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Crittenden press., 1902-07-17
OIL-CARRYING FLEETS.
Their Number Makes the Question of
Danger Important.

DdnBei important.
In connection with the mercantile
marine nothing can be said to be more
certain than that the oil-carrying
fleets of the world will be consider
ably increased in the course of very
few years, says London Petroleum.
4 growing demand for crude and
refined petroleum, the discovery of
new oil fields and the all-round de-
velopment of the trade will neces-
state the building of new tankers.
AT the present moment there must
be nearly score of these vessels on
the stocks in British and American
shipyards. 1t is a new branch of the
shipping industry, and one which
ought to attract great deal of at
tention. The tanker has a more ex-
pensive and complicated equipment
than the ordinary freighter. and this
demands the display Of engineering
and scientific knowledge quite unique
among specialists work in the art of
shipbuilding. Oi-fred steamers,
both cargo-carrying and passenger,
will also become more numerous dur
ing the next four or five years. Oil as
fuel and cargo is one of the most
promising liquids of commerce; it has
a future that is both interesting and
important.
There is a certain unaccountable
antipathy to petroleum. Some prac-
tical men think it constitutes a dan
gerous cargo. They are mistaken. |
Still, we think it is in the best inter-
ests of this growing trade that the |
transport Of petroleum in bulk
through narrow and crowded water
ways should be carried on under
proper conditions, and in such a
manner that, while the owners of oil
carrying vessels will have no cause
for complaint, the interests Of the
commissioners or companies con-
trolling nayigable waterways will
have their important interests prop
erly safeguarded. The mishap to the
Bulysses, and the more serious de-
structiOn of the Nerite by fire, took
place in the Suez canal. This was.
geographically, unfortunate; if the
accident had happened anywhere else
there would have been no attempts
made to draw lessons from them.
The transport of petroleum through
the canal, in many respects unique
as waterway, is an old question; ten
years ago it was beginning to come to
the front, and at that time British
shipowners and the officials of the
Suez Canal company exhibited a
great deal of interest in it. We have
before us a report by Sir Frederick
Abel and DR.. Boverton Redwood on
"the proposed transport of petroleum
in tank steamships through the Suez
canal" Then there were
between 60 and 20 petroleum tank
steamers, and of these they said
many carry from 5000 to 1000 tons
Of OIL" now there are three times
that number of tankers, and the larg-
est, trading and building, are de-
signed to carry from 5000 to 10000
tons.
Crittenden press., 1902-07-17
FACTS THAT STAGGER,
A Scientists Reflections on the Grandeur
Of Minute Things.

OF minute hlnRe'
"Speakingofsmall things, said tn.
man who mas a leaning toward sclen.
tliic things, to a New Orleans Times.
Democrat reporter, "do you know We
never stop TO think of the importance
of the little things around US, and
the poetry, and beauty, and grandeur
Of the wee things which enter into
the composition Of that great inscru.
table and impenctrable bulk Of things
and laws We call nature. Hugo stung
mans vanity somewhat when he said
rather tritely that the grub worm was
OF as much importance TO nature IN
the furtherancc of her plans as man
was. but be annuonced a profound
truth Just the same. We speak flip
PANTY Of the atom. and the molccu'e
and the wee little things without ever
thinking seriously about what We are
saving. Man is an atom, We viii
say, with stretch Of the fancy. and
we will talk about molecules wlthtLe
same Indifference to the real meaning
Of the word. What san atom? What
is a molecule? Can the finite mind
conceive Of thing, can 1t think ola
thing so utterly small that il cannot
be divided. ltcannot. IetWcspcas
Of these things with the same liberty
and self-conhdcncc vc show wheuve
speak Of the towering hills or 'he
broad, spreading oceans which divide
the continents II Is one Of the llb-
critics Of speech. Rather ] should ,ay
It was license greater than any poet
yet hath claimed in Ginning his
rhymes from the Tyre Did you ever
stop TO think about the size Of 4 mole
cule; BY some process Of reasoning,
based upon investigation and eNpeu-
ment. scientists have reached the COM
clu.ion that moleculc Of glass Is less
than l-25, 200, ,OOOth, and something
more than 1880. O.0O0, ,000th ofan inch
in diameter Put IN different terms
IL il less than IL 900. .OOOth. and more
than l-lO.OO0.OO Of a millimeter
in size. II We could take a drop o.
water and magnify It rntil 1t was the
size Of the earth IN appearance, a
molecule would be about the size ola
leadcn shot or a cricket ball THIS
will give Us some idea Of the molcculc,
which, for some purposes az least, IS
supposed TO be made mp Of a number
OF atoms. The chemist, for instance,
assumes that the atom is the smallest
possible particle, and while not neces-
sarily indivisible, Is supposed 10 be 20
generally. Suppose We look at the
molecule from another standpoint,
from the standpoint Of is velocity.
Ii Is estimated that the speed Of the
average molecule in a mass Of hydro
gen at The freezing point Of water is
about 5000 feet per second, or about
20 miles a minute. This means 4 200
miles an hour, or about three times
the speed Of cannon ball shot from
he heaviest gun. Ii is estimated that
at atmospheric pressure space filled
with these particles would show col.
lisions Of molecule with molecule at
a rate for each molecule Of about 49,
000,0OO,000 collisions per second.
Ratherrapidgoing. isn'tit7 However,
molecules under certain other more
normal conditions show a velocity Of
about 1000 miles an hour, which is
not a slow pace. There is a certain
grandeur about these small things
which almost staggers the mind when
ye think Of tbsm
Crittenden press., 1902-07-17
Be a Little More Steady.

