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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
EXPECTS BIG LUMBER CUT.

w. n. Anderson, Dickinson County,
Has Much Cottonwood Timber.
Special To Times Republican.
Lake Park March 4.-W. Ill. Andcr-
son. one of Dickinson county's oldest
settlers. living about seven miles south
of town. has just started to cut up
some cottonwood timber, and expects
not less than $4,000 feet of lumber,
At the rate Of $25 this will net him
a snug little sum of money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
An American kina

An American King
is the great king of cures. DR.. Kings
New Discovery. the quick, safe. sure
cough and cold remedy. soc and $1.O0.
Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-04
GRlNNELL ALuMNUs CHOSEN.
Roy Henyan Head Coach Of Athletic
at Hamline University, st. Paul.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, March 4.--Roy Henyan, n
Grinnell alumnus and former athlete,
has been elected head coach Of athlet-
les at Hamine University. st. Paul.
Henyan is 81 Des Moines man and for
merly member of the track team of
West High at that place.
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paratory school at Annapolis. He is
interesting in himself, but becomes
doubly so when one is familiar with
his work with a great navy as il Is.
and the "powers that be- shouting for
greater navy, the demand for com
petent Officers becomes more urgent.
Politics has more to 90 with appoint
ments 20 the Academy, It Is alleged,
than efficiency in examinations. But
Buck" is al the gate. All that come
10 his school must dig. He can tell
at frst sight whether a boy will make
a good officer. He soon has the no
counts discouraged He makes the OBJ
streperous toe the mark or cut for the
woods He makes the backbone. He
sets the word efficiency" before all
and leads them by easy stages up 10
point where they are ready for four
years rigorous work. Yet Buck
course IS not such a strenuous one but
that a boy finds ample time for devil
try. Buck is a hummer" and Of
ncers and boys alike bow Ia respect
TO his ability
Buck" Is an old school product.
He came up In the navy when the
hard-swearlng. grim-visaged old dogs
were iu command or the few tubs
that constituted the United States
navy lie grew gTim-visaged. stern,
imperlous. yet reclaimed Kind and just
at heart. His shaggy brows and pi-
ratical mOustache lent to his sea-dog
appearance. His eyes are small and
weak. 1t was eye trouble that brought
abouf hfs ratfret1,ent Now he v-ea r.
gold-rimmed spectacles that make him
look older than his fifty years. His
smile is like an oasis In the desert, II
lights his whole face, and the real
Buck is unveiled. lie Is shrewd
and efficient. strong OF character. and,
in spite OF grufTness, magnetic,
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did not run in his family and thai nc
would not have been bald had il not
been for the fact that while he slept
on deck one night of the coast OF
Africa a flock Of Tamagachlus ue-
scended upon him and removed
greater portion Of his hair by the
roots.
Bucks school can properly be
called the receiving station Of the navy
Although conducting a private insti-
tuition and enjoying no affiliations
with the Naval Academy, his hears
is I'm his work. and one can say that
he does more proportionaiely-for the
time he has for the preparation OF
The candidates is seldom more than
four or five months-foT the boys than
do all the officers and professors dur
ing the first two years after entrance.
To amalgamate this material that
Comes to him into classes, 40 nn1
ont what each boy knows and how
well he knows It, and then to hammer
into them a vast amount Of intorma-
ton and statistics as dry as bone dust
reouires an individual Of no ordinary
canabiIities. Buck" IS a genius, and
as such. according to Hoyie, we must
uardon his eccentricities.
When I went 10 Buck" he conduct
cd hts school in a dilapidated old
frame house Just a square or so iron.
the Naval Academy gate. Here we
assembled each morning and fecfteu
from TO l.. The afternoons and eve
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GRIM GIBRALTAR CAY WITH flowers

