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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-29

In the Worlds Work for January Mrs.
Hugh Fraser begins a series of articles
on Japan and the far east, written out
OF her intimate associations with oriental
leaders during her residence in Toxic as
wife of the late ambassador. The first
article is entitled Leaders OF Modern
Japan"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-29

The plan OF Mr.. Sprague. well known as
the editor of The American Boy" to bring
out important periods in the history Of
the development of our country by a series
of interesting stories for boys was sue
cessfully begun last year by the first vol
ume of '"rhe Making OF Our Nation
Series" entitled THE Boy Courier of
Napoleon" which told the story of the
Louisiana purchase. This year, with equally
appropriate tmeliness. he has written The
Boy Pathfinder. a Story of the Oregon
Trail In this his pleasing style lends
fascination 10 the romantic story of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition The hero is
an actual character George Shannon, who
was the only member OF the famous ex-
petition that was not OF mature age 1t
is well established that young Shannon
was born ia Pennsylvania, but went with
his parents to Ohio in early boyhood where
his father died. At the ago of IA, the boy
was sent back 10 Pennsylvania to attend
school in Pittsburg. and at II left school
10 Join with Lewis and Clark. MIR. Sprague
follows actual records Of the party very
closely. thereby making his story valuable
without lessening it's interest. Published
by the Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Co.
The leading feature OF the Readers Jan
uary number is the first instalment Of a
two-part article on tuberculosis, Climate
and the Great Southwest" The article is
written by Or. Albert Hale OF the Reader S
special stan. who has made a comprehen-
sive investigation of his subject and who
secured his facts at first hand The author
is startling, almost revolutionary, In his
treatment of the subject. and the article is
bound to create widespread discussion
among medical men, tuberculosis sufferers
and the thousands upon thousands OF per
sons who. in one capacity or another, are
in intimate daily contact with consump
tives.
Country Life In America for January ap
pears for the first time under its new title
Country Life in America and the Countr,
Calendar-the result of the consolidation
OF these two magazines. The issue. will
the exception of tho double numbers, is tn
largest yet published. Ten more pages o
text and Illustrations have been added
making q total Of seventy pages OF reading
matter, and many of the best features o
the Country Calendar have been retained.
The January number Of the Garden Maya
zine proves once and for all that the &C
tivities OF such a periodical need not an
indeed must not cease with the outdoo
productive months. Such titles as thes
tell their own story; Indoor Ferns 10
Winter" by @. A woolson; "a White
Campaign Against Scale Insects" by p 7
Felt; The southerner's Reminder" "Th
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-29
CURRENT LITERATURE.

Among the recent valuable additions TO
Nebraska historical literature is work
by Captain Gilbert L. Cole Of Beatrice
entitled In the Early Days Along the
Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory In
1s52" CAPTAIN Cole was one Of the Call
fornia Argonauts Of that period and made
the trip with a caravan consisting OF
tyentv-four men and one woman, wife
% the captain Of the emigrant company
which started from Monroe, Mich, March
is 1852 with forty-four head Of horses
and mules and eight wagons. The final
Quitting OF the caravan was made at
St Joseph. Mo. crossing the MISSOURI
river at Savannah Landing, now ANA
zonia- There they entered the territory
of Nebraska, which then comprised al
most the entire vast expanse OF coun-
try extending from the Missouri river
TO the Sierra Nevada mountains.
An intensely interesting story is told
Of the trip, which occupied Ave months
across the trackless plains OF Nebraska,
and the sufferings and privations Incident
thereto. 1t is replete with graphic detail
told in monologue and enchains the at
tention OF the reader from preface to
finis. and one regrets that the 126 pages
Of the book could not be drawn out to
twice that length. Captain Cole has sought
70 tell in a plain and simple way the ever
thrilling story Of the Overland Trail and
has eminently succeeded. Captain Cole
"a an old resident Of Nebraska, settling
at Beatrice some thirty years ago. In
the retrospect OF his valuable book he
says:
To-day as I look back on the more
than nifty interesting years realize that
the wealth 1 gathered from the wayside
Of each days doings has enriched my
whole after life far beyond the nuggets
I digged from the mines. Nature never
does anything half heartedly. Her every
lesson. picture and song is an inspirer
and enrcher to all who would learn,
look and listen Alright"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-29

