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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
Manning News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Manning. Sept. 11.-Tuesday night a
lodge OF the ROYAL Order OF the Moose
of the World was organized here with
sixty-four charter members.
The football team from Atlanta VIII
play the Manning team on our grounds
next Sunday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
sErrLE OLD CONTROVERSIES.

Railroad Commission Adjusts Disputes
Over Train Service.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines. Sept 1.-THE railroad
commission settled two old standing
complaints about train service this
week, and In each case the settlement
was made without the necessity OF
issuing an order.
Tho Newton people and the officials
Of the Minneapolis 4 St Louis signed
up an agreement - TO train service
on tho branch from New Sharon BY
which there will be Z general readjlst-
ment Of the train schedule satisfactory
Ito all. The complaint was OF Ions
standing.
Tho shenandoath people and Burling.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
NEWTON TURNS DOWN PAoPos
Al TO EsTAsLlsH ERIE OMAN
iMsTITuTE.
FoLLows Sister CITY
OF coLFAx IN OPPOSING
City Council az Board Of Health Con.
eIuds Tubsrouies's sanaterium
Within City 10 Not Desirable -vots
Of Council 10 unanimeus - Petition
Against Il.

Newton. Sept. 11.-The application
Of DR.. Carmichael for permission to
establish a hospital for the treatment
Of tuberculosis was taken. up by the
city council and ny unanimous vote
was rejected. Is.
One week ago DR.. Carmichael
brought his proposition before the
council. and from that time the
proposed hospital has been one Of the
chief topics OF discussion about the
city. Thursday evening DIR. Carmich
ael, gave an informal luncheon at the
Churchhill house and to those present
he explained the plans and methods of
the institution he represents. He has
also interviewed many of the citizens
who are most directly concerned. In
spite of this fact the fact has been
quite evident that the idea of locating
q tuberculosis sanitarium within the
city limits was not being favorably re-
ceived. Last week q petition signed by
ten property owners In the immediate
vicinity Of the McColloms place was
presented to the council asking that
permission to locate at that place be
refused the promoters Of the Friedman
cure. Thus it was not at al surprising
to those present last evening to see
the council take the action they did.
The following is the resolution:
Be it resolved by the board Of health
of the city Of Newton. Iowa.. that we
hereby decline and refuse to grant
permission to DR.. Eugene Carmichael
and the Friedman institute to locate a
sanatorium within the city Of Newton,
Iowa. Be it further resolved that in
taking this action we do not question
the integrity or good intentions of DIR.
Carmichael. and the persons associated
with him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CASE.
Will Take Hand In Persecution OF IKE
Richardson For Manslaughtsr.

Will Take mana VT VIosSSs -
Riehardsen For Manslaushtsr.
Des Moines, Sept. 1.-The Office o.
the attorney general is preparing to
take q hand in the trial Of ono Ike
Richardson at Davenport indicted FOL
nanslaushter in having caused Incl
dentally the death Of Arthur Wundrum
richardson 81 q saloon keeper VINO
sold LIQUOR to Wundrum. young man
who came to his place late one night
badly Intoxicated. and after the youna
man had become 90 bad he was ire
sponsible he was taken out into shed
where he died from exposure Inc
state viii undertake 20 show the re-
sponsibipty OF the barkeep for this
death. Owing to tho popularity Of the
case ana that It involves some new
questions Of applying the law tho at
torney general was asked to take
hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
IOWA.
tho case were mot made public by the
department..

