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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-01
The Easter Bonnet For {

The Easter Bonnet For GRANDMOTHER.
Grandmothe should enjoy her Easter
bonnet as we'll as her granddaughter
We realize it will be real hard for
grandmother to walk up one fight Of
stairs. but it will pay her, as we make
a speciality of elderly ladies' hats.
LeVin's.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-01
Licensed TO Wed.

Earl L. Damn, farmer, aged 81. of
Lost Nation. and Emma A. Schnede,
aged %, of Wheatland
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-01
Nav waoe Scale Ii Effect.

A new scale Of wages for paper
hangers and painters. which was
signed by the master painters within
recent weeks, went into effect today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-01
Woman's Health
Requires Care

Women are 50 constituted as
, to be peculiarly susceptible to
) constipation, and their general
health depends in large measure
on careful regulation and correc-
ton Of this tendency. Their deli
ate organisms rebel at the vio-
lence of cathartic and purgative
remedies, which, While they may
afford temporary relief. shock
the system and seriously disturb
the functional organs. A mild
laxative is far preferable and,
if properly compounded, much
more effective.
The combination Of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin sold
in drug stores under the name of
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, Is
ideal for women's usc. "A free
trial bottle can be obtained by
writing to DR.. w. 3. Caldwell.
452 Washington street, Month
7 cello, Ills.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-01

before A 49, rsached Il v Wasif sith-
drawn.
John 8. Blaney ~. the Iowa RAILWAY
L r. Light Company, an action for per
sbnal injury, has been settled and dis.
missed.
READ T.-R.tvvANT ADS. s.
The state herald., 1915-10-29
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander,
county judge. and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing yelled woman who has gained
ssnIance through the gates of the high
E1uple barriers surrounding the place.
me woman has disappeared but the Judge
Is found In cataleptc state. Bella, his
SsrVant. appears In a dying condition and
pieVehts entrance to a secret door Bella
oles, The Judge awakes Miss Weeks
MS seizure. He secretly discovers the
WHEREABOUTS of the yelled woman. She
pIvVes TO be the widow OF a man tried
peIore the judge and electrocuted for mur-
1eI years before. Her daughter Is en-
ssseo 70 the judges son. from whom he is
ssraheed; but the murder is between the
overs. She plans to clear her husban nd $
IN iI,emhory hsr and asks the judges aid. Alone
nan m ner room Deborah scovllle reads the
n,ewspaper clippings telling the story of
She murder of Algernon Etheridge by
yonn Scoville In Dark Hollow, twelve
seaIs before. The Judge and Mrs. Scoville
meet AT Spencer's Folly and she shows
nm now. on the day OF the murder, she
saw the shadow of man, whiting a
her h husbands Until long afterward she
uiu NOT know that her husband had not
VOTE that cap on the fatal day The
}uuge engages her and her daughter
Gus home. " ''''
The state herald., 1915-10-29
The Doorn,sn's Plea.

The stage doorman OF certain New
York theator IL n doughty Italian Of
sufficient Drawn to guard much
larger portal silyostro. as he Is
called, has been somewhat cnyious OF
the showy uniform OF the theatcr's
carriage porter. In contrast to his own
unpretentlous civilian gnrb, with =
preliminary respectful salute to Mr..
Hopkins. owner Of the thcatcr. on his
way to make up for The Marriage OF
Columblne." sllvestro poured out bis
soul with characteristic variations on
the idiom, "scusi, meestor. try do my
best. nll de time. ! love my Job. I love
dis theater, everything. Santa I love
you. ! love Mr. Hopkins. everybody
round de place. ! give my heart out.
all the time. my soul. my life. nothing
! would not give TO serve you siete
soddlsfnr,o7 Den, plonso get mo
hnc cnp like da portcr'H one
The state herald., 1915-10-29
AUTUMN is BEST TIME TO PRuNE GRAPES

