Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)
February 14, 1908

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V£j,V tad Symptoms. The woman who has periodical head fcohes, backache, sees imaginary dark fpota or specks floating or dancing before bar eyea, liayenawlng distress or heavy full feeling in Itomach, faint 9peUs, drag flng-down^feling in lower abdominal or pelvic region, easily startled or excited, trriguirfror painful periods, with or with out (BlTtc catarrh, is suffering from WdtkiMKVs ancUOerangements that should have eDly attention. Not all of above "TTF'TTifa ane likely to be present in any 5'^ I or badly treated and such MMsyftften run Into maladies which de Banc tin surgeon's knife if they do not MsiVmUlly. efne fytftpt h»« iieh a. long r«i»ord of rnrps in sucii medical science for the cure of woman's peculiar ailments enter into its composition. No alcohol, harmful, or habit-forming drug is t» be found in the list of its ingredients printed on each bottle-wrapper and attested under oath. In any condition of the female system, Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription can do only good—never harm. Its whole effect is to strengthen, invigorate and regulate the whole female system and especially the pelvic organs. When these are de ranged in function or affected by disease, the stomach and other organs of digestion bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too much must not be expected of this "Fa vorite Prescription." It will not perform miracles will not cure tumors—no med icine will. It will often prevent them, if taken in time, and thus the operating table and the surgeon's knife may be avoided. Women suffering from diseases (if long standing, are invited to consult Doctor Pierce by letter,.free. All correspondence is held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser (1000 pages) is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps for paper-covered, or 31 stamps doth-boand copy. Address as above. TO THE FARMER AND We have just filled our warehouse with three cars of American Fencing (AH Sizes) Heavy and Light Poultry Fence We have more coming and need room to store the supply. The early spring is fence building time, and we will be pleased to enter your or der now for present de livery, or spring pur chases. Price guaranteed, and quality, weight, strength, ease of building, the AMERICAN is perfect. Ask your neighbor for his opinion of American Fencing ABBOTT 4 SON vwfir: Sole Agents 1860 It not onr purpose to do any "boquet tnrowlng." but one thing we pride our­ selves on and that is, It is an easy mat­ ter for us to do high class work, owing to our modern facilities. The Meeker Laundry. The soft water laundry. J. H. JOHNSTON, ATmotor Wind Mills, Pumpa, Tanks, Tripod Steel Towers. He Can Fix your Pump or Wind Mill New Phone 616. 603 E. Church MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. Published Daily By The TI MES-REPUBLICAN PRINTING CO. TERMS: One year by mail $5.00 By the month by mall 45 Delivered by carrier by the month. .50 Hural route edition per year 4.00 Entered at the postoffiee at Marshall town as second class mail matter. EASTERN OFFICE It. J. Shannon, Manager, Brunswick building, New York, N. Y. A VOLUNTEERED RESOLUTION. As an evidence of the interest being' taken in tlie question of insurance for bank deposits, attention should be called lo a resolution which was pre sented by a delegate from I.eCrand to the resolutions committee of yester day's convention of republicans in Mar shall county. This republican wanted iiis convention to resolve in favor of a fssr&tf? with the government one per cent of their deposits, and receive in return a three per cent bond which should be held in a fund from which to insure bank deposits. The scheme was original and pos sibly not sufficiently defined as an issue to properly come before a polit ical convention, but its Introduction gave evidence that the subject was alive among the people. Insurance of bank deposits must come. It is in the line of repairing a weakness in the present banking law. It is wholly in harmony with the purpose and the other safeguards of present banking laws. It will be opposed, as all legislav tion is opposed, because many men are ol' many minds, but when it has been thoroughly discussed, it will become so popular as to ride into congress on the ambition of some member seeking re-election. BE GOOD NATURED. That nice girl that collects the tele phone bills was in after the monthly payment. "Oh, dear," said she, "I just hate to go after the next one. He's such a grouch. Never says good morn ing and always kicks on the poor ser vice. Always threatens to put in the other 'phone, just as tho it made any difference to me. And 1 never go out of his office without being mad all over." And there's a whole sermon in the above, only this young lady didn't make ilie application. It's this: Be good natured whether you are or not. Whether you feel good natured or not. be so—outwardly. Supposing you have got the grippe, the world does not want to hear of your aches and pains. Supposing your business is bad and you are losing money, the world will help you lose still more if you're a "grouch." And if vou don't believe it, try it and become convinced. Strange to relate, if yoti pretend to be good natured and keep up the pre tense half of a day, the other half of the du.y you will be good natured. ".Laugh and the world laughs with you," is no idle epigram. And all this good advice is for your business office. Try the same1experiment at home and another surprise awaits you. Only at home you'll have to keep it up longer to tool, your wffe and children. THE ALLISON CONFERENCE. There was an Allison conference in Des Moines. It is said that nearly 100 attended which was encouraging in view of the postponed meetings of an Allison club at Clinton for lack of a quorum. If the conference had been held in Burlington an even greater at tendance would have been assured. Speeches were made too, .by prominent men. They were eloquent. Lafe was there carrying, around that star which he hopes to slap down on tho spot where Allison shall fall in the I'nited States senate. Lafe regrets that J. Q. Adams left such a star on the floor of the capitol building and Iowa has been denied the distinction. He re peated that he wanted to see the Al lison funeral held in the senate cham ber. Could anything be more "creepy," more crue^ or ghoulish in politics? Mr. Perkins was far more delicate, and even more honest, in his admission that he was for Allison because he wanted to see Cummins compelled to stay out of the senate. "Moreover," he said, "I am in favor of the man who at one time said that he would not be a candidate against Senator Allison be- Stokers Way Down in the boiler-room of the steam ship shovel in the coal