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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04

necessary if he had not found that scrap of paper.
 Before seaNng himself he called in one of the bookkeepers, saying:
 "Mr. Leftwich, 1 desire you to re- main with Mir. Tandy and me during the whole of our interview"
 Surely that is unnecessary, Dun can," said Handy hastily. 'I don't care to discuss my private affairs in the presence of a clerk"
 T have no intention to discuss your private affairs at all, Mir. Tandy," Dun- can replied. "The matter concerning which I have asked you to call here Is not a private affair of yours or mine. It is a matter connected with the ad- hinistration If the bank. Be seated. ,ir. Leftwich'
 But I insist" said Handy. with good deal more of heat than he was ae- rustomed tO permit himself 10 show. 'I insist upon a confidential inHr- view"
 You cannot have 1t. I do not regard myself as upon confidential terms with you, nor do think of you as a man with whom I desire to establish confi- dential relations"
 Do you mean 10 insult me in my own-in a tank that founded and in which am still a large stockholder!
 Perhaps you had better not press me to explain myself" answered Dun- can. with a csimness that emphasized his determination. T might feel it necessary to mention some facts that otherwise there Is 10 occasion for Mir. Leftwich to know"
 'Oh. very well I ought not to have expected courtesy at your hands"
 T think I must agree with you in that answered Duncan Tn view of the circumstances. which. I may re- mind you are of your own making. I really think you ought not to have ex- pected courtesy at my hands. Suppose we get down to business instead. What have ysu to suggest by way of arranging your affairs with the banky
 T don't know. I came here hoping and expecting that In view of all the csrcunssances you night be wiling to let this matter of ny loans from the bank ret between ourseives for . tiue-
 Duncan wss ousvsrdly calm now. but invnrdly he vas in . towering rzge. for Tsndy's prese1ce reminded htm btttexiy Of tse wsy in which the ex-banker ksd trsad frst to corrupt hin and fhen to bhst his repufstsoa vfth . Be. and rssdys Danner esezr b ssousA isd,eas.1 tAet he had ce1e
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04
SKILL IN ATTEMPTING.

The astonishing dexterity which tho, modern virtuosi of the typewriter pos, sess was shown in the Chicago con-: test in which the winner wrote 4.627i words in 30 minutes. an average speed of 154 words a minute. says the Spring, field Republican. This is a brisk pace even for shorthand work. ard many professional stenographers have worked years without attaining 150-i word speed. But the character u the test makes a great difference. for 1t is one thing to rattle of a repeated sen- tence on a memorized passage and quite another to deal with new mat. ter. especially If the vocabulary Is not very simple.
 There are many kinds of type writ ing where the fastest expert would have to feel his way along at a paltry 40 words a minute or so. It must be re- membered. too. that the second half hour must be slower than the first, and the second hour slower still. Rac- ing speeds must not be taken as basis for steady work.
 Moreover. the matter of accuracy is even more important than that of speed. There should have been c spe- cial medal for the young woman who. though she finished but fourth, made only 52 errors in f.os5 words.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04
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Tn this case the personal subscrip- tions had been satisfactory, and there was no doubt that the two terminal cities and the counties in which they \ lay would vote the bonds asked of <hem. but there was grave doubt as to the results in the rural counties. in each of which a special election was to be held a month or two later. It was Guilford Duncan's task to remove that doubt. 10 persuade the voters 10 favor the proposed subscriptions and incl dentalIy 10 secure rights of way. sta ton sites. etc. by gift from the land Swners.
 During the next two months be toll td ceslseiessiy at this task. g1ing to Cairo only once a week to keep in touch with his bank and to pass the Sundays with Barbara.
 Handy also worked in the county towns. where he had a good deal of in- fiuence. He had been made president of the proposed rlilroad and was sap posed to be very earnestly interested n it. He WIS sO-in his own way and with purposes Of his own
 Duncanis campaign was a tireIess che. and it proved sucosssfuL When the elections occurred every county and every town .Otei in favor of the proposed subscription. but some of iA-n did 90 by majorities so narrow -s to show clearly hOx great the need of Duneaa-s wOrk had teen
 -WOrse s1iIL- he said to HalI2m . few Weeks later. the smallness of the nszjOritiss iB two or three counties Is a threat ts Hs and a warning The cOunty authorities are putting all sorts of sE~urI p-eviS5Ozs izto their sub scS-psfsszs. zz.l FEsy wEsI give uS trUu- Id 1T o1r syslssFzscIioa cvnPany fails Ir the ssasllsSt tssstirzIzr to meet tIsese resIaiEelae.lts-~
 -.uSt xI.zt zse the cOs,istieAsy
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04