acteristic growth of the variety and
vigor of vine. Under ordinary condi
tions usually from four to six buds are
left on the shoots for the lower trellix
wire and from eight to ten on those
for the upper trellis wire. 1t must be
understood that this number is only
suggestive and the grower must uss
his judgment as regards the number
of buds. He will be materially assist
ed in this II he will remember thai
under favorable conditions each bud
left will produce n shoot the following
| season and that each shoot should pro
duce from three to five punches Of
grapes. Our vine, properly pruned and
tied to the trellis the following spring
will look like the one illustrated In
Fig. Q.
If the vines are old and neglected.
some difficulty may be experienced In
getting the ideal form of vine Under
such circumstances the grower shoult
not expect well.formed vine for at
| least two years.
In cases of this sort II may be nee.
essary to develop a new trunk. Thi,
may be done by selecting one of the
shoots which has arisen from the bas.
of the vine or low down upon the old
trunk. II should be left Just long
enough to permit of tying to the upper
trellis wire. The following season II
will produce shoots and may then be
handled as new vine.
Observation will reveal that each
succeeding season the bearing wood
is getting farther and farther removed
from the trunk. In time il becomes
desirable to get back nearer the root
system. This is accomplished by tax
: ing out renewals Renewals are OF
two kinds Sow and high renewals A
low renewal is taken from near the
base of the plant and ultimately be
comes the trunk. II is essentially de
scribed above. A high renewal Is
renewal OF the extension of the trunk
tarml from which the cane arises
High renewal is accomplished by re
lecting shoot arising from the trunk
near the trellis wire or at the base of
the arm from which the canes arise
Low and high renewals are illustrated
In Fig. 3.
The state herald., 1915-10-29

by PROF. ]. G. MOORE. Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture.)
In those sections where winter pro.
lection of the grape is advisable, the
greater part of the pruning should be
done in autumn after the leaves have
fallen. There is variety of sys
tens of training in use. but the one
which will require the least attention
during the growing season is the
dropping system, commonly known as
the Kniffen system. There are sew
eral notifications of the original
kniffen system. but these are modiii-
cations of detail rather than principle.
The four cane Kniffen is the one most
commonly used
In this system a two-wire trcllis IL
necessary. The bottom wire should
be at least two feet from the ground
and tho upper wire two feet higher,
With most varieties these dis.
tances should be somewhat greater.
The four cane Kniffen system consists
OF SO pruning the vine that two canes
are left for each trellis wire, one run
ming in either direction.
A healthy grapevine. after sea.
sons growth possesses several times
as much wood as it is desirable to
leave for the production of the next
seasons crop. AS rule the amateur
grape grower leaves altogether too
much wood on the vine.
pears on the trellis in the autumn
after the leaves have fallen. 1t will be
seen that the vine is really composed
of wood Of three ages; "a represents
the trunk or oldest portion of the vine.
From this arises four branches, canes
''b." |, 2, 3, 4, which have finished their
second seasons growth, and from each
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POULTRY AND FRUIT
GO WELL TOGETHER
Hens Render Valuable Service in
Destroying Injurious Insects
In the Orchard.

n the hens have the run Of an or-
chard they will not render as good
service In protecting the trees from
injurious insects as they Will n con
fined In yards around the trees whil,
the orchard should be utilized. Il gives
much opportunity TO the fowls To worn
over n large surface. which may TO =
certain extent lessen their vigilance
around the trees.
The old maxim Is. Bring your
chickens TO your tree. keep them there
and they viii destroy more insects
than In any other way" The sugges
ton is good one II not innIc,lnt
extra expense for fencing. but II is
possible that some kind OF movable
fence should answer the purpose, a,
the fowls need not be confined except
early In the season.
The state herald., 1915-10-29

and wondered now II /. had not been
the humping of this cot slidi.s from
step TO step.
But no! the repeated stroka of a
hammer is unmistaknble. lie had
played the carpenter that night as
well as the mover. and with no visible
results. Mystery still reigned in the
house for all the charm and order she
had brought into II; a mystery which
deeply Interested her. and which she
yet hoped to solve. notwithstanding its
remoteness from the real problem OF
her existence.
The state herald., 1915-10-29

