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genius is most remarkable. a" So IL is.
You tell how these men interest
capital IN their projects, organize
corporations. sell stock. retire at the
end Of a long life, having heaped 10
themselves millions.
You are thinking Of them. you are
forgetting the fact that IN thousands
Of homes all through this great Amer
lea. there IS q system OF family fnan-
ciering being practiced that is as com
mendable. II not more COmmendabI bic,
than the work Of fnanciers who Jug
gle with millions. Think for a mo-
ment OF a woman IN a simple little
home. Her husband goes 10 work
every morning at 6 o'clock, and does
not return until .. m She has three
little children to look after. feed and
clothe. She has the rent. never lass
than SIS q month. TO pay; her nus
band, TO keep in good fettIe for his
days work He IS sober. industrious,
loses no time, only under the com
pulsion OF sickness or death or break
down Yet the most he can average
throughout the year is Ss a week.
Out OF that SIS a week the good wife
pays all the bills OF the family, makes
ner contribution TO her church, and 50
manages that at the end OF the year
the husband can start IN a little busI-
ness, or purchase a small home All
the while the children are being
raised, and raised well. They are Do
lite, obedient respectful to elders. and
self-respec dhg as regards themselves.
Sixteen dollars a week. You can re-
call many Instances Of mothers who
Id the WORK catalogued above on
less than that Women like these are
the real hnancieTs OF the country.
Then. in the presence Of that mothers
work. they persist in calling attention
TO the greatness OF the American mil
honairei Anyone can be a fnancier
on the income Of a million. which. at
s per cent interest. Is nearly $50 an
hour, reckoning six days TO the week,
ten hours OF work 10 the day. II on
SIC a week a poor woman can fnan-
cier ana raise her family well, nabobs
ought 70 do so on 800 IN hour.
Here IS man working for SO
week Wife dead; three daughters,
all under fifteen, left hin together
WIKI n soh OF IWeuLy-one. IEe son
contracts debts the father must pay
To save his boy from fail. Year after
year the old man struggles and
eventually becomes free from the most
CALLING yoke. the yoke Of debt. One
daughter marrIes and makes a home
for herself; another goes TO work for
8 q week; the other stays home to
keep house for sister and father.
When he dies he dies out OF debt. with
a funeral beneht all paid up That Is
faithful laundering
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Big Store on Broadway.

Yes, stree. ia Ike a big. big store
on Broadway" he went on. though
Canal street would be good enough for
me. 7 got an uncle on Canal street;
that's how 7 now about f. Gee,
things move there, all right, all right"
when questioned on politics some
thing resembling a frown came into
his face, but he answered quickly, I'm
a Republican. wouldn't be a Demo
crat, and join Coxey's army they
make hard luck, and nobody gets any
money
How about now Isn't there lots
OF hard luck around?' he was asked.
For a few seconds II looked as
though this was q sticker. He looked
perplexed. Suddenly hts face bright
ened up, and he said:
Wen. Il Democrats had the jobs 1t
would be a whole lot worse"
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Keeping Store His Hobby.

Being storekeeper Is his great hobby.
9hrewdly enough he realizes that IL
is good training for the work ne in
tends to devots his life to. He knows
the wholesale and retail price Of
every article in the market. He buys
for his father. takes telephone Or
.derz. keeps the books and waits on
customers.
''0h, reckon I knew the grocery
business when I was a little baby
explained Bernard as he hustled about
In the store. He put up a quarter"
OF potatoes Then he weighed and
ground a pound OF coffee.
Anyway. I've been here in the
store rs long as I can remember.
I Ike It all right, but want store
in New York. Were You ever IN
New York? I was there three times
already. and it's great. Washington
is dead slow, I think
He hurried over and answered the
telephone. Then he wrote down the
order. he wouldn't let a little thing
ike an interview interfere with rSsi-
Eess-
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genule lssUs S. and there is no quality
more insinuating IN its gentleness
than simplicity
So far from simplicity indicating a
lack OF intellectual strength. it is the
essence OF wisdom and inspires conf
dence when all else would doubtless
fail There IS a power in the sim
plicity and direct glance OF an honest,
loving soul that viii 90 moro 70 dis
sipate prejudice and kfndle charity and
faith than the most elaborate and in
tricate arguments. What greater
power known to man than the in1u-
erce OF a sincere. unaffected woman,
and rather then her farm and honesty
being imposed upon, her very simple
ity and dependence is her greatest
means Of protection. and areOmplishes
naturally and without EFFORT wuat che
calculating powers Of numerous sus-
picious chaperones would be powerIess
TO avert.
Men are frequently led away from
threatening Distractions hand is put
into theirs which leads them forth
gently. toward a calm and bright
land, so that they look no more back
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GDisraeIi Of i Street,


