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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
spaniards Good Canal Digsers.

49, (fTOm the BOSOM JlODe.D
It is interesting to note that the
most efficient work that is being per-
formed on the Panama canal is that
of the Spanish laborers, a great num-
Der Of whom have been imported for
the task. They make the best work
ers, and their value is highly appre-
ciated. The Spanish government, how
ever, is not pleased with the fact of
this Importation and groundless criti-
cism of the treatment that the Span
iards have received has been accepted
as an Reuse Ito further a movement
to stop the procurement of Spanish Ia
Dor by the canal agents. The fact is
that Spain has a serious problem Of
emigration on her hands, and it is
ntural that she should use the false
rumors Of the i'll treatment Of Span
ish labor on the canal to prevent the
depletion of the diminishing supply Of
labor in Spain.
Just Arrived.
"A few more cars Of Solvey coke, egg,
range and nut sizes. A substitute for
hard coal.
CONSUMERS FUEL co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
DR.. ELY TALKS TO BOYS.

Des Moines Doctor Addresses Juvenile
Audience on personal Purity"
DIR. Francis "A. Ely, professor of
physiology and neurology of Iowa Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Des Moines, addressed two audiences
at the Railroad Y. NJ. c.. A. Sunday
afternoon. The first audience COM
sprised seventy-five boys, between the
ages Of II and Is years to whom DR..
Ely talked On Personal Purity" His
talk contained much good and sound
advice on a sensitive subject, handled
in g modest and careful way. Later
DR.. Ely addressed a large gathering Of
men. The chorus from the Abbott
school sang at the later meeting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16

was not so large. The company pre-
senting the romantic comedy drama,
I'VE Are King" which was led by Mr..
Evart in the double role of Gustavus
Venner and Hector, king of khanburg,
was a very capable one, and while
Evart is not a Walker Whiteside, he is
an actor Of much ability. I'VE Are
King" has been presented here and the
story of the play is well known.
"Anna karenina," which is a ram
~atization Of T%olstoi's novel of the same
name, is a Russian dralna not calcu-
lated to please the average popular
priced audience. Its presentation wa
very acceptable and Miss Fuller and
her EAST are for the most part very
capable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
Eden District Agricultural Soci-
ETY. Will Ask Supervisors For
Donation of $3.50
TO WIPE OUT INDEBTEDNESS
Old Officers and Directors of the So
ciety Are All Reelected for Another
Year-H. G. Buck, President; Fay
stouffer, Secretary; II. NJ. Weeks,
Assistant Secretary.

At the annual meeting of the Eden
District Agricultural society, which
conducts an annual fair at Rhodes,
more generally known as the Rhodes
fair, it was unanimously agreed. by
resolutions, to petition the county
board Of supervisors to give to the So
ciety the sum of $3.50, to be used in
wiping out its present outstanding In
.debtedness.
The action Is based on the state law
permitting the supervisors of Iowa to
aid fairs conducted within the coun-
ty, up to a sum Of $1,000.
The old officers and directors Of the
association were all reelected at the
meeting, as follows:
President-H. G. Buck.
Vice observation-disclosures Marsh.
Secretary-Fay Stouffer.
Assistant secretary-F. M. Weeks.
Treasurer-Ollie Luttekin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
MARRIED.
Thompson Young.

Mr.. Harold b. Thompson, Of Abba,
and Miss Margaret A. Young, Of this
city were married Sunday afternoon at
8 o'clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. a. Long, lis North Center street,
with whom the bride has been making
her home. Rev. E.. Fl. Marshall, pastor
OF the Friends church, performed the
ceremony. MI. Thompson is a mine
foreman, and, accompanied by his
bride, left for Abba Sunday evening
at $3.50.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
MEMBERSHIP CANVASS TUESDAY.
Council Chamber Will Be Used for Y.
MI. C. A. Headquarters.

Tuesday is the day of the member
ship rally of the Railroad Y. M. G. A,
when the association proposes to add
200 new members to its list. Head
quarters are to be opened in the coun-
ell chamber, which will be kept open
all day. A large pyramid, made Of
200 blocks, has been prepared, and as
members are secured these blocks will
be blotted out n by one Many Of
the members OF the association will be
actively engaged during the day In the
canvass. The following firms have
consented to allow n or more of their
employees, who are members OF the as
ISOLATION, to spend the day pushing the
canvass: Marshall Oil Company, Let's
Fletcher Company, Lennox Furnace
Company, Spencer-Letts Coffee Com
pany. G.. A. Durham Company, and
Marshall Printing Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
KENT IN CHAPEL TALK.
Marsh alltown Boy Will Open Campaign
For More Students at S. v. l.

