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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27

Pots6anl. His So,h birthday WAS eele-
brated last January. To the last he
Kept his enthusiasm for the vest. He
left to Berlin museum four albums
containing pictures OF America tas no
one Will ever again see il "
After serving tie United states as
postmaster longer than any other ma.
IN Illinois. Captain Fred lig has just
turned over the Maseoupah office To his
successor. John Flotho He had been
In charge since 1863, with the exception
of the two terms of President Cleve-
land. Captain Dig also carries of the
honors as a Memorial day orator of The
state. by reason Of having spoken at
every observance since the day Was es-
tahlished. Born in Kircheim- Bohl.tn-
der, Germany February 3, ISL. he
came TO America with his parents in
asia.
The capitalization a mile of American
railways is about el2,0oo. against s41,-
ooo mile in the United Kingdom. but
It should he pointed out that in Amer
lea there is preponderance of single
une. whereas in these islands an ;.y-
erage mile of railway represents two
and one-quarter miles of track. so that
instead OF being four times as great Z;
mile IS in the United States. the capt.
al OF our railways is really rather
more than twice 1s bea,,, "a mill, f
track. inclusins .oiIine sol. -
Mayor Mcclellan. of New York. has
kaseo for 4 term of four wears the
house he now occupies IN Washington
eQaars Four Wears is the term OF Of
Pee for the mayor of New York under
he new law. a day or Two ago a
.itiZen Of New Yor,. ,y5s .yrr.ss.i,,,y
wonder why the mayor did not buy a
nc.le instead Of renting ..,9ass,,tsa H..
IF Mr.. NSlelan Tie could haAe bee n
men years ago bGt for the fact that he
haiIenS 10 b. an horast @an"
vv---'--s-.- -------------
i:ie ga usel ~ the .linfe liiata honse-
ao4e q the emperor VI lima is treated
WIZ: ''1e utmost sire, Ii raised in a
neiiher man nor beqst caa get any
Wflere Ne;tr aa I!antS. ~ tie time of
.he siiiEeSt those collecting these leaves
mus eAS'i3li from eating fish that
lhslf af9.tih may a9i sroil the 3rnimI
~ eis sssit ,iseN must battle three till,@S
FloNes While picking tie ia for the
CtaAeSe aQgt
-----.--s.-----
G.lile9 Huilsafian societies Of
Hune.,is,,s 80. ,ia,.t.,a'i - $3.50
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27

The capitalization mile of American
railways is about el2 0o0. against G41.-
ooo mile in the United Kingdom. but
It should he pointed out that in Amer
lea there is a preponderance of single
une, whereas in these islands an ;.v-
erage mile of railway represents two
and one-quarter miles of track. so that
instead of being four times as great a
mile IS in the United States. the capt.
al OF our railways is really rather
more then twice as heavy a mile of
Gaek. inclu9ing .olliMg stock
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27
ASSISTANT FOR sHoN1s.

New YORK, July 2l.-E. 4. Drake. secrc-
tary-treasurer of the Panama Railroad
company, mas been appointed assistant to
President Shonts who sailed yesterday for
Panama. Drake will exercise all of the
functions of the president of the Panama
company Curing the absence of Shonts
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27

General James Buchanan. who has
been appointed brigadier-g general. is a
great great grandson of Samuel Ogle,
a colonial governor of Maryland.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27

A good swordsman is never quarrel
some.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27

sheerness. England. though an i'm.
portant naval station and a town O.
more than 1900. illhabiteE:s, does no
possess 2. single telephone.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-27
PLAN A HARVEST JUBILEE.

Cedar Fails Merchants Arrange Eah-
crate Program.
cedar lhtlls la. Jll!y Great inter-
est ornlers here i'll The coming Mer-
chants Harvest Jubilee August u TO
2d There will be !. horse show. a live
stock exhibit, a display OF Farm prod
ucts, AND a display of the resources Of
the stat" Of Louisiana.
The Seattle Republican., 1905-02-17