Small Greenhouse" etc. These articles are
necessary and timely for the month, but
there are also several important carefully
arranged articles on subjects which need
foresight and planning some time before
warm weather.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-29

fancy, a good-natured sarcasm and keen
observation of human nature that reveal
a turn Of mind rather unexpected In an
italian author
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

garia, and Roumania, the lack of pr1-
waite initiative and the preponderating
influence of the state in the entire
economic life of the nation, have caus-
ed the development of public banks to
an almost exclusive extent; in other
countries, such as Germany, Switzer-
land and France, the local public bod
les, such as the communeS or cantons,
from the very outset invited and fos-
tered the deposits of small savings by
establishing municipal savings insti-
tutions. Wherever the central gov
ernment is in immediate, tho not ex-
elusive charge of the savings service.
as in the United Kingdom, Belgium.
and Russia, parts of the deposits are
invested in government securities, so
that the public savings institutions
there serve the double purpose of pro-
viding a safe investment for the capt.
tai of the less well-to-do. and COM
mercially inexperienced class of the
population, as well as of strengthening
the public credit of the country by
attracting investments on the part of
such classes which, left to their own
initiative. might not choose this, or for
that matter any other mode of invest
mon:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
STARTLING But True.

People the world over We're Mortified
on learning of the burning of a Chi
cago theater in which nearly six hun
bred people lost their lives, yet more
than five times this number, or over
5000 people died from pneumonia in
Chicago during the same year, with
scarcely a passing notice. Every one
of these cases of pneumonia resulted
from cold and could have been pre-
vented by the timely use of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. A great many
who had every reason to fear pneumo
mia have warded it off by the prompt
use of this remedy. The following is
an instance of this sort: "Too much
cannot be said in favor of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and especially
for colds and influenza. I know that
it cured my daughter, Laura, of a Sc
we're cold, and believed saved her life
when she was threatened with pneu-
monia." w. d. Wilcox, Logan, New
York. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

Efforts to secure other dates In lowe
with him have been futile, but 1t Is
hoped by the State Federation of La
Dor that series of meetings thruout
Iowa can be arranged.
Auntie Ito small niece who is no,
by any means the pink of perfection)
"Oh, Milly, how naughty you are!
Your nice, good little sister and bro
Their can never be so bad"
Milly (saucily): But l can soor
teach hem."-London Taller.
Mr.. Comerford's exit seems to be-
long in the didn't know -it-was LOADED
class.
The ninteen column editorial said
to have been written upon the labo'
situation by Russian editor mus
have been a Payneful effort.
The Russian "zemsky sober" has
not been called together since the
time of Peter the Great, which indi-
dates that the vodka supply has been
kept consistently up to the needs OF
the people.
Italy's king proposes to establish at
Rome a board of agriculture which
shall be of benefit to all nations. The
intention evidently is to teach the ay-
erage Italian how to raise something
besides Cain.
Hardluck Harry: II had a lovely
home, but lost it"
officer: "Thats sad. How did it
happen?"
Hardluck Harry: can engine backed
up and pulled it away"
Anna Eva Fay says the depositors in
the wrecked Grinnell bank will get
back more money than anyone imag-
ines. In fact, Anna would make a
receiver out of every depositor.
Little drops of mercury,
Little drifts of snow,
Make the Iowan want to live
Where the roses grow.
Fort Dodge Chronicle.
Rudolph Harting, a Louisville drug
gist, is probably the first man to prove
the ancient grounding story, but he
has certainly demonstrated the fact
by actual test. Harting was present
ed with grounding last fall He made
for his pet a warm house and fed him
till he was fat. When the weather be-
came cold the hog laid himself down.,
and no amount of coaxing could a.
rouse him. A few weeks ago Mr.. Har-
ting, anticipating that he would get up
on February 2, placed under him six
hens eggs. On Thursday, February 2,
six we chickens broke thru the egg
shells and nestled themselves about
the strange Incubator. That day the
grounding awoke, got up, and, after
playing about for a time, viewing cur
iously his companions, laid himself
down and is again fast asleep.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
3'3'.s'3i
Topics Of the Times

