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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
GOOD CORN PICKING RECORD.
Robert Paul, of Glma,, Averages 7oo
Bushels for EleNen Days.

Robert Paul, OF Oil nan, son OF ..
T.. paul. living one mi 90 west OF Gil
man. has made coed corn plck'l,s
record while at work on ms laehe. .
farm During the past eleven days Mr.
Paul has averaged f0i' bushels per
day. counting nine hou's days work.
In nine hours on Frlday he picked ~
bushels. The corn on the Paul iarm IS
Weighing out eighty pounds TO the
bushel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
SILK SALE.

Tuesday, Commencing at 1880.
Never before have the ladies Of Mar
shalltown had such a chance to buy
81 silks for 80 cents yard. Come
early. They will not last long.
BENEDICT & BRINTNALL.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
In tho District Court.

The arguments in the case Of John
Ward VS.. the Marshalltown Light,
Power & Railway Company were be-
gun in the district court this after
noon. 1t is likely the case will go to
the Jury late this afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
NO AGREEMENT REACHED.
Superintendent Sweeney and 3. Of r.
T. Committee Do Not Settle sched-

After almost daily conferences for
the past ten days, upon the schedule
Of the Central brakemen, no agree
ment has yet been reached between
General Superintendent M. Sweeney
and the committee of trainmen. repre-
senting the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. Saturday the conferences
were adjourned so that Mr.. sweeney
might go home to spend Sunday. IT
is expected they will be resumed some
time this week. probably in Few
days, as Mr.. Sweeney is expected to
arrive in this city on his way to os-
kaloosa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
Card Of Thanks,

Myself and parents wish to thank
our many friends VINO have so kindly
assisted us during the illness and
bereavement of my beloved husband.
Mrs. DeLos F.. Way.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21

o. G. Newman, Frankfort-Our
baby was sickly, di not grow. Our
doctor recommended HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. Now she's strong rosy
and healthy thanks to your Tea. 35
cents tea or tablets. Mcbride & Will
Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21

Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
and colds: reliable, tried and tested.
safe and sure. For sale by B. A. Nor
gan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
Thanksaivina Rates.

For Thanksgiving the Iowa Central
railway will sell round trip excursion
tickets to all points within 200 miles
OF starting point at one and one third
fare. Dates Of sale November % and
-. with final limit for return Novem-
her 1S. 1904.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
BIG SHRINE MEETING.
Many From This City Will BE Mem
bars of Za-Ga-Ziq Class.

bers Of Ia Ga-Zig Class.
A large number of Shriners from
this city will go to Des Moines De-
cember 1, to participate in 1, special
conclave of Za-Ga-Zig Temple, A. A..
o. N. M. S., at which a large class will
be received. Several from this city.
including number Of young, knights
Templar, recently received into st, AL
demar Commandery, will become
members Of the temple.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
WILL MEET THIS EVENING.
Library Committee Again Postpones
Action Owina to Memher,s Absence.

NOTION owing to Members Absence.
The library committee of the board
of trustees, of the public library, which
expected to meet Saturday afternoon
to take action with a view of recon-
mending librarian, again postponed
its meeting and will meet this even
ing. TIE postponement Saturday was
taken because Mr.. Stone could not be
in the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21

HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. Twill
make the face fair and blooming. 30
cents. tea or tablets. Mcbride & Will
Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21

ties. You can save what you make IN
Mathis. Prices 81 to $50 per acre. Hi
land p. Lockwood, No. 1o2-3-a Hryant
Building. Kansas City, Mo, imn'lgra-
ton agent, s. A. & A. l.. R'y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21

Girls expect remedies to work mir
acles in a days time. E'eautifying
changes come slow. Keep on taking
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-21
THE eIDEoNs' MEETINGS.

Christian Travelling Men Conduct Ser
vices Here Sunday.
The G1deons were In charge of two
services in this city Sunday, conduct
ing the evening meeting at the Chris
tan church. and the union young peo-
pies meeting at the Methodist. Both
services were largely attended. Col
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Horse 2s Years Old at work.

