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Gen. Thomas Transferred.

Brig. Gen. Earl d. Thomas has been re-
lieved from the temporary command of the
Department of the Missouri and has been
ordered to command the Department of the
Colorado in place of Gen. Williams, retired
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Address on Banking.

An address on the subject Of banking
was delivered last Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock to the students Of Woods CONNER
cial School by Mr.. w. ". Cox, president
of the Second National Bank
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How to Write and Answer
Cha S sified Want Ads

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classified page OF The Star
from day to day brief Talks on
How to Write and Answer Classi-
fed Want Ads"
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Each day a NEW Talk will appear.
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structions for its treatment in a
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The Stars Classified Want Ad pages.
By saving these Talks as they appear each
time, you will have at the close of the
Series a collection Of IDEAS on the Writing
and Answering Of Claksined Want Ads Of
invaluable daily use.
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For Protection Against Gunfire.

Naval surgeons attached to ships Of war
have been engaged in an investigation of
the method Of protecting the ear from
injury by the vibrations of heavy gun fire.
1t has been found that there is grave dan
ger Of permanent injury, and perhaps
death, by reason of the unprotected ear
OF those stationed in turrets or in the neigh
borhood of big guns. There are several
devices for the protection of the ear and
some of these have lately been under ex-
animation and trial The surgeons of the
navy will not specify one or another type
for use, but will inform those who are in
terested which Of the samples meet the
requirements as a substitute for the bits
of cotton some officers and men now wear
when in the neighborhood of gun fire. In
the device to be generally used it is desir-
able that the ear drum shall be sufficiently
protected from shock while there Is no
interference with the hearing of orders.
National Rifle Competitions.
An inspection of the new national rife
range at Camp Perry. Ohio, has Just been
completed by Brig. Gen. w. P. Hall, ad-
jutant generals department, who has gen.
eral charge of the national rife COMPETE
lions. The national match is to begin at
Camp Perry August 10, and Gen. Hall has
no fault to find with the preparation of
teams from the infantry. cavalry. navy and
Marine Corps. it Is expected that as many
as two score teams will participate in the
tournament as representatives Of various
state militias,
There are $50 targets to be divided into
three ranges. All shooting is to be to the
north and into Lake Erie. Practice by the
cavalry team is to be carried on at Fort
Keogh, Mont, and that Of the infantry
team at Fort Sheridan. Ill.
Engineer Troops Ordered Home.
Companies 1. L and NJ Of the Sd Battal'
| ion Of Engineers will be relieved from dut,
In Cuba June next. and will proceed By
way Of Havana and Newport News to For
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26
Launch Of Scout Cruiser.

The Navy Department is informed by the
Fore River Shipbuilding and Engine Com
pany of Quincy. Mass. that the scout
cruiser Birmingham will be launched at
its shipyard Wednesday at noon. Three
vessels of this type have been contracted
for, but the Birmingham is the first one
ready for launching. She will be christened
by Miss Mary Campbell of Birmingham,
10
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Two Warships to Be Sold.
To Examine Officers for Retirement.

The Secretary of the Navy has detailed
a board of naval officers to meet at the
Navy Department on the 1st prox. for the
examination of officers for retirement before
July / next, in accordance with the pro-
visions Of the personnel law. The board
consists of Rear Admirals R. D. Evans,
c. NJ Thomas, Asa Walker, r. M. Berry
and W. H. Emory, with Lieut.. Comman der
c. l. Hussey as recorder,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Large Reserve Supply of New Rife.
The entire army is now provided with
the new improved Springfield rifle, and
reserve supply of that arm is being turned
out at the. government armories at the
rate of about 100000 year. There are
already several hundred thousand of these
rifles In reserve, and the ordnance depart
ment OF the army will be fully prepared
to issue them to the organized militia of
the various states and territories as soon
as Congress makes the necessary pro-
Visions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-26

Companies /. L and NJ Of the Sd Battal-
ion of Engineers will be relieved from duty
In Cuba June next. and viii proceed by
way Of Havana and Newport News to Fort
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
THE TEXAS FARMERS UNION.