night and day that gives her power to make a record. The best coal gives the best power. That is why Scott's Emulsion produces flesh when other things fail. It contains more power. It is truly a body fuel. Many a man, woman and child have broken their records for weight by the pounds of flesh gained from SCOTT'S EMULSION. It is a powerful flesh-producer. All Druf silts 50c. ud $1.00. ing compelled to keep his word." Mr. l,acey, of course, had much more discretion and based his support on til love and reverence which lie bore to ward Senator Allison. Mr. I.aeey was thoroughly consistent and justitled in his support of the venerable man, be cause Mr. l.aeey's long service in con gress had given him the Washington viewpoint that the office belongs to the incumbent rather than to the public which is to be served. No sick-room bulletins were issued and nothing said about the respect and reverence which a grateful people could show toward their venerable statesman in honorable retirement without driving him up the hill of arduous labor when at the ag" of SO years disease had begun to at­ tack his system. The need of ihe times for senators of vigor anil strength to measure swords with able attorneys representing special interests in the I'nited States senate were not men tioned. It was planned to appoint com­ mittees of organization by districts, they to organize by counties and pre cincts. The question of a younger man. now being portentiously dis cussed in I,ate Young's paper, was suppressed for a future conference. Topics of the Times Shaw has now confessed whose sup port he was bidding for. lie is out with a speech recommending J. 1'- Mor gan for president. "If Senator Allison wins In the pri maries, is there a Cummins man who can be counted to vote for a member of the legislature who will carry out the order of the primary?"—Cedar llapids Republican. The ^editor of the Times-Republican is one. Now, should Cummins win at the primaries, is there an Allison man in Cedar Rapids who would vote for a member of the legislature who will carry out the order of the primary? Since its establishment the depart ment of agriculture has cost Uncle Sam more than $200,000,000. 1L has given employment at different times to 57,500 separate and distin-ct experts, professors and muckrakers, and has issued 17,675 publications, varying in size from elegant three-volume, half levant, hand-tooled treatises on the boll weevil to puny six-page pamphlets on sheep ticks, barbed wire and horse radish. '•Mamma, may I get on the donkey's back "No, dear. But If you are good papa will take you on his back. That will be just the same."—Rire (Paris). Lafe Young said at the Allison con ference that no one had made a re publican speech in Iowa since 1S96. Has I-afe forgotten the one he made in the Cedar Rapids convention in 1901 nominating Cummins? Perkins said at the Allison confer ence that he was in favor of compell ing the man who once said he would not be a candidate against Allison to keep his word, and that is the real mo tive prompting the Allison support. "Did you ever try drowning your sor row?" "Nope she's stronger than I am, and besides, it would be murder."—Hous ton Post. If President Roosevelt would have his messages read by the people, he should profit by the brevity of the last one. More people read it, ten to one, than ever read any other state paper of a president. "Senator Trewin's appearance as a candidate for congress is everywhere recognized as a candidacy that will grow in strength from the beginning. Senator Trewin is everywhere recog nized as one of the truly strong men of the state. He has to his credit a rec ord of real achievement—things done." —Cedar Rapids Republican. That's what Judge Hubbard used to say. It's all true, too. a And now Mr. Ridgely steps out of the controller's office at Washington, being slated for a tine bank position. AYliy don't the government charge a tuition for its training school? 'Tis a pity political conventions can't be held on St. Valentine's day and partake of the universal sentiment of love. F«w of us householders can blame the city of Dubuque for refusing to pay that $40,000 coal bill. IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES. "Every editor who rightfully values his calling and appreciates its obliga tions, who aspires to make his paper influential in molding opinion, who senses his peculiar relations to his cli entele of readers, comes to know that the price of it all is abstention from office seeking and holding," is the phil osophy of the Sioux City Tribune. The Manson Journal' says that "Senator .Gear was forced to make the campaign for senator simply because he was the only man in Iowa who could defeat Cummins. Gear was placed in nomination and died a few months after. The same tactics are again in force. Senator Allison is now being forced into the race by the men who wish to defeat -Cummins. Allison, old and ill, is made the tool of the same faction that fotved Gear to his death. It is a crime to compel -Senator Alli son to make this race." The Brooklyn Chronicle declares that "should Shaw be nominated for presi dent of the United States, Iowa would go democratic." As to Cousins, the Nevada Repre sentative says: "He assigns private interests as the reason but it has been *1. I' -V, 6 well known to the state that his dis trict lias been .seething with opposition lo him, and this opposition will be universally accepted as the true ex planation of his retirement. Mr. Cous ins will go out of congress with the reputation of not having made ade quate use of the talents with which lu: is endowed nor of the opportunities with which the people have favored him." The Waterlo Times-Tribune warns that "They may talk about gi-tting IVte McpburuV seat in the house, but they do not in- -d to look for anything like the Minis,til, 'ousins affairs to lake place. IVte doesn't see the ne cessity of 'doing something for him self' just yet." Tile Webster City Freeman-Tribune has no difficulty seeing that "Tile pro gressive republicans of the Fifth dis trict seetu disposed to unite upon Mr. Good of Cedar Rapids as the successor of lion. K. C. Cousins In congress. Mr. (iood was the (irst man ill the tield. In fact lie was the only man who had the courage to oppose Cousins as a candidate, and his friends now insist that he Is entitled to full credit for getting Cousins off the track." The -Carroll Herald believes that "Iowa should follow Illinois in putting Its supreme Judges in robes when sitting in court. In our democratic' tendencies we have lost some of the respect we should huve for the courts: we are too familiar with the highest judicial bodies in our form of gov ernment. This would not be true if the judges had a life tenure in office. Rut we need to have more respect for the judiciary and more for judiciary conclusion. The Illinois idea is worthy of eonsideration." The Foolish Wife. (Philadelphia Record) Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, at the National Civic federation's banquet, spoke strhnglv against the proposed reduction of wages thruout the coun try. "To reduce wages.'' said Mr. Gomp ers, "will not relieve the .situation, but make it worse, for a reduction of wages means a reduction of the consuming power." Mr. Oomperr paused and smiled. "They who propose relief thru wage reduction remind me of the wife of a young blacksmith of Washington," he said. 