Now he Is called the "Disraeli OF L
street" And this Is how II all came
to pass. The Sunday on which Ber-
nard sprang into tbs IlrneIight vas his
thirteenth birthday. and, as on other
Sundays. he went to church with his
mother and father. There was a little
ceremony on the event Of the boy
reaching his thirteenth birthday, and
then It occurred to his father that
perhaps the boy might want to say
few words % the congregation. Tue
boy did
without any u-gicg. he walked down
the aisle to the putpit, stood there half
a minute surveying the gathering, and
began without the least effort 10 talk.
Cnabashed, tfis Strange youth went
right on talking. the words coming
easily to him Altar the irst start OF
surprise the congregation settled back,
and before they realized 1t were listen
inng attentively to his youthful words.
During the preceding service, men
ton had been made of the need OF
funds with whfcn to carry on the
work OF the church and that a con-
gregation should have to be reminded
Of sucI a duty was fncomprehensible
to his young mind. He expressed
GRATITUDE TO his parents for the care
they had taken of him, signihed his
desire to take an active part IN the
affairs OF the clIrECh, and urged the
congregation to subscribe some money
for the church neetis. He went On and
talked about ten minutes, and then
took mis- seat with his parents. Moth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09

with chemicals to remove all oil or
other natural coating that would pre-
vert absorption of moisture before
being placed in the. instrument. and
in their present condition are very
sensitive 10 the action Of moisture.
The hairs become longer or shorter,
according to the amount Of humidity
ia the atmosphere, and in varying
send the recording needle forward or
backward over the sheet on the re-
volviuE cylinder.
The only other instrument of the
KIND Ia America is that at the Blue
Hill Observatory. in Massachusetts.
The tive instruments. though similar,
are not indentical, the one in St.
Louis being considered BY experts SUI
2erior 70 that at Blue Hill. because
Of It's simpler constructions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09
NEW ORE FOR ARMOR PLATE

a projectiIe from the big I6-inch coast
defense gun at SANDY Hook could pen
citrate armor constructed with this
new alloy.
II all that is claimed for the new
ore IS well founded. It means that in
the competition between armor and
guns that arulor has taken a long step
In advance, and gunmakers viii be put
to II to devise a gun and proiectile
that viii again equalize conditions.
Without additional weight bottle
ships armored with the new aIloS will
be 50 impregnabIe TO projectiIes from
the highest powered shore fortifica-
tons that coast defenses will be made
obsolete. 1t is the belief OF military
experts that the new ore will become
so valuable that a great source Of
natural wealth viii be added 20 the
world
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SAMPLE consignment OF a
" newly discovered ore that is
~ expected to revolutionize ar
mor-plate construction recent
ly arrived in New York in the steamer
Planet Venus from Peru The ore was
discovered last spring ard the location
Of the ore beds is kept secret.
Steel manufacturers and their metal
chemists have been intensely interest
ed in the new ore ever stuQs the first
report of its discovery reached this
country. The experiments 50 far at
tempted are said to have been highly
successful. Used as al 51iOy in the
manufacture OF Harvey.zed steel, ar
NOR has been produced thdt is practi-
calIv impenetrable.
Calculations as TO its resisting pow
ers are said to have satisfied armOr
makers and aTtillerists that not even
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09
By LANDON CARTER.

