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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

The funeral of John Grandy, the
Linn county member of the soldiers
home who died suddenly Sunday fore
noon, was held from the assembly hall
at this afternoon, conducted by Chap
lain Cole. Mr.. Kelly, nephew of the
deceased, from Troy Mills, was here for
the funeral.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

The Busy Bee circle of the L. o. I.
NJ will meet with Mrs. e r. Morse,
207 West State street. Wednesday af-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

A complete change of songs and pic
lures three times each week at the
Theatorium. Admission cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

Mr.. Will H. Hill returned Monday
evening from all over Sunday visit with
relatives at Alden, his sformer home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Moore,
who died at the county farm Sunday
was held at 2:Sd this afternoon from
the First United Evangelical church,
conducted by Rev. A. A. lCouser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

g.
Miss Olive Zug, ITO South Third av-
enue. was hostess Monday evening to
the Literary clan. having the subjects
Painting in Spain, Valencian School
Jose de Rbera,' for discussion. Guests
of the evening We're Misses Ida Me-
Murray and Bertha Horton. A dainty
lunch was enjoyed during the social
part Of the evening.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-23

Mrs. A. P. Thayer went to Grinnell,
her former home, Monday evening, end
will remain for al few days visit with
friends Mrs Thayer will leave on
Monday for White Bear Lake Mimi.
to spend the summer at the Thayer
cottage Mr. Thayer will join his wife
in June for three months vacation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-03
ICONTINUED.l

THAT you, Green? Just give nv bag
to the driver and return to the village.
Here is a five pound note. Pay your
bill and go back to London by the first
train tomorrow. l stop here some few
days"
The astonished servant took the note.
Before he could reply his master turn
ed, crossed Il room feebly lighted by a
dull lamp and passed through a cur
tained doorway.
Green was staring perplexedly at the
house, the kitchen, his i'll favored COM
panion carrying Philips portmanteau
within, when he heard his masters
voice again and saw him standing be-
tween the partly drawn curtains, with
his face quite visible in the dim rays
Of the lamp.
Green %
Yes, sir''
Here are my keys. Unlock the bag
and take the keys with you. You re-
member the small portmaEteau in my
safe at Park lane?"
Yes, SIR
"Open the safe, get that bag and
send it to me tomorrow night by train
to the Station hotel, York"
Tomorrow night, sir?"
Yes"
The keys were thrown with a rattle
on to a broad kitchen table. Evidently
Mr.. Arson would not brook questions
as to Lis movements, though his few
words sounded contradictory. Green
got down, unfastened the portmanteau
and went back to the dogcart
They're queer folk i t Grange"
said the stable boy as they drove way
There's a barrow night and a lady as
nobody ever sees, an a dochtor, an q
man-him as KEN for We"
Surely they are well known here"
Not a bit of it. On'y bin here about
a week. T. doctor chaps very chirpy
but yon luther is a rum 'un.'
Green was certainly puzzled very
greatly by the unexpected develop
ments of the last few minutes, but he
was discreet and we'll trained.
He liked his young master and woul6
do anything to serve his interests
Moreover, the ways of millionaire
were not the ways of other men. Al
he could do was to hear and obey
He slept none the less soundly be
cause his master chose voluntarily Il
bury himself. even for little while
in such q weirdly tumbledown ole
mansion as the Grange House.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-03


Philip, with head screwed
round to ascertain if the doc
~ tor were following him.
Some sense, whether of sight or
hearing he knew not, warned him of
movement near at hand, an impalpable
effort. a physical tension as of man
laboring under extreme but repressed
excitement
He paid little heed to it. All the sur
roundings in this weird dwelling were
so greatly at variance with his antici-
pations that he partly expected to find
further surprises.
DIR. Williams did not answer. Philip
advanced a hating foot, a hesitating
hand cropping for a door.
Instantly a stout rope fell over his
shoulders, a moose was tightly drawn,
and he was jerked violently to the
stone floor of the passage. He fell
prone on his face, hurting his nose and
mouth. The shock Jared him greatly,
but his hands, if not his arms, were
free, and, with the instinct of self pres
ervation that replaces all other sensa-
tons in moments of extreme peril, he
strove valiantly to rise.
But he was grasped by the neck with
brutal force and some one knelt on
his back.
philip Anson," Kissed a mans
voice, do you remember Jocky Ma
SOM"
So he had fallen into a trap, cunning
" prepared by what tiendish combina-
ton of fact and article he had yet to
learn. Jocky Mason, the skulking
criminal of Johnson's News. Was be
| in that mans power?
Under such conditions a man thinks
| quickly. Philips first ordered Thoughts
| was one of relief. He had fallen into
the clutches of an English brigand
| Money would settle this difficulty If al
other means failed.
Yes, yes,' he gurgled, half stran
gled by the fierce pressure on hi:
throat
You hit me once from behind. Yol
| can't complain if l do the same. Yol
sent me to living hell for ten years
not your fault that it wasn't forever
| Lie Sll1I- ~Nol 04A Jul uOASs SdA % y
you now. l am judge aud jury an(
hell itself. You are dyns-dying-
deadr'
And with the final words drawle'
into his ears with bitter intensit.
Philip felt u terrible blow descend Oh
his head. There was no pain, no feal
no poignant emotion at leaving all III
world held SO dear TO him. There wa
an awful shock A thundercloud seem
Ell TO burst in his brain. and he san
into the void without a groan.
Now. in falling the hard felt hat h
wore dropped in front OF his face. Tn
first wild movement of his head title
ii outward, but the savage jerk give
by his assailant brought the rim Sigh
~ over his skull again.
IN the almost complete darkness c
the passage Mason could not see th
! slight protection this afforded TO b
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-03

O less than 20 so-caIed specialists have
come and since located here. about I'D
years after wide experiences other cities
9s5 E. ns$s5 R" pre- 15o @ IN, os 81
THOUSAND SICK rRisArED
8s sues sSa ' tt " disease 100
oss ' ss special @ R Is $ @ VII % @
ana 1 @ s:sas u = can s @ sY & s and s
find % p0o 1 h G1 f heinz a tired from ' n
Always hep Ssos c R % promptly G can
other 81 s diseases o.
W answer Ret them q nd @ nf pro wish
atuq9a e subject SsF ssr Which made @ e
t,, H.. .. 80
ca aon d yoa a S r Sa 6oss % s VIII @ @
CONSTIPATION
I constipation
~
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% re agd ng sn9gy nn In 00 men ana "
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telling just what win cost to cure you
PsSi s n edss ss 4saa a' + needed 'as others
/
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CHARGES nEAsoNABIE
S5s si,S s ny s grasp IL rsSsas sss sss s fees only ~
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-03
CHAPTER XVIII.

g AN'T l have a light?" said
Philip, with head screwed
o round to ascertain if the doc
~ tor were following him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02
TWO BIG QUESTIONS
THk mo RAJ OBLIGATION AND
sDoEs 1T PAY7v
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
An Honest Answer to These VIII
Keep the Trade with the
Home Merchant Every
Time.

Copyrighted. 1906. By Alfred c. Clark
When the thrifty person or his'wife
sits down for the first ume-or any
tfme-With the mail order catalogue
and its temptations. there are two,
and only two. points to be taken into
consideration.
One Of these is moral obligation,
and the chances are that that win be
dismissed as sentimental nonsense.
The other is-Wfll II pay2 and TO
that the thrifty person viii be in
clined to interpret an answer from the
prices quoted in blzck-faced figures in
the catalogue.
Neither of these questions should
be lightly dismissed. Moral obliga-
ton is not sentimental nonsense, and
black-faced figures sometimes lie.
The duty a man owes TO his own
community and his obligation to trade
at home are SO often reiterated In the
country press that, possibly Ike some
Of the preaching, It has a tendency
TO harden the hearts Of the sinners.
What has your neighboring town
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02
THE DIFFERENCE.

Yes, I have heard OF him Owes
everybody, gets drunk and goes
whoOpfng around the streets Keeps
a worthless cur and has fondness
for telling stories beginning Say.
have you heard this oneg II you have.
call me on Once there was a young
married couple. A worthless
loafer. a dead beat, and
-Oh. no. You are thinking Of John
E. This is his cousin, John g Drives
his creditors into bankruptcy. runs
over people with his imported 90
horse power automobile. owns a 50 600
fighting dog. talks so loudly In his
box at the opera that he infuEfates
those who think music was made 70
be listened 70. reads novels in French.
and
All. ! see,-strange / should make
such a mistake WeII-known man
about-town- Puck
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