The Nladivostok squadron seems to
be cutting very little ice.
When Lal'ollette is sworn i'm it is
not unlikely that his senatorial coll
league will also swear inwardly
The most prominent winter vege-
table at present is the cauliflower ear.
Men who leave the snow on their
walks In this life are and ought to be
assured of snow shovelless future.
New Mexico has one consolation.
Oklahoma is due to be classed with
her in the arid section.
Stammerly: "H-h-have y-you g-g-
got c-couple of hours to s-s-sp-
spare, T-t-thompson?
Thompson: Why, I don't know.
What do you want?"
I'D l-l-like t-t-ten m-m-minute
t-talk with you."--Cleveland Leader.
Oskaloosa is striving for Il statue of
the many wived. Chief Mahaska, to be
set UP in the city square. Seems like
good chance for a bankrupt cigar
store to get rid of portion of its
fixtures.
John Mitchell president of the Uni
ted Mine Workers, is expected to ar
rive in Des Moines iii June, to attend
the state convention OF mine workers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
appears that some lodges have been

appears that some lodges have been
introducing something of the circus
stripe on their own account. They
have been adding some side degrees
that had no reference to the prescribe
ed order, just for the fun of the thing.
In a society having so large a mem
bership as that of the Modern Wood
men of America there are bound to be
some jokers who cannot see the seri-
BUSINESS of horse play at the time OF
initiation. For such the order is in
tended But there are scores of other
secret societies every one of which has
some form for the candidate to go
thru. The general intention of these
limitations is for the service to be i'm.
pressve, to teach a wholesome lesson.
But if college hazng is to be resorted
10. if life or limb is to be endangered as
has been the case, if useful Office is
to be turned into clowns play then
the society resorting to that sort Of
thing must lose responsibility.
The authorities of the Modern Wood
men of America have set an example
that not only reflects credit upon them,
but it is one that may be followed
with advantage by all secret orders,
societies, and fraternities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
VALENTINES,

Mail carriers are burdened today
with the messages peculiar to st. VAL
entine. Little missives that carry re-
gard, big 1aring monstrosities of lace
md color, and cut paper and the So
called comic ISLANDERS to which ST.
Valentines day offers opportunity.
Among the $4,000 Inhabitants of Mar
shalltown it is likely that the Nalen-
tines dist, ibuted will at least equal the
population. CT the city. Few holiday
customs are more generally and quiet
" observed, than that of sending VAL
bntines. 1T is a good old custom and
worthy tc live and flourish. Ameri-
cans have TOO few Of it's kind. It's
pleasantness and sociability so far
outnurnbel. it's disagreeable features
that it should not be permitted to fall
INTO disuse.
One excellent thing to be noted is
the growing disfavor to the alleged
comic valentine as a vehicle of coarse
and too often malicious pleasantly.
People don't send comics as they used
to. Time was when an unmarried fe-
male Of uncertain age might depend
on a sheaf of scoundrelly valentines
sufficient to make her miserable for
month; when the fat and lean and
stingy might be sure of heavy mail
for one day in the year. Such shame
less daubs of beastly caricature they
were, backed up by barroom doggerel
that fayed weaknesses with a dull
knife while it disguised. There are
those who still send comic valentines
but they are not many and they are
to be pitied rather than condemned.
The T.-R. hopes every little girl and
boy today will receive pretty valen-
tine and that every maiden may find
her hearts desire in the mails.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
MARKET TERMS.

The action of the Associated Pres;
which is moving for uniformity of
market terr1s will meet the hearty
concurrence of all whose interests or
duties bring them in daily touch with
the printed market reports of live
stock. At present every commission
man, salesman and editor makes his
own term to fit a mental standard in
describing livestock conditions. The
result is a confusion of livestock
gradings, more or less meaningless to
the producer and seller who depends
upon printed reports. Professor Her
bert w. NIumford, professor of animal
husbandry in the Illinois agricultur ii
college, has just issued bulletin
ward solving this problem of market
reports. The bulletin is entitled
Market Glasses and Grades of Cattle,
With Suggestions for Interpreting
Market Quotations. Professor Num-
ford divides beef steers into five class
es, prime, choice, good, medium and
common rough steers He rejects such
meaningless and superfiuous terms as
extra" and fancy, and fair"
1t is of small moment what terms
shall be applied in classification. The
point is to make the term stand for a
certain grade of animals. The terms
as applied to cattle and hogs espec-
tally, should convey meaning so gen
orally accepted as to permit the far
mer to go into his yards and grade
his own animals to the market prices.
AS matters stand, he cannot do this
The terms in use are too indefinite, the
classifications not drawn with sufficient
sharpness. Some harmony and system
is needed and should be adopted at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
yfes- 72rp,1lrag aarshatnus gn1u Frhraarp IA 1905

