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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
AuTO.cAR STREET TRANSIT.

A Cedar Rapids runner has gained
of local capitalists are quietly prepar-
ing to form an automobile line for that
city. 1t is said that stock company
will be formed and a regular auto-car
service established for street transit
and to the parks and Marion. If the
rumor should materialize into fact Ce-
dar Rapids would become the pioneer
in a form of transportation that Will
some day largely displace the trolley
for urban transit 1t has been the pre-
6iction of the T.-R. that sooner or later
auto-cars by the thousand would be
whisking over the pavements of Chi
cago streets doing the work of street
and without trolley impedments. No
expensive tracks with underground
oonduits need be lai6, no expensive
copper wires strung for power and the
cars can be made with a capacity equal
almost to a trolley ear. 1t can move on
any, street and traffic need not be con-
gested. 1t can run around a loaded
truck instead of waiting the pleasure of
the bury driver to get off the track.
The same crew can operate 1t and the
power need be but litGe greater to
transport the same number Of people
when city streets are commonly covered
with a smooth paving such as as
phalt The reform may appear in the
hands of independents operating few
cars only. but the day is coming when
million dollar stock companies will be
operating auto-car services in ali of our
leading cities. There is freedom in
automobile transit which appeals to all. !
1t is driving. not riding, merely. The |
auto lines with their possibilities of
country excursions away from crowded |
parks and show places are certain of |
liberal patronage and are likely to be !
entirely successful from a financial
point of view.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19

umphant shouts and laughter Of the
boy and the complacent smiles on the
faces of Jack and the half breed stirred
my wrath tore OFT the cape and, hav-
ing got the saddle put right seized
Jacks riding whip, and. disregarding
his remonstrances, sprang on my steed
once more, and before he could make
us his mind as to his line of action piled
him SO vigorously with the rawhide
that he set off over the prairie at full
gallon and in few minutes came
round to the camp quite subdued, to
the boys great disappointment and to
my own great surprise Jack was high
ly pleased, and even the stolid face Of
the half breed showed satisfaction.
don't think put this up on you,"
Jack said ut was that cape. He
ain,t used to such frills. But it was
clrces," he added, going off into tit
OF laughter, worth S. any day.
"You bet.' said the half breed. Oats
make pretty beeg fun, eh?'
1t seemed to me that it depended
somewhat upon the point of view, but
l merely agreed with him, only too
glad to be so we'll out OF the fight
All day we followed the trail that
wound along the shoulders of the round
topped hills or down their hong slopes
into the wide, grassy valleys. Here
and there the tahaysewera cut through
by coulees through which ran swift
blue gray rivers, clear and icy cold,
while from the hiiltops we caught
glImpses of little. lakes covered with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE.

The Yacht races between the British
challenger ana the American cup de
fender begin tomorrow and are lillel,
to attract even more attention ant
general interest than previous contests
While the betting on the races shows
the confidence of the pubic in the abl-
lily of the Reliance to retain the cur
the trials Of the Shamrock III. have
made it certain that the new challenge,
| is not a boat to be despised. There is
a very present possibility. tho not par
| tlcularly probable, that the cup may
cross the pond, which will keep Interest
on edge until the decisive victory of one
or the other of the yachts
The trials between the new and old
Shamrosks have not very decisively es-
tablished the superiority of the new
boat. She beat the old yacht, Shamrock
l., on July 20 one minute and twenty
two seconds. This is her record over the
Shamrock l. and is not particularly
definite of superiority. The Columbia,
defeated the Shamrock I. zen minutes ii
the first cup contest between them an6
giish yacht six minutes and eighteen
seconds. On the other hand the Reh-
ance has been thoroughly tried out
against the Constitution and the CO.
lumbia. There have been eleven races
i'll which the Reliance's superiority OF
speed over the Columbia has averaged
about eighteen and ona-haf seconds
per mile and somewhat more then ten
seconds per mile over the Constitutions
Figured by experts this gives the Re-
lance the ability to defeat the Column
bia little more than nine minutes over
a thirty-mile course. Oil paper this
seems to settle the question of this
years cup races.
But there are hundreds of minor ac-
ctdents and chances of the game which
may defeat the American boat. The
race is not always to the swiftest or the
best handled. Everything considered the
Reliance should win. but if she fails
70 keep the cup and Sir Thomas lugs
j. home in triumph the effort TO win II
back will balance the loss. None viii
srudge Upton or Great Britain vic
tory fairly wone. More than fifty
years of pertinacious and logged deter
in the face of defeat deserves
victory whether it wins or not.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19