Davenport DemOcrat.)
Thinking and hoping; that they are
prepared to control the market. the
members of the Farmers union in
Texas will refuse all offers for IL
cent cotton and insist on 10 cents.
The union claims to be a power vito
31S warehouses in thai state with an
aggregate capacity for storing more
of warehouses stated $50 have been
built within the past year. The I'M
ion estimates that this years crop
will be 100000 bales. while IA
100000 bales are required to supply
the yearly consumption. Buyers have
tried to contract in advance for an
aggregate of 100000 bales at II
cents for delivery as late as Deem
Der. but less than 10 per cent of that
quantity has been offered
From the foregoing statement of
facts it would appear that the Texas
cotton growers have learned the les
son of the successful combine. There
are also grounds for suspecting that
they are not the impoverished class
of toilers that they have been repre-
scented to be. 1t was quite commonly
reported that the Texas farmer had
TO mortgage his crop and that the
first fruits of the harvest went to
pay the debt But all that has been
The demand for 15-cent
cotton shows that Texas is not go
ing to be so badly .turt by short
crop after all.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
CERTAINLY Mr.. EusTIs, CERTAINLY.

Il Men have achieved fame and such
Immortality as tradition may give by
Il single forceful sentence. Thus much
bf the common knowledge of Patrick
Henry belongs to that famous out
burst, Give me liberty or give me
Heath" Often the phrase survives its
maker. Don't give up the ship"
ZONES freely to the tongues of those
who never heard Of Lawrence, the sea-
hghter. So one Mr.. Eustis, whose Off
eial duties consist of running the pas
senger traffic of the Burlington rail-
load, also butted into the group where
on the spot light of history beats with
Its great White glare. Said Mr.. Eustis,
fxplosively, the other day TO the citi-
1ens of Sidney: The public can do
Fame with your indelible pencil:
Write on the waybll of immortal
fame: Eustis, Burlington r. r., pkg.
Words Not Born TO Die Charges pre-
paid
1t happens that Sidney. county seat
Of Fremont county. is one of the many
towns in southern Iowa where
branch of the CO plugs in and affords
he only railroad facilities of the town
It has been a time-honored custom of
hat excellent railroad system TO run
pranch trains according to its own con-
1enience, without much thought of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
Topics Of the Times

Let the boy work If he doesn't want
to work, make him. Three-fourths Of
the inmates of the penitentiaries loafed
when they were boys.
Some Indiana papers are still BOOM
ing Fairbanks. Might as we'll churn
buttermilk.
Sure. it costs more to live; but it's
worth all it costs. isn't it?
King Oscars call for the Swedish
American to come home will not seri-
ously affect the next American cen
sus.
Boston has erected tablet to the
memory of the boys of revolutionary
days who demanded of the British gov
ernor the right to coast on the COM
mon. But the most boy of the pres
ent day who insists on coasting on a
public place Is likely to get is a shin
gle.
The corner stone Of Mr.. Carnegie's
temple of peace has ben laid at The
Hague next door to the tribunal that
is laying down rules for war.
John B. Walton, of Chicago Uni
versity. believes gulls can reason
Nonsense. If they could. they wouldn't
patronize bucket shops.
U. s. steel is reported very prosper
Gus, at the same time steel rails are
reported as very rotten.
Young man. you don't want my
daughter"
why. sir. can support her in the
style to which she has been accus
But can you support her in the style
of which she has been accustomed to
read in trashy novels Washington
Herald.
Oh South Dakota. rise to thy estate
Midway betwixt the LAYING oceans
thou
With breath OF mountains on thy prai-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

