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Cabs in Russia.

In Russian cities, according to an
English traveller, the taking Of q cab is
q matter Of bargaining, for though there
II q printed tariff somewhere, the cab
man cannot read 1t. II you know the
distance you walk along the cab rank
calling out your destination and your
price-about q quarter Of what you
would pay In London and q tenth Of the
New York demand. When you have
passed the last cab you viii hear Q clat-
ter behind, and Q driver viii fmplors
you to step In. II you do not know the
distance you ask the fare; divide the
answer by four and walk on. Curses!
Invocation Of saints! Drivers raise their
arms to heaven in horror. Walk calm
~ on, and there Is q race to pick you
up. Nor II there ever Q dispute It the
end.
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International Boat Stamp.

-Four eountries-Bavaria, Austria,
Wurtemberg and Switzerland-border
on the lake Of Constance. Passengers
on the boats have heretofore had much
trouble In finding out what stamps to
use on their letters. II has now been
decided that letters mailed on the
boats may bear the stamps Of any one
Of the four countries named. a. well a.
German imperial stamps.
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that his robe Of once will fall upon
the broad shoulders Of Secretary Of
War Taft. There are eight associats
justices Of the supreme court who re-
csive ;12,50o per annum each, and 1t Is
not improbable that the president will
have one or more Of these commits
sions to distribSte during his next ad-
ministration.
There are some fat Jobs in the Gus
toms service, as the collector Of the
portof New York receives 312 900. There
are 133 collectorships Of customs pay
ing from $1,000 up. Those at Phila-
delphia and Boston pay 5000; that
at San Francisco, $1,000. but the aver
age compensation is about 5000. In
the treasury department there are 701
presidential of1ces that are regarded
as very attractive. There are eight a.
sistant United States trsaSurers, one
Of whom In New York receives 5000,
or the same salary - the secretary Of
the treasury himself
Under the interior department there
are esf presidential berths, but the
salaries range from only $500 To
$1,000. In the department Of CON-
msrce and labor there are Al, only one
Of which pays more than 5000 {
year. There are nine presidential Of
ficss in the war department; three in
the navy department and three In the
department Of agriculture. In tia
department of Justice there are q %
Hcitor general, an assistant to the At
torney general, six assistant attorneys
general, and two solicitors; there are
s6 United States district attorneys and
q many United States mArshalR.
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The Presidential Plum Orchard.

n extra session oil
the senate is al
ways held imme-
diately after the
4th Of March fol
the purpose OF
confirming n o m
nations Of cab
met officers and
members Of the
diplomatic corps
and of other i'm
portant officers
President Roose
welt starts out on
the 4th of March
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fron his department He has aimaa e
make the department an educational
institution on all subjects, scientific and
practical, nat deal with agriculture.
.Durine The last fiscal year this de-
partment Issued s7s separate bulletins,
big inerease oyer the year before, and
they comprised nearly 1900 printed
pages. The total numbsr Of copies OF
all publications sen. out during the
year was 12.l21,3ss. In ave years the
publication work OF this department has
beam doubled. In recent years the re
quests from educational institutions
have greatly increased, with normal
schools taking the lead.
It has been the policy Of Secretary
Wilson to see that these educational
institutions are supplied with all
they want. 1t is q pretty heavy
draft upon the departments resources
as the demands for documents vary in
number from 40 to so copies Of some
special class to as many as 5000 tc
1000 requested by state superintend
ents for general distribution to teach
ers. The expenditure Of money In this
distribution is regarded, however, as
fully justified, as it advances the edu
cational work of the department
There Is every prospect that these re-
quests for school supplies will greatly
increase In the future. The burden
upon the United States mail service Il
as great as is the expense of preparing
and printing these documents, bu'
that, too, is regarded as amply JUST
fed.
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Some Good Berths.

H E best paying
presidential berth
In the home serV-
ice may be al
President Roose-
vslt's disposition
very soon. This II
the chief justice
ship Of the su-
preme court Of the
nited States,
which carries asal.
airy Of $4,000 9
year. It has been
persistently ru-
mored that Chief
Justice Fuller will
soon resign, and
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Willing to Trade.

Rapson-'Uneasy lies the head that
wears q crown"
snapup-what II It does? Uneasy
lies the head THAT doesn't wear Q crown,
sometimes, and there must be some con-
ISOLATION in having headache from such
an aristocratIc causs.-Dstroit Free
Press.
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EnRlish In Paris.

