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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07

Chapter Alice and Jean Roussil-
Ion are waits adopted by Gaspard
Rousslllon. French settler at VIM
cennes. Father Beret is the parish
priest
/ Chapter II-Rene de Ronvile brings
rews to Father Beret that a boatload
OF liquor has landed at Nincennes; also
a letter from France, which the priest
destroys unread. The youth then goes
to Roussilon's, and Alice detains him
so that he will not join in the liquor
| carousal.
Chapter III-Long Hair, an Indian,
runs away from the carousal with
demijohn of choice brandy and IS
chased and shot by the crowd. Alice
and Jean find Long Hair lying wound
ed In swamp. Father Beret nurses
Him. The Indian finds locket dropped
| by Alice, showing her as a child
IV--Roussillon returns from trad
| Ing journey and brings Alice a rare
Indian amulet. Rene has sweetheart,
| Adr.enne Bourcier. The revolution.
N-Alice raises the star spanglea
banner over Fort Sackville. Her ia
fher appointed Captain. and Rene
lieutenant Captain Helm and Lieu
tenant Fitzhugh Beverley come from
General Clarks army to supersede
theme.
VI-Beverley and Father Beret res
cued from drowning and taken to
Roussillon's home. Alice defeats Bev-
erley in fencing bout
NII-Captain Helm negiects to re-
pair the fort. Roussillon gives party.
Beverley attentive to Alice His watch
bears a crest similar to one on her
locket. The British under Hamilton
move on Vincennes-
NIII-Alice is a Tarleton of Virginia
blue blood and was taken captive in
childhood by Indians The British at
tack the fort Helm and Beverley its
sole defenders
1X-Helm surrenders. Alice carries
off the flag she had planted on the fort
and gives it to Father Beret to hide.
The British commander angry over the
stolen flag. Roussilon prisoner of
war.
X-Alice promises to return the flag
to save Roussillon. 1t has been stolen
from Father Berets cabin. Roussillon
knocks Hamilton down and escapes.
Rene kills a British soldier and also
runs away. Captain Farnsworth.
British officer, annoys Adrienne Bour-
cier and is knocked down by Father
Beret. Beverley, on parole, continues
his attentions to Alice. Alice loses
ner locket
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07

!
strap or hickory oil, such as father
used. which Will have. in nine cases out
/ OF ten. a good effect"
| the wea Their scaremark. Isl predicting
Iail sorts of calamitous weather for mex;
| year, especially in the northwest, de-
clares that Hicks is a great old liar;
nobody believes him. ana nobody need
be frightened at his fool prophecies. =
According to the Iowa City Repub-
liican. ''the Marion Register and Odebolt
Chronicle are ahead of Theodore
Roosevelt as opponents of strenuous
life"
The Davenport Democrat gives
warning that mot enough high tariff.
standpat speeches can be made in the
Second district to swell the republican
vote
The Manchester Sun, standpat
,.,. -. a,o J. ,s,o a..
lherance OF campaign 81 harmony
based upon mutual CONSIDERATION ana
the dispasssonate recognition on oif-
ferences which should not ne atioWeo
10 affect injuriously the cause to which
the party In this state is eofhtnlp'ea.
Upon the agreeapie manner IN Wnch
he makes this apparent ana as Wen
upon the Cancellation and moderation
which invest his speech Mr.. 0amnins
The Davenport Repupilcan asserts
that the wise and conscientious lead
ers OF labor and the rank and Tie OF
those who toll believe taat IN ms de-
cisions President Roosevelt IS doing
organized labor kindness, as ne GER
tainly Is. Being too aggressive is often
disastrous. Cautious conservatism ana
Il willingness to acknowledge the SUI
premacy of our laws will win where
bsuffing will fail
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07
Gained Forty pounes IN Thirty Days

For several months our younger
brother had been troubled with indi-
gestion. He tried several remedies. but
got no benefit from them. We pur-
chased some of Chamberiain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets and he commenced
taking them. Inside OF thirty days he
had gained forty pounds in flesh. He
lis now fully recovered. We have a
good trade on the Enthusiastically
Bros, merchants, Long Branch. Mo.
Tor sale by druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07
Farm Lands!

