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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
DAM BUILT IN THE AIR.
Concrete Column Erected at Niagars
Falls Tipped Over Into River.

Concrete Column Erected At NiagaRa
Falls Tipped Over Into River.
The concrete column erected in Vic
toria park on the Canadian side Of NJ
agara Falls, after the plans Of Isham
Randolph of Chicago and designed
to be dam in PROSTATE form was tip
ped over the other afternoon In the
presence Of large crowd, many Of
them engineers. who had gathered to
witness the event, the first Of the kind
on this continent, says special dis
patch from Niagara Falls to the New
York Times.
The column was seven feet four
inches square and stood fifty feet high
on trestle that was twenty feet above
the ground level. Its approximate
weight was 200 tons, and extending
through the center was heavy chain
to keep the sections together after the
column had been broken into six parts
by wooden wedges inserted every eight
feet.
The column was tipped by three
, jacks operated at the base Of the tres.
tie. It fell in nice shape, broke as de
sired and raised the water In the In.
take ten and one-half inches, which is
believed to be sufficient for the needs
Of the city and the electric railway
that use the intake jointly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Falsehood has an infinity Of COM
binations, but truth has only one mode
ef being.-Rousseau.
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper will bs
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. thereby de-
troying the foundation Of the disease.
and giving the patient strength to
build up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t
fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. To-
ledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Consti-
nation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
tTo be continued.)
Son Lost Mother.

"Consumption .uns In our family.
and thru 1t lost my mother" writes
e. B. Reid, of Harmony Me. For the
past five years, however, on the slight
est sign of cough or cold, have TAX
ZEN DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, which has saved rne from
serious lung trouble" His mothers
death was sad loss for Mr.. Field, but
he learned that lung trouble must not
be neglected, and how to cure It.
Quickest relief and cure for coughs and
colds. Price SO cents and 81: guar
anteed at Mcdonald & Mahcod Co.'s
drug store. Trial bottle free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
No Poison in chamhsrlain's Cough
Rauoedv

.
From Napier, New Zealand. Herald:
Two years ago the Pharmacy Board Of
New South Wales, Australia, had an
analysis made Of all the cough medi-
cines that were sold in that market.
Out OF the entire list they found only
one that they declared was entirely
free from all poisons This exception
was Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
made by the Chamberlain Medicine
Company, Des Moines, Iowa, U. S. A.
The absence of all narcotics makes
this remedy the safest and best that
can be had: and it is with a feeling
of security that any mother can give
it to her little ones. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is especially recon-
mended by it's makers for coughs.
colds, Group and whooping cough. This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
World,. Largest Dock.

Southampton's new craving dock, tn.
largest in the world, was recently open
ed in the presence Of large and dis
tinguished assembly, says the. Londol
Standard. The dock was designed by
w. X. Galbraith, consulting enginee'
to the company. The following are ths
dimensions Of the dock: Length froE
point of sill to dock head, S15A feet
length occupied by keel blocks, SO.
feet; width Of entrance, 80 fest; widt
Of dock at floor level, 90 feet; widt
Of dock at cope level, 125 feet; dept
Of dock from cope to heor, 43 feet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
HORSE SHOW INNOVATION.
Women to Jump Their own Hunters
For the First Time.

