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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
A POPULAR EDITOR.
TOnawa Democrat.l

Talk about confetti! Did you ever
take in a street carnival where confetti
was passed around in homeopathic and
allopathic doses-by the handful peck
and bushel? No? Well, you ought TO
have been in Onawa during the carni
val. Ye scribe has seen and tasted 1T
in all f1avors, styles, shapes and forms
for the past week. We've had it in our
eyes, ears. mouth. shirts and socks and
even had 1t served in soup at meal time.
Had ii handed to US by friend and foe.
male and female, when we We're so
loaded down with it that we felt like a
beast of burden. In fact, we had to
take it-couldn't get away from II.
oh. we known what confetti is, all
right, all right
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
Farm Lands!

II you are looking for a home or IN
investment, do not forget that the best
farm lands In the Northwest are along
the line of the Minneapolis & st
Louis r. r. where crop failures are
unknown. Good soil, good climate,
aood people there. Farm values are
rising rapidly and the time to buy u
NOW.
Low excursion rates from points on
the Iowa Central and Minneapolis 4
st. Louis Railroads, IL you wish to In.
vestigate. For particulars address,
A. b. CUTS.
q. p. A., Ia, Cent. and NJ. 4 st. L r r.
MINNEAPOLIS MIN,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

Laredo. Texas-New cases of yellow
fever, 20; deaths, 6: total cases to date,
400: total deaths, 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
To Cure
Drunkards

A Simple Way to Cure Any Drunkard
Against His Will.
BY using the new odorless and taste
less remedy which is placed in the cof-
fee or food, any drunkard can be cured
Any one can use it without the drunk
ard ever knowing it. 1t does its work
so silently and surely that while the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

mo state primary law will be prac-
teal that will do away with delegate
county conventions" says the Valley
Junction Express. Political parties
will die of dry rot when the delegate
system Is eliminated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

"Mr. Allison Is Iowa's leading states
man." says the Burlington Hawkeys
He is old In service of the country and
IS wise In the problems of its political
and fiscal management Words from
his mouth on the issues OF the day are
well worth the attentive ear and the
thoughtful mind of every patriotic and
high minded citizen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

While the land boom IS off, the low
Falls Citizen believes 1t Is not. rea-
sonable to suppose tina; a man who
paid $40 per acre will ever sell fo
much less than $40 unless he is com
PEELED But landowners who placed a
boom value on their land of $50 or $50
per acre are, in many cases. now or
fering their property for sale at much
less money
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Cedar Rapids Gazette calls at
tenton to the fact that by making the
statement that the democrats are find
ing fault with Governor Cummins on
account of railroad taxation the Des
Moines Capital deals a deadly punch
to some of its recent fellows in the
standpatter cause
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

The Algona Courier declares that no
man should be sent to the legislature
who Is opposed to good and effective
drainage law. The future prosperity
Of Iowa, and especially this part of IT."
says the Courier. depends on what is
done in the way of drainage"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
MORE POTATOES.
TCs}en mood T,riib,,pa

With potato failures on every hand
Alfred F. Seeger. of Center township,
turns up this year with one of the best
yielding crops he has ever had. He
tells us that he has three acres that
will easily made 1,20) bushels-400 to
the acre. They are the Carmen No L.
a late yariety--the tops being still
greenland are smooth and large. Then
think of the price they will bring this
year! They are nearly as good as a
gold mine. At Is cents a bushel, "a
not unlikely price,, they will bring
$500 That's not bad for an off year
$500 an acre. But then, Mr.. Seeger is
an old hand at the potato business and
knows how to raise them.
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: / O w A lNEW S..
; PAPERS = = =
A POTATO STORY.
TUSCALOOSA Herald.I

Frank Underwood, by the way of ex-
pertinent, planted a few hills of pota-
toes August |, to see how much pro-
sress they would make by the time
frost cut down the tops He male al
investigation Wednesday with the re-
suit that he found tubers of sufficient
size in the hills to furnish a mighty
good meal. Judging from the results OF
this experiment, no farmer of the
county need despair on account of the
failure of any one crop. If one thing
will not produce. he may turn to an
other in the same season and profit
thereby. Such is Mahaska!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

