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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-25
moLINE.ALEDo ELECTRIC LINE.
Survey Is Complete TO Moline-Will
Tap Rich Section.
SonoloY 81 Ttuooc.R enunlacan.

Muscatine, April 25.-The survey for
the Moline and Aledo electric car line,
which is to tap Muscatine by way of
a feeder from Buffalo Prairie, is com
pleted. The surveyors cached Molins
Wednesday. after completing a survey
that runs thru much of the richest
farming lands of Illinois. and will, If
the plans are carried out, tap a large
section OF fine land of eastern Iowa.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Affection of Seals.

Natural affection of seals lin their
wild state) Is well shown In the fol-
lowing anecdote: A gentleman living
in Oregon, on the ocean shore, ono
day caught in n very simple manner a
young seal. It had been stranded on
the plank wharf by a receding tide,
and left high and uncomfortably dry
as we'll 1t had not strength to wad-
die into the water. and no one to
teach 1t the tricks of its tribe. The
gentleman kept the little glossy crea-
ture for several days. and then in pity
turned 1t into its native element. 1t
came to the wharf every night and
whimpered so that he was obliged to
take it out again and keep it in a
small tank. the seal giving every DEM
onstration of affection, after the man.
ner OF a young dog.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Thought He Knew Too Much,

Secretary Shaw. Speaker Cannon
and some others were discussing
weighty matters in the treasury de-
partment when a senator came in and
shifted the conversation to poker. Mr..
Shaw was reminded OF poker story
and in telling 1t spoke of bluffs. antes.
draws and raises. That's a good
story. Shaw" said Mr.. Cannon, but
seems to me It amt quite the thing
for a steady-going church deacon to
know quite so much about the techni-
cal terms of such sinful game as
draw poker"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
GRAVITY OF EASTERN CRISIS
NOW GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD

inflicted upon their captives by North
American Indians. Worse than death
is the treatment OF the Bulgarian
wives and daughters by the brutal
Turkish soldiery. The Buigarians. on
their nart. do not spare the Turks
when the latter fall into their hands.
and massacre by one side or the other
Is the usual termination of con
fiict."
Situation Summed Up.
A writer who has long studied the
Eastern question thus sums up the
situation:
There are certain well-defined In
dications that the sick man OF Europe
is aboe. to throw another fit The
heather is ahre. as they used to say
in Scotland. out in the Balkan PENN
sular, and Roumania and Bulgaria and
the other provinces whose names
sound like new varieties of old cheese,
are about to revolt Austria on the
one side of the invalid, Russia on the
other. are mobilizing their troops and
preparing to descend upon the cata-
clasm- Meanwhile the patient sits
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Began Life as a Blacksmith.

Congressman Tawney of Minnesota
is the son OF one blacksmith. grand
son OF another. and learned the same
trade himself in Mount Pleasant town.
ship, near Gettysburg. where he was
born in 1855. At the age of twenty.
two he went by boat to winona, his
present Some, where he landed with
just twenty-five cents in his pocket
TWO hours later he was at work as
blacksmith and machinist. He re
mained in the same shop four years,
meantime studying law. He practiced
for some time after being admitted to
the bar and was then elected to Con-
gress, where he has been for nearly
twelve years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

tiougness and cruelty. The Albanian
Moslems. Who are brigands by nature
and training. prey on the Christian
Macedonians from the western bound
ary. while Turkish levies from Asia.
whose idea of soldering is comprised
in murder and plunder. infiict all sorts
OF outrages on'the wretched inhabi-
tants whom they are supposed to pro-
tect Violence has provoked violence.
until the Macedonians regard revenge
as the only means of redress for Turk
ish crimes, and II Macedonia is not in
continual revolution, II is only be-
cause the winter season is too severe
for active hostilities.
THE horrors Of Turkish warfare
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

tight. refuses to take any new-fangled
medicines in the way of reforms, an1
sets his attendants to sharpening
up the scimater. When the surgeons
actually arrive we shall see what we
shall see, of course. but Judging from
past experiences there promises to
be many dead. and something doing
at the wake. II the unspeakable Turk
really elects to fight the unpronounce
able Russian 1t will be far more than
a shattering OF syllables. The Turk
may be tottering as they say. but II
past experiences are any criterion he
will no sooner be actually attacked
than he will show an astonishing live
liness. Europe has been about to eat
up the sultan and his domain for a
good many years. but 1t hasn't hap
pened yet. Turkey is an ungobleo
gobbler. STILL"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
stones Are Alive.

