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The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

and had about decided that she would
have to so in car behind when the
sound Of her own name, spoken in q
surprised voice, brought her to a stand
still.
Jack Moreland"' she cried in won
der and held out both hands impul-
sively, utterly unmindful of the inter-
ested passengers and the grinning por-
ter Moreland took both her hands,
then suddenly remembered and drop
ped them without speaking. Flinging
his bag from the seat next the win
dow, he made room for her. She, too.
had recovered from the shock-and the
pleasure-of this unexpected meeting,
though her cheeks were flushed trifle.
perhaps you were saving that seat
for some one"
NO; l think my good angel must
just have warned me of your coming"
He settled her luggage and dropped
into the seat beside her.
This is great luck" he remarked.
"And to think that l have been dread
ing this trip!'
"You don't deserve meeting me.
Here l have been back u fortnight, and
you haven't been near the house" She
did not add even mentally, that she
had missed the flowers which had come
from him daily before her trip abroad
Il have been very busy" he said
gravely, at which she smiled quiz
zically.
planning barn dance for the Pen
nifield-B Browns or steering some pretty
western woman through the shoals of
New York society,"
Neither" he said shortly. THAT is
not my line just now"
'Ohr' she looked out Of the window.
He had changed. and yet he had seem-
ed very glad to see her Did You
make the mistake OF failing 10 have n
seat reserved in the parlor car tOof
"No; l have taken to riding in day
coaches lately
She glanced at him quizZicaily.
Don't tell ne. Jack. that you're 60
ing in for literature and are studying
types"
Then she hadn't heard Why should
he tell her now, with thirty mile run
through paradise before him:
Types are interesting Don't you
think SO: Rather different, these peo-
pie, from the sort you'll see at the
Brandons' tonight. | suppose you are
going out to spend the week end with
them"
yes. And yeu too"
NO; I'm bound for Poughkecpsie."
He bent over suddenly to pick up a
violet which had fallen from the great
mighty poor limitations after seeing the
real thing In Italy" be said as he
Strengthened up.
Stella looked from him 10 the flying
landscape.
Poughkeepsie. And he was so anx'
tous to change the subject. She had
heard rumors Of his interest in Dick
Farrar's young sister. Perhaps she
was In vassar college. No. not now
during the holidays.
Jack went On talking quietly about
her trip. asking her questions, which
she answered half mechanically A lit
tie country schoolteacher seated across
the aisle watched them curiously
They made her think Of frontispiece
ia a novel illustrated by Christy.
Suddenly ie glanced at his watch
"By Joye, how time has flown. Wen
pull into your station in five minutes"
Stella Mayhem watched him gather
I'D her luggage as one in dream.
For her the time had dragged. and II
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
New YNar'a Calls In OIden Days.

An American New Years celebration
fifty years or even Il few decades ago
was a much more enthusiastic affair
than it is today. The greac feature Of
the day was the calling" then a well
nigh universal feature in both city and
country. Neighbors and friends made
It O custom to break the ice of years
isolation by crossing each others
threshold Every ones sideboard was
prepared with wine and the lighter
edibles. and those who Gid considerable
calling usually felt Ike rising late on
the following day Nowadays the call
Ing is prime. .pally left TO the young
people and is not made a feature at all
OF the higher grades of social life in
the larger ,.it.es-New York Post.
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A Queer Russian Custom.

At every country house in Russia
are feast and a procession to cele-
brate New Years day. Horses. sheep,
cows and hogs are dressed with gar
lands and led TO the landlords house.
The idea is that the animals shall be
taken into the dining room. but when
the landlord has handsomely fur
nished apartment and does not care to
have il ruined he sets aside some other
room and allows the mob TO take pos
session Of T.
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Welsh Suuer6titfOuU,

Many of the superstitions Of the
Welsh peasants with. regard to New
Years day take the form of omens or
auguries. forctelling JOY or sorrow,
prosperity or disaster. during the com,
ing year Thus it Is a popular belief
among this most interesting people
that if lamp or candle be taken out
of house New Years day some mem
Der of the family will die before the
new year-ushered in that day-is out
1t is also a popular belief among them
that to throw out ashes or dirty water
or indeed. anything else, is certain to
bring misfortune to the entire house
hold during the whole Of that twelve
month
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

