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THE MAN BEHIND THE BABY,

You can hardly read a paper without
being sure to find
Some sentimental poem on the man who
IL behind.
Hoes cannon, picks and muskets and
some more are on the list
But the man behind the baby in It's go
cart has been missed.
Hhe others may be heroes and quite use
full I'm their ways.
And more or less deserving of a poet s
fervid praise:
But they cannot hold a candle to the man
we love to meet
Behind the cunning baby in it's go-cart on
the street.
With all the pride and dignity new papas
will display,
And nerved against the silly jokes his
funny frier DIS essay,
And feeling so responsible he pushes on
it's trips
The gc-cart and the baby with the bottle
at its lips.
1t is an inspir, con to a bashful single
To this small procession with the
bottle in the van:
And notice how the women who are pass
ing have to stop
And gaze with admiration on the image
of its pop.
No nursemaids cold Indifference he
shows TO babys cries:
He'll find the pin that's pricking and he'll
keep away the flies,
And he'll adjust the bottle when Il tum-
bles from its place
with true heroic dignity betting to the
case.
He'll nicely dry the baby's chin and wipe
It's little nose,
And soothe it. oh, so motherly. and
smooth Ita rumpled clothes
And never lobs bis temper though IL puz-
zles him lot
20 know juSt what's the matter with
the scrt'aS Jng little tot.
Nell talk to II the prettiest of baby talk
untU
The b3eby thinks ne is n fool-as smartes,
-~~ babies will;
And he will cut up capers just to make
the darling smile,
, Regardless of the people who may won
der at his style.
But when the little carriage has a double
load of joy
Two bottles and two babies and-not one
of them a boy
The man behind that trouble may not
show IL in his phiz.
But all the same a hero, and a big one
too, he is.
You may talk about the courage Of the
man behind the gun
Who often is frightened that he hasn't
strength to rum
But for finer courage-when his wife
is tired out
The man behind the baby is the man to
braR about.
III. C. Dodge. in Chicago Daily Sun
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The first scientific society was estAf>-
lished by DIR. Franklin.
n German geographer complains
that north pole exploration is in dan
ger of degenerating into a sport, in
which the establishment of records"
is the main thing.
The breathing or blowing of wells
driven on the plains of Nebraska has
been lately shown TO coincide with
changes of barometric pressure, but
1t is thought that low pressure can
hardly account for the force with
which the air is expelled from some
of the wells.
In his experiments with various We
hlcles, Nj. Michelin has found that iron
tires require greater motive power
than either solid rubber or rueumat-
&c. An electric automobile ruLning al
five per cent. greater speed with pneu-
matte tires took Is per cent. less power
than when fitted with solid rubber
tires; and in stopping, the solid tires
required an increase of IA per cent. in
braking power.
Two striking instances of the effects
or wind Shots" or the currents of air
caused by the enemy's cannon balls,
are given in the Autobiography of Sir
henry Smith" On one occasion his
horse fell as if stone dead, but he was
not hurt at all. On another occasion
an officer was knocked down by the
wind of shot and his face was black
as if he had been two hours in pu-
gilistic ring"
between Mount Kasbek and China
raj khokh, in the Caucasus, a glacier
descends into the narrow, wedge
shaped valley of the Ghenal Don, which
AFTER course of ID miles joins the
Ghizel Don, a tributary of the Terek
Like most glaciers of the Caucasus,
the Ghenal Don has of late years re-
ceded considerably, and some years
ago copious springs of hot sulphur
water were uncovered by the recession.
About the middle of July the whole end
OF the glacier broke off and slid down
the valley, grinding down everything
in its path. Thirty-two lives were lost
On July 10 another huge block of ice
broke off and followed the first with
terrible rapidity for eight miles down
the valley.
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scious of the shadow which was now
darkening the street
The storm broke at IL o'clock.
The yellow slips distributed by
news agency contained the following
paragraph in double-leaded type:
Hos "A. m. AndruS Carmody, Pal
mer j. Morton, II. j. Kent and Simon
Fence cannot he found They we're
last seen in Mr.. Morton's offices about
four o'clock yesterday afternoon
Their relatives know nothing of
their whereabouts. The police and
detective force have been notified"
message of similar purport was
recorded on the tape
Any description of the scenes
which followed on the floor of the
stock Exchange would be deemed
eNaggeration by those who never
have seen speculative panic sweep
all before it. The tempest was
loosed. Before its fury the sturdy
financial oaks bent in the blast. The
puny speculative saplings were up
rooted and borne away on the wings
OF the cyclone. Staid old men who
had not been seen on the floor of the
exchange for months, rushed hatless
through the streets and hurled them
selves into the crazy mob.
The 90 acres of the financial dis
trict was Bedlam. Men tore pa
| pers from the hands of newsboys
and rushed away without paying
for them. The widest rumors, if
OF evil purport, became certainties
The word went down the street that
great bank had closed its doors.
There was no fragment of truth
IN the statement, but it was accept
ed rs an unqueStioned fact 1t was
charged that the great enterprises in
which CarmOdy, Pence and Morton
were concerned were insolvent, and
that these men were in secret con-
ference, endeavoring to arrange a
compromise with creditors. Mr..
Kent was regarded as the Spectator
who had been intrusted with this
news, and commissioned to use it to
recoup some of the losses.
The evening papers were flooding
the city with extras. The news was
so stupendous as to confound the
genius of the designers of headlines.
There was neither space nor type
sufficient to depict their emotions.
But the Imagination of the report
ers was equal to the crisis. In be-
wildering succession the millionaires
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CHAPTER V.
THE WALL STREET PANIC.

