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feeling that Or. Jared realized that this wo-
mana nurse, sans family friends,
sans money-was captivating him by mere
force of beauty.
To keep his principles firmly in mind DIR.
Jared repeated them over to himself very
often. He was doing this one morning
while he was looking over his instruments
in the operating room; and the head nurse,
whom he believed in the office. escaped by
a side door, to fall helpless with laughter
on a settee in the hall
But this story. like most tales, carries
three characters. The scientist is the third
A quiet conservative man of thirty-five
he, a bachelor. moreover moneyed
bachelor the delight of the men for his
keen wit and his habit of minding his own
business, the despair of the women, not be-
cause he was a bachelor, but because he
elected to stay one. This was hard on the
women, because, in addition to his fortune,
he was decidedly good looking.
In addition 10 money, wit and good looks
he had something elsa eough-an In
herited one. And this was why DIR. Jared
Wells was called to the scientists home,
one raw December day.
The scientist weak with coughing, was
on the sofa in his library. The doctor, who
knew him about as well as any one knew
him. made thorough examination, during
which the scientist spoke only to answer
questions. When the examination was over
the doctor leaned against the mantel. his
face turned from his patient The scientist
spoke first.
How long. doctor?
81 do not understand you. sir" clustered
the doctor. You need care, that's all;
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Teaching Him a Lesson.
From It'd Bits.


wealthy broker is so fond of flowers
that he frequently spends some time in and
about his plants, sometimes doing a little
gardening himself A few days ago he
thought he would water some plants, so he
called to his new coachman, who was stand
ing near a watering can, and told him TO
fill it and bring ii to him.
BEG pardon sir I'm the coachman," said
the importation, touching his hat.
well, that's all right; bring that can
here
beg pardon, sir. I'm the coachman."
well, well, know that. Bring the can
here ! want it,
The coachman touched his hat and stiU
made the same reply. Then something
dawned on the broker.
"Oh," he said, you're the coachman, and
can't bring the can. Well, coachman, go
and have the black team hitched to the
family carriage and bring 1t here. Have one
of the 'ostlers ride on the box with you"
YOU"
The coachman touched his hat again
specially and went. Presently he drove
up in style.
Now said the broker. drive to where
that can is: and you.' ostler, pick 1t up, get
back on the box, drive round to the stable
with the coachman. fill 1t with water and
have him drive you back again"
1t was done and the can brought. filled.
Now, 'ostier," said the broker, you may
go. Coachman, you remain where you are
may need you again. Don't drive away
until give you leave"
The colch-nan saved his dignity, but he
81 on the seat of that coach for two hours
sitter Ire h1aker had finished watering the
fGsafH
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The Gear and His Money.

From the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
The fact that the car has just made a
little contribution of $10o, 900 600 from his
private purse to the Russian war fund re-
minds us that Mr.. Rockefeller is not the
only rich man in the world. There are a
few others. and there is hardly doubt that
the Russian monarch Overtops the Stand
ard Oil emperor, not only as the first OF
autocrats, but the first of plutocrats.
Most royalties are very small potatoes
Financially compared with any one Of sew
eral American millionaires. Mr. Rookie
Teller could put all the sovereigns of Eu-
rope except the car, on his payroll at their
present wages without depriving himself
of a single bowl of crackers and milk or
ever lacking quarter to drop into the con-
tribution box on Sunday. He could pay the
salary of King Edward or of the kaiser for
a year out of months income, and have
something left for carfare.
But the Russian emperor is in a different
class In the imperial budget the allow
ance for his household is figured at the
meager rate of about SIS, 600, 600 a year, but
that is merely the beginning of his re-
sources. He owns great part of Russia
as his private property-mines, forests and
illimitable stretches of arabic lands. In
European Russia alone the strictly private
domains of the imperial family are as large
as Indiana. The state owns twenty times
as much more, and the car is the state
In Siberia the imperial resources are stiu
more opulent. Most of the rich mines Of
gold. platinum and precious stones are
worked for the benefit of the car and his
family
But beyond all this. the Emperor is the
absolute master of the national treasury
and all its varied sources of income In
England the king talks in his speeches of
my army" my navy and my ex-
chequer.'' but all this is UNDERSTOOD to be
legal fiction. Everything is regulated by
parliament. and the king cannot touch
penny that is not appropriated to his use
But in Russia the czar can speak of my
army" and my navy" in literal fact. He
could disband the whole outfit il he chose
and pocket the money saved by the opera
ton. His civil list Is simply the amount
that he sees fit to dip out of the treasury
He could double or triple 1t without asking
anybody's permission. The whole treasury
is his. and all the taxing power of the
empire to the limit of the ability of his SUBJ
jects to pay. Is 1t not clear that the DIM
dent young Nicholas is the richest man in
the world?
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AZTEC TRAITS.
Not Only Great Soldiers, but Great Cul
tivators as Well

