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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11
Money Market.

New York. July H. Money "a %
21s; prime mercantile 4@aA: sterling
weak, 4.S6. SOGpa. $685. on demand: d.
S5.10Gp4s5.15 at sixty days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11

Now York Exchange.
Chicago, July 1i.-.New York ex-
change 10 premium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11

Peoria Grain.
Peoria. July IL.
corn-No. 3. 5eA.
st. Louis Grain.
ST. Louis, July II.
Wheat-September, ssh.
Corn--September, 53A.
Oats-September, 30A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11

Representative Cattle Sales.
A few of the representative cattle
solac orc rivan below.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11
st. Louis Grain.
kanss. City Grain.

Kansas City, July II.
wheat-July S2A; September 7sh
@79Es.
1875.
oats-No. 2, white. s4@s4h
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11

When Other Medicines Have Failed.
Take Foley's Kidney Cure. 1t has cur
ed when everything else has disap-
pointed. B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-11
Representative Hog Sales.

Below are given few of the repre-
hog sales:
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-09-06

@a9 Der Rorbsn probuSirt feline
tdnopirt6I6dftltt9en SaiiOnar6eiter.
9as iinb tpetsutLi9 bic 2sute, pelGe
tpdbreno bes D;nterB in ben ioges
nanutsn o2Og Camps" urbetten. 9ol5s
fuller uno 9eHoFen. nLumbermen"
pie mar iie setpDbnIt3 nennt. ga
bds Sol3 fpGbreuo Der S9ueeIatipn
am lei6teiten befDroert perban lam,
10 lit bic 5oi3tns9tsarbeit in ben Der.
Staten unb inGanaba tpeientli4 eine
M~tnterarbett, troB Der gepaltigen,
absr i'm @an5en bod iebr geiuuben
GdIte iener G~egenoeu. OieIe Spl3s
tnedte rpunosrn duf oenleIben
S4Isi4pegen. pie ibrs GoGIegen aus
Oklahoma, iublt9 unb tebreu i'm
Spdtbsrbt mad ben Sol3regionen oes
RorOens 3uriid. sic beiOrgen ouf
ben RieIenfurmsn bes RorbsnG bic
Gtniaatarbeitsn uno btloen ii6 BARN
gu Speatultiten aus, balm %rpanOsrn tie
iibli9 in bic Regtonen bes Dinterz
pei3ens uub tperben bort tpieoer Pfliis
ger unb Sddtarbeiter.
Dur4 oteIe siinittse Gage bss Sais
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Iino bic 30
manga : 5armer in ben Stanb geIebt,
itets reGt3ettig bic seniigenbe 3abl
BON 9!lfStrGften gu erbolten, uno
otpor gu 5iemli9 nteortgcn 20buen.
a6er lie 8efDftisIng, peI9e ben 2eus
ten gu She'll tpirO, muB ni6t nur aus
ret4silb. icnOern its muB ard gut unO
abpe9sIungSret9 ietn, 1ouit fam es
bortpmmen, OaB mttten in Der grntez
3ett!, tpenn Der 8pnaISa : Sarmer
feline Sanb entbel ren fam, ieiae
IGmmtIt6en @rbciter on ben STREET.
gsben. 0aour9 piirbe cbtr benz I'M
ternsbmer Elm gang unerieBli6erS6
ben gu S5etl, benn bic @rntearbett
ldbt ii9 abfDlut ni4t aufi4ieben. 90
mub Der Sarmer beiOnoer8 auf quite
Soft uno bequeme Qogl2porrt9tungeR
Ridfi9t ns6men. 9luf ctner sroBen
Torm, psI9e i'm yteb Rtpsr : 9titrttt
ieBt ungsfGbr nrtr 1000 acre8 i'm
Dur9itnttt umfobt, befinben Ii6 an
geeis1cten GteleH groBe 2~ogiSbGufer
unb S2eiiebclen. sober &iae itebsn
3pei &DGe Dor. 4uf bic 4rbeit bon
5rauen iDirb duf ben Gierenfalmen 10
gut uie ppIftGnOig persi6tet unb
ni9t einmaI in ben Rii6en ftnbet man
tpsibItde 4rbeitstrdfte. Die Speiiss
ba[Ien mifsn 10 angeGegt tuerben, boB
bic arbeitcr ni9t pette Dese bic bas
Elm suridSulrgen BADEN, benn bic
2eute Iino ermiibet, fpenn bic Nits
.tasspauie tommt, unb elm meter @eg
iiber ben lauben older uno unter ben
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-09-06

tetBen GOnnsafro9len niiroe bic
2eute 81 fturt mttnsbren uno lire
2"tItuagSfGftgtctt ~berc6ieten. Die
Qcben8mittel tperben nur gu gang gez
r:ngen S6cilen ouf Der Garm IsI6it
ge3ogen. MGn bait Elm paar Mlil9s
tiibs, cine &r5abI SGnetns unb ettpas
9efliigel, oann Iisfert 3ie Sdrm nas
tiirli9 bds n0tbige 8rpttprr, aber
alsS dnbere, ndmentIi9 bic Wa1en
frii6en unb sepOteIten 6teti9es fpers
ben gu @ngrospretIen meiftens bon
Chicago beSogen unb bic Groceries
tperben ebsnfaqs Wbole1als. einges
fault. S6naps rtrb ben 2suten Et1t
geret9t unb AUDI bas &artenfptelen
1T ibnen untsrfagt, neil maj bic Grs
fdbrung sema9t fat, bab bic 2eute
oann abcnbs gu LANCE aufitben unb
nenigcr S9laf betommen, mas lpteoer
tbre 2eitungsfdbt9tstt bsrabIsbt.
Ot 8ault6teiten, pel9e ii9 auF
ben RtsIenFormen befinbsn, fnb ni9t
srpBarttg. Gs itnb bic biqigen 5arms
bGufe:, msiIt S9uppen in Der BENT
bar sinfa9iten Q=t sebaut. Die Sc
bGube tpsrben gum groBen Sbeil BON
benisnigsn Qrbeitern srri9tet, tpsl6s
fir ods gauge Sabr aheeitslt iino.
Dur bas B~obnbaus bsS ,Wdnagers"
iieft einigermaben freunOli8 une
trauIin aus.
Qaer Wei3en, Der n6rbIt9 bon Mtls
tpautee pd6It, lit 5ommerpsi3sn,
alto 3Orn, lpelbcS erit i'm 5riibling
eipeeidt tpOrbsn lit. Die @inter bic
Ter @csenosa itnO "a falt, als OaB
man @interrci5en COLDER, Der ir
SrrbFt etngeiit ipirb) eraten tDnnte
Dob muB fir ben GOmmerrpsi3en BIZ.
Qder i9On i'm 9erbit umgepfIigt
tS1NuB oui Der 8, Seite.)
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-09-06

9feroe uno - bic n0tbigen Qfer6aus
mai9tnen peIentLi9 btutCer t~dufen,
ais Der &Iein1armer, uno oa8 lei Der
2unbpirt6I4aft 70 ung:beuer pidtige
Stem QrbettStraft bra9te benz 9rpbz
farmer sinen gang ~ungebsuren 8prz
tbetI iiber ieinen tleinen gOlegen.
Oenn, mertpiiroig genug, bic Mens
I9enarbsit, peI6s FONT fir ben rns
fen 2sutsn 10 gut nie ni9ts. sic fab
rem fat fdmmtli9 ais blinbe paKas
giere auf Gra9t3iigen, tpel9. lie
side door sleepers" nennen. 0ds
@tfenbubnperioaol Der Srodt5ige bdIt
treue &amerloi4aft nit ibuen. Die
GiIenba6n : 9eIeqi9aften beriu6en
alerotngs oteien lining" 81 untsrs
briiten, aber es geLingt tbnen nt6t.
Siir einen rt9tt9en SaiIongGnger lit
es Elm Gbrer.puntt, umionIt gu fabren.
Sit genug tommt IS Dor, baB elmer
BON 6tsien bliRoen pdfagtereu peruns
oliidt, aber mas 1T elm Meni9enlebea
in ben Der. Staaten9 &aIt unb ber3s
los qsbt bt: nur auf ben @eIbgrdbi9
breIIirte Mense iibsr IolGe Wtelbuns
gen binpeg. llebrigens tpolen iene
bIinoen paFd9iers, ME i9on sefust,
nift anbsrs fabrer. IS feblt otefsn
2suten isbe Organization, pbi6on lie
cine IOI6s 6aben t0unten, tpenn lie fi9
oarum bemiibsn piiroeu. sic fiaen
init ibren biaig angebotensn Qr6sitss
trGften ia bod nur bic Sai6en iselens
loIer &apttaIiftsn. 90 drbetten Ii6
Oteie nomabiiirsnoen ldnbpirtbi9afts
liden Qr6etter nil Der fortI9reitsn6en
GrnteidiIOn mad benz Roroen binduF.
@nbe Quguft itnb lie i'm ReO Ribsrs
5bale fertig uno bann sebt .es mad
Canada biRetn, Biz our 3eit, no AUDI
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-09-06

alien anbersn 0ingsn taufmGRniia
rshnen uno Idarf calcuIEren t0nnen
uHo muBte elm genG3en6es 4upttal be-
itsen. 8as Sarmen i'm Reb Rtperz
26als mar tein carmen I'm lanblGufts
gen Stnre, ioHbern elm Gabritgei6dft,
speHtg perIhieoen bon Der Serbor6rtns
gurg irgsnb zines anberen Mafens
artitels. Sur bic 0etailarbeiten bies
les 8etrie6s tOnnte man ge9en quite
G%ntIObnun9 tii6tige Stlf8trdits ges
Dtnnen, bic Sauptia6e aber ueItanb
BARN, bdB man geniigenbe5 4apitai
beIdB, um bic pferoe unb bic lamb
ptrtbi9aftli6sn MaI9tnen taufen,
bic Otelen Sunberte BON feds bis a9t
8O6eu bei6dfttgten Qrbeiter re6tsetz
tig entlobnen 5u tDunen unb baB man
i'm Stanoe mar, ben giinittgiten Quz
genbl:t gum 8ertuuf Der @rnte gu err
mttteln uno a%us3unuben. Die @igens
Thinner Der Sarm perbru9ten tbats
lGdlt9 melt mebr 3ett am Elder"
uHb an Der 80rie, uls betm etgentIts
5en 8etriebe ibrer 5arm. Die 5rage
mar fir lie: vDie tann i9 am btqigz
ten mafenbaft8sias prpOuatren unD
ME tann t9 oas probutt am giinIttss
ten pe~rtaufen." DAB BEL bteIer art
8letnfurmer BEL tii9tigsr Qrbeit uuo
Der 8ertrtbi9aftung bic tauIeno uno
elm feline 0tnse, tpel9e fir ben ges
pObnli6en Sarmer Der Ser. Studteu
pi9ti9 itnb, auBer a3t gelaFen tpurs
ben, perftanb ii4 ppn ieI6ft, Sin 8ps
nan3afarmer mubte auf ale Rebens
:rtrd9e bes lanoptrtbi9aftlt4en 8es
trtebS bon bornberetn per3t6ten. Gr
beItanb nt6t bartn, bic Dielen NtdeIS
uno Pennte8 ouf3uleien, pel6s Der
Oerninfttger 4uSnuBung aQer G6anz
cen fiu0et, ipnbern Der 8onan3afarz
mer bate nur bic Dollars i'm 4u9e,
pel6e Der cine ul.O ausf9lteBIt6e Be-
trteb, bic MISREPRESENTATION bon Dsts
cen ein6rtngt. uub BARN mar Der
9rpbfarmer benz &leinformer mG6ttg
OprGu8. Gr e~r5tslte Before Preiie fir
feline 9robutte, ols Der &Ietnfarmer,
urb :Onnte bic 9iinitigite 8ertauf85eit
db.parten, tpenn er, mas In Der Reg.l
Der San mar, ba8 geniigenoe &apttal
gum QbpGrten beiab. Sm 3aIenber
oe8 9roBfarmers ipielte OaS 8etter
cine melt unterssorbnstere Role ais
6etm Sletnfarmer, ia bas Detter unO
bic QbiaBperbGItnife in Snbten, in
RubIanO unb in Qrgenttnisn tparen
fir tbn melt pt9tiser, als bds, iibrt=
gems iebr glei9m6btse uno sinfttge
Wetter i'm ReO RipsrtbaIe. Der
&robfarmer tOnnte bic HDtbisen
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-09-06

bert M HfEif Egahtnal lg ans hit
atau Zoe Bic Etas niEia4i im 8tEks
iina R~Hetpfluat EcrbsH hnb. Tam
Bithen bisit M0mabtH Witpsr INIT ben
side door A~lerregs" nod ibftE IA6S
litm 6timaib yafad.
Die Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., SuÌˆd=Dakota) 18??-19??, 1905-09-06

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tu nukttirkgb ml rNsfaBtm Has
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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

sonally conducted tour collapsed. and.
while the unhappy steers went on alone
to Dir. Armour, 1 switched off and
worked the Alton road as far as Peoria.
Ill.,. looking for foundry jobs.
The advent of summer had closed
most of the shops, so 1 cut across on
the Wabash to Keokuk. Ia. intending
to take the river to the gulf and go to
sea some more. On this box-car dash
through Western Illinois 1 passed with
in twenty miles of MudviIle, which
town had no bulletins from me in three
years: but / did not stop off, having
neglected to make my fortune while
absent.
There is at Keokuk a Government
canal, under river and harbor auspices.
The man in charge of the canal had a
relative high in naval circles. and my
talk, togs and papers made hit with
him. Wherefore, / slid gracefully into
a berth as lineman on a Government
steamboat at $40 per month and board.
My success instilled vast quantities
of bitterness In the bosoms of certain
youthful Keokukians who were edu-
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
)n and OFF the Breed Wagon
ne Herd Luck Tales and Doines of an AnnatsnrHobo

doubled by the reduction in rank ana
that helped a lot While wing-dam-
ming the river Witnessed one end OF
moist love affair that bordered on the
pathetic and once more impressed upon
me the peril of mOnkeying with tender
passion
Our chief engineer on the boat. an
elderly fat man. had an affair of the
heart ashore. there being no ladies in
the fleet. One evening the aged engf-
neer put on his heart breaking clothes.
He wore a white vest, plug hat and
gloves, and, with a fragrant bud in the
lapel of his Prince Albert. he set out
to visit the fair Quincy dame. The
steamboat lay with her bow moored to
the bank. the stern being swung out
a little from the shore, after the man
ner of river craft. There was stage
plank forward, but none aft. Some
painters at work on the after part Of
the upper deck had left the end of a
plank projecting from the roof. and the
pale, tickle moon threw heavy,
elongated shadow of this plank from
the lower guardrail to the shore. The
dark streak looked just like a staging
Well, the elderly engineer came out
of his room. the flame of love flicker
ing brightly beneath the white vest,
and started to walk ashore on the
shadow 1t broke before he had gone
two steps. We got flash Of his splash
and a glimpse of his bald head ere the
laughing waters closed over II. Man
overheard" shouted the second engi-
neer, and two or three small boats put
off TO the rescue.
The bald scalp bObbing along in the
swift current served as a beacon, and
sometimes a broad surface of white
vest rolled into view as the fat engi-
neer lunged and kicked in frantic en-
deavOr TO reach shore. Laura he
yelled at intervals. "Oh. Laura, save
me." That may have been the name
of the lady. We overhauled him 800
yards below the steamboat The plug
hat was never again seen by mortal
eye-prObably it filed and sank. never
to win another trusting heart
Owing to the state of his wind and
wardrobe, the rat engineer sent regrets
that night to the lady of his choice
When she heard how he fell overheard
that tickle dame also sent back regrets
and the ring, and thus another rosy
dream blew up. Verify. he that Is in
love walks upon q shadow.
When the river and canal froze up
that fall / sought the sunny South 20
save the price of an overcCat. and had
a Love Affair of my own. For full
particulars see next chapter.
Copyright, 1905, by Charles Dryden-)
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
tu>N~>E 4DDEN: : a$ rs e fBootE* q

"Dere isn't a Hun or a Scandahoo-
Wan in dis end Of town dat hasn't
tousand in a savings bank, and what
dey has it for sure I don't know at all,
for dey never uses it. But let 'em tink
dat de bank is paying out a cent to
anybody. den dey all begins to talk
in pagan langwudges to once, to pull
out DER hairs, poor souls, and de
coppers wit deir night sticks isn't
enough to drive 'em away from de
banks. What good is money dat you
don't need for rent and tea? If you
keep 1t il a stocking like your dear
modder and me does, you Is afraid Of
bank you can't go near it witout start
ing riot. It's to de bad, Chimmie."
Tis de trute as was ever told"
me modder says. "Dere's a Roosian
Teddy on de floor below us whose good
husband runs ten sewing machines in
DER bedroom-where he also sleeps,
and where you couldn't swing a full
grown cat by its poor tail-and dey
has money in Grand-street bank. I
was down In DER room de odder day,
giving some medicine l got for little
gurrul 10 years old dat runs one Of
de sewing machines, and dat had a
bad troat because she come to wurruk
without enough close to keep out de
wind and rain and snow and hail and
sleet and chill, and was having a
talk wit de Teddy Tt is a cruel coun-
try, dis, Mrs. Fadden.' says de Roosian
Teddy. De poor has no chance in dis
country she says. De rich has all
de money. and we poor has noting
for to buy bread wit-let alone medi-
cine for de sick gurruls we have to
pay two dollars a week to-
well, as she was telling me her
troubles, a neighbor comes in de
room, trunning fits as she comes, and
she says dat IA man was seen drawing
money out of the Grand street bank,
and dat de bank was on de bum en-
tirely. You'd never believed de way
dat poor, dear Roosian Teddy acted.
She pulls her hair, and frots at de
mout, and grabs her baby--what was
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
:. 0IHVA4RD
~Z,@G
TOWNSEND.

on de honest level It's de trick of
blowing de mess up like an omeIette
souffiee dat's de secret trick. Just
maple syrup, corn flour and hot air
plain. cheap hot air-and de ready
money is dere for her every week 1t
sure makes me feel like tramp to tink
how much hot air dere is In de woild,
and dat never made bean out of it.
II 1t wasn't fog de hot air in her
game / don't tink Duchess could TONED
de trick It's de only way. Remember
two or tree years ago dat q form mug
comes over here and says he was talk
ing by wireless from Cape Cod to Ire
land? If he'd said he was talking
across de Harlem he couldn't sold a
snare, but when he gives 1t out dat he
had glad hand across seas by wire
less, de stock was all took by de wild
dies and orphans-who gets all de stock
and bonds dere is When ne had sold
out, de cross sea conversationy was
dumb as a clam, and now everybody
knows dat good husky boy wit tin
meg phone can talk furder dan all de
wireless dere is. Hot air,
Remember de top liner dat says a few
years ago dat he was going to run mo-
DlleS wit 'lectric batteries only one-fort
as heavy as de ones on de avenoo. and
dat would run four times as long? Dey
didn't have to wash dat stock. It was
all took I'D by de widdies and orphans.
VINO cried for more. Where's de bat
terry? You couldn't find it wit a gem
eral alarm from headquarters. What
was it? Hot air.
But dat wasn't what I was going TO
tell you about. Dat boy, Emmett. of
mine is back in his school again, and
ne was lected president of his class.
Dat was doing pretty good for kid
Ole, and l writes and asks him how he
done it.
Dear dad" he writes back, de od-
der candidates promised de boys ice
cream treats, chocolate, pop. soda
water and everything, but i made a
speech-just a hot air speech, dear dad,
and l win in a walk
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

under a French name-and double her
price. Mrs. Murphy is her partner, and
dey has a dozen goils woiking for dem,
and all de trade dey can do. When
she foist got into trouble wit making
more money dan her expenses she sends
for me and Duchess and she says, Me
dears," she says, what will / ever
dor Shall / lower me price or refuse
all lie business dat is coming our way
since me and Mrs. Murphy got to be
French laundresses, instead of Irish
American wash ladies. What will do,
me dears?-fo all de stockings we isn't
wearing Is filing with money and 1t is
a spre trouble"
Well, you should seen de look on
Duchess face when modder talked of
lowRring prices so she wouldn't have
so lnuch money coming in.
Raise your prices, modder DEAR"
she says. Never lower 'em."
Sure, dearie," says me troubled
modder, I'VE tried dat, and de more
we raises 'em de more woik de swell
ladies' sends to US, and de more goils
we has TO hire. It's bad way"
Duchess was so paralyzed at de way
de old ladies looks at de game dat she
wouldn't speak, so I says: why don't
you and Mrs Murphy start saving
bank account, and not be boddered
wit de keep of de long Green, if dat's
whatt's keeping you awake nights. I
DON'T know what de feeling can be
like to have more long green dan 1
wallt-having French goil for a
wife-but If it is bad as all dat, put
your troubles on de savings banks"
: Not in dis end of town, Chimmie,"
says Mrs. Murphy Its wort yol,r
life to draw out your money when
you once get it. If you are seen go
ing TO de bank and draw out so much
as de price of new apron, a run
starts. Dey are good citizens in dis
part of Manhattan, all right-per-
haps-but dey can't be educated TO
believe dat any one wants to draw
out money unless de bank is on dc
blink-and den de panic.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
AuGh Ac4eS 0I10 Oh
By Cherries Dryden

Gated for the canal, so to speak, by
swimming. fishing and falling into it
since birth. But. alas. those hopeless
aspirants had no man-of-war uniforms.
Neither was there a boy among them
who had an eye almost blown out in
the service of his country, and could
talk with the boss about squadrons and
things. 1t was me for the soft snap, all
right. and / could have been the SASH
est brat on the river. Maybe 1 was.
Just the same l bulged to the front
ana got promoted to pilot on a little
tow boat so small there was just room
for myself. the boiler and Mr.. T. Foley,
engineer. in the order named. Some
times. when crarped for space, used
to get out on the bank to turn myself
do the same. 1 might have commanded
a bigger boat but for the enmity of
the chief pilot of the canal fleet One
Sunday the old man spun yarn about
an immense tooth OF some kind he
found in the river. / foolishly asked
him II the tooth came out of the mouth
of the river. Two or three nuts laugh
ed and the chief pilot thought / was
Suying him. He never got over it. In
reviewing the past it occurs to me /
might have been too fresh for fresh
water sailing-and in a canal at that
however, promotion is not always
what it seems. AS already stated, the
boat / commanded was fully loaded
with myself, the boiler and Mr.. T.
Foley. seated in the order named, and
we had no room to carry a cook This
slight kink in the promotion business
compelled me to board ashore at the
same wages, and my finances didn't do
so we'll. Still. We did valiant service for
the United States and Keokuk, towing
small barges of stone in the dead
waters of the canal.
The name of this boat was 1.-The
Messenger" and I deemed the handling
of her my masterpiece in the art of per-
ilous navigation. The Messenger was
about as speedy as the boys who wear
a blue uniform bearing that label. One
day We ventured into the mighty cur
rent of the Mississippi. 1 headed the
Messenger upstream and steamed full
speed for three hours in the shade of
one tree on the bank; then 1 whistled
for help and a real tug came out and
got us.
But what could you expect of boat
blighted with that name?
Late in the summer the fleet moved
down to Quincy, ILL.,, and built a wing
dam from the Missouri shore. They
reduced me from pilot on the Messen-
ger to deck hand on a larger boat that
rated a cook. The pay was still the
same, but my income was nearly
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Frigate. with eighty or ninety bunged
and battered marines like myself. A
splendid young doctor at the hospital
worked on my lamp until finally he got
the wick pricked UP out of the oil and
l could see a little of everything ex-
cept money.
At length, one day, the main squeeze
called me to his Office and wanted to
know If l had any home or friends.
mentioned the ancestral hall at Mud
vile, Ill. A few days later they hand
ed out my discharge from the navy
and all the pay that was coming to me.
Instead of seeking the fatted calf
took a cheap steamer to Galveston,
Tex, and eventually wound UP on a
cattle train, which was getting pretty
close to the calf. An old-time winter
was raging in Brooklyn, and couldn't
stand the cold after the long sojourn in
tropic lands and islands. From Calves
ton ] went to San Antonio on the tin
roof of a day coach in the night time,
and struck bully job climbing poles
for the Bell Telephone Company which
was installing system. AT this con-
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Ny face was polka-dotted with minute
chunks of scrap iron and several
Jumps of burning powder lodged in
the eyeball. The ships surgeon dug
out the powder and bound my eyes in
q -four sack that had three large
purple KS on it. We had the best of
-four sacks. He said the wounds were
nothing and that 1 would be all right
in a few days. And so 1 would, had
they not sent me to stand lookout on
the foretopsail yard in wet gale.
Cold settled in the injured eye and
my prospect of becoming an admiral
grew quite dull and blinky.
For months 1 Iurked on the gloomy
lower deck away from the light, at
tired in a pair of goggles and a thick
mantle of melancholy. 1 thought
great deal about my past, but didn't
care to brood on the future.
Our ship was at sea when my lamp
went out, and we were forty-five days
reaching the coast of Chile. After
much coastwise cruising, following the
habit of warships afraid to go to sea,
the tubby Wachusett fell in with the
Pacific squadron at Valparaiso, and the
assembled surgeons held board of
survey on my smoky headlight. Net
withstanding the eye was fierce-look
ing proposition, the chief surgeon the
moment he beheld it exclaimed TO the
board:
do you know, gentlemen, 1 once had
a valuable dog with an eye like that.
He got it poisoned in the woods"
The surgeon then grew intensely en-
thusiastic-over the dog-and went
into details for the benefit of the doc
tors, who also seemed interested. 1
did hear the dogs name but have for
gotten it. Any way, they packed me
off on q British mail steamer, deck
passage, via the Isthmus of Panama.
to the navy yard at Brooklyn. There L
fingered three months in the Marine
Hospital, better known as the Stone