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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool. June Is.
wheat-steady; spot IS 4d66 I'd;
July 6s 3&d; September 6s 2hd.
Corn-Firm: spot IS 1dM5s I'd July
IS Sud: September IS Cd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Rance of Fr,ces.

The following quotations upon the
range of prices upon the Chicago board
of trade today were furnished by the
Weagc ain Co. W A. WATSON, man
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Visible Supply.

wheat-Today 2O,Oo4ooo; year ago,
23,57e.0o0. 4
Corn-4 .SSO.00O; year ago, 4,719,000.
Oats-4,06 900: year ago, 2,444,oo0.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Peoria Grain

Peoria, June Is.
Corn-Higher: No. 3. 47A.
Oats-Firm; No. Write, 3S.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
New York EXCHANGE.

Chicago, June 15.--New York ex-
change 20 premium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Cattle Sales.

Chicago June 15.-Somc of the cattle
sales were as follows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15

Kansas city. July 10.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-15
Representative Hoo Sales.

Chicago. June ia few representa-
tl...a hoo SnlaS x.arn ma in follows.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
MORA HOUSE.
The elegance of Which weslex
Wrote Has Long Departed.

the Elegance of Which Weslex
Wrote Has Long Departed.
John Wesley was the guest of Lady
MOira at MORA House, Usher's island.
Dublin, in 1775. Writing of the house.
the great Methodist said: II was
surprised to observe. though not a
more grand, yet far more elegant
room than any I have ever seen In
England. 1t was an octagon about 20
feet square and Is or 16 feet high, havl
Ing one window-the sides of It inlaid
throughout with mother of pearl
reaching from the top Of the room.
The ceiling, sides, furniture of the
room were equally elegant. And must
this, too, pass away like dreamr
Half a century ago the elegance Of
which Wesley wrote departed from
MORA House. The Mendicity institu-
ton dismantled II, took down the inte-
ior decorations and covered the gar
dens with offices. 1t is today as dis
NAL looking place as Is to be seen In
or around the Irish capital, which has
many reminders that 1t was once
capital in deed as well as In name.
Among other notable visitors to Moira
House in the days of It's glorfes was
Charles James Fox, who there met
Henry Grattan. 1t was in Moira House,
too, that Pamela found refuge while
her husband, Lord Edward Fitzgerald,
was dying In Dublin Newgate not far
away across the river Liffey.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
A Fent Of Memorx.

Some light is thrown on the possibil-
tiles of memory culture by an interest
Ing recital contained In the autobiog-
raphy of Robert Houdin, the famous
conjurer. He taught his son to glance
at, say, shop window and to memo
rize accurately, as in brain picture,
the windows contents. Then he would
ask him to describe the contents, check
ing and correcting him as he went on.
On one occasion Houdin was COM
manded to the Tuileries to give a per-
formance before the French court. As
he passed through an anteroom to the
saloon he bade his son note the arrange
ment Of the rooms and the contents Of
the bookcases. Then at the close of the
entertainment Houdin astonished his
audience by giving what he called a
second sight" test Declaring his un-
familiarity with the Tuileries, Houdin,
blindfolding his son, asked him to send
bis gaze through the wall Of the room
to the chamber beyond, to describe the
arrangement Of the chamber and to
read the titles of the volumes on the
shelves Of the bookcaseS This feat the
young lad accomplished. to the aston
ishment of the court
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Dtscoverin1 a Gold Mine.

Gold was discovered In California In
1S4S and in Colorado in 1853. The dis.
covery was accidental in both cases.
and the fact created the impression
that mines were Lying around loose
Adventures drifted about in hope of
stumbling upon a mine." Mr.. Thayer
in his "Marvels of the New West
mentions several instances of lucky
stumbling" Three men while look,
ing for gold in California discovered
the dead body of man who evidently
had been prospecting. Poor fellowr'
said one Of the trio. HE has passed In
his checks" Lets give him a decent
burial" said another. Some wife or
mother will be glad If ever she knows
it." They began to dig grave. Three
feet below the surface they discovered
signs of gold. The stranger was buried
In another place, and where they had
located a grave they opened a gold
mine.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
IN MEXICO.