Not Only Great Soldiers, but Great Gull
tivators as Well
From the Southern Workman
The Aztecs of old were not only great
soldiers, but also diligent cultivators of the
SOIL, and had acquired considerable pro-
hcieIlcy in agriculture although thew had
no horses, oxen or other animals of draugbt.
70 this day the men earn their living chief
~ as day laborers in the fields now owned
by the Mexicans. The staple product nov
as OF yore is the maize, and next to II the
maguey or agave, the sweet sap of which
Is the principal material for the famous
Mexican pulque. Some species are cuItivat.
ed as vegetables, others for the sake If
their leaves, which yield a strong fiber that
can be woven into fabrics. Hence the saw
Ing that the agave supplies the people with
drink, 1000 and clothing. The men have
little ambition to excel in handicraft Far
riery and carpentry are about the ONLY
trades they care to take up. In the cities
they work as porteTs, carriers or peddlers
in a small way.
Like all southern Indians their con,n,av
ion Is of ruddy chocolate brown, and thew
are not particularly good looking. Most OF
the women now have large hands and feet
probably the Inheritance of generations OF
hard workers: And they are strong. In the
warehouse of a wine merchant an Aztec
porter was seen to take a eask of ciaret
on his back and carry it quite a distance
The load certainly weighed not less than
four hundred pounds, and no white man
would have thought of lifting it, The law
requires the people in the cities to for
sake the Indian breechcloth and poncho
ard assume the regulation garb of the poor
working class of Mexico - the wide. lons7
trousers of cotton cloth or manta with
jacket to match but the breechcioth is
worn outside of the trousers and thereby
replaces the civilized suspenders.
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to have oriental fit. their gentle polite
ness and almost frightened Difference, he
realizes all at once that he is walking in
very Bible land-Bible land pure and I'M
changed: the Bible land of the old engrav-
ings in the Old Testament of ones boyhood
days; Bible land on modern steel suspen-
sion bridge, hung high over a modern navy
yard with steel battle ships and cruisers.
A Lucky Blunder.
Men and women are pale and their faces
are weary The whir of the stitching ma
chimes. the driving of the sweat shops, has
marked them deep. But the deepest marks
in their tired faces are not the marks OF
America. They are the marks of Europe
This appalling mass of tan, aspiring loop
holed buildings in which they live their
crowded lives is better than that from
which they escaped. The sweatshop as
kinder to them than Russia was. These old
people have arrived. They have settled
down in the Ghetto for good For their
children the tenement house is only the
stepping stone to advancement But for
the parents it is the last stop.
So for these cid people of the Ghetto the
blunder of the city in building bridge
that cannot be used has come as splendid
gift. 1t has brought unincumbered SKY
and untainted air to their doors. Wlthh
five minutes after Strengthening out from
the ten-hour stint at the sewing machine,
they can be on the iron heights, looking
forth. far over their poor homes at the
spleEdor of the noble city where ii opposes
ors as If 1t lid no Ghetto behind them.
The philosopher who declares that the
tenement house dweller wants nothing bet
ter sh uld be hailed to the new bridge by
his nj = long ears and held there till his
near-sigfted eyes have carried the message
70 his near-sighted soul-the message spell
ed by the rush of the poor TO the great
span.
Few voluntary gifts made in this world
Ire as eagerly seized as this involuntary
gift has been. Morning and night the peo-
pie of the tenement crowd it. The women
walk it with their sewing and knitting.
The mothers bring their children and herd
them from Manhattan to Brooklyn and
back again with never-ending joy in The
light and air. the breeze and the paIsor-
lma-as grateful for it as if the great. rich
city had bent all its energies to building
the big structure solely that such she
night see their children brighten in the
unobstructed sun.
1t was a lucky blunder for the Ghetto.
All summer it has been blessing. And
it is going to continue one now, even af-
ter the trains begin to race over it; for the
wide roadways are boulevards spacious
enough for half cityful. And the Ghetto,
having discovered the steel road in the air,
and having descended on 1t, will not let ii
go. Bible Land will stay there and look
down each day, with deep, pathetic eyes,
on the new world that surrounds it,
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have made 1t the antithesis OF the old
worlds Bridge of Sighs-a Bridge OF

