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Odd BOOk-Marks.

~ HE finding of a long-lost Will be-
tween the pages of neglected book
was n favorite incident for the old
fashioned novelists. And books are not
yet antiquated as repositories. At the
Carnegie Library, in Washington, book
marks found in returned volumes In
cluded an insurance policy, letters con-
tanning business secrets, signed love let
tiers. grocers' bills, photographs, postal
orders, matches, spectacles and false
teeth. Separate markers are a distinct
advance over thumb prints or turned
down leaves, but, like old stockings and
stovepipes, books are not to be recon-
mended as safety deposit vaults.
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~ The Town Boys Circus. Il

two pennies for children under 10.
When the hour arrived for the circus
to begin every seat was occupied by
mothers, fathers, older brothers and sis
tiers, unces, aunts, cousins and friends
(The seats were formed of long boards,
supported on boxes.)
Promptly on the minute of opening the
band began to play the "Star-spangled
Banner" and the audience cheered till
the very canvas walls echoed the merry
sound. Owing to the uneasiness of old
Rover (the lion of the circus), Jimmy
Cruthers came first on the program. Fear
lessly he entered the '1ions" cage and
made the lion stand on his hind legs.
Then he put a pipe in the lions" mouth,
and the good animal smoked it. That is,
he held the pipe in place between his
jaws and sat batting his eyes as If en-
joying it. Then followed many tricks
which old Rover had been taught while
a puppy and which he enjoyed going
through for his beloved master, Jimmy
Great cheers and and-elappings fol-
lowed the liontamer's performance. And
after Jimmy had bowed in happy re-
Spouse to his many recalls he went out
behind the circus walls and set old Rover
free And how the good old doggie did
wag his tail in rejoicing at his freedoml
He at once ran off homeward to enjoy
bone which he had secretly buried be-
hind the woodshed
Then the other circus performers came
in turn, Johnny Brion evidently taking
the blue ribbon, so to speak, by his clever
feats on the back of his fine little pony.
And Pony was so well behaved too for
once when his masters foot slipped and
he slid from Pony's back to the ground,
the animal stood perfectly still till his
rider had mounted again.
After the regular circus was over a
concert followed. 1t was then that sew
eral of the Town Girls were called to
the stage to participate in the singing
of many national hymns. Lily Everts,
sister to viii and Tom, led the chorus,
for she had a fine, strong voice. Maine
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RUSSIA GAINING POPULATION.

HAHE population of Russia is growing
at a rate of one and one-half per cent
= each year, and this is not equaled In
any important country In the world.
Since 1877 the amount of arabic land held
by the nobility in Russia has diminished
by one-third, yet the price of land has
risen in every part Of the empire. Even
France does not have as large a growth
in population ms Russia.
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z OuPuZZle Corner 81
HIDDEN PROVERB.

A well-known proverb is hidden in the
following nine sentences. Each sentence
contains but one word of the proyerb,
and If the right words are guessed, and
written together in the order in which
the sentences are placed, the proverb will
stand complete.
1. A dark night that that has no star.
2. If you would be wise learn of the
sages.
3. Mans conscience often dictates to
him.
4. Make up your mind to do the right
.. Where Righteousness prevails, JUS
tice is supreme.
6. Deep the Valley of Despond.
7. Charity and Truth are as one.
8. 1.-THE same as In the first sentence.)
0. The well of pure water blesses man
kind.
DIAGONAL.
This diagonal contains six words of
six letters each. If the words are rightly
guessed and written one below another,
their diagonal letters, beginning with the
upper left-hand letter and ending with
the lower right-hand letter, will spell
thing we all love to see In persons, ami
mails and nature. The cross-words are
1. A grain. 2 An epistle. D. FIRE. 4.
To wave or futter in the wind.s 8. That
which we can see in others better than
In ourselves. 9. Comely In appearance.
BEHEADINGS.
l. Doubly behead something used In
making garments and leave to peruse. 2.
Behead that which we need to convict n
man and leave a shelter, 3. Behead a
tiny spot and leave q measure.
CURTAILINGS.
1. Triply curtail that which burns
quickly and leave cheap metal. 2. Trip
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ly curtail something worn on the foot
and leave cattle. 8. Triply curtail gar
den vegetable and leave that from which
we get water.
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES.
PRIMAL ACROSTIC-Marbles. Cross-
todfds: /. Marry. 2 A,roio 8, Razor. 4.
Blaze. o. Lungs. 9. ETile. 7. Smile.
ADDITIONS. Cupboard (cup-board).
2. Windlass (icind-lass). 3. MdndrfH
(mdn-drilD. 4, Rattan (rdt-tan).
REBUS-The dear little boz did not
odNt to study on sunny day,
LETTER ENIGMA--GGrden.
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Cruthers and Agnes Hay lent their voices,
and the concert was no less success
than was the circus proper. All the
mothers were there, and as they left the
Enclosure they could be heard congratu-
lating each others children on their tai
entS.
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He said the fishes should be told
That a hook the bait did hold;
And that if they cared to bite
After that, they had the right!
But he did not know that they
Can't understand what people say.
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T TITLE Tommy Peter-kin
Il Said he thought it was a sin
For boys to throw a baited hook
Into a pretty running brook,
So that fishes swimming there
Might be caught thus by the snare.
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CURTAILINGS.

