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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

sun or rain. she was at he post with her
violin, never playing other than the one
tune. and radiantly happy If a look or i
smile or even a passing glimpse OF the great
soldier rewarded her devotion.
When Rakoczy was at the zenith Of his
glory. With all Hungary at his feet. Czinka
Tanna. a young gypsy girl of ssirg
beauty. followed his army fo~ love Of him
and played her violin to encourag. his
weary troops.
NO road was too rough. no march too
long. no danger too great. for her II shared
with her hero and his ,E.n.
Where RakocZy and his soldiers went
'here also went the black-eyed gypsy mai
den. who composed the celebrated march
In his honor. She was a marvellous violin
player. famous for her skill with the bow
in a land where the language OF music IL
universal. SO other gypsies heard the march
and quickly learned II. and soon it was
played all over Hungary.
The outside world did not hear of it until
Laszt arranged the music (no.es) for the
plano. introducing it on o concer. tour
through the principal cities of Europe.
Lizt was also the first to orchestrate II.
No doubt the "Rakoczy March" ow ~
more or Its impassioned melody to the srea.
master IMAM to Czinka Tanna. til wander
ing gypsy girl, but, listening to its rapt,,r-
Gus cadences signing and swelling ard soar
ing from the violins. W. sa,i ,s;,t surely, II
was first composed on .ile string, AZ a
woman's heart.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
OF A FAMILIAR MELODY.
How tine Rakoezy March Came to Be Written.

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Every one who is at all familiar with
Hungarian music has heard and admired
the beautiful 'Rakoczy March, recognized
by every Hungarian. gypsy or otherwise. the
world over as the national tune Of his be-
loved country.
But. unlike the song. hymns and anthems
of other lands. its origin is yelled in mys-
terry. and the name OF its composer is I'M
certain.
| Hark, The violins are tuning up!
The sky is all glory and the world all love,
There is a great longing in your heart. there
are tears in your eyes, and your lips are
athirst for the full red kisses Of youth.
The fragrant snow of the plum blossoms
is falling around you. and a plume like the
fire from a trimming glass of slivowitz guns
through your veins.
Already unfOlds before you, but an Already
among the vineyards, with PAN. a gypsy
STRIPPING. who has discarded the classic
pipes for a violin.
The iron bands of custom and convention
ality snap like dry straws, and It seems the
most fitting and proper thing In life to leave
your well-ordered days behind you forever
and wander away with the gypsy Pan
through green villages where peasants. in
rainbow dresses. are dancing in the oDen
air. where the smell of crushed grapes lie on
the breeze. and where love and the world
are young and gay.
You have been listening to the "Rakoczy
March" Many are the stories. all highly
romantic. that are told of its birth. When
Franz RokocZy, the great hungarian revo-
lutionist. was flung into exile. he lay broot-
ing by his camp fire as night descended upon
the mountains.
A faithful gypsy musician. the companion
of his fallen fortunes. beheld with profound
sorrow the detected attitude of his idolized
chief.
Hoping to divert Rakoczy's mind from his
ruined hopes. the Gypsy seized his violin
and drew from its sympathetic strings the
fervid strains. which :o1n;! an. immediate
response in the breast y. the famous ma
triot. and which later became uni7el sally
known as the "Rakoczy March,"
The player may have heard it frs.
among the plum orchards of his native VII |
lage, or it may nave heen newly born of
the passion and pain OF the. lost cause, but |
the tale is a true one no ,'iece III must
was ever ushered on the worlds stage with |
a more dramatic setting than the future |
march of Hungary. (
Bat there is another ard tenierer legend
Of the "Rakoczy March,"
When Rakoczy was in Turkey, where he |
died. a beautiful gypsy girl saw him and
fell deeply in love with him.
Daily she went to his window and de-
lighted his ear and touched his heart with
The melody which was destined 20 become
Always at the same hour each day. in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
EASTERN GIRLS IDEA OF
JAMES J. HILLS CAREER.