Maurice A. Kent, of this city, will
open the campaign for a greater uni
versity tomorrow morning at Iowa
City in the weekly chapel exercises, by
speaking on the origin and purposes Of
the newly started student movement
for enlarging and lettering the State
University Of Iowa.
Kent is a member Of the newly APP.
pointed Greater University, committee
composed Of seven students, three
members of the faculty, and two alum
nj members, and at a meeting held
Saturday noon, at the st. James hotel.
he was selected to explain the boost
ing campaign to the students.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
At Bijou.

The new bin at the Bijou was greet
ed by good houses Sunday night. Well
lington Bros, comedians and roller
skate dancers, made a big hit, and
Joe" Bowman, in songs and dances.
pleased. Charles Reed, in ballads. was
very satisfactory. Illustrated songs
and moving pictures formed an import
ant part of the entertainment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
MERCHANTS WANT BANQUET.
association Urges Entertainment Com
Z mittee to Arrange Spread.

9OSiaglOHaOT9 6uIStSotsiHSus S0ut
mittee to Arrange Spread.
At the regular meeting of the Mar
shalltown Retail Merchants %associa-
ton. held this morning, Secretary P.
F. Arney was instructed to urge the
chairman OF the entertainment com
mittee to arrange for a banquet Of the
association, to be held during the first
week of January. The object of this
banquet will be to get the members
together, and get in touch with those
who have become delinquent, and to
get new members. The proposed par
Gel post law was taken up and dis
cussed, but no formal action was TAX
Arguments both in favor Of it and
against 1t were presented.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
FIRST GAME TONIGHT.
Two Team. Of shop Leasu. to Play at

Y. M. C. A.
Two teams Of the Y. NJ. c. A. indoor
base ball league will meet in a prac-
tice game this evening at the associa-
ton gymnasium. This is to be the
first game in which two Of the teams
Of the league will meet. The A. E.
Shorthill Cornpany's team and the
team from either the Lennox Furnace
Company or the Marshalltown TroweI
works. will play. The game is to be
one Of the features of the rally Of the
members of the association, on the eve
Of the canva tomorrow. Secretary
J.. H. Fellinsham. Of Des Moines, will
attend the rally.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
MRS. JAMES HAS OPERATION.
Pastors Wife Undergoes Critical Or
deal at Rochester, Mimi.

~
deal at Rochester, Mimi.
Mrs. William Pence James, wife of
the rector of st. Paul's Episcopal
church, underwent a serious operation
for exopthalmic goitre, with complica-
lions, at st. Mary's hospital, Rochester,
MINI. Word to the Times-Republican
from the hospital today announces that
Mrs. James condition was quite en-
couraging and that her improvement is
as rapid as could be expected. 1t is
expected that she will be able to be
moved within a few days from the hos
.pital to a hotel, and within a week
to be brought home. AS a complica-
ton in Mrs. James affliction due to
goitre was a small tumor, which
caused pressure on ithe trachea. This
was also removed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
Local Weather Record,

Sunday the maximum temperature
was IS, as against SO on Saturday. The
minimum last night was 81, as COM
pared to 20 on Saturday night. The
temperature at 7:30 O'clock this.
morning was SO, one degree warmer
than at the same hour Sunday morn
ing. d
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
TAX SALE ENDS.
All But One Parcel Of Property That
Was Listed, Are. Sold,

All 6UC One Parcel OF That
Was Listed, Are. Sold.
The last remnants, excepting one, Of
the properties offered by the county
treasurer for taxes, were sold this
morning, at the sale adjourned from
December 2. There remained four
pieces Of property to be sold, and
three Of them were disposed of. Two
Of these were lots in Quarry, and the
third was a five-acre tract in Eden
township. The property not sold was
in this city. No further effort will be
made to sell it until next fall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
AZ h Elite,

At the Elite Sunday night large bus
mess was played to, and the audiences
were pleased. New moving pictures
and illustrated songs made UP an at
tractive bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16

'We Arc King" and Gamma K~arenina"

I'VE Arc King" and Wanna Karenina"
Presented at the Odeon.
I'VE. Are King" with Lawrence
Evart in the leading role appeared at
the Odeon fer matinee and evening
performance Saturday. Miss Ethel
Fuller, in Gamma Karenina," was pre-
sented at the same play house Sunday
night.
Lawrence Evart and his company
were greeted by two good-sized audi
ences. The attendance Sunday night
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
At tha Iheatorium.