School children study their lessons
aloud.
The chambermaids at hotels are all
chamber men.
The best grades of coffee are sold at
tobacco stores.
The Mexican meal consists of more
kinds of meat than vegetables.
Railways, street cars and cabs all
provide three classes of conveyance.
In the cities real estate is sold by the
square meter instead of the front foot.
Fruit and vegetables are not sold by
measure, but by the dozen or by
weight.
Many tailors take the clothes of their
customers to the patrons home to try
them on.
Mexican men Of the lower classes
wear the biggest hats in the world, the
women none at all.
Sunday is the great amusement day.
All big entertainments are reserved for
this general holiday.
Theater managers are fined if they
do not produce the cast and features
advertised.-Modern Mexico.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Curious Wills.

The most curious and perhaps the
most spiteful will on record is that Of
Queen Austrigilda, consort of King
Gontram, who by her noncupative or
verbal testament enjoined her hus-
band to slay and bury in the same
grave with herself the two physicians
who had attended to her majesty dur
ing her last illness. Scarcely less vim
dictive was the will of the selfish hus-
band who forbade his wife to marry
a second time, concluding with the
threat, "If she disobeys me, 1 will
come again II can" Quite at the op-
posite pole Of sentiment was the direc-
ton of the married woman who pre-
deceased her husband to her executors
to seek out some nice. good, pretty girl
who would make az affectionate sec
ond wife for spouse.-London Tele-
graph.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
shavine Among the Hindoo..

The Hindoo is contemner of boards,
and one-half Of his head is devoid Of
hair, he only leaving long lock which
grows from the back of the head. This
is relic Of the belief that has taught
Hindoos the angel of death used this
cue to drag them to heaven.
Women are great patrons of the bar
Der. for the Brahmanical law Is very
explicit on this score and provides that
widows must keep their heads shaved.
This rule is most rigidly enforced, and
the unfortunate widow has to make
herself as ugly as possible, and grace
fully submits to an operation which
deprives her Of her greatest ornament,
for Brahman women have splendid
heads Of hair and their coiffure sets 1t
OFF to exceptional advantage. 1t Is put
up In coil. The rich partially cover
this huge knot with thin platter Of
beaten gold, while the poor intwine In
1t the gorgeous flowers of the marigold.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become of the old fash
ioned man who had been married only
once?
What has become of the old fash
ioncd woman who expected her chill
dren to "mindT'
What has become of the old fash
ioned man who was always wanting to
bet can of oysters?
What has become Of the old fash
ioncd lover who gave his girl a copy Of
Lucille" at Christmas?
What has becomes of the old fash
ioncd woman who said she backed"
an envelope when she wrote an address
on it?
What has become Of the old FASH
ioned woman who explained her pow
erty by saying an elephant stepped on
her pocketbook?
What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who screamed at the
thought of her husband taking out life
insurance, saying that it sounded as If
he didn't expect to live long?-Atchi-
son Globe.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24

The distracting headaches from which
80 many women suffer make life daily
purgatory. If men suffered with head
ache as women do, business would be
almost at stanstill Does not the fact
that men do not suffer from these severe
headaches suggest that there must be
woman1y cause for thern1
When the womanly organism is dis
eased, headache, backache, nervousness
and sleeplessness are consequences which
are sure to follow.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
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Send twenty-one of1e-cent stamps for the
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Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Coal Bin Measurements.

A solid cl-oic foot Of anthracite coal
weighs ninety-three pounds. When
broken for use, it weighs about fifty
four pounds. Bituminous coal, when
broken up for use, weighs about fifty
pounds. The consequent rule for the
approximate measurement of coal in
bin or box Is to multiply the length
in feet by the height in feet and again
by the breadth in feet and this result
by f1fty-four for anthracite coal or by
fifty for bituminous coal. The result
will equal the number Of pounds, and
to find the number of tons divide by
2,00Q-Popular Mechanics.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Men OF Oak

Timbers of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. 1t pays to use the
right stuff.
Men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers of children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for a sturdy consti-
tuition.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4oe-4I5 Pearl Street. New York.
soc. and $l.oo; all druggists,
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Tea Drunkarda.