ful traffic. As the proverb says, mule
AMI false tale need not a paved road.
Furthe inland, if you take the train
for tp o or three stations, are the dark
cork woods. where YOU may spend a day
IN perfect idleness under the shade OF
the gray cork trees, listening to cuckoos
and nightingales, picking wild flowers,
and looking on mountains, or II YOU are
energetic. climbing trees 8fter falcons
nests The cork trade Is a hourishinR
industry carried on I'm a leisureIv way
by families living In gypsy-like encamp-
ments. The trees are stripped COM
pletely bare over the whole trunk and
some Of the larger branches, and the
sheets of cork are pressed fat and
packed so in bales. which are then sent
on by raiI without any further treat
ment 1t is just the kind OF industry
which the Spaniards like. There is no
uresome enterprise and uncertainty.
You live with your family about you.
on bread and cheese, olives, and gar
lie; ride or drive your own donkey;
and do the same thing every day
'In the tract Of WOODLAND. checkered
with cultivation which slopes from ths
towns Of Ia Lirea and San ROGUE to
the mountains. IS the hunting ground OF
the Calpe Hunt and It's supporter, Senor
Larios the friend OF Eaglishmen: foxes
arc sufficiently numerous. and the sport
is loved by those British ofncers who
can enjoy hunting without fences or
hard gaIloping over level ground w,th
the accompaniment OF English vyeatbAy
The other form OF sport is pig-stickius
AZ TangieT to which a peculiar IivaIi9
ness is added by the TSoIitics Of the
Shereefian kingdom since there IL iUsf
a chance Of an adventure with q party
of Riffs or other unemployed Moors
who carry firearms and have an eve 70
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fuI in every line and every motion with
a beauty that had been developed step by
step. The new ships are formidable and
impressive and have a grandeur Of their
own. but little grace in form or move
meut
Walk past the busy yards and bar
racks to Europa point. where You look
across the deeper blue Of the Mediter-
ranean 20 Africa, and climb the steep
path and stair which lead to signal
point the highest peak OF the rock,
bordered all the way with flowers that
ask YOU TO stop and pick them. Here
YOU stand between blue and blue, the
sea and the hills. and the sky above,
ln which birds Of prey-eaeles, vultures.
buzzaUis or hawks: for all are visitants
here-soar with unshut wing. Apes hiH
rises grandly on the African side; 10
west and north are the hills OF Spain
AT Algeciras. where the garrison
goes on Sundays to lunch and sit in the
gardens of the luxurious Reina Girls
tina Hotel. the grand feature of the
view IS the Rock Of Gibraltar, lying
its full length on The opposite side OF
the bGy. It is almost startling from
the contrast OF rich color and white
light, such light as Is never seen IN our
misty island Here, too, flowers
abound; behind the town on the hills,
where herds OF grim looking bulls are
grazing and pIacidly awaiting their
summons to the corrida you may walk
knee-deep in red clover, wild mustard
and brilliant blue convolvulus. little
irises. borage, and azure pimpernel
sprout up by every path. The people
Of Algeciras seem hardly aware OF the
existence Of Gibraltar and the British
They go on IN their quiet old Spanish
way, and put OF cleaning their streets
and repairing their houses until tomor-
row; all they do today rs 10 yhitewash
Cooks and hens, pigs and children oc-
cllpy the roadway of the side streets
where no wheels seem ever tc come
for mules and asses serve Tor all need
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From AH walks Of Life.