wild fowl that shrieked and squawked
and splashed careless of danger Now
and then we saw what made black
spot against the green Of the prairie
and Jack told me ii was rancher $
shack. How remote from the great
.orIG, ana how lonely it seemed this
.ntle black shack among these multi
tudinous hliIsi
| shall never forget the summer even
ing when Jack anu ! rode into Swan
Creek. | say into. but the village was
almost entirely ore of imagination. in
that ii consisted OF the Stopping Place,
a long Log building. q story and half
in which the post Office was kept and
over which the owner dwct. But the
situation was one of great beauty. On
one side the prairie ratnblad down
from the hills and then stretched away
in tawny levels into the misty purple
ed over the round, sunny tops to the
dim blue of the mountains beyond
In this world. where it is impossible
to reach absolute values. we are forced
to hold things relatively. and in CON
trast with the long. lonely miles of our
ride during the day these two houses,
with their outbuildings. seemed a cen
ter Of life. Some horses were tied to
the rail that ran along in front of the
Stopping Place.
Hello" said Jack II guess the No
BILE Seven are in town"
"And who are they" 1 asked.
oh" he replied. with shrug. "they
are the elite Of Swan Creek, and. by
Jove," he added, this must be per-
nit night"
"What does that mean?" l asked, as
we rode UP toward the tie rail.
"Well.' said Jack in low tone, for
some men were standing about the
door. you see, this Is prohibition
country, but when one of the boys feels
as If he were going to have q spell of
sickness he gets permit to bring in a
few gallons for medicinal purposes.
and, of course, the other boys being
similarly exposed, he invites them to
assist him in taking preventive meas
ures, and" added Jack, with solemn
wink. 1T is remarkable, in healthy
country like this, how many epidemics
come near catching us"
And with this mystifying explanation
we Joined the mysterious Company Of
the Noble Seven
n ~ m
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

tried to approach him with soothing
words, but he persistently backed away
until we stood looking at each other
stretched neck and my outstretched
| arm.
At this point Jack came to my assist
ance. got the pony by the other side OF
| the bride and held him fast till | got
into position to mount. Taking firm
grip of the horn of the Mexican saddle,
l threw my leg over his back. The
next instant was flying over his head.
My only emotion was one of surprise.
the thing was so unexpected. l had
fancied myself a fair rider, having had
experience of farmers colts of divers
kinds, but this was something quite
new. The half breed stood looking on,
mildly interested: Jack was smiling.
but the boy was grinning with delight.
"Ill take the little beast" said Jack.
But the grinning boy braced me up and
l replied as carelessly as my shaking
voice would allow:
"Oh, | guess I'll manage him." and
once more got into position. But no
sooner had got into the saddle than
the pony sprang straight up into the
mir and lit with bis back curved into a
bow, his four legs gathered together
and so absolutely rigid that the shock
made my teeth rattle. 1t was my first
experience of "bucking" Then the lit
tie brute went seriously to work TO get
rid of the rustiing. tapping thing on
his back. He would back steadily for
some seconds, then with two or three
forward plunges. he would stop as if
shot and spring straight into the upper
air, lighting with back curved and legs
rigid as iron. Then he would walk on
his hind legs for few steps, then
throw himself with amazing rapidity
to one side and again proceed to buck
with vicious diligence.
"Stick to himr' yelled Jack through
shouts of laughter. You'll make him
sick before long!'
remember thinking that unless his
insides were somewhat more deicately
organized than his external appearance
would lead one 10 suppose the chances
were that the little brute would be the
last to succumb to sickness. To make
matters worse, wilder jump than
ordinary threw my cape up over my
head, so that l was in complete dark
ness And now he had me ut his mercy.
and he knew no pity. He kicked and
plunged and reared and bucked, now
on his front legs, now on his hind legs,
often on his knees, while / in darkness
could only cling to the horn of the sad
die
AT last, in one of the CLEANS Of light
that penetrated the folds of my envel
oping cape. | found that the horn had
slipped to his side, so the next time he
came to his knees l threw myself Off
l am anxious to make this point clear.
for from the expression of triumph on
the face of the grinning boy and his
encomiums of the pony l gathered that
he scored win for the cayuse. With |
out pause that little brute continued
for some seconds to buck and plunge
even after my disnounting as If he |
were some piece of mechanism that
must run down before 1t could stop.
By this time | was sick enough and |
badly shaken In my nerve, but the tri-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
A Vexina Puzzle for Puss.