Tea drunkards are nearly as numer-
Gus as opium fiends and social gamblers
among our less guarded maids and ma
irons of the idle aristocracy Of wealth.
1t is a terrible dissipation. Some of
the victims boil the tea until every bit
of the quercitannic acid is extracted
from the leaves, which renders the bev-
erage bitter and dangerous. 1t is SC
astringent that no mucous membrane
can readily overcome its effect. Wom-
en- who revel and luxuriate like it be-
cause it is good pick me up."-New
York Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Meernchnum Carving.

Vienna is the greatest center for
meerschaum carving, which has at
tained a very high artistic develop
ment. The raw material comes in such
odd shapes that much skill is exer-
cised in obtaining from each piece a
pipe that shall be as large and well
shaped as possible. The rough block
is first soaked in water to make 1t soft,
when it can be cut as readily as
cheese. After the carving is completed
the final polishing is done by women
with fine sandpaper and a kind Of
grass.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Frogs That sing.

In some cases the glottis of the frog
presents a considerable analogy to the
upper larynx Of birds. Cuvier COM
pares their mechanism to kettledrum,
DR.. Abbott to steam whistle Vari-
GUS species of the hylodes, or tree frog,
found most abundantly In South Amer
lea, make the best approach to song
Some of their sounds are f1utelike, 9TH
ers metallic, others again clear, loud
trilled rattle, sometimes piercingly
shrill.
That under certain circumstances the
effects are pleasing we can gather
from such keen observer as Darwin.
He says, "Near Rio Janeiro 1 used Of
ten to sit in an evening listening to
number of little hyl@ which, perched
on blades Of grass close to the water.
sent forth sweet chirping notes In har-
mony."-London Answers.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
QUAINT LONDON LEGACIEs.
Some of Them Show the Old Time
Estimate of Sermons.

Some of Them Show the Old Time
Estimate of Sermons.
Some curious glimpses into the life
Of old London are afforded by the re-
ports made in the charity commission
on the endowed charities In the county
of London. For instance, in the re-
ports dealing with the city parishes
we have an estimate of the value set
on sermons by city men in olden times.
That estimate varied from shillings
to fl los. One Thomas Bright had
left bequest for a sermon to be preach.
ed ON the 9th of November every time
1t fell on Sunday, the minister to get
13s. 4d., the clerk 3s. 4d. and the sexton
Is. I'D. But David Gittin had q more
In the same parish. He required two
sermons for 10 shillings, one to be
preached on the second Sunday in Ad-
vent and the other on the second Sun.
day in Lent. The reader got shil-
lings, the churchwarden Is. Sd. and
the poor sexton fourpence for each Oc.
casion. John Ireland thought 13s. 4d.
SuOuBu lOT INO SeTluOuS,
In 1860 John Winn left a curious be-
quest to the parish of st. Bennett, Paurs
Wharf A pound was set apart for an
annual sermon, the text to be taken
from the fifth chapter of st, John and
the twenty-seventh verse. He also left
enough to buy twelve penny loaves for
twelve poor people Of the parish who
attended a sermon every Friday in the
parish church. But he expected more
for his pound than the annual sermon,
for before or after the sermon the min
lister had to spend an hour examining
or instructing the poor people in the
Christian doctrine.
The most generous donor Of the
preacher was James Wood, who thought
O sermon In st. Nicholas Cole-Abbey
was worth fl los. every alternate year.
In 1925 he bequeathed to the Company
of Bowyers q sum to enable them,
among other things, to repair to the
parish church named, after they had
sworn In their wardens and master ev-
cry second year. there to hear SER
mon and pay the parson fl los. and
the clerk and sexton Is. Cd. each. In
the parish of st. Michael Bassishaw
one Edward Heylin in the eighteenth
century left money the interest on
which was to be applied to purchasing
two sixpenny loaves each Sunday for
two poor men or women who should at
tend divine servtce.-London News.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
THE klANGS OF INDIA.
These Wild Horses Are Vicious and
Said to he Untamable.