Here is the son of a Tammany ward
heeler who thinks he would like to sail
the hriny deep for Uncle Sam. He has
an impediment in his speech-a pecu-
liar oscular movemont-which cause
"Foirst," Hoist" and "JoinaI" 10
oozIe out, thereby advertising the fact
that he was raised I'm Gotham tepee.
The farmers son is there. lie has
won on competitive examiuation-a
merit man pure and simple. He car
rles his money in "a tobacco sack. eats
with his knife and sleeps with his
socks on Who knows lie may be
q second Bob Evans. There's the
giIded youth who wants TO go I'm the
Navy because he thinks 1T viii be
bully good fun" Tie cones with an
automobile. dozen trunks and Il
valet It's the presence Of these boys
that causes the citizens of Annapolis
10 smile a wolfsh, possessive smile
and smack their chops These boys are
sure 10 add revenue To The depleted
Golfers Of the city treasury. They have
periods Of upros rous behavior during
which they make Intellectual attempts
q remodel the town, run afoul of John
Law and are fined heavily. thou
sand and one ordinances, it would
seem, embeHish the city statute books
only enforceable when the violatOr of
them locks good 20 the parsimoni-
Gus and obese police force. Rest as
sured. an the look gooders'' get
caught at some time or other during
the candidate season which extends
from about the first of January to the
middle OF June
And YOU find them one and all at
Buck" Winners.
Buck Wilmer, lieutenant Wilmer.
or Prof. Wilmer. as YOU please. hut
Buck" TO the boys, is retired naval
officer. and conducts a thriving pre-
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. o ANNAPOLIS each year traipse
this horde Of motley youths
from the four quarters OF the
country Their mental Capabil-
tiles described IN the Technology Of
Brain barOmetizing' by Aca-
emy students range from the pinhead,
fathead, muttonhead. puddin'head and
buIlhead 20 the most perfect varieties
OF the lOng-nOse high-bTOws and the
thin-nose wide-brOw. In stature and
physique no two are alike. In dis
position and manner. dress and general
appearance the range Of variance is
as great as that of their aforemention-
ed mental capabilities.
OLD Annapolis pulls a foot out OF
the dirt and smiles-smiles tolerant,
c1udesceuding smile as she witnesses
the influx of these lodgings each year.
In marked contrast to the general air
Of antiquity which bovers over the his
toric town Is this famboyant young
life
. They come with appointments
clutched tightly in their hands. Some
in short trousers just out of the gram
mar grades, while others have reached
the stage where a modest patch Of
shrubbery adorns their upper lip. Some
wear a bashful aspiring expression,
others look determined, some appear
palsied with apprehension, while many
sing the song Of IT Don't Care"
The Cosmopolis Of youthdom, for no
type IS missed.
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II Is probable that most people who
have not seen for themselves and thus
discovered their mistake think Of OIL
braltar az n barren rock a sort Of Adenr
Mace Of no beauty. and Of no more
interest. except historically, than Ports
mouth. They do not know that 1t lifts
It's proud head. with lioG-like outline,
from the hluest Of seas to the bluest
of skies. that II Is gay With colors of the
morning and evening SUM- that II STANDS
an circle Of mountains from Tetuan
and Cane Spartel. in Africa, TO the
sierra behind Ronda i'm Andalusia; that
n Is rich I'm all the foliage Of the SOUTH
,,aly, nine cypress. olive, eucalyptus,
aloe cactus. and that the rock Itself
,,-,ero t,,a barracks and the yellow and
y-b,ta walls of the town leave on, Is
clothed with woods and thlckiy covered
With aromatic herbs and wild hoWers
which would be garden flowers mere
such as iris. gladiolus. cistus' h'eSe'n
brvanthemum. and snapdragon.
There Is not much to admire II 1ne
barracks. forts. dockyards, ana sheoS'
declares an English writer As mas az
WAYS been the case with military Wofhs'
Caruarvon and Windsor an0ng then,
they were built for use, hO1 'S""t
Won ask why modern castles should noI
he beautiful too. the only reply Is ina.
modern things are not beautiful. As Il
is. they, are not violently discordanl n,
With the old Spanish town, probably TOT
the reason that they were built for use
The English cathedral was built ioi
beauty, and is a warning against cheaE
imitation or beauty. The same argument
win save the credit Of the battleship'
and cruisers when you compare then
with Nelson's men OF war. Old mer
can still remember ships OF that class
the last time we used them in actor
was at Sevastopol, where. II remembel
right, there was but one armored shiI
present. A feet OF the old sort. thougl
incomparably less powerful in guns an,
men than we send out now, was beaut
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"Pranks" of the Boys.