AnglomAEia r. stu increasing IN
Paris. Formerly one used to hear Of In
bale, IL jeu de paums, Ii raquette. le
ballon, etc; to-day everybody says
nous faiSons du sprot, du rowing. du
yachting. do football. du tsnniA du
golf;" etc
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Senator Frye.

" m6IOu . WHICH
Charles w. Fair
banks takes the
oath Of once he
will relieve SEN
ator William P.
Frye, Of Maine, Of
the duty Of presid-
ing over the Unit
ed States senate.
Mr.. Frye viii
again take his seat
on the floor Of the
senate at the first
desk In the first
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Had Tooth.

Mrs. Beaconstreet-I hear that soma
thing interesting has happened at your
house, Emerson
Little Emerson-Yes; my infAntile
brother has developed what appears to
Be q bieuspid- Pittsburg Post.
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I'm 09p1ImenL Oh
agriculture Il one
Of the biggest pub
location houses in
the world. The
idea that Secretary
Wilson does moth
ing but ship gar
den and field seeds
TO the more or less
appreciatve con-
stituents Of con-
gressmen Il Q mis-
taken one for this
distribution IL Of
minor Importance
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP
0oNC1RMxHe THE oaouP or
xOUzHTuL sEHAToRs.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
4 Department That Distributes Much
Printed 1atter-Soms Of the Fat
Plums the President Has ut
His Disposal.

. sHINGToN.-
For the past four
years Joseph w.
Bailey has held
the distinction Of
being the youngest
member of the
United States SEN
ate. After the 4th
Of March he will
have to yield that
place, as a still
younger man will
then be the baby
senator" Elmer
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compared with the tremendous circula-
tisa he dives to the publications issued
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ne Department Of Agrisulturs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10

man, of Secor, who survives him. Mr.
Lane has been in continuous railroad
service since the early los, and for
several years was with the Union Pa
ci1ic, at Evanston, Wyo.
During his long residence in Poca-
tello, Mr.. Lane had been active in
politics, and was leading member OF
the democratic party in his state. He
was national committeeman from Ida
no for several years, and for some
time was assessor of Unitah county.
He served on the city council of Poe
atello, first from the Fourth ward and
later from the Third, and was a MEM
Der from the latter ward at the time
of his death. He was also prominent
in Masonic circles being u past mas
ter of the Shoshone lodge. a knight
Templar, and a member of the board
Of directors of the Masonic Building
Association. He was also past chief
conductor of the Order of Railway
Conductors OF Pocatelo, and was Il
delegate to the grand convention at
Pittsburg. He was a warm personal
friend of e. Il. Clark, formerly of Ce-
dar Rapids. now grand chief conductor
of the order, who wired his condo
lences to Mrs. Lane upon receipt of
the word announcing her husbands
death.
Mr.. Lane is survived by his wife and
three children, one daughter and two
sons. The daughter is Mrs. Daniel
T.. Murphy, and the sons Messrs.
Homer and Frank Lane, all of Poca
tello. Both Mr.. Lane and his wife will
be remembered by many Hardin coun-
ty friends, and by many of the older
Iowa Central employees In this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
WILLIAM G. LANE DEAD.
Early Conductor of the Central Passe
Away at PocateIlo, Idaho.

AWAY DIT EOCdSStIO, IOduOs
Word from Pocatello, Idaho, an
nounces the death of William G. Lane,
one OF the early conductors of the Iowa
Central, and former resident of Ell
dora and Secor Hardin county. Mr..
Lane has been in the west many years,
and at the time of mis- death was a
conductor on the Oregon Short Line.
with run between Pocatello and
Butte, Mont. The cause of Mr.. Lanes
death was heart disease, with which
he. had suffered more or less for sew
eral years. He was stricken while on
his train, at Butte. three weeks ago.
and partial paralysis, affecting one en-
tire side, resulted, proving q most SER
ious complication. He was taken to the
Oregon Hot Lakes sanitarium in the
hopes of receiving benefit, but the
treatment was of no avail.
William Golden Lane was a native
of Decatur, ILL.,, and was born Oct. 6,
1845. He was reared in Hardin coun-
ty, living on his fathers farm. near
Secor and Eldora, until he began his
railroad career as a brakeman on the
Illinois Central, at Decatur. He was
later with the Iowa Central, running
out of Eldora, when that place was
headquarters of the road. In 1877 Mr..
Lane was married to Miss Kate Hart
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
Arthur L. Lewis, 1902 Summit
{ Street, Tries to Kill Him
self With Laudanum
FAMILY TROUBLES THE CAUSE
Dose Taken Was Too Small to Prove
Fatal, and He Will Recover-son
Finds Letter Written by His Father
In Which Lewis Said He Would
Soon be Dead.