The most curious specimens OF
vegetable or plant life in existence
are the so-cailed living stones" of
the Falkland Islands. Those islands
are among the most cheerless spots
in the world. being constantly sub
jected to a strong polar wind.
In such climate 1t is impossible
for trees to grow erect. as they do in
other countries. but nature has
made amends by furnishing supply
of wood in the most curious shape
imaginable. The visitor to the Falk-
lands sees scattered here and there
singular shaped blocks of what ap-
pear to be weather beaten and moss
covered powders. in various sizes.
Attempt to turn one of these
"bowlders" over and you will meet
with a surprise. because the stone is
actually anchored by roots of great
strength; in fact, you will find that
you are fooling with one of the native
trees.
No other country In the world has
such a peculiar forest" growth, and
1t is said to be next to impossible to
work the odd-shaped blocks into fuel.
because the wood is perfectly devoid
of grain and appears to be a
twisted mass of woody fbres.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Do IL Yourself.

Why do you ask the teacher or some
classmate to solve that hard problem?
Do 1t yourself. You might as well
let some one else eat your dinner as
to do your sums" for you. says the
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Do not ask the teacher to parse all
the difficult words or to assist you in
the performance of any of your duties.
Do 1t yourself Do not ask for even
a hint from anybody. Try again.
Every trial increases your ability.
and you will finally succeed by dint of
the very wisdom and strength gained
in this effort, even II at first the
problem is far beyond YOUR skill. 1t
is the study. not the answer. that real
ly rewards your pains.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Tricks wrh Cards.

Let three, five or seven young WON
en- stand in a circle and draw a card
out of box, she who gets the high
est card will be married first of the
company, whether she be at the pres
ent time maid, wife or widow: and
she who has the lowest has the long
est time to stay ere the sun shines on
her wedding day; she who gets the
ace of spades will never bear the
name of wife and she who has the
nine OF hearts will have one lover too
many to her sorrow,
Hymen's letter-Put pack of cards
well shu1hed into box. Let the par
ty stand in a circle and each draw
three cards. Pairs of any kind are
favorable owners of some good for
tune. The king Of hearts is the god
of love and gives beautiful swain to
the one who draws him. Elves and
mines are crosses and misfortunes;
three mines at one draw shows the
lady will be an old maid.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
rhe Reward of service.

The sweetest lives are those to duty wed.
Whose deeds. both great and small.
Are close-knit strands OF an unbroken
thread.
Where love ennobies all.
The world may sound no trumpets. ring
no bells;
The Book OF Life the shining record tells.
Thy love shall chant Its own beatitudes
After its own life working. A child's kiss
Set on thy singing lips shall make thee
glad;
thee rich;
A sick man helped by thee shall make
thee strong;
Thou shalt be served thyseif By every
sense
OF service which thou renderest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Needles. Pins and buttons.

Have you ever met girl who
pinned on her shoe buttons? I remem-
Der one that used to know at school,
and we girls pitied her with all our
hearts. We happened to have an old
fashioned teacher in the school who
told us that it was a sin to use pin
where a button should be. and that a
pinned undergarment was deception.
So the poor. careless girl with pinned
shoe buttons was a criminal in our
eyes. This teacher who taught liter
ature had a sewing basket on her desk
and loaned needles with thread to any
one who had button off or glove to
mend.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

The Birmingham fEngj Post says
It learns from reliable source that
the CreusotSyndcr firm. well known
German armament manufacturers. has
received orders for arms during the
past four months from the Bulgarian
government. The first condition was
that the weapons should be delivered
expeditiousIy. Moreover. the orders
were accompanied by financial assur-
apcea. which is rather unusual in the
case OF contracts with Macedonia and
other eastern countries. but which was
a sufncient stimulus to induce the ac-
ccptance OF the conditions.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Mall, who has arrived at Vienna.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
oriqinaI sketehinq.

For this every one must be supplied
with paper and pencil.
On the paper sketch representing
some very wen known incident. either
in history or novel. must be drawn
no matter how badly.
As soon as the sketches are com
pleted, eacn player passes his to his
left hand nelghbor. who examines II
and writes his comments on the
sketch, and also the scene he thinks It
represents on another piece of paper.
Then he turns down the paper to cover
his comments. and passes both papers
to his left hand neighbor. and so on
round the whole circle. When all
have been round. the comments are
opened and read aloud. The player
who guesses the greatest number cor
rectly is sometimes given a prize.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
The panclna Coin.

To do this trick you need long.
fine black silk thread with a very
small piece of beeswax on the end
of It, After you pass the coin around
among the audience you press the
end of the silk thread that carries
the beeswax against the coin so hard
that It will stick. Then throw the
coin into glass and step away. and
at your command It will dance about
and up an down as you please. The
thread passes over the edge of the
glass and through number OF very
small eyelet holes sewed fast to the
black table cloth. and elsewhere.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

cent voyage. On a voyage from San
Francisco to London the captains
attention was called to a large sea
monster. heading four points ON the
port bow of the ship. The monsters
color was Of large blotches of black
and a sort of sand and gray in be-
tween. The monster was OF whale
back shape. and fully 200 feet long,
tho highest part of Its back extending
nearly twenty feet above the sea sur
face. After approaching the steamer
the anim., reiaained on the surface
for few minutes and then hurried
away. Capt. Stavely did not see the
two extremes OF the monsters body.
After arriving in London Capt Stave-
ly learned that the sea monster had
been previously reported by steam
er that had passed II on a moonlight
night. During his visit in Berkshire
the captain took the second sleighride
OF his life.-Spring6eld Republican.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Meanina of Flowers.

Meaning OF Flowers.
Hyacinth-Jealousy.
Ivy-Friendship.
Laurel-Glory.
Lilac-First love.
Lily-Purity.
Proud.
Mistletoe-I conquer.
Morning glory-Coquetry.
Observation-Disclosures.
Pansy-Think of me.
Passion fiower-Piety.
Peony-Anger.
Petunia-I am not proud.
Pink-Pure love.
Rose-Beauty.
Rose. wild-Simplicity.
Rosebud-Young girl.
Sunfiower-Pride.
Acknowledgements pleasure.
Violet, blue-Love.
Violet. white-Modesty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
conundrums.

What tree is most suggestive of kiss
ing? Yew.
What is even better than presence
of mind in a railway accident? Alb
sence of body.
What is that which will give cold.
cure cold and pay the doctors bin?
A draught draft.
What is that which is neither flesh
nor bone. and yet has four fingers? A
glove.
Why has man more hair than
woman? Because he's naturally her
suitor (hirsuter).
What sweetens the cup OF life. yet.
divested of its end. embitters the most
grateful draught? Hope-hop.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