Throughout southern Europe it II re-
garded as a most fortunate sign 70 see
On New Years day pig signifying
plenty for the coming tweiyemonth.
The sight OF snake Is the worst con.
ceivable omen. for It means death by
violence. To see a jackdaw. Inagple or
be cheated On all sides during the COM
ing wear
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On the
7 Y@@lnr'@ Last
d ay
copyright, 1904, by T. C. McClurel

copyright, 1904, by T. C. McClure.l
7'M very sorry, but there's not a
chair left i'll the parlor car" The
Pullman conductor looked really
distressed Somehow the Gibson@
esaue figure of Stella Mayhew seemed
utterly incongruous with day coach
for a background. 1t was the after
math of the Christmas rush, with fam
lily parties and numerous single tour
lists returning from Il weeks pleasur-
ing in the big city. That was all the
reason why he hated to see Miss May
hew doomed to the day coach. 1t
would be crowded to suffocation
"Pll see what | can do" he said
courteously as he turned to assist her
into the coach behind the parlor car
Perhaps some enc may fail to turn
up and reservation may be forfeit
ed"
THANK you said the girl gracious
ly, and, followed hy the porter and her
suit case, she disappeared into the day
coach
1t was as the conductor had feared
crowded. She passed down the aisle
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An Odd Italian Custom.

A New Years method employed by
the Italian peasant girl to learn what
Hymen has in store for her is to stand
In the doorway of her home facing the
road and kick Off one Of her slippers
with sufficient force to send it back
ward over her head and back into the
room If the slipper falls on the sole
the toe pointing toward the door in
which the girl stands, she takes it as
an omen that before the new year dies
she shall have walked out Of her pa
rental home and entered another house
as its mistress and as bride.
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Oh. the old ship has sailed. love.
| saw her making ready.
And heard The midnight chanty song
In sOl>:.4D tones and steady.
Through tears saw her leaving
WIKI many friends and kin.
Oh. the old ship h9s sailed. love.
But new ships in.
Oh, the old ship has sailed, love.
And LETT US Still together
To wait along the water front
With hearts of sunny weather.
To walt along the water front.
A calm amid the din.
Oh, the old ship has sailed, love.
But new ships in.
e. F. Burns in Boston Globe.
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Funeral Day In Siam.

In Siam and in some of the mountain
districts of India all the funerals Of
people who have died the previous year
take place on New Years day. The
bodies are temporarily inferred a day
or two after death. but are taken to
their last resting place on the 1st Of
January following their demise. The
funeral and wedding feasts are cele-
brated together
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The New Years Bell.

"Of all sounds of all bells the most
solemn and most touching is the peal
which rings Out the old year." says
Charles Lamb. Il never heard 1t with
out gathering up Of my mind to a
of all images that have
been diffused over the past twelve
all / have done or suffered,
performed or neglected in that regret
ted time
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

This is the time O. year." said Dea.
con Blimber, that lots O. folks wait
fer. so lney kin turn over a new leaf
Maybe they need to. bad enough, but
what's the use? Them folks that's al
ways turnin' over a new leaf at this
time o. year mowt jest as well not do
1t, cause. so fer as I ever knowed.
ther amt none of 'em but what starts
In right away On the new leaf same's
they did on the old un Them that
wants to turn over new leaf an
keep 1t clean don't wait fer Kew
Years to come afore they do it,
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A Fond Hope.

Oh. the footing of the horn.
How it told the year was borns
And how the noisy gamins
Rasped the tin in impish scorn
While the shr:ll steam whistles blew,
Lie a weird satanic crew,
And the Young year made a racket
AS it grew and grew and grew!
Oh. the sleep that never came
AS the ruT1pus. lost TO shame,
Made night a thing of horror
AS the two years went and camel
And the prayers rise from the heart,
AS the tenrs OF anguish start,
That the old year next December
May peacefully depart.
New York World.
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A New Year,s Dinner.
Consomme.

Consomme.
Baked Fish with Sauce PiQuant.
Roast Duck with Oyster or Celery Sauce.
Currant Jelly. Picked Peaches.
Grape Fruit.
Boiled Turkey or Roast Pig.
Crab Apple Jelly. Mixed Pickle.
Chopped Cabbage Garnished with Fried
Oysters.
Asparagus.
Potatoes. Turnips. Onions.
Celery. Apple Salad. Apple Pie.
Nince Pie. Plum Pudding.
Ices and Creams Fruit. Nuts.
FIGS. Raisins. Crackers and Cheese.
Coffee.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
A Familiar Superstition.