Women to Jump Their Own Hunters
For the First Time.
This year the national horse show,
which recently opened in New York,
promises to be greater than ever. One
Of the innovations ID the raising of the
ban against women Jumping their own
horses in the hunting and jumping
classes, says the New York Post. For
a number OF years it was felt that the
risks were too great under the artif-
cial lights, fanked by the crowds, ETC.,
but so greatly has the type Of animal
shown improved in manner and SO
strong was the pressure from numer-
GUS women that it was decided to ad-
NIT those who wished to take the
plunge. Consequently any woman
wishing to jump her own horse can
do SO.
Numbers Of the sex, especially in the
south, have signided their intention to
take advantage Of the change, and 1t
simply remains to be seen whether wo-
man will live up to her reputation in
the past Of not wanting anything with
in reach, but always DESTROYS of what
is just beyond reach. In other words,
it will be interesting to note how many
and who take advantage of the change.
That there are quite number who are
capable Of doing themselves Justice is
known, many Of them riding infinitely
better than the men. If the competi-
ton is won by woman she will be
presented with cup, 80 there is no
lack Of inducement.
1t cannot be too frequently stated
that, thanks in great measure to the
great horse show influence, the United
States is now recognized as the great
horse nursery Of the world. We have
brought out the cream of the high class
harness horses Of the world, ard this
fact is well known, as shown by the
constant purchase by Europeans of
splendid specimens. We have supplied
the horses for the cavalry Of two great
recent wars, and should there be an
other there is no country but the Unit
ed States on which to call for suitable
horsefesh in any quantity. To the illu-
mination Of this fact the great horse
show is still doing It's part. Attention
is attracted to It not only In the United
States, but all over the world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

Jould c4csGit Elin.
jerks placed her on her feet Mt til
ntrlnce to the cave.
'sYou understand" he cried, and will
out waiting for an answer rim to til
house for another rife. This time,
her Amusement, he darted back throug.
Prospect park toward the south beacl!
The sailor knew that the Dyaks hat
landed at the sandy bay Iris had chris,
tened Smugslers' cove. They were ac
quainted with the passage through thu
reef and came from the distant islands
Now they would endeavor to escape
by the same channel. They must b.
prevented at all costs.
He was right. AS they came out into
the open he saw three men. not two,
pushing off large sampan. One OF
them was the chief. Then jerks I'LL
derstood that his bullet had hit the
lock of the Dyak's uplifted weapon,
with the result already described. By
a miracle lie had escaped.
E[e cooily prepared to STAY the three
of them with the same calm purpose
that distinguished the openir phase
Of this singularly one sided conflict.
The distance was much greater, per-
haps 500 yards from the point where
the boat came into view. He bnelt and
fired. He judged that the missile struck
the craft between the trio.
IL didn't allow for the sur on the
side of the fore sight" he said Tor per
haps am bit shaky after the run. In
any event they can't 60 far"
A hurrying step on the coral behind
him caught his ear. Instantly he
sprang up and faced about-to see Iris.
"They are escaping" she said.
mo fear of that" he replied, turning
away from her.
"Where are the othersY
"Deadv'
"Do you mean that you killed nearly
all those menu"
"Six Of them. There were nine in
all"
IIe knelt again, lifting the rife. Iris
threw herself on her knees BY his side.
There was something awful 10 her in
this chill and businesslike declaration
Of fixed purpose.
.Mr. Jenks," she said, claeping her
hands In an agony Of entreaty. do not
kill more men for my sakev
For my own sake, them" lie growl-
ed, annoyed at the interruption, az the
sampan was afioat.
"Then ask you for Gods sake not
to take another life. What you have al
ready done was unavoidable, perhaps
right. This is murder!"
He lowered his weapon and looked ct
her.
IF those men get away they will
bring back host to avenge their CON-
rades-and secure you," he added.
ut may be the will Of Providence for
such thing to happen. Yet ] implore
you to spare them"
He placed the rife on the sand and
raised her tenderly, for she h,ld yield
ed to paroxysm of tears. Not another
word did either of them speal in that
hour. The large triangular sail of the
sampan was now bcllying out In the
south wind. A figure stood up in the
stern of the boat and shook rlenacing
arm at the couple on the beach,
1t was the Malay chief, cursng them
with the rude eloquence Of his barba-
rous tongue. And jerks we'll knew
what he w"s saying
ITO re continued.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
HOLIDAY RATES