-Aosc "Au HORSES are VICIOUS ana
Said to BE Untamable.
Writing of the kiangs, or wild horses.
Of India, found near the land of Tibet.
Thomas w. Weber In "The Forests Of
Upper India and Their Inhabitants"
says:
Here for the first time we saw the
kiang, or wild horse. Several herds
came to look at us as we marched and
galloped around, neighing and kicking
up, but kept at respectful distance.
They have big, ugly heads and tails
and ears like mules and a black
stripe down the back; color, light bay,
with white noses. They have fine free
action In trot and gallop and are four
teen to fifteen hands high, strong in
the legs and heavy In the body. We
were welcomed by the neighing of nu-
merous wild hOsses to the land of the
kiang- Several herds kept circling
round, the old stations approaching In
a quite threatening manner, snorting,
squealing and kicking up their heels,
while the mares and foals galloped off
at more respectful distance There
was herd of kiangs which careered
about our camp In a most objectiona-
BILE way, making the most fearful dis
turbances. We witnessed battle roy
al between two stations, which for
ferocity and wicked fury surpassed any
fight l have seen. Again and again
the pair went at one another like IT,
gers, biting and kicking and mauling,
the blood flowing freely, while the fear
full yells and roars they kept up were
terrifying to hear. This went on for
hours. The horrible roars and shrek
tngs made by the wild horse when
fighting sound something like a noise
between a donkey's bray and the
squealing of jackal, but far more ear
piercing and discordant. Here the
kiang Is found in considerable num-
bers. He is, according to the Hunia
accounts, untamable. There was a
young one purchased at Bagesar fair
from some Hunias for a small price,
The purchaser thought he had a good
bargain and proposed to send the ami
NAL to England, but when his men
went to bring away the purchase NO
power could induce 1t to leave its fos-
ter mother, an old Ahbet pony, which
the clever Hunias refused to sell ex-
cept for an exorbitant sum.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Hard ON the Laden.

Very few remember the existence of
certain remarkable statute which
was passed in the early days Of George
III. If indeed they ever heard of 1t. 1t
runs to the effect that If any woman
"entices any of his majesty's male sub
jects into marriage by the use Of any
powders or paints or false hair or wool
on the cheeks she shall be prosecuted
for sorcery." What cause celebre 1t
would be If any Of his present maj
esty's male subjects were to endeavor
to put the law into action. What a
rush there would be Of fashionable Ia
dies to secure front seats In court for
the hearing.-London Taller.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
A MARVELLOUS STRUCTURE.
The Grandeur Of the Great Natural
Bridge In Virginia.

Bridge In Virginia.
Virginia is a state which aboupds
with springs which have medicinal
properties. 1t is also a state In which
nearly every foot Of ground has histor-
ic associations, and this fact, together
with It's glorious landscapes, makes 1t
an unusually interesting state to visit.
There are thousands Of resorts, each Of
which has Its own special attractions,
but none has attracted more visitors
than the resorts In the vicinity of the
Great Natural Bridge, which is one Of
the natural wonders Of the United
States.
This marvellous structure overlooks
the James river valley, being on the
western slope of the Blue mountains.
1t is just about the center Of the state.
1t approaches Niagara in grandeur and
exceeds 1t in height and awful mystery.
1t issa @,ngle block of limestone, with
many shades of color. The walls are
smooth, as II cut with chisels, and there
is no sign of displacement.
The visitor follows a tumbling cas-
NoNO Nc"h u uOOP Ill tuG
tain under some of the largest arbor
vitae trees in the world and, turning
down line Of steps cut into the preci-
pice, suddenly finds himself by a swift
stream in dark canyon and the great
bridge far above him. Birds high In
air pass under the blue arch. The place
is full of echoes, and the winds and
waters moan eternally.
Washington when a surveyor for
Lord Fairfax visited the natural bridge
and carved his name, where 1t may
still be seen. The original bridge tract
was granted by King George III. to
Thomas Jefferson in 1774. After he
was president Jefferson visited the
place, surveyed 1t and made the map
with his own hands. Jefferson spoke
of the place as "a famous place that
will draw the attention of the world"
Chief Justice Marshall wrote Of the
bridge as Goods greatest miracle In
stone" Henry Clay wrote of ''the
bridge not made with hands that span
a river, carries highway and makes
two mountains one." Detroit Free
Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
AS IT IS WRITTEN.
4 List of the Greatest Ten Men the
World Has known.