If you are looking for home or "a
investment, do not forget that the best
farm lands in the Northwest are along
the line Of the Minneapolis 4 st
Louis r. r. where crop failures ara
unknown. Good soil, good climate
good people there. Farm values ars
rising rapidly and the time to buy Il
NOW.
Low excursion rates from points on
the Iowa Central and Minneapolis q
st. Louis Railroads. II you wish to In.
vsstigate. For particulars address.
A. b. CUTS
G. P. A.. Ia. Cent. and M. 4 st. L r. h
MinneaDolisL MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Don't try to scare ycnr boy off the
streets with the marshal advises the
Guthrie County Guthriau, "but go after
him Yourself. and if he dfsobeys YOU,
give him an amounting with dose OF
strap or hickory oil, such as father
used. which Will have. in nine cases out
nf fan q onnd eff oct !"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07

Hereafter officers in Porto Rico VIII
send their trunks home by express. az
the franking privilege has been with
Drawn The officials in Porto Rico ran
Billy" Mason a close second in the
abuse of the franking privilege and the
articles franked honle ~ them We're
many and peculiar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-07

The Davenport Democrat gives
warning that mot enough high tariff.
standpat speeches can be made in the
Second district to swell the republican
vote
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
Eurnng Observation-Disclosures an,u 5n1dap amu 1909

disaster in the business world, but an
analysis of the failure statistics dis
closes the fact that single insolvency
provided the entire increase over last
years liabilities. Eliminating the four
teen exceptional defaults Tor over Sl0V.-
900, which distort the exhibit, ii Is
found that almost half the months
losses are omitted, and making a SINH
lar subtraction in the May returns for
preceding years it appears that the
current years average liability PEI.
failure of s6.7S3 is not more than nor
NAL, while in the trading failures alone
the average of $i,I45 is tighter than in
any year of the preceding ten, except
1897. and only S23 in excess of that low
record. In number of failures the May
exhibit compares very favorably with
last year, showing decrease of 1877 or
about 1S per cent Banking losses were
cniy tenth of last years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
PecuIiarities of Great Men.
baltimore Herald.l

lballlnOre HeFaId.J
Many anecdotes are told about the
peculiaritles and the likes and dislikes
of great Americans.
II is said that Ralph Waldo Emerson
would become very angry If anybody
would ask him to sing a ragtime song
or do the cakewalk
Sherman always became ruflled when
people told him to go to war. using, of
course, his definition of what war is.
James Whitcomb Riley always had
the popularity of desiring to get out of
the way of trolley car when it was
going at fifty miles an hour
George Washington always felt very
much embarrassed If an Indian threw
a tommyhawk at him. Another marked
eccentricity about the hero was that
when he drank boiling soup he would
say OUCH"
Francis Scott Key, who wrote 1.-THE
Star pangled Banner" always would
become vlsibly annoyed when anyone
suggested that "There'll Be Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight would even
tually become the national anthem. It
is said he refused several good offers
10 interpolate this national hymn into
musical comedies to be sung by a sex
tet of show girls in uniform.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
The Deadly "Pi" Line.


Some fiendish printer is my secret foe,
On the top floor.
He has a trick that fills me up with woe
And oaths galore.
wrote a sonnet to my ]adys hair,
And said that only with it can compare
etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj xztififfh
This made me sore.
A thrilling romance, too, I penned one
day.
On the last page
The villain told why he did seek to STAY
Sir Duriyage.
Il sought his life quoth he, mot in the
fray,
But helmet off, because he once did
say:
vbgkqj xzhhnm ?c shrdlu shrdlu inlu
That made me rage.
And forthwith to the editor l wrote,
With angry pen.
the mistake in brief note
OF how and when
Twas printed; yet an added horror
smote,
AS over the correction 1 did gloat:
Eds-AJT-Bury on inside
page
4 was mad then.
Could I but nave this wretch to work
my will
For one short hour,
I'd boil him in hot pitch. or, better still,
Had the power.
Above the fiery furnace lave him grill,
Able alone to shrek in wordless will:
'vhgqj cmfwyp shrudl eiotanshrdlutao,
Forevermore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08