have made It the antithesis OF the old
worlds Bridge of Sighs-a Bridge or
Laughter.
Laughter! You can hear It blocks away.
1t rings from end to end of the three thou
sand feet Of span. from every inch OF the
Iron roadway hanging l35 feet above the
surface of the sea.
To one who has seen the children of the
great cities-the children OF the prosperous
folk who promenade in Central Park, the
children of the well-to-do of Philadelphia,
Chicago, Boston. etc.-these children of the
Ghetto, the land of houses unfit for hu-
man habitation," are startling surprise
No other children anywhere compare with
them Tor supreme, permeating, bubbiing
merriment. They play everywhere in
throngs and everywhere they laugh.
They are good, too. They romp and race
and climb, but they commit no acts of mis-
chief The police who dot the great bridge
have nothing to do except to look at them
/ idly. The white paint work on all the
miles of Steel on all the tens of thousands
OF trusses and girders, on all the tempting
stretches of masonry. presents inviting tab
lets for the ready lead pencil. In most
places IL would be well scrawled with pic
lures and the magnificent humorous writ
ings of the Juvenile sattrist. But on all the
length and breadth of the great East River
bridge the only scrawl that disfigures the
witness is a scrawl left by a mechanic who
jotted down some figures as to the length
of girder.
The Old, Grave Men.
But it is only the children who make 1t
the Bridge Of Laughter. The grown per-
sons do not laugh. On the recent after
noon that the writer spent there, his care
full count showed that there were at least
1900 people on the span. and, with the ex-
ception of the children, he did not see
laughing face.
They are grave, patient and weary-these
old men and women of the Ghetto. All that
district, for which the new bridge is
portal to delight and life, is populated by
the troubled men of eastern Europe. Al
most without exception they are the Jews
of Russia, Russian Poland and the far east
of Hungary, and nearly all have been
driven out of their homes
The first thing about them that VIII strike
the beholder is that these multitudes have
nothing about them of the much-talked-of
aggressiveness of the mighty Jewish race.
The faces of these old, bent men are mef-
-fably patient, strangely mild and Their
eyes are deep with dumb sorrows.
The pathos of the east is in them and on
them Before the stranger has walked far
in these bearded throngs, among these plod-
ding men with their strange, antique
gabardine-iike coats, their cheap, modern
New York clothes that still seem, somehow
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A Success.
from the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press
II bought my wife the finest kind of an
arrangement for long auto rides"
What is it?'
"A sort of trap to wear over her mouth.
called dust protector"
Does it work.
II don't know about the dust part of It,
but 1t kept her from talking"
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The Reason for It.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Graee-.sWhat made you jump when I
called you dearest?"
George-'It has suspicious sound. 7
hadn't heard it since paid for your last
summers Clothes
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obeying Orders.
From Life.


1.-THE doctors have ordered Bilkins to be
quiet and under no circumstances to use
his BRAIN"
But how does he pass the timer,
s'I believe he Is writing a novel;
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Enthusiasm.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
He-"We lived high when we were In
Paris
She--.O, imagine I'd just adore one OF
those little rooms on the sixth floor too!'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-05
WIS ALMOST A RIOT
T. F. Beyington's Attempt to
Carry a Sioux City Caucus
Started Things
TWO DELEGATIONS SELECTED
Five Hundred Men at the Sixth Ward
Caucus, Where Bevinston Hoped to
Be Able to Get Delegation to Elect
Him to Place on Des Moines Dele
cation.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City. April Sin desperate
fight to get a seat in the republican
county convention tomorrow whence
he hoped to step into a delegates seat
in the state convention, T. +. Beving-
ton, northwest Iowa solicitor of the C.
6. N. w railroad and leader of Blythe
politics here, packed the caucus in his
home ward. the Sixth, last night and
for two hours nearly 500 men turned
the caucus hall into a riot. Bevington
had imported half his supporters. He
controlled the ward chairman and
tried to railroad his scheme. Scores
of men representing the anti-Beving-
ton forces marched up and down the
middle of the hall when divisions were
ordered, shouting Get on the side of
decency and vote against Bevington!"
The Bennington crowd named a COM
mittee, sent it out, selected Beving-
ton delegation and then could not
make the caucus accept it. The result
was that the Bennington crowd declared
the caucus adjourned and left The
opposition then caucused, named a
delegation and tomorrow's convention
must choose between them. Bennington
wants to go to the state convention in
order to handle part OF this county for
Blythe In the other wards the eau
cuses were orderly and no fights de-
veloped.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-05
HEPBURN LOVE FEAST
Eighth District Congressman Renomi-
mated by Republican Convention To-
day at creston-H. X. Evans Named
For Third judicial District Judge.