Via Chicago Great Western Railway.
Only one fare plus one third for the
round trip to points in Arkansas, Col
orado, Illinois, Indian Territory, Iowa,
Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota.
northern Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Da-
xota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Tickets on sale December %, "a, %,
80, 81 and January 1, 1906. Final re-
turn limit January 4tl1. For further In
formation apply to J. r. Harding.
agent. Marshalltown, Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
MARK Twain, AGED 70.
The Humorist Is Three Score
And Ten Years OF Age
Today.
THE PRINCE OF 4uMoR'sTs
THE PRINCE OF HuMoRlsTs
climpses Into the Life of the Genial
Fun Lover at Whose Jokes All the
World Has Laushed-The Premier
Humorist Of Modern Times-A
Practical Joker.

I'm Nov. 80, Thanksgiving day.
Mark Twain arrives at his sew
~ entieth birthday. That the
genial fun lover, the premier
humorist Of the whole world, should
have attained the proyerbial three
score and ten, and that In a hale and
robust condition, should be an addition
al cause for gratitude to himself and
his readers throughout the earth. In
the scattering Of mental sunshine, in
the tearing OF Of masks, hypocrisies
and seemings, in spreading common
sense and in giving the world new,
sane, wholesome and rational views of
things, this prince Of testers has placed
the age under debt that we ourselves
can scarcely measure.
Samuel Langhorn Clemens he was
christenel, but it is too much Of q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Can You Believe Your senses7

When two Of them, taste and smell,
having been impaired If not utterly de-
stroyed by nasal catarrh, are fully re-
stored by Ely's Cream Balm, can you
doubt that this remedy deserves all
that has been, said OF It by the thou
sands whom 1t has cured? It Is applied
directly to the effected air-passages
and begins its healing work at once.
Why not get It today? All druggists
or mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren
street. New York, on receipt Of so
cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Bank For school children.

The board of education Of Youngs-
town, O., recently decided to establish
a bank for school children, says q
youngstown correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. On Friday Of each
week they are to give the money to the
principals, who are to deposit 1t on 4
per cent interest The fund Is candy,
Cigarette and chewing gum one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

that the report of my death Is greatly
exaggerated"
When asked as to the sort Of people
who make the most sympathetic listen
ers he replied, college men and con-
victs."
He is resourceful and ready on the
spur of the moment. One morning
when his telephone was not working
well he used words hot enough to bills
ter the receiver. Then when he discov
cred an eminent divine ut the other end
he said blandiy:
els that you, doctor? My butler has
been Mt the telephone and said he
couldn't understand YOU"
He once told William Dean Uowells
that INDIGESTION had made his fortune.
When he could not decide whether to
spend his last nickel for a cigar or an
apple lie kept It and SO got rich.
Here is n sample Of rather startling
practical joke. A kindly old couple on
whom the Clemenses were going to call
were surprised in the early evening at
finding young baby left on their
front steps They decided to adopt the
waif
When the visitors arrived Mrs. Glenn
ems almost tainted on discovering that
the baby was her own.
Twain was always fond Of cats. He
had bunch once that did not live
long They were overweighted with
| their names, lie thought. The names
| were Sour Mash. Apollinaris, Zoroaster
| and Blatherskite.
Detests Collars and Cravats.
He is not overload of clothes, pre-
ferring pajamas around home. He spe-
| cially detests collars and cravats.
When living at Hartford he used to
climb over the back fence and call OH
Harriet Beecher Stowe, usually in a
collarless condition. One morning aft
er such call Mrs. Stowe received n
package containing collar and era
vat with this note:
| Mrs. Clemens tells me that spent half
an hour at your house this morning with
| out the inclosed articles. Therefore l
must ask you to look at them for that
| length Of time.
p. S-Please return them; they are all
| have.
This Hartford house, by the way,
was built with the kishen in front in
order as the.owner SAID, that the serv-
ants might see the callers without tax
Ing time to run into the halls and peep
through doors.
Much of the humorist's work Is done
at his summer home at Saranac Lake,
where he goes to escape from his ad-
| mirers.
When during contagion one of the
Twain houses was disinfected Mark
said that the fumigator was SO strong
that 1t took all the brass of the door
knobs and all the tune out Of the pi-
| ano."
| Mark Twain's latest book, in which
he skins King Leopold of Belgium, is
| probably the boldest attack ever made
on crowned head, and it Is as right
eous as 1t is brave.
| The GROWING act Of the career Of
| this most famous Of American writer's
| was in paying Off the debts of the pub
| fishing firm Of Charles L. Webster &
| Co., though not legally bound to do 80.
| 1t took him years Of hard work in his
old age, but finally every cent was met.
The world had laughed with Mark
| Twain before. 1t learned to love him
| then ]. A. EDGERTON.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
4 PoIiceman:. Te.timony,