The Theatorium pleased a large num-
Der Of people Sunday night with it's
new pictures and illustrated songs.
The program gave entire satisfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
APPLES FOR CHRISTMAS.
oppice Fruit Company Makes a Good
SUGGESTION,

The Oppice Fruit Company makes
suggestion that will be generally ac-
cepted, and that is get a barrel of APP
pies for the holidays. Here is their
variety list on New York apples:
Haldwins, greetings, kings, bellef1ow-
ers, spitzbergens, northern spys, Tall
mar sweets, 20 OF. pippins, russetts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
BOWLING

Team Averages For Week.
The following are the team averages
In the Marshalltown Bowling league at
the close Of the second week of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
freddy Bears Given AWAY.

Anyone a enter the contest. Life
size Teddy Bear" Ask the l.. s.
Peckham>Grocery Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-16
r. Med

Licensed to Wed.
Harold B. Thompson, manager of
coal mine, aged 81, of Abba, and Mar
garet c. Young, aged lS. Of this city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
MERDA,s MANY MILL1oNAIREs.
Made Rich by HeneqGen; Yucatan
May Yield Supremacy.

Made Rich by HenegGen; Yuc2tan
May Yield Supremacy.
The wealth of the mines of Mexico
Is proverbial, yet there are nearly as
many millionaires in Merida, the capt.
tai of Yucatan, a State with practi-
cally no mineral resources, as there are
in all Mexico combined, says Modern
Mexico. Henequen, or sisal hemp as it
is sometimes known, has made Merida
and its people rich. Merida has forty
milliOnaires, or one to every 1000 In
habitants. The farmers of the United
States, who use binding Irvine, which
is manufactured from henequen, have
enriched the growers of henequen in
Yucatan. The United States, in 1905,
bought from Mexico 90, 1874 tons of
henequen, valued at 14,4S6, 500. The
imports of henequen elsewhere than
from Mexico amounted to but 1850
tons, valued at about $3O6,15O. Of the
total amount of henequen exported
from Mexico to the United States, and
this accounts for about 90 per cent Of
the total production, all but less than
5000 tons was produced in Yucatan.
Only in Campeche, Chiapas and Ia
basco is henequen grown outside of Yu-
catan, In Mexico. OF these the largest
amount Of henequen is grown In Cam
Deche, the production of this State last
year being $500 tons. Campeche Is the
future competitor of Yucatan In the
production of heneQuen. While Yucca
tan is the natural habitat of henequen,
yet the production in Campeche is
greater per acre. This is due to the
better quality of land In Campeche
and the greater amount of rainfall.
The stability of the henequen indus
try Is, to quote a Yucatan authority,
greater than that Of any bank" The
plant has practically no enemies
Drought does not affect 1t, and the
leeway allowable In it's harvesting ex-
tends over twelve months. The best
authorities agree that the cost of pro-
duction of henequen to the planter Is
about 2 cents per pound. Landed in
New York, the cost per pound Is placed
at about 39s cents. The average price
OF henequen is about cents per pound,
showing a net profit IN the neighbor-
hood of 100 per cent. With an aver
age good stand of henequen, counting
In the profits from by-products, each
acre, 1t IS estimated, will produce $50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
TattooinG.

Tattooing, or the custom of perma-
nently marking the skin with colored
designs, Is of ancient origin. This
practice is forbidden in the Scrip
lures; so it may be inferred that 1t
was customary among other tribes
than the Israelites. The custom Of
tattooing among civilized nations is
fast dying out, though there are a few
establishments to be found where it is
still done. Among these is one on the
Bowery in New York, where the oper-
ator advertises performing the opera
ton In thirteen different colors- In
some countries tattooing had a relig-
ious significance; but in olden times 1t
was practiced merely as a method OF
adornment. The Japanese and New
Zealanders are famed as expert tattoo
ers, and a good workman can cover a
mans back with all manner OF elabor-
ate designs In a single day. Some au-
thorfties assert that tattooing was put
on the body In ancient times as sub
stitute for clothes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Wanted the Real Thing.

