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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28

amounts but in the case of each draft
it was shown that Cashier Standring
mad credited himself on the books of
the bank with the amounts Of the
drafts and had afterwards checked
out the sums for his own benefit. 1t
was claimed by these creditors that
this gave them preference because
the money tho used by the cashier
was due to them because the cashier
was an officer of the bank and the
bank was liable Therefore they
claimed to be entitled to the amounts
from the funds of the bank. On the
other hand the receiver and other
creditors claimed that the money was
shown to have been used by the
cashier and that therefore could not
have gone into the hands of the re-
ceiver Therefore other creditors
should not have to bear the loss of
this amount out of the money which
they had deposited. The court held
that these claims are not to be pre-
ferred but established them as general
claims.
Between Two Fires.
The court was turnout all this mass
of litigation connected with the de-
funct Bank of Corwth between the
devil and the deep sea. If on the one
hand it was decided that all the pre-
ferred claims should be allowed then
thousands of dollars would be taken
away from depositors. On the other
hand should the depositors be given
preference they would have swept the
board. There We're simply not enough
funds 20 &C around
The case is unique in the annals OF
Iowa courts. There was never a case
in Iowa where there We're so many
legal points to be considered and where
opinions varied so widely on different
points. Many appeals are probable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
GETS TWENTY YEARS.
Charles Wood, of odeboIt, Sentenced to
Fort Madison Penitentiary.

Special to Times Republican
Sac City, Oct. 2S.-Charles Wood, of
Odebolt, found guilty at the August
term of the district court, of the crime
of attempt to commit rape on the per-
son of Mabel Elston, VINO was under
age, was sentenced by Judge Frank
NJ. Powers to the penitentiary at Fort
Madison, for a term of twenty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
~@~ FOR

Rheumatism Of uric acid the blood which
gradually gets into constipation weak
Kidney action irregularities the which sometimes
nhamed
instead nourishing the different
continually deposits into the muscles tissues
joints irritating producing acid with which it filled Rheu
thorough cleansing OF the blood and this
just does the circulation and by neutra
the cause strengthens blood that
instead weak Throughout the
tenn it nvigoang nourisg fluid furnishing health
vigo every body relieving suffering caused by this
disease S S S. being vegetable the
safest cure for Rheumatism Rheumatism and
any medical advice sent free to all who write.
10y THE SWIFT spEcrr-- co., ATLANTA. GA.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28

Most children eat too much,
overtax the digestion, get
thin, weak, languid, stop
growing-that's malnutrition
or non-digestion Of food.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28

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Complete Handy Atlas of the World" 3 /.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
Scott Emulsion

has helped countless thous-
ands in this condition. 1t is
both nouris h m e Mt and
medicine most powerful
aid to digestion.
A small dose three times a
day will work wonders,
but be sure to get SCOTS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
SURETY BONDS

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tors, County and Township Officials. I
Druggists, Liquor Dealers and all ]
classes of Fidelity bonds. Fire, Light
ming and Tornado Insurance written.
w. M. CLARK,
6 south First Ave. MarshalItown, la.e
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

The doctors degree in the University
OF Paris is SO entitled as to designate
the faculty under which the work was
done, as those who do literary work
would receive the degree doctor of let
tiers. etc. To obtain the doctors de-
gree the candidate must possess The
lower degree of the corresponding di-
vision Of work. submit two theses on
different questions. reply to questions
or objections concerning them, pay q fee
of 140 francs and present 100 printed
copies of n Of his theses to the uni
yersity. The candidate for the degree
doctor of letters must write one thesis
in Latin, the other in French. If in
the scientific department. the thesis
must be on some original investiga-
ton; if in theology, the examinations
are both oral and written.-School Bull
letin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

Samuel Castalina, of South Vineland,
y. j.. has a son 10 months old and a
rooster | year old. Boy and rooster
are inseparal lie companions, and the IA
Their often remarked that the rooster
would fight for the boy. Recently the
test came. A 5-year-old cousin of the
boy came into the yard, and after n
few minutes there was a scrap. The
5-year-old was spanking the little fell
low in great shape when the rooster
heard the racket and came head down
and feathers and wings up.
a forty-mile-an-hour cyclone struck
the 5-year-old, and when he got his
breath he bolted for the gate, yelling:
Papa. papa. an eagle is trying to eat
me up"
The rooster mounted n washtub by
the side OF his little friend and LET loose
q loud cockadoodledoo.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
P0IfCd Comment.
Improved Conditions.