He had a habit OF pacing up and
down for several minutes with his
hands behind his back and eyes upon
the floor before opening the class /,
was often during this interim that
some devil-inspired youth took II uuot.
himself TO extract a piece Of plasterinR
from the wall. aim well, and catch
our pedagOgne behind the ear
Bucks" seafaring training in each in
stance became at once appay.n,
Swerving around he would face the
class and volley forth fusilade Of
caloric oratory that held us in a state
Of awful ecstacy.
After the first outburst he wor a
pause and dare the man who threw
the missile TO step to the front. No
one ever moved. Then followed a flood
or terrible maledictIons heaped upon
the head OF the offender. that fairly
froze the marrow in our bones. The
entire stock or choice and borrowed
epithets having been expended. he in
v6riably concluded in tie approved
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DUCK" NILM6RS .,BOY( At 'PPaP" eSCEOOL

gage in a water carnival and the next
night perhaps We boEed a few nights
later IL it pleased our f1ncies we eis.-
ptcyed our pent-up energy i'm putting
"a beds 10 sea" or. in other words.
dumped them iu the middle of he
room. one night half the house would
lock the other halt out and the next
night vice versa No nembeT Of she
household tarripd long on the steps in
uterlue or coming out OF the house
A downpour Of wafer upon those VIM
dared 90 linger reminded them that
they were violating house rules. At
the table victuaIs we're aassed in an
air line. and the au0Hut OF food that
a fellow got at meal depended upon
his skill as an out1elder and the
length Of his arms.
one youngster from the West had
the baseball bug. lie had the batting
and fielding averages. the family his
tory. and salary of every player in the
major leagues at his tongues end
This mass OF inform2tfor weighed upon
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@Buck" the Victim.

Buck" is a prodigiOus worker He
is IN his study at home every night
during the school season ready to as
sist any who come to him with hard
problems TO solve. In my time there
we're several of us who were in the
haoit OF calling two or three nights
week for help in mathematics. One
night toward the approach OF the ex-
f,ninations we were there. We took
MIN an unsolvable problem. and
Buck" swore terrible oaths under
his breath in his attempts to unravel
its mysteries. We grew weary OF
snickering behind one anothers' backs
and longed for real fun.
one with less trepidation than the
rest tickled Buck behind the ear
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Buck" Wilmer style with so help
me, God, l will be revenged.
How often at first ~e held confer
enCes and discussed the possible forms
his revenge would assume. 4 few
weeks and we found that Buck end
ed mp all Trades with this pet phrase.
We learned to listen for 1t. To US it
became an established form INSOFAR
ably n part OF the conclusion OF a
Buck" Wilmer diatribe-as much a
form as the pounding out Of God
save the Queen" which accompanies
the rit.Ting down Of the curtain in
the English playhouse.
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Fight with COLLEGE students.