An Atchison man had a job that
paid him $40 a month, and he didn't
work very hard. lie refused to be-
have himself, as a self-respecting
man should, and was frequently
warned. He paid nc attention to the
warnings, and was discharged. II
will be hundred years before he gets
another job. Are you seeing how
near you can go to the edge Of the
precipice without falling over: We
all do it occasionally. Look yourself
oyer.-Atchison Globe.
Crittenden press., 1902-07-17
Long Service.

In the Commune of Idaarderadeel,
in Holland, a woman has Just died
who was for "a years in the service of
The same family, first as nurse girl.
then as domestic, and finally y as house
keeper.
Crittenden press., 1902-07-17
Wears Wedding Ring on Toe.

A woman without arms has been
married at Christchurch, New Zea-
land. The ring was placed upon the
fourth toe of her left foot.
Crittenden press., 1902-07-17
In the British Colonies.

Every inhabtant of the United
Kingdom may be said fguratiyely to
hold sway over l30 acres abroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24

like the former as Santa Claus is unlike
old Scrooge. This man, too, mas
amassed wealth, and he has done It,
not by watering stocks, nor by corner
ing the market, nor by cutting down
wages, nor by raising the price OF
commodities, nor by grinding down the
poor. But by dint of hard work, per-
sonal sacrifice, and devotion to bust
ness, he has gathered together a modest
competence, and now like Carnegie
tho not old-he is afraid he will die
rich, and to avoid the disgrace, he has
become veritable Santa Claus dis
pensing his bounty the whole year
round-not upon poor relations alone.
but to every Tom, Dick and Harry
whose need and worth appeals to him.
Nor does he do it ostentatiously OF
for show, for of him it may be truly
said, his left hand knoweth not what
his right hand doeth. Scores of such
deeds have I known him to do with
never mention of them, and which
drifted to my ears thru the merest
chance.
He does not endow libraries and coll
leges, his wealth is not sufficient for
that, but he has more than once opened
his own home to the widowed and the
orphaned until they were otherwise
provided for. And others besides his
own children, may grow up to bless him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO you.