Industry IS again coming into its
stride. The partial paralysis that
made its appearance several months
g is passing away and the patient
Is gradually approaching a normal CON
dition.
Reports from every section Of the
country Indicate an Improvement. Mills
and factories that have been running
on reduced time are returning to regu-
Tar schedule, and others which, at the
first sign OF business depression, laid
of many men, are restoring them TO
tn pay roll.
Especially IN 1he iron Industries are
the indications most hopeful. Judge
Gary. chairman ST the United States
Steel Corporation. recently expressed
his utmost confidence in the future.
and this later was supplemented by 4
similar %utterance from President Corey
who said that a tentative proposition
had already been made to the trust by
a railroad for COCO tons of rails. In
ssmuch as there have been no orders of
tC-AoC1Ati-C o4l~c OILObCA- u EC-CNAN
tons now pending would seem to show
that the transportation lines are recov
ering breath ard are anticipating in
creased traffic demands.
There was little reason in the first
place for the remarkable conditions
this country has experienced since Oc-
tOber. The breaking Of a copper cor
ner, the depreciation OF the stock mar
ket, and the sudden contraction Of cir
cu14tion through the arbitrary action
of he banks. were due TO artificial
causes, while the panic that resulted
was nothing mere nor less than hys-
terra. It seems incredible that the
business affairs of this country can be
50 rudely disturbed BY a handful of
spectators at 4 time when prosperity
prevails in every line of endeayor. That
it was so disturbed demonstrates the
need OF a reform both in our financial
and speculative methods. 1t is not be-
yond human power to fnd a preventive
Toledo Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

"Silver dollars are legal tender and
in principle they are not different from
treasury notes of paper. The metal in
them does not constitute their value.
The value is in the understanding that
the government will ultimately redeem
them in gold. The notes of 1890. if any
remain outstanding, are the notes is
sued under the Sherman act for silver
bullion bought between 1890 and 1893.
The silver small coins are also token
currency, used for convenience in small!
transactions and depending for their
value on the limited legal tender quail
ity-tIey are legal tender only up TO
SlC-and the good faith of the gov
ernmen..
This the government, banking. poll
ties and the currency are interrelated
in an u%nscientifc and dangerous way.
The amount of greenbacks and silver is
fixed. The bank notes depend on the
bond market. The silver part Is Il leg
acy from imitation blunders. The cur
rency is not determined by trade needs.
rs it should be. 1t is unable to respond
TO demands. The object of legislation
should be to reach as soon as possible
a simplification by which notes payable
in gold and issued as required on safe
terms by business would be the money
supply. Temporary expedients may
meet Il few years necessities, but that
simplification is the only permanently
correct principle"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
CUNNING BITS OF sTAGEcRAFT.
curate's UnbIackened Boots and a