knife were plain enough for all to zee.
and that was all which seemed i'm.
portant."
Mr.. Black said nothing: he was feel.
Ing trin, compromising which
did not agree with his crusty nature.
Not having seen Mrs. Scoville for n
hnlf'hour without her veil. her iniiJ'
cnco over him was ON tho wane. and
he began to regret that he had laid
himself open 10 this humiliation.
She saw that II would be left for her
to wind up the interview and get ou,
Of tho place without arouaing too
much much attention. with self.
possession which astonished both men.
knowing her immense Interest In this
matter she laid down the stick. and
with n gentle nhrug OF her shoulders.
remarked In nm easy tone;
We'll, It's curiousl The lns and
outs OF a crime, ! mean. Such dis.
coycry ten years after the event u
think you said ten years. IN very In.
toresting." Then she sighed Alas
i,'a too late TO benefit the one whose
life It might have saved Mr. Black,
shall Va be golnsg I have spent n
most entertaining quarter OF an hour"
Mr. Blnck glanced from her TO the
scrnean, before he Joined her, Then.
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in an attitude of devouring interest
Thus for a long, slow minute; then
she impulsively raised her head and
beckoning the two men nearer, she
directed attention to splintered por-
tion Of the handle and asked them
what they saw there.
Nothing; just stick" declared the
sergeant. THE marks you are look
Ing for are higher up"
"And you. Mr.. Black?"
He saw nothing either but stick. But
he was little less abrupt in his answer.
DO you mean those roughnesses?
he asked. That's where the stick
was whitfield. You remember that he
had been whiting at the stick"
"Who?"
The word shot from her lips so vi.
olently that for a moment both men
looked staggered by it. Then Mr..
Black. with unaccustomed forbear-
ance. answered gently enough:
why, Scoville, madam; or so the
prosecution congratulated itself upon
having proved to the jury's satisfac.
ton. 1t did not tally with Scoville's s
story or with common sense / know.
You remember-pardon mel mean
that any one who read report of the
case. will remember how handled the
matter in my speech. But the pref
udice In favor of the prosecution
will not say against the defense-was
too much for me, and common sense
the defendants declarations. and my
eloquence all went for nothing"
"Of course they produced tn,
knife?"
Was 1t new knife. whole one.
meal. with all its blades sharp and
in good order?"
"Yes. ! can say that handled II
several times"
Then. whose blade left that?" And
again she pointed to the same place
on the stick where her finger had fall
en- before.
Il don't know what you mean" The
sergeant looked puzzled. Perhaps. his
eyesight was not very keen.
Have you magnifying glass
/ There is something embedded In this
wood. Try and find out what II is"
The sergeant, with queer look a,
Mr. Black. who returned II 18th inter
est, went for glass. and when he had
used It, the stare he gave the heavily
veiled woman drove Mr.. Black to
reach out his own hand for the glass
well" he uurst forth. after n nro
longed scrutiny. there is somethins
there"
The point Of knife blade. The
extreme point" she emphaaized. Il,
might easily escape the observation
even OF tn. most critical. without such
aid as is given by this glass
mo one thought OF using magni
flying, glass on this" blurted out the
sergeant The marks made by the
The state herald., 1915-10-29

do So Later, there must be change
So particular man as the Judge
would soon find himself too uncom-
Portable to endure the lack of those
attentions which he had been used to
in Belas day. He had not even asked
had found herself wondering, with a
strange shrinking of her heart, II his
bed was ever made, or whether he had
not been driven at times to lie down In
his clothes
She had some reason for these
doubtful conclusions. In her ram
blings through the house she had come
upon Bela's room. 1t was in lof,
over the kitchen and she had been
much amazed at its condition. In
some respects it looked as decent as
she could expect, but in the matter OF
bed and bed clothes 1t presented an
aspect somewhat startling, The
clothes we're there, tossed In heap
on the floor but there was 10 bed in
sight nor anything which could have
served as such.
1t had been dragged out. Evidences
OF this were everywhere on the mar
row, twisted staircase. A smile. hall
pitiful. half self-scornful, curved her
+, lips as she remembered the rattat-ta,
she had heard on that dismal night
when she clung listening to the fence
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arises several shoots SC" /. .. 3, etc.
season and which. at or near their
base, produced the fruit crop. These
shoots OF the growing season Just past
become the canes OF the coming sea.
son. II will be noted that each OF
these shoots possess number OF buds.
II all were left there would be too
many new shoots next season endeay.
oring to produce fruit, which would
result in the weakening OF the vine
and inferior fruit production. In add.
tlon, the vine would soon be only a
tangled mass similar to wild grape
vine.
Pruning Of this vine will consist In
reducing the wood so that 1t may be
kept within bounds and still produce
the maximum amount Of good fruit
without weakening the plant. II is ey-
ident that we must select four OF the
shoots to replace the four two.year.
old canes, Two things Should be kept
in mind In making this selection.
First, that the shoots selected should
be good. vigorous ones; second, that
they should arise as near the base OF
the canes as possible. as II is desirable
TO keep the producing wood close to
the trunk.
In pruning the vine illustrated in
Flg. ]. we will therefore select shoots
&C" 1. 9. Z. s. Shoot C." G. although
nearer the trunk than C" s. is dis
cardod because 81 Its weakness and
lack OF sufiicieni strong buds. We
will remove the canes and shoots 9th.
ar than those selected by making cuts
ut ID"
The next question which arises Is
how much Of shoots &C" /. o. Z. s should
be removed. This depends upon u
number Of factors. such nv age OF
plant, distance between plants. char.
The state herald., 1915-10-29
Not Too Lono.

