retention of water all
most Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold
by Charles j. Lander, druggist, Mar
shalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
Homeseekers, Excursions.

Homeseekers' rates to nearly all
points on sale at low rates by the Chi
cago Great Western railway on the
first and third Tuesdays Of each month,
November to April inclusive. Availa-
BILE in the thru tourist sleeping cars.
For particulars apply to ]. A. Ellis,
ticket agent, Marshalltown. Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
One Minute Cough Cure.

Is the only harmless cough cure that
gives quick relief. Cures Coughs, Colds,
Group, LaGrippe and all Throat, Chest
and Lung troubles. / got soaked by
rain, says Gertrude E. Fenner. Muncie,
md, and contracted a severe cold and
cough. failed rapidly; lost As lbs. NV
druggist recommended One Minute
Cough Cure. The first bottle brought
relief; several cured me. am back to
my old weight, 14S lbs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
gists.
Lowest colonist Rates.

The Chicago Great Western railway
on the first and third Tuesdays of No
yember and December will sell one-way
second-class colonist tickets to the
west, southwest and south at lowest
rates yet offered. For particulars In
quire of j. A. Ellis, ticket agent, Mar
shal1town Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Carroll Herald notices that some
notable business failures the past week
go to indicate that the wind is being
squeezed out of the enterprises involv-
ed. and it leads that paper to say: In
general it is Observation-Disclosures Men
have spread out too much in this era
of business prosperity and are unable
to stand the least stress when called
upon for settlement. They have over
reached themselves. extending from
legitimate business ventures clear over
into the field of speculation. Business
conditions are still healthful, tho they
may not permit reckless investments or
wild speculation"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
While There is Life There is Hope.

I was afflicted with catarrh; could
neither taste nor smell and could hear
but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it.
Marcus G. Shautz, Railway, N. J.
Cream Balm reached me safely and
the effegc is surprising. My son says
the first application gave decided relief.
Respectfully, Mrs. Franklin Freeman,
Dover, n. III.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at so cents
ior mailed by Ely Bros. 81 Warren
street, New York.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
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Bits of Philosophy.

The vainest hopes are generally the
most roseate.
The worst form of selfishness is to
destroy the enjoyment of others.
Men who pursue impossibilities enjoy
the activities of life and none of its re-
wards.
For evry rose there Is thorn, unless
YOU know how to avoid it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

The Eldora Herald believes the news
papers and the people of Iowa should be
willing to give the dipsomania law a
fair test before they condemn it and
demand it's repeal, for it is convinced
that 1t will ultimately prove very sat
isfactory to patient and people alike"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

According to the odebolt Chronicle,
ct is noteworthy that nearly all the in
ebriates who have been sent to Iowa
asylums under the provisions of the
new law are residents of counties which
have no taxed saloons"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

Referring to the scarcity of school
teachers, it is hoped by the Hampton
Chronicle that they will remain SO un-
til they are granted the wages to which
their services entitle Them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

Speaking of the numerous societies
and organizations now existing, 1t looks
to the Ames Times "as tho the country
was lodged to DEATH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

The Cedar Rapids Gazette has two
cartoons, one labeled "a Picture of a
Riot In the Incurables' Ward of Luna
tic Asylum The other is "a Picture of
the Riot at the State University at
Iowa City" after studying the two
cartoons, we are unable reports the
Burlington Hawkeye, ito discover any
difference in them. There is a growing
suspicion that that is what the artist
Intended"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil OBJ
serves that Rev. Mr.. Earl, of Waterloo,
since his defeat for congress on the pro-
follies of the world with much asperi-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-21

Cattle were higher at the Detroit Live
Stock Market, Thursday, March Goth, quality
com mon; prime steers and heifers s5 so q q. 90;
handy butchers, G.S5 q b2p; common, 600 a
feeders, active at $500 a $50
Mich cows, strong at $500 a 5000; calves
quiet at "a so a 7.CO.
prime LAMBS, 1925 a o. So; mixed, a.25
0j.25; c1lls. ~. so a $3.50.
Hogs higher quality mixed prime mediums,
e6.10; roughs, $500 % $50; stays one-third on I;
crfpples, ei.0O per cwt. on.
Receipts-Cattle. 900 calves. 200 sheep. $500;
hogs, 5000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-03-21

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30
SOCIAL.