tho case were mot made public by the
department.
Brethsrs on Opposite Sidss.
John +. Dewitt, OF Muscatine, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter. Wis
tied in Washington this week. Mr.,
Dewitt ia a red hot democrat and form
err city attorney Of Muscatine. His
brother, James A. Dewitt, Of Oskaloosa.
is as red hot a republican. He was
formerly Sixth district committeeman
and a member OF the credentials COM
mittee about whose heads the storm
centered in the seating OF those south
ern and western delegates at Chicago
last summer There Is a Joint debate
get together. The Muscatine Dewitt
has been attending the convention of
the American Bar Association at Mon
treal.
Plea for Isaaes Presented.
Senators Kenyon and Cummins, Rep
rcsentatives Haugen, Woods and Pep
per and the Rev. DR.. Sanford. OF Water
loo. were heard by President Wilson
yesterday in behalf of a pardon for
Charles 1saacs. Of Forest City, who was
given five years for fraudulent banking
lsaacs accompanied the party to the
White house but did not see the presi-
dent Senator Kenyon was made spokes-
man and made strong plea. Senator
Cummins spoke briefly in 1saacs' be-
half. President Wilson took the case
Under Amusement and promised to
give it full consideration
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
Plea for Dssacs Presented,
cummin. Urging Rehabilitation.

Senator Cummins plans to see Ma
tional Chairman Hilles this week about
calling the republican national COM
mittee together. He will go via New
York on his way to Iowa. Senator Cum.
Minis holds that the result of the Maine
election more than ever makes 1t i'm
portant for the republican party to take
steps for rehabilitation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11
Drops Fiaht on Huston.

The fight on Charles D. Huston. OF
Cedar Rapids. nominated by the presi-
dent for postmaster was dropped by
Senator Gore. 1t is insisted by Huston's
friends it was personal from the be-
ginning. The senate yesterday con-
frmed Huston's nomination
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-11

Tho shenandoath people. ana Burlins-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25

than those of a bird, as he darts hith-
er and thither, and it is often perplex-
ing. at dusk, to distinguish the two.
These odd birds cling to the sides
OF the chimney, and to rough places, as
sisted by their spine-like tails, and are
never seen to alight on the ground, be-
cause they would be unable to arise
again, on account of their long wings
and short feet. Their song consists
of rolling twitter, which is quite
pleasant to hear.
The Chimney Swift is about an inch
shorter than the English Sparrow. but
its long wings make it appear larger
The male and female are marked
alike, being of deep, sooty gray. The
tail is even, and has very elastic and
sharply pointed quilts, beyond which
the wings extend an inch and a half.
The feet have exceedingly sharp
claws.
In country houses, during the sum-
mer, l have heard the roar, like dis
tant thunder, of flock of these birds
rising from one of the large chimneys,
in the early morning.
The Swift lays from four to sig
pure white eggs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25

garded the Iarks as fair prey made numbers
carry the day.
One day Billy and the stroller afed were
tramping the meadow that edges the Bowman
vile road that runs along and crosses the rustic
bridge over the north branch of the river. They
heard shouts and turning saw that building
facing the road was on fire 1t was a frame
structure with the two upper stories occupied by
families. 1t was on the ledge of the front Win
dow of the upper apartment that the Gagged lark
which Billy had tried to save had been impris-
oned for several days. The man and boy started
for the scene of the fire. The building was
furnace "Everybodys out" called a man in the
crowd that had gathered
Billy, the Witless, looked up He saw the lark
in the cage The stairway was burning. He
eluded OBTAINING hand and dashed into the en-
trance and up the stairs. man jumped after
him, but it too late. He was driven back
In less than minute the people with staring
eyes saw the boy appear at the front upper win
dow. His form was framed with smoke and
fame. They saw him fairly tear apart the cage
that held the lark. In an instant the bird was
free and went soaring heavenward singing.
There was crash; a floor had given way. A
little later crowd had gathered round the dead
body Of boy. The school teacher and Billy's
naturalist companion were looking down on the
face that the flames had left untouched
He wanted to be poet" said the teacher
Wanted to be?' said the tramper of the fields
Wanted to be? His whole life was a poem
and his death song
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25