and whether they have come to stay
or not depends much on the results OF
business of the next five years. The
history of cooperative stores and oth-
err enterprises of like nature is disas-
ter with big ID. Line elevators real
ly are for II faneiea or real cause the
direct incentive for the establishment
of Cooperative grain buying concerns.
For some reason this cooperative
business was not extended to any great
extent in Iowa, into the lumber bust
ness or the establishment of depart
ments stores. But the tedency of all
successful cooperative concerns is
now to enter these two lines of bust
ness. Meanwhile our communities will
have to accommodate themselves to
these changed conditions of business
free delivery. the catalog houses of
Chicago, the nearby trolley line all
over the state, and the telephone. But
little has been said about the latter as
a business factor, but the writer no.
tees every day and everywhere that
the telephone is killing the business
of our town." The stock man buys by
phone these days. The doctors give
directions by phone and sends medi-
cine by the neighbors. The travelling
man calls up his customer in another
town, saves trip and this hurts the
railroad. livery and hotel business.
And so on. But like the cooperative
concern and all of the other things that
ARE killing our towns" there are i'm
the opinion of the writer, more bene-
fetal results to the town than the in
evitable losses to the community in all
of the mentioned so-called injurious
business enterprises.
10 the actors We're not so much In
earnest. it would be laughable to lis
ten to the story Of the wrongs of the
rural free delivery agent. These men
cannot understand. neither can some of
us on the outside, why certain rights
and privileges exercised and enjoyed
by other government employees are de-
MED this class of our citizens. Vir-
tl:aly the rural free delivery agent is
debarred from active work. but one
witnesses no unusual sight, to see a
postmaster or his deputy attending
conventions or at least acting as an
advisory committee of one, in primary
elections. The postmaster or deputy
can and does many things the r. f. d.
man must let alone. To be sure his
prototype that travels in the cars, in
stead of in a buggy over and thru the
snow drifts, is bound down by the
same written and unwritten laws. The
postmaster under obligations to the
congressman for appointment, can,
does, and should reciprocate, but the
u 1N., Ia
before he goes fooling around the con-
gresham. The postmaster must avoil
offensive partisanship, but the r. f. d.
man must not have any kind. Virtu-
ally the r. +. D. man lives in the Dis
trict of Columbia, in Washington,
where there are no politics. just every
day government employees, who sell
dom go home to vote.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
AMERICAN IHRlETINEss.

The total deposits in all the savings
banks of The. world, according to latest
official information received by the de-
partment of commerce and labor thru
Its bureau of statistics, amounted to
over ten and one-half billion dollars,
contributed by S2,64O,000 depositors. OF
this toal the United States shows ag
gregate deposits of $4,000, 10000, cred
tied to 100000 depositors. AS the
figures used in arriving at the grand
totals cover about one-half Of the pop
ulation Of the world, viz. over ITO mil
lion, it appears that the United States
with 91k per cent OF The total popu-
lation considered, contributes over 20
per cent Of the total savings deposits
recorded. CT the total number of de-
positors, or rather deposit accounts,
the share Of the United States is some
what less than per cent. while the
average deposit per account Is more
than four times, and the average saw
ings per inllabitant, more than three
and one-half times the corresponding
averages for the rest Of the world.
Attention is caeled to the fact that
in Europe, and even in Canada the
functions OF the government: In this
field are larger than in this country,
where the state restricts itself merely
to fornulatin the general legislation
pertaining, TO the subject, sanctioning
spccial charters for the creation of
savings tsenks, and controlling thru
spacisl oihcsr. the proper workings Of
salA ban,ls, The European govern
n0U In many cases have shown
xrsnaor interest in this mode of pop
Mar slvi.se. either By guaranteeing the
sHee<y ue deposits. or by instituting
a2seraYuertt institutions, chiefly postal
savings banks, for the receiving and
aud managing OF savings deposits. In
so.na countries such az Russia, Bull
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
STOP THE HORSE PLAY.
[Daveuport Democrat.1