THE WALL STREET PANIC.
What happened on this famous
Tuesday has been lightly touched on
in the opening chapter OF this his
tory. The morning papers had de-
voted considerable space TO the bear
furry" in Wall street. There were
guarded illusions TO the coup per
formed by Mr.. Kent, who had con
Quoted his operations with little at
tempt 10 disguise his attitude. His
profits we're yariousIy estimated at
from S7jOOOO 60 So 900 600. and il was
strongly intimated that he would live
20 regret the unwarranted scare he
had precipitated.
On the following Tuesday morning
London ignored the New York break
in prices and opened strong. Chicago
and the speculative west looked on
it's splendid crops and telegraphed
buying orders in generous volume.
The galleries around the trading floor
~ the Exchange were crowded with
the SiRht-seers who are always in
force when the market is excited.
The hand Of the big clock slowly ap-
preached the hour 81 ten. The thou
sand or more brokers gravitatcd to-
wards the various standards which
bore the names Of the important
trading stocks.
The market opened strong and at
o slight advance i'm spite Of large
offerings 81 stock by Kent brokers
and from Street e. Rogers acting
for their unknown principals the
market held its own the first half
hour. IL was az this time that
vague and portentious rumors were
circulated on the floor, and whis-
pered over telephones. These ru-
mors we're greeted with general in
credulity, but the effect on the mar
ket was apparent from the time the
first suspicion was breathed. London,
| Chicago and other speculative centers
continued buying and selling, uncon-
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THE TIGER WAS PLEASED.
Rubbed with Wet Sponge an TN
tanned jungle Monarch Lets an
Ignorant COs-nck Escape.