'Did you sew that button on my coat?' this blacksmith asked his wife one morning. "'No, dear,' the wife answered. 'T couldn't find the button, but I sewed up the button hole, so it's all right.'" Iowa Newspapers POINTED WHEN REVERSED. (Webster City Freeman-Tribune The nominee of the Chicago con vention must bear a certain tag or he must expect to bite the dust. Such is the spirit of the hour. It remains to be seen how much longer the rank and file ol' Iowa republicanism will yield to the rule or ruin doctrine which is now so rampant. It is high time that some careful reflecting were be ing done.—Des Moines Capital. This is respectfully referred to "Un cle George," Colonel Lafe and Bolting Dave, and other Iowa republicans who aided in the contest to elect Porter. They gave us a vivid illustration of the rule or ruin policy in 1906. But thanks to the loyal republicans of the state, they were unable to accomplish their purposes—they could neither rule nor ruin, tho they uried to do both. ARGUMENT FOR THE OTHER SIDE (Sioux City Journal)' The Marshalltown Times-Republican knows no more of square dealing in politics than a hog of pigeon wings on Ice. It has felt compelled to notice the Allison organization at Dubuipic. It says of the reputable men present: "It would seem from their presence that the blind of the Allison candidacy is to be kept up for some weeks long er at least, until it can be definitely decided who is the strongest man to substitute in his place against Cum mins." This invention may be a bor rowing from headquarters in Des Moines. It is intended 'to spread im pression that Allison is not a candi date in good faith—that there is a nigger in the woodpile, and that curi osity should keep its eye peeled for the appearance of the colored gentleman. Allison will not withdraw. There will be no candidacy among his friends against him while he lives. It would be as easy to say Cummins' health Is not what it might be that Prouty is an understudy, and that Prouty has a promise of the mantle. T.he men who are interesting themselves In Allison's campaign—conscious that a campaign in republican Iowa in Allison's behalf ought not to be necessary—are not hypocrites. They are in the open their stand' is for the republican party —for Roosevelt, if you please, and for Taft in all sincerity. They believe in the republican party they believe in the honor of the record In association with the party the senior senator has made. They take faith from 'the con fidence he has established in his in tegrity and wisdom wherever he is known, and most of all where longest ho has served. The motion of the country Is to keep Allison and the true blue republicans of his home state second the motion ou't of the warmth of their hearts. The Marshalltown Times-Republican in its own way tes tifies to his greatness and the love of a nation for this molder of party policy and leader in statecraft. Tt does this by indicating that with Allison out of it the task in which It is en gaged would be easier. What it says with cliuckl" and insinuation it says out of concealed opinion from the breeding place of "rumor." "Why not make a campaign in the open? Why not stand up for the spoils system and the crucifixion of all men daring to appear in public without the tag? Why not undertake the task of concrete illustration of superior virtue, con sistency of record, merit of service— trust in the people? Let the wedge that has gloried itself In the strength by which the party has been split stand forth in its own shape, without mask and free of the folds of loose garment for the hiding of appearances suitable to the moment. Let it be man against man. record against rec ord, the republican party against the Cummins party. Allison needs no hogv man. Is a bogy indispensable to the machine? 1/ iWM'* j''i5.• v- Timcs-lktmlilinnx, l.lfarslialltount fcroKt Fsbntaxt) 14 ld03 nnUGH A FfW STUUTi OH T/GMT w'IRE ALC0V£ ^jf ri "v LlVtfC ffpOM 0M3-0 RtcePTtOtt j. fY-y»J5? UP AND OOWN THf VAUJ LINE SO fiANy *'«A 1$ s' S' FRONT ELEVATION. ErtTKT PORCH KITCHEN U-IXH-O 1 RIDERS FOR CHINA. mm The dowagur eirpress of China has ordered the imperial cavalry to take up horsemanship such President Roosevelt advocates.—News Item. ideal Colonial Cottage. Handsome Home Which Has Fully Satisfied Owner—Cost $5,500. Copyritfht. 1908. by Glenn L. Saxton, Minneapolis. Minn. CHAMBER 12 Cil 0" DtNMG ROOM HALL VESTIBULE Makes the Biscuit and Cake lighter, finer flavored, more nutritious ami wholesome Made from pure Grape Cream of Tartar No alum—No lime phosphate «-1 if "4 A WASH/ 0NA HOfttCy BACK CH*neCR K-0X8-V umflooN HALL CHAMBER CHAMBER. Jl-OXit-O •7-0 Xli-0 FIIiST FLOOR PL AX. SECOND FLOOR PLAN. This ideal colouial house was built in 1004 for Mr. Holeorab of Minne npolis. It cost $3,100, exclusive of healing and phuubiug. but to duplicate it under present conditions would possibly cost #3,500. Its notable features are the long piazza, the wide reception hall and the immense living room, with an alcove back of it. The arrangement of Ihe dining room, pantry and kitchen is also to be noted. Mr. Holcomb informs the architect that he would not change the design in any way, shape or manner. Having lived in this house four years, he is perfectly satisfied -with it. GLENN L. SAXTON. 'J 1 Its Retrenchment Figured Out.