eye. You're a second edition of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, my boy" said he a little quizzically.
They're pretty by the water" said Billy "and
the wind whispers to them and they tell me what
the wind says"
You're a poet" said the man with the box.
q wouldn't pick your flowers now were they the
real gold they seem to be, but I'm after birds,
too"
Bang 'em and put EN- in a box?"s
No, just look at them"
I'll show you lots, said Billy
The man came to the meadows often after this
and met Billy The lad knew where the lark
finch, where the vireo placed it's paper-lned
home and where the oriole swung its cradle He
showed all his treasures to the man who was
willing to look and to spare. One day Billy
brought some papers to his Observation-Disclosures
cal acquaintance. They're poems,' he said,
like what the man with the gray beard wrote
about bOboInks and like what the man Shake
something said about the yellow swamp flowers"
BiIIy's naturalist friend took the manuscript.
Rhythm there none; the spelling would
make q photographer weep but there was poe
try. The boy said in essence that the marigold
didn't die because he thought of it all the year
through and thinking of things makes 'em live"
One of Billy's schoolmates had trapped shore
lark The bird sings as it scars, and in that re-
spect is like unto the lark that "at heavens gate
Sings Billy had fought a good fight for the
trapped lark when the trapper was taking it
homeward, but a crowd of schooImates who re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
FLOATING REFRIGERATOR

A new venture, which is claimed to
revOlutioniZe the methods of handling
and marketing fish, is to be tried in
the United States. A steamer is be-
ing equipped with a big cold storage
and freezing plant, so that it may cru
Use about the various ports on the
west and south coasts of Newfound-
land, securing fish of all kinds, freez-
ing and preserving them, and later
shipping from North Sidney. To help
the scheme, the Newfoundland gov
eminent will allow all coal needed for
operating the cold storage plant to be
admitted free of duty while the steam
er is in Newfoundland waters. This
steamer has, in addition to the usual
engine equipment of about 35O-horse-
power, two Bottom absorption refriger-
ating machines, which give a daily
freezing capacity of 10000 pounds of
fish. Over 10000 pounds of fish can
be spread over the freezing coils at
one time, This unusual capacity in
the refrigerating rooms is the result
of supplying 10000 lineaI feet of IL
inch pipe with calcium brine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25

When the King bird arrives in the
early spring with his bride from the
south, he guards her most jealousy,
and fights most pugnaciously all 9th
ers Of his kind who come near.
Noted for his fighting nature, the
King bird is entitled to his royal name,
and is also called the tyrant Fly Catch
err, and from his epicurean love of in
sects, he is known again as the Bee
Martin, although far removed from the
Martin family, being really one of the
Fly Catchers.
He possesses no noble qualities, as
without provocation he often allows
his angry passions" to rise, and
makes bold and aggressive attacks on
the crow, and often chases away
from his field the less offensive small
birds. Very like the Indians OF the
western plains, the King bird never
likes to meet a foe in open warfare,
preferrtng to swoop down upon some
unoffending neighbor, giving him a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
OLDEST KNOWN LOVE LETTER

The following epistIe from a love
stricken swain to the object Of his af-
fectiCns dates from the time of the
patriarch Abraham, and forms part of
a large collection of private letters and
commercial documents found in the
ruins of the Babylonian city of Sip
pas and now deposited at CONSTANT
nople:
4 hereby make known to Bibia what
follows: As regards myself, Gimil-Mar-
duk, may the gods Samas (the SUM
and Marduk (the Merodach of the
BibIe) for my names sake i e, out
of love to me- grant you long life.
l herewith send to inquire as to your
welfare; send me tidings if all is we'll
with you I am at present in Babylon
and have not seen you, which makes
me feel very anxious. Do send me
word how you are getting on, so that
I may rejoice; come in the month of
Arachsamna. For my sake may you
live for ever"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
SIZE
Keep the Air Fresh.