world Has known.
Who are the ten greatest men the
world has known? DR.. ]. McKeen Cat
tell gives Napoleon, Shakespeare, Mo-
BANNED, Voltaire, Bacon, Aristotle,
Goethe, Julius Cesar, Luther and PIa-
to. The method followed" says the
author, ito discover the 1000 men who
are pre-eminent was this: took six bi-
Sgraphical dictionaries or encyclope-
dias = two English, two French, one
German and one American-and found
the 1000 gaen In each who were al
lowed the longest articles. In this way
some 5000 men were found. 1 then &C.
lected the men who appeared In the
lists of at least three Of the dictiona-
ries and from these selected the thou
sand who were allowed the greatest av-
erage space. Thus was obtained not
only the thousand men esteemed the
most eminent, but also the order In
which they stand. According to this
list, the ten most eminent are Given
above. 1t Is curious that these ten pre-
eminent men are 80 widely separate In
race and age-two Greeks, two French
men, two Germans, two Englishmen,
one Roman and one Arab and two In
the fifth century and one In the first
century before Christ, one in the sixth,
one In the fifteenth, two In the six
teenth and three In the eighteenth CEN
tury. The ten names last on the list
are Otho, Sertorius, Macpherson, Clau-
dian, Domitian, Bugeaud, Charles 1. Of
Naples, Fauriel, Enjantin and Barbery,
names hardly ever heard" = Philadel-
phia Record.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
First American Peerase.

It is recorded in a history Of the
United States that an Indian chief
named Mante, after baptism, was
made a peer, receiving the rank of
baron and assuming the title of Lord
Of Roanoke, 30 far back as the year
1857. Somewhat later, in 1909, the
title of Lord Delaware was granted
by James I. to the new governor Of
Virginia. Later still, in 1888, Charles
l., among his coronation honors, con-
ferred the title of Viscount Canada
upon Sir William Alexander.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
EXPERTS IN WOOD.
The Old Violin Makers and the Mate
rial They Used.

rial They Used.
The great violin makers all lived
within the compass of 100 years. They
chose their wood from few great TIM
bers felled In the south Tyrol and
dcated down in rafts-pine and maple,
sycamore, pear and ash. They ex-
amined these to find streaks and veins
and freckles, valuable specifically
when brought out by vanishing.
They learned to tell the dynasty of
the pieces of wood by touching them,
They weighed them, they struck them
and listened to judge how fast or how
slow or how resonantly they would
vibrate In answer to strings. Some
portions of the wood must be porous
and soft, some close of fiber Just the
right beam was hard to find. When
found, 1t can be traced all through the
violins Of some great master and after
his death In some of his pupils.
The piece of wood was taken home
and seasoned, dried In the hot Brescia
and Cremona sun. The house Of Strad-
ivarius, the great master of all, Is de-
scribed as having been as hot as an
oven. The wood was there soaked
through and through with sunshine.
In this great heat the oils thinned and
simmered slowly and penetrated far
into the wood until the varnish became
a part of the wood itself.
The old violin makers used to save
every bit Of the wood when they found
what they liked to mend and patch and
inlay with 1t. So vibrant and so reso-
nant is the wood of good old violins
that they murmur and echo and sing In
answer to any sound where a number
of them hang together on the wall, as
If rehearsing the old music that they
once knew.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
Ancient Sausages.

Antiquaries are baffled in their at
tempts to ascertain when sausages first
became an article of human consump-
ton. We know at least that among the
ancient Greeks sausages, called "al-
lantes" and "chordai," were a common
article Of diet, and every schoolboy
knows, or ought to know, that sau-
sages, black puddings and sausage SELL
ers appear In the comedies of Aris-
ophanes.-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1903-04-24
From the Fathers Side.

Senator Graphter-Well, did Sterling
say he'd vote for our bill?
Senator Mainchantz-No; he said he
couldn't imagine bill Of a more crook
ed and odious character.
Senator Graphter-Did you tell him
was fathering the measured
Senator Mainchantz = Yes, and he
said he fancied the bills characters
tics had been inherited.-Philadelp
Press.