There is a horse in the town of
Boydton, Va, known as Morgan,
which is older than most of its inhabi-
tants. He was foaled in the month of
April, in the year 1876, in the county
OF Mecklenburg.
Morgan has no claims to aristoc-
racy, and his pedigree is not recorded
in the books, but for more than TWEEN
" years he has been a faithful col
lector of taxes, his master being the
treasurer of the county to the 1st of
January last.
Though Morgan is % years of age,
he has until now performed all the
duties of any horse. He has received
no favors because of age, and has met
every engagement in the time, and
when not engaged in collecting taxes
he was the favorite driving horse of
the ladies and children of the family,
and in addition hauled his own bed
ding and wood for the winter.
Mr.. Wells, Morgan's master, thinks
his horses long life and fitness for
service is due to methodical attention
and treatment; that he discovered
the exact quantity of food, particular
ly grain, necessary to keep him in the
best condition.-Richmond Times-Dis,
patch.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
telegraph Outfit.

To make a telegraph sounder pro-
cure board for the base, 7x415xB
inches; the back A Gig u is 7x412
x1a inches; it is nailed to B. The
piece D is 4xs4xa4 inches; it is nailed
to a. c is a wooden piece, 1axAxA
inches; it is nailed to A, and in it's
top is a screw, E, which is used as a
regulating screw to keep the arma-
ture, L, from touching the poles.
The armature, L, is shown in Fig. 2.
Secure a strip of spring brass 5s inch
wide and about inches long and
wrap three or four thicknesses of tin
around it, as shown. Bend it as
shown to give it a spring.
Fer the electro-magnet procure two
machine bolts 5-16X21a inches; make
four paper washers out of heavy card
board. Use No. "a or % cotton-cov-
cred copper wire, wrap piece of wax
paper around each core to insulate
the core. Now wind on the wire IN
til it is about q of an inch thick,
leaving about inches of wire at each
end.
You can get a yoke at a carriage
shop to hold your magnets, a piece of
iron 21hx1 inches, have two holes
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
HandIess Fiddler.

Frank Clawson is the name of a
singular fiddler of Atlanta, who is
without hands. Many years ago he
was caught in a blizzard and his arms
frozen SO badly that both hands were
amputated at the wrists. For a long
time the violin was. silent and he sup
posed that his fddling days were
over. He decided, however, to expert
ment, and, being mechanical genius.
he made a continuance of heavy wire
which would enable him to WELD the
bow. The lingering was more difficult
but by long practice he trained the
stump Of his left hand to make the
necessary shifts from one string TO
another and tIe varying positions.
With the violin held in place by his.
chin and knees and with the help of.
his fngerless arms, CIawson manages
to play his old-time selections with
nearly as much skill as he formerly
did.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
The Rishon,s Trunk.


The Bishop of Oxford originated
this very ingenious riddle:
have trunk (body).
1t has two lids (eyelids).
And two caps (lxnee caps).
Two musical instruments (vocal
cOrds).
Two established measures (feet).
A great number of articles which We
cannot do without (nails).
1 always have about me two good
fish (soles).
A great number of small shellfsh
(muscles).
Two lofty trees (palms).
Some fine flowers (tulips).
Two playful domestic animals
(calves).
A great number of small wild ami
mails (hares).
A fine stag (hart).
A number of whips without handles
Qashes).
Some weapons of warfare (arms).
A number of weathercocks (vanes).
A political meeting on the verge Of
decision (ayes and roes).
Two students (pupils).
A number of Spanish grandees (ten-
dOns).
A big wooden box (chest).
Two fine buildings (temples).
Product of camphor trees (gums).
A piece of English money (crown).
An article used by artists (palette).
A boat used in racing (skuL).
A means of crossing a river bridge
of nOse).
A pair Of blades without handles
(scapulas).
Twelfth letter of the alphabet fin
ished with bows N-bows).
Instruments used in church music
(Organs).
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Enchanted Strino.