given you, Mr.. Farmer A market for
your produce What has made 25 TO
so per cent. of the present value of
market You know what your grand
father did on that same farm2 Drove
his hogs and hauled his grain 80. so.
maybe rs miles to the nearest market
town. and received prices for them
that would make you howl about the
trusts And he hauled back the fam
lily supplies for which he paid what
you would consider monopOlistic
prices. Do you happen to know what
the old farm was worth them Wen.
it lacked a good deal OF being SIS or
800 an acre
Yes. the home town. with its handy
market, has advanced the value Of
your property and made you worth
several thousand dollars more than
your grandfather was worth The
home town affords schooling for your
children. and perhaps social and
church privileges which your family
would not otherwise enjoy The rural
mail routes and telephone systems.
radisting from the home town. as
spokes from a hub. bring to your
home the greatest eonveniences of
modern times
Have you ever noticed that the first
thing the settlers of a newly-opened
reservation do is to send for a wagon
load of mail order catalogues Wen.
haven't They lay ont town site
every six or eight miles. start two or
three general stores. build a school
house, a church. s blacksmith shop. a
grain elevator. petition the depart
ment for a post office. and start a
newspaper. They know. from former
experience that. with these things
close by. life viii be endurshle. what
ever hardships may come They know.
also. that without them they must live
lives of isolation and endure an exist
ence that is contrary to all natural
human instincts.
On the other hand. it goes without
saying. that the average country town
cannot exist without the support OF
its tributary territory. Then. if that
town affords the advantages for the
rural citizen that have been enumerat.
ed. there exists what we may call an
interdependence and moral obliga-
ton between the two. Are you. Mr.,
Thrifty Farmer, living up to that OBJ
legation when you do your trading
with the mail order houses
To this line Of argument the farmer
may answer that his greatest obliga.
ton. his first duty is tc his Immediate
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

household. and that among the duties
to his family and 10 the heirs OF his
estate is that Of practicing judicioEz
economy-buying where he can buy
the cheapest and to the best advan-
tage. And this brings US To the SEQ
ond point in the argument-the para
mount question in this commercial
age-~Win II payz~
By most people an Affirmative an
swer TO that question is accepted as
the call Of duty. As a matter Of fact.
VIII it pay" Is good test to apply
to any project or proposition There
are commercial, as well as political.
demagogues. and the man who is ap-
pealed 10 on the score Of patriotism
or profit. duty OF dollars. can scarcely
do better than to sit down BY himself
and submit that questiOn--WiH Il
pay g'-to his own best judgment
Provided always. that he goes to the
very bottom Of IL
What are the relative advantages Of
buying at the local store and ordering
from a catalogue house2 Advantages.
understand. that figure in the ques-
ton. ~WiI il pzys- Don't get away
from that question It certainly Is
very comfortable to sit down BY your
own freside and select a dress pattern
or suIky pillow from a printed des-
cription and picture Of the article;
much more comfortable. in fact than
hitching up and driving to town on q
raw day.
A consideration more important,
perhaps, is that the printed price in
the catalogue seems, in some cases at
least, TO be lower than the price
quoted at the local store Isn't that
conclusiTe2 Let's see. The catalogue
describes the goods and quotes :
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

the green in one, and Grace did it,
/ her ball bringing up Just on the Dor
der. Jack took 3 long time over that
stroke. and then, despite his prepare
I lions, sent his ball straight against the
I high bank. from whence it rolled down
into the gravel. She thought he swore.
and when she caught sight of his face
/ she forgave him. Somehow his look
OF utter detection drove all the pleas
ure from her prospective victory.
Jack" she said, I'm sorry"
She left him at the bunker. and
went on to the green. She could not
possibly hole out in less than two. and
SO. if he reached the green in the
next stroke. there was still chance
/ for him. She was glad. His head
was Just visible beyond the bunker. A
| lofter swung and the ball shot up over
| the bunker and came Pumping down
almost dead at the edge of the green.
/ in line with the hole. He was peer
ing over the top of the bank. but she
knew he could not see the ball. With
a gasp she leaned for an instant over
the cup, and then. speeding across to
where his ball lay. she sank down red
of face and breathless on the grass.
When he came around the corner Of
the bunker she ,dourished her club.
"In!" she cried.
What do you meant" he asked, his
face lighting up.
1T went in" she said. steadily.
He stared at her a moment in be
wilderment. and then rushed to the
hole. Her hand crept under her skirts
and moved swiftly to the pocket Of
her waist. He came toward her. IA
! diant and triumphant
do YOU want to hole out?" he
asked. his voice a-tremble.
She shook her head doletully.
whats the use9 You've won, Jack
Help me up. please.
He oheyed.
Presently. as they moved silently to
the club house, he said: Look here,
Grace. Tm-Tm sorry l beat you. OF
course. II 1t hadn't been for that piece
of-of sheer luck I'd never have done
In If YOU say so. Wen call it on and
end forget about" Suddenly he
halted and stared at the bali in his
hand. why, this isn't mine, Grace,
Mine was new BALI" He turned in
bewilderment. She felt the blood
rushing into her cheeks.
perhaps it-perhaps you found
sora one else's somewhere. she muir
INJURED. trying to meet his eyes. and
falling miserably.
/ He read her guilt, and his heart
ave n great leap Of joy. Grace" he
cr,ed aceusingly. ecstatically.
WHAT" she whispered.
"This is my old ball You-you-
He moved toward her impulsively.
she looked up in confusion and en-
treaty. Jack Not-not here
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

Aspiring Youth understand there
is vacancy on you local staff
City EditOT-Yes. there is in fact
we are very short-handed, and I can
give you q Job at once. want some
one 70 go around and interview SIugg
BulldOzer. the eminent politician
This paper charges that he beats his
wife and stsrFes his children. and we
want to know what he thinks about
IL
Um-er-hzven't you regular In
terViewer for that kind Of work.
~Oh, yes. several Of them. but they
are all in the hospital 7.
Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

price: maybe IL gives q picture of the
article also, but you don't see the
goods The local merchant shows you
the goods; you may examine them
critically; he may allow you to test
them or to call in an expert to advise
you Is it fair TO conclude that the
catalogue article is the cheaper Just
because the price is lower9
An element that must enter into the
comparison Of goods and prices is.
that in any attempt to fool the Gus
toner. the local merchant is decided
" at a disadvantage, He must show
the goods. not merely describe them
His business depends wholly upon the
limited trading area of his town and
his ability to inspire confidence within
that circle. He cannot afford to make
practice Of misrepresenting his
goods
The mail order house is not so tied
down to the maxim that Honesty is
the best policy Ii has no neighbors.
no fellow citizens, no mutual interests
with its patrons. It's trade area is
wide and always shifting. Naturally
these conditions do not demand extra
ordinary vigilance in supplying hon
est-m2de goods. And where Vigilance
is not a needed employee in the bust
ness he is generally taken OF the pay
roll. which makes 8 saving in expense
as well as in the cost of the goods. II
lower prices are quoted BY the cata-
it,
win il psys" Is 1t matter OF
economy to buy inferior and damaged
goods when the same money. or even
little more, viii pay for goods of the
best qualitys Which course does a
mans first duty to his own household
diotstes
But to get at the bottom OF that
question. we must consider the far
reaching general effect OF mail order
trading. II single catalogue houses
are to be capitalized at $40, 900. 600.
they must be reckoned with along
with Standard Oil. the beef trust and
railroad mergers. If they are allowed
to suck the blod from our country
towns. your grandchildren viii find
/ conditions much the same as those OF
Your grandfather's time. Their mar
kets win be 30. so or as miles away.
The towns and villages will be de-
serted and the hubs" viii be too dis
taRt to send the radiating spokes OF
rural mail, telephone lines and other
modern convenience far into tke
country.
CHARLEs BRADSHAW
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

well. too; better than abe had avar
seen him play. better than she had
thought him capable Of playing. At
the sixteenth tee he spoke for the
hfst tme In many minutes.
I'm going to change my ball" he
SAID. looking at her quesdoningIy.
She nodded.
he tossed his stained and dented
pail aside and selected new one from
the bag. Perhaps / can do better
with one Of these rubber kind"
His unrufied manner irritated her.
You don't really expect TO VIM" she
asked. mOchngiy.
God knows" he answered, simply.
1t won't be for want Of trying"
IF get this hole Il ends IT. You
know she reminded.
He nodded soberly. q know; but
you mustn't get it"
She drove of, putting all her
strength and science into the stroke,
and watched the gatty sailing high
and far at first dark against the sky,
then winter against the green hillside.
1t struck and bounded farther toward
the distant red disk. It was almost
the best drive she had ever made. and
she turned toward him in triumph.
He met her look calmly. Great, /"
he said.
She moved aside and watched him
tee the dazzling new ball The one
be had discarded was lying on the
edge Of the dirt, and she idly picked it
up and dropped it into her pocket.
1t ought to be somewhere near the
green" he said. nonchalantly.
I Good drives by each laid their balls
side by side 50 yards from the high.
est and most dangerous bunker on
the course. The green lay straight
ahead on top Of slight rise. with the
club house to the right 1t was pos
sible, from where they were, to reach
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

odd Uncle Dewberry thought he
was going TO fail heir 70 = fortune
and move in high society He spent
six months learning 70 cultivate ths
taste for olives
1And vas he disappointed when tbs
fortune didn't Gomez
Not At all He's glad he Is poor
He says It doesn't take six months TO
learn how to cultivate the taste for
corned beef and cabbage * Chicago
Daily News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02
The Brain Storm.

When Mamie slams the kitchen doc
And burns the breakfast cakes.
And stamps her feet upon the floor
Until the table shakes.
We do not hint she's in a pet
Or mad OF angry-uo.
We simply say when she's upset
The brain storm soon Efu gO-
Chicago Daily News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02
|Y9A q az ga
GN1Glda[5D~ SHl0[L[ IS


FIRST College Graduate hear ron
have Job What dOlngz
Second College Graduation. run
ming errands and cleaning unveils
and so forth
Like itz~
FIRST rate that is. untiI my en-
ployer had the nerve to ask me out TO
his house 70 dinner It's pretty
tough to have 70 associate with your
social interiors out Of business hours
Life
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

Yes; poor Hawkins was a victim
to his anti-expSnsiOnist sentiments.
In what way
He made up his mind that he was
getting TOO fat. and he doctored and
starved himself TO death Chicago
Tribune
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

Does It never embzrrass you" ws
asked OF the Pfttsburg millionaire,
when you happen to Be in position
where you have to introduce your wife
10 one OF your ex-WiFes
Not very much he replied The
really embarrassing moments ara
when find myself so placed that 1
have TO introduce my present wife TO
my next one Judge
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

The Friend-And you and George
have excellent appetites for every
meal What kind Of appetizers do
you use.
The Bride-KisSes. dear And we
have the grandeSt dessert
The Friend-Gracious, And what
does it consist of
The Bride-The same. Of course
kisses.-Chicago Daily News
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

Young Bird ton a treel-There
comes a hunter. We'd better ny away.
Old Bird-No hurry. He's got 10
climb $ fence before he gets to us.
and his gun viii probably catch in =
rail and shoot him They most al
WAYS do.-N. Y. Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

CaIlsr-Fd think that your fathers
duties as building Inspector would BE-
awfuily dangerous. going round IN
safe buildings
Small Son Of the Hczse-Oh. no:
he doesn't so near EN- till after tAey
fail dOwn-Lffe-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02
No Pure Adulterant Available.

Your honor. said the miIkmzn. ar
raigned for selling an article below
the standard. 4 did the best could
Go on said the court
IF there were impurities in the
milk continued the prisoner. please
bear in mind that the filtration sys-
TEN here isn't what it ought to be-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

The Doctor-Tve Just come back
from san Reno: been away a week
The Jokist-Yes. saw it mentioned
in the paper.
The Doctor eagerly - Indeed
What did it saye
The JOkist-It drew SttentiOn to the
remarkab!e decrease in the death-rats.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

HAS that man any sound rating as
a fnancier4N
The very best He was in the
recent Wall street rich mars panic.
and he contributed a large share to
that 1--WE million fund to puIverize the
president and his policies.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02
Told hv the Face.

MIS- Church met that little boy
who lives next TO You. yesterday I
could tell he was good little boy. BIZ
his face
Mrs FlstbUsh-Oh. I suppose yes
terday was one OF the days he'd
washed his face,-Yonkers States
man
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

You cant expect that those Mica
raguan heroes viii die with their boot.
on
Why nots~
Most of them are haresooted--
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-07-02

sabbath School Teacher - What
does the parable of the Prodigal Son
teach u.s.
Bobby Thickneck-Not to be fatted
calves. ms'am-Puek