Samoa has a species of lizard which
can run up a window pane quite as
easily as the flies which they feed. They
are very small. about two inches long.
and prettily marked in light and dark
brown. A resident of Samoa writes of
them:
When alarmed. the lizards are off like
q fash of light. and take the most reck-
LESS leaps. / have seen tt:em land safely
a: the end of a twentyfoot jump. Yet
when cornered they have no hesitation
in swapping off the moss of their tails.
That was maddening puzzle to my
small cat. The sight Of moo any
where was an immediate challenge to
the kitten. She would immediately start
on the hunt. for the most part fruit
less chase. for the little lizard could
skulk off faster than two cats could
pursue. Yet when the kitten did sue
coed in landing on the lizard there fol-
lowed Il scene of bewiiderment. The
moo Invariably snapped off its tail,
which was left wrgglins in one part
of the veranda. while the lizard ran off
a short distance and awaited develop
ments.
The kitten never knew whether to
catch the lizard or the tail. If the moo
moved. the kitten went for it; but she
always stopped short tc keep an eye
on the wriggles OF the tail. AS soon as
she turned back to take care of the tail,
the moo got in motion and had to be
looked for Hundreds of times l have
watched the dilemma. and the ending
was always the same-the lizard got
away and the kitten had to be content
with the bony tail. But there were lots
of lizards about my house, sprouting
new tails.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
The Great Psrks Of coIorado

Constitute one of her chief glories.
They contain fields, forests and plains
they are watered by creeks and rivers,
and contain villages and farm houses
they have springs and lakes where ho-
tells and other plices of entertainment
are found for those seeking health and
recreation.
To enable people to reach tsese ia
vored localities without unnecessary
expenditure of time or money the Union
Pacific has put in effect very low rates
and splendid train service from the
Missouri river to Denver.
Accommodation are provided for all
classes of passengers on these trains,
the equipment including free reclining
chair cars, dining cars, buffet smoking
cars. drawing room sieepers. day
coaches. etc.
Full information cheerfully furnished
On application to ]. w. Turtle. Il. P. A.,
220 West Fourth street. Des Molnes,
Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
End of Bitter Fiqht.

1.-TWO physicians had long and stub
born fight with an abcess on my right
lung" writes j. F. Hughes, of Dupont.
Ga, "and gave me up. Everybody
thought my time had ccme. AS a last
resort tried DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. The benefit 1 re-
ceived was striking and l was on my
feet in few days. Now I've entirely
regained my health" II conquers all
coughs, colds and throat and lung trou-
bles. Guaranteed by George P. Powers
drug store. Price so cents and ST. Trial
bottles free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
They Work While You Sleep,

Every reader viii recognize the title
as the famous catch-line of Cascarets,
Candy Cathartic familiar to every
household. Work While you Sleep"
was the motto of Maj. II. L. Kramer,
the man who made Cascarets famous,
before he recorded his wonderful sue
cess with this wonderful medicine. They
say that Maj. Kramer succeeded by in
cessant work-pluck, not luck-and
that he not only worked while others
slept, but worked while he slept him
self. Now he lets newspaper adver-
Using work while he sleeps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL BOARDS.


In an article in the current issue of
The Dial William McAndrew, formerly
of the Chicago schools. advocates a
school for school boards. He calls at
tention TO the fact that while teachers
must furnish certificates of competency
there is yet no institution for the edu
cation Of school boards: there are no
examinations for this position, no GER
tif1cates of fitness. no course Of study.
Mr.. Mc.And:ews thinks ii is time that
some up-to-date publisher put upon the
market q text book on How 10 Be a
School Trustee The actual teaching
or children, he declares. is not the diff
ficult proposition before educators to-
day, but the teaching of school trustees.
Mr.. McAndrews suggests as sub
jects for chapters in a text book for
school boards the following: The
schools are for the children. Any board
that does not recognize as the chief
root ana csater of its every act the
SISIHhi NGi1dtG III lIit vi iiC
community has no right to existence.
Any member who does rot stand upon
such a platform should be removed at
once from position which he may
unworthtly occupy but can never fill.
Membership on school board is not
given 10 start man in political ca
for any particular ward or district. The
schools are for the whole people. The
children will take the effects of their
good or poor schooling into all districts.
The obvious purpose of the schools re-
ouires board member to serve chill
dren and not men"
The dignity Of the school board is, in
Mr.. McAndrew's' opinion. minor mat
ter compared TO the service for which
i, is elected and finds it remarkable
that. from our national senate down
the tendency of representative bodies
to discuss so seriously their own digni-
ty is irresistible even to the delay and
exclusion of the service expected of
them. when man first becomes a
member he is usually frank in avowing
that he knows nothing about the
schools or education; but very soon he
joins with the others in the belief that
united board action transmutes igno-
rance into sagacity."
The school trustee, according to Mr..
McAndrews. should know something of
school work. NO one knows" he con-
ments in a class room. or that studies
instruction in neighboring cities; yet
every one knows of many school boards
that pass upon the most vital questions
of educational procedure. Some one
comes before them and presents the
reasons for a certain reform; it is re-
After some time. when the arguments
have pretty we'll faded away, the thing
Is discussed in committee from the
standpoint of the members own school
experience, thirty or forty years ago |
That settles it. The text books and
materials desired for aid to instruction
are not uncommonly judged with utter
disregard for the end In view
Mr.. McAndrews. like all thinking peo-
pie. would eliminate politics from the
schools. He says that changes of teach
ers and superintendent in the United
States are notoriously frequent, and
that the interests of the children are
made subservient to ths political game
of chess. The school SUPERINTENDENT Is
nominated along With sae regular tick !
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19