According to the Knoxville Journal,
"the people of this section are so uni
versally engaged in making money that
they have little time to devote to poll
ties"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

The Spirit Lake Beacon finds ut is
difficult to understand why the rail-
ways OF the country should sound
notes of alarm and insist upon a poll
Icy of retrenchment involving discom-
fort to the public. All their reports
show the past year to have been a
record breaker in the matter of earn
ings. Passenger traffic generally is
heavy and with equipment larger than
ever it was never so difficult to meet
the demand for freight shipment.
There Is really little to indicate
the near approach of hard times
except state of mind Be
cause we have had good times and still
have them 1t is assumed to naturally
follow that tribulation is nearly due.
Since it is the unexpected that usually
happens pessimistic prophecy may
a gain fail in It's expectation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

y" HE room in which Alice was
now imprisoned formed part
of the upper story of build
ING erected by Hamilton in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

Equal suffragists are wasting time
and money lobbying In Iowa" says the
Coin Gazette. Let them convert the
voters TO their ideas and 1t will not be
long till the crafty legislators will be
falling over each other in their hurry
to grant women their rights"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21

Georgia paper arguing the advisa-
bility and value of good roads asks the
pertinent question; Suppose Screven
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-10

mansion once occupied by General For
rest. aide-de-camp 10 General Washing
ton. 1t is still the property OF his de-
scendants.
Homes of Noted Men.
Other people who have thought Cleve-
land Park the best of Washington
suburbs are John R. Mclean, whose
magnificent estate of fifty acres lies to
the west OF the park Admiral Dewey
and Senator Newlands OF Nevada, whose
summer homes are on the south side of
the park; Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard.
and Charles J. Bell, president of the
American Savings and Trust Company
THE proof of the pudding is in the eat
ing" and you place more reliance in the
advice Of another when you see that he
follows it himself. II is interesting to
note that several real estate dealers,
though not interested in business way
in Cleveland Park real estate, neverthe-
less make their homes there.
Cleveland Park has not one home that
is unpleasant or unsightIy. Most of the
houses have teen built in the last six
years and every one was planned by an
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Chevy Chase. and little to the north
and west Of the Rock Creek Bridge at
that point. 1t was discovered" prac-
tically. by the distinguished man whose
name it bears. Grover Cleveland's ia
nous country house. which he called
in homely fashion, Red Top" IS one
of the beautiful residences of the
place. It IS now occupied during the
summer by its present owner, Colonel
Fleming, who has renamed it "Oak
View" The latter name is certainly
not a misnomer. From the grounds one
of the very finest panoramas of Wash
ington and the surrounding country can
De Obtained. The land falls away abb
ruptly from the edge OF the lot to-
ward the city. Before the eye stretches
the beautiful wooded valley of Rock
Creek. To the left are the hills OF
Maryland and directly across the line
of sight, stretches Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., with the stately Capitol Building
at the left, CLINT Of gold on the roof
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of the Library. the Postofice directly
opposite, and the slender white shaft
OF the Monument to the right. Across
the narrow shining ribbon of the Po-
tomac are the Virginia hills, blue and
hazy in the distance. A like view :
to be had from most of the other houses
in Cleveland Park, and those which
have not this view have the equally
enjoyable advantage of being built on
the edges of picturesque ravines or
near the shady aisles of the woods.
High Above the Sea Level.
The Park has an elevation of 300 feet
above the White House. and $50 feet
above the sea. 1t is stated by the
Weather Bureau that the ridge on which
the Tenleytown Road runs. through
Cleveland Park, makes it one Of the most
healthful regions in the District.
A feature of the Park is the beautiful
little stone lodge or waiting station at
the Connecticut Avenue entrance This
is always open and lighted at night, and
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Residence of Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard.