With this issue the Times Republican,
and many a return of the day. In order
that we may enjoy with you the spirit
Of Christmas giving this newspaper to-
day presents each of its subscribers
with a complete Christmas story which
1s often sold at the book stores in book
form and is said to be the best thing
Charles Dickens ever wrote. The edi-
tors of the T.-R. consider 1t the best
Christmas story ever written by any
author and we hope that T.-R readers
will enjoy it to the fullest extent
Christmas Time which for 1900 years
has been known among Christian peo-
pie as the season of peace on earth,
good will to men, is the most beautiful
season of all the year. To those who
have little children to give full express
zion to the joys of Christmas time no
festival brings with it the lightness of
heart or cheerfulness of spirit that sur
rounds the coming OF Santa Claus and
the singing of Christmas carols. An
old. old myth and very old custom to be
sure, but none the less new and inter-
esting as the surprise and joy OF each
successive generation of little tots rises
In childish laughter and children's car
OILS to bring us the Christmas cheer.
The world in which we live is often
scolded for being sordid one. If the
critic could lift the roofs from the
homes of Christian people on Christmas
morning the pictures he would see
would testify most damagingly to such
q charge; nevertheless, there Is all too
much of living to ones self common
EYnong men. The NEST of us are wont
20 pity the emptiness OF the childless
lives about us, and the loneliness of our
bachelor friends at Christmas time. We
even commiserate the graye-like chill
the hearts OF misery men whose sordid
souls are locked and barred to the joys
OF Christmas giving. In our fnllness of
pleasure, We overlook with 8. passing
regret the self-inficted misery of those
who know not that it is more joyful as
well as more blessed to give than to re-
reive, but it is hoped that in the read
ing Of the story of old Scrooge and Tiny
Tim, with the revelations Of Marley's
ghost, all misery spirits. if there be any
within the reach of the Times -Repub-
aican circulation, will have the rusty
locks of a sordid soul broken by the
reading of our Christmas Carol. The
most Of us, who can consistently look
upon an old Scrooge from an outside
point Of view, have. still, much in COM
mon with him and journey with Mar
leys ghost will fit us to enjoy next
years Christmas times with wider
conception of the Christmas spirit. For
today the T.-R. wishes you all a Merry
christmas There viii be no issue pub
hshed on Thursday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
THE GOAL Or SUCCESS.

Success! How can man reach it?
1t Is important that every young man
(and in these days of opportunity.
Young woman is incIuded) should get a
fair understanding of the primary rules
that make the path of success surer.
Charles Stewart Smith. ex-president
OF the New York Chamber of Com
rlerce, is writing for the Tribune Sc
ries Of papers on the subject of Careers
for Coming Men, in one of which he
observes that few men of genius have
engaged in several professions with
equal success, but ordinary mortals
must be content to select but one. lie
believes that the old saying, attributed
to Roman sage, 1T is better to be the
first in village than the second in
Rome. means that leadership in ones
calling In whatever place or position is
the goal. Any young man, he declares,
with good health and fair abilities, with
such education as is freely offered to
a11 in this country, may enter the race.
III he is poor. his chance is better, as ne
will better appreciate the meaning Oh
that stern word .sMust." The rich mans
son is generally handicapped by his en-
vironment. The boy is the prophecy OF
the man. If, before he arrives at 81
years. he has not shown the stun OF
Ia chi
bly, predicted as to his future. Thefe
are exceptions to this rule, however.
If wealth or fame, literary, scientific
~ artistic accomplishments are desired,
tney can be had if one will pay the
rrice The prize is within the reach OF
every man.
The conditions of eminent success are
snexorably hard; only few will make
ME sacrifice. He names them in this
arder:
.F7irst-One must believe his adopted
vacation is for life, and he must work
Ike a gladiator. Patient, untiring IN
dustry always receives its reward.
eSecond--To be society man and
lover of pleasure is fatal to success.
aThird- Only such recreation as is
necessary to preserve health is permits
bible.
..Fourth- Intempesance and excesses
OF all kinds are barred out.
s.Fffth-It is mandatory to rise early,
with a clear brain, refreshed by neces-
sary rest. Morning is the best time to
work, as the proverbs in all languages
testify.
.'sixth-If occasion demands 1t, one
must face the strietest economy in diet,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
for the education they have received.

And the strangest part about my
story is, these two men have been
telling you about, are brothers. They
are no Pigments OF the brain, invented
for the occasion, but genuine cases
taken from real life, and well known to
the writer. The generous gfver lives
in Iowa-not thousand miles from
Marshalltown. The other one-well, no
matter where he lives. Let him be
unknown and forgotten as he deserves
Born of the same father and mother,
subject to the same parental train
ing, what makes the difference? You
tell. / can't. A. J. N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
pENsloniNe RAILROAD MEN.