y Cossack, ignorant of the French
language and equally ignorant OF
fear. was recently hired at Moscow
by the lion tanner Pezon to clean the
cages of his wild beasts. Their I'm.
derStanding, or Observation-Disclosures
was arranged by means OF gestureg
and dumb show, and Pezon thought
that the man thoroughly understood
what he had TO do. relates q London
paper. The net morning the Tartar
began his new duties by entering
with bucket. sponge and broom. not
the cage of a tame beast, as his mas.
ter Ind done, but OF a sI.ndid nm.
tanned tiger, which lay asleep on tho
floor The fierce animal awake and
fixed its eyes upon the ma who
calmly proceeded TO wet his large
sponge, and, untCrrified, TO rut down
the tiger as if il had been horse OF
dog; while the tiger, appar5 nt;y
delighted by the application of ,old
water, rolled over on its back
stretched out its paws, and purrir ..
offered every part of it's body TO ths
Cossack. who washed IL as compIa.
Gently as n mother bathes her infant
Then he left the cage, and would
have repeated the hazardous expert
ment upon another savage beast
from the desert had not Pezon drawn
him Oft with difficulty.
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these men. At two o'clock the mar
ket was firm and slowly advancing
Notwithstanding the vast: offerings
from Street & Rogers. At $3.50 Wall
street was growing optimistic. 1t
regarded the selling as proft-taking,
and bought with confidence. Sugar
rose To within seven points of the
| opening figure.
Then came the final disaster. It
was announced that John NJ Rock
we'll the great capitalist, and Hiram
Haven, the sugar magnate also were
missing. simultaneously, word was
received from Philadelphia that none
OF the gentlemen mentioned had been
at the Hotel Lafayette, and that the
dispatch was bogus, having been sent
out by a commission house which
took this method to recoup some of
its losses. In the crash which fol-
lowed several houses went to the
wall Their holdings were thrown
on the market. Sugar dropped an
extreme 40 points. Other securities
suffered in proportion. a man stood
in the middle of Broad street and
blew his brains out. Staid old invest
paid dividends for years dropped five
points between quotations. Sugar
fell IL points on sale of 400 shares.
and did not steady itself for ten
minutes. during which time il was
worth $500 a share less than il
had been those few minutes before.
Once more il was Street & Rog-
ers to the rescue. For two DAYS
! they had been selling on good news
and buying on bad news. Again
their brokers stood in the breach
and bought Sugar, +. & o., st. Paul.
Jersey Central. Metropolitan and
Steel and Iron from men who seemed
willing to give it away. When the
gong sounded at three o'clock, the
signal that this awful day was
ended on the Stock Exchange, these
brokers were yet surrounded by
swarms of men frantic in their eff
forts to sell stocks at any prices. II
was midnight before the lights went
out in the offices of Street & Rogers.
Scores of haggard men arranged pri-
vate settlements on terms which
would permit them to remain sol
vent
The profits of the unknown prin-
cipals or syndicate represented by
Street & Rogers, of New York, Nor
ris q Hauser, of Boston, and Wright
d Tanning, of Chicago, were con-
servatively estimated at S24,OOO.OOO.
The members of the firm of Street
d Rogers gave out no figures and
refused to name the men they were
representing. They stated that they
had considered the market over
bought, and had sold stocks in antic-
ipation of a natural reaction. The
unexpected bad news had found them
in a situation from which they could
not help reaping an enormous adj
vantage. They had simply taken
profits on the various movements OF
the market, and did not share the
apprehensions of those who feared
Tor the safety of the missing men.
Mr.. Street declared that prices were
too low at the closing figures. even
If 1T were known that the worst had
happened. Intrinsic values could not
be permanently affected by the fate
OF individuals, and he advised buying
! on any further declines
Thus closed the most memorable
day in the history of Wall street
ITO BE Continued
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CHAPTER ".


