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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09


whose blood has once been polluted by. this
awful virus may we'll pause and consider.
is it safe to marry? Ntentimes all ev1-
dences of b1ood poison disappear and mar.
riage is contracted under the mistaken belief
that all danger Of Communicating others is
past, but yorr dream of happiness IS rudely
disturbed VIXEN you behold the return OF the
disease in its original fury.
Whoever relies on Mercury and Potash
as cure for Contagious Blood Poison takes
desperate chances, for these drugs cover up
and mask the symptoms, but drive the poison
deeper into the blood and system, whereit fee
out upon the skin. We have standing offer c
mineral ingredient. It is a combination Of '
yond question the purest and safest of al
been recognized as Specific for Contagious
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09


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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09

It is the hope of every man to some day establish
home of his own where he can enjoy the sweet com
partnership of loving wife and bright, happy chill
bachelor quarters his imagination paints beautiful
pictures Of domestic happiness and in fancy sees him
self surrounded by healthy and contented little
family. mighty host Of unfortunate victims Of that
heinous disease, Contagious Blood Poison, are shut
out from the enjoyment Of matrimonial happiness
Riches social position and honors would the unhappy
lover o1ad1v exchange for health and the assurance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09

About three years ago ! had severe case
Poison and tried everything thought could de
good, but without much beneAt % concluded 70 Gr-
Springs, After remaining thsre considerahh
sores and eruptions left and thought the daeeyer
cured But after left tho springs the trouble COT
worse than ever. had often heard Of g. g. s.ir-
cided would write for your book. which did. al
time was unable to work, and had lost flesh unt-
not look like the same person. I began taking s
soon after heard from you. and after using seven
found to my great joy that every sign OF the naea
gone and had gained sc pounds in weight. now
iao pounds-lo pounds more than over did. am
railroad business, and have been working steadily 81
ginning S. 8. s. Very respectfully.
Leland, Miss. q. p. Oils
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-09
Iowa at WASHINGTON.

Washington, Feb. 9.-The postoffice
at Roots Siding, Butler county, has
been discontinued; mail to Charles
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
H.,ntore.nx Hi. Explanation.

The editor of the Cory Gulch yindi-
Gator happening to look out OF his win
dow saw Comanche Pete approaching
the office with an expression of wrath
on his face and IL revolver in each
hand.
CHANGING hastily at a copy OF the
Vindicator that lay OIL the table be-
fore him he sought to ascertain the
cause of the impending visit. His eye
was caught by this item:
They are talking OF running our H.
.lustrious fellow citizen. Comanche
Pete, for town marshall. He's a;
huckster-that's what Pete is
He had barely time TO snatch n big
revolver from the drawer in his table
when the door opened and Comanche
Pete came in.
Pete quietly remarked the editor.
leyeling the weapon at him. throw
up Your hands. I've got the drop on
you. l wrote it hustler. "-Chicago
Tribune. U..
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

\ mounted freak fox. owned by l..
Il. Nelson. of Winchester. y. H.. Killed
in January OF this year. resembles the
cross, silver and woods gray fox. but
is not like any of them; 1t has the large
black spot on fore shoulder about six
inches square like the cross fox; and
chest, belly. tall and under parts OF
sides are black with silver tipped, the
sides and hips are black under the
prominent gray. The only red on it is
down the spine from kidneys to tail
The tail is tipped with white. the ears
are four inches long. The fox stands
seventeen and one-hnlf inches high
and weighed twelve and three-quarter
pounds. 1t has been pronounced by
the best judges of fur to be altogether
different from the woods gray or the
cross fox. The hair is longer and
coarser than any Of them.-Forest and
Stream.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

II am Nicholas Giulot. professor OF
chemistry" said a tramp gathered with
other vagabonds in the streets of Paris,
when asked by the police lieutenant to
identify himself. And from lis filthy
clothes he fished documents proving
that he spoke the truth. Investigation
showed that the tramp was a former
lecturer ut the University of Paris.
that for years he had astonished the
scientific world by his discoveries, and
that finally the Government sent him
to the Congo TO study certain topo-
graphical and other conditions. When
lie came back from Africa the former
society man seemed to have lost all his
energy, and gradually vanished from
sight. Send me to prison for = week.
ut least" he begged the police. II
must have regular food and asd, lest
1 perisb."-Chicago News.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

