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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
SHOCK TOO MUCH FOR sRulN.
Husging Bear Evidently Did Not
Know the Summer Girl.

Husging Bear Evidently Did Not
Know the Summer Girl.
The great performing Russian bear
had escaped from the captivity under
which he had chafed for so many
months; but he was finding that liber-
ty had its drawbacks. For many
weary hours he had prowled. but moth
ing in the shape of food had he seen.
Suddenly he gave growl Of delight.
'or, sitting on stile. he espied tooth
some little lady. who was evidently
awaiting the coming of young man.
Bruin did not stop to ponder upon
his good-fortune; he seized her In a
mighty hug For a while she said
nothing. but as he eXerted more of his
tremendous strength she murmured:
II don't think you are quite so
strong as you were. Gerald"
Then once more melancholy settled
upon Bruin He had done his best;
but the young ladies of this country
were beyond him
With roar of despair he retraced
his steps to the menagerle and gave
himself up without struggle.-Lon
don Answers.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04
The Dog Stayed.

A young business man of Harlem
who didn't love dogs. surprised his
wife the other night by bringing home
4 disreputable looking. half-starved
mongrel.
Now. it's all right" he told her.
This dog is going to stay here, and |
think when you hear the circum
stances you won't object. About three
blocks away from the house this dog
deliberately stopped in front of me.
The beast looked as II he had not
eaten for days. never had a home and
mad been kicked and cuffed by nearly
everyone. He looked at me in such
an appealing way that couldn't help
STOPPING down and patting him oIce
or twice on the head.
81 thought no more about the mat.
ter and continued on my way home
When | had gone block or so sud.
denly felt something cold and vet
against my hand. and turning around,
| saw this poor beast. out of gratitude
for my having just patted him on the
head. licking my hand.
After this dog gets a few meals
and wash he will look very different
from the way he looks now. Anyway,
| want him to stay"
The dog stayed, New York Sun.
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coaehman as Collector.

II is related of Dean Gilbert Stokes
that once, when influenza had inca
pacitated his verger as well as the
two churchwardens, he consigned the
duty of collecting the aims to a neigh.
boris coachman.
Take the what. sir?" queried that
worthy.
Take the offertory,' explained the
Dean. The collection--the money
from the people in the pews."
The coachman seemed satisfied and
even pleased with his new dignity.
But when the offertory hymn was half
through a noisy alteration was heard
In one OF the transepts, and the Dean
at once called the collector to the
rails
Whatever is the matter?" he in.
quired.
The coachman, red OF face and
wTathful of eye. then explained. He
was no half-and-half individual and
when a thing was given him to do he
did IL, and did II thoroughly. He said
why, sir, there's two men In the
best seats as won't pay."-London An
swers,
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WIn MIllIno. Wind Weak.

Mayor Story. OF Atlantic City. was
condemning those Menhaden fisher
men who dredge the Atlantic at points
Illegally near the shore for fish that
Is only used for fertilizer At the
same time the Mayor pointed out the
difficulty OF catching and Furnishing
these fishermen. He said:
"On account of the sinful waste of
good FISH that they cause, we would be
only too glad to prosecute these men.
but the means to detect and Identify
them are not often at hand. We have
the will but not the power to punish.
We are like the rumpoter in an At.
lantic City band.
This man. a native OF Germany,
was practicing one night trumpet
obligato. but he did not play anything
like loud enough.
Louder louder said the leader.
And the trumpeter redoubled his
efforts
Louder louder.
And he put on still more steam
Louder louder. louder'
"The trumpeter banged down his
trumpet and glared at the leader with
eyes that started from their sockets
Its all ferry vell.' he spluttered.
to say louder, louder but ware ISIS
de vind?'"
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GOOD AND HUMOROUS EXCUSE
Debtor Really Deserved Grant ~ eN
tension Of Time.