SOME STRANGE HAPPENINGS.
Mr.. r. j. Kent, the great operator.
paced slowly up and down his room.
but never missed an examination of
the tape as it escaped from the
chattering ticker, by an interval ex-
ceeding half minute. As the hour
of two approached, the little machine
became furious in its efforts to keep
pace with the operations of the
sweating, swearing and struggling
brokers, two blocks away. Mr. Kent
let the tape slide through his fingers
and read a record which translated
was as follows: 5000 shares Sugar
149h-2,2OO Sugar 149-4.OOO Sugar
14sA-7OO B. g. o. 1O7H-1.1OO b. d o.
1912, 800 j. e. o. 1O6%-5OO 3. g. 0.
106-3, 200 st. Paul 171-4,0OO st. Paul
17OH-5OO St. Paul 17O-3,OOO St. Paul
1907 400 Metropolitan 173H-9OO
Metropolitan 172h-1,6O Metropoli-
tan 171H-4,OOO Jersey Central 1897
800 Jersey Central 15s%-1 700 .Jer-
sey Central 1875 Jersey Central
15sH-2,4OO Sugar 1475s-5OO Sugar
147.
Mr.. Kent stepped TO his private
telephone.
who is selling that sugar?" he
asked his broker.
Street g. Rogers are selling most
of il now. Brokers for Morris e.
Hauser of Boston, and Wright g. Fam
ming of Chicago have also been sell
ing IL. These houses have been sell
ing st. Paul, Jersey Central. Balti-
more &, Ohio, Metropolitan, Steel and
Iron and other stocks" was the
prompt answer. OF advised the Office
OF IL some time ago.
~Who is the selling for2"
mo one seems 60 know"
what do Ravens brokers sayP"
They seem TO be UP in the air.
They are still buying Sugar"
"All right Good bye"
Mr.. Kent called up Mr.. Haven. the
great sugar UaEnatc
what in the devil il the matter
with your Sugar stock?" he demand
ed.
81 don't know" was the response.
''Its all right. am buying il as fast
rs IL is offered What is IT now?"
Mr.. Kent examined the tape.
zone hundred and forty-eiqht and
rter," he replied 1T has been
e. 1862 but has recovered
aho IS doing that selling?"
lQp't know" answered Mr..
PIE impotence. Prob
pking profits. II will
you. Goodbye"
the tape for .
Qarket was
was
very
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Rice In south Tens.

The Government report for 1902 shows
that Texas holds the worlds record for the
production OF rice. Some of the best rice
lands in the State are along the line of the
NJ. X. L: Ry. An interesting book on
Texas will be sent on request. James
Barker, Gen'l Pass Agent, NJ. *. d L. Ry.,
SOL Wainwright Bldg ST. Louis
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"Lt's anil wind"

William-Didn't that burglars chloro-
form make you i'll?
Richard-Well. | didn't like it; but it
cured my wlfe's neuralgia Detroit Free
Press.
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A 5o-CentCnIendnrf nrocent.

II you want one of the handsomest cal
endars you ever saw, send cts postage to
the Boston Rubber Shoe Co., Calendar
Dept, Murray St, New York, 1t is I0x2O
inches, printed in - colors, and perfect
beauty. There are plenty OF 50-cent calen-
dars not nearly as pretty
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Tourist-"W does the next train
start for Cork, porter Irish Porter
She's just gone, sorr!"-Punch.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as cough cure. w O'Brien, 3D. Third
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No one finds it so hard to forgive mis-
takes as the person who most frequently
makes acknowledgement News.
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How My Throat Hurts,-Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar,
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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The course of true love might run
smoother If the spectators would not offer
SO many suggestions for its improvement.
indianapolis News
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A Sunne.,f

She-You didn't stay long in London.
He-No. | couldn't stand It. Over there
everybody knew me for an American rient
away. Here, IN New York, no one ever
suspects it.-Smart Set
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Copyright. 1901, by Lothrop Publishing COMPANY
All lights reserved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-04
Wouldn't Arrest oelesby.

New York, April 3.-Captain Titus of
the detective bureau admitted yesterday
morning that he had received a mes
sage. from Chief of Police O'Neill of
Chicago asking for the arrest of Jasper
Oglesby, the young man who became
engaged on the steamship st. Paul re-
Gently to Miss Rogers, daughter of
Thomas Rogers of 1886 Boston road.
Oglesby has left the city and Is sup
posed to be in Illinois. Captain Titus
said that even had the telegram been
received in time to arrest the young
man he would not have done so. as his
bureau has no business stopping mar
riages. The telegram simply said that
Oglesby was under age.
Lincoln, ILL.,. April 3.-Jasper Oglesby
has not arrived at his home in Elkhart.
None of the family is at home, and Jas
sper's uncle Major Hill of this city, re-
ports that he does not know the boys
whereabouts. Jasper Oglesby. is 90
years old this month. March he left
here with his mother for Europe to visit
Miss Felicite Oglesby, who was So
journing at Paris. Previous to his de-
parture for Europe he filed position
as clerk in the general freight Office Of
the Illinois Central at Chicago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-04
Two California Excursions.