^ (New York Post.) It is a fact that even the most triv ial form of saving becomes a large tin uneial operation when generally prac ticed. How much can the American nation save by wearing its old clothes this year'.' The report of the census of manufactures for 1905 shows that the factory product of men's clothing for the year was valued at $355,id6,571. One-third of this, or considerably less than one-third on the basis of retail prices, would more than equal the en tire balance of trade in this country's favor for the month of December. There were $36,62S,3£3 worth of felt hats sold in 1905. By wearing their felt hats 50 per cent longer than they have been accustomed to doing, plain Americans can in a year effect a sav ing greater than the estimate of Mr. Rockefeller's total benefaction during :0G,the record year for philanthropy. Vet it is not always with clothes that people first adopt a policy of retrench ment. Let them, for example, cut down by only one-third for only one half a year the amount they spend on fresh beef, leaving all the other items of the butcher's bill unaltered. That six montns' saving would be greater than the sum paid last October over the counters of the company which endured the longest run in the history of banking institutions. Contract by the same proportion the consumption of all kinds of meat—-and many well qualified persons think this would bo abundantly worth while, on hygienic grounds c.lone—and a sum equal to the entire government surplus of Nov. 1, 1907, would be saved in less than ten months. As to the commodities which are classed as real luxuries, the facts are equally striking. Curious Result. The Rev. Dr. Fourthly—"Your pro tracted meeting was a great success, was it not?" Pastor Goodman—"Yes. and no. It resulted In a large number of acces sions to the church, but so many of our singers became interested that it broke up the choir." Heart Strength Heart Strength, or Heart Weakness, means Nerv» Strength, or Nerve Weakness—nothinc more. Pos itively. not one weak heart in a hundred It, In it self. actually diseased. It is almost alwartf a hidden tiny little nerve that really is all at fault. This obscure nerve—the Cardiac, or Heart Nerve —simply faeods, and most have, more power, more stability, more controlling, more governing strength. Without that the Heart must continue to fail, and the stomach and kidneys also have these same controlling nerves. This cleat ly explains why. as a medicine. Dr. Shoop's Restorative has in the past done so mnch for weak and ailing Hearts. Dr. Shoop first sought the cause ol all this painful, palpitating, suffocat ing heart distress. Dr. 8hoop's Restorative—this popular prescription—is alone directed to these weak and wasting nerve centers. It builds iCstrengthens it oners real, genuine heart help. If you wauld have strong Hearts, strong di gestion, strengthen these 'nerves re-establish them as needed, with Dr. Shoop's Restorative McBRIDE &WILL DRUG CO. a healthy man with a bad heart and a poor bliood circulation? Did you ever see a satisfactory heat ing plant without a good boiler in stalled to a proper system of piping? Did you ever hear a heating plant pound? That's heart disease, and your boiler an3 piping must be made right or the ccal will flow Into your boiler as the dollars flow out of your pocket Consult P. W. Hecker, the plumber, steam an3 gas fitter, at 28 South First street, Coulton old stand. E I wsea oy Millions. iW "r Calumet Baking Powder Compile* Food Law with the Paw I of mrrBtiU.( would I were a Lincoln, And could speak such words sublime As "You cant fool all the peo-1 pie all the time." No argument is necessary to con vince you that people won't stand for being humbugged, and justly so. It never does any store or individual any good to take an unfair advan tage. We advocate and always follow the "Golden Rule" and await your contin ued patronage. You can depend on securing here at all times, the best there is to,be had. We call your particular, attention to our Imperial cigars at 5 cents. COOK'S CIGAR STORE Barber Shop, Billiards and Pool, Bowling TREM0NT BLOCK 22 WEST MAIN The Best Move You Can Make When you want to keep your home comfortable is to order some good clean coal as 1 LocKman Lump Empire Lump Hocking Valley West Va. Splint You will find at Brown Fuel and Lime Company BOTH Phones 140 lyrist ft RUBBERS For Rubber Weather E. G. WALLACE "The Shoeist" 9 W est Main Street Marshalltown, Iowa Gillette Transfer| Co. STORAGE FOR HOUSEHOLD GOODS, MERCHANT DISE, ETC., PIANOS AND SAFES MOVED "1 NO. 116 WEST MAIN STREET, MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA. 'Pi if *#3 T-fJS6 ICQ SK3 r\ A A OFFICE Walto So. 3d Ave :li| si 1 Indiana HocKing Acorn Chunks Benton Lump 'C-!1rs r-V Pi #*i! ~TC 11 Wi /i

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•6 S V. A tLS 1 tUKt KOlTUHiS IN ONE TREATitfENT %r Sei.Vi #4 ••-it, t* itS'v* ft'1 II rtj 4 wt ST* t: f-fe i'b tr £.v it =1 WML NO KNIFE, NO TRUSS, NO PAIN. My De Pew Method Cures Rupture Forever in a Single Treatment and Without Detention from Business. Ton undergo no dangerous surgical operation you wear no truss or ap pliance of any kind you suffer no pain you are not kept away from your busi ness, and your rupture Is cured forever, and held as firmly as tho you never had a rupture in your life. READ WHAT OTHERS SAY. Webster City, la., Dec. 18, '07. Dr. H. H. De Pew, Des Moines, la. Dear 'Doctor: I have just received your letter asking how I was getting along. I will say I am sound and well. Never felt better in my life. Have done some very hard lifting 'and am still sound. Would not carry tho rupture again for $1,000. All praise to your method. You are at liberty to use my name where and when It may benefit you. Yours with kindest re gards. C. \V. COLEMAN. R. F. D. 3, Box 71. Mr. Coleman is a widely known stockman, being a large dealer in Red Polled cattle and Duroc-Jersey swine. Mr. Coleman was cured of a bad rup ture May 30, 1907. I also *efer you to the following as some of cured patients: Mr.. A J^ifcihittick, age 72, Stuart, la. Treated" Oct. 10 th. Mr. Martin Dunn, age 57, Waukee, la. Mr. Robt. Hitt Cook, Jamaica, la. W. A. Seeley M. D., aged 60, Spirit Lake, la. Mr. R. E. Austin age 81, Tama, la. Remember I do not ask you to be lieve this until you see for yourself. DO NOT PAY ME ONE DOLLAR UNTIL YOU ARE CURED. Come and see me now, no matter what shape you are in. If .you cannot come yourself just cut out the slip below and send it to me with your name and address, for my free book. DR. H. H. DE PEW, Suite 531, Utica Bldg., Des Moines, la. Office hours, 9 to 5. Sundays, 9 to 12. FREE RUPTURE BOOK COUPON Dr. H. H. De Pew, 528-531 Utica Bldg., Des Moines, la. Please send me at once your Rup ture Cure Book absolutely free, with absolute proofs of cures by your De Pew Method., Name T.