prominent business house II Bal
timore placed bill in the hands Of .
collector who, in response to Ia re
quest for settlement, received the fol
lowing in reply:
MY Dear Sir: Absence from the
city prevented my writing in answer
to yours of recent date.
1T will be utterly impossible for me
to settle the claim you mention al
present. for the very simple but good
reason haven't got It,
Il lost every penny had in the
world, and considerable I had in the
future, in a theatrical venture last
September. Up to the present time /
have not recovered from the shock.
II think II you lay this fact before
your clients they will not advise you
to proceed harshly against me From
their past experience with my modes
OF procedure in days gone by do not
think they can recall any suspicious
mannerisms which could lead them to
suppose ! am debt dodger.
81 have simply been initiated into
the Lodge of Sorrow, Hard Luck Chap
ter. Fool Division No. 60.
My picture. hanging crape-laden on
the walls OF the Hall of Fame, bears
the legend. Sucker No. 33S76493.'
My motto is briefly I would IL /
could; but haven't. so | can't.
Fortune may smile, however; up TO
the present writing it has given me the
laugh. ] have hopes.
Directly am in a position even re-
motely suggesting opulence. | assure
YOU your balance will receive my very
prompt attention. Montreal Herald.
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The Heaven Born.

Not into these dark cities.
These sordid murts and streets,
That the sun IN his rising piles,
And the moon with sadness greets,
Does she with her dreams and flowers
For whom our hearts are dumb.
Does she Of the golden hours
Earths hcuycn-bon Beauty come
Aflr mid the hills she tarrlcs
Beyond the farthost streams.
In a world whore music marres.
With color that blooms and beams;
Where shadow and light are welded.
Whose children people the Earth.
The far, the fragrant headed.
The pure, the Wild Of birth.
Where Morn with rosy kisses
Wakes ever the eyes OF Day
And, winds In her radiant tresses.
Haunts every wildwood way:
Where Eve with her mouths twin roses
Her kisses sweet with balm,
The eyes Of the glad Day closes
And, crowned with stars. sits calm.
There. lost In contemplation
OF things no mortal sees
She dwels, the incarnation
OF localities:
or dreams that long have fred
Mans heart with Joy and pain,
The far the dcar-dcsired
Whom none shall eer attain.
Madison Cawein. In The Reader.
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THOMPSON REAL ESTATE co.
THE KELLEY CURE.
Drunkennesa Cured.

A positive and permanent cure TOT
drunkenness and the opium diseases.
There Is no publicity. no sickness. La
dies treated as privately as at their
own homes. The Kelley Institute. Sss
W. 80. Temple. Salt Lake City. Utah-
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"strIetly Fresh Enns. y

These are strictly fresh eggs?"
asked Hiram Hazleby.
Strictly Positively! No possible
doubt OF IT," declared the grocery.
man.
But what interested Hiram was that
upon one of the eggs was neatly writ.
ten the name and address OF Mamie
Duesenberry," and an invitation to
whomever received the egg to write
TO her. Hiram wrote to the postmas-
ter of the small Pennsylvania town
instead. What information could the
postmaster give him?
Dear Mr., Hazleby-Miss Duesen.
berry was a charming young woman
who was very successful In the poul.
Try and egg line. She married and
went out Of the egg business three or
four years ago"
"oh, positively Every egg guaran-
,eed!" said the groceryman.--Judg
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SAVED FROM CURTAIN LECTURE
Husband Well Knew the Weak Point
Of His Loved One.

OF His Loved One.
81 heard w. X. Vanderbilt talk the
last time was abroad" said Pitts.
burg man. 1T was at the Grand
hotel in Rome. and Mr. Vanderbilt
dined at the table next to mine. He
had Just returned from long TRIP in
a motor car and his talk, naturally,
dealt with motoring in the main
mir. Vanderbilt said that there
we're good many points and woes IN.
oidental to motoring Most Of them,
though. could be avoided by good
management He said he knew a
man who had started with a friend
on a weeks tour in big car and they
had stayed two weeks because they
enjoyed themselves so much.
when finally they got back to
town It was a Monday night and very
late MIR. Vanderbilts friend. timid
about hts reception. went home and
his wife received him as coldly as he
had expected she would do. What he
dreaded, though, was an explosion
an hours wild scolding and upbraid.
ing AS he talked he tried to think
of some way TO escape this explosion
and finally an idea came to him.
81 am so glad to be back here with
you dear he said But pity Smith.
Poor old Smith!
" What is the matter with Smith p
said the lady sharply.
All. poor fellow said her bus
band AT this moment his wife is
giving him the very old deuce
THE lady's manner softened. That
willy speech got her husband Off She
would not show herself. a common
5cold. like Mrs. Smith"
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Trade With Japan

Japans purchases from the Unlted
States in the fiscal year just closed
amounted to 5l.724,726. an Increase
OF s27,OO000O over 1904 her sales n
the United States aggregated s521ls
S72. an increase Of $500, 900. In the
three years 1903, 1904 and 1905 me
United States bought sac O0o oo1
worth OF goods from Japan and maid
the bill with S970OO,OO0 worth q,
American goods and si5OOO.O GOO of
american gold
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inc oIft.

