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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18
Glasses fitted chamberlain's.
pr. Rullard, oa.eopa,h, % 3. Main

Mr.. Nathan Carter, of Marietta
spent the day in the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

Elk chocolates. always fresh. Wheel
Or & Hoag, sole agents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

Mr. and Mrs. G. q. Pickett, of os-
kaloosa, visited in the city Friday. Mrs.
Pickett was on her way home from a
four weeks visit with relatives and
friends in Waterloo, and Mr.. Pickett
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18
Aliens is headquarters for wedding

Those who know go to the Elite
There Is a reason.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

The funeral OF the late Sylvanus
forty, the Cedar county veteran of the
soldiers home. was held from the as
sembly hall this afternoon at 3 O'clock.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

Our electric plant will be closed
down Sunday. July 10, at a. M for
about two hours. Marshalltown Light,
Power and Railway Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

Mrs. p. IN. Adamson and Mrs. F.
A. Moore were hostesses at the for
mer's home, 202 North Seventh street,
Friday afternoon to the Baptist Lad
les Aid society, OF which there was
an attendance of about thirty
The regular meeting, social hour and
refreshments were enjoyed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

Mrs O. A. Byington and sons, Lee
Grand and William, of Iowa City who
have been in the city ten days visit
ing the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Bremner. left for their home
FRIDAY evening.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-18

Rev. L. b. Inx left this afternoon
kor Dubuque, where Sunday he will fill
1.-THE pulpit Of the First Congregational
|ohurch morning and evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
SOMETHING OF A SNAP.

A short time since 1t was announced
that the New York public service COM
mission would soon hold a series of
tests for the purpose of demonstrating
the value, or lack of 1t, of certain
tenders and wheel guards manufactur-
ed in this and other countries, with
intent to learn whether 1t is possible
to equip surface street cars with any
really Gfe-saving device of this sort
AS matter of advertising, and to
rouse interest in the occasion, at least
one manufacturer of these devices now
announces that. instead of using dunn
mics for the tests, as others are to do,
he will use real. live human beings
Get them? Why it's the easiest thing
in the world. A salary" of 81 a day.
he AYERS, will bring all the men he
needs for this purpose. The concep-
ton that there is any risk in it is
popular mistake. Does he not know
that his tenders are absolutely life
saving?
OF course. There need be no surprise
that he can find all the men he wants
for this purpose. There are men around
New York and elsewhere to whom the
prospect of getting 81 a day for lying
on the track to be picked up by a car
Tender seems like taking candy away
from children. 1t is veritable snap
As for any possible danger that is
slight compared with the excitement
of riding on the bumpers of limited
freights on which these gentlemen GUS
tomarily travel-for most of them, be
it known. are experienced railroad men
in one way or another. Assuredly. at
this open season of the year. these
persons with unlimited leisure welcome
so princely an offer.
AS to the value of test so made,
that is another question. There is some
reason to doubt whether the common
or garden variety of citizens will sur
vive the same treatment from a car
fender which would fail to feaze in the
least these hardy hybrds
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
AN AWFUL LIST.

There seems to be no way of per-
manently shortening each successive
seasons sadly long list of drownings
All the warnings that can be uttered
fall on some needless ears. All of the
statistics of former summer seasons
seem to be read over without interest
and without awakening the slightest
appreciation of their awful meaning.
No young man or young woman seems
to think that he or she can possibly
be a victim. 1t is always some one
else.
The number of drownino accidents
thus far this year has not been COM
piled, but current reading of these
cases from day to day gives the I'M
preston that more have occurred
since the opening of the present season
than during any corresponding period
for many years past. And for the
most part the victims are promising
boys and girls, young men and young
women just entering upon the hap
piest time of life.
The exceedingly hot weather, con-
tinuing as it has week after week
with but little interruption, has doubt
less been responsible for fatal acci-
dents to reckless bathers ana SWIM
mers in lakes, rivers and ponds and in
the far away oceans. But in addition
to these there have been an unusual
number of fatalities by the overturn-
ing of boats. the inexperienced han
ding OF small craft in dangerous
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a girl gets on the third lap
she's nearing the finish.
X X
Among the inherited traits of chill
dren Is their aptitude for growing.
6 =
A woman is sure to live quietly af-
ter her husbands death II he used to
snore.
y
When couple have their pictures
taken to represent beauty and the
beast" there's certain to be an argu-
ment as to which is which.
r
A girl is not so much interested in
the question as to whether she is the
only girl her beau has ever loved as
she is in the one as to whether or not
she is the only girl he will ever love.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