The familiar superstition that what
ever you do on New Years day you
will do throughout the year is Of au-
cient origin. The Roman workmen new
er failed to wort a little on New
Years day. so that patronage would
not be wanting throughout the year
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Lettinx the Old Year Out.

In old times the Saxons used to dance
around an apple tree on New Years
eve singing a song. This was supposed
to insure a good crop. Also bells were
rung to notify the people OF the going
out Of the old and the coming m Of the
new year.
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A Flower Unb1own.

A flower unbiown. a book unread.
A tree with fruit unharvested.
A path untrod. "a house whose rooms
Lack yet the hearts divine perfumes.
A landscape whose wide border lies
In silent shade meath silent skies.
A wondrous fountain yet unseaied.
A casiet with its gifts concealed
This Is the year that for you waits
Beyond tomorrow's mystic gates.
-Horatio Nelson Powers
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The HObo'a Wiah,

Weary Willy-Dis Is New Years, an
wish WAS back n me old home. Oh,
FUR de wings Nv dove!
TattereG Tom-Rats! Oh. fur de
"ings Nv q turkey wild cranberries on
de side.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
The Jewish New Year.

The Jewish New Year is in August,
but as the lst of January is regarded
by Jews as civil rather than a reli-
gious holiday they observe it with the
rest of the population.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
ri. New Year Alternative,

us Guzzler going to swear of on
New YearsT'
mo. He's going to marry snake
charmer instead"
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where the Cow. Eat Mi.tletoe.

A Worcestershire farmer will take
down his mistietoe and give ii to the
cow that has caived first after the
New Year. This. 1t Is said. will bring
luck to the entire dairy.
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As to New Years Resolutions.

Are you going TO make any new res
ilutions?"
No: merely the same resolutions
over again"
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
The Old
Ship and G[n@
81 w

TNH. the old ship has sailed, love.
w That brought US pain and
pleasure.
On. the old ship has sailed, love.
That brought US tears and treasure.
She Sailed away last night, love.
Some other port to win.
Oh the old ship has sailed, love.
But new ships in.
Oh. the old ship has sailed. love,
With Wlntry winds 10 wait her.
She has sailed away forever
With tTciJht of grief and laughter.
Oh. closer. love. and fonder.
Don't mind what might have been.
Oh. the old ship has sailed. love.
But new ships in.
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

How about those good resolutions
you made the first OF the yearT
"Oh, they are still good"
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04
NOTICE!

uAVING QUALIFIED As administrators
IL with will annexed of the estate of Paul
Jenkins, deceased, late of Vance county, this
is to notify all persons having claims againnt
the estate TO exhibit sbem to me on or before
the 22nd day of November, 1906, or this no
tee will be pleaded in bar of their recovery
All persons indebted to said estate W IN please
make immediate payment
This November 22, 1905.
MARY T.. JENKINS,
Administrative with W i'll annexed OF Paul len .
uins deceased
The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

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The gold leaf., 1906-01-04

1t was as the conductor had feared
crowded. She passed down the aisle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
ST. ANTHONY.

July 19.-Miss Clara Dunn has gone
to Marshalltown to make her home
there for awhile.
]. s. Hixson spent several days al
Eldora visiting.
Mrs. Sheir and two daughters from
Shullsburg, Wis, are visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. H. II. Buck.
Mrs. c. M. LaPlant and daughter
Luverne, left Tuesday for visit with
relatives at Belgrade.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. M'aekins left last
week for a visit with relatives In Kan
sas and Nebraska.
Henry Shake has resigned his job in
the store at State Center and returned
to his home in st. Anthony.
r. e. George has purchased the Gusi
Olson property on South Main street
and will take possession Sept. 1.
DIR. Adams, Of State Center was on
our street Monday.
Mrs. John Hadock, of Denver, Col.
is visiting relatives and friends at St
Anthony.
j. A. Bryant was in Marshalltown
Tuesday on business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
Radebaugh 3, Bantz 8. Time of game
-1:5O. Umpire-Miller. Attendance
PEckHAM ATTACKED,
Burlington Evening Paper Aims Unjust
Criticism at League President.


