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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
"eALDY" MoNsoN's SCALP.
How II Was Won by LUCKY" Bald
xvi,, In n Faro Game.

How 1t Was Won by LUCKY" Bald
win In q Faro Game.
..During the time that gambling was
in Its glory on the Pacific coast said
on old Californian. Lucky Baldwin
was easily the most daring chance tax
err of all the notable argonauts. Bald
win did some amazing stunts IN tnat
day of all day and all night drinking
when overmellow men, most of them
with riches so suddenly acquired that
they hadn't had time to stop and figure
on how much they possessed. tried to
outvie one another in the capers they
cut with the Lady Fortune.
lone night in the late fifties Lucky
as he was then called, walked into the
famous old Alcatraz club on kearney
street in San Francisco after having
been religiously stunning his bed for
about three days and nights running
and in that shape Lucky was. in those
days, ready for anything.
"a famous dealer in the Alcatraz
club-the biggest gambling establish
ment on the coast at the time-was
Badly Monsoon, SO called because his
poll was. bare of hair as pat of butter.
except for tiny patch that remained
right on the crown. Of his head. 1t had
been cowlick, and, with consistent
stubbornness. it had refused to go when
the rest Of '3aldy's' hair had departed
Baldwin strolled over to where
Badly NIonson was acting as lookout
for the faro game. preparatory to tax
ing hold of the box himself, and draw
ing Monson's head down Lucky began
to count the hairs that the dealer had
left on the top Of his head.
GLOW many have you got left?
Baldwin asked Of NIonson.
Eighteen of 'em an inch or more
long, the last time they were counted
soberly replied Badly There may be
some trifling short ones besides in the
tuft, but they don't figure
eighteen, ehY said Lucky well,
It's just foolishness to be packing
around only eighteen hairs. Turn me
the king, open, for $4,000, and il l win
your eighteen hairs go with the pot
| hOw'S thaty
Badly glanced inquiringly at the
proprietor of the club. who was stand
ing by. and his employer gave him the
nod. Monsoon took the dealers chair
| and began the deal The king won
down near the middle OF the box, and
! the proprietor of the club scrawled a
check for $4,000 OH the Bank of Cali
| fornia and handed it over to Baldwin
"'Lucky' shipped the eighteen hairs
off Badly Monson's head with the
razor edged blade OF his pocketknife,
had the hcusekeeper at his hotel tie
them up in tiny pink ribbon, with n
double bow to set them off, and ex-
hibited the tuft in the window of the
Bella Union. labeled Badly Monsons
| Scalp Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
AMuR is LOCATED.
Believed That Missing Steamer Wss
DELAYED by Crippled Engines.

Victoria. IS. c.. Dec. 21.-Advices
have been received by the Canadian
Pacific railroad officials which indicate
that the steamer Amur. now four days
overdue from Skaguay, Is safe. tho she
possibly has had some accident to her
engines which caused her to make slow
progress. A report was received SAT-
urdsy from Ketchikan that she arrived
there on Wednesday last. two days late.
The Amur left Skaguay on Dec. IL
with fifty -five passengers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
ONE CENT A WORD

Advertisements under the headings
sWanted," For Sale To Rent" TO
Exchange" ITO Trade" Lost or
Sound" inserted in this column. ONE.
CENT A WORD for each Insertion
No advertisement inserted for less
than 10 cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
Home.eekers' EXCURSIONS.

One-way rate. with 81 additional. for
Sound-trip tickets on sale the first and
third Tuesdays of every month, with
limit for return uwenty-one days from
date Of sale. See tcket agents Of the
Iowa Central for information as to
rates. ETC.. or address A. B. Cuts. g. r.
4 T. A., Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
Get What You Ask For.

When you ask for Cascarets Candy
Cathartic be sure you get them. Genu-
inc tablets stamped c. c. C. Never
sold in bulk. A substitute is always
a cheat and fraud. Beware! All
druggists. l0c.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
now TO BEGIN IN nAFr1A WORK.