mans angry retort- '.You were to
give me at least one holdur q day MY
guests are disappointed If It don't hap
pen, and you've got to earn your sal
ary."
Pm tired OF the game" said Pete
shortly. go get some one elese to be
your outlaw: I'm DONE"
Now don't get hot and throw up
the job like that urged Portman.
you know 1 can't break in a new
man right in the middle of q season.
1t would take him a month to learn
the paths, and the-shertff would catch
him the first thing and spoil 1t all. I
didn't mean to be SO short. I'll give
you $40 more a month"
do you think that If money was an
object I'd be an outlaw for $50 a
month" demanded Pete. mo. You
go get some one else on the job"
Portman's face was the picture of
despair. His hired outlaw had been
the making of the hotel. 1t would not
be possible at short notice to find any
one who could be trusted to rob the
guests and who had sufficient wood
craft to escape capture.
He was still seeking a new argu-
ment to advance when a call from the
underbrush caused both men to start.
Pete went bounding into the thicket
to confront Olive.
$50 you've found out what a farce
I am? ?" he cried.
1Ao dIl 50 SidQ, QeCtATeQ tn0
girl II knew in my heart that you
were worthy. Pete, can't we have q
honeymoon here in the woods. You
can do the holdups in the. morning
and I'll help. 1t will be such fun"
Pete's eyes twinkled. I'll mako
Portman give me a week off," he cried,
"and then we'll resume operations at
the old stand
There will be an awful time with
father" unused the girl, and Pete
laughed again.
mo trouble there" he assured.
You see. I'm really Robert Parkman.
We have some business deals on to-
gether, SO he knows me. I'm only
playing bandit because 1t promised
more fun than a mere camping out
trip
Olive gasped. She had heard of the
eccentric millionaire. As Parkman
took her in his arms the sheriff went
galloping past on his way to Join the
posse in its afternoon jaunt after the
outlaw.
you beat the sheriff." he declared
with a tender laugh. "You have cap
tured the outlaw for life
"1t looks as though it were the 9TH
er way about" corrected Olive de-
murely as she glanced at the imprison-
ing arms. my outlaw has captureed
me. "-(Copyrighted. 1908, by Asso-
| ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

lne S0lCdSO N6WS.l
It's as hard for women to keep mon
ey as secrets.
Goodness between friends doesn't
count OH hot days.
Nothing melts a dignified girl like an
unexpected kiss.
A boys appearance of meekness may
cover a lot of mischief.
Most people in love act as if it were
a delightful torture.
It's queer that a good fellow Of
ten has so many bad habits.
Run for office if you would know how
many friends you haven't got
Half a loaf is sometimes better than
exhausted vitality due to overwork
Many a man who knows that he
prove it.
Life isn't much of a burden to the
woman who looks younger than she is
Our idea of an eccentric man is one
who attends strictly to his own busi-
ness.
A girl will forgive a young man for
kissing her, but she'll never forgive
him II he doesn't.
A small boy likes to hear himself
whistle almost as well as a big man
likes to hear himself talk.
No matter how homely a girl may be-
she doesn't think people justified In
describing her in plain language.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe


1t doesn't make any difference how
much a man charges; he always says
his terms are reasonable.
After a man has been dead about
three months, his wife begins to do
something she has always longed to
do.
Summer season note: The bites on
"our" children are made by chiggers;
those on your" children are due to
bedbugs.
This is the kind. of weather which
makes a man grateful he is not an
fashioned woman's baby, compel
led to wear a wool shirt.
When a woman cooks up something
particularly nice for her husband, all
she gets for 1t is that he is late and it
is spoiled by overlooking.
"It sometimes seems to me-" said a
man the other day, that I get mighty
little to eat" Then, after thinking
awhile. he added: But probably I am
better Off"
AS soon as a man becomes idle, he
forgets that other people have duties
and a LIMITED time in which to per-
form them. A man who has plenty
of sense when he is busy, is too apt to
become selfish and inconsiderate when
he is idle.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
AYHAWKER JOTS