The system Of pensioning aged and
faithful employees is growing among the
great railway companies, and by the
opening of the year 1908 seven of these
great corporations will have adopted
the policy. The scheme of pension
ing is a reciprocal one, with advantages
on each side. 1t insures better ser
vice to the railroad companies, as the
result of bringing them into closer
fraternal relations with those who
serve them. The latter feel that they
interest in these great arteries of COM
merce, particularly il they have pro-
gressive and humane officials at the
head of the systems. 1t also insures
continuous service, thing to be de-.
sired by the railways If men are of the
right stamp, whose value is enhanced
by experience. 1t guards employees
against the temptation of abandoning
one business to engage in another.
1iilS Is one Oh the HaIaTuS OIL lie TO
which many are exposed. 1t may be
difficult for a young man to select the
work for which he is best fitted in life.
In his case, where a mistake is made
in choosing work, an early change may
not be attended with loss, but many
shipwrecked business barks are those
Where men later on change their course
and meet with disaster. This desire
will have less force with railroad men
who have something assured them in
the future. In fact much more might
be said in its favor.
I The great railroad system, by pre-
vision, can create fund for this pur-
pose that will scarcely l,e missed and
1T stamps them as being above the
corporations that are denounced as be-,
ing without souls.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24

paign. These later years are all too
full of self and sordidness. In the mad
whirl of strenuous endeavor for sue
cess, financial social, professional and
political, there may not be too much
of the sentiment of unselishness to
warm the cookies of the heart to a
proper degree. But in these days of
planning and searching and buying it
is we'll to remember that all that goes
with this proceeding may not be di-
rected to the best possible ends.
The exchange of elaborate presents
among friends and relatives Is preva-
lent. The list is wont to grow from
year to year. 1t is regarded with more
or less of terror along in November,
and later It's exactons are met with
such resignation as may be mustered.
Necessarily selections must be made
without elaboration and care, and 1t
is proposed to make money do the
business, just as If the depths of the
heart might be sounded with a golden
plummet. The stress of endeavor is
too much for busy or fraii women. The
financial strain is ofttimes painful.
The investment is heavy. Then comes
WEAKNESS and reflection. Much has
been given for little, and little for
much. In either case there may be
art-burning. The hellowness of the
proceeding IS conspicuous, and it will
not be repeated until next year.
Why go thru the motions of bestow
ing where there is no need of gifts that
do not satisfy? In the home and with
in bounds where such exchanges sug-
geSt real sentiment let lit be understood
that money is not the measure of the
gifts best appreciated. Let neither
elegance nor simplicity be the standard
Bestow no gift that will create obiga-
ton. Best of all Christmas investments
are those which smooth the brow of
suffering and satisfy the yearnings of
the troubled heart. Returns from such
are never disappointing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
Position of Dewey's Ships.
Minneapolis Tribune.l

Dewey knows his trade. If he We're
expecting a declaration of war with
England and Germany in three days
he need not change the position of one
of his fifty warships. He has arranged
them in a big horseshoe, each end rest
ing on an island near the Venezuelan
coast, embracing the blockading ships
between them. The curve sweeps
around the Caribbean, thru the Islands
from Porto Rico to Trinidad, overlook
ing the scene of the blockade. His
strongest battleships and cruisers are
at the ends of the curve and the others
strung along the line of 1t. He has
silently established real peace block
ade, outside Of the other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
A Missing Household Word.

BUFFALO IlT1eS.1
It was recently in well known club
room and one of those rare occasions
of conviyiality in which the best of men
like to indulge. The party numbered
dozen, all prominent locally and some
whose fame is more than local. A good
spirit prevailed because none but the
best of spirits had been flowing, and the
spirit manifested itself in a brilliarcy of
speech that dubbed from every one
present to such an extent that all inn
promptu postmaster was chosen to
keep it in curb by having each speak in
turn.
So up rose MrToastmaster and, cast
ing his eye about the board, let 1t rest
upon the man the fountain of whose
eloauence was first to be let loose.
Gentlemen said the postmaster,
Gas becomes the occasion, will intro
duce the wittiest man first, Mr.-''
(CPause.)
gentlemen, I take pleasure in intro
ducing to you one whose name Is a
household word in Buffalo (Pause
and ernbarrassment.)
Gentlemen, it affords me great pleas
ure to introduce a man whose name
stands for civic pride and all that is
best in this community pause
and embarrassment)
Gentlemen, the man I am about to
call upon first is known to me for the
last twenty years, and to some of you
perhaps longer will not dwell upon
his qualities, his talent. They have
made him famous. You all know to
whom I refer. The man whose name
PUSHES to all our lips" Ga long
pause.)
I refer to the third gentleman to my
right" and as the POSTMASTER sat down
amid an uproar he said to his neighbor,
.TIl be hanged, but his name wouldn't
come"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
7urdnpada lRrmher "a lgu7