Miss Edith H. Morrow, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs James Morrow, and Frank
II. Davis were married at o'clock last
evening at st. Pauls Episcopal church,
The wedding was very pretty and quite
large The church was filled with friends
CT the young people, both Miss Morrow
and Mr.. Davis being we'll known among
the social circles of the city. Rev. @
M. P. Pridham performed the ceremony.
and Thomas Yapp played the wedding
march. The Lohengrin march was p1ave5
for the professional. The bride entered
on the arm of her father, who gave her
away. She was attended by the groom's
sister, Miss Caroline Davis, as maid of
honor; Miss Emily Stroud was brides
maid, and Margarie Barringer and Ger
trnde Morrow were flower girls Mr.. Davis
was attended by Burrows Kirby as best
man. Karl r. Davis was page. The
ushers We're A. William Engquist, CIar-
ence A. Davis and E. Wolfred johnson.
of Fargo, N. D.
The brides gown was of crepe de chene
made over an underdress of white taf
feta silk. 1t was cut simply, with a
court train. She wore long tulle veil
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30

All the world loves a procession. The
superior person may deny the impeach-
ment, but let steam piano, a red-cap
ped monkey and a ragged, sad-eyed tai
ian appear around the corner, and the
superior person is sure to be discovered
occupying a point of vantage. And the
world is not too particular concerning
the nature of the procession. The little
march of three whose climax is the red
capped monkey possesses as subtitle an
appeal for the majority of men and
women as the gaudier and more varied
one of the visiting circus Yet a process
sion may become so familiar a sight
to the spectator that he ceases to regard
it with any pronounced feeling of interest.
Perhaps it is on this account that only
the visitor to st. Paul pauses to mar
vel at a most unique procession that ev-
cry Saturday night marches up and down
one of the city's principal streets. If
there was a school for novel writing Cs-
tablished in this city-and in these days,
when writing is matter of inclination.
not of talent, there is no reason why
such a school should not be established
one could easily imagine the preceptOr
sending his pupils out of Saturday night
to look for material in the Seventh
street procession. Naturally the ambi-
tons of such pupils would center about
the achievement of "the great American
novel" The one that was wise enough
to let this procession sift through the
pages of his book-aS many colored, as
intensely alive and as resistless as he
viewed and understood it-would come
very near to realizing his ambition The
procession begins shortly after o'clock
1t sweeps down from ST. Peter street and
touches in it's length the upper bounda-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30
The Globes Daily Short Story