Curates lnblackcned Boots ana n
Sprnincd Ankle Most Effective.
1t is permitted to mankind to speak
more than once of Henry Arthur Jones
and his remarkable stagecraft, says the
Boston Transcript. Not that l wholly
admire it or yearn to reiterate things
heretofore mentioned. Indeed, l am
persuaded that "The IIypocrites" will
impress you as q wee bit artificial, with
the characters always entering 50 pre-
cisely when wanted that you are some
what too conscious of stage directions :;
you prefer. 1 imagine, the seemingly
haphaZard comings and gOings Of the
people In plays By Mr.. Shaw. and yet
Jones has tricks worth noting. apart
from the mere mechanics of his art.
ard two OF those tricks-the curate's
unpublished boots and Miss Rachel's
sprained ankle-show how perfectly he
understands an audience.
How IS he to make a curate look
poor: In dress, all curates are alike.
Make the coat shiny and only people in
the front seats will notice; have him
take the coat off, displaying a pair of
poyerty-stricken shirtsleeves, and he
must again put 1t on. Ye iheygt6..
must again put 1t OH. Yet give him III
polished shoes and he walks always
upon the verge OF restitution. His en-
tire person then expresses hard luck.
Aud this, / take it, is the more subtle
Gfneo +t.rr.- f- ~ co,co Il, a. 0f,ff L.
all it means is that the maid has neg
lected the boots. Literally, 1t bespeaks
bad discipline, not economy. Jones
knows that. But Jones also knows that
an audience will lake it the other way.
Counting on their talent for misinter-
probation, he makes HIS point effective
". And then that business OF the
spralned ankle. Any other circum-
stances, almost. might have kept Ra-
chel 4 guest at the Linnells'.
This sprained ankle. however. gave
Jones his opportunity to visualize her
mental sufferings; to show you what
passed, however unreasonable, for that
outward symbol Of q broken life. All
the anguish, all the despair. all the
horror OF Rachel's plight was dramat-
Izec in her limp At every step she
was eloquent and emotional. far more
than Of physical torture. And In no
other way could her situation ave been
made so telling. Maybe this is paying
u intelligence no compliment, yet the
shrewd dramatlst will take US as he
finds US. Mr.. Jones Is aware that, af-
ter ten minutes or so, we shall cease
thinking Of that limp as the result Of
a slip on the steps. Instead, it will
seem the natural and logical express
sion OF mental distress.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
Informa,ion chcerfuuy Given.

TIE ways Of telephone companies
and the personal idiosyncrasies of the
operators are sometimes exceedingly
exasperating: yet there is no way by
which II can get satisfaction. One can
not reach out and shake Central" and
words are vain things when conducted
by means of a soulless transmitter.
Mr.. Miggles gave way TO his temper
ON one occasion, which the New Or
leans Picayune describes.
What is the number?" repeated Cen
trail.
Violet Park, eigEt-seyen-seven."
"violet Park. eight-double-seven?"
Il reckon So"
and what number do you want?"
"Elmdale, acknowledgements"
what is your name?"
My name is John Henry Miggles.
I live at 90 Blicken street, Violet Park.
NJ, house phone is Violet Park, eight
seven-seyen, or eight-double-Seven, as
YOU choose. l am married, have no
children. We keep a dog and a cat and
& perpetual palm and a Boston fern,
and"
"All that Is Unnecessary, sir. We
merely
And last summer we didn't have q
bit Of luck with our roses tried to
have a little garden, too, but the neigh
bors' chickens got away with that.
The house is green. with red rahIes
There is a cement walk from the street.
| am forty years old my wife is young
err and looks 1t. We have a piano, keep
a cook and an upstairs girl. Had the
front bedroom papered last week. and
| want"
did you want Elmdale two-aught-
fo~ur-seven?"
YES" gasped Mr.. Miggles.
well. the line is busy now. Shall I
call you?"
But Mr.. Miggles wrote a letter.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
Happiness from Troub,e..

Being human, happily or unhappily.
we cannot deny the comfort to be
found in the reelection that misery
never lacks the company it loves. We
all have our troubles. and some Of us
derive much satisfaction from the con-
temptation of them. Indeed, there are
those who are happy only when
wretclled. but these we believe to be as
few in number Us they are disagreeable
in association. The vast majority &C
humans are normal and disposed, there
fore, in conformity with natural law,
to smile when the skies are clear anc
to grieve under the portent of clouds;
hence the ease with which worry takes
possession Of the mind, colors the dis
position and makes a cripple of effort.
That causes abound we know and
must admit, as we do almost uncon-
sciously the certainty of death, but
too little cognizance is taken of the
fact that the effect of mere %apprehen-
sion. which is all that worry really is,
may be subjected to simple mental
treatment and be overcome.-George
Harvey, in North American Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
Recocnifion for Dixie.