100 feet in length, is as comfortable and
delightful a home as 1t is pleasant 10
look upon. The residence OF the Hon. J.
H. MCGOWAN, largely constructed of
stone, used in artistic and effective man
ner, with its double front, handsome
conservat tory porch. and other features,
never fails to attract the attention of
people passing These two residences are
among the larger ones of which there
are several equally worthy of notice.
The park is, however, as much a place
of homes moderate in size and cost as ii
is of larger and more expensive ones.
The home of Mr.. Lounsbury, on the crest
of the hill near the residence of the late
Judge Cox, while smaller in size, and of
moderate cost is one of the most beau
tiful and slightly in the subdivision.
Adjoining this last is the residence Of
Mr.. Dillon, in itself a beautiful home.
and in addition commands one of the
finest views in the district. No one pass
ing but notices with pleasure the beauty
OF its location.
The home OF a man who contributed to
the history of the nation in its infancy
still stands in the park. 1t is the old
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-10

T HE attainment of the North Pole
still remains the greatest po-
tential achievement in the field
OF geographical research, and the solu-
ton Of the great Arctic problem-the
passage Of that hitherto insuperable
three and half degrees belt between
the Duke of Abruzzi's record (S6 de-
g-ees 81 zeconds) and the Pole may well
be described as the blue ribbon of ex-
ploration IN general.
The latest and most daring plan IS
that of the two German explorers. DR..
School and DR.. AnschuIz- KamDfe. The
plan Of the latter explorer is. in brief.
to reach the North Pole by means Of a
submarine vessel. He proposes, in fact.
TO dive under the belt OF thick ice which
encircles the actual site Of the North
Pole.
Herr Kampfe. It seems, lays great
stress on the. two following indisputable
facts: First, that the continuous belt
or field of pack ice never. exceeds a
diameter of more than three miles or
SO; and, secondly, icebergs being absent
from the regions Immediately surround
ing the Pole. the maximum depth OF the
ice below the surface does not exceed
eighty feet. The proposed vessel win
be capable of descending to a depth of
100 feet-that is, to a depth nearly twice
that which would. in the opinion Of the
experts, be required to clear the ice. At
this depth II viii be entirely removed
at least. that is Herr Kampfe's couten-
tion-from the influence Of cold, storms.
and ice pressure, and the way to the
Pole viii be therefore open
But the explorer, If a mere amateur
may venture 10 pick holes in his scheme.
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TO THE NORTH POLE IN A SUBMARINE BOAT