HERE are some
pessimists who
probe dupIicity.
sheer ut virtue
and declare that
simplicity is but
an encouraging
target for h g
l1re wO rldly
IS sc. who are
sycrkeea To take
dvantage Of ig-
uurdnce and in
z0cence. S u C h
theories. n o "
ever. can fro m
no standpoint be
upheld. for there
is no human be
ing so totally
de avsd but
that ne win re-
spOnd to certain
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09

able skater, but at pis eating be ex-
cells.
Up to within a few years ago great
caution had 10 be taken by his parents
70 prevent him from eating all the pies
that came into the little grocery store
to Oe sOld to the customers. He has
not been unusually fond OF studying
and at times his parents wondered II
there could be any connection between
his love Of pie and his wisdom His
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09
WHO FREED 4
CHURCH FROM
DEBT
ID BIT

w s: :::::,. ~: !. :. =: :
ington, grow. If he
continues to grow, both in mental
ity and physique, at the rate he
has grown for the thirteen years of
his young life, Bernard viii some
day get what he's after-and he is
after no small game.
Up to a few Sundays ago this
thirteen-year-old boy, hitherto un-
known beyond the congregation Of
the small church he attends, his
SchoolmateS at the Wrightman
School, and the customers at his
fathers store at 1885 L street, as
toniShed the body of worShiperS
at the Talmud Torah Church by
voluntarily taking the pulpit, and
making a wonderful plea for
church funds, which drew from his
amazed auditors the sum of SIS.
The sum is not a large one to be
sure, but it was solely through
Demands forensic efforts that it
was contributed; and that means
something more than the money
Itself. The spectacle of thirteen
year-old youth stepping into pull
pit, facing 4 large congregation,
and without a minutes prepare
ton, making such an effective plea
IS unusual to say the least.
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FROM

boy have noticed his unusual mental
development In way It is almost
uncanny, yet it does not seem united
TO Bernard Chesivoir.
His sudden advent into fame. how
ever. came when he made the i'm
promptu address TO the congregation
OF his church which brought forth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09

. ODAY he is the IDOL ~ hat con-
gregEtiOn. and great things
are predicted for his future.
Bernard Is not too overburden-
ed with mOdesty that he viii not ex-
press confidence tiat some day he VIII
do big things. He has a.ll ambition. an
aim IN life, one IlI-absorbing desire,
and that IS to be proprietor Of one Of
New York's great mercantile houses.
How many boys of his years have
ever set out so young with such a
pronounced aim in life? Few indeed.
The average youth is attracted by the
glittering Of the soldiers uniform,
the subtle romance of unknown seas.
or perchance, If he has STEPPED his
young mind with misguided reading.
the glamour of a pirate chief.
And strange to say this prodigy of
wisdom has most pronounced views
on politics. He abominates Democ-
racy. Why? He doesn't know. But
he does, and one cannot talk to him
Ave minutes without finding IT out.
There is only one tangible argument
against Democracy one can get out of
him IN support OF his politics, and
that is that he thinks the Demo
Gratis are responsible for Coxey's
army. that vast army OF unemployed
that invaded Washington years be-
fore he was born. Somewhere he
heard that talked about, and heard
It linked with Democracy; since then
they have been inseparably connect
ed in his young mind
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Found 1t EasY to Sneak.

Relative magnitude Is meaningless
to Bernard He says it was as easy to
talk to the big gathering there as it
was to talk to boys in the street. or
70 sell a pound Of cheese in his IA
TIERS store He had been awaiting
an opportunity to speak for some time.
he said, and when the opportunity
came he needed no urging.
The silver-tOngued L street boy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09
nard ChesiVoir, the DiSraeli
of L Street, Tells OF His
Ambition.

vows. that some day he will become
q public speaker in addition to bang
proI ristor OF that big store on Broad
way. r. is not at all doubtful when
one notes his self-assurance. COM
placsncy and G.selIigence.
The best pa OF all this IL that hs
has kept his head since he acquired
neighborhood fame II he thinks he
10 a boy wonder. he gives no evidence
OF it. He has confidence in himself
and he sees nothing strange in that.
He eats just as much pie as ever and
hustIes home from school every day
TO teId store.
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F1nanCiering
By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE.

