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The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Source of His ElOQuenCe

He stammered through few sem
tencer, hesitated. made another att
tempt and came to a dead stop.
Whats the use. brethren?" he said
sitting down. 81 cant preach."
Brother Thompson saw that the
case was one in which heroic meas.
ures were necessary.
Young man." he whispered sternly
in his ear. you get up again and
preach that sermon or III take you
out in the grove after this meeting is
over and give you hard spanking, as
sure as your name is Smith"
Al electric shock could not have
operated quicker. Brother Smith rose
to his feet again. his hesitation all
gone, and in ringing tones he
preached a sermon that is still re-
membered by aged survivors of that
old time congregation as the most
fervid and eloquent discourse they
ever heard so young man deliver
Youths Companion.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Peters Not Insane.

Denver. July 22.-In a brief report
submitted to Governor James H. Pea
body yesterday, the lunacy commission
appointed to examine into the sanity
of Charles Peters, one of the trio of
the Youngblood murderers, stated that
he was sane.
Peters. under the rigid examination
of the board of physicians, was unable
longer to act the part which he has
played so naturally during the past
few days. After less than an hours
ordeal he admitted that he had been
shamming, in an attempt to cheat the
gallows.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
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BY Earl Nj. Pratt. Oak Park, Illinois.

A Virginian writer's way of wording
his thoughts interested me SO much
tina. ! took time to write him about
his skill. His reply contains this SEN
tence: Il got the ability to write by
long, close practice in the effort to ac-
quire ease and clearness together
with force of expression
1t is natural for some people to use
few and short words while others are
born to express themselves in many
and long words. Brief takers and
writer's must practice to be able to en-
tertain and those people who are
voluminous must practice in order to
secure clearness and directness.
A young editor gave me this clip
ping fer my collection and you may
wish to put it by for future use:
In a clever manner the use Of short
words and plain English is set forth
in the following article: Short words
are sharp tools for writer's. Some of
us remember the following advice Civ
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27

en- some years ago by n wise father
to his grandiloquent son at college:
"In promulgating your esoteric cogi
tations or articulating superficial sen
timentalities and philosophical or
psychological observations, beware oil
platitudinous ponderosity. Let your
conversation possess clarified concise
ness. compacted comprehensiblenesss
coalescent consistency and concatinat-
ed cerency. Eschew all conglomera-
tions, natulent garrulity jejune bable-'
ment and aslnine affectations.
let your eNtemporaneous descant-
ings and unpremeditated eNpatiations
have intelligibility without rhodo-
montade or thrasoncal bombast. Sedu-
lously avoid all polysyllabical proiun-
dty, pompous prolixity and ventrilo-
quial verbosity. Shun double entendre'
and prurient jocosity, whether obscure
or apparent. In other words. speak
truthfully. naturally. clearly, purely.
and don't use big words"
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Russians piseredit Report.

st. Petersburg. July 23.-2:05 a. m.
There is no official Russian contir-
nation of General Kuroki's report that
the Japanese have captured kiatung.
No such place as this is laid down on
available Russian maps, the nearest
approach to 1t being kantziatum,
which is only twelve miles from Lao
Yang, on the Saimatsza road.
If the Japaneses column which Gen
eral Herschelmann was opposing July
18th and 18th has continued to ad-
vance to this point. general engage
ment might already be progressing.
The general staff gives no credit to
this view and is inclined to think the
incident is the Russian retirement
from Sikhoyan to GontzianZi. reported
in General Kuropatkin's dispatch of
July 18th.
A dispatch from General Kuropat-
kin to the Czar. bringing events up to
July 22nd has been received. but has
not vet been given out. 1t is said to
report only skirmishing between Lieu
tesnt General Keller's army and the
General Herschelman commands the
Ninth division of the Tenth army
corps. The engagement of the Japan
ese with General Herschelmann is the
first time, so far as is known, in this
campaign, that the Japanese have con-
fronted a European trained formation
of troops.
The Eighteenth army corps of the
governments of Pskov and Reval are
to be mobilized soon.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Bible Still in Demand

younger American Bible society and
the unknown millions printed and sold
by private enterprise 300 OOOo,ooo
copies of the scriptures, in whole or
separate books or portions, have gone
'"'O
tury.
Amazement attends the study OF the
Bible, whatever the point of view or
the course pursued. But nothing
about the Bible is more amazing than
its continuous. universal and utterly
unparalleled popularity. In nearly
every, If not every. country on earth
where books are sold more Bibles are
sold than any other book. Last year
the British and Foreign Bible society
alone distributed 5.943,775 copies. the
majority by sale, in go languages.
covering every part of the globe. And
the issue by the American society for
the year amounted to 1.993,55s Bibles
and portions.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27