]. N. Patterson, night policeman Of
Nashua, Iowa, writes: Last winter I
had a bad cold on my lungs and tried
at least o half dozen advertised cough
medicines, and had treatment from
two physicians without getting any
benefit A friend recommended Foley's
Honey and Tar and two thirds Of o
bottle cured me. I consider 1t the
greatest cough and lung medicine in
the world" For sale by Mcbride &
Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Opportunities

On the line Of the Chicago Great
Western Railway in Iowa, --fissouri, IL
linois and Minnesota for business men,
professional men and manufacturers.
Openings for nearly all lines in live
towns on progressive railway, afford
ing a Square dear for all. Maps,
Maple Leaflets, Town Talk, and full
Information given on request to Indus
trial Department, c. g. w. Railway, st.
Paul, Mimi, or H. B. Magill, Manager,
Townsite Department, Omaha, Neb.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Anxious Moments.

Some OF the most anxious hours Of q
mothers life are those when the little
one of the household have the Group.
There is no other medicine so effective
IN this terrible malady as Foley's Hon.
ey and Tar. It is household favorito
for throat and lung troubles, as 1t con.
tains no opiates or other poisons, 1t car
be safely given. For sale by Mcbride
4. Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

IN repartee-my mother" When Marks
steamboat captain reproved him for
his druwl in speaking, asking him,
"What makes you pull your words
so?" the then cub pilot replied: "You'll
have to ask my ma. She pulls them
the same way"
Mark Twain's wife was Miss Op-ta
Langdon Of Elmira, whose father as
quite wealthy. When the cour hip
was young Twain called on the old
gentleman. Siding toward the door,
he timitlly asked:
"Have you noticed anything between
your daughter and me, Mr.. Langdon?' q
NO" was the sharp reply.
"Well," said the ilrepressible Mark,
'.if you keep a sharp lookout you will. =
The Twains had three daughters, and
to commemorate their birth the proud
father erected three handsome stone
watering troughs, with the name and
date of birth cut on each thus publish
Ing to the world what should be a wo.
mans most, hidden secret-her age.
He never had a son, unless "Tom Saw
yer" "Huck Finn" Harris" 'Pudd'n
head Wilson and Mulberry Sellers"
may be considered boys Of his.
The death Of his daughter Clara and
Of Mrs. Clemens were sad blows to the
great author, and under this double
bereavement the world saw him in a
new light. kilograms Of coincidence
came from all corners of the earth. It
Is said that more were received than
at the death Of Queen Victoria, so uni
versally known and popular is this
Yankee wit and philosopher. On the
modest block Of marble over his wife's
grave he placed this inscription:
Warm summer sun,
Shine kindly here;
Warm southern wind,
Blow softly here: =
70 Green sod above,
Lie light, lie light;
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night.
His kindness Of heart Is shown b
others than his own family. He has
started more than one young man in
business. He got doctor his first pa
tent by telling a banker in need of
medical services that he knew physi-
clan who had never lost q case. He
then gave the name Of the young would
be practitioner, who indeed never had
lost case-he never had one to lose.
1t is not generally known that Sam
uel NJ. Clemens is an inventor, but he
has taken out patents on vest strap,
q scrapbook and game. Most of his
inventions, however, are covered by
copyright rather than by patents.
Anecd0taI Burs.
And now look out, for am going to
shake the chestnut tree and open a few
anecdotal burs. They were not chest
nuts, however. when Mark Twain grew
them
When Mrs. Astor said that man
could not be gentleman without a
college education Mark said he regard
ed it as "a direct personal Insult"
When the hunorist was slightly Ill
his death was reported and newspa-
per sent man to find out the particu-
lars. Mark said to the reporter:
Young man. Just wire your paper
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30