become of her? IT would take away the
sting of death If / could see her well mar
ried before j go. She Is so untitled for the
storms Of life" This, and more. while
Dick Norris writhed silently. Then he
blundered out something of his love and
hopes.
Mrs. Hill smiled, such a motherly. pity
ing smile. MY dear boy, | am % sorry
for you. From what you say. ourself. a
marriage between you and Elvira would
be madness. long engagement would
be worse. The dear child does not love Won
yet, but | am so afraid she will. HOW
could she help it? And that would mean
such misery for you both. Don't Won
Know Victor Hugo says A wife and
chlluren are poverty's teeth and they bite
hardE and they do, oh, Mr. Norris. /
know 1t. In a minute more Dick found
himself trying to comfort the weeping
woman, who was sObbing decOrouslv into
hcr pocket handkerchief Presently she
lifted her head
Mr.. Norris she said, do YOU love
Eivira well enough to give her up for
her own goodE" Then, spurred by des-
peraton, she poured forth a flood Of
actual eloquence. She spoke Of Mr. West
on suit, Of Elvira'g innocence. Of the
unawakened love at whose door he him
self stood. I'VE cannot have our own
way in this world,' she said. 1T would
torture you to see her suffer. She cannot
endure patiently; she Is hard with ma
sometimes when / can't give her what
she wants l. her mother, tell You This
before 1t is too late. Believe me- I have
my child's best good at heart l admire
You also, and l would give her to YOU.
willingly, If she were made OF stcrner
stun. Bur L know that her love for
you, should you win it, would never stand
the trials to which it must be put as
your wife" Her voice broke down under
sobs.
There were real tears in Dicks eyes as
he answered huskily: perhaps YOU are
right. 1 never took that view Of IL. bat
l love Ellie well enough to wish her hap
piness at the cost Of my own. She shall
never know that / love her"
Mrs. Hill wiped her eyes and looked
into his. What she saw there satisfied
her. God bless YOU" she whispered. and
she meant it.
Elvira Hill was angry, as well MS hurt
when not many days afterward DicI,
Norris sailed for Japan, where he had
accepted a position, with no farewell
beyond p. p. c. card left when she was
out. She took the matter quietly. how
ever, and the Hill-Weston' wedding was
among the most brilliant events OF the
following season.
1t is some years since then, and Mrs.
Hill sometimes wonders whether, after
all, her triumph was as great as she
fancied. Her beloved daughter has every
thing that money can buy, but aflueuce
has not sweetened her disposition. Being
wise women, Mrs Hill has refused to
live with her son-in-law, with whom she
is on excellent terms. but she is sufH-
GENTLY behind the scenes to think. now
and then, that perhaps it had been wiser
to have let Elvira be happy in her own
way.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30
Hats and Wells.

For afternoon calls, clad in their best
women naturally want a smart as well
as a becoming hat. Perfectly charming
is the three-cornered hat in various pale
shades or all black, trimmed with a
quantity of feathers. 1t may not sound
ture hat than a specimen of really smart
good ostrich feathers and an old paste
buckle, you can get velvet or big flop
ping felt shape and make of it a model
picture hat. Those painted by the old
masters can never be surpassed. They
carry no date and ever look lovely, pro-
vided they are accurately poised on a
Well-arranged couture
Doctors are now greatly condemning
wells, and at times not without reason,
as in the case of spots, than which moth
ing is more fatal to the eyesight If
wells must be worn, and in windy, dusty
weather they are almost a necessity. let
them be of plain net or gauze, without
spot or pattern on them. Wells also are
so becoming that no lady will readily
dispense with one, however destructive
to the eyesight it may be-
The beauties of the middle ages were
more careful of their eyes than are our
modern women. They wore masks in
stead of VelS when out of doors to pre-
serve their complexion. But what mod
ern girl Would now consent to hide her
fresh young beauty under a mask, eSpe-
clally when she has the option of wear
ing a veil which even enhances her ueau-
ty? AS for the eyes, they must take care
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30

| Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Co
You have nobody but yourself to
blame, Elvira,' said Mrs. Hill. You
! know, perfectly well, that it is impos
sible for me to buy you another gown
this season, but you have only to marry
Mr.. Weston in order to have all the new
clothes, as well as everything else you
want
Ellie Hill (no one but her mother ever
| called her Elvira) looked up from her
novel with a distressed quicker Of her
red lips, a darkening Of her bright blue
| eyes.
But, mamma, he is SO DID," she said,
| fretfully.
Nonsense, he is in the prime Of life.
He is not yet fifty years old, and might
| easily be taken for forty
And 1 am just twenty Why is it that
the old men have all the money? 1 don't
want to marry him, mamma, indeed ]
| don't"
You are a very foolish girl There is
| not another in our set who would not be
| glad of your chance to marry the wealth.
| lest unmarried man in the city. Just
| think, Elvira how delightful it would be
| to have an elegant house, your own car
| riage, to be able to order all the clothes
you wish without having to count the
cost, and, besides to have husband who
adores you. If Mr.. Weston were disagree
| able, 1 could understand it; but he is
handsome has good manners, and is I'M
exceptionable in every respect
Yes, but mamma, L don't love him.
Mrs. Hill sighed. Love isn't every
thing, Elvira. / made a lovematch. No
girl was ever more in love, than l was
with your father. l married him against
the advice of all my family, and 1 lived
to know, before he died. that it would
have been better for me- and, what was
worse, for him, if I had listened to my
father and mother instead of to my own
young heart. A penniless wife is fear
full clog on a poor man."
There was silence in the room for a
few moments, except for the ticking of
the clock. Then Mrs. Hill spoke again.
''Elvira, are you engaged to Dick Norris?'
mo, mamma"
He has made love to you, / am sure.
everybody is talking about you two; has
he asked you to marry him?
The girls eyes filled with tears of vexa-
ton. How can you talk so, mamma?"
Tell me the truth, Elvira, has he?'
mo, mamma The answer was
scarcely more than a whisper.
Nor ever will. He cannot afford to
marry, and he knows it, but he amuses
himself with you, as men do, selfshly,
and you, foolish child, reject a lover
who is all that any woman could ask,
and who honestly offers you his hand as
well as his heart. Elvira, Elvira, you
are breaking my heart" But Elvira
had fled to sob out her distress in her
own room.
Ellie Hill was the youngest. and by
far the prettiest of the seasons debu-
tantes. the most successful, also, al
though but for her popularity among
the girls of her own age, a debut would
have been impossible for her. She had
come out under the wing Of wealthy
cousin, who was glad to give her
chance along with her own daughter,
and she had at once captiyated the great
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30
The Jealous Woman.

A jealous woman is third crazy and
two-thirds fiend. The emotion has no re-
deeming feature, from the fact that it
owes it's birth and development to the de-
mon of suspicion with it's kindred lack
of confidence
q Jealousy in a woman is very much
more pronounced and aggressive than in
a man. A jealous woman bristles with
spitefulness, and no boundary outlines
the limit to which petty meannesses and
eXaSperating tantalizings can reach. Her
aim and object in life is to keep in con-
slant fermentation a series of annoyances
that would aggravate the soul of a
sphinx. Refinement good breeding
every womanly consideration is cast to
the winds when her mind is bent on the
one idea-the pursuit of the object of her
Vindictive resentment
There is, nor can there be, no greater
curse than that underlying the matrimo-
nial knot that ties one life to that of a
Jealous fiend. Conscience, honor, self-re-
spect, all the qualities calculated to en-
noble lives become as a dead letter
when jealousy gains the ascendency, and
this monstrosity is not only often made
the excuse for petty WEAKNESSES that
embitter lives, but it becomes also the
subterfuge of crime that mutilates and
murders, and yet people dignity it as an
evidence Of love.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30

turned to the city after winter spent in
the East. They are residing for the pres
ent in the Elgin on Kent street.
Miss Mary Hall mas returned from the
Pacific coast
G. F. F. Abbott has accepted a position
as superintendent of construction in the
erection of railway station in New York
and will make his residence there for
some time at least. Mrs Abbott expects
to go on shortly to join him there.
Mrs. Paul r. Merrill has returned from
the South.
Robert Craig has been spending the
winter at Portland, Or.
Mrs. w. c. Ribenack, of Menomonie,
Wis. has been visiting ner mother, Mrs.
Berry.
Mr. Stringer has been East for a cou-
pie of weeks on business at Washing
ton. D. C.
DR.. Alberta McClung, who has been
practicing in Chicago for some time, has
returned home and may remain here and
open an office
DR.. Walls and family have gone to
White Bear for the summer
Mrs Darling and her son and Mr.. and
Mrs. Purdy will return soon from San