Nothing causes chills more than
hot, stuffy rooms. We often hear PEG
pie complaining that they took cold
when they came out into the night air
Yet it was not the night air which did
the mischief, but the poisonous atmos-
phere in the room itself, due to the.
accumulated exhalations of many
lungs, etc. Had the apartment been
well ventilated the so-called chill
would never have occurred.
Most cases of asthma are the result
of a bad atmosphere. The catarrh
has extended down from the nose and
throat into the bronchial tubes and set
up a spasm, which is the source of this
distressing malady. No asthmatic.
can afford to keep his windows closed.
Whether by day or night, he needs q
liberal supply Of fresh air.-From
Nervous Breakdowns."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
SAFETY IN THIS NAME

There may be nothing in a name,
but if you wish to possess what might
be termed a really safe cognomen,
call yourself Hugh Williams. Here
are reasons for this choice cuIled from
sources which can be relied on as
trustworthy.
In the year 1864, on December 5. an
English ship, the Menai, was capsized
in a gale while crossing the straits.
There were 81 passengers on board.
Only one was saved. He was named
Hugh Williams.
On the same day in 1885 a pleasure
schooner was wrecked on the Isle of
Man. There were go persons on
board, including one Hugh Williams
and his family. OF this three score,
old Hugh Williams only survived the
wreck.
Again, on August 5, 1920, a pic
nicking party, mostly children under
twelve years of age, were run down
by a coal barge on the Thames. Lit
tie Hugh Williams, aged five years
visitor from Liverpool, was the only
survivor of the 25 young and happy
picnickers who left their homes so
gayIy in the morning
Finally, on August 10, 1889, a Leeds
coal barge, with nine men as crew,
foundered. Two of them, both named
Hugh Williams, an uncle and nephew,
were rescued by some fishermen.
They were the only men of that i'll
fated crew who lived to tell of the
calamity.
These incidents may be merely sin
gulaT or extraordinary condolences,
but they are true. Possibly then,
there may be something in a name,
after all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
NOVEL THROAT TELEPHONES

The throat telephone, transmitting
speech from the outside of the throat,
is a rather curious solution Of a diff
Guilty in mine rescue work. The oxy-
gen helmet is being discarded by the
resCuer for a Misunderstanding appara-
tus, and. as this gives no freedom of
the lips. the method of keeping up
communication without the use of the
mouth has been devised, says Elec-
tricity- The transmitted. placed in
direct contact with the throat, is OPP
Grated by the vibrations Of the vocal
cords, Certain consonants. such as
m" and p" are not clearly trans
mitted, but it is expected that misun-
Outstanding from this source will be
avoided by using a special code of
numbered words. The two receivers
are strapped against the ears. In case
of accident to the rescuer. the instru-
ment can be quickly removed. and
used BY another member Of the party.
The merits of this novel telephone are
being given practical trial by the
United States bureau Of mines
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
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BARN SWALLOW, CHIMNEY SWEEP AND KING BIRD
BY JULIE ADAMS POWELL

parts are gTayish slate color: on his
The under parts are white, washed
with gray on the breast The tail is
black, tipped with white. The nest is
built at the end of a branch of some
low tree, several feet from the ground,
and is a compact structure, composed
Of leaves, string, weeds, grass, fine
rOOtlets, bark and hair The number
Of eggs are generally five, and they
are creamy white, spotted with dark
brown and purple gray.
+ l suppose that every boy who reads
this paper has seen the Barn Swallow,
but how many have seen the bird at
work building her nest? Some day
if you hide away inside the barn, and
keep very quiet, you can witness this
very interesting performance.
One day last summer | was out on a
farm, and in the barn I heard a great
chattering and chirping, and discover
ed the Barn Swallow were building.
AS the male Of most bird families
does no. assist his mate in this work,
l concluded that it was he who was
doing the chattering, while the little
housewife carried the mud and straw
of which the walls of the house were
built Most Of the time he was inside
the half-fnished nest giving advice,
while she worked.
There were three nests under way,
and they were round in form and the
mud and straw were firmly and
smoothly plastered together, and the
inside of finished one was lined with
soft feathers from the chicken yard,
These birds are very graceful, and
they go about in colonies, flying
low over the meadows and fields while
on the lookout for the insects on
which they feed.
The male and the female Barn
Swallow are marked alike. The upper
parts are steely blue throat, upper
breast and forehead are chestnut
rufoUs in color, and the under parts
are washed with the same, shading to
a buff. The tail is very slender, and
deeply foTked. The female is slight
ly smaller than the male, and her col
oring is paler. She raises two broods
of young in a season, from the four
to six eggs at a sitting, which are
white with spots Of purplish brown.
The Chimney Swift is more com
monty called The Chimney Swallow"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25