extra session of the legislature for that and
that alone and thereby make each member
of the legislature personally responsible to
his constituents for the failure of the very
much promised legislation.
Senator Sam H. Piles is now well on the
road to Washington City, having departed
for the field Of his labors for the next six
years before the railroad commission bill was
even presented to either branch of the legis-
lature Eight years ago it will be remem-
bered George Turner, then United States
senator-elect acted in similar manner. He
promised the people, il elected senator, he
would do all in his power to have a railroad
commission bill passed He promised to not
leave Olympia for Washington City until
the measure had either been passed or de-
feated. but he was no sooner elected than he
left for the national capital and the men who
elected him religiously voted against the bill,
Notwithstanding the fact they were elected
on platform pledged to the passage OF the
measure On the stump in the last cam
paign Mr. Turner was severely arraigned by
the Republican spellbinders for having
fought and run away" and they concluded
Turner had lived "to fight another day, ="
which was quite true and all of us rejoiced
that he was defeated Now, is history going
to repeat itself? Is Sam Piles going to drop
in the same pitfall?
The Seattle Republican., 1905-02-17

ing good IN RepuDl1canS unless tney IOlef-
ate him in office. In his official position he
has harassed Republican newspapers and
actually made official exactions of them un-
heard Of in any other office. Not even so
large and influential a Republican paper as
the Post-Intelligencer has been permitted to
get by without him giving its publishers all
the trouble he could and more than he had a
right to. Colketts partiality to the daily
Democratic organ Of Seattle is we'll known
and some facts bearing on that point will be
subsequently published in these columns.
Lest a hardship be worked on Mr. Stewart
this matter has been permitted to lay dor
mant, but from now on it will be given full
attention 1t is un-Republican for Republi-
cans to name Democrats as their deputies
and the Republican that does it is but dig
ging grave for his own party, providing
others should follow in his wake. Colkett
should GO Will he Mr.. Stewart?
Ben Grosscups railroad utterances, it made
to persons hundreds of miles from the scene
of his operations or to unatics, might not be
quite so nauseating as are they to persons
well versed in the politics of this state. Gross
cup has no more interest in one community
running another than does mad March hare,
but he is all attention, when there is a propo-
sition to the front for the railroads to ruin
all of the communities of the state. He is
mercenary marble man that is ready and
willing to sign, seal and deliver to the rail
roads a bill Of sale and a warranty deed
thrown in for good measure for the state OF
Washington and it's fullness thereof II he
but gets the promise of a sufficient salary
therefor, and be pointed out and known as
the grand railroad distributor. Who sought
more to ruin the city of Seattle than Ben
Grosscup and his political henchmen? Who
is doing more today to ruin the city OF Olym-
pia than Ben Grosscup and his Northern Pa
cifc strikers and boosters? Not only trying
to take the capitol from Olympia and there
by bring financial ruin to some 5000 resi-
dents of that city, but have unreasonably
raised the traffic rates to and from Olympia,
and have arranged the passenger train ser
vice so as to take the legislative visitors back
to Tacoma every afternoon Ii the Northern
Pacific is so deeply interested in the people,
why, in Heavens name, did that company
expend $350000 to control the EIGHT legls-
latures of this state This, dear brother Ben,
was done for the best interests of the people,
you would have us believe, but we do not be-
lieve it, We know, however, that it is for
the best interests of the people to always
take the opposite route in everything that is
taken by the railroads. This mistrust on the
part of the people as to railroads has been
brought about by the railroads having un-
scrupulous agents as their mouthpieces. Rep
sentative Kennoyer said more sound sense in
a minute before the committee last Wednes-
day evening than you did in your whole talk
except your ''I AM OPPOSED TO THIS OR
THAT in the bill" Who are you, and per-
The Seattle Republican., 1905-02-17
POLITICAL POT=PIE