Sir Conan Doyle in creating Sherlock
Holmes openly acknowledged his great
Indebtedness to Poe. Like Poe's hero,
Holmes works apart from the official
police and Is consulted by them when
they are wholly at loss. Many Of
the incidents i'll the Holmes cycle Of
stories were suggested by the inven
lions Of Poe. Yet it is only fair to say
that Doyle has gone one step further
than his master. Poe's characters are
distractions They are like chessmen
on the board and excite interest only
because of .he complexity Of the prob
lem whit . ley are made to solve.
Doyle's characters, on the other hand.
are drawn with sympathy and
shrewd insight into human nature.
They entertain us by their whims and
individual traits no less than by the
adventures through which they pass.
Thus Holmes addiction to the cocaine
habit, his trick Of smoking great guam
titles of shag tobacco when thinking
out problem his dislike Of women,
traits all give him individuality and
make us think Of him as a fascinating
character quite apart from his powers
as deductive reasoner. And it is so
with the minor personages as we'll
Watson, the somewhat obtuse chron-
icler Of the adventures; Lestrade and
Gregson of the official police and
Morfarty. the arch criminal.
But. however brilliant Poe may have
been. or however ingeniously Gaboriau
may have spun tangled plots, or how
ever ably Conan Doyle may have given
life and reality to the central figure Of
his stories. they all derive their in
SEPARATION, whether consciously OF not,
from the clever tale told by the ia
nous Frenchrnan before Poe saw the
light.-Scrap Book.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
TAFT's GROWING STRENGTH.

The Ohio verdict for Taft, if it did
recommend Foraker to- the mercy OF
| the court, has put the secretary's cam
didacy on a new footing and made him
| formidable in the next convention.
| That he will have Ohio is not to be
doubted. How much of the middle west
he will have is TO some degree prob
lematical, but he is in line as Roose-
velt's legatee. So far, he is the only
candidate who seems to be seriously
considered except Roosevelt to whom
the vote of the country would come "a
runnin' at wink or a nod. No one
seems to take much stock in the Fair
banks propaganda, and such interest
as was artificially created is dying of
hamilton. Republicans are consider
ing Roosevelt and Taft. Democrats
are considering Roosevelt and Bryan.
If Roosevelt is forced into accepting
a republican nomination. Mr.. Bryan
nor any other prominent democrat will
care to take the trouble and work of a
futile campaign Outside the cities
half the democrats would vote for
Roosevelt. Sizing the field up, Taft's
is about the only actual candidacy in
sight at present.
However, Mr.. Taft Is a long ways
from the White House, even when he
enters nominating convention with
the delegations Of many a state cap
tured. There viii always be present
the danger of stampede to Roose-
welt. If his enemies see failure ahead
they will precipitate Roosevelts name
and in the excitement of the conven-
ton there will be many Taft delega-
ton that will waver and join the STAN z
pede. With the nomination of a con-
vention thrust upon him, what could
Roosevelt do but accept? So it will be
with Taft. After he has vanquished
all other opponents, he will be in con-
slant danger from the one man who is
doing most to help him, unless-unless
that friend is loyal enough to reiterate
his REFUSAL the moment he sees that
Taft can win Until Taft gets his Sec
ond mortgage on record. however, it
would be poor policy for hisl friend
Roosevelt to release the first mort.
gage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

convenience of the public. In short,
heretofore the Burlington has done
anything 1t id pleased" to its branch
towns. 1t was in granting some degree
of convenient train service, under
pressureI that the traffic manager OF
the %" mingled truth and profanity.
1.-The public can do anything it id
pleases," says he. "Hurroo!" says we.
1t is a good hearing when men like
Mr.. Eustis and his superiors bear ties
timony to the rights and power of the
public. If thd public can do as it
pleases, it pleases to do right and gen.
orally succeeds. 1t is more inclined to
grant designing men license than to
limit opportunity. The real public to
which Mr.. Eustis refers so feelingly,
never gratis. never. intentionally OPP
presses, must be driven to reprisal. If
the railroads had not looked upon this
powerful public as lemon to be
squeezed for "all the traffic will BEAR"
Mr. Eustis and the rest of the brass
collars would not yet be wearing
sackcloth streaked with the ashes of
Good text, Mr.. Eustis. "The Public
Can Do Anything 1t ID Pleases."
Have it Illuminated and hang it where
you and your fellows cam see it. 1t
contains the first principle of wise rail-
roading. 1t is true. And it is time all
men recognized its truth. The
husky, easy going, indulgent public can
do as it pleases, and from present in
dicat tons is going to do it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
Iowa Newspapers
IOWA STATE FAIR.
burlington Ha wkeye. }