A painfully bashful young man Of
Stotesbury, according to a paper quot
ed by the Kansas City Journal, pro-
posed to his girl by means Of a phono-
graph, to the waxen cylinders of which
he had previously told his love. The
girl was greatly surprised and not dis
pleased to hear her lovers declara-
ton, but the idea of this betrothal did
not appeal to her.. Accordingly she
sent her little brother with a note
which read as follows:
Dear Sir-If you have courage
enough you might come over and tell
me what you have to say, but If you
haven't, stay at home, for I'll be Jig
gered If am going to be Rugged and
kissed by a photograph If I never get
a chance to say 'YesP"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
Wisconsin
State News
VETOES STOCK BILL.
Gov. Davidson WithhOIds Approval
of Whitehead's Measure.
~O@O-~~0~~~~

Gov. Davidson has vetoed Senator
Whitehead's bill relating to the issuance
Of stocks and bonds. The measure, he
claims, would, If enacted into law, give
recognized railroad companies unrestrict-
ed powers in issuing securities and would
give the holders of preferred stock an
unfair advantage over the holders of COM
mon stock. The Governor advised the
author of the bill to withdraw the meas
ure until final action by the Legislature
had been taken upon the Wilcox substi-
tute to the Hagemeister stock and bond
bill, IS S, which was passed by the Sen
ate, but reconsidered and laid over until
July 9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
SELECT FEDERAL SITE.
Bitter Contest Over $4,000 Post
office Site Ended.

Bitter Contest over $4,000 Post
office Site Ended.
The selection has been made for the
site of Manitowoc's new $4,000 post
Office. The selection ends one of the most
bitter fights that has been waged between
the north and south sides for many years.
Neither gains an advantage, though the
south side will secure the postofice, which
is now located on the north side. The
government selected the property of Hen
~ Schmidt and paid $17,700. The site
is located on Franklin street, one block
from Eighth street, the leading businest
street of the city. The government will
save $500 year by reason of being with
in the eighty-rod limit from the Chicago
and Northwestern railway station, which
will compel that company to pay the mail
to and from that station. Plans for the
building have already been prepared and
it is expected that bids will be called for
within a month.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
AXLE GREASE RARE TREAT.

Sailors Introduce 1t and Natives OF
Malabar Can't Get Enough.
It was weird story that was told
the other day on the deck of the Brit
tsh freight steamer Swanley by Jake
Braun, the bos'un, as to the origin Of
the tons Of curios that were being
taken off the steamer at the Bush
stores in South Brooklyn.
Natives Of the MaIabar coast give
them in return for axle grease, which
they eat as Americans do Ice cream.
"Yessir," began Jake Braun, I'VE
needn't take no fancy things to China
Or to Singapore with you if you want
good trade. On previous voyage
me an the other fellows aboard the
ship took with us all the pretty things
that we could think of.
about six Of us went to the coast
One day with our things and tried to
swap with those fellows all day long
without getting so much as a cocoanut
In the stock that we had taken ashore
was can Of axle grease that had come
ashore with us against our permission.
zone Of the niggers stuck his fingers
In the can and eats the axle grease an
the next minute we were offered every
sort Of inducement to leave the axle
grease with them. They even offered
Us the inducement Of a massacre, an
were only restrained by the sight Of
BUR pistols
Finally we lowed the axle grease
to stay with the natives, but we took
III the curios and ornaments they had
and netted pretty penny on them at
Colombo. So, when we comes here
again we put our spare money In axle
grease.
There was a cellybration among the
sannibals, an they took all we had an
we took all they had, which was no
small matter. Those natives like that
axle grease better than we do Ice
cream. They eats it, an then when
they can't get any more down their
stomach they paint their faces and
necks with it."-BOston Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
WHAT WATERWAYS DEVELOP.