Conversation among group OF Wis.
ltlng housewives had turned upon tho
boiling Of eggs and tho little daughter
Of the houne explained that she knew
how TO boil eggs, and always boiled
them lust cight minutes" Eight
minutes, ioarl" cried one OF her lla.
toners, IN Amusement Are you quite
sure YOU boil them no long7 should
think lha' would make tie rRgH very
hard" "oh, no, indeed. drs blank"
was tho chlldB confident annvsr,
'-ahl'r they're awfully loossi"
The state herald., 1915-10-29
CHAPTER vllI.
The Picture,

Night! aud Deborah scoyllle waiting
anxiourly for Reuther to sleep. that
she might brood undisturbed over .
new and disturbing event which for the
whole day had shaken her out OF her
wonted poise, and given. as II were.
. new phase to her life in this house.
10 RE CONTINUED
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Surest Of Bearers.

After all. the grapevine is one cf the
surest bearers, as IL fruits on new
wood entirely ana even II some of IN.
new vines are neglected. II puts oui
fresh wood which bears some fruit
The state herald., 1915-10-29
HEEuNG IN NURSERY STOCK FOR WINTER


to In
delays
busiest time When
should ho hcced
trcon laid oquey shown the cut Thy
fufnluh
planting trees may be- m
a Judd Flrmor,
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ken the Sheen Dry.

Sheep must not be allowed any ooid
rain wetungs. II will take on Tho
gain OF a weeks feeding.
The state herald., 1915-10-29
Keep Calves orowlnp.

Keep IN. calves busy putting n
on" II they are intended for baby beef
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-12

hrst .machine for digging cea1 were
pnt In use about 4 39N but now
nearly 20 900 are in use each haE-
ing an average production of nearly
a 900 stons annually. y
The nachines are Of two distinct
types, one saving and the other
choppIng the coal The saWtng ma
chimes attack the coal by bits. at
taehed to an endless chain, or to the
periphery az disc. so that the ac.
ton IS very similar to that of saw:
ing wood The choppIng machine
loosens the coal by bits attached 70
arms. which work reciprocally as IN
the action of drilling, except that the
drill is not confined to one hole, but
is freely changed at the Will of the
operator.
Mining by machinery produces 9
higher percentage of lumpcoa1 there
by insuring better price over the
old hand method It is economical
and humane because It relieves the
men in the mines from the hardest
form of drudgery. Last Year. over
half the coal In Pennsylvania an1
West Virginia. the two largest coal
producing states of the nation. was
mined by machinery. Ohio, Mdch1-
gan. Indiana and Kentucky are also
usig the machines in their most I'M
portant mines.
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that rainfall ,xould not run on Of e., T. +,
scarcely above sealsvel. covered MILD
| q Jingle growth, with scrub oaks on
| the sand hills q little further from
tine sluggish streams. Buffalo s3a-
You twisted through the marshes be-
meath the mpss-hung trees where
slept the poisonous mpccasin. NOT
even an aboriginee dwelt in 2 days
travel of its sultry solitudes.
| twas near this point that General
sam Houston fought the battle OF
san Jacinto which won Texas Its
Independence from Mexico, ana
made that unique stateman prest-
dent Of the new republic. the only
man who ever attained that honor!
It was therefore but natural that
the small .settlement planted here
should take his name.
But sam Houston never saw the
vision of the city of today that was
named IN his honor. 1t was not
given him to see, the marshes drained
and Converted into level meadows.
the meadows into solid blocks of res
idenees. within the gardens of which
bloomed the odorous magnolia and
the myriad Of ornamentals that are
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at home on the .border-ot the Tropics:
1T WAS not his to conceive the Va 50
machine shops, the elevators. the
factories of the future, Little II ~
he dream that a paternaI GaFarr7
ment would ever ,dreage Ruttalp;
Bayou until the ships tRf the deep
would make this inland wa ste "A tpREs
Of call
Houston typi1es the tron14lsF y
spirit Of the South. There have con-
cantTated those men of the Plains
who have waved weakly from
cattle that gEaze NnFest EnsnsS
ssbpvine artstocTacy, E hey are 81
There have come to .dTtsll the Ivy Ia
Der mil lippatres. the sptsn who Ina nave
brought in the guEhers n he COAST
oil belt, those whose inSttn IT'S y ave
won them titles as Gotton ktlsss
Rich unto .adluence 1s QHstnn
maker Of mi11ionaires- as is II TT btlr
But these men of wealth and their
families are the native stock, born:
TO the sand flats. and the ptney;
woods, descendants Of ViEgtnians
and Carolinfans of colonial times.
whose sons have worried Ntsaaiiy
west
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.believe hist it is better to spends dtty
millions for improvements to tn-
sfgnlffcanf creeks and bay0us in the
southern states than to spend the
same sum for forti ions and ter
6r1ns and soldiers TO man them re
regards the present pressure ter
adaouate military pEepAredneSs a.
1snawspapar clamors's and he sternly
refuses to be swayed by It.
In this. Mr. Hay is more coHststent
than IS the president. who has bessn
clearly moved by newspaper clam
or. and who Is making a virtue OF
necessity by trying TO plan for new
military policy At heart. we hays
no doubt. the president thinks exact
IJy as ME- Hay does During the last
session Of Congress the president
stood with Mr.. Hay in opposition g
.n1ilitary.sm. = The president has
seen a new light. An election is com
ing and he IS trying to shape his
course accordingly. Mr.. Hay does not
have to consider any questions q
this sort a Virginia Democrat. ne
is sure OF reelection and he refuses
to play the presidents game. Ana
the entire episode is illuminating
proof of the lack of team work in me
Democratic party and OF the tus1-
fty Of looking to that party for con-
structiye patriotism In Legislation:
Happily, the return Of progressive
Repubi.canfsm to power is not far
distant. we hope e may not come
too late for dealing properly with
this question of national defense
wherein the president plainly plays a
game Of polit' cal expediency wnile
Mr.. Hay. of Virginia, maintains the
ancient Democratic doctrine OF IL
noring the nations needs
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en- TRY BOOKS
For Central West pis;gtpta Fair TO Re
main Open from August 20 70 e.