4 1. Triply curtail that which burns
quickly and leave cheap metal. 2. Trip
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-25

stitutional restrictions preventing pro.
portional representation and the cleo.
ton by majority instead OF plural.
ity vote.
Eleventh-They have passed laws re-
jected by the legislature for taxing Ger.
tain corporations.
Twelfth-They have rejected some
unpopular appropriations made by the
Legislature.
Thirteenth-They have made strin-
gent law against the excessive use Of
money in elections; law which il de-
to put a poor man on an equal footing
with rich man in seeking public Of.
flee. It limits candidates to an expense
hardly exceeding one-fourth Of q years
salary in the office sought, and the
state bears a large part OF the outlay
in the distribution Of literature for
parties and candidates.
Fourteenth-They have made start
toward protecting and preserving SAL
mon and sturgeon In the Columbia river
and its tributaries.
Fifteenth-They are developing q
sense of individual responsibility for the
success of self-government in Oregon,
such as most men never felt when the
legislature had the exclusive right to
make laws and propose constitutional
amendments.
Sixteenth-In addition to the above
list of results, other measures have
been secured and the people have re-
jected eleven measures, some proposed
by initiative petition and some pro.
posed by the legislature.
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AUTOMOBILES AND CHILDREN.

The Times-Republican has often
counseled caution and observance of
law in the mana cement of automobiles.
At all times this has been done in the
hope that it would be needed and given
attention by auto owners and drivers
in the spirit in which the suggestion
was made, in order that the laws and
ordinances might might sse observed ard pub
lie safety not seriously endangered.
But a little boy was buried today as
a result not alone of defiance of law
but of common humanity. The ex-
pected has come to pass. 1t was a GER
tainty that the recklessness which is
a common sight on city streets, utter
disregard of ordinances by those whom
they are intended to govern and
by those whose sworn duty it
is to enforce them must result
as 1t has resulted. 1t is quite
as certain that other deaths must fol-
low If the reckless indifference to pub
lie safety by certain automobiles and
officers is to continue. With the knowl-
edge that boy lay dying crushed by
a reckless driver Sunday saw West
Main street used as speed way and
once at least a. child narrowly escaped
death from an auto flying at outrageous
speed past car discharging passen-
gers on Third street and Main. This
was little girl on her way to Sunday
school, As she alighted an automo-
bile driven by notorious violator Of
speed ordinances flashed by her. OBJ
servers said It missed her four feet.
The horn bad not been sounded nor
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FAITHFUL TO HIS COMMISSION.