Some industrious Individual has
discovered that Kansas Is the twelfth
state in the union in the production
Of potatoes.
The police judge at Emporia render
ed a decision that his horse did not
like, and the animal kicked. Now the
judge is nursing his ribs and prepar-
ing demurrer.
People who were taken In by old
Ezra Meeker and his team of fat oxen
travelling from ocean to ocean, will
read with pleasure that report that
the three of them have reached the
Pacific coast. Come to think of 1t,
those oxen were little swift. The
way they chewed their cuds showed
it.-Lawrence Gazette.
One of the Yates Center baseball
players was struck on the temple with
ball while playing in a game with
the Garnett team. and was paralyzed
from the hips down. Yates Center
fans are not feeling as badly about
it as they might, for their team won
the game, which went eleven in
nings. says the Emporia Gazette.
Kansas woman has broken into
the newspapers with a story to the eff
feet that Kate Bender died in a Den
yer hospital seventeen years ago. Since
Kate has been hanged, drowned. and
shot, to say nothing of dying quietly
in her bed, there is no reason to fear
that she will be one of the attractions
of next years ChautauQua programs.
The truth about Kate is that she went
to La Porte, disguised as a man, to
marry Mrs. Guinness, and the widow
got her, saws the Emporia Gazette.
w. ]. Rowe, of Hope, who is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for district clerk in Dickinson county,
claims to have the best neighbors of
anybody. He has been very busy cam
paigning and having no one at home to
do the farm work. was planning to
stay at home for several days and fin
ish cutting alfalfa. But last Satur-
day morning several of the neighbors
came with teams and by a hard days
work put all his crop in sack and
told him to keep ON with his cam
paign.
Sabetha is one Kansas town that
needs no commercial club to make il
good place to live in" Not only is
it one of the cleanest and prettiest
towns in the state, but it probably is
the only place Of 1000 inhabitants that
is without a lawyer, says the Kansas
City Star. There is no ferret-eyed
technicality expert on the townsite.
At one time there were two attorneys
in Sabetha, but there was so little for
them to do that one moved to Seneca
and the other was made postmaster
and took down his single. Sabetha is
so orderly and honest that the law
yer's occupation is gone.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
CASTRO AND VENEZUELA.

1t looks very much as IL President
castro OF Venezuela is putting himself
IN position to get a good spanking,
something he has long deserved, and
get 1t from Holland, one of the small
est OF European nations. The Dutch
are slow and phlegmatic people, but
1t is not safe for such a ruler as Cas-
tro to go too far with them And yet.
what can Holland do? She can send
war vessels over to Venezuela and seal
up that country's ports, but Castro is
at Caracas. where the ships can't
reach him, and where he may not cas-
lily be reached by a foreign army,
even If the attempt should be made.
1t Is true that the closing of the sea-
ports might diminish the revenue of
his country, but he will find some way
to i've. even then. The people of that
country as The Philadelphia Record
points out, are accustomed to cheap
dollars. and Castro has a printing press
and can turn out as much cheap mon
ey as there may be need of. Even IL
government officials and clerks fail to
see payday come around it would not
altogether be a novelty with them.
And speaking Of Castro and his
country is remindful Of the fact that
he has lately issued his ukase, or pro-
nuncfamento, or whatever they call
1t down there, forbidding the importa-
ton Into Venezuela of cigarettes and
material for their manufacture, and
also ammunitions of all kinds, without a
special permit from the government
meaning himself 1t is reasonable to
presume. Just what Is the connection
between cigarettes and munitions Of
war Is not clear. It's easy to under
stand why he should bar out firearms
and ammunition, for there's generally
some kind of a revolution going on
over there and he wants to keep the
insurgents from getting anything to
fight with. Perhaps he wants to bar
out cigaretts for the same reason,
arguing that If revolutionists can't get
something like cigarettes to smoke,
they'll quit revolving, or revoluting or
whatever it is they are engaged in.
The United States is also making
faces at Castro and it has withdrawn
its representative from Venezuela.
Plainly diplomatic relations are what
they call strained between the two Re-
publics and the big stick may be put
into action If things do not improve.
However, If Holland is about to under
take the spanking job, the United
States can sit by and see it well done,
occasionally giving the Dutch a little
help on the side.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
HUNOR or THE Day