They say you can do wonders with
a string.
For instance, play you are wizard,
chanted string that will act as a gun.
Take a strong string, about two
yards long, at one end make loop
big enough to pass over a persons
head without any trouble. and another
loop-a tiny one-at the other end,
the right size to hold pencil.
Tell your friend to cover his ears
with his hands-held fat against
them
Then pass the large loop over his
head and draw it tight across the
backs of his hands.
Place a pencil in the smaller loop.
and turn it rather quickly around and
around while you hold the string
tight.
The effect on your friends ears will
be like the firing of numerous guns.
Then pluck the string with the fin
gers of your free hand. Just a little
flick will sound like the booming of a
heavy gun.
Keeping the pencil held in one hand
and pulling the string tight, now fold
a small piece of paper over the string
and move it-not roughly-up and
down the length of the string. This
will sound to your friend like the
waves on the beach.
If next you scrape the string with
anything hard-like a knife or paper
cutter-it will give your friend the
impression of heavy thunder.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
A Pair of Odd owls.

Two of the funniest looking owls
imaginable were found by two boys
in Churchhill county, Cal. On that
day the lads went up into the belfry
of the schoolhouse. Whist" said
one Of them, and as the other glanced
in the direction indicated he saw two
objects that looked like spots of fire
on the dull background beyond the
bell. Half-frightened the boys struck
a match, and by the light that fol
lowed they saw the two owls perched
upon one of the rafters. The boys
descended, got a lightwoOd knot, and
thus provided with a torch, returned
to the charge. The owls were so
blinded by the torch that they were
easily caught. The body of one was
speckled like that of a trout, and the
fine feathers of the other were yellow,
so that the latter was probably not
more than half grown.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
In the End.

The road is rough and the day is cold,
And the landscapes sour and bare,
And the milestones, once such charming
friends,
Half hearted welcomes wear.
There's trouble before and trouble be-
hind
And a troublesome present to mend;
And the road goes UP, and the road goes
But it all comes right in the end
The heart is sick and the heart is sore
For a heart to call its own;
And we scramble hard for the precious
crumbs
Amongst the heaps of stone.
For a loves love, and a mans man,
Our COLDS gold would we spend;
And the heart goes UP, and the heart
goes down,
But it all comes right in the end.
The road goes up. and the road goes
down
To a desolate depth below,
And there's never shred of the meanest
robe
On the naked ones to go:
There's heaven above, and God of
love,
And a Father who will fend-
And life goes up, and life goes down
But it all comes right in the end.
Westminster Gazette.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
wouId not Leave it's Dinner.

Would not Leave its Dinner.
Dan Beard tells this curious yarn
about a hornet:
One day while we were eating din
ner in our log house in the woods of
Pike county, Pa, we were entertained
by a number of white-faced hornets
which were busy catching the flies
that lowered over the table They
even caught the flies from the back
of my hand and lifted them gently
from the bald spot on my head.
One hornet pounced upon a fly
which was busy rubbing its two
front legs together, as it chung with
the other four to the fringe of the
table-cIoth. Buzz as the hornet
would. it could not carry away that
fly. It had gathered up some fbres
of cloth along with its prey and was
unable to pull the table-cloth along
with it.
AS sat laughing at its futile efforts
saw that in it's occasional pauses
the hornet itself seemed to have an
idea as to what held the fly, for it
would nip OF a fibre here and there
and try again. At length, in despair,
it ceased its efforts and devoured the
fly then and there.
Afterwards it caught another fly
from the butter dish, and with his
last victim in it's claws and its first
in its stomach. flew triumphantly out
of the window
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Divided Quotations.

A delightful game for a party OF
boys and girls is this:
Let tie little host or hostess, with
mothers help write a lot of quota
lions on long strips CT paper-quota-
lions from the Visit of ST. Nicho-
las, Mother Goose" Alice in
Wonderland" etc.-and cut these
strips up into two or three pieces.
Then fasten these pieces to cur
tains, furniture, picture frames,
screens and cushions.
When the children arrive tell them
to find all the complete quotations
they can When they have taken a
slip of paper they must scurry
around to find the rest of the quota
ton contained on it.
The game goes on until all the slips
are gone. The boy or girl who has
found the greatest number of com
plete quotations receives the prize.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Lion,e provirIer.