The last time Mr.. Hill was in New York
he was interviewed by a young lady, who
wanted what she called "a sketch,
MI Hill was in his private office when
his secretary came in to tell him that a
lady wanted to see him. and was quite
persistent in her desire. With the memory
OF the various ladies' who had seen him
relative to the needs and wants of various
societies and other institutions more or less
Mr.. Hill begged to be excused.
But" said the secretary, who knows Mr..
Hill very well. she is a very pretty young
1ady-and l don't think she wants money"
SHE is. eh?' said the railroad king, an
swering the first part of the remark and
the second: well. show her in. but
tell her 1 have not much time"
She came in. Mr.. Hill looked at her.
smiled. got up from his chair and greeted
her very warmly. She was apparently about
10 years old. pretty as a girl can be, and
the brightest Of smiles, When Mr.. Hill
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
Where Do the Masks Go?

While people are trying to figure out what
becomes of PINS and flies. l wish they would
compile a few statistics on the distribution
of false faces" said a maker of masks.
Judging by the number of faces we sell
there must be some kind of carnival going
On somewhere the whole year round.
Naturally. We expect a big demand for
masks about Thanksgiving and holiday
times. when everybody hereabout is sup
posed to be making merry, but it certainly
does stump me why so many people keep
buying the things after the festaI season
is ended.
From years end to years end small deal
ers in notions and knick-knacks all over
give US orders for false facas.
o course, they must sell them. else they
would not continue to buy. but by whom
and where they are worn is one Of the
for statisticians to figure &C."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

seusers and mail bag seek the swifter
methods of steam.
Although the census is taken most ac-
curately. the town usually boasts of about
500 inhabitants.
1t is very curious that Leitersburg. a
Maryland town. does not have one negro
family. They come, stay perhaps a few
months. and. for some unknown reason. de-
part.
Farmers. school teachers. carpenters and
machinists in the Wayresboro shops are
the majority of the people.
The most prominent member of the COM
munity is Mr.. Josephus Ground. one of
the first merchants in that part os the
country
Mr.. Ground is not only well known COM
mcrcially. but is a cultured. Travelled gen.
tleman. whose family has lived there for
years in the old Oliver Lantz house, which
covers half a block on the Center square,
and has dispensed hospitality in time-hon-
ored Southern style.
Leitersburg has many interesting old
eraveyards and curious landmarks scatter
ed in neighboring fields.
The Luthern Church stands in the CEN
ter of a beautiful old churchyard, where
slanting stones and beautiful monuments
mark the family lots of some of the old
est settlers. Ziegler. Lantz. Byer. Mar
tin. Newcomer. Fletcher. Gabe. are famii-
lar old Maryland names found there.
Just below the town. after crossing an
arched stone bridge. mirrored in the Antie-
tam. as the brush of Hopkinson Smith
might delight to picture 1t. lies the family
burying ground of Lady Curzon's ancestors.
A QUAINT TOWN TO
BE REMEMBERED. @
Several years ago. Levi Letter had n en-
closed from the rest of the field with n
handsome marble wall: the trees were
pruned and weeds cut down, which had
partly covered the fallen stones and prac-
ticalIy obscured it from view.
BY the tavern pass droves of cattle for
shipping. and a crooked old sign hangs with
vivid and inviting insistence to the weary
footed drover.
One does not visit Leitersburg and ever
forget It.
The huge old stone slabs. all shapes and
sizes. form a strange sidewalk after the
stereotyped brick pavement of more mod
ern times. and these were laid there under
the direction and at the instigation of Doc
tor Samuel Guod by Isaac G.. Bell.
Nor does the charm of rambling along the
Antfetam. through meadow after meadow.
fill one with the enchantment of those way
ing silver naples that form an archway
from street to street and make it the
quaintest of quaint little villages.
1t was amid these picturesque but humble
surroundings that Levi Zeigler Letter was
born on November 2. 1894. He went west
10 seek his fortune in 1853. locating first in
Springfield. O.. where he found employ
ment with a merchant named Peter MUIR
ray.
The marvellous growth Of Chicago at
him thither in 1854. He entered the
employment of Downs & Van Wyck. with
whom he remained until 1856. when he Sc
cured a position with Cooley, Wadsworth
Co. Marshall Field was one of his fell
low-clerks.
Mr.. Letter became bookkeeper and showed
himself an excellent Judge of credits" He |
understood men and he had a natural |
genius for finance. i
Mr.. Field. his senior in age. rose to be a |
partner in the firm. In 1866 Fold and Letter i
to purchase a controlling interest
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