nonpassage of any bill at all along the lines
of railroad legislation. 1t would be SO out
rageously absurd for the legislature to pass
Cation railroad bill that the dominant
party would deserve defeat at the polls Tor
attempted legislative deception, even II the
bill should prove a good measure The
farmers have clamored for railroad com
mission bill, and under the belief they could
not get it from Republican administration
hundreds and thousands of them voted Tor
the Hon. George Turner, the late Democratic
gubernatorial nominee, but in that, too, they
were doomed to defeat The Republicans
seem to have profted by experience and as
soon as the election was over and their NOM
inee for governor declared successful the
leaders from all parts of the state suddenly
become converted to the necessity OF the
railroad commission idea, and ere the legls-
latuire had convened they were rushing into
print declaring their intentions Of supporting
such measure but that OF course was be-
fore the senatorial question had been set
tied Since that time, however, there seems
to have come over each and all OF them
lukewarmness as to this subject, and they
are now in semi-Rip Van Winkle state and
a half-hearted commission bill may be the re-
suit. Give the people some strong and vlg-
orous railroad legislation or give them no
railroad legislation at all. God hates both
liar and deceiver, and to pass makesh1tt
bill would be equal to pleading guilty to
both of these charges.
Speaking about railroad legislation, re
minds the Pie-maker Of the committee bill,
which is now under fire in both branches OF
the legislature If this committee bill is de
feated and a new one ordered drawn that
will settle all prospective railroad legislation
for the present session 1t takes fully week
to properly prepare bill Of this kind and
before it could get in ship shape for action
the session would have spent its course and
this, by the way, may be but another way OF
knocking out such legislation The commit
tee bill is fairly good one, if it is only per-
mitted to become law, but it is not believed
that the railroad forces will suffer 1t IN It's
virgin state to run the gauntlet OF both
branches of the legislature, but will order It's
slaughter in either one or both
IF the present session, which ends March
9th, without doing something it will be up to
Governor Mead to take some steps to give
the farmers the relief from railroad over
charges they expect. While Mr.. Mead was
elected on an ant-railroad commission plat
form, yet since his election he has declared
he favored the passage Of such measure,
and if the legislature adjourns without vot-
ing one way or the other on the idea, it seems
he would be perfectly justified in calling an
The Seattle Republican., 1905-02-17

Now that George NJ. Stewart has been con-
firmed as postmaster it is the duty Of every
Republican in the county to get busy in Or
der to bring to Mr.. Stewards mind the i'm
portance of him appointing a Republican as
his deputy. The present deputy has been
in office so long that he has quite outlived his
usefulness as an official. 1t is the concensus
Of opinion of those who are so unfortunate
as to have to go to his office on official bust
ness that he is the most uncouth as well as
uncivil human quadruped that was ever hon
ored by Uncle Sam Such is common every
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-01-11
CHAPTER XIV.

EaTlINTER set in early and contin-
Ml ued late, which in the end was
lUf a good thing for the years cut.
The season was capricious,
hanging for days at time at the
brink of a thaw, only to stiffen again
into severe weather. This was try
ing on the nerves, for at each of these
false alarms the six camps fell into
a feverish haste to get the job finished
before the breakup. 1t was really quite
extraordinary how much was accom-
plished under the nagging spur of
weather conditions and the cruel rowel-
ing of Thorpe.
The latter had now no thought be-
yond his work. and that was the
thought OF a mailman. He had been
stern and unyielding enough before,
goodness knows. but now he was terri
BILE. Not for an instant was there a
resting SPELL The veriest chore boy
talked, thought, dreamed, Of nothing
but saw logs. Men whispered vaguely
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-01-11
ed ON the attention.

ed ON the attention.
what is it?'' she asked.
Thorpe listened. Then his face lit
nightly with the joy of battle.
"My axmen," he cried. They are
cutting the road
A faint call echoed. Then without
warning nearer at hand. and the sharp
ring of an AK sounded through the for
est
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-01-11

And over behind the trees, out of the
light and the love and the beauty. lit
tie Phil huddled, his great shaggy head
bowed in his arms. Beside him lay his
violin and beside that his bow, broken.
He had snapped it across his knee.
That day he had heard at last the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-01-11
CHAPTER XIV.

THOR moment they sat listening
n to the clear staccato knocking
IL of the distant blows and the
- more forceful thuds of the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21

The real hero of Dick Turpin's ride
to York is said to have been highway
man named William Nevison, who was
born at pontefract in 1859. The story
gees that Oh one occasion Nevison rob
bed gentleman at Gadshill, then rode
TO Gravesend, crossed the Thames and
gallopei to Chelmsford. After batting
here he pushed on to Cambridge and
Godmanchester, thence to Huntington,
where he baited his mare again and
slept an hour. Afterward he took to
the North road, reached York the same
afternoon, changed his clothes, went to
the bowling green and made himself
an object of notice to the lord mayor
Being subsequently charged with the
robbery, lie cited the lord mayor as Il
witness and was acquitted on the sup
position that it was impossible for Il
man to be at two such remote places as
Gadshill and York on the same day.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
One Letter Names.