Persons waiting for trains ut the
Union Station last night witnessed an
amusing incident in the cab stand and
had laugh at the expense of j. r.
Sparker. of Squirrel Hill. who missed
his train because his big greyhound re-
fused to stay ut home when his mas
ter departed. The owner of the dog ar
rived Mt the station in a cab and In
tended to take the o O'Clock train
East. but on jumping out of the cab
with his grips, he was greeted by the
dog. which jumped about and barked
on seeing him. The owner of the dog
was stumped, as he could not take
the animal along and did not have time
to return home with it and get his
train. The dog. innocent of the trouble
he had made by following the cab
from home, tried to be playful, but his
master was angry. While the crowd
laughed the owner concluded to take
later train and. bundling the dog
into the vehicle, ordered the driver to
so back to Squirrel Hill.-Plttsburg
Gazette.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Some men are sorry for the poor only.
WHEN their own pockets are empty.
The man who chooses his words sell
dom has to make any of them good.
Some flowers and herbs that grow
very low are of Il very fragrant and
healthful use.--Robert leighton.
wish all men knew and saw in very
truth the everlasting worth. dignity.
and blessedness of work.-Carlyle.
Come. take that task of yours. which
You have been hesitating before and
Sinking and walking around. and on
this very day lift it up and do it,
Phillips Brooks.
So noiseless would live, such deaf to
find;
Like timely fruit, not shaken by the
wind,
But ripely dropping from the sapless
bough.
Dryden.
A fashionable woman always allows
herself to be dressed according to the
taste of a person whom she would not
let sit down in her presence-G. Ber-
nard Shaw.
OF all bad things by which mankind
are cursed
Their own bad tempers surely a"e the
Richard Cumberland
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
Back, Back, Back to Du,n,h.

A story was told in u Duluth res
tnurant of man who secured a posi-
ton in Chicago and was to leave Du-
luth to go to work.
However. he got mixed up with
some friends while saying sosd,by. and
WAS soon in such condition that he
didn't care whether he went that day
or the next So lie hit upon the bril-
liant idea OF sending postal to his
new employer. saying he had missed
the train. MS an excuse for not being
there on time. When lie did get to
Chicago he asked his boss if lie re-
ceived the card.
Yes" the boss said. II got the card
all right. hut what can't understand
is how You could miss the train when
the card didn't
Neither did the Duluth man UNDER
stand. That is why the story comes
from Duluth. He returned.-Chicago
lnter-ocean.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09


Maurice o. Eldridge in an article in
Outing. on road-making, remarks on
the comparatively slight knowledge :he
world to-day has of McAdam, the in
ventor of the modern method of road
construction. Mr.. Eldrdge can do but
little to enlighten us. his space being
limited and opportunities for learning
about the inventor being slight. He
says. however:
1t seems strange that in the rosters
of fame and the record of achievement
In the nineteenth century, the name of
John London McAdam and his service
to the human race should receive so
little attention.
Among the millions of books in the
Congressional Library at Washington.
not one biography of this great Scotch
man can be found. and yet after two
thousand years of following false the.
Dry. practicable only for world pow er
such rs that of the Romans, it re-
manned for this humble Scotch sur
veyOr. who WAS not even an engineer.
to tell the world how to build good
roads and how to build them ci,eap:y.
1t was about 1896 that McAdnm as
serted and demonstrated by actual test
the superiority of his method over the
old. He laid down this principle as
primary: That the natural soil really
supports the traffic. and that while it is
preserved in dry state will sustain
Il weight without sinking.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

When all Mechlenburg's ronds shall
he bordered by shade and fruit trees.
vines and hedges. as a few now are.
then shall we feel that as in patriotic
declaration and in good roads. so in at
tractive drives shall Mecklenburg
County take precedence. When variety
shall be found in different treatments
neither Japan. with her cherry bios
SONS, nor Italy with her Hex shall be
more beautiful. When each mill set
Element shall rival some other in It's
effort to make It's stree&. and commons
attractive, and its many houses be-
come EMPOWERED in flowers and
shrubs. then will tenants find beauty
and satisfaction in their homes. When
every city shall create park and tree
commissions to care for Its public
grounds; when every town shall form
village Improvement society. and
every county an auxiliary to its road
committee. then shall our State begin
to realize her possibilities of beauty
Mrs. J. Van I.andingham, of North
Carolina.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

Suppose you ask for the grocer's best
strawberry jam, and he charges you
fonrpence pound for it. and you get
a mixture Of foreign fruit-pulp, sweet
ened with glucose, colored with aniline
dyes, with seeds alien to the straw
berry put In. you have no legal cause
of complaint; and the dealer is quite
free from prosecution, provided he has
included in the composition one or two
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magazine.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
4 STUDY IN nEaEo,1x.
Instances Of criminsl Natures Appssrins
In Notsd Families.