ors were also in the parade and If
they had thought about it in time they
would have had the school board and
the presidents of all the banks in town
in line. 1t was a golden opportunity
for whole lot of fellows to show off
and they did it with a vengeance.
President Roosevelt is a very common
looking individual. He is stocky built,
broad shouldered, deep chested. and
not tall enough for his circumference
His face is bronzad by sleeping out in
the mountains, and going without a hat
to look tough He wears glasses be-
cause he needs them, and has every
appearance Of a man who don't care
Il darn how he looks. He doesn't look
near so much like president as ALI
son. Wilson, or Deliver He made a
speech from a stand in the public
square. and n lot of Holsters fairly fell
over each other to laugh and cheer a
his remarks, some of which didn't
to a pinch of snuff. There was
very little cheering. 1t was not be-
cause the president was not popular
with the crowd, but they acted as if
they did not know just when or how
to cheer. And maybe they didn't have
beer enough to be real enthusiastic,
a race to get something to eat and
drink, and when we left there were
several people still drinking.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
STARTLING Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds to be unequaled. A
recent expression from T. j. Mcfarland
Bentorville, Va, serves as example. He
writes: 81 had bronchitis for three
years and doctored all the time with
out being benefited. Then l began
taking Dr. Kings New Discovery, and
a few bottles wholly cured me- Equal
~ effective In curing all lung and throat
troubles, consumption, pneumonia and
grip. Guaranteed by George p. Pow
ers, druggist. Trial bottles free, reg
ular sizes so cents and 81.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08

ly there is no fault to be found with
this procedure. If it results in divorce
ing the rural mail service from politics
the scandal will at any rate have served
one decent purpose.
In the light of the coming test it be-
hooves ali patrons of rural routes to
increase SO far as consistent with con-
venience and utility the units of mail
sent and received, 10 look after the
condition of their highways and in oil!
possible ways guard themselves against
loss of the service. The abolition or
continuance of the routes depends
largely upon those whose convenience
they serve and the farmer who counts
the daily mail service one of his great
est privileges will be careful how he
cuts down his receipts of mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
The Preachers One Fault.

church in Anadarko, according to
the Neodesha Register, was consider
ing the availability of a clergyman who
had applied for the pastorate. The
deacons had been told that a lawyer of
the town had known the pastor init
mately. They went to him and asked
for statement OF the qualifications of
the candidate.
Yes, l know Brother very
Well" said the lawyer. Il went to col
lege with him and / attended his church
after he entered the ministry. He is
scholarly, able and eloquent, and l am
sure you will like him.
The deacons thanked the lawyer and
We're going away, when he called to
them in consequence of an after
thought.
Il don't know as 1t makes any differ
ence, said he, alphabetically, but per-
haps | should tell you that he's as ugly
as II when he's drunk"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
ROOSEVELT IN FORT DODGE.
Manson Democrat

Roosevelt was in Fort Dodge for a
whole hour, and of course, everybody
that could possibly find an excuse, went
down there TO see him. We Went too.
When we arrived in the plasteropolis
we found several miles of street roped
off to keep the hoi poloi together out
side Of the lines. 1t must have taken
all the rope in Fort Dodge. Mike Healy
was n arshal of the day and tore great
chunks out of the pavement with his
prancing steed. He attracted almost
as much attention as the president and
was the cynosure of all feminine eyes
The town marshal rode black horse
with red, white and blue ribbons braid
ed in his name and tail. The parade
was made up of lot of republican poll
iticians on horseback. an assortment of
republican big guns the democratic
mayor and council of Fort Dodge and
the president. The board Of supervis-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
His Last Hope Realized.

lFrom the Sentinel, Gebo, Mort.l
In the first opening of Oklahoma to
settlers in 1889 the editor of this paper
was among the many seekers of
fortune who made the b,g race one fine
day in April. During his travelling
about and afterwards his camping up
on his claim he encountered much bad
water, which, together with the severe
heat, gave him very severe diarrhea,
which it seemed almost impossible to
check, and along in June the case be-
came so bad that he expected to die.
One day one of his neighbors brought
him Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhna Remedy as a last hope. A
big dose was given him while he was
rolling about on the ground in great
agony, and in a few minutes the dose
was repeated. The good effect of the
medicine was soon noticed and within
an hour the patient was taking his first
sound sleep for fortnight. That one
little bottle worked a complete cure,
and he can not help but feel grateful
The season for bowel disorders being
at hand suggests this item. For sale
by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
Do You Enjoy What You EatY