-R. 2-14 Town.. Few Escape Coughs during the winter months. They cannot be avoided, but can be promptly cured if taken at the start. It's tho neglected cough (that does tho damage—the cough that is al lowed to take its own course A cough is pretty sure to go from bad to' worse unless checked, and checked prop erly at that. A silenced cough is not always a cured cough. Mayer's White Pine Cough Syrup silences a cough as it should be silenced—by loosening' it and removing the inflamma tion that causes it. A safe and remarkably effective cough remedy for children of any age or for adults. Guar anteed. Two Siizes, |_ 25c and 50c. Prepared by PETER MAYER, PHARMACIST 19 West Main Street MARSHALLTOWN.IOWA. CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN r, Maplc [f// Lr»r H«UT* Railway WINTER TOURIST RATES TO THE SOUTH, SOUTH EAST: AND SOUTHWEST DAILY Homeseekers' Tickets to the Weft, Southwest, and other territory on sale lit and 3rd Tuesdays Two Cents per mile be tween all stations on the Chicago Great Western Railway. For information and Ttcktts, apply to the GREAT WESTERN AGENT ijsrv ,3* s*2, 4 Oddity in the News Baby Saves Her Mother. Marion, O. Her hand caught be neath a window, the automatic catches of which fastened when it fell, Airs. Scott Ua.st was held a prisoner for hours in her home. Breaking a window pane she screamed for aid, but her voice was lost in the howling wind. When about to faint from exhaustion she kissed her 16-months-oUl daughter and sent her thru the storm to the nearest neighbor's house, where the baby lisped "Mamma." An investigation and release fol lowed. Thirteen Popular Number. Kalamazoo, Mich. Kalamazoo's "Thirteen" club, composed of loading society people, fulfilled its purpose when its last unmarried members, Ar thur Walton and Rena Moore, conceded to be the city's most beautiful woman, were married. Thirteen couples, originally made up the organization. The club always fur nished some diversion on the 13tli o£ each month, and in less than thirteen months all the members married. N'o divorces have been started. Members of the younger social set, encouraged by the matrimonial suoeeso of the organization, will immediately form another "thirteen" society, and many bachelors will be induced io join, it is said. Starves in Midst of Plenty. Jeffersonville, Ind. Lying in a cold room alone, with scarcely enough bed ding to cover his emaciated form, and not a bite of food in the house, Jerome Hayden, a veteran of the civil war, was found yesterday by Captain M. E. Clegg of the police department. And yet amid all this grim want and misery there lay in a trunk in his room a gov ernment voucher for $30. which had been received by him a-s a pension, hul which he refused to have cashed be cause, as he says, he does not think he is fairly entitled to a pension. A local pension agent says that there is about $400 due Hayden from the pens-ion department, but the old man insists that the only reason he has not drawn it was because he felt that it would have been wrong for him to ac cept it. Hayden served seven months in the Fourteenth Indiana regiment during the civil war. and his case will be tak en up with the pension bureau. For years Hayden and his aged mother lived together in the little shack where he was found, but she passed away eight or ten years ago and since that time he has lived alone. Steals Live Rattlesnake. Los Angeles, Cal. An unknown sneak thief got the surprise of his life hefe- recently, and the serious part of the incident is that he may have en dangered the lives of others. Two mining men came in from the desert the other afternoon bearing a large suit case. They watched it so carefully that attention was attracted to it and to the men. The thtef evi dently followed them, for when they entered a down town saloon the suit case was stolen almost from under their eyes. When they discovered the loss they gave the alarm, not because of any thing valuable that had' been stolen, but because of the danger to the thief and to others. They* reported to the po lice that the suit case contained, not gold dust, but a big live rattlesnake, which they had brought here in the hope of being able to sell it to some curio dealer. The thief and the snake have not been found. Pate Suddenly Contradicts Jest. Phoenixville, Pa.—A few seconds af ter she had laughed at the fears for her health expressed by her friends, Mrs. Emma Enbody of this place was sud denly, seized with heart failure, and died while being conveyed to a physi cian's office. Mrs. Enbody had left the home of friends here to go to the home of Mor gan Shoffner, a farmer in East Pike land township, where she was to be employed as housekeeper. Before starting on the journey she went to the office of Dr. G. B. R. Dm stead, and was given some medicine. While driving along the road to the Shoffner farm she laughingly said to Shoffner: "I will probably live longer than you," and the next instant she fell over in the carriage unconscious, and died before her companion could return to the office of the physician. Grip Germs From Mars. Waterloo, Iowa. Interpolated in his predictions for February, John C. Busby, a weather prophet of Indepen dence, advances a theory to explain the presence of the grip germ. The native habitat of the germ, he says, is the planet Mars, which is now very near to the earth, and the germs have leaped thru the intervening space. He be lieves that Mars is inhabited by hu man beings like ourselves, who, he would infer, have suffered recurrent attacks of the prevailing malady for years. Mr. Busby draws a gloomy picture for February, but one which will cheer the iceman's heart. He says the posi tion of the planets augurs much cold and stormy weather. Mr. Busby is the man to whom was imputed the movement last summer to form a weather prophets' organization to regulate the price of sunny days. Cuts Off Wife in Will. Goshen, Ind.—James M. Rohrer, a prominent Elkhart county man, in his will cut off his wife and his three sons, ^ind gave his entire estate to his four daughters. Rohrer had a rich inheritance pend ing from the big estate of his, father. In his will he gave his wife $5 with the explanation that for three and one half years she had neglected him, and for fifteen years she did not treat him as a wife should. Each of the three sons was given $2. Rohrer's wife had a divorce suit pending at the time of his death. Weds Wife's Girl Friend. Pontiac, Mich. John Arthur, K4 years old, well to do farmer of Farm ington, was left a widower, his wife's dying request being that he send to England for Margaret Marsh, one of her girlhood friends, and induce her to accept a position as housekeeper on the Arthur farm. The dying wish was carried out and last week Miss Marsh accepted a life contract as housekeeper by becoming the wife of Arthur. She is 28 years old. iit* The Fighting Chance. CHAPTER TEN Copyright, 160ft, by the Curtis Publishing Company. Copyright, 1000, by liobert \V. Cnainbcrs. If Plank had spoken the truth—and there was no reason to doubt it—Flank hnd quietly acquired' a controlling in terest in Amalgamated Electric. That meaut treachery in somebody. Who? Probably Siward, perhaps Belwethor. He wovlld not look nt the latter just yet not for a minute or two. There was time enough to see through that withered, pink and white old fraud. But why had Plank done this? And why 4lid Plank suspect him of any de sire to wreck his own property? He did suspect hina, that was certain. After a silence he spoke quietly and without emotion: "Everybody concerned will be glnil to see Amalgamated Electric declaring dividends. This is a shock to us." he glanced impassively at the shrunken major, "but a pleasant shock. I think it well to arrange a meeting as soon as possible." "Tomorrow," said Plank, with a manner of closing discussion. And in his brusque ending cf the matter Quarrler detected the ringing under tone of an authority he never had and never would endure. If Plank suspect ed liini. he must also suspect him of complicity in the Intercounty grab. He must suspect him of the ruthless crushiug power that corrupts or anni hilates opposition, making a mockery of legislation, a Jest of the courts and an epigram of a people's indignation. As Quarrier sat there meditating, his long white fingers caressing his soft, pointed beard, Sylvia came in, greeting the men collectively with a nod and offering her hand to Plank. "Dinuer is announced," she said. "Please go in farm fashion. Wait!'' as Plank, following the major and Quarrier, stood aside for her to pass. "No. you go ahead, Howard, and you," to the major. Left for a moment in the room with Plank, she stood listening to the others descending the stairs, then: "Have you seen Mr. Siward?" "Yes," said Plank. I "Oh! Is he well?" "Not very." "Is he well enough to reafl a letter and to answer one?" "Oh, yes he's well enough in that way." "I supposed so. That is why I said to you, over the wire, not to trouble him with my request." "You mean that I am not to say anything abont your offer to buy the hunter?" "No. If I make up my mind that I want the horse I'll write him—per haps." Lingering still, she let one hand fall on the banisters, turning back toward Plank, who was following. "I understood you to mean that— that Mr. Siward's financial affairs were anything but satisfactory ?"—the sweet, trailing, upward inflection making It a question. "When did I say that?" demanded Plank. "Once—a month ago." "I didn't," said Plank bluntly. "Oh. I had inferred it, then, from something you said or something you were silent about. Is that it?" "I don't know." "Am I quite wrong-t hen she asked, looking him in\ 1 he eyes. And Plank, who never lied, found no answer. Considering him for a mo ment in silence, she turned again and descended the stairs. The dinner was one of those thor oughly well choseu dinners of few courses and faultless service suitable for card players, who neither care to stuff themselves as a preliminary to a battle royal nor to dawdle through courses, eliminating for themselves what is not good for them. The men drank a light, sound, aromatic Irish of the major's the women—except Ma rion who took what the men took— used claret sparingly. Coffee was served where they sat the men smok ing, Agatha and Marion producing their own cigarettes. "Good people, if you are ready we will go through the ceremony of cut ting for partners unless otherwise you decide. How say you?" said Syl via. "I don't care to enter the scramble for a man," cried Grace. "If it's to choose, I'd as soon choose Marion." Plank looked at Leila, who laughed. "All right choose, then," said Syl via. "Howard, you're dying, of course, to play with me, but you're looking very guiltily at Agatha." The major asked Iella at once, sc Plank fell to Sylvia, pitted against Ma rion and Grace I'errall. A few moments later the quiet of the library was broken by the butler entering with decanters and ice and glasses that tinkled frostily. Play began at table No. 1 on a pass ed make of no trumps by Sylvia, and at the other table on a doubled and re doubled heart make, which sent a delicate flush into Agatha's face and drove the last vestige of lingering thoughtfulness from Quarrier*s, leav ing it a tense, pallid and expressionless mask, out ot which looked the velvet fringed eyes of a woman. Of ail the faces there at the two ta bles Sylvia's alone had not changed, neither assuming the gambler's mask nor the Infatuated gl.are of the ama teur. She was thoughtful, excited, de lighted or dismayed by turns, but al ways wholesomely so, the game for Its own sake and not the stakes ab sorbing hpr. because she bad rf WzlS-n ROBERT W. CHAMBERS. never perrtirt'ten "herself to weigh mon ey and pleasure in the same balance, but kept a mental pair of scales for each. As usual, the fever of gain was fiercest in those who could afford to lose most. Quarrier. playing to rule with merciless precision, coldly exact ed every penalty that a lapse in his opponents permitted. Agatha, her teeth set lu her nether lip, her eyes like livln? jewels, answered Quarrier's every signal, interpreted every sigu. her play titling in exactly with his, as though she were hi*) subconscious self balancing the perfectly adjusted mech anism of his iK'ily and mind. Now aud then lifting her eyes she sent a long, limpid glance at Quarrier like a pale shaft of light, and under his heavy fringed lashes at moments his level gaze encountered hers with a slow rarrowing of lids- as though there was more than one game in prog ress, morn than one stake being played for unde:* the dull rose glow of the clustered lights. The co lar of diamonds and aqua marines ahimmered like the reflection of shadowy lightning across her throat. A siugle splendid jewel glow ed on her left hand as her lingers flash ed among: the cards for the makeup. "A hundred aces," broke in Plank's heavy voice as he played the last trick and picked up the scoring card and pencil. Once Marlon, overintent. touched a card in the dummy when she should have played from her own hand, and Sylvia would have let it pass had not Plank calmly noted the penalty. "Oh, dear! It's too much like busi ness," sighed Sylvia. "Can't we play for the sake of the sport? I don't think it good sportsmanship to profit by a blunder." "Rule," observed Marion laconically. 'Ware barbed wire if you want the brush." "I myself never was crazy for the brush," murmured Sylvia. Grace whispered maliciously, "But you've got it, with the mask and pads," and her mischievous head bare ly tipped backward in the direction of Quarrier. "Especially the mask." returned Syl via under her breath and laid on the table the last card of a Yarborougb. Toward midnight Sylvia, absorbed In her dummy, fancied she beard the electric bell ringing at the front door. Later, having barely made the add. she was tt^rnlng to look at the major when, beyond him, she saw Leroy Mor timer enter the room, sullen, pasty skinned, but perfectly sober and well groomed. "You are a trifle late," observed Syl via carelessly. Grace Ferrall and Ma rion 'ignored him. Plank bade him good evening in a low voice. The people at the other table, hav ing completed their rubber, looked around at Mortimer in disagreeable surprise. "I'll cut in if you want me. If you don't, say so," observed Mortimer. It was plain that they did not, so he settled himself in an armchair with an ugly glance at his wife and an inso lent one at Quarrier, and the game went on in silence, Leila and the ma jor still losing heavily under the sneer ing gaze of Mortimer. At last, "Who's carrying you?" he broke out, exasperated, and in