There are countless heroes who live and
die.
of whom we have never heard:
For the great. big. brawling world goes
by.
with hardly a look or word:
And one Of the bravest and best of all
of whom the list can boast
is the man who falls on duty's call.
The man who dies at his post.
while his cheek is mantled with man
hoods bloom,
And the pathway of life looks bright;
lie is brought in a moment TO face the
gloom
Surrounding the final night,
lie buoyantly sails Ger a Sunlit sea,
And il dashed on an unseen coast-
TIL the ship goes down at the helm
stands he
The man who dies at his post.
Who follows the glorious tide Of war.
Aud falls i'm the midst Of fight.
He knows that honor will hover Ger
And cover his name with light;
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
To the NameleSS Hero

But he who passes unsung. unknown
He hears no applauding host
He goes in the dark to his fate. alone.
Inc man who dies at his post
who bears with disease while death.
draws near
who fnces his fate each day.
Yet strives to comfort and help and
cheer
His comrades along the way
Who follows his work while he yet may
do,
And smiles when he suffers most,
II seems to me is Il hero true
The man who dies at his post. 't
There are plenty to laud and crown with
bays
The hero who falls in strife.
But few who offer word Of praise
To the crownlcss hero OF life,
He does his duty and makes no claim
And tonight I propose toast
10 the silent martyr unknown to fame,
The man who dies at his post
Liverpool (lGng) Mercury
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Favors British Tariff.

London. July 22.-The report of
Joseph Chamberlain's tariff commits
sion on the iron and steel trades ar
rives at the conclusion of the British
iron and steel industry is due to the
fact that the manufacturers of Amer
lea and Germany have secured con-
troll OF the home markets by means of
high tariffs and an organized system
regulating their export trade; that
they are in a position to dump their
surplus products on the British and
other markets irrespective of cost and
that the dumping could not be carried
on except for the British system Of
free imports.
The committee expresses the opin-
ion that the situation can only be
remedied by a system of tariffs ar
ranged as follows:
(A) general tariff consisting of a
low scale of duties for foreign coun-
tres, admitting British wares on fair
terms.
OBJ A preferential tariff. lower than
the general tariff. for the colonies, CIV
ing adequate preference for British
manufacturers and framed to secure
freer trade within the British Empire.
(C) A maximum tariff. consisting of
comparatively higher duties, but SUBJ
ject to reduction by negotiations to
the level of the general tariff.
The report, which is signed by fifty
eight commissioners. is bulky and
gives the evidence of British manufac-
turers, the evidence before the United
States industrial commission on iron
and steel Industries. the organizations
and working of German kartels, and a
vast amount of statistics, etc.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Russia May Back Down.

Paris. July 21.-Information reach
ing government quarters here leads
the officials to believe that Russia will
release the British and German mer-
chantmen seized in the Red sea, as a
means of averting international com
plications.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
sambia Not Captured.

Hamburg. July 23.-The Hamburg
American line steamer Sambia passed
P IN, at the southern entrance oil the
Red sea, yesterday evening, thus DIS
proving the report OF her capture oy
a vessel of the Russian volunteer
fleet.
The Lamar register., 1904-07-27
Steamers Warned.

Yokohama. July 21.-In consequence
of the presence at sea of the Russian
yladivostok squadron the steamers
Winghang, Heathdene and Lennox
have been ordered not to leave Yoko-
hama
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
E. n. Princes Grain Letter.