Not satisfied with the action of Pres
ident L. S. Peckham of the Iowa State
League, in the Businessman Schaefer
incident of dirty base ball. regardless
of the fact that Secretary Farrell APP
proved it. as did also the league board
of directors, the burlington Gazette in
an underhanded manner must attack
the league president. The attack and
Schaefers base ball incident are on
par, but the latter was SO unwarrant-
ed as to pure malice. The Gazette
Went out of its way to apply to league
presidents of the western states, ana
thru a letter ask them what they
thought of President Peckhams action.
The letter itself did not even recite the
facts as they We're. Two of the presi-
dents thus applied to had the decency
to not state their opinion. but others
did. and their letters are made into
column story.
For the benefit of the Gazette base
ball reporter, whose adversion to Presi-
dent Peckham is easily traced back to
early in the season when he was denied
the official scoring, and 1t was given
to the Hawkeye man, the Sporting
News, a recognized authority on base
ba1lis herewith quoted from this weeks
issue. After printing the true facts of
Schaefer stealing the ball. the News
editorially says:
"rhe Iowa executive fined Shafer
$25, suspended him for thirty days and
declared the game Illegal President
Peckham's critics charge that he eX-
ceeded his authority and usurped the
prercgatives of the umpire in passing
on the play Schafer's act was dishon-
est and unsportsmanlike, and game
won by contemplate trickery is not
test of the strength of the contestants.
Leagues are organized to provide clean
sport for patrons, and 1t is the duty OF
officials not only to punish those who
practice dirty ball, but to see that they
do not profit by it. The claim that it IS
unfair to penalize a team for the mis-
conduct of one or more of it's members
is absurd. The individuality of nine
players is merged into a team, and the
club they represent is responsible for
the acts of each and all from the start
to the close Of ball game President
Peckham should be commended for
righting the wrong that was done to
the Marshalltown team, and for pun
fishing the party who perpetrated 1t.
Those who condemn him endorse dirty
and dishonest ball..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
WANTED BOSS OUsTED
Iowa Central Car Shop Employees Send
Delegation to Master Mechanic With
Petition to Have Foreman Of Ma
chinists Observation-Disclosures Turn
al Doun

Because some of the men were dis
satisfied with John Green, foreman OF
machinists of the Iowa Central car
shops, and because some of them
claimed Green had abused those I'M
der him, the grievance committee wait
ed on Master Mechanic Thomas M.
Feeley, with petition asking that
Green be removed. The petitioners
were denied their request, and men of
the shops now say that the effort to
remove the foreman will be dropped,
altho some feeling has been aroused
over the incident. The grievance COM
nittee is composed of Marshall Guam,
Fred Barnard and Mr.. Graham.
Soon after j. H. Chamberlain was
made general foreman to succeed C. H.
Mead, August p. Seberg, who was fore
man Of machinists, was removed and
John Green was put in his place. Mr..
Feeley says Mr.. Green is capable and
will be retained. He thinks the com
plant represented only a few dissatis-
fed workmen.
The same committee is at work on
the new wage schedule, which will
come up for consideration some time
this summer. The old scale is said to
have expired July 1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
Secures Option OH Street Rail
way to Merge With Proposed
lnterurban
TAKES lNTERuR1AN FRANCHISE
Letter Received Today Indicates That
lnterurban Promoter Intends to Ex-
tend Present Street Car System to
Milwaukee Road and Eventually
Farther South and North to Conrad.

A letter received today from Hamil-
ton Browne, the interurban promoter,
indicates that he has closed salts
factory contract with Messrs. Jones
and Hovey for an option on the prop
erty OF the Marshalltown Light, Power
and Railway Company to be purchased
by him in case the tax proposition
carries and he starts TO build the pro-
posed interurban south to the Milwau-
kee railroad. Mr.. Browne also writes
that the contract for the purchase of
the franchise held by the old interur-
ban company and the one with the Re-
tail Merchants Association for assist
ance in promoting the. enterprise are
satisfactory to his eastern investors,
and will be signed as soon as his at
torney returns.
This means that in case the per
cent tax carries, Mr.. Browne will take
over the local electric light and street
railway company, and with the fran
chise of the old interurban company,
backed by the earnings Of the Jones
and Hovey property, plus the tax OF
per cent per annum for three years,
will borrow enough money to extend
the present street car system to a
connection with the Milwaukee road.
From there he will build on south
eventually to the coal fields, and later
north over the proposed Conrad route.
1t would seem that all that remains
to be done is the voting Of a tax of
per cent for three years. Browne
built the Mason City s. F't. Dodge
road, later the Newton & Northwest
ern, which is now being electrified for
an interurban between FIT. Dodge,
Ames and Des Moines, and has recent
ly built the Elgin & Belvidere inter-
urban line.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
CAPTAIN MILLS BURIED.