V J on have read OF the practlcion-
" ers Of ''frenzied finance" You
know OF the Operad lions OF the
''footpads Of finance" mas
querading under the guiss OF philan-
tropists. You hear but little In public
or through the columns OF the papers,
relative 10 faithful flnanciering IN the
homes. where there IS little ready
money. yet where. at the end OF the
year, both ends had been stretched
10 meet. q little money saved, or paid
as an instaIlment on the home.
You talk about the wonderful genius
Of Flske. a Gould. 2 Vanderbilt. or
a Ramsey. You say Their financial
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09
HUMAN HAIR IN INSTRUMENT

NEW instrument, the second Of
~ its kind in the United States,
n has Just been installed in the
Weather Bureau office in st.
Louis. The instrument, which is call
ed a hygrometer, IS for automatical-
~ measuring and recording the
amount of humidity in the atmosphere
for given period, and was designed
and constructed by Edward H Bowie,
chief Of the bureau. and AViii5saH +.
HO<e-
The Instrument is composed OF
twenty human hairs, suspended from
q fixed arm, and attached at the low
er ends to q lever. winch works an
automatic pen over "a cylinder re-
volved by clOckwoTk- Tle hairs are
twelve inches long auC perfectly
parallel. They were specially treated
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wise man Solomon was lover OF pie,
and there are no other instances IN
its annals TO indicate that there Is any
connection between The two. Yet Ber-
nard's parents have at times thought
there must be.
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ing like ii had ever been seen by any
of the congregation. and his little ad-
dress has been the sole epic of con
vsrsation among the church members
ever since.
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Unusual Mental Development.
For 4 long time those who have
come into contact with the strange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-02-09

such material results. Up TO THAI
time he had done nothing more re-
markable than to play marbles. race
on roller skates. and eat pie. He is
esrecially fond OF the last named.
He is a fair marble player. is a pass
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30
Demand for Feeders.

Chicago, Jan. ~.
Since the first of the year the de-
mand for feeding cattle has been con-
siderably improved. because the finan-
cial situation is better Many stock
men waited till after the first of the
year to get loaded up and consequently
there has been more competition. Nat
urally prices for the good Weighty
feeders have advanced and are now
higher than some like to pay. There is
complaint among the lockers that val
ues are out of line, but comparison
with other years at this time shows
that this is not the fact. At any rate.
the present state of the fat cattle
market does not interest the buyer as
much as the future. If he is reason
ably sure that prices will be higher at
the time he gets ready to return to
market, then he can well afford to pay
a long price. 1t is simply gamble
on the future, with the price of feed an
important factor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30
HONOR FOR NED HANLAN.
Canadians Will Erect Monument as
Tribute to Famous Oarsman.

Canadians Will Erect a Monument as
Tribute to Famous Oarsman.
Coach James G. Rice of Columbia S
crew returned to New York recently
from Toronto, where he attended the
funeral OF the late Ned Hanlan, the IA
nous oarsman and sculler. and arrived
on the Columbia campus in time to see
the rowing machines set up for the
winter indoor season. He told of a
plan Of his to erect a monument in
honor of the former champion. sub.
scriptions for which are being taken
up by the people Of Toronto. headed by
the mayor. who announced through the
Toronto press that he was strongly in
favor of the memorial and looked for a
appropriation from Toronto. says the
New York Times. Rice has headed the
list with $780, and public meeting
will soon be held in Toronto to take
definite steps in the matter. At Co
lumbia, where Hanlan coached for
three years, subscription is also be-
ing started for the monument. Among
those interested is Francis S. Bangs,
one Of the leaders in Columbia's row
ing affairs and steward of the Pough-
keepsie regatta
Toronto is about to establish regat-
ia course which is almost identical to
the one over which Hanlan won his
first famous race from Courtney
Rice proposes to name this the Han.
Ian memorial course and have a monu-
ment erected at the start opposite Han
Ian point. This would be in sight Of
Hanlan's old cottage" he said. land
would remind the youngsters Of poor
old Ned. the man who taught the world
to row."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30

For Rent Nine room house, cor
ner Fifth and Jerome. Two lots and
barn. Enquire f. e. Rupert, or II. ].
Allard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30

Wanted - Farmers near Ferguson to
know that | have good barrel salt that
| will sell for 81 per barrel. Best price
given for produce. j. n. Stevenson,
General Merchandise, Ferguson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30
Future Of Sheep Market?