James N. Hess, secretary Of the
West Virginia Fair Association, an
nounces that the entry books Tor the
annual Central West Virginia Fair 70
be held August 81, September 4. ,
and 3 on the beautiful new fair
grounds here, will be opened Monday,
August 90. at his Office m room T05
in the Cor building, Clarksburg, and
win remain open until p. M. Friday
August 27, at the same place. ExhiD-
itors are urgently requested to make
their entries early.
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The Republican argument against
free trade is we'll given by Represent
atiye Humphrey, of Washington z,
who said: Under free trade you
stop production You stop the DE-
n1and You throw men out OF en-
pioyment and stop the payment %. oi
diIstrial system Of the country, ana
under q Democratic admin .stration
you can neither buy at nome nor
abroad. Cheap goods are Of no value
to the idle without money.
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FR a " E Z ET TIE
ny NIksah.
s . = IS. . 9.
rorSn0I
HOUSTON.

Al Chicago OF the new south IS
Houston. Texas. 1t is situated at
the mouth of tunnel Of trade that
drains a vast area and makes it
part Of the commerce of the world
Railroads stretch forth their tenta-
Ic1es into the richest OF cotton belts,
into the great corn area. into the
wheat lands as far north as Nebras-
Eka. into those fields from which
gushes much of the oil of the Wor1o:
These are shuttled into Houston and
are causing lit to;develop into one OF
the busy marts Of the nation.
A hundred years ago it Wonld not
have been possible for the most ian
tastic Imagination to conceive Q scaty
where Houston now stands. 1t is ia
the midst of the waste lands of the
Gulf coast. Here was q marshy low!
land almost impenetrahle. 80 nat
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Harold Wiblits had a great idea
..I'll hypnotic the widow and .tnen
propose!" he thought. " 1t won't take
any nerve then. can hypnotize peo-
pie. used to when was boy. &.
So that evening he said to her as
he sat on his end of the sofa and she
sat demurely in the middle. Mrs.
Weevils, just for fun. you know-tee
hee-won't yon let me try to hypne-
TIE you?"
ooh. do.'' she agreed Tor she was
one of that kind.
you are completely = ny power,
sleep, sleep, sleep!" chantel Harold
solemnly, and he passed his hands
foolishly in front of her face And 10.
the fair girls eye sclosed ana her
.Kess me, command YOU" said
Harold. And obediently she kissed
him. Then with a start, half way