ct, and is up or down with it. Teachers
are elected for the year, which is one
of the most absurd aspects of the school
board administration. The superintend-
ent must have enough power to secure
good teaching. he must have authority,
ard the board must keep its hands off.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19

titled TO the respect that was hers when
her mind was innocent. There is anoth-
er side 10 it. Isn't it bad enough to be
poor AMI degraded and wrong, Without
being subjected TO the gaze of a party
of fools, who want the thrill that comes
With seeing immortality and poverty ,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
1890 a. M. Sis D. M. 1000 D, m.

Is the time Erie thru trains are
scheduled to leave Dearborn station,
Chicago. for Columbus, Akron, Youngs-
town Chautauqua Lake. Buffalo, Nj
agara Falls, Elmira, Binghamton, Al
bany, Boston, New York and points
east. For further information apply
to II. l.. Purdy, travelling passenger
agent, Erie railroad, Chicago, Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
For Over Sixty Years

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children while teething.
1t sooths the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty.
Eve cents bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
Half Rates to State Fair at Des Moines,
Iowa

Via the Northwestern line. Excursion
tickets will be sold at one fare for the
round trip on Aug. 20 to 20, inclusive,
limited to return until Aug. 81. inclu-
sive. Apply to agents of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-19
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

tUVA OEtiSlUNS ANU WOIESs
The Wall Lake Blade. noticing that
| Tom w. Purcell. editor Of the Hampton
Chronicle. and Archie W. Smith, one OF
the Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune editors,
are possible candidates fer state printer
and binder. says: Purcell and Smith
are good pair to draw TO. They are
both deserving of something good,
would do first-c class work and never had
anything from the republican party.
had the placing of these offices they
would surely get Them
IF all men We're even half so con-
servative and careful in business dur
ing prosperity as they are in adversely
there would be very few, if any, finan
cial or business panics," asserts the
Charles City InteHigencer; and IF they
we're there would be no prosperity" re-
joins the Ames Times.
THE editor of the Sloan Star does
not presume to tell the editors of his
contemporaries how they should con-
duct their papers. That is their bust
ness. On the other hani the editor of
the Star does not seek advice from the
editors of his contemporaries as to how
he should conduct his PAPER. That IS
his business. Selah!"
The Brooklyn Chronicle believes In
recognizing facts. There was divis-
ion in the Sixth district caucus at the
state convention on factional lines and
Congressman Lacey lined up with the
anti-Cummins crowd. The Chronicle
has not disputed his rignt to do SO, but
we wish to express most emphatic
doubts as to the necessity or expedi-
ency of his course. If fractional lines
are kept up in the district it will be the
fault of our congressman"
"Willlam Randolph Hearst's services
in encouraging hundreds of thousands
of worklngmen to divorce themselves
from their jobs are gra dually winning
recognition" observes the Dubuque
Times. The National building Trades
Council has endorsed aim for prest-
dent
Now that the girls are organizing
o1N &c 70 1.n
omission Of the word "ebey" from the
service, the Webster City
Journal pleads: why not let it re-
main-iust for forms sake? 1t is the
first and last chance the poor sucker
ever has to imagine that he is boss"
People go to hear Tilman," says the
Creston American (dem) because they
want to hear him skin the negro He
gives them what they so for, and they
are pleased"
The Davenport Leader says: IF Jo-
seph Pulitzer is wise he will insist on
old fashioned spelling classes in that
school of journalism
The Des Moines News declares "the
man who will escort a party of foolish
thru brothels and hell-holes is
lacking in respect for hie mothers sex
There is no idea of doing good in the
ordinary Summing party. The motive
is distinctly nasty. The effect is dis
tinctly bad The woman who goes
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Excursion Rates to Races at Boone,
IoMa

Via the Northwestern line. Excursion
tickets will be sold at reduced rates on
Aug. ~ to 90, inclusive. limited to re-
turn until Aug. 81, inclusive. Apply to
agents of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway.