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Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
TO THE SOUTH WIND

o warm. wet wind from the SOUTH
Come, talk to me, list to my prayer;
You have touched Her soft hair,
Maybe moved dear curl,
or, perchance, happy wind, kissed her
mouth.
Q breath of the spring from the south,
Say, soft, scented wind of the south.
Was my Loves not the name that you
heard
From the throat of the earliest bird?
Is II not of my Love that the breeze
Sings soft to the murmuring trees?
Don't you think that 1t seems
Truly don't you infer,
From the low, liquid whisper of half
avail streams,
They are dreaming and talking OF Her?
But, wind of the south, you are blind,
you are blind!
To be leaving behind
Those eyes; and those curls' and that
mouth!
If We're you, wind. I am sure would
blow
From the north, though the snow
And the hail and the ice followed fast,
And the sting of my blast laid the fiow-
ers all low;
Though | blackened the buds on tho
trees in my flight.
And turned the green white;
Through the the forests I'd rush,
And the strong trees ia crush,
And I'd bend down the weak,
Till | reached the glad end of my hur-
There I'd Sink TO a zephyr and touch
Her dear cheek,
And die TO calm on Her lip.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
HIS STATUS

He swings his arms and rolls his eyes,
The climax then to cap,
He says, as one who sees a prize
Ahead, with JOY "Git APP
And then he in moment brief
Resumes his merry toot,
And sings as if with great relief
And golden rapture, "Scoot!
Where is the thing he urges on.
Whose speed he hardly doubts?
l murmum ever and anon
When Get there" shrll he shouts.
pause a bit and look at him,
And he his yawp let's loose
Again and shrieks with Vigor, skim
And after that, "Vamoose!"
Where does his keeper strong abide
That now so crazy seems?
Then In a way preoccupied
He Jump" most loudly screams.
'Tis now one who apparently
This creature knows quite we'll,
Nothing my wonder, says TO me,
AS one who'd break a spell:-
"That man is not at all insane
His head is level quite,
And now he works with might and
main
For ali the coin in sight
For slump & Blump his thought up
flames.
While thus he wildly broods,
In finding new and winning names
For all their breakfast foods"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
Only Afraid Once

"Can you honestly say that you were
never afraid in battle?" asked the tao
tician of the old veteran with a wooden
leg.
"Well, no; / don't think 1 could say
that" was the reply.
"Then you were afraid?"
''Yes; but only once"
"Have you any objections to giving
me the particulars?"
mot at ALL had lent the captain OF
my company $40. and when we were
rushed into a fight and l saw him TAX
ing the lead and exposing himself 1 was
afraid he'd get killed and I'd lose my
money. y."-Chicago News.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
Made II a rhorouah Job

At Cochise recently the Justice of the
peace and ex-officio coroner of that
precinct had trouble with an unruly
Mexican and the latter tried to kill
his honor, whereupon the Judge pulled
his "trusty" and killed the Mexican.
He then ordered the constable to sum-
mon coroner's jury to investigate
the death of the defunct pisano then
before him. and the jury brought in
a verdict generating the judge. At
the end of the quarter the official put
in a bill for $40 to the county for hold
ing the inquest on the extinct son of
Montezuma, whom he had dispatched
hence, and the bill was allowed by
the board of Observation-Disclosures
Prospector.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
GARNERED PLEASANTRIES
When young men blush, and pale and
sigh

When young men blush, and pale, and
sigh,
You may be sure of this
Especially If they do not eat
That something is a-miss!
Town Topics.
IT have given up smoking" "Why.
you tried to give it up and you
couldn't" 81 had no wife and
mother-in-law to help me them
Houston Post
what kind of a man is Dickers?''
"Stingy If he believed In the ortho-
doX idea of future punishment he'd get
some satisfaction out of the prospect
of free Washington Star.
Pop" "Yes, my son." What is
horse sense?" "Horse sense, my boy,
Is shown when the animal turns his
nose the other way as gosoline ma
chine passes on the road. Yonkers
Statesman.
Few people know how to love wise
ly." remarked the man who comments
on things. "And when a man gets real
wise he doesn't love- replied Senator
Badger-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Tess-So you're really engaged to
him? | thought you said you wouldn't
marry him X he were the last man in
the world. Jess-Well, he isn't. Is hep
Philadelphia Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
whlatled for a Hundred MILES

The Katy flyer came in and went out
whistling Tuesday morning, continuing
the piercing shrek all the time the
train was standing here.
1t whlstled one long blast reaching
from Oswego to Verdark, a distance
of 100 miles, which is no doubt the
longest whistle on record. A grain OF
sand or some other hard substance had
got stuck in the whistling valve and
all the frenzied engineer could do was
to let her shriek.-Pryor Creek Clipper.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
The Judae,s Lido joke

It is told of the late Judge Shattuck
of oregon that in a case BEFORE him on
one occasion both sides were repre-
sented by attorneys somewhat noted
for mishandling the kings English. AS
the Jury was being impaneled one or
the talesmen. German, pleaded to be
excused. saying: II unterstant not ferry
gut English" "Well, don't let that
worry you," responded the judge. ''for
you are not likely to hear any very
good English IN this case."-Law Notes.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05

working by the roadside, pedestrians or
neighboring farmers, especially since it
was driven by strangers. Even so, the
wagon would undoubtedly be traced
and it's driver would be forced to have
a most carefully prepared story to de-
ceive the police. Personally, 1 don't
believe he could do this.
The Negotiations
The Pocantico Hills are too far from
New York or any other thickly popu-
lated section that could be reached in
time to hide the prisoner from the tu-
multi of many people. 1t would appear
that this surely was an insurmountable
barrier to undertaking the crime even
If the previous things, difficult as they
seem, could be accomplished, and there
would still remain q far more difficult
thing to do-the negotiations for the
payment of the ransom and it's actual
payment without incurring capture or
Identification.
1t would be comparatively easy
matter to establish communication. A
letter to some friend or business asso-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
Gave Him a "TalIor Made"

Kansas city tough kids" have i'm
vented some new names for cigarettes.
A dlrty-faced youngster about 10 years
old was walking along Twelfth street
yesterday smoking a cigarette which
he had rolled himself. when he met an
other boy. The second lad noticed what
the first was smoking, Taking a box of
cigarettes from his pocket he said:
Hey, Jimmie, t'row dat home- made
puffstick away an smoke on of desc
tailor-mades. kansas City Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
Advertising Relation

Two revivalists at Neodesha have
about reached the limit with a half
page lad" of their meetings in a local
paper, which reads:
"Ho Ye People! Special Sale. We
are here with the goods. The bread of
life. The water of life. Our price,
Come ye and buy without money and
without price We propose to tell the
mean people of Neodesha how to get
good and the good people how to get
er,"-Kansas City Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05

What a Shame

81 want ten two-cent stamps" said
Mrs. Youngwed, land please charge
them, because L have no change"
1--WE don't do that. madam" replied
the clerk in the postoffice.
"The idea! Why not? We always get
our letters from u."-Philadelphia
ILadpar
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05

In these two hours the conveyances
such as we have concluded they would
use could not be able to make more
than eighteen miles without attracting
undue notice.
Their haven of refuge therefore,
would have to be within a radius of
eighteen miles of the place where the
capture was effected. Their prisoner
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
eZ2zY d. EOCHEEzZLEIS,
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would have to be removed to the place
of concealment selected for him, which
must be his permanent one, and this
place of concealment would be within
the above radius. 1t would then be
necessary to remove the wagon to some
other place, as that wagon driven by
strangers would have been certain to
have attracted attention from men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
BACK TO FICTION.

Presumably Mr.. FL. Rider Haggard'
like every other Englishman. believes
the wisdom and virility of the world
center in the right little, tight little is
land of his nativity. 1t Is peculiar
;tv of the foreigner abroad to see coun-
tries other than his own going fast
to ruin while his stands steadfast.
Mr.. Haggard, after few weeks m
America sees ruin and revolution i'm
pending and forsees the downfall OF
the republic. II see nothing but rev.
olution and ruin in this country, II you
do not curb YOU. gigantic trusts said
Mr.. Haggard. Prices have been ele-
waited to the prohibitive point for all
except the very rich. and this VIII
quickly and thoroughly applied"
Mr.. Haggard's prediction based on
an evidently cursoly view is worthy or
consideration only on account OF his
own prominence. He has seen the
great piratical organizations OF TINS
country and Jumped to his conclusions
without sufficient knowledge of the
American people and the power OF this
nation to reform abuses. Mr.. Haggard
is Of a nation prone to bow to the alb
solutism of wealth and caste. He very
naturally falls to understand the pow
ar Of the common people in America.
TIe Is quite as likely to see Macaulay's
naked fisherman busy with his net IN
the Thames as to see revolution in the
United States.
This nation will endure without ruin,
revolution or anarchy. 1t will purge
itself Of the vicious combinations that
seek to control it without the turmoil
that Mr.. Haggard predicts. Americans
who have read King Solomon's
Mines" she" and the other novels OF
his authorship are likely to smile at
his views on our failure as another
manifestation OF Mr.. Haggard's pecu-
liar powers in the line Of strictly i'm
aginative fiction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
ACT QUICKLY.
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Mar.
ahaIItown

Delay Has Been Dangerous in Mar
shalltown.
Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in times Of danger.
Backache is kidney danger.
Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly.
Cure all distressing dangerous kidney
ills.
Plenty of evidence to prove this.
S. B. Rice, a painter Of 312 Railroad
street. says: IT, in common with nearly
all painters, experienced a good deal OF
difficulty from the effects Of the COM
ponent parts Of the paints, and like all
painters incurred great deal Of dihi-
Guilty in finding any medicine or prep
aration competent to check those eff
fects. / tried quite a few before
procured Doan's Kidney Pills at the
Mcbride & Will Drug Company. but
never found anything to equal the re-
suits obtained from them. 1t will be
boon to painters to learn that there 10
medicine to be had in Marshalltown
which will bring speedy relief to those
suffering from kidney ailment. That
medicine emphatically declare to be
Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 60c.
Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. T.. SOLE
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doans-and
take no other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
Tie difference to him whether he killed

/ tie difference to him whether he killed
In the most cowardly manner or Wbe-
Their he boldly faced the weapons of
his enemies. Few men have been the
Kids equal with the revolver and
none ever made a more terrifying rec
ord with that universal weapon OF the
frontier.
Dying. as he had lived. like Il wild
BEAST, this bcardless, soulcss youth
who had about him none Of the attri-
butcs that usually gain the western
desperate n certain sort Of admiration,
must remain wholly the most unac-
countablc figure in frontier history.
Chief among the stock owners was
John Chisholm, whose brand was on
thousands of range cattle. Billy work
ed for Chisholm a short time, but soon
he had his inevitable quarrel with his
employer. 1t was over - question OF
wages. Billy claiming that Chisholm
hadl not squared their account Only
the fact that Chisholm was surround
ed by n guard of hard fighting cow
boys with regulations as Killers" kept
him from assassination when he and
the young desperate parted. AS 1t was,
Billy managed finally to exact "a ter
rible penalty from Chisholm. 1t is
more than likely that the Kid swore
his vendetta against Chisholm and 9TH
err cattle owners simply as a matter of
course instead Of u punctilious affair
of principle. Billy would naturally take
sides with the rustlers who were MAX
ing life miserable for honest men In
Lincoln county. He soon became
leader of the desperate crew and was
In the thick of many OF the deadly en-
counters that took place during the
course OF the war" 1t lis estimated
that he put round dozen Of notches
on his gun handle during this fiercest
Of range reuds, every notch represent
ing g human life. Two of his victims
were sheriff and his deputy, who
had driven him and part Of his gang
into an adobe house.
One day the Kid turned up at one
of the Chisholm COW camps. He had
not forgotten his old feud with the
cattle king of the Pecos. Three Of the
cowboys were at q fire cooking supper.
and twenty yards away Barrett Howell
was hobbling a COW pony Billy rode
up to Howell and asked him IL he work.
ed for John Chisholm. On being an
swered in the affirmative, the Kid
shot the cowboy thru the head, at the
same time crying, in a high pitched
voice: well, there's your pay
The COW boys at the fire sprang to
their feet as they saw their comrade
fall, but Billys revolver spoke twice
more and two Of them fell dead. Then
covering the remaining cowboy with
his revolver, Billy shrilled this mes
sage:
you tell John Chisholm he owes me
money. I'll credit him with five dol
lars on the bill every time I kill one
of his men. II / kill him the account
is wiped ont -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
THE NEW TOWER TRAP.
A Popular Innovation in Gun Shootin
Contests.

A Popular Innovation in Gun Shooting
Contests.
A recent innovation in trap shooting
contests is the tower trap, first erected
in this country at Pinehurst, N. c., but
quickly adopted by other gun clubs. 1t,
of course, does not supplant other
styles of traps. but affords an inno-
walton for gun contests. The tower
trap originated in Europe. 1t automat-
ically reproduces the features of pleas
ant shooting (when the birds are driv-
en), wild fowl, pigeon shooting and
birds flying from trees
The towers range from forty to six
ty feet in height. On top are two
spring traps, at right and left OF the
gunners facing them. The keeper is
protected by a heavy plank partition,
which also hides the spring trap from
the view of the gunner. The traps are
sprung from the rear in the usual man
ner. The targets thrown are of five
kinds right, left, overhead, unknown
angles and doubles. For four Of these
kinds the gunner stands facing the
tower at the usual rise distance. For
the overhead he stands directly UNDER
meath the trap.
The best marksnlen are puzzled for
a time in using the tower traps, and
often find they have still something to
learn. The known angles to right and
left and even the overhead targets may
be scored by the first shots, but the
unknown angles and the doubles have
floored the best gunners until they
have mastered the new conditions by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
A Pat Definition.
fChIcago Record : Herald.l


Leslie Monitor Shaw, secretary OF
the treasury. was at luncheon in the
Hamilton Club Of Chicago. telling
come Of the stories which have made
him famous in political campaigns
stories impregnated with the wit he
brought from Morristown, VT, to Dem
nison, Iowa. and OF the sort calculated
to cause u laugh In Des Moines,
Washington, or the quadrennial con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church. But his answer to n query of
John Maynard Harlan, illustrates his
delicious humor. The talk was Of
statesmen and politicians, when Mr..
Harlan said:
Mr.. Secretary, what is the differ
ence between 81 statesman and a poll
tician?"
Quick as thought came the an
swer:
ITS the difference between the
young man seeking a position and the
boy looking for a job"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
GUST TO SEE THEM KICK"
The Worst Man on Record.

rArthur Chapman in April Outing.l
It is one of the anomalies OF western
life that a pale, slender, high voiced,
light haired and altogether effeminate
individual named William Antrim
sometimes called Billy Benny, and
generally known as Billy the Kid,
should be the worst desperate in the
history of the frontier. Yet, in con-
sidering the so-called dad man" of the
west. his name must stand forth as
the superlative of badness. Some OF
the gun fighters of frontier days killed
in self-defense, and others killed when
they were in liquor or infi;Lmed with
anger-but Billy the Kid was the only
white man who slew out of pure wan
tonness. Three of his victims-Mex-
leans they were-he BOWED over just
to see them kick" as he laugh1ngly
explained afterward. If he had a
s,rudge against man he never har-
bored it long, but simply confronted
his victim and slew without making
explanation. Only sturdy John CHS
holm bade defiance to Billy to the
end of the desperado's red career, and
only one man ever proved himself a
quicker shot-Patrick A. Garrett, one
of the nerviest sheriffs tina: ever serv-
ed in the days when the southwest
needed nervy men in that office.
Could a Lombroso have studied this
mere boy, who seemed to- have been
born with tigers blool-thirst, no
doubt science would have received an
interesting contribution. Without a
spark of pity for his numerous VIC
time and with no fear of his enemies
in his heart, Billy the Kid presented
a peculiar phenomenon. His desire
was to kill, and it seemed to make lit
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10

continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which SO many physi-
clans propose in order to intelligently
treat the disease and this is the rea-
son why SO many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confde every
detail Of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
Ills, Mrs. Pinkham can advise women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.
T. G. Willadsen, of Manning, la. She
writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
~ can truly say that you have savedmy
life, and I cannot express my gratitude u
words. Before wrote to You telling ycu
steady, and spent lots Of money In medicinal
besides, but IL all failed TODD me any good. ]
had female trouble and would daily have faint.
ing spells, backache, bearing down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. wrote to you for your ad.
vice and received letter full Of instructions
trlst what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and have been restored to perfect health.
Had it not been for you would have benin
my grave to-day"
Mountains Of proof establish the fact
that no medicine in the world equals
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound for restoring womens health.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
.Pittsburs Dispatch.

With the capital stock Of these con-
Germs should be taxed is not clear since
it Is all invested in the business and
is taxed in the form of machinery and
finished product.
The public service corporation
should be taxed on its franchise for
the value it gets from the public-the
use of streets, etc. a value which
newspapers. manufacturing and mer-
camille concerns do not receive. There
fore to tax the public service corpor-
alton on it's capital stock in excess of
the tangible value of it's property is
simply to collect franchise tax.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
yfres 32eahlira,1 71rsya11tn1,y auu April IN 1905

large number OF cases Is found III
The efforts Of the farmer to work too
many acres.
If lands In this county climb
much more In price III VIII be ncces-
sary to farm more carefully II thc
farm owner wishes to nuke reason
able interest on his Investment ana
this will require that the farms be
divided 40 that whore now one fam
lily lives room will be made for two.
TANNING; CAPITAL. STOCK.
dubuque yimcs.l
The Illinois senate has passed bill
cxempting from taxation the capital
stock of newspapers ana manulaclur
ing and mercantile concerns.
The capital stock of any but public
service corporation operating under II
franchise granted by the people, should
be taxed The capital stock of a news
paper property is represented In the
Investment in machinery, presses.
type, etc Under one provision OF law,
this tangible property Is already tax
able and to tax ii II second time as
capital stock obviously would be TO
Impose double taxation.
Ohio and other states which are not
seeking additional factories, being al
ready crowded with them. can afford to
impose on manufactures and mercan-
tile companies u capital stock tax, but
Illinois and Iowa can not expect to
induce the location of new industries
within their limits with the same tax.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10

prises go forward and leave him bark
Ing by the wnyside. He is but n buzz
zing NY upon the wheels OF progress
pestlent and annoying of course.
while he lives, but forgotten forever
when he is gone"
AS there VIII be no political excite
ment until next year. the Boone News
suggests that the photographer turn
his attention to bad roads AK u good
subject on which to work out his
spite.
The Hardin County Citizen believes
III most of us would talk less and
the business OF giving advice would
be materially reduced, and the world
would be Just as we'll Off 1t Is go easy
to give advice to the horse that is pull
ing and SO hard to get into the harness
and pull
Noting that fashion papers say
"'rhere is II decided fullncss about
mems clothes. They hang about them
more loosely than ever before" the
Tama Herald suggests. Maybe the
butchers bills are responsible for the
change I'm the fashion"
AS far as the Grundy Republican
is concerned II dlsavowS amy desire to
reform the politicians. but would
"throw them out of control OF the
OFFICES and see their places filled by