HOW TO BEGIN IN RAFFIA WORK.
wheat tied with red ribbon embroider-
ed in rallia is an appropriate present
for the owner Of a country home.
Around the edge of the pillow Is
plated braid OF rattia in yellow, red
and green tones.
One could go on indefinitely making
suggestions for gifts worked out In
rafiia. but these hints may be useful
to the beginner. Certainly the WON
an who gains knowledge of the art
OF raf.ia will be rewarded for her pains
by a number OF beautiful Christmas
gifts which friends will appreciate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
BOYS Life Saved From Membranous
Croun

c. w. Lynch, prominent citizen OF
Winchester, Ind. writes: MY little
boy had severe attack of membranous
Group, and only got relief after taking
Foley's Honey and Tar. He got relief
after one dose and feel that it saved
the life OF my boy" Refuse substi-
tutes. For sale by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Good, very good said the miller.
That is what you know. Now tell US
what you don't know
The fool leered again.
81 don't know whose grain fattens
en- re said"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
A Timely Topic.

At this season of coughs and colds 1t
Is well to know that Foleys Honey and
Tar is the greatest throat and lung
remedy. 1t cures quickly and prevents
serious results from cold. For sale
by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Wanted-Men to learn barber trade:
312 to SIG weekly paid graduates; few
weeks complete by our method; more
actual practice in two months than
elsewhere in years; tools given; board
provided, diplomas granted. Write for
particulars Moler Barber College.
Chicago. Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

For saie-Or exchange for MARSHALL
town property. seventy five barrel
-four mill, two and one-half acres of
land, Elmo. Mo. w. Ii. Darner, Mar
shalltown, la.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

practice and that
most necessary of
all qualities, pa
tience. are need
ed. To the TN
initiated it may
be well to say
that rama. from
which this work
gets its name. is
the outer cuticle
of a palm grown
in Madagascar
and is sent in
quantities to this
country and used
on account of its
pliability forbas-
v,o%rv -,ocI. A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Wanted = To buy or rent one pool
and one combination pool and billiard
table. Must be in good condition. In
care of Times Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Want.d-Lady or gentleman of fair
education to travel for firm of $780,
900 capital. Salary sl.o72 per year and
expenses: paid weekly. Address with
stamp, ]. A Alexander, Marshalltown,
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Observation-Disclosures and second
cook at once. Bhcker's dining hall, &c
North Center street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Don't be imposed upon by taking
substitutes offered for Foley's Honey
and Tar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Ror Sale-Desirable household goods,
two buggies, harnesses and 5-year-old
horse. Sale commences Monday. 40
North First avenue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Wanted-Competent girl for general
homework; good wages. 4os East
Linn street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

The cynic Is one who never sees a
good quality in a nlan and never fails
10 see I. bad one 9eecher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
WANTED.

Wanted-Competent girl for family
Of two, 212 West State street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

which preserves the name of the giver
in the mind. In raffia work. which
has been so popular the past year,
there are possibilities of many beauti-
welcomed with the greatest pleasure,
and that is more than can be said
about the majority Of these offerings.
1t does not require a great amount
of skill to fashion the numerous arti-
cles one can make from raffia but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

When man is determined to rise IN
the world. 1t is better not to interfere
with him too much If his purpose is
tight. he will he dangerous wrestler.
-Schoolmaster
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

To Rent-or for sale. ss5 acre ele-
giant stock farm. Write on call Oscar
Nohlke, State Center Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

For sale-Good second hand Rem
mington typewriter. cheap. Inquire at
sheriff's office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
aud Then Not Do II.

MANY people are entirely too hasfy.
A man ought to think two or three
minutes before he opens his mouth -
ALL
ut altogether depends. He ought to
think tyo or three years before be
opens his mouth to sing.'-Philadel-
sphia Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

To Rent-Good store room centrally
located, also offices and sleeping rooms.
J. NJ. Holt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
FOR SALE.