Chicago, July 21.--Wheat-The mar
ket today more than recovered the
losses sustained yesterday. Old July,
which closed at "a last night. sold as
high as 9s. and other deliveries We're
ut one time TX to u higher. The
market did not hold all of the advance,
out the close was strong and sub
stantially higher for every month with
far off deliveries at near top prices.
Commission houses. shorts, and In fact
nearly every one had buying orders.
and about the only people Who had
wheat for sale We're profit taking
longs. Those who sold out yesterday
replaced their lines today. and the se
was some good new buying noticeable
The market received its impetus from
the bullish news from abroad, rains
thruout the wheat belt. northwest and
southwest. and strong cash markets:
also the fact that the movement shows
but little increase. The Russia aud
England controversy was revived and
there were reports here stating that
England had given Russian only
twenty-four hours in which to disavow
the action of the seizure of the mai
vessel.
Coril-There was not much doing In
corn. and the market while firm
one. shows but small change In prices
at the close. The market received It's
firmness from wheat. more than to
any news of Importance that came.
Crop advices are manly favorable. Re-
ceipts are fair, and the cash demand
continues to improve slightly Cables
are dull and easier. 1t easily scored an
early advance. Later little long
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
BRITT WON THE BIG PURSE.
Unfinished Fourth Of July Game Pia.
ed Between Britt and Ccrwith.

Special to Times Republican.
Britt. July 21.--Corwlth and Britt
yesterday settled the quarrel they had
over the ball game played the Fourth
lof July. In the first game the purse
was SIS, but was not paid to either
town because of failing to finish the
game. To make The game more inter-
esting Britt added s75 more to the
purse, dividing it 500 for the winners
and S. 0for the losers.
Yesterdays game resulted in score
of 5 to in favor of Britt 1t was one
of the c,egnest games ever witnessed in
Britt and had 70. an audience one of
the largest crowds ever seen here. Over
two hundred people came from Cor
with on special train which conveyed
them back ut p. m. Charles A. Isaacs.
OF Forest CITY. was selected umpire and
was perfectly fair to both sides
Considerable wiangling was done be-
fore the game started over the men
who should be allowed to play. Corwth
claiming they had a right to put in Sal
isbury OF Philadelphia fame. because of
Il temporary residence In Corwith, and
Corwith objected to Larson playing
because having been for the past seven
months i'm Minnesota, but now a resi-
dent of Britt COrwith. however. con-
eeded Britt had q right to play Larson
and they withdrew Salisbury to the
satisfaction Of all.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
BOONE COUNTY SUFFERS.
Storm Of Monday Night the Heavies,
In Years.

Special to Times Republican.
| Madrid, July 21.-The heaviest cleo
trical storm of several years visited
this section Monday. accompanied by
one of the hardest rains of the season.
About 9:15 p. m. the rain commenced
failing. the lightning being so furious
| that it seemed to be one continual
| flash.
The lightning struck two barns,
burned them to the ground. besides
doing considerable damage to telegraph
and telephone poles in the surrounding
country. The barn of A. T. Jacobson
lof Madrid was struck at about $50,
burning the building and its contents.
including one valuable team and one
COW. The loss is about $1,000. The
other barn was on the Brenton Bros
large stock farm south of Granger. and
is a heavy loss, it being probably the
largest barn in central Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
THE DAY BEFORE
(For Comparison.

chicago, july 20
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
5000: market steady; good to prime
steers 5.5o@6.25; poor to medium 45o6
5.25; stockers and feeders 2.25M4.00;
cows 1.5o@4.25. heifers 2.00@5.00; cam
ners 15002.50: bulls 200@4,25: calves
2.50@6.00; Texas fed steers 4.5O %
5.25.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
10000: market extremely dull; 10 to 25
lower; mixed and butchers 5.20@5.s0:
good to choice heavy 5.50m5.75; rough
heavy 5.0o15.aO; light 5.20Q5.s5; bulk
of sales 5.40Gl5.65.
Sheep Estimated receipts for today.
5000: sheep and lambs dull: good to
choice wethers 4,00@4.50; fair to choice
mixed 325@4.00; western sheep 2.5o@
45o; native lambs 4.00@6.55; western
lambs 4.50@6.55.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
IOWA MEN IN THE RACE.
With Butter Makers From Minnesota
They Carry OF Honors in Tests.