On account OF the convention Of the
Federation of Women's Clubs at Los
Angeles, Cal, on May to s, the Chi
cago Great Western railway (off1cial
route) will run two excursions, the first
leaving Minneapolis at 10 a. m. and st.
Paul at 1890 a. m. on Thursday, April
"a, and will be Joined by the Iowa dele
cation at Des Moines the same evening,
a arriving at Los Angeles via the Santa
Fe route at $3.50 a. m. on Wednesday,
April 80. Stop-overs may be arranged
for Las Vegas, Hot Springs, Santa Fe.
N. NJ, and at Williams. Ariz., to visit
the Grand canyon. The second excur-
sion will leave Minneapolis on Satur-
day, April 26, at 10 a. m. and st. Paul
at 1890 a. m. and arrive at Des Moines
the same evening, following the same
route as the first excursion. Reserva-
ton for sleeping car accommodation
should be made at once. The fare is
only $4S for the round trip. For infor-
nation and reservations apply to j. A.
Ellis, ticket agent, Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-04

have a socialistic condition of industry
in which each member is on an exact
equality Of opportunity with another.
Retail merchants in the west are asso-
ciating themselves for the purpose of
cooperative buying. The competition
in railroading is driving the roads into
single ownership which among stock
holders of corporation is the same
thing as cooperative OWL e ship This
rapid drift toward commercial social
ism is the movement of the age. Forced
by great combinations of capital the
two together promise eventually to
place all industry upon common basis
of cooperation which is only another
name fer the conditions desired by the
scientific socialist.
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gurig arstatnp 5np. Friday, april 1902

That the manufacturers of the adulter-
ated butter herein contained have COM
Piled with all requirements of law.
Every person is cautioned not to use
either this package again or the stamp
thereon, nor to remove the contents OF
this package without destroying said
stamp, under the penalty provided by
law in such cases"
A fine of $50 is imposed for each label
removed. A levy of 10 cents a pound is
levied on adulterated butter repre-
scented by coupon stamps. The provis-
ions relating to the coupons for tobacco
and snuff are made to apply to adulter-
ated butter stamps.
Process butter on which there will be
q tax of one quarter of cent pound
must be identified by marks and labels
to be determined by the secretary OF
agriculture. These amendments, hav-
ing been accepted, will be incorporated
in the bill as 1T will pass the senate.
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FEW MAeNATEs DODGE TAXES

Final Lists Issued in New York Show
Millionaires Are Reforming.
New York. April 3.-On account OF
the low tentative" figures the final tax
lists issued today by the tax depart
ment show that this year very few mil
lionaires tried to dodge their assess
ments.
These millioinaires were originally
assessed for amounts totally incom-
mensurate with their real personal
fortunes. They are now willing to ac-
cept the estimate as final. In former
years they have sworn off their assess
ments so freely that there has been
S75,000,000 difference between the fig
ures made out by the assessors and
those finally recorded on the rolls.
Andrew Carnegie, William K. Van
derbilt, Alice G. Vanderbilt, Florence
A. Twombley and John d. Rockefeller
are all assessed at 100000 each. the
amount of the original assessments.
The highest individual assessment
is made against Frederick w. Wander
bilt for 100000.
The Huntington estate was assessed
at first for 100000, but this amount
will be contested. j. Pierpont Morgan
pays on only 100000.
Russell Sage will pay taxes on only
100000. John Jacob Aston will be
taxed on 100000 and William c. Whit
ney on 100000.
Except for the change of Reginald
Vanderbilt from s1,OOO.OOo to s25o,OOo
the final assessments of the Wander
bits are the same as the original fig
ures