Have you a tank in the building?' in
quired the inspector from the Insurance
I'VE, We hov,. ~ admitted the janitor.
Faith. an OF niver had money enough
to foind out."-Bohemian.
Well. how does it feel to have q niche
in the Temple Of Famer'
brated poet. I've always lived in a hall
bedroom. kansas City Journal.
Nan-That's beautiful solitaire Dick
gave you I wonder If you know what
Fan-Indeed I do; that's why 1 made
him give me such an expensive one.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
"A woman's No means Yes"
You think so?"
IT know So Don't your"
mo: am all over that illusion. / am
married. Nashville American.
What part r,,.t Of the chicken will you
Some of the meat. please."-Life.
He II HI has !, q. 2 fancy-work face"
"A fancy-work face. Every time his
temper gets ruffled his brows knit
Judge.
Come, now, Pat" said Cockney tour
list to an Irish peasant. whom he had en-
countered in Connemara- III give you a
sovereign II you tell a bigger lie than you
| ever told before"
Faith. sir, you're a real gentleman"
Pat responded. and the company unani-
mously declared the sovereign earned
Tit-Bits.
Towne-There are some hot games up al
the ball grounds these days. Why don't
| you take your wife to one of them?
Browne-Gracious! 1 don't want to be a
| widower. She's too tender-hearted and
| sympathetic.
Towne-What has that to do with It?
Browne-Why. 1t would be just like her
| to sympathize with the umpire.-Philadel-
| phia Press.
Good gracious! Look. What can he
the matter er?There-across the street What
is it that is tossing that woman about
from side to side in such a violent man.
ner?'
Possibly she is trying to hold her
tongue."-Puck.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

In a day or two the first state wide
primary in Kansas will be a matter of
history and then there will be much
needed lull in political affairs in these
parts for a few weeks and until the
national and state campaigns open up
with full force. This will be about the
middle of September. And this lull
will be a good thing for all concerned
for the rather extraordinary heat of
the weather has been greatly intensi-
fed by the sizzles of the broiling pri-
mary campaign which has been waged
in this state.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
QUAKER MEDITATTONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
A critical situation-the critics Job.
Many a fellow who considers him
self the soul of honor needs half -soling
A woman never knows her own mind
until she has changed 1t five or six
times.
No man can become popular unless
he is willing to be bored once in a
while.
The things that might possibly hap
pen keep some people from being hap
py.
We never love a man for the enemies
he has made II we happen to be one of
them.
the white feather II some other color Is
more fashionable.
A man can keep more things from
his wife than she can find by going
through his pockets.
Some people never know when they
have enough, and others never have an
opportunity of knowing.
No, Maude, dear, we have never
heard that there was any particular an
tipathy existing between the pussy will
low and the dogwood.
Blobbs-"You can say what you like
about Henpeckke. he is a good hus-
band.'' Slobbs-"Yes, he hasn't the
nerve to be anything els"
"Nell-"She is beginning to call him
by his first name. What do you sup
that she has designs on his last"
receive quoted the Wise Guy Yes,
but most OF us would rather be at the
receiving end of the battery" added the
Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

waters. and the explosions aboard
gasoline launches which have left
wake of dead. 1t has been said over
and over again that too much care
can not be exercised in the enjoyment
of summer pastimes by ana on the
water. but 1t may be possible that
these repeated warnings and the call
ing of attention to the remarkably
long list of drowning accidents Will
save some from death. If the rest of
the season could pass without more of
these accidents there would be cause
for great rejoicing.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