The fight that Senator Cummins is
making It Washington to give vitality
and direction Of the right sort to the
pending interstate commerce measure
is again the fight of the people. 1t is
the same old story-a faithful repre-
sentative of the common people pitted
against the crafty, schooled legislators
of the system.
This railroad bill is fraught with
great possibilities for progress or for
retrogression in the matter OF govern
mental control of the railroads doing
interstate business. If it were not
for Cumlnins and the few other pro-
gressive who stand about him it
would be the easiest thing in the world
for Elkins and Aldrich and that crowd
to put thru a bill which, while
stamped with pretense of service to
the people, would open the way to
combinations and to immunity in
wrongdoing of the sort the people are
anxious ~ have made impossible.
Within broad lines. there is nothing
difficult about these questions, but
when details are gone into and words
and phrases ares helled out like grain
for the purpose of concealment rathder
than of elucidation, when double mean
ings are introduced and loopholes and
puzzles strewn along the way, the
average mind becomes confused, and
there is no safety except in the leader
ship Of some Industrious, sincere and
Intelligent man on the ground. In this
case that man in Senator Cummins.
He is a most awful bugbear to the in
terests that would like to bowstring
the present interstate commerce law
while engaged in pretense Of
| Strengthening it.
| The people of Iowa sent Cunmins to
Washington to represent them. He is
attending TO his commission
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THE eossLuNs HAVE GOT HIM.

Further embarrassment is in store
for Governor CARROTS candidacy. He is
IN he held to the letter of the contract.
Listen 10 the Iowa City Republican
edited by Dave Brant, who with Frank
jackson and a lad named Long. down
at Osceola, are in charge of the stand
nat attempt to discredit Iowa's sem
ators:
AT this distance il looks as tho some
of Governor CAROLS friends are try
ing to straddle the fence, as some of his
special workers are trying to dodge the
national issue. Ninety-nine per cent
Of the votes Carroll gets will be cast by
the friends of President Taft and !.
Taft is turned down after the Indiana
fashion, they are not going to care a
straw who becomes governor OF Iowa.
Taft republicans are in the campaign
not to save Carroll so much as to save
the integrity of the party. They are
for Carroll because he measures up the
nearest to their political ideals.
When a man sells his soul to the
devil or thes tandpatters he is expected
to deliver the goods or take the conse-
ouences. The rankest and narrowest
standpatters in Iowa are in the saddle
and are pushing things. Carroll is thus
given notice that any attempt 70 alter
the brand will meet condign punish
ment. He has moved into standpat-
Vile. If he attempts to move out-out
he will go with can at his tail. Notice
is served upon him that he is expected
TO stay put or take the consequences.
Governor Carroll is the nominal lead
err of standpa tism, the crude barbarian
standpattery of the druidical era when
the high priest allotted penalty and re-
ward and selected the sacrifice. He
cant get away in the primary. If
nominated he can't get away in office.
The gobblins have got him.
The lines are absolutely drawn Car
roll is the standpat candidate. repre-
senting precisely what Dave Brant and
Frank Jackson stand for in Iowa
politics. Carroll is up to their politi-
cal ideals"
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A MISTAKE is NOT A MORTGAGE.