had seated her in the chair on the opposite
side of his big table. she opened the ball.
81 want a sketch of you. Mr.. Hill. for
So-and-So's magazine. 1 thought I'd come
right to you-so that / could get the real
facts. It's much more satisfactory. / think"
Mr.. Hill didn't think just that. but he
could hardly contradict the girl. SO he let
1t go at that.
What kind Of a sketch do you want?'
he asked. Long or short?"
Long as l can get it. I want It personal
Now Mr.. Hill feels ever SO much more
at home at a farmers picnic in the
Palouse than he does In a magazine, but
what could he do?
..well-you ask questions and I'll try and
answer them" he said at last. deciding in
his own mind that he wouldn't 60 to the
meeting of the Grass Irvine Directors that
afternoon. says the New York Times.
Tell me-what gave YOU the first idea
about using every inch Of space on your
freight trains?' asked the girl.
He nearly collapsed. He expected to be
asked his age, sex and condition. number
of children and their ages. He didn't ex-
pect the most vital question Of railroad
policy fired ut him point blank across a
four-foot table by a pretty girl in blue
walking suit.
"Eh-what's THAR
They say that you owe your success to
the fact that no space must be wasted on
Your freight trains. l want to know where
you got that. idea"
"Well-I don't know-I guess / just saw
the empty trains going back. and thought
1t would pay to have them full-that's all"
'Oh. nO-didn't you see some farmer go
ing home with an empty wagon and think
how much better II would pay for him to
have a load both ways, or didn't you see
some other simple thing like that. and get
your great idea from that? 1t would be a
much better storyf' said the girl.
He settled back in his chair and smiled
at the girl.
You go ahead and write this story your
he said; you can do 1t much better
than l can"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08

Her name. and incidentally that of her
family. has penetrated to the imperial and
royal courts and parliamentary assemblies
from China to Peru, in most of which the
names of Marlborough and of Vanderbilt
are practically unknown.
As the English papers have pointed out,
she is the first American ever called to as
s4st in the imperial Government.
JACOB PURCHASED
THE SITE IN 1872.
While the great durbar was occupying the
attention of the world. the little town of
Leitersburg. Md. birthplace of Lady Cur
IONS father. Levi Zeigier Letter, lies prac-
tically unknown to millions who are inter-
ested in the charming Vicereine and the
history of her family.
One must imagine a quaint little village
founded by Andrew Letter as far back as
1915.
Two streets alone cross each other, the
steeples of two churches standing high
above the green and silver of the maple
Maj Wand surrounding it. and then half lis
charm is not told.
Perhaps no village in that part of the
country has such ii wonderful view.
The purchase of the present site in 1862
vas made by Jacob, the pioneer of the
Letter family.
This land was the "Resurvey on Well
Taught and embraced a title to 1924
acres. Evidently Jacob was a man OF some
substance. In his will the orthOSranhy of
the name is "Lyder," and other forms Of
the name are "Leidro.' Lighter and
"Lider."
This refutes the theory that Lady Cur
IONS father Is of Jewish extraction. In
point of fact, all his ancestors came from
Holland. and the maternal side of the house
for generations were good Lutherans. the
paternai. members of the Dutch Reformed
Church.
From the hilltops to the north of the viii
lage Waynesboro, Hagerstown. Smiths
burg and Greencastle can be seen very dis
tinctly. like beehives through the valley.
At the foot of Water. street. lined with
little frame houses. huddled between cab
bage patches and ~luxuriant flower gardens.
runs the famous Antietam Creek, which
winds for miles around the meadows of
Leitersburg.
Here the boys of the family. from old
Andrew TO Levi T.. scampered off. bait
worms i'm hand, TO the most shaded banks
and stillest pools. Such sunfish and suckers
are only found in the Antietam.
OLD HOME ON
CREST OF HILL.
The founder. Andrew, was a brother of
Abraham. who begat Joseph. who begat
Levi Zeigler. who begat Mary. Lady Cur
Zon.
The Letter home in their native town
stands on the crest of the hill. and is a
square. red brick house, two
stories high. of generous proportions. built
to weather a hundred years of storms.
At both sides are gardens.
Fruit trees drop plump red apples and
peaches at the very kitchen door, While
IN the other side white and pink fox. heaps ,
If lilies of the valley and hundred-leaf roses |
lod close to the living-room windows.
1
more extensive front porch have been |
/
Unlike most other places. Leitersburg has |
the storm and stress of time. |
md to-day an old stage coach runs daily
is seven miles to Hagerstown, where pas
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
RECEIVERS SALE.