Brooding over unhappy family rela-
tions until he became respondent, Ar
thur Ii Lewis, a printer employed by
the Marshall Printing Company, at
tempted to commit suicide Saturday
night at his home, 1902 Summit street,
by drinking laudanum. The attempt
proved unsuccessful, owing to the
smallness of the dose and the efforts
of the physician who was called soon
after he was found. Altho unconscious
when the doctor arrived, Lewis was
revived and will recover.
A letter, written by the father and
left at the home, was found by the
son when he returned home In the
evening. In it Lewis set forth In de-
tail his family troubles, said he would
commit suicide, and would be dead
when the letter was found. AS his
father was not in the house the son
fastened down town and Informed the
police, thinking his father might have
gone to the river and drowned him.
self. About 10 o'clock the boy return
ed home and found his father lying
on the bed unconscious. He hastily call
ed physician, who applied restora-
tives and brought the man back to life.
Lewis was formerly in the employ
of the Reflector as a pressman, and
last summer worked for the Herald. A
few years ago he conducted small
paper at Rhodes, known as the Review,
and once ran a paper at Clemens,
called the Clemens Bugle. Mrs. Lewis
is at present in Ackley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10

old pianos are often furnished up and
repaired and sold at a reduced price.
The larger number, however, are most
| likely rented at so much month, az
cording to their condition. 1t is quiz e
a common thing now to hear the raj
| tie of q piano in q tenement nous :,
| for the humber classes like to hesr
| their girls play, as it gives tone to IT,
| family of small means to hear music,
even, tho it is not of the kind which
would satisfy an expert in sounds.
In the country towns and villages
many old fashioned pianos are found.
1t is not always because the owner
could not afford q modern instrument
for often the piano has been 'in the
family" for years and is esteemed as
an old friend The mother may have
brought it into her new home at her
marriage. It's tones have become ia
milar to the children as they advanced
in years. and it is more priced than a
new one would be, for the very fact
that it has grown up, as one may say.
with the young people.
The old-fashioned spindle legged
piano may sometimes be seen in hor1e-
steads i'm the country, and 1t would
cause many pdIlS W eACIiiilBe IL Ao'
a new one or sell 1t. 1t is, therefore,
put aside, and the new piano takes
it's place in the parlor, tho the old one
still keeps it's place in the affection" of
the family. AS prosperity comes, and
young people go out to school or into
the world of society and see fine pianos
in the houses of their friends, the old
piano is often rejected and snapped
off" for a new one. Many old pianos
are sold for what they will bring to
regular purchasers of worn-out furni-
ture. In this way some dealers get
hold of a very ancient piano, for which
the collectors of articles of bygone
time are willing to pay a large price.
When the worst comes to the worst,
the old piano gets into the hands of
some one who takes 1t to pieces and
makes out of it what he can. A man
who knows good deal about pianos
says that there are some parts Of an
old instrument that can be used again
in repairing better instrument or In
making what passes for a new one.
He says that sometimes with the oddly
fashioned legs and the fine wood IF an
old piano he can make a piece of fur
niture-a writing desk, for instance
which he passes off for an antique ar
ticle, and for which he receives Q. good
price
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
is A MUSICAL PRODIGY.
Master Arden Ackert, of Joliet, ILL.,,
is Wanted by Roney.

Master AFOCn HCkSTIy VI vVuSsy Suy
is Wanted by Roney.
Master Arden Ackert, son of Mrs.
L. H. Ackert of Joliet, Ill., who has
been here for weeks visit with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.
Ackert, in company with his mother,
is a musical prodigy, and is now con-
sidering an offer from Professor Ro-
ney, of Chicago, who developed Batch
ford Kavanagh several years ago, to
sign three years contract with him.
Master Ackert is only IL and is pos
sessed of a decidedly rich and sweet
soprano voice, of wide range and eX-
traordinary volume. Professor Roney
has heard the boy sing and, realizing
that he has but three years more to
develop his boys voice, is anxious to
take him in charge. Professor Roney
says that Master Ackert is the equal
of Blatchford Kavanagh, and with
training thinks he will excel him. Mrs.
Ackert is seriously considering the
proposition of Professor Roney, and
has about decided to allow her son
to further his musical education UNI
der Mr.. Roney's tutilege. Master Ack-
ert is q son of the late L. III. Ackert,
at one time chief dispatcher of the
Iowa Central in this city, who was
killed about two years ago while occu-
plying the position of trainmaster for
the Southern railroad. Master Ackert
is a nephew of Mr.. Charles H. Ack-
ert, formerly general manager of the
Iowa Central, in this city, who was
recently promoted to the fourth vice
presidency Of the Southern, after a
few years successful administration
as general manager of the property.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
A DANGEROUS HABIT.
GIadstone's Physician Gives Warning
Against a Growing American Gus