The voters of Iowa believe in Civ
ing man second ternl-unless he
has proved himself a downright
scoundrel ana shows himself to be un-
fit for otice.-Cedar Rapids Republl-
can.
Is this statement true in fact? Is the
line drawn beyond the boundaries of
scoundrelism and absolute unfitness for
office? Does the intelligence OF Iowa
agree with the Cedar Rapids paper?
There are many degrees Of scoun-
drelism as of unfitness. Where is the
line TO be drawn, at downright" scoun-
drelism in the one case;>at a plain case
of utter unfitness in the other? No mid
die ground? No comparison of men.
measures or fitness? No consideration
of issues? Why there isn't a farmer in
Iowa who would hire month hand on
the principle of action the Republican
lays down as a rigid rule for the guild
ance of Iowa voters
/ The Republican is making the best Of
a cause pretty well shot TO pieces.
Ii mas Carrou on Its hands and
Garst on the horizon. For it's own it
may argue that he has not shown
himself absolutely unfit for governor;
he is not a scoundrel but a decent cit
1 izen, not Utterly unfit but a misfit The
other IS concededly fit to fill the gov
ernor's chair once occupied by
distinguished and competent lead
ers. The Republican desires to
avoid comparison. 1t insists that
the mistaken choosing of weak
ling for one term is equivalent to a
mortgage on a next term.
Nobody believes it. 1t is neither bus
mess nor common sense, nor good pol
itics, The best man for the office has
become an established principle in
Iowa
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speed slackened tho the driver knew
| that the car had stopped to permit
| passengers to descend on the side where
| he was passing. Had the child jumped
and jumped the wrong way another
home would be in mourning for another
child.
| Complaint is general. The danger is
universal. Wherever a street permits
scorching. there the fool-the criminal
fool-and the automobile put human
life in Jeopardy. Not only automobiles
at high speed, but motor cycles on
sidewalks, bicycles without lights and
lacking bells, make sidewalks precar-
ious. The ordinances are dead letters.
Recknessness is uncurbed.
1t is too much to ask the parents
of children to tie them hand and foot,
keep them inside doors, or stand guard
from morning to night over their safe
~. There is not a public playground
in Marshalltown. If there were, the
streets are not to be denied to chill
dren and the sidewalks should be safe
for old men and women and little
children. They are not outlaws. They
have rights under the laws and or
dinances.
In Grinnell the other day a promin-
ent citizen in hurry to make train
out ran the limit with his automobile
When he reached the station the Off
GERS arrested him. He paid a fine
Not all automobile drivers are recl-
less of human life and of the rights
of others. On the contrary. The reck-
less driver, the mankiller, who brushes
his victim and hides away from the
consequences of his act, is in small
minority but he forces the auto and
the careful automobiles into his own
class in public opinion. The careful,
practical, decent auto owner should as
sist in eliminating the dangerous speed
maniac. 1t is easily done. The Auto
mobile Club can do it in day
But it ought not to be up to them
of the club. The statutes and the or
dinances, if enforced, are all suffi-
cient.
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Master and Man.

God can take a petal and a calayx ant
stem
And make rose of beauty for a gard
ems diadem:
God can take hollow and a basin ant
And from them rear a mountain
peaked with beauty to the skies
Man can take piston and a lever ard
a wheel.
And make a mighty engine-but tie
mountain bore the steel
God can take q raindrop and million
years of dew
And make shining ocean where the
heaven is nlirrored blue;
God can take q morning and bro
with azure wing
And turn a lane of bluets into ampli-
tudes of spring;
Man can take a hammer and Zoo
rule and a saw
And build a noble tenlple-but His
spirit gives the Law.
Cod can take some pollen and bios
som and a tree
And make g fruited orchard on a bar
rem tract Of lea
God can take an acorn and where
craters used to smoke
1mpIant the rugged beauty of a grand
and glorious oak;
Man can take a keelson and hull and
in a slip
Construct mammoth vessel-but
Gods oak Is in the ship.
baltimore Sun.
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THE LODGES.
X MASONIC NOTICES.
XHHsu over 1o5-107 West Main.
"\visitOrs a1wavs xunlco,n>

x MASONIC NOTlCE9.
XHHaA over los -107 West Main.
~\Visitors always welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE. 1os. A. +. =
A. M.-Stated communication Friday.
May 10 at D. m.
r. W. Chamberlain, w. ".
II. s. Lawrence, Secretary.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. IS, r. A. NJ
Special meeting Friday April 20. q
8 o'clock. Work in past and mort ex-
cellent degrees.
George H. Boggie. 3. II. 2.
]. S. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. No
20, r. & 8. M.-Stated assembly Nom
day, May IS. p. m.
A. D. MEEKER, T. ]. Il
I. T. FORBES. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoMdANDERY. No.
30 4. T. Stated conclave Tuesday eve.
ming, May II. 1910, at o'clock sharp.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
Fred NJ. Wilbur, z. G.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81, o. u.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday even
ing, May II. p. m.
Mrs. George Downing, w. n.
Edna G. Futarton. Secretary.
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PLAN OF MODEL KITCHEN