Chicago, Jan. 30-The high week in
sheep and lambs thus far this year
was three weeks ago, when prices were
25M4O cents higher than the preced-
ing week. During the second week
of this month best lambs sold up to
$40, or the highest since Oct. %,
while best sheep then made $565. Since
that time prices have see with
the general trend of values toward a
lower level, until lamb prices ending
the week of Jan. 25 were 25m4O cents
under the high spot and sheep 15@25
cents off.
Last Mondays advance put lambs
within 1OM15 cents of the high time
and sheep were fully as high as any
time of the year. Tuesdays prices
were 1O0I25c lower on sheep and 25M
80 cents off on lambs from year ago
However, offerings are now selling
s1OOM1,5 highcn than the low spot
i'm December when choice lambs went
around 5000. Light receipts are need
ed To help the market along in the
near future until the eastern outlet
is more promising, as markets in the
east have been overstOcked, and this
has had bearish effect on the trade
here
With receipts at western markets
this month around 100000 short of the
same period last year feeders can
readily see what 4 hardship excessive
shipments direct from feed lots to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30

For Sale - A ranch of 1920 acres
for sale cheap, miles of good railroad
town. Murdo Land Co., Presho. S. D.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-30
HOSPITAL STOCK $4,000.
First Annual Meeting Will Be April
Next-Other GrinneII News.

! NcxI"OIn0T STIIuCII iNVWo'
Special to Times Republican.
| Grinnell, Jan. 30.-A mass meeting
! of the stockholders of the hospital as
ISOLATION was held last evening at the
Congregational church and articles OF
incorporation We're adopted and nine
directors elected to serve until the first
annual meeting takes place in Aprll
next The amount of stock was placed
at 900, with Indebtedness at no time
to exceed half of the outstanding stock.
The name adopted is 1.-The Grinnell
Hospital Association Its objects, in
addition to that of the care of the sick,
are as a school for the instruction
and training of nurses" spirited
discussion arose over the question OF
giving each stakeholder single vote
without regard to the number of shares
of stock held or allowing each share Of
stock a vote. The article was first
adopted in the first FORM but later a
reconsideration was had and each share
of stock will hate a vote in the affairs
of the association. The following We're
elected as the temporary board of nine
trusteesl DR.. P. Z. Somers, D. S. Nor
rison, DR.. S. C. Buck DR.. E. F. Talbot,
DIR. c. f. Harris, II. l.. Boyer, Mrs. H.
w. Spauldng, Mrs. Scott Roby and
Mrs. j. E. Van Evera. The amount Of
stock already placed is $5,740.
The case of State of Iowa VS.. Bart
Sparks, which was to have been tried
before Justice Crosby last evening, was
postponed until tomorrow evening by
consent of counsel. The case involves
a charge of carrying concealed weapons
and of drawing the same on the person
of Ned Sloan, with the threat to do
him great bodily injury.
G. H. Hamlin has been confined for
the past two or three days to his home
by sickness, but is reported as making
good progress towards return to bust
ness.
Mr.. Viets has had protracted and
severe suffering for some time with
his old complaint of rheumatism. He
is still unable to walk, but is reported
as slowly improving, with reasonable
prospect of regaining his usual ability
to get about in the near future.
Enoch Joy is again about the streets
after several weeks of close confine-
ment with very serious stomach trou-
BILE.
The temperature, which was down to
ten degrees below zero yesterday morn
ing by the government thermometer
moderated greatly last evening and
night and this morning considerable
coating of snow covered the ground,
with still more coming down. Yester
day morning was the coolest by seven
degrees of the winter SO far.
In the basket ball game on Tuesday
evening at the mems gymnasium be-
tween Drake and Iowa College teams.
Grinnell won out with a score of "a
to 90.
F.: S. Edge is temporarily off duty
with an attack of grippe and Cashier
Risky takes his place at the Iowa
Central ticket window.