Fate promised ME my wish, and | replied
Fortune Tor them who have no higher
thought,
And ianic i0r those WI souls 'fnay 80
be bought
but give me love, and | am satisfied"
1 spoke and straight one stood there at
my side
A child OF sorrow on whose face grlef
had wrought
Such misery as nowhere else Is taught
For mans imagining. And then | cried
"CA liar fate beshrew thee for thy
guile
Thou sen iest me this poor and sorry
thing
When ID vas love that had asked of
thee p
The graVc-eNed stranger smled-Oh
such a smile
one sees bot on the mask oe suffering
And sadly made me answer, II am ~ %
Reginald Wright Kaufman, In Tom
Wa.scn's Nrsngine
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And He Did.

They had not gone far from shore
when the canoe upset and the young
man and the merry maiden found
themselves standing neck deep. in
water.
Just what | was hoping for" said
the young man, contentedly.
Hoping for?" querled she, indlg.
mainly.
yes" replied he. II heard Won
we're at this summer resort and
came way down here on the sole hone
Of falling in with you Houston
Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-15
Excitement Over Arrests For
Illegal Fishing at Poca-
hoEtas Continues
NEW SCHEME BEING TRIED
Men Fined Turn Round and Inform
on Others in Order to Get Back
Their Money = Some Compelled to
Pay Heavy Fines Ono Family
Formed a Trust.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Tines Republican.
Pocahontas, June 15.-The biggest
grist that ever came to a justice mill
is being ground out by j. A. Ferry, the
local magistrate. Just how long it
will take to finish UP the work is hard
to tell, but it is sure to be a record
run. So far twelve individuals who
have broken the law governing the
taking of fish from Iowa waters have
been thru the mill and their fines ag-
gregate sos. while the costs in their
cases amount to $3.50. There are In
the neighborhood of ninety other cases
to be heard and it is estimated that
the costs of all the cases will be
nearly $4,000, while the fines will ag-
gregate probably $1,000 more. There
is a great variety of offenders and
they appear to come from all over the
state. AS was Stated in Wednesdays
dispatches they We're arrested for talk
ing by illegal methods fish from Liz
ard lake. There is a,good deal OF ex-
element over the situation and more
or less i'll feeling, altho majority
of the offenders are taking the mat
ter good naturally. A scheme has
been evolved by which some of those
arrested hope to get part OF their
money back. For instance one man is
fined on one count, which means 50
for the state, IS for the county attor-
ney and IS for the informant, besides
the costs, which in most cases are Sc.
After having been fined on one count
for taking one fish illegally, amount
ing to $21, the offender informs on his
neighbor on four counts, thus getting
back $40 or S. per count as fees to
the informant. The neighbor, how
ever, gets the worst of the bargain for
his fine reaches SOS or more. On the
docket appears a whole family, In
Guiding father, two sons, son I'm law
and other relatives who pursued the
above plan. only of course informing
on each other on one count, thus saw
ing to the family all of the fees go
ing to the informants, total Of
about $50
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-15
GILMAN COMMENCEMENT.
Graduation Exercises Will Take Place
June 22nd.

Graduation Exercises Will Take Place
June 22nd.
Special to Times Republicans:
Gilman, June 15.-High school COM
mencement will take place at the opera
house on the evening of Thursday, the
22nd inst The graduates are Misses
Fanny Vosbury and Sadie Lowry and
Henry Ensminger.
The reception to the seniors by the
juniors will be- given at the home of
Mrs. S. G. Joyce, this evening.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached by Rev. George r. Chambers
at the Congregational church next
Sunday evening.
The many friends of Mrs. j. d.
Crawford will be glad to learn that she
rallied nicely from the operation on
Monday and is doing quite well at
present.
Eastern Star Chapter Onyx No. $50
surprised Mrs d. NJ. Daniel, one OF
their number, on the occasion of her
64th birthday anniversary on Tuesday
at her home on the farm. Congratu-
lations were the more fervent ON ac-
count of the improvement in Mrs Nc
Daniels health recently.
The commencement Of Hickory
Grove school occurred at Union church
Tuesday evening, and attracted some
Gilmanites among whom were Mrs
Chambers and Mrs. Powers, j. II. NJ
Carl and wife, and others.
j. S. Mcneil. of Marshalltown, is at
tending to business at his farm east OF
Gilman this week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-15
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