that has been left, whence the voyage
will be prosecuted in slightly differ
ent direction But both the assumptions
made-the existence of an uninterrupted
ice field not more than eighteen nauti-
NAL miles in diameter, and the absence
of any ice so continuously thick as to
defy all efforts by disruption-are en-
.tirely contradicted by all previous expe-
rience.
Certainly on paper the scheme appears
remarkably plausible. but the inventor 5
assumptions are by no means modest.
Then in Arctic exploration, perhaps
more than in any other field of geo
graphical research. II is the uneXpect-
ed that happens. The 'manometer'
certainly plays most important part
in this ventures. but what If this Won
/ derful instrument fails? Then again,
what if the experts are wrong. and no
ice less than eighty feet or so thick is
found during this terrible six hours =?
| The inventor calmly suggests finding
his way back to the last breathing
hole!
Naval experts who know the extreme
difficulty of exact steering even for a
few hundred yards in submarine vessels,
Will probably consider this supposition
is fatal flaw in the scheme. No doubt
the inventor will find followers. for the
fascination Of Arctic seas is notorious;
but should the project be actually set
on foot l prefer not to let the magma
ton dwell on the awful picture Of Herr
Kampfe and his devoted followers bur
rowing under a field OF ice of unknown
| thickness, after dozen hours OF fruitless
search for that small opening in the ice
which served as the last breathing hole.
and with the terrible certainty that only
three hours supply of air is between
them and death OF peculiar horror
and ghastliness! Such a scene would
be beyond the power even of a Victor
Hugo or Jules Verne to depict ade-
! qua teT.
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the quantity needed, for the 500 miles
voyage to the Pole from Spitsbergen. 10
which, or rather 10 the edge Of the ice,
the submarine boat will be towed.
The living room will be exactly in the
center. and round it the sleeping cabins
win be grouped, the ceilings, walls, and
floors having several coatings OF non
conducting material. To insure further
warmth, the ships sides Will be lined
with tarred felt, cork padding, paneling,
another layer of felt, alright linoleum,
and more paneling-six coats all told
There Will be but one opening. the
turret, which projects about one foot,
and serves as a manhole through which
the crew may enter and depart. The
turret IS the captains bridge" and
has five glass windows of enormous
thickness. one overhead-which may be
.raised-and the rest in the direction of
the four quarters Of the compass.
On arrival at the ice pack the direc-
ton If the first open water will be
taken BY the compass, and the boat be-
ing submerged a course viii be steered
for it. II after an hour or so the light
ed. the vertical screw will be stopped.
and the boat will rise by its own buoy
iancy. and in the case of a wide opening
or channel leading northward the voy-
age will be continued on the surface,
giving an opportunity for scientific
work.
supposing no CLEAN of light appears
when six hours have elapsed an ascent
TO the lower surface will be made with
caution, and the voyage continued slow
~ until. by the reading of the manome-
ter, 1t is found that a thin place has
been reached. Here attempts will be
made by blasting to effect an opening.
which, however small, will be sufficient
Ito supply air for another fifteen hours,
while IN case of failure there Will still
be time to return to the last opening
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s REVENUE PATROL OF THE COAST a