a skillful banker and, on the whole. a prudent one. There were many small loans to local shopkeepers which Dun- can could not approve. and these he called in as they fell due. refusing to renew them. Beyond such matters he found nothing wrong. till he came to examine the record of Tandy's own dealings with the bank.
 There he found that in carrying on his multifarious enterprises Handy had been in the habit of borrowing and using the banks funds in ways forbid den by the law of national banking. Had Tandy anticipated his own remov- al from control he would doubtless have set his account in order so that no complaint could be made. As 1t was. Duncan found that he was at that very time heavily in debt to the insti- tuition for borrowings made in evasion, though possibly not in direct violation, of a law carefully framed for the pro lection of stockholders and depositors.
 Early the next morning he sent a courteous note to Tandy calling his at- tentiOn to the "irregularity' of his re- lations with the bank and asking him to call at once to set the matter right.
 After he had sent of the note he con tinued his examination of the details of the banks affairs. He had gone over the books very carefully: he had examined the notes held for collection and the like. It remained only for him to make a personal inspection of the cash and securities held by the bank. and that was his task this morning.
 He had not gone far with it when he came upon a small three cornered slip of paper. with a memorandum penciled upon it. It lay in the midst of bun de of greenbaeks.
 Looking at it carefully. Duncan turned sharply upon the teller who had charge of the currency and demanded:
 What does this mean7 Why did you not bring that ts my attention soonery
 Before the taller could reply win aa ercuse CT explanation Tsndy vas an no1nced ss waiting in the bank psrior to see Mr. Duncan
 Duncan slipped ths scrap of paper into his vest pocket. saying to the tel CT:
 Make . menosandun that I have possession of fhis-
 Ihea he walked into the parix.
 There he rec=ivei Tsndy vith cod dIxrity and marked reserve. more ef cssdsess. nore sf dignity asd far nore of rsserve tzaa he vssld lave 0ezs1t
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04
By... GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

''Oh. every sort of thing. In every county it Is provided that we shall somewhere break ground for construc- ton before the last of January. less than two months hence, or forfeit the subscription. That gives us too little time for organization. but we can meet that requirement. by sending a gang of men at our own expense to do a days work somewhere on the line. In two of the counties there is pecul- Iarly absurd provision. There are ri- val villages there. one in each county. and the authorities have stipulated that "a track shall be laid across the county line and a car shall pass over said track from one county tO the other" before the 18th of March. Curl ousiy enough. learn that Handy him. self suggested that stipulation to the county authorities. hear he is giving It out that he had to do so to save the election. but that's nonsense. just as the provision itself is. Such require ment will greatly emharrzss us ia our negotiations with capitalists. for the line will not be fully surveyed by that time. and nobody can tell till that is done precisely where the road ought to cross that county line or at what grade. eant imagine what Handy meant by getting such a provision in- serted
 Neither can L. answered Hslla1. -bu, we'll find out some fine morning and we must be prepared to meet whatever cones. He's up to some trek or egurSe-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04
when you were president here. l, at least, intend to respect my oath"
 ..Whaf do vou require of me-"

Wucu Jou nNA~. - ~~N least, intend to respect my oath.' What do you require of mel" "For one thing. that you shall put your account into shape permitted by law and warranted by prudence. In doing that you shall have all the help the bank can properly lend you" "Tell me your exact terms" said Tandy, "and will endeavor to comply with them."
 "You must comply with them. as they will be only such as 1t is my duty to insist upon"
 "what are theyg"
 First of all you must today deposit s15.OOO fin cash or securities to make good that bit of paper" said Duncan, holding ur the three cornered frag- ment of letter sheet. on which there was written in Tandy's hand: Good for a5.oo-count this as cash.
 N. T.. Pres't
 (To be continued.y
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04
Got His Dates Mixed.

At christening in the wilds of Mis- souri, while the minister was recording the event. he happened to say:
 Let me see-isn't this the 2Ith?"
 'T should say not" retorted the indig- nant mother. tits only the ninth. ."- Chicago Daily News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-04
CHAPTER NNy.

V THEN Duncan aszur-d contrd NnI of the hank as its president
 !" hzs first care was to zcquzint
 w kimselr miautely with it's eosditIou- In gsrerzl ke found it's 2f- fairs in sxcelIent shape. for Tz1dy r.s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Vacation Tours.