Instances Of Criminal Natures Appearing
IN Notsd Families.
In the history of Bigler and Charles
johnson and the various branches OF
the family in Bradford County, Penn
sylvania, lola might have found ma.
terIal for study in heredity such as
he expanded into the Rougon- Macquart
SERIES Although the family to-day II
among the poorest and most notorious
in that section, its line Of descent runs
straight back to Sir William Johnson,
the pre-Revolutionary soldier whose In
duence with the Six Nations kept them
from joining tie French in the French
and Indian War. On the other side
was Indian blood. probably that of
molly" Brant sister of the great Mo-
hawk chief. Joseph Brant, by whom
Sir William Johnson had eight chill
dren.
These people and their kindred are
not without certain pride in their
ancestry. They like to be known as
among the very earliest settlers Of the
Upper Susquehanna. But their patri-
mony has long since gone out of their
hands. Now they are called "hill peo-
pie" OF those who remain some live
in abandoned shanties in the woods.
where firewood is free at hand. sup
porting themselves with gun. or by
fishing or by an occasional job on a
nearby farm In emergency. The poor
house has helped to tide over bad
winter for some of them. Shiftless,
without education or means OF sup
port. most of them ale held in bad re-
pute by their neighbors. Yet the stock
of children is freely replenishcd.
Bigler Johnson was hanged the other
day. and his brother Charles is under
n sentence of death for the murder OF
Bigler JohnsOn's wife and little niece
while the men were drunk on stolen
alcohol. The husband WIS tired of
| paying Sc month for his wife's sup
| port by order OF the court. To conceal
| the crime his mother was accused OF
| having burned the house containing the
bodies. but she was acquitted. Bigler,
who passed as fair johnson type,
| in his confession said lie had never
gone to church. Sunday school or to
public school. He had never heard OF
the Bible and did not know what re-
ligion or morality meant.
This record of crime and pauperism
recalls in small way the famous case
of the Jukes, as they are called. de-
scendants OF two sons of an early
Dutch backwoodsman, and the two
Jukes sisters. Out of 1900 descend-
ants 100 We're traced. of whom $50
had received public support, 140 were
criminals and offenders, serving in all
| 40 years in prison, and large propor-
ton were morally bad and nervonsly
diseased The Jukes. however. had
scattered widely and many were city
| dvellers.-Worll.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

A man recently left his umbrella in
the stand in the hall of Il provincial
hotel with card bearing the follow
ing inscription attached to it: This
umbrella belongs to man who can
deal n blow of 80 pounds weight. He
will be back in ten minutes" says
Home Note.
On returning to seek his property he
found in Its place card thus inscribed:
This card was left here by man
who can run ten miles an hour. He
will not be backw
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
/. VIE GREAT MAGICIAN

wa h spell lies on the street to-dsye
y found it dull not long ago;
10Y these old houses, dim and gray,
- lem bright with n mysterious glow
AnnA ri even the sober trees look gny
that once 1 called "a gloomy row"
ARD then I longcd for SUNNY fields,
~ here bud and bell fresi, leaves unfold;
bpt NOW the joy this pavement yields
vt.aN lquite A. much as heart can hold;
AniI X you some great magician yields
ny y wand. transmitting stone to goldy
Swel ietheart, you know the reason why
by ach witchery hangs about the placeS
1r1J In one small window-all 10 high
,c. there shyly lecns fower-like face,
~ lat smiles to see me loiter by,
Though time-the tyrant-runs apaee.
any be the morning dark or fair,
c,l carry to my daily toll
ms light that shines from eyes and hair.
>. (which neither rain Nor wind can spoil;
al nd to the grimeful city bear
,ure thoughts that naught can stain or
soil.
VI happy he who thus may take ,ff
"A nAeart sunshine into mart or mill; ~
AnH happy she who for his sake ~
rr.Ia b emile behind the hunlblert sill;
1he ,world its wiser head may shake,
Duis loves the true magician still.
Matheson, in Chambers journal.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