1t must be very convenient to possess
Il surname consisting of single letter
of the alphabet The Paris papers
mention the singular case of certain
Marie whose surname consists of the
one letter, B.
Many years ago there was u shop
kept in the Rue de Louvain in Brus-
sells by Theresc o, and there is Il Nine.
o living with her two children at Mo
lenbcck. Il suburb of the Belgian cap
ital In the Rue de fAngle in the same
commune lives a Mr.. o with a cir
cumflc. accent. who is no relative of
Nine. O. In 1866 among the Belgian
recruits was young man named o,
who could not write and signed his
name with a cross, yet he could so
easily have learned to write his own
name. In the department of Somme
there is village called Y, in the Zuy-
der Zee there is Il bay called y, and
Amsterdam has the river Y.
in China there is Il large town of the
same brief name. In the Chinese prov
ince of Honan there is Il city called Z,
and in France there is a river and in
Sweden town rejoicing in the name
of A.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
DRIVING OUT A DEMON.
Queer Means by Which Tartar Lamas


Queer Means by Which Tartar Lamas
Cured Fever.
On the plains of Tartary, the land
Of grass the struggles between good
spirits and demons often occasion CON
siderable annoyance for the ignorant
tribesmcn and afford profitable EN-
Dloynent for the lamas. Peres Hue
and CADET. French travellers who
crossed them threcScOre or more years
ago. witnessed the struggles of the
learned men to drive out one of the
demons.
The aunt of the chief of an cncamp-
ucut III the valley of the dark waters
WAS i'll Of u fever. Her nephew waited
in patience, but She did not get we'll,
ana at last he called in the lanas. His
worst fears We're confirmed. \ demon
of considerable rank was present in
her and must be east out, task for
which the lamas would need to be we'll
paid. Eight others were ut once called
in by the first, and together they made
from dried herbs an image which they
called the demon of intermittent fe-
vers" This image they put in the pa
TENTS tent
An hour before midnight the lamas
ranged themselves i'll Il scmicircle in
one end of the tent, with cymbals, sea-
shells, bells. tambourincS and other
noisy Instruments. The remainder Of
Abe family made up the circle, while
the patient crouchcl opposite the image
of the demon. The chief lama had be-
fore him Il copper basin filled with mil
let and some little paste images. The
tent was full of smoke from the hearth
fire.
Upon Il given signal the clerical or
cncStra began Il noisy overture, the lay
witnesses beating time with their
hands. The dia holical concert over, the
grand lama opened the book of eXOr-
ciSms and began chanting the forms.
From time to time he scattered millet
TO the four points of the compass.
Sometimes he would quit the regular
cadence Of prayer and indulge in an
outburst of apparently indomitable
rage, abusing the herb image with
fierce invective and furious gestures.
When he had finished he gave a signal
with his arms, and the other lamas
burst into Il tremendously noisy cho-
rus, setting all the noisy instruments to
work ut the same time.
The lay congregation, having started
up, ran out of the tent and three times
circled round it, beating it with sticks
and yelling in the most blood curdling
manner all the while, and then re-en-
tered the tent as precipitately as they
had quilted it. Then, while the others
hid their faces, the grand lama set fire
to the herb image and carried it from
the tent into the plain, where he watch
ell it burn and mathematical it. In
the tent the other lamas TRANQUILITY
chanted prayers in solemn tone.
The expulsion having been thus ac-
complishcd in the finest manner, the
members of the family secured torches
and. accompanied by the nine lamas,
all making night hideous with cries and
heating of instruments, escorted the pa
tienr to another tent, where she fell
asleep, to awaken later without her
fever The incantatiOns succeeded, to
the amazement of the travellers, and
the illness did not return. - Youths
Communion
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
Designs Upon Him.

Gladys-Hc tells me You have de-
signs upon him. Ethel-Did the wretch
say that? Gladys-Ycs. He said your
image was engraved upon his heart
Judge.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
TIE 1Esls and IpsslIlssaceF.
BEL AIR, Md, JULY 21, 1905.

after being summoned to the sick
friend the morning before she had led
her new-and not brilliant-maid to
Dicks door and had said: Il want
this room swept and arranged for Bish
op Maxwell exactly as we did it for
Mr. Dick last week. DO You under
stand?"
With wings on her feet Mrs. Spauld-
ing flew to the room the bishop had oc-
cupicd, but ut the threshold she paused
and gaspcd.
On one of the pillows was a staring
notice to this effect: please put your
bed airing in the morning. Over the
mirror. PLEASE don't spatter the glass;
On the window curtain. please don't
throw your shoes on the floor noisily."
Everywhere. on pictures and wall:
please don't leave your coat on a
chair. Hang it up"' PLEASE don't
leave you toothbrush in the bath
roomr' please turn off the hot water
faucet
There were ut least fifteen of these
placards. the Please underlined three
or four times III each, hut-horror of
horrors largest of all was this. on
the inside of the door: IF you take Il
bath please wash out the tub. It's dis
graceful not to- Youths Companion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
Maryland s Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
In EFFRcT SUNDAY, MAY IS, 1905.
TRAINS NORTHWARD.

LEAVE A.. II. A. NJ MPM p NJ
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
AN OFFENDED BISHOP.
Tie Way n Fond Mothers Joke on
Her Son Went Astray.

Tie Way Fond Mothers Joke ON
Her Son Went Astrny.
Bishop Maxwell. is it not:" inquir-
cd Mrs. Spaulding cordially as her
guest came down to breakfast, suit
ease i'll hand. Il feel that | know you
through my son, and l was so glad
when he arranged to have you stay
with us on your way through the city.
But what does this luggage mean?
YOU'RE going to stay day or so:"
no, thank you, Mrs. SpauIding," re-
turned the bishop. Il must go right
on today
"Oh, that makes it doubly unfor-
tunate that had to be away last even
ing / hope you found my message of
explanation: The friend ! was called
TO was very i'll, and l felt sure you
would understand, but the fact that
Mr. Spaulding was out of town, too,
made me regret going especially. l
do hope my maid took care of you
comfortably and that you rested well.
I thought you must have been weary
when | came in ut 10 and found you
had retired"
The bishop replied politely, but there
was an odd constraint in his manner
which lasted until he had bowed him
self out of the house after breakfast
What can lie the matter?" puzzled
Mrs. SpauldinS as she watched the
distinguished gentleman stalking down
the street. Dick was so anxious he
should like u.s."
Then sickening thought struck her,
and she darted up the stairs
1t had been Mrs. Spaulding's custom
during the boyhood of her only son to
correct his failngs by posting about
the house little placards which gently
pleaded with him on the error of his
ways A week or two earlier, when
Dick was coming home for a college
vacation, she had unearthed some of
these old signs and just for joke had
pinned them up in his room, like old
times. They had been taken down
later. but she remembered now that
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
TRAINS SOUTHWARK.

An additional train will leave Bel Mir
on Saturday and Wednesday only 1t :;
p. NJ, arriving in Baltimore at p. Nj.
Returning leave Baltimore at II 40 i.
NJ, arriving at Bel Air 12.45 A. NJ
An additional train will leave Cardiff
for York and intermediate stations at
Cos A. NJ. Returning viii leave York
al 80 F. M.
An additional train will leave Balti-
more daily except Saturday and Sunday
at 11.35 A. NJ, arriving ut Bel Air at
~ 50. Returning, leave Bel Air at 2 90
u. NJ, arriving ut Baltimore at 3 20.
A train will leave Baltimore ON Satur-
day only at 100 p NJ, arriving at Bel
at $50. Returning, leave Bel Air at 2. 40
p. M, arriving at Baltimore ut $40
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Sunday trains leave Delta
and intermediate stations AT $50 A. NJ.
and 400 =. NJ, stopping at Bel Air at 0
A. Nj. and $50 p. NJ. Leave Delta for
Baltimore and intermediate stations at
6.40 A. NJ. and $50 p. M. stopping at
Bel Air at 40 A. NJ. and 4.3O F. NJ.
Additional train leaves Baltimore for
Bel Air at l 80 a. NJ. and HOO =. M,
arriving at Bel Air at - IS +. NJ. and
1910 A. NJ. Leave Bel Air at . 20 and
STOP M, arriving ut baltimore at 3 90
and Q 30 =. NJ
CA. FIFER, General Passenger Agent
]. S. NORRIS, General Manager.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1905-07-21
The American Accent.

There is no such thing as the Amer
lea accent except in IL few words such
as advertisement" wherein America is
superior as to pronunciation and prac-
tee.
Nor does the American born man
talk through his nose" The real diff
ference that we all notice is differ
cncc in the general pitch OF voice. The
American voice is pitched in Il slightly
higher key than the English. and here
you may find the reason why the
American asSimilatcs French SO easily.
Put roughly. tine case is this: The
FrenclIman talks from his palate. the
American from the top of his throat.
the Englishman from his chest and the
German from his diaphragm London
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