SOn1.
The growing habit among Amer
leans of taking a mint tablet or some
other so-called digestive after eating
a hearty meal is something that Sir
Andrew Clarke, Mr.. Gladstone's ply
stefan advises strongly against, say
ing: ut is absolutely dangerous to
take into the stomach remedies which
are popularity supposed to aid in the
digestion of food"
There is nothing known to the
science Of medicine that can per-
form the work of the human stom-
ach. Drugs do not and cannot digest
the food. They simply decompose 1t.
What can be more revolving or dis
gushing that the thought of taking
something into the stomach that is go
ing to turn the good food you have
eaten into a mass of corruption.
The only way to overcome indiges-
ton and it's evil effects is to remove
all irritation, congestion and inilam-
nation from the stomach, liver and
intestines, and Mi-o-na is the only
agent known that will do this.
When a Mi-o-na tablet is taken
before each meal every trace of irri-
tation and Inflammation is removed
from the stomach and digestive system,
and those organs will extract from
the food all that goes to make good,
rich blood, firm muscle, steady
nerves and sound. healthy body
nerves and sound, healthy body.
IL you suffer with headaches, indi-
gestion, flatulency, spots before the
eyes, vertigo, or dizziness, palpita-
ton of the heart, sleeplessness, or
any stomach trouble. get fifty cent
box Of Mi-o-na from Mcbride & Will,
one Of our most reliable drug firms,
whose faith in the remedy is shown
by their offer to return the money If
Mi-o-na does not give complete sat-
isfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10

the management is very grateful. Mrs
Haviland would appreciate the dona-
ton Of the August and October, l904
numbers of Scribner's, to- complete the
files Of the library.
The new books, classified under
their respective heads are as follows:
Miscellaneous:
Haeckel--Wonders of Life.
Osakura Weakening Of ia
pan.
White Andrew D.-Autobiography.
Irroude, Observation-Disclosures by
Thomas Carlyle.
Maeterlinck The Buried Temple.
Norris. William-Defence of GUM
evere and Other Poems.
MISUNDERSTANDING the Wilder
ness.
Dillon--Lure of the Labrador Wild;
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., Expedition.
Emerson Works, with analytical
notes; twelve volumes.
Gates, Elmer-Mind and the Brain.
LeRow-Pieces for Every Occasion.
Fiction:
KorzeniowslSi, Jos. Conrad - Nos
tromo.
IllSS IllSOil--h E'OICS N'lNHiu.
Cook-Huldah.
Mason---The Truants.
Loomis-More Cheerful Americans.
Jacobs-Dialstone Lane.
Connolly-The Seners.
Gardenhire-The Silence of Mrs.
Harold.
Stewart--The Fugitive Blacksmith.
Dixon-'rhe Clansman.
Wise-The Lions Skin.
Mitchell, S. W.--Constance Prescott.
Hewlett-The Queens QUAR-.
Carryl Far From the Maddening
Girls.
Tarkington-In the Arena.
McGrath-The Man on the Box.
Burnham-The Right Princess.
James-'Fhe Ambassadors.
Nicholson---The Main Chance.
Hough-'rhe Law of the Land.
Warner--Susan Clegg.
Misunderstanding of William Ashe.
Higgins-The Smoke Eaters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
Service in Austria.

In celebration or the emperor or
Austria's birthday, a short time ago.
twenty purses, each containing the
equivalent of SIS. were offered for
competition among the domestic serv-
ants who could prove long and salts
factory service in respectable Bituat-
tions. The qualifications of the, win
ners showed some truly remarkable
periods of service One of the winners
Ia valet-had been in the service of
the same man for forty-six years. A
maid servant of nearly eighty had
served about thirty-nine years In an
orphanage, where she was still in ac-
tive employment when she received the
award Another woman, age seventy
four had entered the service of fam
lily as scullery maid, and was still with
the same family after forty three years
service. None of the winners hal
been in their situations less than thir-
ty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
Where Do Old Pianos Go?