worth's I'LL health affected his mind to
the extent of his losing all pride, and
thus during the five years before his
death the EIlsworths received over
$4,000 from Robinson, Mary content. be-
cause Mr.. Robinson would get $4,000
sometime" and Ellsworth finally los
ing all interest in everything. Then
Ellsworth died, and Robinson figured
out for Mary that the payments he
had made, the interest on the same, all
together left enough on the policy to
pay all funeral expenses and to settle
up few little debts due in town. All
this happened, that is, the final trans
actions, about the 18th of December OF
1902 And everybody said this was the
thing for a rich bank president to do
for an unfortunate friend of his youth
So it was. 1t made Mrs. Robinson
proud of her husband.
But the Christmas gift of $4,000, in
cold cash, to Mrs. Ellsworth from
Banker Robinson on Christmas day one
year ago made her again appreciate his
fully done that the widow could not re-
u.
to his wife and Mrs Ellsworth when
he called to present her with bank
book showing $4,000 deposited to her
credit in the state bank of Which he
was president. 1t seemed that when
the first policy of $4,000 was written
that Robinson, with Ellsworth's knowl-
edge and consent, also took out another
policy for $1,000 on Ellsworth's life IN
some other company" to secure him
against loss in case he loaned ELS
worth too much on the first policy.
That after making all the payments
there was balance of $4,000 coming to
him on the second policy, and all along
he had intended 1t for Mrs. Ellsworth s
benefit, as he had no desire to make
money by his friends death. So Mary
felt she could accept it without any
foolish scruples. Mrs. Robinson was
again impressed with her husbands
business sagacity. and Mrs. Grundy
said it was only what one could expect
OF so good man.
Now the fact that Mr.. Robinson S
books or private papers show no RECORD
of this second insurance policy proves
nothing. Business men do not have TO
publish their affairs to the world. There
was the money. Mr.. Robinson had II
paid to him in the Chicago office when
he was in last week. And as the rich
banker left the house Of the now conf
fortably fixed widow, and walked home
with his proud wife, somehow he WASH
listening to all she said about the chill
dren's Christmas presents, and how
pleased Johnny was with his new sled.
And his wife never could thank MIN
enough for that $500 sealskin jacket.
And the employees of the bank with
their Christmas turkeys, charged up TO
expense" wished him many returns OF
the day. And so did several OF mis-
poor people, who found that load OF
coal. that barrel of flour or the basket
OF groceries at their houses on Christ
mas day. But the banker was not
thinking of all these things. He was
thinking of Mary's eyes. Wondering
what that look really meant. Perhaps
she suspected something. Better than
all, he actually hoped Mary really be-
lieved that he was an impostor and a
n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
a Million Voices

Could hardly express the thanks Of
Homer Hall. Of West Point la. Lis
ten why: A severe cold had settled ON
his lungs, causing a most obstinate
cough. Several physicians said he had
consumption. but could not help him.
When all thought he was doomed he
began to use DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption and writes-"It com.
pletely cured me and saved my life. i
now weigh 227 lbs" It's positively
guaranteed for Coughs. Colds and
Lung troubles Price SO cents and 81.
Trial bottles free at George r. Powerg
drug store
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
Rus;ness Opportunities for All.

Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best agri-
cultural section Of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and
business men successful. We have q
demand for competent men with the
necessary capital for all branches of
business. Some special opportunities
for creamery men and millers. Good
locations for general merchandise
hardware. harness, hotels, banks and
stock buyers Correspondence solicited.
Write for maps and Maple leaflets, w.
J. Reed, industrial agent, 6O4 Endicott
building, st. Paul, Mimi.