GFrom the New York Press.
The admiration a woman values IL
when you tell her 30.
Fathers are useful moral guides to
their children as warnings.
All that a girl needs to get engaged
is man and some moonlight.
A man has a grand time when his
family is away until he wants to find
his favorite shirts
The devil left very little work for
himself to do to make trouble when
he invented money.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

Stomach trouble. colds in the head
and feet, and a variety of other all
ments for which beer and whisky ap-
pear to be the panacea in Topeka
seem to be greatly on the increase
from the returns of liquor sales made
by the druggists during the month of
July. It's hardly possible that thirst
induced by warm weather is respon-
sible for the increase for the druggists
are prohibited from selling liquor for
beverages
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

There's one sort of prohibition
which does not seem to work very
we'll in Russia. The czar. who is the
chief liquor trafficker in the country,
decreed that not more than three
drinks of vodka, the chief kind of
Russian booze, could be sold to or
drunk by any one person in day in
a certain Siberian town. The result
has been that the natives have been
drinking eau de cologne, bay rum. etc.
with the effect that the degree of
drunkenness achieved there breaks all
records
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away during the summer may havs
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate OF ten cents
. week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out OF town the
State journal win be to you like q
daily letter from home.
Advance payment IS requested on
these short time subscriptions, TO save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

A willing army of workers ought to
promptly join DR.. Crumbine, the sec
rotary of the state board of health, in
his "swat the fly" crusade. Everyone
is the victim of the fly to a greater or
less extent and all SHOULD join in an
effort to exterminate the rascal. It's
too much to hope for fiyless COM
munity but little effort will keep the
most of them out of houses and make
living much more comfortable.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

The Kaw valley potato crop will be
short this year because OF the havoc
wrought by the floods, but the price
of spuds will be exceedingly long. This
is good news for the grower and cor
respondingly bad news for the con-
sumner. But as to the consumer. poor
chap, there never is much news which
sounds good to him.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
Seventy Chicago policemen have

Seventy Chicago policemen nave
made a record in recovering $65,073
worth of property which was stolen
during the month of July. This Is
excellent, but the energies of the force
and those of other cities as well,
might be better devoted to preventing
burglaries, rather than to the recovery
of stolen goods.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

rore and the property of every man
and corporation has been placed at
something near its actual value, the
state taxes that the people will have
10 pay VIII be generally lower than
ever before. So whatever the defects
IN the new law may be. its main pur-
pose IN the reduction and equitable
distribution of the taxes has been ac-
complfshed- And that's considerable.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04

When the votes cast at the pri-
maries today are counted whole lot
of predictions as to the success of
many candidates will be knocked sky
high. This is a safe prophecy because
all of the candidates are certain that
they will win.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
MIR. MC.RoBE.

When Mr.. Microbe comes along
He doesn't whir nor buzz:
He doesn't even sing a song,
As B'rer Mosquito does.
He lights upon your hands or lips
In silence most profound,
And rests bit before he skips
Inquiringly around.
But. ah! dear child. beware OF him;
For If your hands are soIled,
And If your clothes are not brushed trim,
And II your milk's not boiled
Hell bite you with whole rows of teeth
He always keeps them sharp
And then you'll wear a golden wreath
And strum a golden harp.
New York American.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-08-04
Prisoners Dodges.

The employment for foreign sub
stances to help in Stimulating disease is
common in prisons. Lime scraped
from the cell wall or the surface of an
old brick has been used to aggravate
sores or produce Inflammation Of the
eyes. But simple acting has been prac-
ticed with amazing perseverance and
complete success. The late Major Ar
thur Griffiths, who knew as much of
prisoners ways as any one in the SER
vice of that department of the home
office and had had thousands under
his control, gave an account Of a de-
ception practiced at Dartmoor by a
convict who was supposed to have the
bones of his foot diseased. 1t was
found after long and careful examina-
ton that there were two large needles,
bound round with thread, imbeded in
an old wound about the instep. When
these had been removed he recovered
Dundee Advertiser.