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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-03

Longs funeral will be held from the
Christian church tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock. The, interment VIII 1oi-
low in the cemetery one and one-half
miles east of town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
A Wonderful Italian erotto.

Naples Letter to the London Mall.
 Herr H. H. Ewers, with the help of picks, ropes and ladder forty feet long. has succeeded in reaching from the sea a erotto in the precipice near the Arco Naturale at Capri. The grotto was known to exist, but was considered inaccessible.
 Herr Ewers has named it the Marvel ous Grotto, and 1t is wonderfully beauti- full On climbing into its entrance the bottom was found to be level for about 100 yards, and then to rise gently for an- other 200 yards. The maximum breadth of the grotto is fifty yards. and the max imum height 100 yards. Wonderful stall actites and stalagmltes meet the eye on every side.
 In the center there is the appearance of a round green lake. bordered with yellow buttereups and gold-brown wall flowers. The grotto receives it's light from below, and the turquoise reflection from the sea has the same effect as insthe Blue Grotto, but then changes. as it passes up- ward, into a tender emerald green, and ends in the deepest cerulean blue One group of stalactites is perfectly rose col ored, while others are marble white, cin- namon colored or entirely black.
 Herr Ewers proposes to make this. lovely grotto accessible to the tourist without the fatigue and risks which he and his party ran in reaching 1t. W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
ONE BASS THRICE TAKEN.
Queer Facts About the Ways of Fish
 When They Bite.

From the New York Sun.
 Sometimes a fish strikes because 1t Is hungry, sometimes because 1t Is irrItated, sometimes because it has got Into the habit of doing so. There are fish which when bait has been. snatched away from them once can not be tempted to attack 1t again, though the hook has not touched them; there are others which will return to the charge even though they have been badly scratched
 Recently couple of men fishing from boat on Round Lake In Sawyer county, Wis, caught a couple of dozen Of bass and, having enough, returned to the wat CT all taken thereafter. One returned a three-pounder whose side had been fresh- ly scared by muskellonge
 A moment afterward the frog was talk en and he hauled out a fish scared in the same place. He believed 1t to be the same fish, but to make sure he clipped the edge of back fin with his knife and put 1t In the water.
 After a couple of casts the frog was again seized and the fish after fight was reeled in, It was the marked bass. To avoid continuing taking this fish all of the afternoon the boat was moved away.
 Early in June two friends named Wade and Shively, fishing on Long Lake, Wis, lost two frogs apiece and all within five minutes. They were using small green frogs hooked through the lips. They be- lieved that some extraordinarily smart bass was after their hooks.
 Then Shively got a strike and hooked his fish. A big fight followed and when the bass was landed it was found that it had taken all five frogs
 George Clark of Chicago, fishing in the iGogebio region of Michigan this spring, hooked a muskellonge when trolling with some sixty feet of line out. The fish im- mediately rolled over on the line, wrap ping 1t about its body twice or thrice. and gave a hard fight. After twenty min utes of work it was brought to the boat side and shot through the head.
 It weighed twelve pounds, not par ticularly big musky, but strong and game. Certainly 1t struck at the spoon because it was angry and not because 1t was hungfy. for sticking out of one side of its mouth was the tail of bass which weighed a pound and a half. Three inches of the tail and. body projected;' the remainder of the bass was firmly fas- tened in the maw and doubtless the tail would have been swallowed after the other part was digested if Clark and his spoon had not happened along.
 The husky made its fight with the bass sticking out of one side of it's mouth and the hook sticking into the other side of 1t, and the bass was not loosened at all by the struggles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
American Sports.

From the New York Press.
 We are fast growing to be a sport-lov= Ing nation. Our full list of games num- bers about sixty You would hardly be- lieye that possible without counting. Here is pretty full summing up Fish Ing, hunting, archery. backgammon. checkers chess bagatelle. baseballe, bi- cycling billiards, boxing. bowling. poker. whist, hearts (and a score Of other card games), cricket croquet, curling, dice. dominoes football, fencing. fox chasing. golf yachting, iee-boating, skating, Ia crosse, lawn tennis ping-pong, shuttle board, pedestrianism, running, horse rae Ing, rowing, sculllng canoeing, steam yachting, polo swimming, trap-shooting, handball, racquet, kite flying, and rabbit eoursing. Which is the most popular? Are there more fishermen than hunters? Nearly everybody plays cards. Millions follows baseball. Hundreds of thousands see the races. And most of those who walk think 1t work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
RAT STORY FROM MANILA.
How. the Transport Sherman Was
 Cleared of e5oooo Rodents.