on his return from Servia, telegraphs
that while in Belgrade he was receiv-
ed In audience by King Alexander. He
quotes the king as saying: THE Mace
DOMAIN question is not nearly as
serious as the Albanian question. The
latter is the real danger TO the peace
of the Balkans, and the murder OF NJ.
Stcherbina, the Russian consul at
Mitrovitza. has made the situation
more critical. When Ibrahim. the
Albanian soldier who shot stcherbina,
is executed for his crime. the vendetta
win fall on the sultan and the Chris
tians who forced him to execute the
murderer. The present seeming quiet
is only temporary lull. as the AL
banians are merely. waiting to see
what steps will be taken against them.
Further trouble is certain to come"
Albanians In Deadly Earnest.
"a mans life In Albania is worth
one penny-just the price of a cart
ridge" an educated Albanian once
concisely said He referred. however.
to times when the Albanians were
simply amusing themselves, and his
saying must not be given too much
|Htiknt just US p-totut tnt
Albanians are serious. They have
declared truce to their blood feuds.
abandoning the ordinary pastime of
Albanian life, and they are turning
their frank and open countenances ex-
pectantly toward Constantinople No
wonder Europe is alarmed. and no
wonder the King of Servia is reported
as saying that the Albanian question
has become much more serious than
the Macedonian question.
The other day the ambassadors of
Russia and Austria did Abdul Hamid
the honor OF a joint visit to urge upon
him the necessity OF suppressing the
Albanian disorders. Unfortunately
for the sultan his ENJOYS to his AL
banian subjects were even then he
ing held as hostages at Ipek What
answer he made to the ambassadors
under the circumstances nobody has
had the temerity TO make public
Abdul Hamid is moving large de-
tnchments of his Kurd troops into the
the sultan's work of expert butchery
in Armenia. They can. however. ex-
pect no meek necks stretched to the
knife In Albania. II the worst comes
to the worst the world is as apt to be
plying the poor Kurds" as the
poor Albanians,"
Conditions arc Undesirable.
A returned missionary. writing In
the Christian Herald. thus describes
the situation in Macedonia:
The anarchy. insecurity and intol-
erance OF all creeds calling them
selves Christian. which prevail wher-
ever the Turk has full sway. sufficient.
iy accounts for conditions In Mace
donla- There is no foreign influence
there to restrain Turkish greed. licen-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Hard Rule to Follow.

Here is characteristic expression
of view from Prof. Huxley, the emf
nent English scientist: 1T is an excel
lent rule always to erase anything that
strikes one as particularly smart when
writing"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Answers to Hidden Rivers.

The names of the fourteen hidden
rivers given in last weeks article are
as follows: Lena. Nile. Orange. Indus,
Don. Congo. Ganges, Niger. Obi, Ma
deira, Rhone, Danube. Arkansas,
Amoor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

are too well known to need depicting.
and there is abundance evidence that
the Macedonians are suffering the
worst forms of savage cruelty known
to the Asiatic horde which the sultan
has poured into that hapless Euro
pean dominion. The descriptions of
these cruelties recall the barbarities
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
GEN. HAgzELgR's SERVICE ENDS.
Celebrated German officer Has Sent
In His Resignation.

Gen. Count Won Haezeler, comman-
der of the Sixteenth Army Corps of
Germany. who has Just sent in his
resignation to Emperor William. has
been known for years as the watch
dog OF the German army" and was the
military tutor of the kaiser when the
latter was an aspiring young officer.
For half century the count has been
an ardent soldier. and. although rs
years old. 1t is only of late that he has
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
A Monster Of the peep.

Captain Stayely of the Clumber-
ball, of the Furness Steamship line.
has recently been visitor in the
vicinity of Great Darlington, and has
told an exciting story of sea mon
ster which he encountered on his re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

Bobby Bruin-Frnny thing! I've
been climbing two hours at least, and
| don't seem to get any nearer. It's
much longer hill that l thought it
was.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

shown the slightest inclination to in
activity. For twenty-five years he has
subsisted on one meal and four or five
hours sleep day. He is said to re-
semble the great Won AoltEsL
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

necessary to fill in the dotted lines
and then turn the page half way
round.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30

which guide it to place where you
or confederate may make it dance
by giving little jerks to the thread.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-04-30
Trick Donkcys.

Here are two apparently dead dom
keys. To bring them to life 1t is only
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-16
PRAISE FOR PUERTO .RIcANs.:

The dress, the manners and the cus- toms of the Puerto Ricans are all rapid ly changing, somewhat to the damage of picturesque qualities undoubtedly The women are visibly better gowned, however. The bands play America" Sousa's marches. MT. Dooley,f or airs from "The Country Girl" instead of the mournful minor music of the "Danzas." The English taught in 1.13O American schools is determining the speech of the coming generation. Two other organizations in other ways. MT. Mar win tells us, are accomplishing the same fundamental kind of work as the schools. the Puerto Rican regiment and the department of charities, which has taken 800 hungry waifs from the streets uniformed them. brought them under military discipline and associated them in their daily parade with the American flag, which their proud color-sergeant carries. For the Puerto Rican regiment MT. Marvin, has nothing but praise.
 They are soliderly, well set-up body of infantry, fine soldiers, fine musicians and horsernen. They love the martial music, the parade and glitter of military life. At guard mount and dress parade they are nearer West Point appearance than our average militia regiment. They cover hard practice marching at a swinging gate with ease. Their marks
 manshio and their zeal in target firing are beyond praise. They are stimulated to additional efforts by the presence
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-16
THE Ox-EYE DAISY.