For sale-second hand Lakeside o.
gan, good condition, $40. See j. H.
Egermayer, over Ill East Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

Young men soon give and soon forget at
fronts;
O;d age is slew in both. addison. !,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
sr,.oo,hox peflpftion.,

sc.,oolhoy Definitions.
These are two schoolboy definitions
Illustrated by sentences:
"Franse means wild: l picked sosse
frantic fnrers'
athletic. song: the vinegar WIS
too at!llrt:e in ,,se."-Little Chrcn;cln:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

SO s.r.ng is Bsnk Of England note
paper that si.s.-ir ~'zest W.! lstt a
wetr'.4 - 80
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

FANCY woEKBAsKET MADE AT HOME
continually wondering where her scis-
so.s are. 1t looks like a miniature
golf bag or old fashioned hair receiver
and may be hung up or carried on the
wrist.
A useful holder in which to keep
knitting would be an ideal gift for an
old lady. The holder is done in plain
weaving stitch and is crescent shaped.
The wide opening allows the needles
to be taken out in comfortable man
ner 1t is mounted on bamboo sticks.
which will have to be bought and are
arranged like the supports of gypsy
kettle.
Picture frames. lingerie hampers and
scrap baskets are all objects which
lend themselves beautifully to the raf-
fla worker
An inviting pillow for the hammock
made of green burlap with bunch Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
FOR RENT.

To Rent-Three furnished rooms. SOL
East Main street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

Wanted-Everybody to Know that
chs AMERICAN DISPATCH MES.
SENGER CO. Delivers Parcels and
Packages.
Reliable Messengers Furnished.
Prompt Service. Reasonable Charges.
'Phones, New 805; Old, s..
j. r. CROSBY,
70 North First Ave. Manager.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21

For Rent-Cottage. e11 North Fifth
avenue. City water. Six dollars per
month. Inquire Henry Sundell. rs
North Center.
For Rent-Steam heated offices; rent
right. DR.. Kibbey or w. E. Leech. p.
o. building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
Dresents -
= Made at
N sa as'sfz FL ON c
WORK -

AYOWADAYS the holiday present
N is not useless little nothing
with Merry Christmas" daub-
ed all nyn1. il hut q usefIll Gift
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04

germs of decay in Its course? A story
is current that these ray have en-
dangered Inventor Edison's eyesight
and cost one of his workmen an arm.
In several instances recently reported
s~kin-grafting has been resorted to as
a desperate remedy for X-ray baking
and burning.
Ro%entgen's discovery has been well
coined as an Invaluable aid to patho-
logical science. and honors and rewards
have been showered thick upon him.
He has practically created a new world
of scientific research n experiment.
The tremendous impulse which he gave
to independent inquiry has been fol-
lowed n answered by amazing revel-
atoms Of natures secrets. Marvels
dreamed of by ancient alchemists ave
been ove~rshadowed and outdone by
audacious modern eXperlmenttsts,
working on new and strange lines.
Men of science are eager, expectant,
radical. Disclosures that seem to as
sail the foundations Of modern physical
~science-the recent revelation Of the
properties Of radium, for example
elicit neither surprise nor dismay.
There is a hectic fever Of experiment
in every quarter. with q strong accom-
panying disposition to follow after
strange gods.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
X Water Gas,

Engineering Magazine: 1t has been
long known that when steam is passed
over redhot carbon, in the form of char
coal or coke preferably the latter for
practical purposes, as tbs much cheaper)
decomposition takes place and a combus-
tible gas of high heating power Is pro-
duced, but knowing the fact and making
it OF practical utility are two very differ
ent things, n often very far apart. The
chemical change which takes place Is
very simple. Water Is a compound of the
two gases hydrogen and oxyge the
former of which when free being highly
combustible. When the water, In the
form of steam, is passed over hot carbon
the carbon acts as a reducing agent. ex.
actly as 1t does when 1t is used for the re-
duction of metallic oxides, takes UP the
oxygen to form carbon nonoxide, and lib.
crates the element with which the oxygen
was previously combined, in his case hy-
drogen, and both the hydrogen liberated
and the carbon monoxide formed are com.
bustible gases.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
CANDY AND GOSSIP.
Sweet Morsels tho Undoing of Wome
EmDloyes.