In the United States District Court,
In and for the Southern District of
Iowa.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Eu-
xiere Bros, Bankrupts.
NOTICE OF SALE.
The undersigned receiver of the
oboye-named estate In bankruptcy, in
pursuance of the order Of the Hon.
Smith Mcpherson, judge of said court,
will offer for sale at public cutlery the
entire stock of goods CT said bank
rupts. situated and being in building
or rooms at 6 and West Main street.
Marshalltown, Iowa, at the hour of 2
o'clock q. M. on the 18th day of De-
cember. A. D. 1908. Said stock con-
sists Of dry goods, holiday goods. shoes
and ready-made clothing; the entire
stock of the estimated value of $685.
600. which viii more fully and specifi-
cally appear by reference to the IN
voice to be seen at said rooms.
The stock of goods will be sold as a
whole or in job lots or by department
as shall be deemed best for the inter-
est Of the creditors of said bankrupts.
The sale or sales subject to the ap-
prevail OF said court or the Judge
thereof.
Terms Of sale cash.
Dated at Marshalltown. iowa, Dec. 2.
1903. ]. NJ. PARKER,
Receiver.
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GOOD WORK.
Done Daily in Marshalltown - Many
Citizens Tell Of It..

Done Daily in Marshalltown - Many
Citizens Tell Of It,.
Nearly every reader has heard OF
Doan's Kidney Pills. Their good work
In Marshalltown still continues and gu,
citizens are constantly adding endorse
ment by public testimony. No better
proof OF merit can be had than the
experience Of friends and neighbors.
Read this case:
Mrs. A. S. Reisinger, OF 712 West Ne
vada street. Gays The uses of Doan's
Kidney Pills demonstrates beyond .
doubt that there Is no question as to
their value. Procuring box at the Nc
Bride & Willis drug store for my own
use was compelled to defer the treat
ment owing to other complications OF a
serious nature ensuing. Just aboul then
one of my family was taken with pains
in the back, anu knowing that weak
ened liver or over-excited condition Of
the kidneys existed advised the use Of
Doan's Kidney Pills. The result OBJ
tained gives me great faith in this REM
edly. 1t acts promptly and thoroughly.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
N. 7. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's. and
take no substitute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