one night we undertook the task Of
ridding the town OF the Johnnies CSstu-
dents Of St Johns College). An az
fray ensUed in which we were worsted
and when the air cleared three OF our
number posed behind the jail bars.
A hurried invoice Of wallets and jeans
revealed the fact that the bunch"
was woefully shy on coin. Much 20 our
rragrn ana the delight OF me John
nies We were unable to bail them out
and there they remained until the
next morning. when some home
checks luckily arrived.
on Saturday afternoons and Sun
days the "mdddies' who had boarded
al the house during their candidate
days dropped round 10 smoke and
hH up on homecoCkiug- g-homecooking
as only our Venus, she Of the ebon
tresses and charcoal complexion, could
do. We, still IN the despised realm
OF candidacy, viewed them with awe
someness so profound that had they
hidden I'm sure we would have drop
ped on our knees. We kept our ears
pricked for any tid-bits OF information
that they might deign TO bestow up
on US The Academy was our goal,
they had reached it-they were part
of the life we lOnged for.
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on charges of hazing, both the
Naval Academy and West Point
for quite a period have been free
from public criticism and the big
stick. There has been practically
no hazing, or, to be correct, run
Ming" at Annapolis for the past
two years.
Some of the upper classmen at
the Naval Academy shake their
heads dolefully when questioned
on the subject and mutter some
thing that sounds like "those days
of yore will come no more"
The willy candidate who descends
upon Annapolis to make himself
ready at "Buck" Winners prepara-
tory school for the coming en-
trance examinations soon learns OF
the absolute and iTevocable ban
placed upon hazing by the Acade-
INV authorities. Were hazing In
vogue they would be certain soon
ler or later during their plebe year
/ to become victims of the diabolical
practices of the upper claSSmen. In
Hspite of this the majority Of them
express profound regret upon
learning that it has been abolished.
II would seem that they all come
to Annapolis imbued with a desire
TO perform in the few short months
of preparation all the weird and
woozy antics ever accredited to a
schoolboy aggregation. They make
attempts, sometimes partially sue
ceed. but 'Buck" Wilmer is on the
Job, and they seldom 90 too far.
This somewhat riotOus existence
preceding entrance serves TO sub
due to a certain extent surfeited
With keen JOY and abject misery
the concomitanJS Of haZing.
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hIs mind 10 such an extent that he
famed" a night. We would waks
up IN the night To hear him shout.
Two i1n the bags. larry az the bat.
now ore in the dirt and away she
goes" Another youth from the South
Gbstr.cted cube root and boxed the
compass IN his sleep.
These nocturnal soliioqules though
amusing at first soon became annoy
ing, and finally one night we hauled
them rom their beds and gave them
"66 This consisted Of forming 9
line ore behind the other all facing the
same way with legs spread wide apart.
The victim is then made 10 crawl
down this archway OF legs in the d.
recti0n opposite to the cue which the
line IS facing As he pasSes down the
line each man gives him a smart slap.
By the time the two had .ln the
gantlet OF sixteen horny hands they
were ft subjects for the hospital.
Thereafter they roomed together and
slept with their door locked.
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with "a piece of paper. We were 'm-
mediately pTecipltateG iH three Iif-
lerent directions and then grabbed
and hurled down the back stairs. Re
venge in all its mult.farious forms
was Threatened. and we were inclined
to take his assertions this time at par
value. Nothing came OF It. however.
and we lived to see the day when he
smiled upon us with profound appro-
bation.
My chum ana ] roomed and boarded
ln Prime George street. The "buncu'
in the house numbered seventeen ana
were known as the Terrible Tartars.
They hailed fron' every corner Of The
country Sectional disputes were OF
frequent occurrence. waxing long and
" arm.
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How He Lost HIS Hair.

He is bald. but not sensitive about 1t.
On several occasions I heard him refer
to ihis popularity or falling. which
ever you prefer 10 call It. He tolu
snruo - t1so hn,-s once that badness
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nings were spent. or were supposed to
have been spent. in assiJuous study.
Buck" locked the door promptly a
9. and all late comers missed an Inn
pOrtant lesson and would probably
fail In the examinations as Buck
put H.
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TIL the other
day when the
eight west
Point cadets
were expelled
and subse-
quently REIN
stated and
couu-martialed
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How They Treat One Another.

our fame rested chiefly upon our
rough-house propensities. A volatile
lot we're we. one night we would en-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-28
WOMEN DOCTORS
BUY 500 KISSES
Much Mcrriment In National COnyen.
ton OF Homeopathists When "a
Male Doctors Ofier Is
Largely Accepted.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 27.-An offer
by Dr. hamilton Fiske Biggar, of
Cleveland. O., John u. Rockefeller's
physician. to kiss any woman who
would give 500 to the propaganda
fund this morning created the mer-
riest hour of the Homeopathists' ma
tional convention, in Casino hall. The
fun continued for 80 minutes, and
$4,000 was pledged, enough of it by
women doctors to keep DR.. Biggar
busy trotting up and down the aisles
trying to catch the givers and fulfill
his part of the compact.
The kissing began, when DR.. Mabel
Spencer of Junction City, Kan, prompt
ly' but blushingtly rose and said she
would contribute 500. DR.. Spencer
put forward one hand and DR.. Biggar,
bending low, gallantly touched his lips
The example set by DIR. Spencer was
quickly followed by other women doc
tors. and amid much cheering DR.. Big
gar fulfilled his part of the compact.
Dr. Biggar tried to prevent any ones
escaping his osculatory gifts and Gre
ated much merrment when DR.. Anna
Cline set him a swift pace down the
aisle, escaping unkissed into the street.
After the meeting quoted down the
presiding officer announced that the
fund was completed. The convention
then sang "praise God, from Whom
all Blessings Flow" and the incident
was closed