President Roosevelt's declaration in
the Foulke letter that he vas appoint
ing more Democrats than Republicans
TO the consular service In order to give
the South its quota of representation
has called forth approving words from
the Southern newspapers, the Atlanta
Constitution being moved to remark
"Mr. Roosevelt is right in establishing
the precedent that the South shall not
be penalized for its political solidarity
But, on the other hand, what possible
excuse can the South now give for that
political solidarity" Is it not time
to break away from a prejudice that
works the greatest harm on those who
nurse it?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

feat In engineering throughout, is near
ton received from Mobridge, S. d.,
where the structure spans the Missouri
river. The bridge is one of the prin-
cipal connecting links between the main
line Of the st. Paul Road and the new
coast division. The town of Mobridge
is expected to be one Of the most i'm
pOrtant on the road. Its name is made
of the abbreviation NO. meaning Mis-
souri,, and bridge"
Thousands of Honiexteads Open.
Nowhere in the United States under
like conditions, upon a like solid area
of plowable. black loan, in a like space
of time, will SO vast a number of home
seekers be accommodated. yet a CORE
spondent, having finished a drive Of
300 miles or more along the extension
between Alarmarth, n. D., on the Little
Missouri, and the Musselshell River,
in the heart Of northern Montana. says
that there remain within five to twenty
miles of this new line TO the Pacific
Coast thousands of ~Eomesteads well
worth while to look at, and which viii
be occupied within the coming twelve
month.
AS a result Of successful dry farming
during the past eighteen months. on
the Beach flats just north of the exten-
sion along the Montana-Dakota line,
there is n bright town-a side track a
year ago. To-day it boasts of improve
ments of 100000 for the past year;
among these, 4 75-barrel roller mill.
four elevators. with n capacity OF 1G0.-
eco bushels, three hardware and imple-
ment stores. Tie last named sold with
in the year $50 wagons. 60 self-birders
and 100 mowers. Everywhere now men
are awakening to the fact that where
sage brush two to three feet in height
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
RAILWAYS FILLING Up
OPEN LANDS IN West
St. Paul Roads Pacific Coast Extern
sion Gives Entrance to Rich
New Country.
WHERE THINGS MOVE QUICKLY.
Claims Being Rapidly Taken and
Towns Are Building Along Route
Big Railroad Bridge.

Not so many years ago the western
borderland Of Missouri. Iowa, Mime
sofa and Nebraska presented a ragged
fringe of newly made farms, thrust
into what her seemed Il boundless. in
eXhaustible expanse of ~unoccupied.
black soil-prairie lands. Sons of the
farmers Of that time. needing land, sim
ply moved out ten or twenty miles upon
the newly surveyed areas, choosing and
occupying homestead claims. almost I'M
disturbed by competing land hunters.
During TIE SOS, though. something
happened. \ fierce "land-hunger' re-
placed this creeping of settlement, this
normal expansion. The Dakotas In
little more than half a dozen years saw
more than $4,000 entrymen settle with
In their borders, and 100000 pioneers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

y new cigar story is being told of
Prince Bismarck. who was an inyet-
crate smoker. THE value of a good
cigar Bismarck is reported by his
latest biographer to have declared. sis
best understood when il Is the last Won
possess, and there is no chance Of get
ting another. At Koniggratz I had
only one cigar left in my pocket, which
| carefully guarded during the whole
of the battle rs a miser does his treas
ure. / did not feel justified in using it.
II painted in glowing colors in my
mind the happy hour when l should en-
joy it after the victory. But l had mis-
calculated my chances. A poor dragon
lay helpless. with arms crushed. wait
ing for the hospital corps to reach him.
and murmuring for something TO re-
fresh him temporarily.
Il felt in my pockets, and found 1
had only gold, and that would be Of no
use to him. But. stay-I had still my
treasured cigar. / lighted this for him,
and placed it between his teeth.
You should have seen the DOOR fell
lows grateful smile. 1 never enjoyed
a cigar so much as that one which |
did not smoke"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
UNITED STATES CURRENCY.
Some Interesting Facts About the
Numerous Kinds of one