For the summer season of 1906 the
railroads have undoubtedly arranged
lower round trip excursion rates to the
various summer resorts than any pre-
ylous year The Iowa Central an
nounces few of their rates as shown
below. from Marshalltown:
To St Paul and Minneapolis, SlO.So;
Duluth. s14.S0; Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, $3.50; Salt Lake
City and Ogden, s36.40: San Francis
co. Los Angeles and San Diego, $67.10;
Portland Tacoma. Seattle and other
Puget Sound points. $3.50: Spokane
$3.50: Helena, and Butte, s54.So.
Tickets on sale daily, limited to Oc-
tober 3lst for return Liberal stop
over privileges and variable routes
To ST. Paul and Minneapolis (ac-
count G. A. r. encampment August 13-
1S) s465 Limit August 81 with priv
ilege of extension 10 September 30 on
payment of fee of 30 cents
To Denver. Colorado Springs and
Pueblo account annual meeting Of
Elks) 5000. Tickets on sale July 10
to 49, inclusive Limit for return
August 90. Tickets will be good going
one route, returning another west of
Missouri river.
To San Francisco and Los Angeles
(National Education Association
rates) $3.50. Dates of sale June % to
July Z. Final return limit September
18th. Tickets good going via any d.
rect line. returning via any other and
will be made good one way via Port
land on payment of slight additional
charge.
Homeseekers rates. Exceptionally
low to points IN the south, southwest,
west, north and northwest.
For full particulars call on agents
or address
A. B. QUITS,
G. P. and r. A.,
Minneapolis, MINI
3So 5-o9 To 7-6
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
BUSINESS AWAITS ROAD.
Milwaukee Coast Line Will Have
Freight From the Start.

Milwaukee Coast Line Will Have
Freight From the Start.
New York. June IL. - The plans of
the Milwaukee with regard to the
financing of it's extension to the Pacif-
ic coast are said here to await the
arrival from Europe of James Still
man. Roswell Miller, chairman of the
board of directors, is also absent from
the city, but is expected back before
the first of July.
Meantime, work is being pushed on
the location Of the line. President
Earling expects to announce the route
in full during the first week in July,
or even earlier. 1t is said that the
right of way has cost considerably
more than the routes used by the other
lines to the coast, but this is balanced
by the fact that on nearly the whole
distance there will be plenty of traffic
to be gathered as soon as the line is
finished.
Other railroads had to build up their
country before they could get anything
out of it. The Milwaukee finds a dozen
fine traffic centers made for it. Miles
City, Butte, Lewiston and Ellensburg
are all centers of local agricultural
life and business activity. The road is
expected to pay a fair rate of inter-
est on the outlay for building it almost
as soon as the freight schedule can be
put into effect.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by the constitutional rene
dies. Deafness is caused by an nflam-
ed condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian tube. When this tube
is inflamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, deafness is the result
and unless the inflammation can be TAX
en- out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out Of ten
are caused by catarrh. which is nothing
but an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous surfaces.
We will give One hundred dollars for
any case of deafness (caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Is cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Unreasonable.

George" said Mrs. Ferguson
didn't you promise me that IL you
couldn't get a man to beat those rugs
you would take them out into the back
yard and beat them YOURSELF"
II think I did" answered Mr.. Fer
guson.
Have you found the man yet?"
Not yet
We'll. l want them beaten. can't
wait any longer"
How long ago was 1t that prom
ised TO have it done?"
Three weeks ago today"
Laura" said Mr.. Ferguson. indig-
nantly, Il have been in business over
fifteen years, and I have never yet
failed to meet my obligations in thirty
days, which is the same cash. You
have no right to dun me for that man
for nine days yet. No, won't listen
to another word OH the subject. Bus
mess is business.
Waving the matter aside with an i'm
perious gesture, he returned again to
his newspaper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
The Very Best Remedy For Bowel
Trouble

Mr.. M. +. Borroughs, an old and WELL
known resident of Button Ind, says:
II regard Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best
remedy for bowel trouble. make this
statement after having used the remedy
in my family for several years. I am
never without it," This remedy is al
most sure to be needed before the sum-
mer is over. Why not buy it now and
be prepared for such an emergency?
For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Special Excursion Rates to Colorado,
Utah and the Black Hills.

Via the NORTHWESTERN Line. Beginning
June / excursion tickets will be sold
daily to Denver, Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Salt Lake City, Hot Springs,
Deadwood, Lead and Custer, S. D., etc,
god to return until October 81. Spec
tally low rate round trip tickets to
these and other points, with favorable
return limits, will be sold the first and
third Tuesday of each month until
September IS, inclusive. A splendid
opportunity is offered for an enjoyable
vacation trip. Several fine trains via
the Northwestern Line daily. Apply to
agents Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
Naive Questions.