If you don't your food does not do
YOU much good. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
is tie remedy everyone should take
when there is anything wrong with the
stomach. There Is no way to maintain
the health and strength of mind and
body, except by nourishment. There is
no way to nourish except thru the
stomach. The stomach must be kept
healthy, pure and sweet or the strength
will let down and disease will set up.
No appetite. loss of strength, nervous
ness. headache, constipation, bad
breath. sour risings. rifting, indigestion.
dyspepsia, and all stomach troubles, are
quickly cured by the use of Kodol Dy-
spepsia Cure. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
NOT so BAD AFTER ALL.

The return of sunshine gives cause
for optimism again among the business
men dependent upon crop success for a
continuation of their prosperity. Thou
sands of acres of corn on the upiands
are yet unframed by the wet weather
and two weeks of clear weather now
Will make possible the pointing of every
acre of corn Iowa farmers wish to raise.
In this connection it is interesting to
read the weather and crop report as
issued for the month of May, 1892. Wal
lace's Farmer has resurrccted it and it
might we'll have been kept standing in
type for use this year. Ii reads:
The average precipitation over the
state was ST inches, little more than
double the normal amount for May.
Mitchell county reported the least
amount, 4.S9 inches, While Wayne
county reported 12.64 inches. All por-
tons of the state We're thoroughly
soaked and in the larger part there was
Sgreat excess of moisture. There was
try little sunshine and the records at
-4s central station showed 10 of cloudi-
ness. Farm work was greatly retarded
and very little planting was done. 1t
was altogether the most unfaNorabia
May for farming operations known in
Iowa for a quarter of a century. The
soil was thoroughly saturated at the
close of April and the enormous rain
fall in May overtaxed the capacity of
the streams, causing great destruction
of crops. fences, bridges, live stock and
even buildings in some localities. The
greatest destruction was wrought at
I Sioux City by the sudden rise of the
Floyd river, when nine persons were re-
ported drowned and the less of property
aggregated more than a million dollars.
The Des Moines river at Des Moines.
/ Fort Dodge. Ottuilrwa and Keolluk also
caused very much damage. In fact.
there were but few counties that es-
capped a measure of loss BY the unpre-
cedented rainfall, and May, 1892, will
be referred to in future years as a
breaker of records and d maker of high
water itterhs. 1t was a month of disas-
ters thruout the Mississippi valley"
These weather scares stir up a great
commotion at the time. but are soon
! forgotten. Mr.. Wallace has ascertained
from the records that the average yield
of corn for the year 1892 was twenty
nine bushels per acre. winter wheat
seventeen bushels, spring wheat twelve
and one-fourth bushels, oats twenty
five bushels, and the total value of all
farm crops in Iowa. estimated, s175,- |
lTa7,a40. When a season with such a |!
start as thus described for the month of |
May, 1892, can raise crops within a few
bushels of the best, there ought to be
room for hopes yet this year. During
that May snow fell in nineteen differ |
.nt counties of the state, sleet in six .
different counties. hail ir ten different /
counties, frost is recorded on nineteen I
different days, the last being May 81.
and there were thunders.orms nineteen
different days during the month, rec
ord far more discouras;ng than even
the floods of the last thirty days Cheer
up! cheer up!! chir-rup.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
DRAINAGE AND GRAVEL.
[Northwood Anchor.]


If you want good roads get to-
gether, farmers, and lay your plans
for road work. Make it your business
to see to it that every rod of road
worked is put in such shape that 1t
will not need working again next sea-
son. This thing of working the same
piece of road every year is not what 1t
Is cracked up to be. Good roads can
be secured by judicious use of the
money raised for road purposes. 1t
is not reasonable to expect the general
government TO pay for the work ex-
cept in extreme cases. When a sec
fortunate, in the way of not having
proper road material, the government
might assist with an appropriation,
but dent expect Uncle Sam to help
you when you are abundantly able to
help yourselves. Good bitches ten
feet each side of the center
of the road, with the dirt
taken from the bitches, rounded
up and the grade made twenty feet
wide, will make fair roads, even in a
wet season. If you can put a good
coat OF gravel over the black soil,
you have got road that will last
several years without any considerable
repairing. The water must be drained
from the road If it is to be kept fit
for use A little gravel will help the
water run into the bitches If they are
made deep enough. Ditching, grad
ing and gravel will make good roads
all over Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
Ladies and Children Invited.

All ladies and children Who cannot
stand the shocking strain of laxative
syrups, cathartics, ETC., are invited to
try the famous Little Early Risers
They are different from all other pills.
They do not purge the system. Even
double dose will not grippe, weaken or
sicken: many people call them the easy
pill. w. H. Howell, Houston, Tex, says
nothing better can be used for consti-
patton. sick headache, etc. Bob Moore,
Lafayette, Ind. says all others grippe
and sicken. while DeWitts Little Early
Risers do their work we'll and easy.
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
ABOLITION OF MAIL ROUTES.

II the reports from the investigation
of the free delivery bureau in progress
under Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow are to be credited one
third of the rural mail routes now in
operation are slated for arbitrary
der TO restore the service TO a proper
state it will be necessary to abolish
one third of the free delivery routes
row in operation in the southern states
and about one-fifth of those established
in the northern states.
I 1t is claimed that the investigat ton
/ shows that routes have been established
without any possible excuse save as
matter of favor to members of congress,
and that money appropriated by con-
gress for this purpose has been ex-
pended with almost criminal extrava-
gance. On many of these routes the
receipts do not average s. month and
on others the receipts do not begin to
Justify the existence of the routes
The southern states witch will suffer
the most from the adjustment of
routes are South Carolina, Georgia.
Tennessee, Mississippi ans Alabama In
the north, Maine, Vermont and New
,one-fifth of the routes row in opera
sStion. Other northern and eastern states
will lose routes, but in smaller propor-
fion.
Ei Summary action by the postof1ice de-
Iartment is not to be expected what
ever the reports may indicate. A policy
of slashing right and left among mail
routes would create dangerous dissatis-
faction. The rural mail route haze come
10 stay and retrenchment, which in
4 ciudes discontinuance of one third OF
the mail routes in the United States.
would be likely to have a political eff
I feet appalling to the average congress-
man and inimical to the present admin
{ fstration.
However, there will be shaking up
( in the matter of mail routes. Postmas-
I tier General Payne has announced that
go action would be taken toward a re-
auction in the number of the routes
8ntll a complete test has been made. If
she business on a mail route proves in
efficient TO warrant its continuation it
4yill be abolished. All who are famil-
gar with the free delivery situation
Snow that many routes have been laid
8hru political favor where the. commu-
gr departmental rulings. These routes
y be likely to be abolished or changed
give more complete service. Candid |
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-08
cuMM1Ns USED COMMON SENSE.


[Cedar Rapids Republican.
If Governor Cummins had not known
better Des Moines would now have
preparations under way for the as
semblng of the state legislature in ex-
ira session to provide relief from the
flood conditions. The legislature which
the city administration wanted con-
vened, was to authorize the city to
issue bonds to build extensive dykes
and other aqueous Qualifications. The
extra session would have cost the state
almost half as much as the whole sys-
TEN Of dykes involved. But the men
who wanted to. have the extra session
were not as wild as the men who i'm
mediatcly bethought themselves of the
national treasury at Washington and
wondered If, thru Congressman Huiis
magnificent pull, 1t would not be pos
sible TO get the national government to
build the aforesaid aqueous fortifica-
tons, under the liberal dispensations
of what is known as the river and har-
Dor appropriation, which is always full
of holes and populations. The river and
harbor bills are so outrageous foe the
matters much worse to have given Des
Mones a slice of the appropria tons,
but the precedent was to be consider
ed. Il the national treasury is 10 be
opened to the building of dykes, in
front of cities whose easements have a
recurring tendency to fill up--about
once CT twice in fifty years-where
would the end of such demands be?