Body Arrived This Morning and Short
Services Were Held at Riverside.
The body of Capt. William D. Mills.
who died in Chicago, Tuesday, ar
rived In the city this morning, accom-
panied by members of the family. and
was taken to Riverside. where short
services were held at the grave, Rev.
Jesse Cole officiating. The body was
buried with military honors, the ritu
alistic services of the Grand Army be-
ing used. The funeral party and body
were met at the station by delegation
from Frank NJ Thomas Post No a.
G. A. R.. which escorted it to the GEM
etery. During the service the cour.
house was closed, and all of the officers
and their deputies attended the flu
neral in body. Mr.. Mills was mem-
Der OF Boulevard Lodge, No. sS2. A. F.
& A. NJ. The pallbearers were Charles
Eckles, G. Fl. Brock, w. B. Beeson, f.
c.. Mcmillan, H. McKinnon and E. B.
Emes.
Those who accompanied the body
were Mrs. w. D. Mills and daughter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned up to IL o'clock noon.
July 20, 1906, for the erection of ons
floral hall, one horse barn, one swine
barn, one sheep barn and one poultry
house on the grounds of the Marshall
County Fair Association, at Marshall
town, Iowa Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of the secre-
tary, No South First avenue Mar
shalltown. Iowa. Bids are asked for
on each building separately and on all
of them together. The association re-
serves the right to accept the bid on
any one or more buildings from any
bidder and to reject the balance. to re-
ject any or all bids and to require a
bond from the successful bidder for the
faithful performance Of the contract
and for the completion of the buildings
at such date as may be named by the
association.
MARSHALL COUNTY FAIR Asso-
TION, w. NJ. Clark. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
Officers Installed.

Mrs. Peter Mayer, district deputy, in.
stalled wednesday night the officers o.
Concordia Rebekah Lodge, No. 295, ane
Goethe Lodge. No. 211. The officers Of
Concordia Lodge who were installed
were:
Noble Grand-Mrs. Barbara Wittel.
Vice Grand-Mrs. Mary Rooster.
Secretary-iMrs Christina Widl.
Treasurer-Mrs. Ursula lSchnelz.
Right Support Noble Grand-Mrs
Barbara Bowman.
Left Support Noble Grand-Mrs. An
ma Mayer.
Right Support Vice Grand-Mrs
Katie Reimer.
Left Support Vice Grand-Mrs Hen
rietta Bowman.
Warden-Mrs. Lucy Block.
Conductor-Mrs. Christian Deiterich.
Inner GUARDIANS. Gertrude Bow
man.
Outer Guard-Miss Lena Ernst.
Chaplain-AIrs. Mary Bowman.
The officers of Gothic Lodge, VINO
were installed were:
Noble Grand-Conrad Mathis.
Vice Grand-Wm. Neiderhauser.
Secretary-F. S. Widl.
Treasurer-Anton Estel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-19
FORMER RESIDENT HoNoRED
Joseph n. Allen, Marshalltown Youn!
Man, Nominated for the Senate.


In the correspondents dispatch from
Pocahontas, published on another page
today will be found the news of the
nomination for state senator of Joseph
II. Allen, a former old Marshalltown
young man. Mr. Allen was nominated
unanimously by reclamation by the re-
puhlicans.
Mr. Allen is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. ID. Allen, and spent his boyhood in
this county and city. He graduated
from the high school with the class OF
1900. AT that time the family was liv-
ing at 107 West Grant street Later
his father bought what is now the S.
r. Packard farm, which he afterwards
sold to Gov Packard. The family
moved to Pocahontas county, a number
of years ago, where Joseph Allen and
his brother became bankers. Mr.. AL
len also graduated from the state un-
iversity and Is a member of the board
of regents of that university.