From the Manila American.
 When the United States military transport Sherman arrived at Manila recently she was, as is the case with most other ships that arrive from or touch at Hong-Kong on the way to Manila, detained for inspection to see if she had any rats on board. When the big transport dropped anchor in Manila bay, therefore, the official rat inspector went on board to see what was doing in the way of rodents. In less than fifteen minutes he hurriedly left the ship, and, going ashore, re- ported that there was on board the Sherman, according to the patent rat enumerator in use at Manila, no fewer than 950000 rats.
 The Sherman was immediately or dered to the quarantine station at Mariveles as no ship on which the disease carrying rodents are found is allowed to dock at Manila until they are exterminated. Accordingly the Sherman steamed back to Marfveles When she arrived tnere her hatches
 "A saddler of the German town of Bamberg sent his apprentices one morning in the middle ages for a bottle of the beer they used in those days a vile beer that was drunk as soon as 1t was brewed. The apprentice bought the bottle, and on the way home with it met practical jolker-The joker said to him:
 "'Your boss is looking for you. He says you have spoiled three days work, and he is going to haste you with cart whip
 "At this news the apprentice was so scared that he buried the beer under a tree and ran off and enlisted in the army. He prospered in the army. In time he became an officer and got the cross of honor. Then he thought he would return to his native town.
 "When, with a long furlough, he drew near the town, hpe recalled the bottle of beer he haI buried and he dismounted from his la 5rger on reach ing the well-remembeeid tree and dug the bottle up and carireS it to his for voer master tried
 "'Old man. he Sa ou sent me after a bottle of boelu, years ago. here is the beer novfr hVe
 "The master empraF- nim, congrat- ulated him on his success in life and opened the bottle to share with him its contents Such excellent beer nei- fner had ever tasted before, It was llke old wine The master as soon us he learned that it was burial that had so much benefited it, bought 1000 bot ties of beer, buried them and five years later sold them at great profit, for everybody that tasted the new drink loved it.
 "In time the secret leaked out. Brew cries everywhere came to know that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
sparrows Put a Rat to FIIehk
,r, tbe Norfolk Cva.) Dispatch

From the Norfolk Cva.)- Dispatch. ~
 A strange fight took place recently in the yard of the city hall A rat appeared from under the clerks office, and at once was surrounded by nearly forty English sparrows. The curious scene at tracted the detectives from police head quarters, and they watched the maneu- vers of the birds with great interest, At first these winged fighters appeared curious. and stood upright with their tails almost between their legs, but at what seemed to be signal they took the ini- tiative and flew at. the slow moving crea- ture. The rat made for the board of ed ucation, but was turned back by the spec tators and again was forced to run the gauntlet of the birds. At this period of the fight many more sparrows descended to -ake part in the fracas. and the strength of the furry creature was fast giving out before the vicious pecks of the birds. Nearly dead. the rat finally reached the steps under the clerks office and feel into the crack. But the birds hung around on the wires and rain gutters of the building waiting for the creature again to appear, but he did not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Fruit and Produce.

(Corrected daily by c. F. Bell 6 Co.,. 201s
 Morris avenue). Oranges-Calfornia navels. sS.25@3.5O; seedlings per box, $S.25@s.5 50. L!mes-Per 100. s1@1.25.
 Lemons-360 .ize. per box. $4.25Q4.75. Pineapp1es-$2. .25 per crate. Bananas-Per bunch. culls ec175c; straights. sl.256l1.5O.
 Dewberries-$1 5011 .75 per "A quarts. Blackberries-S2 % for 24-quart crate. Huck1eberries-$2 50 per 6-gallon crate Georgia Peaches-$1. 5012 per six-basket Georgia Plums-Per crate. $l11.5O New Apples-s203 per barrel Canta1oupes-Florida, per crate. $1 .50Q2. Water 'Melons-15925c each. Caulifiower-Per dozen. g. Cabbage-Home-g grown, a.o0 per crate. Lettuce-Per crate. S1.00G1.50 Egg Plants-Per crate. g. Cucumbers-$1.2 25q$1.50 per crate. Tomatoes-Florida 6-basket crates, $1Q 1.25; Alabama our-basket crate, 50c / Green Peas-Per bushel. si.25. Florida Squash-Per crate. $1Q1 .25. Snap Beans-Bushel hampers. no sale Peanuts-Fancy. per pound. 5c; No. 2, 4c Pecans-l'er pound, 10c.
 English Walnuts-Per pound. 15c. Rafsins--Per box. s1.70.
 Irish Potatoes-Per bushel. old crop, S5c; new crop, No, l. $2.75; No. ?. g per bar rel.
 Onfons-Per pound. new southern, 21dc. Peas = Black-eyed, per bushel. s1.250 50.
 Lima Beans-Per pound, G., Navy Beans-Per bushel. sz.60Tl2. 75- Poultry-Best flyers. 200; medium. 12a 4c; small 8010c; hens. 30qS2c.
 3utter-Best Elein. 2Oc: best country. n1Sc cooking. 8010c; Jersey. lSQ20c. Trnuo-Trraeb 147J5c
 Honey--In comb. log121zc; strained, so I0r. -i. stf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
HEAVY TRIBUTES
 PAID ID TRUSTS
New Jersey Now Receives More Than $2,000,000 Annually
RtAPs A RICH HARVEST
An Insurance Company Pays s14A7i5 aYsan the United states steel Cor poratIon s54,e7s and North
 ern securities s2t,9ss.