ST. Louis. July 21.-World's Fair
Grounds names of the winners
in the first two CT the four butter tests
to be made at the fair We're announced
yesterday In the first test. w. +.
Stahlman. Of I.oretto MINI; H. Fl.
Jensen, OF Clark Grove. Mimi. and NJ
Sundergast. OF Hutchinson, Mimi, tied
for high score on creamery butter, each
securing 9sta points. In the second
test, w. A. Fadden. OF Plato. Mimi; n.
C. Swelling. OF Knafvold, Mimi, and
w. b. johnson. Of Arlington. Iowa, tied
on creamery butter, with 9S1a points
each. Mrs. H. Holmes. of Owatonna.
Mimi won both contests on dairy but
ter, securing SO points on the first and
So II on the second. The next test will
begin Sept. IS. The butter scoring the
highest average in the four tests will
receive the worlds fair award.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
BLENcoE HERALD is SOLD.
Passes Into Hands of Thomas
Brown and Will BE Republican,.

Onawa. July 21.-The Blencoe Her
aid, established by Fred Wonder about
six months ago was sold by him Mon
day to Thomas e. Brown, of Bleneoe.
who expects to continue the publica-
ton, and Will enlarge the paper some
what Blencoe Is not the largest town
in Monona county, but is quite a lively
little place and has achieved considera-
BILE reputation on the strength Of its
two leading industries-politics and
baled hay. The paper under the man
agement OF Fred Wonder has been
neutral in politics but as Mr.. Brown is
a pronounced republican the paper in
the future is likely to line UP on the
republican side and to WELD some in
fiuence IN county politics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21

taken down in those unerring short
hand notes of the recording angel:
What ! tell shall be the truth, and
the whole truth, and there shall be no
truth, but that l tell. and God help the
man or woman who tells truth different
from my TRUTH"
Further describing this master of
Standard Oil" Mr.. Lawson says:
Yet. away from the intoxicating
spell of dollar-making, this remark
able man is one of the most charm
ing and lovable beings have ever en-
countered. but between him and COW
eted dollars may come no kindly inhu-
ences-all are thrust aside, their claims
disregarded, in ministering to this
strange, cannibalistic money hunger"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
HAS WIFE LIVING

GuStaf Peterson, Found Dead In south
Third Avenue Room, Has Wife in
Milford, Mass.-Resuit Of coroner's
Inquest.
1t Is now known to certainty that
Gustaf Peterson, the man who was
found dead "Wednesday morning in a
room over the Seely restaurant, on
South Third avenue, has or did have a
wife living in Milford, Mass. The let
ter found in the dead mans clothes
was from her, and had been written on
June Is. In it she wrote of expecting
soon to see him. and was glad he had
secured work. The letter was addressed
to Coalfield, where he was then working
with one of the Centrals bridge gangs.
Another letter was found in his pocket
bearing the signature OF Marie GUSTAV
son, and had been mailed at Home
stead. The writer is supposed to be q
niece.
The coroner's jury this morning.
after investigating the facts, returned
a verdict OF death due to alcoholic
poisoning. administered by his own
hand. But few additional details not
already brought out. were learned.
Peterson was discharged by Foreman
S. ]. johnson. of one Of the Iowa Cen
trails bridge gangs, on July 2, for being
drunk He had been at Mason city,
where he had boarded with Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Finnegan, who wrote to
this city to collect pay for board due.
This lead to the belief that his home
might be IN that city. He began work
for the Central during the month OF
February.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
DEMAND WAS ACTIVE
With Settlement of the Strike
the Buyers We're looking
For Cattle Today
AND PRICES WE'RE STRONGER
An Advance of About 10 Cents On An
Average Was Scored This Morning
More Hogs Were Marketed Today
Than First Three Days Of Week
Prices Were Lower.