Special to Times Republican.
pCreston. April 5.-The Eighth dis
trict republican congressional conven-
ton held here today was a love feast.
Congressman Hepburn was renominat-
ed by reclamation. There was no OPP
position. Congressman Hepburn was
present and delivered speech of ac-
ceptance that brought forth the great
est applause from the delegates. 1t was
q comprehensive discussion Of the poll
tical issues of the day.
The third judicial convention was al
so held here today and resulted in the
nomination OF HI. X. Evans by acclama-
ton, his opponent, Judge Miller, having
withdrawn from the race this morning.
lie was expected a warm contest would
result and while it was being predicted
that Evans would win, the friends of
Miller were not willing to concede any
thing until today. The withdrawal Of
Miller, of course, left the way clear for
Evans.
The resolutions are OF the stand
pat variety, as opposed to the Iowa
idea They endorse the national and
state administrations and recommend
Senators Dolliver and Allison Governor
Cummins and Joseph w. Blythe for
delegates Large to the national con-
vention.
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1 & Whitney Co. Bute, Mont, $56,172.
| All the bids will probably be rejected
and new bids advertised as they are toe
| high.
Pensions Granted lowans.
Invaltds, War with Spain--John III.
Holman, original, Kent, Sc.
Widows, General Law-Sarah X.
Castor, now Harris, renewal, Ira, ST.;
Jane West, original, Marshalltown, Sl2.
Widow, Act June q, 1S9o-James d.
Baker. minor. original, Stanton, $12;
Mary f. Myers original, Arnold Park,
SIS; Jessie Raynor, original, New Mar
ket, SIS; Ella l.. Written, insane, orig
inal, Pennington, SIS.
Invalids, General Law-Sylvester NJ.
Dunlap, increase, Des Moines, So;
Thomas w. Hyde, reissue, Oskaloosa,
Sill; John w. Khse, supplemental, Lee
Mars, 50. Eberle r. II. Stone, increase
Swan, SIT.
Invalids, Act June 81, 1S9o.--Wil-
liam Applegate, additional, Gladbrook,
IS; Frederick p. Bailey, additional,
Marshalltown, $40; John r. Blair, osig-
ial, Sloan, Sc; Travis l.. Emery, in
crease, Brighton, S12; James b. Gregg,
increase, Red Oak, $40; Ezra Gregory,
add tional Gl.innel, $t2; Dallas Per-
due, original, Oskaloosa, Sc, David
Stallcope, increase, Laurel, $12; George
w. Shafer, increase, Garrison, $40;
Abram w. Watson, increase, Red Oak.
S12; Gustave A. Unkrioh, original,
Fairfield, Sc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-05
GAINESVILLE News Items.

Special to Times Republican.
GAINESVILLE, April 5.--Mrs. D. Beatle
is visiting relatives in Waterloo.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Brown of Shell
Rock visited with friends here Sun
day.
C. F. London has sold his grocery
store to j. N. Austin.
Mrs. George Chamberlain has return
ed from her visit with her parents in
York state.
Charles London is erecting a resi-
dence on his lots on Greer, street.
Miss Dora Ray visited her parents at
Packard Sunday.
Henry White was down from Hamp-
ton on legal business Tuesday.
C. H. Ilgenfritz was in LeMars last
week on business.
Mrs. c. Loomis of Vinton has been
visiting relatives here.
Lewis Simmer has beer confined to
his home with sickness for the past few
days.
F. G. Eichar was down from Hamp-
ton on business Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Kephart We're Wis
iting friends in Cedar Rapids last week.
Miss May Butts is very i'll.
w. C. Lathrop was in Manchester
last week on business.
S. B. Wamsley, of Waverly, visited
relatives here last week.
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News Of Rhodes.