The yellow button-like disk $ com posed of myriad of small perfect flow CTS, with yellow fve-cleft tubular CO., rolla, and ring of fused stamens sur rounding the pisti1. Of ealyX we find hardly trace, the close packing of the flowers leaves no room for it, and rem ders it unnecessary as protective structure. In the composite the calyx is usually reduced to few hairs, which often play a valuable part in aiding seed dispersal, as We shall see, by growing as the fruit ripens into a feathery plume or pappus, which acts as a parachute. The marginal, or ray, flowers of our daisy have no stamen- are female, and their corolla is white and greatly expanded in an outward direction-the only direction in which there is room for expansion.
 These ray flowers, in fact, are largely useful in advertising the otherwise in- conspicuous flower head. Similar de- vices we have already noted in the wild Guelder rose, and we may compare with these such flower heads as those of the little cornet (Cornus sueciea) and the astrantias, in which the flowers are surrounded by ring of colored leaves which serve the same purpose. Finally, our daisy head is surrounded by a close-fitting double ring of small leaves, the involucre, which incloses the whole in bud and plays the part that a calyx usually plays in single flower.
 It is perhaps among some of the larger members of the daisy group that the composite infiorescence attains its greatest beauty and perfection. Ex- anime such flower form as the ox-eye daisy First we have the close-lapping scales of the involucre, securely inclos- ing the whole and protecting it when in bud. Then the splendid ring of ray flowers, whose object is to render the infiorescenee more conspicuous. Thus We find these enormously expanded CO., rollas often assuming tint other than that of the main mass of iowers--w white when the disk is yellow, as in the OK eye; in other species blue or purple or yellow, accompanying a yellowish or grayish disk.
 These ray fiorets have sacrificed their perfection as flowers for the purposes of advertisement, and are usually devoid of stamens, or sometimes devoid of both stamens and pistil. Finally we have the dense mass of disk florets, all per feet, producing a quantity of minute fruits. As for the fruit of the corym- biferas. large number rely on wind carriage, and the calyx segments take the form of hairs. which grow into a more or less perfect parachute to aid in transporting the comparatively large fruit to pastures new Knowledge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-16

of Exmoor," and Blackmore acknowl- edged that it was through accidentally glancing at this that he obtained the elew for the weaving of the romance which caused him to study the details on the spot" Lorna Doone" itself was published in 1869. Since then end- less efforts have been made to find a real historical basis for the DOone le- gend and to prove the existence Of Doones in the Care and Badgworthy district in the seventeenth century. s
 Mr. Rawle has not much difficulty in disposing of these fanciful theories: The simple fact is that nothing is known, though two years ago a lady claimed that "her great-great-great- grandfather was the son of Charles Doone, eldest son of Sir Ensor, and probably the original Carver Doone' of Blackmore's romance" and traced the pedigree out with great circumstantial detail. She maintained that the Doones were Scotch, that they were ex- fled from Scotland in 1920, and settled in the Aare valley, where they were more or less hated and feared by the countryside, until their return to Perth shire in 1899. But the whole story, as Mir RawIe shows, seems to have been a most ingenious and elaborate hoax, in cluding the old pair of bellows and flintlock pistol, engraved on one side 70. Doone," and on the other 'Porlok.'' MT. Rawle's own suggestion is simply corruption of Dane" and he shows how even as late as the beginning of the eighteenth century memories of the ancient descents and raids of the Danes on the shores of the Severn sea were very fresh in the minds of the inhabi- tants of Porlok. Such deeds" he says, "as are now associated with the Doones of BadgWorthy are far more likely to have been done by the fierce marauding Danes than by any band of common wealth outlaws or a family of exiled Scottish noblemen. ."-London Daily Tel egraph.