It has often been asked: What be-
comes of the old pins? There are
other things that pass out of sight in
large numbers just as pins do. 1t is
easy for a pin to disappear, but how
about the old pianos?
Makers of pianos have large factor
les all over the country, and those who
sell them at retail are always advertis-
ing old pianos for sale. 1t is plain,
therefore, that there is a very large
demand for them, OF course, as people
marry and as young ladies grow up the
demand must increase. All the same
thousands of old pianos must be going
out of use continually, and they must
go somewhere. Many of them, it is
safe to say today, are exchanged for
new ones, with so much money to be
paid for the new one, either in one sum
or in installments.
1t is also pretty certain that these
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
cRAzED WITH DRINK.
Police Have Hard Time Getting Drunk
ncLed LIN

Police Have Hard Time Getting Drunk
Locked Up.
Crazed with drink, and fighting like
mad man, Charles w. Seibel, no
North Fourth street, gave four police
men a long tussle before the Infatuated
man was finally arrested and locked
up Saturday night. The patrol was
summoned to West State street, where
Seitel had been creating a disturb
ance, and by coincidence Officers Ed
gar, Haas, and Breckel and Deputy
Marshal Clark all answered the call.
The united effort= of the four was
necessary before Seibel was placed in
to the wagon and chained to the floor.
After being placed in Jail he kept the
other prisoners awake almost all night
by his screams. The case was not call
ed in the police court this morning,
the mans father, George Seibel, hav-
ing filed an information charging in
ebriacy.
Seibel was formally arraigned before
Judge Caswell shortly after II o'clock,
and the court ordered him sent to the
independence hospital for a period of
three years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
: What the Pie Wa. Made Of.

Mrs. S. T. Rorer gave a dinner re-
Gently to a cooking class of young mar
ried women.
Il am making" she said, "a collection
of cooking stories. Only yeste rday a
new one was told me by a dispirited
young wife.
This young wife, who had never
cooked SO much as a beefsteak in her
life. all of a sudden bought a cook
book, entered her kitchen and plunged
into the construction of an elaborate
and difficult veal pie.
"The pie, a strange looking object,
was served to the husband. Il caustic
person, that night at dinner. He help
ed himself, tried a mouthful, and then
said:
What's this?
CA meat pie said the wife. I made
it out of the cook book
"tAh!' said the man. This leathery
part is the binding, I suppose
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
BLIND ONE YEAR.
SIGHT Restored.

After being totally blind for one
year, Mr.. Hamm, of Kelley. Iowa
father in-law Of Ed Giddings, of our
city. underwent successfully at Mar
shalltown Sunday, April 2, an opera
ton for the removal of cataract. IT
was his only eye and much diseased
from previous Inflammation. DR.. Wood
the skillful specialist, who performed
this delicate operation is proprietor OF
the Wood Eye and Ear Sanitarium at
Marshalltown. and post graduate OF
London, Berlin and Vienna.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
In the Police Court.

Gus Steppe, arrested by Officer
Breckel, was arraigned in police court
this morning, charged with fighting,
He pleaded not guilty, and his hearing
was set for Tuesday morning.
The case of Henry Lancaster, charg-
ed with assault with intent to commit
rape, was called in Justice Peeks
court this morning, and a change OF
venue was taken to Justice Clark's
court. Owing to the illness of Mrs
C. L. Van Treese, wife of the COM
planning witness, the case was con-
tinued for one week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-10
SMITH TO ASYLUM.
Iowa Central Carpenter is Taken to

Iowa Central Carpenter is AIKEN TO
Independence for Treatment.
Charles Austin Smith, aged about
60 years. the Iowa Central carlenter,
who, several weeks ago, was adjy1ged
insane and ordered committed 70 the
hospital for the insane, was taken to
Independence this morning by Sheriff
Hutson. Since the commissioners
passed upon mis- case Smith has been
cared for by the county at the Single
ton hospital, until an effort could be
made to get word from relatives, whom
it was thought might wish to care for
him at their own expense. Word from
a brother, at Cleveland, O., however
was to the effect that he was not able
to give the man proper hospital treat
ment, and that he could not care for
him unless he was in such condition
that he could enter his home. AS
Smith is in need of hospital treatment,
he was sent to Independence.