| Special to I1mes-RepupHcAH.
| Rhodes, April 5.--Mr. and Mrs. Dun
lap of Haverhill, spent few days WIS.,
iting at the home of the formers sis
ter, Mrs Campbell. last week.
| Amos Harmon and Neil Cromley
were Marshalltown callers last
Wednesday.
Professor and Mrs. r. D. COPYRIGHT
were State Center callers Saturday
afternoon.
| Mr.. George Phillips. who has been
| visiting his sister. Mrs. III. F. Titus,
at Lafayette, Ind, returned home on
| Friday.
Mrs. r. r. Bentley and children, who
have been spending the week visiting
relatives at Hopkinton, Iowa, returned
home Saturday evening.
Miss Lena Steiner was quite sick
the past week, but is better at this
| writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Phillips spent
ley Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Mansfield spent
last Sunday near Collins.
Clark Capron is building new barn
on his farm just south of town.
Easter Sunday was very pleasant
spring day.
Harold Hildreth has been laid up
with the rheumatism.
Mr.. Frank Bence is preparing to
erect fine new barn on his farm to
replace the one that burned down this
past winter
The Easter exercises at the NJ. P.
church Sunday evening were largely
attended.
Mrs. Wight, of Marshalltown. spent
Easter with her brother. Or. H. S. IT,
tus. and family.
Charles Titus was 1tarshalltown
caller Saturday.
Mr.. Harry Neff is reported on the
sick list.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-05
ToDAYs COURT DECISIONS.
Opinions Handed Down by the Su
nreme Court of Iowa.

Opinions Handed Down by the SUI
preme Court of Iowa.
Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 5.-The following
decisions were handed down by the SUI
preme court today.
State of Iowa VS.. Lowell, appellant,
Buchanan district. Reversed.
State of Iowa VS.. White, appellant.
Boone district. Reversed.
Lee G. Miller appellant, VS.. Kelly,
Allamakee district. Reversed.
Des Moines Savings bank vs.. Morgan
Jewelry Co., appellant. Polk district.
Affirmed.
Mcdonald. appellant, vs.. Bayard
Savings Bank, Guthrie district. Affirm
ed
Nebraska Bridge Supply and Lumber
Co, appellant, VS.. Owen Conway d
Son, Webster district Reversed.
Wilkee, guardian. VS.. Sassen, appel
liant, Marshall district. Affirmed.
Warrin, appellant VS.. Miller & Sons.
Palo Alto district. Affirmed.
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iowa at WASHINGTON.

washington, April 5.-Rural free de-
livery routes established May 2:
Casey. Guthrie county addition
|aIo - Length of route, 26 miles; area
covered So square miles; population
served, $50; number of houses on route,
10.
Otto, Woodbury. county - Length of
route, 23ss miles; area covered "a
square miles; population served on
route. 400; number of houses on route,
So
Pulaski, Davis county (Addi-
tionaD - Length of route, FIX miles;
area covered 1917 square miles; pop
ulation served, 400; number of houses
en- route. so.
Rural letter carriers appointed:
harrisburg Carrier, Henry A.
Weiss; substitute. Joseph r. Weiss;
carrier, Eugene r.. Shelley; substitute,
Celia Shelley.
Britt Carrier, George Butts; sub
stMute, Guy B. Butts.
Doom Carrier, John o. Swenning
substitute, Julius Swenning; carrier.
Charles A. Cramer; substitute. John
Cullenbaugh.
New Sharon Carrier, Fred P.
Rockwell; substitute, A. H. Rockwell.
williams Carrier Stewart Mills:
substitute, Frank Millsap; carrier
George Simpson; substitute. Arthur
Lester.
Indianola Carrier, John L. Jenisen;
substitute. William M. Jemisen.
Iowa City - Carrier, George C. War
ner; substitute, MoQlie Warner
Nora Springs = Carrier. Cyrus E..
Squire; substitute, Lbbie Squire.
Radcliffe Carrier, Melvin r. Ma
son; substitute, Mrs. Inger Mason
William A. Grummond has been
commissioned postmaster at Rock
we'll.
Bids were opened yesterday at the
treasury department for construction of
extensions to the public building at
Burlington. The bidders We're c. STAFF
ford &c Co., st. Louis, $44.972; j. c..
Robinson, Chicago, $42.994; w. ]. Tur-
ner 6 Co., Chicago, s43,929; A. L. Stout,
Burlington, $4,000; The Shachelford