these people showed that they were TO be classed
with the wiser ones.
Wise Billy had been hit on the head when he
was nothing more than a fodder and it was the
blow that set his mind cropping for things that it
could never fully grasp. Bowmanville while it
is part of a great city, has green fields and
great forests yet untouched by the ak OF natures
tyrant. Billy roamed the fields and threaded the
forests. Like Little Hiawatha he learned Of the
birds and the squirrels their secrets They were
playmates that never made sport Of his mental
shortcomings. He loved them and they loved
him. The streams beyond the little stream which
farther il its course becomes the Chicago
river, were the haunts Of bOb0inks. 1t was
there that the Italian bird catchers hired by the
big city dealers in the habit of setting their
traps TO catch rollicking Robert Of Lincoln that
he might be cooped up in a by 6 cage to pine
away a few brief summer months for the sup
posed pleasure of someone whose ideas of liberty
did not include bird and beast.
One afternoon the Italians set their traps all
over the meadow with a captive bird in the lower
compartment The men went TO a hedge by the
roadside to watch results They saw a boy start
on keen jump across the meadow. His feet
were winged. Before the trappers could realize
what up the lower door of the first trap in
line was open, a bObOlink was freed and the trap
itself was a crushed mass Of wire and sticks.
They tried, but they could not catch this grey
hound of a lad He liberated twelve birds and
Budlong woods Tt was Wise Billy who had done
this turn for his bobonk friends
Wise Billy's father and mother sent him to
school. The teachers did not want to receive
him, but he was quiet and he showed shortly
that impression could be made upon his disor-
dered mind. He knew more about the pictures
than he did about the words, but in the course
Of year or two he wrote sentences disjointedIy
1t poetry that Wise Billy loved, especially
the poetry in which the words sang of birds and
trees and flowers. 1t was an inspiration to hear
Billy repeat Bryant's "BoboInk' and the Lines
to Waterfowl There was place in his heart
seemed to speak to some little sound section of
his muddled mind
Wise Billy reported at the school one morning
that he going to be a poet. He stood at his
desk and made the announcement out loud The
pupils laughed and laughed The teacher tried
to look kindly, but there was a bit of merriment
in her face I'll bring some verses and show
you" cried Billy. He was keenIy alive to rid
cuIe witless though he was
Wise Billy had found friend He was man
who tramped the field with a round box in which
he put leaves and flowers and with an opera
glass through which he stared at birds Billy
had come across the stranger near the rivers
edge just west of the Budlong wood The man
picking marsh marigoIds Billy told him
he would show him where there were some pref
tier ones if the man would promise not to pick
peal from the boy with halting tongue and vacant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-25
ROMANCE OF AN OLD BOOK

A copy of benjamin F'ranklin's 'pis-
sertatiou on Liberty and Necessity"
which was printed in 1775 and sold at
that time for the small sum of half a
crown, was sold recently for 1000 at
d London dealers.
A romantic history is associated
with this book 1t is believed that only
about 100 copies of the original Dis
sertation on Liberty and Necessity
were printed. The edition was sup
pressed. and the volume sold at Sothe-
bys and one other are the only re
naming copies known
About so years ago Henry Stevens,
founder of the firm of Messrs. Henry
Stevens of Great Russell street, Lon
don bought this copy for a small sum
He then offered it to the British
museum for $40 but it was declined on
account of the price. Next the book
was offered to two famous collectors
for $50, but was again refused on ac-
count of the price. 1t was sold at auc-
ton for SIS, and again in 1872 for
1925 1t is an ironic fact that at both
of the sales representatives of the
British museum were unsuccessful
bidders.