nouthfu Of name, and besides Mark
Twain ats better. He was born at
Florida, No., but early loved to Han.
nibal. His father was d. absentmind-
cd man and forgot the youngster at
moving time. A neighbor heard the
boy crying, rescued him and overlook
the family on the road. Mark had lit
tie schooling and became devil in his
brothers. printing Office. Afterward he
was cub pilot on the Mississippi,
where he has been described as green
looking, plodding and slow. One day
the captain said to him:
s'Sam, you'll make riverman some
day IL you'll just get over this non
sense Of writin' fer the papers. Why,
don't you quit?
Eyes, captain" replied the future
humorist, land don't ye spose might
make a pretty good writer some day
e I'd Jest get over this tryin' to be a
Eivefman?"
At the outbreak Of the war he Joined
. Confederate company of irregulars
but was never in much Of q battle. He
said the enemy never wanted to fight
when his men did, and when the enc
my wanted to fight his folks were gen
orally on the move. So he left.
Struck Pay Dirt Right Away.
His brother who had owned the print
I ing Office was made secretary Of the
territory Of Nevada at about this time
and took Sam along as his private Sec
rotary. Here he tried mining and writ
Ing for the papers. The mining did not
pan out, but in writing he struck pay
dirt right away. At first he signed his
gtun Josh, but soon went back to the
steamboating term Of Mark Twain"
The San francisco papers noticed him,
and he got job there as reporter.
In after life he ascribed his rise in the
world to the fact that he lost that job
He tried mining again, with no better
luck than before, after which he went
to the Sandwich Islands, writing let
tiers to the papers on the trip. He aft
erward returned to Frisco and lectured
about 1t. Then he wrote "The Jumping
Frog" which Immediately made him
famous. He went east and edited q
paper at Buffalo. In later life he has
lived at Hartford, Conn; New York,
Elmira, London, Paris. Florence, VI
Anna and pretty much all over the
world. He now has home at larry
town, N. Y, where he is neighbor Of
that other famous press humorist John
D. Rockefeller Twain has more hair
than Rockefeller, but the oil king has
more money, SO the score is even.
Mark 1wain's opinion of himself Is
best told in a story. Like Grant, he
often pauses to look at shop windows,
especially those of bookstores. When
once so occupied an irrepressible who
had not seen his face paused beside
him. Spying picture of Twain In the
window, The young person asked:
What do you think Of himl"
II think" said Mark, that he is tho
greatest impostor the American people
ever refused to take seriously"
"How so?"
'sWeu, because he really u seriouS
and because nobody'll believe him.
Ne passs,. fdr being humorous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
Intern ational Live Stock Exposition,
Chicago, Dec. 1923, 1905.

For the above occasion the Chicago
Great Western Railway will sell tick
cts to Chicago at only one fare plus 81
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
December 10th to goth, inclusive. Final
return limit December Gath. For full
information apply to ]. r. Harding.
agent. Marshalltown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-30
international Marine Exhibit.

On April 10, 1905, most important
international exhibition. including ev-
erything connected with the sea, will
be opend at Marseilles. For the first
time the results Of oceanographicsi re-
searches and those founded on prac-
teal experience win be collected to-
getheI. ~