Davenport Democrat
The authorities of the Modern Wood
men of America have taken a step
which is to be commended from every
point of view-from within the order
and from outside as we'll. They have
issued an order to the local camps that
the ritual is to be strictly adhered to
in the initiation of new members; and
that any departure from the rules laid
down will be punished by a revoca-
ton of the camps charter. and the
suspension from the order of the Of
renders.
The discipline is none too strict 1t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
e. MA1>.-,.<
Fraud Exposed.

making and trying to sell limitations of
DR.. Kings New Dicovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs, Colds. and other
medicines, thereby defrauding the pub
lie. This is to warn you to beware
of such people, who seek to profit, thru
stealing the reputation of remedies
which have been successfully curing
diseases for over thirty-five years. A
sure protection, to you, is our name
on the wrapper. Look for it, on all
DR.. Kings or Bucklens remedies, as all
others are mere limitations. H. E.
BUCKLEN & CO., Chicago, ILL.,, and
Windsor, Canada. Mcdonald & Ma
bnod m
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
+ LOOKER.ON in IOWA

Union, Feb, 13.-Very few town
jewellers realized what the storm con-
ditions of last Thursday We're. In the
city the sun shone, there was a stiff
breeze and business went on as usual.
but out in the country eight inches of
dry snow was sent thru the air at
the forty mile an hour gait Roads be-
came impossible in a hour. Rural free
delivery agents unfortunate enough
not to have finished the trip before
the wind started into blow, We're
obliged to "break the road" every foot.
before home was reached. The signal
service men sent out warnings early
in the day. and the railroad authors
ties got out snow plows and made all
possible arrangements for a blockade.
North and south railroads got the
most of it. Passenger trains were an
nulled, freight trains tied up and bust
ness came to a standstill. One rail-
road had passenger trains in the snow
drifts twelve hours. Another big
trunk line did not have thru train
for twenty-four hours Meanwhile the
town jewellers damned the railroads
because freight freight and express
and mail did not arrive. And all this
because there was eight inches of
loose snow and a stiff wind blowing in
Iowa.
Unless one travels thru many towns
he fails to realize the prejudice that ex-
lists against line lumber yards, line
elevators and cooperative farmer So
cieties. This prejudice comes largely
fro +lo ,ci,, nf tho
against the cooperative concern. and
against the line lumber yards and ele
vators by the farmers. 1t seems to
make little difference as to the real
effect such enterprises have on the
welfore of the town. In some cases
these cooperative concerns have really
increased the business of the town. The
storekeepers sell more goods than be-
fore the cooperative concern began
business The line lumber yard puts
in a larger stock and so far as the
public can figure, prices are no higher.
The line elevators pays as much for.
grain as the private buyers do in other
near by towns. But with all of this
evidence. the town orator on the dry
goods box in summer. and occupying
the best seat by the store fire in win
ter. wakes eloquent over the fact that
these things ARE killing our town.
There are nearly $50 cooperative
concerns in Iowa and line lumber
yards and elevators galore. In gem
eral sort of a way these concerns en-
ploy the same number Of men, and pay
the same wages as the private concern.
There is the same capital invested. So
far there is neither loss nor gain for
the town. AS a rule they pay little
more in taxes, because OF their assess
ment than the private concern. These
concerns are in existence In our towns
because of the day and age we live in.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14
Aoon,zino Burns.

are instantly relieved and perfectly
healed by Bucklen's Arnica salve. c.
Rivenbark, Jr., Of Norfolk. Va. writes:
II burnt my knee dreadfully; that it
blistered all over. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve stopped the pain, and healed it
without a scar" Also heals all wounds
and sores. % cents at Mcdonald g.
Mahood Co., druggists.