The jackal has been called the lions
provider because it was once thought
that jackals hunted in troops to pro-
vide the lion with prey. They feed
on the lions Ieavings and were sup
posed 20 serve the lion in much the
same way as dog serves a sports
man The trained dog lifts up his foot
to indicate that game is at hand, and
the belief was that the jackaI yelled
to indicate to the lion that prey was
close by. This old tradition is still
used in a figurative sense. and man
who is foil to another mans wit, a
humble friend who plays into anoth-
erss hand to snow the latter to best
advantage. is called a jackal; also
one who does dirty work for an
other
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
oranae Shoe R!ackinq.

The oranges grown in America are
mere than ornamental. They are very
good to eat, as we ali know.
The oranges grown in the Riviera
a beautiful district in the south OF
France-are so sour that some people
say the very thought Of them sets the
teeth on edge.
Nevertheless, the inhabitants OF this
region find many uses for the orange
that are strange TO us. The first OF
these is an exception to the latter
to both countries. They pick the
beautiful creamy blossoms and send
them to ornament the bridal attire.
The orange blossom is the brides own
flower
One odd custom among the English
residents of the Riviera is to gather
the toughest and most Ieathery or
anges to be found and to use them
for what do you suppose? For crick-
ct balls, although, never having been
intended for such use, their day on
the cricket field is a short one
One Englishman, long resident in
this region, says that the oranges are
turned to account in a manner still
more strange. They cut the orange in
half. rub the juicy part on a kettle
that is covered with SCOT and then rub
it on their shoes instead of blacking
The result, after a short polishing
with a soft brush, is said to be very
good
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Cliff of Natural Glass.

A cliff Of natural glass can be seen
in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. 1t is
half mile long and from one hum
dred and fifty to two hundred and
ninety feet high. the material of which
it consists being as good glass as that
artifcially manufactured. The dense
glass which forms the base is from
seventy-fiVe to one hundred feet thick,
while the upper portion, having suf
fered and survived many ages OF wind
and rain, has naturally worn much
thinner. OF course, the color of the
cliff is not that of natural glass
transparent and white-but is mostly
black and some places notified and
streaked with brownish red and shades
of olive green and brown.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Music in Japan.

Japanese girls of the upper and
middle classes learn to play the
" koto,' while those Of the lower
orders usually learn the @~ samisen. -
The koto is a narrow, horizontal
instrument about five feet long. with
a sounding board, upon which ara
stretched strings supported by ivory
bridges. 1t is played by means Of
ivory finger tips. The player sits
before the instrument on the floor in
the ordinary posture. and when she
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
A Strong Egg.

hold UP before his audience an egg
and a cannon ball, and after talking
a few minutes about the strength of an
arch, and still more of perfect dome
as represented by the shape of the
egg-he remarked that few persons
know how strong an egg really is.
In proof Of that" he said, 81 will
now place the egg, without covering
of aEya kind, in such a position that
no one can break it with the cannon
ball.
How did he do it? Simply by put
ting the egg on the floor close in one
corner of the room where the project
ing walls gave it perfect protection,
for the cannon ball, when rolled at it,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Mastodon Tooth in Tennessee.

A magnificent and perfect mastodon
tooth was unearthed at the Tennessee
Marble company's property near Con-
cord few days ago, and was brought
to Knoxville, where it has created con-
siderable curiosity. The tooth was
found in making a dam for the opera
ton Of hydraulic ram. The tooth is
a fossil, but identically like the origi-
nal tooth. 1t shows every indenture
and surface condition of a real tooth.
1t is about seven inches in length
across the crown and about four
inches wide. The roots are perfect.
except where broken off near the
points. The broken places show
the hollow part of the tooth. 1t is
thought that the tooth is the only
part of the mastodon to be found at
the place, the tooth being probably
carried to the place by water.-Knox-
vile (Tenn.) Journal.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
COD CARVING