pital Monday evening at 6:4O He had
been ailing for some time on account
of an internal abscess, but refused his
physicians to operate on him until
Sunday morning, when it was too late.
He was born Sept. H. 1887. and was
the father of twelve children, ten liv-
ing and two dead
Shenandoah.
DR.. James Vincent was quite badly
injured last Sun lay afternoon while
working with a mule on his farm, two
miles west of town. The mule jumped
and struck the doctor on the shoulder,
knocking his collar bone out of place
and as he fell he struck against post
receiving a blow that dazed him and
he did not recover consciousness for
over five hours afterwards. He is rest
ing comfortably, but it will be some
time before he can get out again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-15
The Young Lumber Mill at Clin-
ton, Was Once the Greatest
In the World
LESS RAFTING VESSELS AFLoA1
Their Disappearance is Due to the
Decline of the Lumber Industry and
Possibly the Hauling of Logs by
Railroad Which Experiment Mus
catine Milling Firm is Trying.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Clinton June 15.-The work Of dis
mantling the Young mill, which stands
on the river bank in the lower part OF
the city, and which was once the
greatest lumber mill in the world, was
begun today, and will be continued
until every trace of the great milling
plant has been removed, to give room
perhaps for more of the factories
which have taken the place of the
lumber mills in Clinton.
The Young mill was one of the most
prominent landmarks on the upper
Mississippi. Passengers on the river
boats. in the river landscape which
meets their view as they pass the city,
are reminded of the palmy days of the
lumber industry on the upper river by
the abandoned mills, with their tower
ing stacks, which fringe the bank
from the bridges to the confines Of the
city on the south This was once one
of the greatest lumber manufacturing.
districts in the world. During the last
ten years, however, the mills have
ceased to operate. one by one, until
today but single one of the large
plants which once employed thousands
of men every summer, is in operation.
This is the Joyce mill on the north
side. 1t is rumored that the mill will
not run next year, and that this season
will mark the close of the lumber man
ufacturing industry in the city of
Clinton, once known far and wide as
the lumber city.
The Young mill has lain idle for a
dozen years. Several years ago the
machinery was removed from the
great plant.
But eight rafting vessels are being
operated en- the upper Mississippi
owing to the decline of the lumber in
dustry and the suspension of the mills
along the streams. Fifteen years ago
half a hundred rafters were engag cd
in towing lumber down the river
A Muscatine milling firm is trying
the experiment this year of hauling
its logs from the booms Of the north
by railroad, to the mill. A dozen long
trains of flat-cars loaded with logs
have passed through the city on the
Milwaukee the past few weeks, en-
route to Muscatine, to be converted in
to lumber at the big mill there.
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least 400 delegates and guests in at
tendance from all parts of the United
States. The president Of this national
body is Rev. G. B. Christensen, pas
tor of the church in Omaha. l.. J..
Jounsen Of Waupaca, Wis, is secre-
tary., NJ. L. Nielsen, q missionary
among the Cherokee Indians, stationed
at Oaks Indian Territory, and his as
sistant, Miss Emma Soholm, of Royal,
Iowa, are to be here to present their
interesting work
Shenandoah.
The returns for Page county, as
shown by the enumerator's records,
reveal a decrease in the population of
Page county of FOL from the figures Of
five years ago. The present popula-
ton Of the county is 23,486. against
24,1s7 five years ago. Shenandoah
shows population of APPS, an in
crease Of 655 over the 1878 In 1900.
Returns for other towns are: CLAIR
india, 4,017, a gain of 700; Essex, III;
College Springs, 667.
GIidden.
The people Of Glidden have decided
to observe July Fourth in fitting
manner. They have raised nearly
$500 with which to provide entertain
ment for visitors and an excellent pro-
gram is now in course of preparation.
A base ball game, hub-and- hub hose
team race, foot races, sack race, and
patriotic grafton are among the fea--
lures. A fine parade in the morning
will set the ball rolling and from that
time there will be something doing AL
the time
DeImar.
A. w. Kendall, one of Clinton coun-
tvs leading farmers, made the follow
ing milk record for the past month
and it is hard to beat: During the
first half Of May he mixed fourteen
cows and drew s40,56; during the last
half he MIXED four IN cows and drew
s4O10, butter having fallen off in price