Mrs. Alexander, the novelist, lives in
Florence. There young American
woman recently interviewed her.
Mrs Alexander was delightful said
the young woman. She amused me
very much. I. too, her amused her
she thought me naive.
once, when | asked her a certain
question about the financial side Of
novel whiting, she declared that my
question wa,s as naive as that of a lit
tie Florentine chuld's that she had
heard about the day before.
This child. at dinner with her pa
rents. turned to her mother and said:
Mamma. where were you borne
AT Padua, darling
But / was born in Florence, wasn't
~
Yves, dear
And father, where was he born?''
In Venice
The little girl looked gravely from
one to the other.
Isn't II funny she said, that we
should all have met like this?'"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
START FOR COAST.
Milwaukee Grading Crews to Begin
Work West of Missouri River.

Wakpala, S. D., June 12.--Weather
permitting, grading west of the Mis-
souri, river on the coast extension of
the Milwaukee will commence this
week. Work on the temporary bridge
across the river is being done under
difficulties owing to the unusually high
water and swift current.
1t is expected, however, to have
trains running to the west bank of the
river by Aug. Is. Track will probably
not be laid further than twenty three
miles west of the river this year, as at
that point there is some heavy work
which the contractors expect to do dur
ing the coming winter.
Contractors have had no difficulty
in getting all the men and teams they
want The interior department has au-
thorized the appointment of one lieu
tenant and six privates of Indian po-
lice to keep order on the reservation
during the building of the road, in adj
dition to the present force state au-
thorities having no jurisdiction on the
reservation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12

was fair type of the native skilled
workman Just to draw him out a
little, l inquired:
Why do you rap the wheels"
Setting down his torch, he stared
at me in amazement. Because the
master mechanic tells me to- he re-
piled. But Why | persisted. What
good does it doc L do not know. senior,
said he. The master mechanic tells
me to strike each wheel, and do so.
That is enough for me-
How long have you been working
At this job? / asked.
Two years he replied For two
years he had been going thru the form
of sounding the car wheels without the
slightest knowledge of the object OF
the test or the slightest curiosity con-
corning it"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
ROBBERY BASE OF BUSINESS.
Shameful Tactics Win for Modern
Midas, Declares Toledo Preacher,

Midas, Declares ] oledo Preacher.
Notre Dame. Ind, June 12.-What
once was regarded as business acu-
men, was declared Sunday by Rev
John Z. OConnell OF Toledo to be Moth
ing less than common robbery" In
his baccalaureate sermon to the grad
uating class Of Notre Dame Univer-
sitH, he said:
1T is not so long since we stood in
awe of that latter day Midas, whose
every touch made purest gold The
youth of our land was made ambitious
by the tales Of riches. But when some
one escaped from the tolls and asked
the surprised world to tear off the
fimsy wells that covered our national
idol it was found that it's house of
gold was builded on dishonesty, on
bribery on prostitution of power on
betrayal of trust; that the marvellous
business tact was common robbery and
the fruits of this enterprise and un-
paralleled progress We're murder, sui
eide and shame.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-12
W. C. 7. u. Should
Favor Beer
Miss Phoebe Cousins Speaks Plainly
and to the Point On Temperance.

ana to the Fc'lnt On emperance.
Every day seems to bring us nearer
q sane, sensible, and practical solution
of the temperance question in the
United States. More than one noten
speaker and thinker have of late shown
a leaning to a practical rather than d
theoretical effort to aid in the cause of
temperance. One of the most noted
women of our day and age is Miss
Phoebe Cousins, for quarter of
century the leader in the woman's suf-
frage movement in the west. She re-
Gently said. There never will be law
to compel prohibition and the sensible
thing for the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union 10 do is to aid in the
substitution Of mild, nourishing drinks
like beer which seldom produces drunk
enness."
This broad assertion may bring a
storm of criticism from the fanatical
upon this devoted woman's head, but
in the end the living truth of herwords
will prevail. She is borne out in her
statement by statistics 1t has been
clearly shown that with the Increased
use of mali beverages in this country
there has been a corresponding de-
crease in intemperance.
Recently prominent army officer in
the west operated canteens at three
different army posts at which only
beer was :sold-,no alcoholic liquors
whatever We're allowed. He made the
canteens so acceptable to the soldiers,
who found beer satisfying their de-
mands, that he actually ran all the low
dives Of the surrounding neighborhood
out of business. Yet it was tt-u the
efforts of the w. c. T. u. that the army
canteens were driven out. Let us hope
the many noble women comprising the.
w. c. y. U. will be broad
minded enough to recognize their mis-
take and join Miss Cousins and others
who are sincerely striving to stem
the tide Of internperance by the sub
stitution of mild, harmless beer for
strong drink In this connection 1t
might be well to mention that chemical
analysis shows Pabst Blue Ribbon
Beer. which is perhaps the best known
of all bottled beers, to contain only a
fraction over three per cent alcohol
as one eminent physician puts it, Just
enough for good tonic effect to the
stomach, while in foor value it is far
superior ON account of the Pabst eX-
elusive eight-dayj process of making
malt"