A newly imported statuette of a
priest carved in one piece of ivory
shows how remarkable the Japanese
are and what a wonderful patience
they have. The priest is bearing in
his right hand a staff to which is
bound a lotus bulb, while in the open
palm of the left hard he holds a
miniature figure Of himself, exact as
TO detail.
Every hair of his head and every
detail of the body and drapery are
perfect. The flowing robes are as
thin as paper. One can almost see.
under the finger nails; the arms show
as far as the elbow, inside of the loose
sleeves, evidencing the wonderful
skill of the carver and how carefully
he must have done his work to pre-
vent the delicate ivory from breaking
TO pieces under his tools.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Candle Out and Burning.

used to produce a draught of air and
SO to make the lamps or the fires
burn more brightly. You know, too,
how lamp smokes when the chin
ney is taken off. So, if you light a
candle and put it inside of a lamp
chimney. you would naturally expect
the candle to burn better than it did
without the chimney. But it VIII not
burn better unless the chimney is
put on in JUS the right way. If you
light a short bit of candle, set it on a
slab of marble and surround it with a
lamp chimney, the bottom of which
rests on the marble and is perfectly
smooth and even, the candle will burn.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

. ]. Pierpont Morgan is able to sub
scribe for a $4,000 set of Dickens
works, notwithstanding the merger
decision and several other things that
are supposed to have happened to
him during the last few months. He
must have saved something for the
rainy day.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Two Little Dimp,es.

Two little dimples went out to look
For snug little places to hide.
They thought they never could find a
nook,
Till dear Minny Apples they spied!
Then down those two
Little dimples flew,
Till each was lodged in cheek,
And for years they've tried
But they cannot hide,
For when Minny laughs out they
peek.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

outside wires by copper burr and
a screw-eye. as shown in Fig. l.
Fig. 8 shows how TO connect two
stations.
For the key, board 6x212x1z
inches, has a strip of spring brass
screwed, as shown in Fig. 4. Bend
the strip of brass, as shown in cut;
the brass strip is 5x14 inches.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
The WAY 20 a Mans Heart.

She didn't ride,
She didn't drive.
She didn't swim.
She didn't strive
To be an athlete;
Nor was she
A figure
In society.
She didn't dance,
She didn't hirt,
She didn't try
To be expert
In art and books;
She didn't train
A bulldog
On a silver chain.
She didn't golf,
She didn't row,
She didn't take in
Every show;
She didn't give
Her purse distress
BY straining it
On too much dress.
She didn't play,
She didn't sing,
She wasn't up
On everything,
But. men and women,
Understand,
That she could cook
To beat the band.
William ]. hampton.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14
Freak Goose.

In the museum at Paris may be-
seen a very curious specimen OF the
paImiped family. It is a goose which
has four feet, two Of which are afro
phied and placed on the right side
She often lays eggs, but they are
always uniformed and the shell is so
brittle that it breaks if touched ever
so gently. Efforts have been made TO
preserve some Of the eggs, but ins
vain The goose enjoys the best of
health and, in spite OF its deformItfes,.
seems likely to live for some time.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

The evangelist who has predicted
that the world will come to an end
in 1894 needn't be afraid that many
of the people to whom he said it will
give him the laugh when the time
comes.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

A Chelsea couple has saved up
money enough TO take either the wife
or the husband to the St. Louis fair,
but not both together. The wife is a
club woman. Which of the two will
go?
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

woman in New York sues for
separation on the ground that her
husband never kissed her. This is a
point upon which intelligent comment
cannot be made without seeing the
plaintiff.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

touches the strings she often sings
a soft accompaniment.
The samisen +" IS a kind of banjo,
and is often played during theatrical
performances and recitations. 1t
gives forth dull and monotonOus tones.
The teaching &C these two popular
musical instruments is said to be
largely in the hands of blind men and
women.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

A man may be footless and legless
and still succeed in climbing to the
top. which is victory, if he is but the
happy possessor of a ladder-head.-
Judge
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

1t is rather late for Connecticut to
begin kicking about being called the
Nutmeg state. Has she no regard for
tradition or the wisdom of the ances-
tors?
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-05-14

Perhaps when we get down to the
real truth finally we shall learn that
somebody cracked a paper bag in the
vicinity of King Alfonso.