the last half Mr.. Kendall sells milk
to the John Newman Creamery Com
pany, the company that is popular with
the farmers. He gets all his buttef-
milk back, and he considers is quite
an item too. This company pays with
in one cent of the New York markets.
Mr.. Kendall feels that he not only
has some good mich COWS, but he has
also been treated fairly by the New
man, ompany.
Iowa Falls.
Nyle Jones of this city has been ac-
corded new honors at the State Univer-
sity from which he graduates this year
press dispatch from Iowa City says:
THE Iowa board of control of athletics
elected Nyle w. Jones as general MAN.
ager of athletics at S. U. 1. at it, meet
ing held last night. The salary will be
$3.50. Jones was captain of the varsity
eleven last fall. He has been the star
quarterback of the team for four years,
and is well known all over Iowa and
the conference states. *+* George
Helwig, one of Grant townships sub
stantial farmers, died In Ellsworth hos
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Davenport.
This city is threatened with On
epidemic of scarlet fever. There are
already nine cases, some of them very
serious and much fear is felt.
Leon.
Josiah H. Gordon, an old and highly
respected resident of this county, liv-
ing a short ways from here, was SER
iously injured in runaway accident
and died in a few days after being
hurt.
Ireton.
The depositors Of the Ireton bank
which failed over year ago, will
receive 67 cents on the dollar. w. L.
Thompson, the receiver, has turned in
his final report to the judge of the dis
trict court and the final dividend will
shortly be paid.
oskaIoosa.
Nose Davis. one of the best
known farmers ,of the county.
was kicked by horse at his
farm southeast of the city about
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and was
very severely injured. He is 83 years
of age and the outcome is uncertain.
kahoka.
Fox hunters, crossing TIE Hill place,
southeast of Clark City, one day last
week, so badly frightened a bunch of
colts, belonging to S. H. Moore, who
has the farm leased, that they ran
into a barbed wire fence, cutting six so
severely they will be blemished for life.
cIarinda.
Ernest Mayall and Milton Mayall,
brothers, who escaped from the Page
county Jail Tuesday night, March z,
last, and made their escape into Mis-
souri,, are again in the same Jail, Sher-
if S. j. McCord having gotten them at
Glenwood, Mills county, Iowa, and re-
turned them to this city Sunday.
Northwood.
William Yokum, the young man
brought back from South Dakota last
week by Sheriff Lee, on charge Of
forgery, was given a preliminary hear
ing before Justice W. w. Hunter last
Thursday morning. He waived exam
ination and was held to the grand
jury, the bail bond being fixed at $500.
He is spending the time in the county
Jail.
Scranton.
This community was thrown into
sudden sorrow Tuesday by the death
Of Miss Bertha Hanks, superintendent
of music in our public schools, which
occurred at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
S. II. Arthur. Miss Hanks had charge
of the music at the graduating exer-
cises last Thursday. She was taken
sick Friday with nervous break-d down
and steadily sank to her death in spite
of all that medical skill could do.
Cedar Falls.
The convention of the United DAN
ish Evangelical Lutheran church of
America opened its sessions Wednes-
day morning and continues until the
evening OF June 20. There will be at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-15
DIED TO SAVE BROTHER
Fay Fowler Aged II, Loses Life in
Effort to Save His Bnpther From
Drowning at Muscatine-The Broth
err Rescued by Bystanders.


Muscatine, June 15.-In a desperate
attempt to save his brothers life, Fay
Fowlers aged IL, jumped into the river
yesterday afternoon and lost his life in
the effort.
The boys were playing on the banks
of the Mississippi when the smaller
boy lost his footing and went into the
deep water.
His older brother was standing on
the bank and leaped in after him and
was drowned.
Rescuers pulled the smaller boy out
in time to save his life. The body of
the elder was recovered. He was the
son of prominent people here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-15
Iowa a. washinqton.

Washington, June 15.-Rural free
delivery routes established August 10:
Ottumwa, Wapello county (addltion-
aD-Length of route, q 7-16 miles;
area covered, II square miles; popula:-
ton served, $50; number of houses on
route, los.
Panama, Shelby county-Length OF
route, 24M miles; area covered, %
square miles; population served, 6l5;
number of houses on route, 123.
Rural letter carriers appointed:
Center Point-William e. Newman,
carrier; Jay Osborn, substitute.
Vorner o. Willard commissioned
postmaster at Baldwin.