are somewhat different from those de-
manded on the Atlantic coast The
revenue officers act as policemen at the
international boundary, where the seal
and whale fisheries are constantly caus-
ing disputes. and in some OF the isolated
fishing hamlets and villages they act as
health boards 10 stamp out smallpox
or other contagious diseases.
Smuggling would undoubtedly quickly
flourish again along the extensive sea
coasts il eternal vigilance was not ex-
ercised by the revenue cutters. In the
past twenty years some gigantic plans
for smuggling have been frustrated by
the modest young officers connected with
the service. Their detective and police
work has proved so successful that IN
limited praise should be bestowed upon
hem. The fact that the high seas are
safer today from robbers. pirates, and
smugglers than the streets Of large
cities is evidence that the revenue off,
GERS perform their duty without fear or
favor.
The revenue cutter actively employed
in patrolling the coast has a large beat,
extending hundreds OF miles along a
shore indented by scores OF sharp coves
bags, and sounds suitable for smuggling
purposes. a glance at a map of almost
any section of the country Will show how
difficult it must be for the revenue cut
ters 10 patrol every part of it There
are hidden bays and coves where cluster
legends of shipwreck and smuggling in
the days before lighthouses east their
warning lights far out TO sea; high.
rocky headlands where many good ship
has tripped in the darkness and strug-
gled vainly against wind and wave 10 es-
cape the relentless clutch of the sea
stretches of sandbars and treacherous
shoals and rock-ribbed. desolate islands
where unfortunate seamen have starved
and waited in vain for help to come. All
of these desolate places the revenue cut
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seems to have omitted TO reckon with
the enormous amount of pressure which
is known to be exerted at the depth OF
a hundred feet or so.
The length of time during which the
ship will be able to remain below the
surface is calculated at a maximum of
fifteen hours, which, at the modest rate
OF three knots, allows it to cover a dis
tance of some fifty miles. In the not al
together improbable contingency of no
opening being met with within the fifteen
hours there remains the possibility OF
opening a way by blasting at q weak
point IN the ice, TO be indicated with
out possibility Of mistake by the help
of the manometer."
Here It seems there IS a little flaw
no mechanical contrivance. even that of
a German sayant. is infaIIible. The
risk Of injury by collision viii be mini
mized." Herr Kampfe proceeds, mot
only by the slow rate of motion, but by
the great power of resistance to be pos
sessed by the ship"
The form of this submarine vessel viii
be cigar shaped. with major axis of
seventy feet, and a breadth of twenty
six feet. giving a displacement of 800
tons. To obviate rolling the center OF
gravity Will be placed as low as possible.
The capacity OF the interior viii be $500
cubic feet, which allows sufficient air
for five men TOR fifteen hours, the car
bonic acid emitted being removed by
combination with caustic soda. Propul-
sion will be effected by horizontal and
vertical screws. the former of forty. the
latter Of five horsepower. this last being
sufficient to counterfeit the tendency TO
rise, while the motive power is TO be
supplied by a petroleum motor through
the medium of a 220-volt accumulation.
one hundred and fifty tons OF petroleum
will be taken. or more than ten times
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tiers are supposed to visit at regular in
tervaIs- After each heavy storm the ex-
posed parts of the coast must be visited
to pick up shipwrecked sailors or to re-
port disabled barks. No fishing hamlet
off the coast is too small or insignificant
to be ignored.
Time and again the revenue cutters
have proved the salvation of whole col
onies OF fishermen. Cut off from the
rest of the world by high tides and
hurricanes. with their homes flooded,
and in some instances washed out to
sea, the inhabitants have starved and
frozen until the welcome revenue cut
ter appeared with clothing and food.
a Work of Humanity.
In this work of humanity and mercy
tive revenue service may be said 10 be
a complement TO the lighthouse SER
vice The latter warns and directs the
mariner, and the former goes about 10
pick up and suceor the shipwrecked who,
in spite of warning signals. have fallen
afoul Of rocks and shoals. All through
the days and nights Immediately after =
storm at sea the revenue cutters steam
up and down the coast hunting for
wrecks or disabled craft Every part
of the coast is carefully examined and
the paths Of commerce are followed to
find drifting derelicts. These floating
menaces to commerce must be speedily
located and destroyed. or they may
cause the sinking of some large ocean
steamer with its hundreds OF passen-
gers on board When a 6ereIict is dis
covered il is either lowed by the cut
ter TO some neighboring harbor or
blown up by the cutters guns or dyna-
mited
The latest and most modern OF the rev.
enue cutters have the appearance OF trim
little war vessels. and in times of war
they DO become members of his branch
of the public service. The Navy Depart
ment then employs them as dispatch
beats.
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.retiest of ELL the 5Wany
Beautiful Spots Surround
ing the @atfonaL Capital
Within the District Limits
Is This Little Community
of Patatia[ Homes Among
the Foiage-Bedecked Hills.
LEvELAND PARK is the pref

~ LEVELAND PARK Is the pref
test suburb of Washington.
- At this statement the reader
NAV smile. and set it's maker down for
a real estate man booming the place,
or for an enthusiastic and partial sub
urbanite. But take car yourself and
ride from one to another of the Towns
that encircIe Washington, compare
their beauty carefully, and then you
will admit that the statement is made
in all justice and impartiality.
Cleveland Park is not a separate town
with a local government. It is with
in the District limits. and consequently
enjoys every advantage which a down
town resident can claim, and in addi-
ton, it is as beautiful a spot and as
free from the annoyances of the city as
If it were in the heart OF the Adiron-
dacks Its sewerage is the best. its
water supply is unlimited. and the wa
ter clear and pure; you can have gas
or electric light, or both. in your house
just as you prefer; and there is a fire
engine for such emergencies, though
but one fire has ever been recorded in
the history of the park
The park is favored with a special de-
tail of police. to accommodate which
there has been erected an attractive lit
tie house, which answers at once as q
station for the police and suitable quar-
tiers for the chemical fire engine which
is part of the District Fire Depart
ment. Besides these municipal i'm
provements, there is every blessing of
fresh country air, plenty of elbow
room, woods and fields. peacefuIness,
GOODNESS In summer, and comfort IN
winter.
Cleveland Park lies south and east Of