An Important step has been taken by
the French Naval Department accord
ing to the London Globe. for providing
the French fleet with Subners1ble
boats. ms distinguished from Subma-
rines. Eighteen of these boats. of a
size larger than any yet laid down. are
to be built at Cherbourg. They are TO
have displacement of 35s tons. a
length of $50 feet, and surface speed
of twelve knots. The boats. which will
move by steam on the surface. will be
provided with twin screws and engines
Of 700 horse power. On each boat
there will be seven or eight torpedo
tubes.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09
The Following exrrac, may be


The following extract may be of in
tarest to some of our readers. says
Life: "a homeless dog is one of the
saddest creatures and one of the sud-
dest sights on earth. He is hungry.
thirsty, tired, cold. possibly Ill: he
looks up with pitiful. implorlng eyes
into the faces of those who seem to
him kindly, but usually his timid ap-
peal meets with no response or with
harsh rebuff; he is pushed roughly
away. driven from each door which
he vainly hoped might open to admit
him to comfort, warmth. food, life and
love. When his day of hunger, terror
and utter despair and wretchedness is
over. where can he lie dowp to sleep
in the long. bitterly cold night? On
some doorstep or in some gateway, to
be cruelty elected, without SO much as
crust to lessen his fainting hunger,
in the morning. Poor. faithful, low
ing-hearted dog. he has done nothing
to deserve the terrible fate to which
the master whom he loved and trusted
has consigned him. To turn horses or
cattle ont without fsod or shelter is
very rightly held ms punisha BILE Of
Tense; why. then. should similar JUS
tice be denied to dogs? Why should
they be thus treated. and the Inhuman
brutes who perpetrate this ruthless
cruelty 80 scot free?"
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

Under the caption what the World
Needs" the Locomotive Engineers
Monthly Journal runs the following:
young men and women who can
stand erect and Independent while 9TH
ers bow and fawn and cringe for place
and power. Men who do not believe
thnt shrewdness. GINNING and long
Medicines are the best qualities for
winning success. Merchants who will
not offer for sale English WOODEN
manufactured In American mills Or
Irish linens made in New York. Law
yers who will not persuade clients to
bring suits merely to squeeze out of
them, when they know very well that
they have no chance of winning"
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

gresham BrOwnlow first introduced
his bill providing for 1t. As more and
more the subject is discussed in the
press more and more is 1t seen that the
proposition simply covers the discharge
of a National obligation TO the people
who furnish life and sustenance to
the Government. There is no family or
Individual In the United States unaf-
fected by highway conditions. I'M
proved highways in the United States
would save to the people the enormous
sum of 5000. 100000 every year. The
Department of Agriculture is authority
for the figures. Statistics gathered by
Government agents from 1900 counties
show that it costs an average of TWEEN
ty-tive cents n mile to haul a ton of
produce. On the level on good mae
adam road horse can draw 600
pounds: on the best dirt roads. he can
draw 1900, or not quite half as much;
on muddy roads lie can only draw
1000 pounds. about one-scventh what
lie can draw OIL the level macadam
road. Thus we see that It costs the
farmer seven times as much to carry
his products to the railroads or the
county town over muddy road as it
would over good macadam road.
Thanks again to the Department OF
Agriculture. we know how much it
costs the farmers of the United States
to get crops to market, and the figures
show that system of good wagon
roads would pay larger dividend to
the country than orr expensive system
of railroads. Briefly. It costs the farm
ers annually '(the figures are Officially
Sgi6, Ala. G65.5i to move their products.
As at least tive-sixths Of 1t is moved
on dirt roads and bad ones Mt TINT.
there would be Il saving to the farmers
OF ut least sixty per cent. of this cost
II we had macadam roads. Or. as
stated above. bad roads cost the farm
ers annually S6OOOOO,OOO. This is more
than all the railroads of the United
Stntes receive for freight 1t is this
| appalling condition the Government is
asked to appropriate $o4,OOO,OOO to help
cure. The States cannot do ii unaided,
but with s24.OOOO00 distributed
through three years to stdtes and conn.,
ties that will accept the conditions Of
the Observation-Disclosures bill. such n
stimulus will he given to road improve
ment as will in "A very few years lift
agriculture out of the ruts and save
10 the country the enormous sum now
lost MS the cost of bad roads.
The way to relief IL to demand it OF
your own Senator and Representative,
by letter. by community petition and
by resolutions of neighborhood good
roads meetings. Write to Hon. w. +.
ErownlGw for a copy of his bill, and
to your q. s. Senator for Senate Doc
ument 40. 2O4, Fifty-eighth Congress.
I'd Session. The way to get good roads
legislation is to make the call for 1t SO
determined and emphatic that the Con-
gress will not fail to act.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