z 80 ETWEEN May and December, 1905 thirty
+ a4E four million tons of shipped from
4 49, 4 the Lake Superior mines to Lake Erie ports
kEzza This traffic greatly exceeds the total passing
kSSK<55at 81 through the Suez Canal Facilities for
kssss.lff1S handling the mountain of freight have
grown with its growth railroad has constructed
two DOCKS located at Buffalo and Erie that unload
100000 tons of during the season of navigation
The depth water these docks is sufficient for the
largest boats Massive electric machinery unoads the
and then puts board return cargo of COAL At
the Buffalo dock of hour Is transferred
by machinery directly from ship to train that runs
along the of the DOCK and storage bins are at hand
that hold 25OOO0 tons each.
Up to four years ago steel bucket holding ton was
lowered a vessel and filled by shovelers. Now self
filling baskets of five to ten tons capacity are used
and no shoveers needed. The deep lake channels
have brought about the big ships, and these In turn
have expanded the methods of loading and unloading
Economic gains large and added to every year. Let
undertake to deal with river Improvement on the
basis the the present unimproved river
channels Big vessels with assured depth Of water
conditions of their They have failed in
this respect and will not work differently on the main
streams of the Mississippi Valey-St Louis Globe
Democrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17
ROYAL MECHANICS.

Nicknames, complimentary and 9th
erwise, have been freely bestowed
upon English sovereigns and princes
from the earliest times. Any school
boy can recall such instances as Erich
ard C9ur-de-Lion, John Lakeland"
bluff King Hail." Bloody Mary"
"Good Queen Bess," 1.-THE Black
Prince" and THE Merry Monarch"
Even when there is no distinctive cpl
tibet to catch the fancy, a nickname has
sometimes, in the popular mind, almost
supplanted the fuller and statelieI
form.
1t was ''Prince Charlie" not Prince
Charles, who was Scotland's darling
whom she celebrated in ballads that
keep his memory green to our own
time. 1t is prince Hail." not Prince
Henry, whom we delight still to remem'
yer, and it is he, even after he had
ceased to be the wild prince and be
come the conquering king, concerning
whom Drayton In his "Agincourt'' que
ries proudly, when shall
England see again
Such a King Harry?
Shakespeare, too, depicting the victor
Of Agincourt at his manifest and kingli
est, makes him bid the heSitating
French princess, in the famous scene
Of wooing, to 'av0uch the thoughts OF
your heart with the look of an EN-
press; take me by the hand and say
Harry of England, j am thine"
With such good excuse in history and
literature, we may surely claim right
to be interested in the royal niclxnames
Of our own time.
Forty years ago we learned, on the
authority of Queen Victoria herself in
her Highland journal, that in the home
circle the Prince of Wales, now this
king, was always "Bertie;" the Prin.
cess Royal, "vicky;" Prince Alfred
"Aff1e," and the Princess Helena,
"Lenchen-" Later, after she became
the Empress Frederick, ''Vicky" was
more often called ''Pussette;'' and the
youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice
was almost to the time Of her mar
rage, simply Baby"
King Edward, his ''Bertle" days over,
became to his children, as many other
British fathers do, 'The Gov'nor. >
Later, on ascending the throne, he &C
quired a new and more distinguished
nickname, but recently divulged. It IL
"Edrex"-a convenient condensation OF
Edward, Rex. The queen has never
been nicknamed.
The present Prince of Wales and his
brother, the late Duke Of Clarence, an.
swered readily, when they were mid
shipmen, to the names of "Sprat'' and
Herring" Their sister, now Queen
Maud Of Norway, is still Harry" in
the family; and it was she who be
slowed upon another sister, the modest
and retiring Duchess Of Fife, the clever
mock title of "Her Royal Shyness."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

That death is latent In surroundings
that seem most secure is demonstrated
by the Staying Of Mrs. Edna Humel-
hagen on the streets of Freeport, ILL.,,
by a stranger, because she looked like
a woman who had spurned his love.
Mrs. Humelhagen, married only
score of months was trundling her
baby along the street in the sunshine,
blithe In her heart and proud as
young mother can be of her child.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-07-17

Suddenly young man the worse for
liquor, halts, stares at her, mumbles
a curse and frightens her into a run.
AS she fees this shadow across her
path, the brute whips out a revolver
and fires at her. The third bullet
strikes down the terrified woman and
she drops into the arms of a passerby.
The shooter was a youth who says he
mistook Mrs, Humelhagen for woman
who had rejected him.