The Iowa state fair ought to be
maintained and Des Moines is the place
for it, The fair has TO be located
somewhere. but it does not follow that
the locality should bear all the burden
of maintenance. The whole state is in
terested and ought to contribute to Its
financial support. The most equitable
way to do this is by taxation. There
is reason why Burlington should bear
part of the cost as we'll as Des Moines.
and the other communities. There is
reason why the Hawkeye should bear
its share of the cost of the state fair
as well as the Des Moines papers.
On the other hand, there is no rea-
son why Burlington or the Hawkeye
should shoulder any greater proportion
than any other community or business.
Let all share alike, and that result is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
CRACK NUT SUNDAY.
Queer Method Of Hearing Sermon
Still In Use In England.

Nlu66F MGIHoI OF nearing 00VsUOIs
Still In Use In England.
zone fine autumn Sunday 1 attended
a service in north Of England coun-
try church that would have driven a
New York preacher clean crazy" said
the man who travels. "The congrega-
ton didn't do a thing but sit around
and crack nuts. Fancy New York
minister talking to crowd Of that
kind! The modern preacher likes to
have things quiet when he talks. 1t
a woman cough or an old man snore.
If he is put out by such trifes as these,
it is interesting to conjecture what he
would do If he were to take hold of q
congregation where everybody brought
nuts to crack during the sermon.
"Worshipers. it seems, used to do
this in England and even in our own
states during colonial days. This dis
turbance was not weekly occurrence
by any means. If it had been, the
poor preacher would have undoubted-
~ left his flock to administer spiritual
consolation to suit themselves. But as
it happened only once year he was
forced to endure it. This one day
which was attended by such remarka-
BILE license came the Sunday before
Michaelmas day and was called crack
nut Sunday Nobody, no matter how
pious he might be, hesitated to avail
himself of the peculiar privilege grant
ed him, and men, women and children
came to church with their pockets
stuffed with nuts. which they compla-
Gently cracked aid munched during
the sermon.
sit was that kind Of sermon that
SO impressed me with it's oddity. 1t
can be easily imagined that when for
ty or fifty people get to cracking nuts
with all their might the noise is apt to
be something terrific. and many times
the minister was hard put to it to
hear himself think That custom,
from being regarded with high favor
for many years, finally came to be
looked upon as a nuisance, and the
habit was suppressed, except in a few
remote localities, although the act OF
suppression was attended with constd-
cradle difficulty. SO firmly had the nut
cracking fever taken hold Of the fancy
of the people New York Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
My Soul.
Edward P. Gilchrist, in Harper's
Weekly.
NY Soul.

Edward P. Gilchrist. in Harpers
] Weekly.
Soul stood barred to the sight of
! men.
Z Soul stood firm; it knew no fear,
IL the blame of man could not be
just,
ie mind of man could not understand.
Soul stood bare in the sight of a
child,
lstood condemned: for it stood per-
ceiyed,
r the blame of a child is the blame
OF Truth,
u, the heart of a child may not I'M
derstand.
/ Soul stood bare in the sight of
God,
ID my Soul rejoiced in its helpless
mess,
il the blame of God was forgiveness,
le3 Mercy of God could understand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
RE homes.

RE homes,
With gushing wells in endless. silv'ry
flow.
Glove by the stern Missouri's match
less vale
Rise to thy limitless behest.
Here every kindly, upright man is
prince
Not by some title of old fevered blood,
But prince and regent in his rumble
lot
To bless and win a blessing in his
turn,
Where "Under God the people rule" in
sooth.
And Sunshine spreads her everlasting
wings!
Will d. Chamberlain, in the Nermil
lion, S. D., Republican
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
the RIGHT TO A GOOD TIME.