| Chicago. July 21.--With the settle
ment of the strike. cattle demand was
active ONCE more. and prices were
stronger to 10 higher this morning.
| The Boston market is reported to be
| flooded with beef at present and prices
| are greatly lower, while some orders
which came here late yesterday We're
cancelled this morning. Prices for beef
are reported to have declined severely
at that point as well as at New York
Philadelphia and other eastern cities.
With such conditions ruling in the east
and the local houses partially shut
down only very small runs will likely
be needed here during the balance of
this week and the first half of next
week. A heavy run of stock in that
period would undoubtedly cause a Sc
we're decline in prices for all grades and
country shippers should continue to OPP
crate only on very small scale. The
Improvement In trade Wednesday was
due to rather urgent orders from local
houses which We're In shape to slaught-
er on fairly liberal scale. it being re-
ported that men We're taken from the
hog and sheep departments and put to
work on the cattle killing floors in Or
der to handle a larger volume of stock
for the one day. There is no stability
to the local demand, and indications do
not point to any very reliable inquiry
from that source in the near future,
and with the eastern situation more
complicated. caution in country operat-
ing is now an imperative necessity.
Hogs.
More hogs arrived here today than
were marketed altogether the first
three days of the week. There were
$4,000 on sale today and all classes OF
buyers assumed an Independent atti-
tude, sales being rather slow at re-
auctions of 1926 from yesterdays
best time.
Sheep.
The general demand was active.
Prices took a sharp upward turn with
spring lambs selling at 4.o0WI00 to
600. prices showing an average adj
vance of rs cents.
The lamb trade" said leading
salesman. ais In funny shape-that Is.
the spread in prices for culls and fair
to good kinds. Local butchers for sever
al days past have bought the culls
around $500 to s4.25, while the fair
to good kinds have been going to local
traders only about 25 cents higher.
whereas, barring strike times. they sell
fully 81 higher than the culls These
conditions are hard to explain to the
country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
FED UP.
Changed an Old Maid to a Married
Woman.

Woman.
| can old maid is what some called me.
It was three years ago. / suppose I did
! look it. If l look at my photograph
/ taken ct that time hardly recognize 1t
as my own.
| II was o,erk IN dry goods store at
| that time and with the hard work ard
improper food l not only looked bad
but felt It and finally had to give up
work because r,y strength left me al
together.
"Niy doctor ,oiC me that ! had ind-
gestion but it was the kind that medi-
cine wouldn't help for | took medicine
for long time but did not gain any
strength.
One day my sisters nurse came to
see me and she thought my only trouble
was that did not take the proper food.
Fried beef steak and those buildings
which l thought so very good for my
stomach were not the things at all she
said and she told me to try Grape Nuts
| food and cream In which she had great
faith, she always gives it to her pa
tients even when they cannot eat any
thing else.
| $50 l followed her advice and ate
! Grape-N Nuts and cream for breakfast
| and lunch and dish before going to
bed and the result was positively sur
prising.
I'm a remarkably short time was
able to go back to work and got so
heshy that people who knew me would
stand and stare at me. | was picture
of health.
| Not only all this did I get from my
| Grape Nut diet but before long l was
engaged and married and ! have the
best of husbands and now the health
lest baby boy, we are SO proud of him
and we feed him on Grape Nuts like
ourselves" Name given by Postum
Co, Baltic Creek. Mich.
Get the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE" In each package.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. july II.
Cattle-Estimate receipts for today
5000: steady: good to prime steers
55096.35; poor to medium, 4.50@5.25;
stockers and feeders, 2.00@410; cows
l.5O@4.5O: heifers, 200G5.50; Gamers
150@2.5o; bulls, 2.ooM415. calves, ESQ
6625: Texas fed steers, a.50m5.25.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today
80 600. market very dull: 10 to Is
lower; mixed butchers. 5.20@5.6o:
good to choice heavy. 5.4065.65; rough
heavy, 5.0om5.25; light. 5.1oG5.6o; bulk
sales. 5.25M5.50.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today
5000: market steady; lambs steady:
good to choice wethers, 4.00@450;
fair to choice mixed. 3.25 400; west
ern sheep, 2.5O@4.50; native lambs
4.00@675; western lambs, 4.5o@6.75.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
Iowans at the Yards.

Bowman Bros, of Maquoketa, haG
on Wednesdays market. Is steers oil
their own feeding. averaging 1911
pounds. which sold at $3.50.
A. ]. Levsen, of DIN, sold So head
of choice l45S pound Shorthorn steers
Wednesday at 1925.
Dennis Martin. Of Coon Rapids. was
on yesterdays market with Sc steers
of his own feeding. averaging 1349
pounds. which sold at $6.05.
Amana Society of Homestead, sold
one load of prime light hogs Wednes-
day at $3.50. They We're fed by L.
Kinney.
Thomas C. Dolan. of Charlotte. was
represented on yesterdays market with
two cars Of steers of his own feeding,
averaging 1888 pounds, which went at
$6.15.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
Local Weather Record.

It was more like living yesterday,
with the maximum temperature for the
dav only so, or seven degrees under
that of the preceding day, and eighteen
below Monday. The minimum for the
day was 55 as against 62 for Tuesday
At this morning 63 was registered, as
against Sc for the corresponding hour
Wednesday morning.