Trenton. N. J. June 27.-An important document just filed with the state comp troIler, Alr. Morgan. by Trying MaGnice, of the state board of assessors, contains preliminary schedule of the taxes as- Bessed against New Jerseys miscellane- ous corporations for the current year. There are many interesting facts con- tained therein. showing how New Jersey reaps harvest from the trusts.
 The total taxes assessed amount to s2,s75,7so2s. there being 5,3l5 companies irl- cluded in the schedule of the board of assessors. Compared with last year there is decided increase. the figures of the corresponding schedule for the preceding twelve months being 4,64s companies, while. the total taxes amounted to sf,96O,- 67414. These figures show an increase of 667 in the number of miseellaneous cor porations paying tax and that the amount of taxes to be paid has increased s4ls,- s6114
 It must be borne In mind in making these comparisons that the schedule just filed is only a preliminary one and tn- cludes only those companies making re- turns to the board of assessors up to the corresponding date on each year. It may be assumed however that the final re- turns vii show a proportionate increase in both the number of companies taxed and the amount assessed against them. It Is estimated that this year there will be an increase of about 1000 in the num- Der of corporations with a corresponding advance in the total amount of the tax levy against them.
 Of the companies included in the pre- liminary schedule of the board of as- sessors 5,2s2 were taxed on their capital stock. In these, cases the assessments amounted to s21aS,06064 The other com panies are classed in the special class of corporations taxed on their gross receipts. They are as folows: One electric light company, tax s2511; three life insurance companies 1928 6S2.23; fourteen insurance parlor car company 2,1A.15 four press companies $l,20755.
 The largest tax paying company In the state is the Prudential Insurance Com pany of America. The assessment against that company this year amounts to $144 715.12. This company is taxed on its gross receipts. Next to the Pruden- tial in the matter of large taxes paid in this state is the United States Steel cor poration. which concern is taxed on it's issued capital stock of $1,01S, 5S3, ,600 This company will pay the state in taxes the sum of $54679.1S. Included in the list with the amount they must pay are also: Amalgamated Copper company, $11, A; Carnegie company. S11,750; Northern Se- curities company, $21,993; United States Leather company s10008; and many oth- CTS ranging from s4, ,000 to s9,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Vain War Against RItuaIlsm.

From the New York Mall and Express.
 In his letter to the English clergyman Fillingham. who has evidently come to this country to try to make trouble for the ritualistic churches, Bishop Potter distinctly transgressed the Scriptural command, Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be like unto him. '' The Rev. MT. Fillingham's raid is based on the motion of the Protestant Epis- copal church in this country Is somehow a state institution, like the English churh, and is open to the resistance of any crank who may come along to make protest on the ground that his constitu- tional Magma Charta guaranteed riTf
 to see just such and such vestments and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Southern Railway Co.
Schedule in Effect May 24, 1903. Trains leave Birmingham as follows:

Schedule in Effect May 24, 1903. Trains leave Birmingham as follows: s:10 a. m.-No SS. for Atlanta, Wash. ington, Baltimore. Philadel- phia, New York and the A-ast. Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car. Birmingham to New York. Dining cars t:20 a. m.-No 19 for Montevallo. Ma plesville. Selma and way sta tions.
 i2;25 p. m.-No. S5 for Columbus. West Point, Winona. Greenwood and Greenville; also Sheffield and Florence and North Ala bamn points.
 $40 D. m.-No. 15. new train. for Cor dova, Oakman. Corona and way stations. Also Blossburg. s:45 D. m.-No. P for Annioton and way stations; also Tailadega- t:1o D m.-No. s6 for Atlanta Jackson vile and all Florida points: also Charlotte. Richmond. Washington. New York md the East. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Jackson- vile: also Birmingham to Richmond. Va.
 l:60 D. m.--No. IS for Blossburg and way stations.
 io:2o D. m.-No. 37 ror Columbus West Point. winona, Greenwood and Greenvilie. Pull. ..an Drawing Room Sleepi7g Car Birmingham to Greenville. 10:35 D. m.--No. N for Selma. Mobile and way stations Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Mobile, il :s0 D. m-No gs--New train-for Allan ta. Anniston and way sta tions. Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Birming- ham to Atlanta. Sleeping car can be occupied at Union sta ton .9:3O D. m.
 For detailed information and sleeping car reservations apply passenger office. Morris Hotel building. Telephone GIT. ]. c. LUSK Dist. Pass Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

beer, by lying, improved. So they all a1opted the lying process, and they called the new drink lying or lager beer for lager means lying, as you know.
 in the past centuries they let beer lie longer than we do now. This is a fast age, you know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
local stapIe oroeerIel

CecaI Staple GroceFIee. Apples-W evapora ted, 71z4s1Sc. Flour-Fancy patent, $4.65; half patent, $4.S5.
 Sugar-Granulated 5Ac; Y. C.. 45bc. Coffee-Green. TMG9lkc. Arbuckie's. packages, $1O. 80; Lion packages. SIC. 30; Cordoya packages s1o.SO; Porto Rico. s10. 80.
 Ntorta-Drv salted r'Ss, 9ihc; dry salted rib bellies 10c; hams. fancy, 14Ac; med lium 135sc; extra clears, Sc; California, 1oAc; breakfast bacon, 14c.
 Lard-Leaf. 91kc.
 Compound Lard-Snow drift, Sc. Molasses Centrifugal. l5m 55c; sugar house, 40c; Georgia cane. 35c.
 Beans-Navy. $2.50 per blssei: Lima, 60 6,;c per pound.
 Pearl Grits-92 lbs, s1.65.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

no other to hear just such and such tunes and no other are being violated. This Is not the basis on which the American church is run. It was quite open to the Rev. MT. Filllngham to save his feelings from the shock which they received at St. Mary the Virgins by going to All gn443at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Feed Stuff.

NTeai-Boited. s1S5; water ground. s1.3O. Hay-Per ton, timothy No. l. s22; clo- yer. mixed. s195o; prairie. si5.oo; Johnson grass s16.50.
 Corn-Mixed 72c: white 7sc.
 Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton, s22.50. Hulls, per ton, $500.
 Bran-Pure wheat. s22;- shorts. s2s; bomipy feed $21.00.
 Oats--White. 54c; mixed. 52c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTIC R. R

Schedule Effective November g. 1902. Read Down. Read Up No. 1. No g. No. g. No.A am. pm. am. p.m 7:i0 $40 Lv... .Talladega. Ar 10:25 6:5S s:35 5:03 Ar.....I ell City.....Lv 9:0O 5;35 1O:Oo 9:55 Ar. Birmingham. ..Lv e:10 s:45 Trains run daily. Qu51est route be- tv cen Talladega, Birmingham and west. ern points.
 Ship your freight via Birmingham and Atlantic railroad.
 J. F. FLEETWOOD. c. P. & P. A. John c. Soley. General Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Atlantic Coast Line.

Through Pullman sleeper Birmingham to Jacksonville via Montgomery.
 J. A. Taylor. T. P. A.. Montgomery, Ala. W. H. Leahy, D. P. A, Savannah Ga. W. H. Craig, G. P. A. Wilmington. NC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
USE NATIONAL LIGHT OIL.

your lamp smokes you uzns NATIONAL LIGHT OIL Fol suburbs who handle NA TIoNAL LIGHT oIL. Ihs oil ls not handled by plddlers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
ARRIVALS.