Sweet MorseIs the Undoing of Women
Employees.
Chicago Inter Ocean: 1t is reported
that all the women stenographers in
the general offices of the Grand Trunk
railway are to be discharged for the
reasons hereinafter set forth, to-wit:
Because they are too much addicted
to the chocolate cream and caramel
habit.
Because, when not indulging in va
rious kinds Of CONNECTIONS, they are
engaged in nibbling at solid food.
Because they talk too much, and es-
p~ecfally about matters in which the
railroad company as a common carrier
and a corporation organized for profit
is not now and canno under any cir
cumstances become interested.
Because the average woman employee
has no thought for the future that is
associated with the development of
the company's interests, her main pur-
pose being to kill time until she finds
q husband.
1t is possible that some Of these
charges are well founded. 1t is pos
sible that women employees as a rule,
and particularly when they are thrown
together IN large numbers, are prone
to carry feminine weaknesses into the
daily routine Of business life, to the
extent of endaelgering the balance of
those masculine minds which are more
or less influenced by their delightful
presence.
1t is possible tina half 8 dozen cara
mel-eating women in q general office
are capable of throwing a we'll organ
lied railway system out of gear, and
that no discipline was ever established
thai has been sufficiently rigid to pre-
vent the average woman from for
getting business if there is anything
more interesting at hand.
But, with this admitted, the fact re-
mains that If candy, lunches and COS
sip only a be eliminated, women as
a rule are not only faithful and honest
but competent employees. This fact Is
well recognized.
Men are not perfect. We believe tina
this will be admitted even by railway
managers. And it Is frequently the
fault Of the men rather than the faul
Of the Women that the women do not
adhere more strictly to the office rules
When there are no men the women dc
better. When there are q few mer
the women do not do SO well. Wher
there are as many men as there are
women, neither the men nor the womer
do quite as well as they ought to do
And man is as much inclined now as
, he was in the Garden of Eden to throw
the blame on the when any.
thing goes wrong.
Still, for woman's sweet sake, let u.
hope that the action of the railwa,
company in question may teach he,
that, while candy, lunching and gossip,
ing nay be all very well In their way
yet from mans point Of view bushes
is business.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04

When this Ia all done well, work the horse
in this damp collar one day at moderate
work. and he will mold the collar to .ha
inequalities of his shoulder far better than
any c~ollarmal.er could fit him by special
measurement.
From our almost universal impractical
method of attachment of the hametug to
the hame we are forced to have the coll
lar very much larger and fuller just
where the tug crosses the collar than It
should be to prevent the tug from rub
bling or pressing the sides of the horses
shoulders as 1t extends backward, which
practically makes a fulcrum OF that por-
ton Of the collar over which the tug ro-
tates, twists and binds the collar over tho
shoulder, with q constant tendency to
spread the collar or pull 1t away from
the sides of the neck of the horse. which
sooner or later calls for the use of sweat
pads to fill up and prevent the horse
crawling through his collar. Sweat pads
to a horses shoulder In hot weather are
just about what rubber overshoes would
be to our feet in summer time-make them
tender, with a tendency to scald rather
than tougher them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
THE HORSE COLLAR,
Fit the Collar to the Horse, Not the
Horse to the Collar