He sat in the grand stand at the base
d III game a Sunday or so ago, he and
dee friends. They talked between
h biting moments in the game. 1t de.
hoped from the conversation that all
! ire married men. They had procured
sykeg Of beer Saturday evening and
sd tarrfed long over it during Sur
s,ry The beer ran out, and having
thing better to dc they took in the
Use ball game
lin the general conversation one of
az men stated that on his wages and
9TH family to care for he found it
j I'd hard to get along" The others
Ireed. Wages We're too low. 1t was
shard life. The only day they had
BIS Sunday, and they profanely agreed
tat a man ought to have some reerea-
On. The key came in as a part of
ie process of recreation.
IThe fellow that had the hardest time
get along was smoking a 5-cent ci-
q
Iii. He lit three during the game
hitting recreated.
Nov, there is truth in the contention
Nat everything is high and that q
emily man must Jump sidewise" to
Sep up expenses, but here was fell
Hw who paid 40 cents for seat at the
All game, had paid so cents for a one
5urth interest in a key of beer,
s}loked Is cents worth of cigars in an
bur and half, etc, etc.-recreating
Sinself from weeks hard work He
I'D earned the right to a good time.
se thought he was having it. He
feded recreation and thought he was
ettfng it, And he pitied himself. He
Sorked SO hard and had so little.
sIt is noteworthy that not one word
ame. from his mouth over any de-
ovation of the family. The fellow
hds In measure. forgotten them.
iothing was said about the old shoes
hdascanty wardrobe of the wife and
lildren. 1t did develope that the wife
Jas at home, and inferentially that she
Jas due to stay there unless she took
II the children for walk He would
ave knocked down the man who
bused them, but he assumed that he
oufd buy key, get half shot on a
unday, and forget them with i'm
unity. He got them enough to eat,
nd had earned his ''day of rest and
screation."
It would be funny If it were not pitt
II. The 50-cent assessment for beer
ould have sent the whole family over
lie trolley line in an open car that hot
unday evening. The cost of the CT
ars would have taken home a. treat
r all. The whole cost of his "recre-
ion" would have furnished an auto
obile ride about the town for the en-
re family. Tt was mighty hard sled
ng for a poor man nowadays
Let every one make his own appli-
ltion of this incident. Does six days
ard work earn the right to lie about
key and clap up beer all day Sun
~? Yes or no: Has the man who
orks for wages any more rights than
le woman who works for love and
lty? Yes or no?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

UdCkWdIO
a. / doubt whether Methodism in
the United States has the hold upon
the working class which British Meth
odism has Of late years secured. In
England the weight of Methodism has
not for half century been flung into
the scale against popular rights aad
social reform, even when they clas'ed
with vested interests and the privileges
of the few Whether such is the case
in America / do not know.
''5. In the wealth and social influ-
ence of its individual members, the
Methodism of the states is, l think,
far ahead of the old country. No stale
church exerts there her dominating and
whitening power. Its educational inst
tutions controlled directly by ,ha
church are far, very far. in advance Of
those in our land"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

better, more equitably, attained By
legislative appropriation. The appro-
priation that provides for the expenses
OF the fair, or SO much thereof as is
not covered by the receipts, should pay
the advertising bills the same as any
other bills That is practical business
sense free of favoritis n. and without
hinge of paupersln or onerous obliga-
I ion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"The potato crop got soaked In the
eye this year." observes the Eldora
Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

"If the plea Of the State Fair assoc
citation that it cannot afford to pay for
newspaper advertising is correct. des-
pite the fact that it clears from $4,000
to 100000 each year, and never fails to
ask the state legislature for a donation
of from $4,000 to 100000, there must
be something rotten in the manage
ment," asserts the New Sharon Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.


bedrooms the half It Is
na,nted hnts L.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

Some men will trot half mile to
rush can Of beer, but if their wives
suggest the coal hod is empty they
have pain in twenty portions of their
bodies at the same time observes the
Des Moines Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-03

"The man who will be chosen Unit
ed States senator will be the man
named by the majority Of the repub-
lican voters of the state at the primary
election to be held in June. and the
man they will name will be one who
is willing to abide by the wishes Of the
majority of the republicans of the
state, and willing to say So predicts
the Manchester News.