in II. Too much space between the
tates too many unnecessary steps. A
suitable moderate sized kitchen Is
about IL by IA feet.
The kitchen should be convenient to
the dining room. either opening direct
" into 1t or, still better, having the
pantry between the rooms. In the lat
ter case there should be cupboard
with Siding doors opening into both
kitchen and pantry for convenience
in setting the table and removing
dishes to the kitchen. The 'cut gives
q plan OF convenient kitchen. show
ing position Of windows and doors,
also the larger pieces Of furniture.
In this plan note the position Of the
refrigerator, which can be reached
from the outside SO that ice may be
put into it without coming into the
kitchen. There is also q window In
the cool room to which window cup
board can be attached. This room
with its cupboard will take the place
of the refrigerator in winter and may
be used as a baking room In hot
weather.
The sink. with draining board, il To-
Gated on the side next the pantry.
Sliding doors are arranged at the back
so that dishes washed in the sink may
be placed on the pantry shelves with
out going into the pantry itself. An.
other convenient feature in the ar.
rangement Of this kitchen is the posi-.
ton Of windows between range and
work table. giving good light and ven.
tilation. II possible avoid having q
door leading upstairs opening in the
kitchen. because in such cases 1t Is al
most impossible to keep the odois OF
cooking from penetrating to the up
stairs roons.
Wall and Floor Covering.
The kitchen to be sanitary In every
particular should be finished in some
way that will permit OF frequent wash
ing. The best wall covering Is the sim
plest and most easily cared for mate
rial that can be purchased. There IS
nothing better for this purpose than
sanitas. a material similar to oucloth-
The first cost is little more than
paint or tinting. but when carefully
applied It IS more lasting. Sanitas Is
put on with paste in horizontal strips
around the room. The edge OF each
piece must be pasted down securely.
and care should be taken to avoid
wrinkles II a tablespoonful OF mo-
Iasses IL added to each quart Of paste
1t will stick more firmly.
The painted wall as suitable TOR
kitchen and pantry provided a dat
finish Is given and color used in pref.
erence to white A glossy surface, par
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What Oregon Has Done.

William S. U'Ren in LaFollette's1
The Direct Legislation League OF the
state of washington asked William 3.
U'Ren this question, What have the
people of oregon accomplished with the
Initiative and referendum? In reply
Mr.. URen cited the following acts:
First-rhey have made direct pri-
mary nominating elections law that il
much more satisfactory In its results
than was the old convention plan.
Second-They have adopted practical
methods Of selecting their U. s. sena-
tors, securing election by the legis-
lature Of the candidates selected by
the people, thereby abolishing the
greatest single source Of corruption,
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Home Course
In Domestic
Science
X.-The Modern Kitchen
By EDITH G. CHARLTON.
In Charge Of Domestic Economy. Iowa
State COLLEGE.
Copyright 1910. BY American Press
Association.

| CONSIDERING the Importance OF
the kitchen to the rest Of the
~ home, 1t seems strange that 1t
should very often be the least
attractive room from every point Of
view in the house. We find it tucked
of in some dark corner with little or
no ventilation, its wall and floor COW
ering dark and dingy and its equip
ment so meager it would be impossible
to find any pleasure in working with
them.
The kitchen is the workroom Of the
home It's arrangement. pleasant or
otherwise. very often gives the key
note of conditions in the home. My
idea of real kitchen is this: 1t
should be as bright and CHEEKY as any
room in the house. would much pre-
fer gloomy parlor than dark. un-
pleasant kitchen. If possible should
have a north and east exposure. This
would insure sunlight in the morning
and q cool breeze on hot summer after
moons. Then l should be careful to
have good view from the kitchen
window. something beautiful to look
out upon. like a stately tree, a bit OF
green lawn or trim vegetable garden.
The outlook from Kitchens in towns
and cities is too often brick walls OF
adjoining buildings. suntidy back yards
or high board fences. From kitchens
in the country we often look out upon
an unstghtly woodpile or barnyard
filed with clutter of old farm imple-
ments. With such daily views it is no
wonder if the women. who must spend
three-fourths of their time in the
kitchen. have very little love for house
work
There should be at least two win
dows and. If possible. an outside door
opposite one window In order to have
good ventila ton at all times The
kitchen should not be unnecessarily
large, but its size will depend on the
number of persons in the family and
the amount OF work that is to be done
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proval on referendum vote.
Seventh-They have given cities
home rule In charter making.
Eighth-They have taught the legis-
lature to respect the constitutional pro-
vision against putting special appropri-
atoms in the general appropriation bill.
Ninth-They have added the recall
to the constitution, giving the people
power to discharge state and local pr
fcers who prove to DO incompetent or
untrustworthy.
Tenth-They have removed the con-