The Intellectual men, the men OF the
best education, those who are superior
in developed capacity. in altruism. in
industry. in self-restra1nt. In morality,
those who are most important to SO.
ciety, work for small pay ~ compared
with the self-elected masters Of mod
ern finance. How much they deserve,
how little do they earn.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

to say about how nice everything
looked at Mrs. vernon's.
Next morning Mrs. Hurd rose very
early and gave the house q thorough
cleaning from top to bottom. When
David came ut 10 o'clock for her to go
driving she could scarcely move. Her
eyes had dark rings under them, and
the corners Of her mouth dropped pitt
fully. "I cnnnot go. David" she said.
wistfully. Seeing his disappointment,
she added: why not ask Mrs. Vernon
this morning:"
'.Ail right, Nellie, WILL" he an
swered, Frightening. She had hoped
he would say mo-"
The next morning 1t was the same.
Mrs. Hurd was not dressed TO go driy-
Ing, and Mrs. Vernon was asked in her
place.
So it went on, Mrs. Hurd working
harder and harder, but there was no
David to compliment the spotless house
or eat the rich cake.
David hardly realized he was neg
lecting his sweetheart until Mrs. YER
non reminded hlio She saw that her
friend was grleving. and she felt. too.
dangerous sentiment for the hand
some David growing in her own heart.
There were so many dishes and quite
a pile OF ironing. Mrs. Hurd looked
at her mornings work helplessly.
II guess am getting more worth
less every day." she sighed. II didn't
use to try to do SO much" An un-
| conscious smile lowered around her lips
contradictory TO the teardrops that
glistened on her long lashes. "He
won't be here to-day; he wasn't here
yesterday; wish he lad never
come" she was going TO say, Unto
my life," when mans voice interrupt
ed her.
"WhoT David asked. She turned
quickly. She wondered how much OF
the monologue he had heard.
1.-THE DOCTOR" she answered. "He
was here this morning and tried to
frighten me about my heart"
AREN'T you going to ask me 10 sill
DOWN. David asked.
mo, not here; you should not have
come TO the side door"
~ didn't, dear, until had rung the
bell three times without receiving ar
answer
Mrs. Hurd laughed nervously- ~
acknowledgements yOu going te take
Mrs Vernon drIving?- Her pale face
flushed Her lips began to trembie
! -Oh, David. what must yeu think OF
me crying like a big baby! Please 60
| awav for n while
David did not obey the pleading
voice; instead he took her slight form
In his arms and kissed away the tenrs
II came for definite answer to-day,
Nellie. Are You willing to trust your.
self in my keeping-forever?" Still
holding her he commenced to sing. His
soft. mellow tones soothed her:
Last night the nightingale woke me,
Last night when all was still"
She stretched out her arms joyously.
-For, oh. the bird was singing. was
| singing
Was singing, of you-of you.-
David did not tell her of his greai
wealth until the next day. And
can have help? Some one TOTO
ITO what?' David asked.
ITO keep the house NJ clean ms Mrs
vernon's," she burst out, burying hel
face on his shoulder.
walt and see." he ans wcred, thank
full anew for his aunt's bank nccoun
and peculiar will. Wen import 4
chef IL you want one."-The American
| Queen.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

According to Andrew Lang there are
sixty words II the English language
for which no rhymes can be found.
Mr.. Lang's statement is received and
filed. and the secretary is directed to
return to him vote of thanks.-CIeye-
land Plain Dealer.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

II we are to accept as correct the as
sertions of Major Seaman some of the
surgeons in the regular army might
get little practice of helpful nature
by amputating the red tape which now
hampers the department, suggests the
Detroit Free Press.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

Good times have not failed. and
show no signs of failing. On the con-
trary, continues the New York Tribune,
there Is every evidence that the next
two or three years will see marked
acceleration in cur industrial growth
and greater diffusion than ever of
material prosperity.
The Meeker herald., 1905-12-09

There can be no possible doubt as to
the urgent necessity for some better
system of ship nomenclature, declares
Syren and Shipping. Vessels names
are reduplicated over and over again
in fashion which becomes absolutely
bewildering.