Horse to the Collar.
National Stockman: The thin-shouldered
horse needs a light collar and the thick
one d heavy enough collar at the point
where the hametug crosses to hold the
haInetug away from the sides of the
shoulder. Before the horse is harnessed
for work with the new collar or changed
collar of another horse the collar should
be wrapped round and round its entire
urface with several thicknesscs Of bur-
lps, old blanket material or any cloth,
loroughly wet and set to one side for
several hours or long enough to soften
the leather, so that it will readily give at
any point. This covering material can be
wet again and again If necessary to ac-
complish the object, as in the case Of an
old, very dry, hard collar. When his is
done, and while the collar Is still very
damp, witt a piece of smooth wood like a
fork handle the face of the collar, new or
Did, should be beaten all along just that
portion which will come in contact with
the surface of the horses shoulders to
loosen up the filling material and make it
plant.
Now, put fie collar on the horse and ad-
just the names SO as to bring the hametug
at the right point on the shoulder to utilize
as much Of the horses shoulder for draft
pressure as possible-not too high, and es-
pecially not too low, or the shoulders OF
the horse will not only become sore near
their points, but the top of the neck as
well-a large majority of our horses are
working with The draft on the collar too
low. The next very important and never
t~o-be-neglected point Is to see that the
names are made to conform to the shape
of the horses neck, SO that the collar, in
buckling the hame straps, can be made to
fit the sides Of the horses neck snugly
from top to bottom. not even admitting
Il the fnRerS. het WGan the collar ( a nd fhe
neck without pressing the flesh away. II
the names are not the right form try tc
make them SO with bits of wood, cloth
leather or other material tackled upon the
edges OF the names at the right places
TO force the collar to the neck all around
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
cRlNAMAN AS A HuCksTER.
A Picturesque Figure Seen on califor.
MIA Stree4s.

MIA Streets.
Philadelphia Record: In California one
of the novelties to eastern visitors, who
know John Chinaman only as a laundry-E
man., is furnished by the ubiquitous Chi
Ilese vegetable vender. The market gar
dening of the Pacific coast Is, In fact,
practically m~onopoiized by the almond,
eyed children of the fowery kingdom, and
their little truck patches along the foot
hills are so economically managed that
Americans do not care to compete with
them. Every morning in California towns
the it:nerant Cinnamon are seen going
from door to door n doing a thriving
trade in the sale of fresh vegetables.
While they often drive about their busi-'
ness with horse and wagon, like the veg
etable hucltster of the east, all are not
capitalits enough to own a team, and
these latter come staggering into town,
each under q couple of hundredweight of
garden stuff packed in two baskets sus-
pended from the ends Of a long pole
swung across his shoulders.
This un-Amer.can method of transport
tation is imported from the orient, and as
the traveller sees for the first time two or
three of these coolies ahead of him swing
ing along with their curious burdens, he
Is inclined to rubber his eyes and wonder
whether. instead of being on a highway
OF an American commonwealth, he is not
perhaps ION the road to Mandalay, or
Picking.
1t is a popularity with the Chinese
hucksters who serve you from a wagon
that they cut OFF all surplus green from
the vegetables before delivery, such as
the tops from carrots, the outer husks
from the corn, and SO on. These bits,
useless to the householder, are thriftllv
thrown back into the wagon and carried
home to feed the horse.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
He Got loo Strona,

Judge: "Hov yez heard" asked Mr.
O'Toole. "about tn youngest la-ad ay
Meginnlnty's?"
No" answered Mr.. o'Tunder. "Phwat
about him?"
"Thel TUX him opp fer wor-rukin' tn
sthrong-arm act on some pedestrian
who happened t. come down tn alley
whin yoong Meginrity wor nadin'
money"
''Yez don't tell me! Too ba-ad! An he
wor a broth av a boy, too"
'Mebbe So" commented Mr.. O'Toole:
"mebbe SO. But he's in tn soup now
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
Ii Didn,t Work.

London Tit-Bits: Biway-Use al.
alarm clock nowadays?
Jigsup-No; never tried one but once.
Biway-How was that?
Jigsup-Well, you see, the first time
1t went off I didn't exactly know what
it was, and SO 1 said ''oh, for heavens
sake, Maria, shut up!" Maria happened
to be awake, and-well, that is how 1t
was.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04

Feminine Point Of View.
Illustrated Bits: He-So Tom and
Jack both proposed to her. Which wa
the lucky one?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04
Ths x.Rax Prohiem.

Philadelphia North American: Are
.x-rays injurious to living tissues?
Does heetheric current. in passing un-
checked through flesh and blood, plant
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-04

1t has just been discovered that
Emerson has found his greatest inspir-i
alton In the warm glow of a cranberry,
pie.