ness, amounting in their sum to q crime
against the nation, had 1t acted other
wise than it did when the revolution OF
Nov. 3 last took place in Panama. This
great enterprise of building the inter-
oceanic canal cannot be held up to
crafty the whims or out Of respect to
the governmental impotence or to the
even more sinister and evil political
peculiarities of people who, though
they dwell afar off, yet, against the
wish of the actual dweMers on the 18TH
mus, assert an unreal supremacy over
the territory. The possession Of ter
ritory fraught with such peculiar ca
pacities as the isthmus in question car
ries with 1t obligations to mankind.
The course of events has shown that
this canal cannot be built by private
enterprise or by any other nation than
our own; therefore 1t must be built by
the United States.
New Treaty With Pnnama.
Every effort has been made by the
government Of the United States to per-
,uade Colombia to follow a course
Which was essentially not only to our
interests and to the interests Of the
world, but to the interests Of C0iom-
,ia itself. These efforts have failed.
ind Colombia, by her persistence in re-
pulsing the advances that have been
made, has forced US for the sake Of
our own honor and Of the interest and
well being, not merely Of our own peo-
pie, but Of the people Of the isthmus Of
Panama and the people Of the civilized
countries of the world, to take decisive
steps to bring to an end condition Of
affairs which had become intolerable.
The new republic Of Panama immedi-5
ately offered to negotiate treaty with
US. This treaty / herewith submit.
By It our interests are better safeguard
ed than in the treaty with Colombia
which was ratifled by the senate at its
last session. It IL better In its terms
than the treaties offered to us by the
republics Of Nicaragua and Costa RIGA.
At last the right to begin this great
undertaking is made available. Pan
anna has done her part All that re-
mains II for the American congress to
do its pnrt, and forthwith this republic
will enter upon the execution Of a
project colossal in its size and Of well
nigh incalculable. possibilities for the
good of this country and the nations Of
mankind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
Wedding At Essex.
speciai 10 Times-Republican.

Essex. Dec. 4.-Miss Alma New
quist and Mr.. Gust Carlson were mars
ried at theSwed ish Lutheran church
on Wednesday at p. m. Rev. Sea-
shore OBLIGATED and Mrs. ]. A. Gar
Mayed the wedding march. The recep-
ton was held at the home Of r 6.
Newquist. brother Of the bride. eOne
hundred ten guests were present. The
young couple left for Sweden the same
evening. They will return about April
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
Home,sekers, Exsersiena

one-way rate, with 5. additional. fee
round "trip tickets ON sale the first ana
third Tuesdays Of Every month. with
limit for return twenty ole days from
date OF sale. See trket agents OF the
Iowa Central for information - .
rates. ETC.. or address A. B. Cults, q y.
Z T. A., Minneapolis. MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Two Thru Tourist Cars TO California
Every week via the Chicago Great
Western railway. Choice of routes west
Of Kansas City via the Santa Re route
or Rock Island FL Pasf route. Low
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further information apply to J. A. El-
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

oxford-carrier william e. Novak
West Liberty Carrier, Charles l..
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man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07

Don't be imposed upon by taking
substitutes offered for Foley's Honey
and Tar.
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Home.eekers' Excursion to the North.
west. West and Southwest, and Gel.
.n;.+ L ows Rates West.

via the Northwestern line. Excursion
tickets at greatly reduced rates are on
sale to the territory indicated above.
standard and tourist sleeping cars. free
reclining chair cars and "the best Of
everything" For dates Of sale and full
particulars apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-07
Isthmian Canal.


By the act Of June 2S 1902, the con-
gress authorized the president to enter
into treaty with Colombia for the
building of the canal across the 18TH
mus Of Panama. 1t being provided that
in the event of failure to secure such
treaty after the lapse of reasonable
time recourse should be had to build
ing canal through Nicaragua. 1t has
not been necessary to consider this al
tentative, as l am enabled to lay be-
fore the senate treaty providing for
the building Of the canal across the
isthmus of Panama. This was the
route which commended itself to the
deliberate judgment Of the congress,
and we can now acquire by treaty the
right to construct the canal ovar this
route The question now, thspefars. y
not Ivy which route the isthmfan canal
shall be built, for that qaestlon has
been definitely ana irreyocably decid-
ed. The question 10 simply whether or
not we shall have an isthl6ian canal.
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