Some Interesting Facts Abou the
Kinds of Monet.
If q true and well-ordered currency
consists Of notes based upon and paya-
BILE in gold, how do we explain the
many kinds of money in the United
States? We see gold coin and gold GER
~tificates, silver dollars and silver GER
tificates, silver small coins, treasury
notes of 1890, greenbacks and national
bank notes, says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
in our country the currency was not
constructed Systematically" continues
the Ledger. but grew chiefly out of the
governments need OF borrowing i'm
mense sums during the Civil War. The
national bank plan was established less
for either banking or currency than to
create a market for government bonds.
To induce the national banks TO take
bonds the privilege was given of issu-
Ing notes on bonds as security. As long
as the bonds netted ) or 6 per cent on
the capital invested, the issue of notes
was uiSHly pIO@ildOlc, Out With Tue rs
Ing bond market forced up the price
n the net income fell to 2 per cent,
st was more profitable for the banks to
turn their energies to increasing their
deposits and making ioans. OF late
years and in ordinary times the banks
limit their note issues. though during
the past autumn the acute demand for
currency led to n rapid addition OF
S100, 600 to the bank note supply.
This was achieved largely by means Of
q treasury custom by which the notes
were practically issued on bonds other
than national bonds.
Gold certificates represent q definite
quantity of gold deposited with the gov
| eminent; so do the silver certificates.
Like bank notes, they are not legal
tender as between private parties.
Greenbacks are treasury notes or prom
issory notes issued by the government.
| The original issues were made during
! the Civil War and the volume Is main
| tanned by continually reissuing them
| when they are redeemed In gold. They
are full legal tender by Hat Of the gov
eminent, though it took three Supreme
| Court decisions to establish finally the
| constitutional right Of the government
| to give them the legal tender attribute.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
Fake Telephone Calls.

The second day after the new maid
came the mistress had company. Just
before the callers arrived the maid
said. confidentially
Shall | go out and telephone to you
while they are here?'
"Teleplone?" exclaimed the mistress.
What on earth should you telephone
me about?"
"Oh. anything" responded the maid.
Il always did it at the last place /
worked. and at the place before that.
The ladies wanted me to. 1t gave the
impression that they were very popu-
lar and We're overrun with engage-
ments.'
But the mistress. remembering many
suspicious telephone calls that had in
~terrupted the conversation when she
herself had been calling, declined to
purchase popularity on those terms.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05
Thrift.

A certain farmer who is noted for
his ~closencss in money matters has a
12-year-old son. who is rs Industrious
as his father is penurlous.
Recently the father and son made a
compact whereby the latter would re-
ceiye 10 cents for every cord of wood
he sawed and piled in the woodshed.
Immediately tie boy became very busy
at the woodpile and his earnings have
been piling up at a rapid rate, his
mother keeping her sons hard-earned
savings for him.
"What are you going to do with all
your money! the thrifty youth was
recently asked.
"Goln' to buy a new saw with It,"
was the reply.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

grows, densely luxuriant, un~irrigated,
rye, speltz, and particularly wheat, will
grow, If the simple methods of cultiva-
ton, now no longer experimental bat
proven, are employed. These gray
green sage brush uplands are to be the
grain fields OF the near future.
Montana has an abundance of coal,
from Ignite to the best steam fuel
known. 1t is doubtful whether any
other section of the United States is
more plentifully supplied with coal
which can be so easily developed and
utilized by the settler. as eastern Mon.
tana. At the first crossing Of the Ye,-
lowstone, there is, in plain view of the
approach. a black band along the bluff
to tie north two or three miles in
length. ten TO twenty feet thick. OF
solid Ignite coal of the finest quality.
Never again will Uncle Sam offer such
princely domains for the entryman's
choice. Throughout This entire coun-
try the government surveys will soon
be practically complete, and before the
end of the year the claim shanty will
be everywhere In evidence.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-05

added to the population of their newly
christened towns and villages.
To the extension of the Chicago. Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railways numer-
Gus feeders in these States, perhaps
more tEan to any other factor, did this
movement owe it's existence. 1t drew
to this prairie country not only farmers
but thousands of men and women from
every known occupation, drew them
and made possible their successful oc-
cupation and upbuilding of these vast
commonwealth as we see them to-day.
The record of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee II ST. Paul Railway, in building
its Pacific Coast extension. has never
been equaled in the matter of time by
any similar undertaking. Track has
been laid at the rate of five miles per
day. and trains over the new trans
continental line will soon be operated
from Chicago TO Butte. Mont, and to
Seattle and Tacoma, Wash, in about
a. year.
The big bridge Of this Pacific Coast
extension, h construction of which
has attracted attention as a remarkable