 No. 1. from Macon, Albany Columbus Opelixa, Amercus, etc.. s;S ?. m. No a. from Savannah. Augusta. Macon Columbus, etc., 1920 D. m. EleAant through sleepers between Bir. nningham, Columbus. Macon and Savan- nah on Nos. and 4
 Connection is made at Savannah with the fast freight and luxurious passenger steamships of the Savannah Line from and to New York. Boston and the east. For more detailed information. beauti- fully-ilIustrated matter, write or apply to JACK w. JOHNSON, Union Ticket Agent Birmingham, Ala. J. c. HALLE. General Passenger Agent P. J. ROBINSON, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent W. A. wINBURN. Vice President and Traffic Manager.
 THEODORE D. KLINE. GenL supt.. Savannah, Ca
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Why not own
 a copy of our 400-page "oUlDE TO lNVESToRS7" ,Ve mall it free; also send for our Daily Market Letter. Correspondence Solicited. HAIcHT & FREEsE CO, Stocks, Bonds, Gfa. Cotton. 53 Broadway, New York City. Determining the character and fnan- eia1 responsibility ol your Broker Is as important as selection
 of right stocks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
ARRoLLToN SHORT LINE RAit,
 WAY COMPANY,

To Carrollton and Stansel Ala. via
 Reform, Ala
 No. 1 No. l. HOO am Leave Carrollton. Arrive 4:05 pm Il 20 am Leave Stansel. Arrive 3:45 pm Il 40 an Arrive Reform. . Leave s:25 pm
 JOHN T. COCHRANH.
 Pres and Gen'l Manager.
 Carrollton. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
GEO. T. HILL, General Accountant.

Private examination of Banks and other corporations a speciality. 924 South 18th street. Birmingham. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market.

,rrected Daily by w. D. Nesbitt. Man.
 Ager for lnman Q Col
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
CENTRAL OF eEoRoIA-East.

@ daily except Sunday. All trains run by central time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-08
DEMAND For PREACHERS.
IMashington. Ia. Press. !

lN6SHiHSlOli, Id, L ieSS.l
There are complaints that the de-
mand for candidates for the ministry
is larger than the supply. There is
falling off in the number of theological
students at the universities. The num-
Der has been reduced one-third at
Princeton; at Andover it has been re-
duced from 100 to 10. Formerly Yale
class of 500 would graduate class OF
sixty ministers, but last year 1t turned
out only four. The ministry seems to
be losing its attraction for the young
men, The pay of clergynen is better
than it once was, though In many IN
stances it is yet very small. Inc
churches are finer but comparatively
fewer people attend them. The simple
days of old fashioned faith and prima-
tive ideas have passed The Puritan
period has vanished. Whether 1t be
science or commericialism or liberalism
or education, or the freer exercise OF
thought any of these or all OF these
that have influenced religious thought
and conduct, there has been change
within the church and without. Inc
conditions that once prevailed In TINS
country, the isolated churches, the itin-
Grant ministers, the far travelling CIR
cult riders, the periodic revivals. the
camp meetings, the muscular and emo
tional religion, and the simple. earnest
and intense faith, and other features
that characterized a new or thiniy set
tied country, have in large measure
been succeeded by other conditions. not
less moral and religious in fact, but Gil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-08
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SImportant Decisions
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UNION AND NON-UNION MEN.
The right of men to leave their en-
ployment for good reasons or bad rea-
sons, where no contract is broken, is
as perfect and complete as is the COR
relative right of all men to seek en-
ployment wherever they can find 1t,
without let or hindrance, whether be-
longing to labor organizations or not.
There are common rights secured by
the constitution. which by Its terms was
established ito secure the blessings of
liberty" to all alike.-Superior Court of
Cook County, Illinois, So; Chicago Lee
gal News, Alb.
IRA NSFERS-STREET RAILWAYS.
Where the conductor on street rail-
way car gave plaintiff transfer which
was refused by the conductor of the
car to which plaintiff properly changed,
on the ground that the transfer was de-
fective, and plaintiff, being without
money, was forcibly expelled from the
car by the conductor, he could recover
damages therefor against the street
railway company. Negligence in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-08
God Speed the Day!

God speed the day when round the world
The battle flags shall all be furled.
That happy day when earth no moro
Shall drink red streams of human gorel
Who does not cruel strife abhor,
The awful tragedies of war?
And when at last 1t finds surcease
In all the gentlcr arts Of peace
We shall have reached a higher plane,
One we should all be glad to gain.
God speed the day!
God speed the day when men shall be-
In real and potent meaning-free:
When men no longer know the thrall
OF sin that now enchains us all:
When charity shall rule the heart
And every soul shall have part
That makes for good: when all shall feel
The altruistic kind of zeal.
You may attain Gods grandest plan
In this wise: Love your fellow man.
God speed the day!
God speed the day when love shall bind
In golden chains all human kind.
Love tempers all the storms of life:
It Ia the sunshine that Is rife
In many hearts. In soft caress.
In kindly word, does love express
So much to all! Long may 1t reign
A crown for joy, balm for pain.
When 1t shall enter to Hume
Each heart! .Ah, then. farewell to gloom
God speed the day!