the shocked silence Leila, very white, made a movement to rise, but Quar rier laid his long finger across her arm, pressing her backward. "You don't know what you're say ing." he remarked, looking coldly at Mortimer. Plank laid down his cards, rose and walked ovqr to Mortimer. "May I have a word with you?" be no!'" /w ^r 1$ Ttntes-^mMtatt' tory F^ijr&rif 14 "You may.' Aud I'll help myself to a word or two with you," retorted Mor timer, following Plank out of the room, down the stairs to the lighted reception room, where they wheeled, confronting one another. "What Is the matter?" demanded Plank. "At the club they told me you were asleep In the card room. 1 didn't tell Leila. What is wrong?" "I*ni--I'ju dead broke," said Morti mer harshly. "Billy Fleetwood took my paper. Can yon help me out? It's due tomorrow." Plank looked at him gravely, but made no answer. "Can you?" repeated Mortimer vio lently. "Haven't I done enough for you? Haven't I done enough for ev erybody? Is anybody going to show me any consideration? Look at Quar rier's manner to me just now! And this very day I did him a service that all his millions can't repay. And there you stand, too. staring at me as though I were some importuning shabby gen teel hinting around for an opening to touch you. Yes, you do! And tills very day 1 have done for you the—the most vital thing—the most sacred fa vor one man can do for another"— lie halted, stammered something in coherent, liis battered eyes wet with tears. The man was a wreck- nerves, stamina, miud on the very verge of collapse. "I'll help you. of course," said Plank, eying him. "Go home now and sleep. I tell j-ou I'll help you In the morning. Don't give way. Have you no grit? Pull up sharp, I tell you!" But Mortimer had fallen into a chair, his ravaged face cradled in his bauds. He began to ramMe and even to laugh weakly, passing his puffy, shaking hands across his eyes. "It's good of you, Beverly. I ap preciate it. But I've been good to you. You're all to the good, my boy! Understand? All to the good. 1 fixed it. 1 did it for you. You can have your iuuings now. You can have her when you want her, I tell you." "What do you mean?" said Plank menacingly. "Mean! I tnean .what I .told you that day at Black Fells, when we were riding. I told you you had a chance to win out. Now the chance has come— same's I told you. Start iu, and by the time you're ready to say 'When?' she'll be there with the bottle." "I don't think you are perfectly sane yet," said Plank slowly. "Let it go at that, then." sniggered Mortimer, struggling to his feet. "Bring Leila back. I'm all In. I'm go ing home. You'll be around in the morning. Won't you?" "Yes," said Plank. "Have you got a cab?" Mortimer had one. The glass and iron doors clanged behind hitu, and Plank, waiting a uiomeut. sighed, raised his head and, encountering the curious gaze of a servant, trudged off uestairs asain. (To Be Continued.) Food for thought Food for work Food for brain "}-4 4 From Orange Grove to You Uneeda Biscuit The most nourishing of all wheat foods. By controlling and guiding the shipments of the choicest oranges from California's most famous groves the [MUSICAL BURGLAR ALARM. Prowler# Wh« Open Brooklyn Man'a Dooi Get IVUIodieus Greeting. All sorts of devices have been rigged up by ingenious persons fearful of bur glars, but one of the queerest ideas it that put into use by a Brooklyn man. It. Lerch, says the Philadelphia Press. Mr. Lerch has attached a harp to hi front door. Whcu the door is opened the Instrument is set to playing auto m.itically. The sounds of the strlng. are very distinct for fully niuety sec onds. it can easily be seen''that the appn ratus cuu be useful both for the recep tion of friend and foe. When oneV Invited visitors euter the door, ther" can be no more pleasant welcome than that of music, while, on the contrary, to the thief who comes prowling around at midnight there can be noth in more upsetting than a burst of mu sic from an tinknowu source: Mr. Iierch's harp is strung with man dolin or piano strings. To the cross bar at the top of the instrument an at ached silken strings of dlfferen lengths. Each of these is weighte with a metal ball a little larger Jha a marble. The slightest movement the door sets these little balls Tlbra' ing against the strings and produce the musical notes. Deadly Fright possesses sufferers from lung trouble, till they learn Dr. King's New Discov ery will help them. f)0c and J1.00. Mc Brfde Ac AVill Drug Co. Saturday Holidays In 1908. An observing -eight-year-old son of New York who has yet to master the leap year problem remarked to his ther a few days ago, "I've been study ing this calendar, and I think It's A darn shame that whoever fixed the dates should arrange that so many hol idays are on Saturday, doing us boys out of what ought coming to us on school days." ihe lad had discov ered that Washington's birthday, Me morial day and Fourth of July all fall on .Saturday In the current year, says the New York Tress. Whereas Chris mas came on Wednesday In 1907, that festival will occur on Friday thia yer.r. New Year's day in 1008 was OB Wednesday, but next year will fall oo Friday.' Easter this year will be oa April It). Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BHOMO QUININE. Lork for the signature of E. W. GItOVE. Used the World over to Cure a Cold One Day. 25c. Money to Hunt Ghosts. Joseph A. Battles, an eccentric ^itcb burg (Mass.) man, who died a short time ago, left an estate of $50,000, one tenth of which, according tj a Worce ter special dispatch to the New York Herald, wss bequeathed to Clark uni vers't"*' 'n-ncM.—iMnn of ghostp FRUIT GROWERS assures you the very pick of tbeir golden crop. Tree-ripened, sorted, selected, cleaned, packed fully ripe—California oranges shipped in the Exchange boxes are your guarantee of the best in the world. Exercise your right to secure the best. Ask your dealer to show you this box. Oranges are prescribed by physicians for their tonic value—as an aid to digestion, and because of their laxative actio.*, they give balance to any meal. California Navel Oranges are Seedless The WHITE TRANSFER Line WOODMANSEE HUTT STORAGE FOR HOUSEHOLD SAFES AND PIANOS GOODS AND MERCHANDISE MOVED WITH CARB 218 EAST MAIN STREET. Marshalltown. In dust tight, moisture proof packages. Never sold in bulk. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY la. Kiiniuanu.1 iiminmmmwtuu AVfegetahle PreparatioaforAs similating ttieFoodandBeguIa ting the Stomachs andBowels of N I S 1 N Promotes Digestion,Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. Tsot Harc otic Jkqpe *0UJ*SAHVnmaNUi /Mw Stmt' Alx.StHn* RedutU SmUt" hSnftSmd— Mflli A perfect Remedy for Constipa tion. Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish iness and Loss of Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. A I 111 11 111 old I S BO0T eowarwBABffcvt rr WSMLLTO#* Joint Public T^rpw'* (WSTOIIH For Infants and Children. I The Kind You Hava Always Bought Generator is permitted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. If yon flo not care about your generator having the approval of the Tin In surance Companies,we can build you one for less money than yau can buy the "Brauer" for. If you desire your generator to have the ap proval of the Fire Insurance Companies, do not take the agenCs word that his generator is permitted, but demand to see the proofs. Time is getting short to have your new plant in operation for Christmas better get busy right away. The Brauer Acetylene Lping to. MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA F. Tuffree and William Dent will s611 at public auction on the farm now oc cupied by F. Tuffree, on the Conrad road, 5 miles northeast of Marshall town, 3 miles west of Green Mountain and 6 miles east of Albion, beginning at 10 o'clock sharp, on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1908 The following personal property to-wit: 7 HEAD OF HORSES 7 Consisting of 2 brood mares 12 years old, weight.1200 lbs each 2 roaa mares 7 years old, weight 1150 and 1200 1 draft horse 5 years old, weight 1400 1 gelding 12 years old, weight 1200 1 fall mare colt from a roadster horse. 28 HEAD OF CATTLE 28 jfl Consisting of 11 milch cows, 6 fresh, others to be fresh soon 9 yearling S.\ steers 6 yearling heifers 1 fall calf, ~jr 1 Shorthorn bull. 60 HEAD OF HOGS AND SHOATS 60 FARM MACHINERY FREE LUNCH AT NOON TERMS: Sums of $5.00 or less, cash on all sums over $5.00 a credit of twelve months will be given on. bankable note at 8 per cent interest. No property to be removed until set tled for. C. F. SMITH, Auct. T. J. SHOEMAKER, Clerk. Do It Now -SEE- Gregory Coal, Coke Lime Co. About Your Winter Fuel \es ''y&f A *4 For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA TH« OWTftUII pawr. fOM ItfU We Manufacture The "Braier V: Ml 4 I -Vi

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0 15 ,v* i' l-V tc. f* ^K" 'm' S: 'kM "-V i- I? Odeon Theatre NIGHT 1 BUSBY BROS.. Mgrs—Tel. 262X W. A. Tapp, Res. Mgr. I Saturday, Feb. 15 MATINEE AND NIGHT. The Rural Comedy-Drama Joshua Simpkins See the Great Saw Mill Scene. Singing and Dancing Specialties. MAT. PRICES SEATS NOW ON SALE. Sunday, Feb. 16 THE GREAT WESTERN PLAY Montana Great Eilectrical Effects. See "Dolly Varden" The Genuine. $5,000 Morgan Mare. Carload of Special Scenery. SPECIAL PRICES FOR SUNDAY 25, 35, and 50 cents. Seats on \^ale Saturday 10 a. m. Tuesday, Feb 18 The Famous and Gifted Sons of an Illustrious Sire. Joseph and William W. Jefferson In the Successful Comedy The Rivals PRICES 25, .50, .75, $1.00 and $1.50 Seats on Sale Monday 10 a. m. BIJOU THEATRE T. NELSON DOWNS, MGR. ro'j Week Feb. 16 ENGAGEMENT OF YOUNG SAMPSON •f STRONGEST MAN LIVING. \y: Th« Busy Girls EMMETT M'NEILL Character Singing and dancing. DOC. HOLLAND The Peculiar Comedian. Bijouscope's Moving Pictures All New Subjects. Admission 10 and 15^. THE A TORIUM Excursion to the Moon, Juvenile Scientist. Song ADMISSION 5 CENTS MATINEE SATURDAY. IS ELITE THEATRE AT THE ELITE THEATER THIS WEEK THE ENTIRE PASSION PLAY For 5 Cents—Shows 7:15, 8:15, 9:15. Matinee 2:30 Daily Last Chance to -See Entire Passion Play Tonicjht and Tomorrow. DON'T MISS IT. DRS. B. U. C. FRY HOMEOPATHIC PHYSI'JXANS and SURGEONS. General practice. Mrs. Fry makes dis eases of women a specialty. I. H. Fry, the eye, ear. nose and throat a special ty. Office and residence in the 15, 25, 35 and 50c olds Sheldon's. Fry block, 102-104 West Main. Glasses Fitted. Sanatorium 1 Ey©f NOSE, THROAT Established I89J GLASSES FITTED PERCY R. WOOD, M. D. MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA S u,i\ ETY BONDS I issue bonds lor Administrators, Ex ecutors, uanli tns, Curators, Contrac tors, County and Township Officials, Druggists, Liquor Dealers and all classes of Fidelity bonds. Fire, Light ning and Tornado Insurance written. W. M. CLARK. South First Ave. Marshalltown, la. Stwre-UfjmMum Dr. Lierle—Eye and ear. Dance Forney's hall Saturday. Geo. J. Allen, optical specialist D.mce Forney's hall Saturday. Dr. Bullard. osteopath, 28 E. Main. Knsrlish breakfast mackerel at Ol- Valentine Masquerade rink tonight. 10 and 25c at Victoria Country dressed chickens at Keyn- Fresn vegetables and fruits of all kinds at Olson's. Head lettuce for Saturday, at Reyn olds Sheldon's. A full line "Echo Brand' etables at Olson's. canned veg- Country dressed cliiclu olds Sheldon's. Ice cream at Wachter given prompt attention. Order a loaf Of buttermilk bread for your next meal. Robertson Strub. Plenty of fresh country butter at 2."i cents a pound at Bruster Kendall's. Remember the Tuffree Music House contest closes February 20. Read the full announcement on page 2. Dr. Cora Williams, diseases of wom en and obstetrics. Office over Fidelity bank. Hours 10-12 a. m., 1-4 p. m. Fythians, Take Notice—Come to club rooms at 8 o'clock tonight to hear short address by \V. 12. Fcnno. of New York. Rupert will sell chunk pork at 7c, pork chops 3 lbs 2nc. 4 lbs spare ribs 2f.c, Imre pork sausage 10c, all day Sat urday. It's economy and satisfaction to use| buttermilk bread. Be sure jou get tlie|j genuine with our label. Robertson Strub. The condition of S. C. Bell is much improved foday, and is very encourag ing. The patient will be able to sit up in a little while. Wheeler's Best is the finest 25 cent coffee ever offered in Marshalltown at that price. We want you to test it. Appleby Wheeler. Be sure to attend the McCahe's Geor gia troubadors show at Albion Satur I day night at Odd Fellows' hall. Ad mission 25 cents and 50 cents* Xew stock of lace curtains which will be sold at very reasonable prices just received at Marion Gard's, the big furniture store, 216-218 East Main. Buttermilk bread is moist but not doughy. IU tastes better and is eco nomical to use. Be sure to get the genuine. It contains our label. Robert son Strub. While attending the short course next week lake time to visit the hand some new furniture store of Marion Gard, 216-218 East Main. A fine new .stock of furniture and floor cover ings. We must sell the following property before March 1st. If description looks good to you kindly look the property over with us, 7-room house, good cel lar. barn, chicken house and yard, good well. Building erected six years ago. West part of town. Bell Hill. For tomorrow only we will sell a 30 cent can of peaches, pears or apricots for 25 cents per can. These are the I very best that can be bought any where, very choice. We will also sell fancy tomatoes at 10. 12Vi and lu cents pjjj per can. block. Appleby Wheeler, Finkle Joseph Jefferson Jr.. and William W. Jefferson will present Sheridan's' fine old classic "The Rivals" at the Odeon theater Tuesday, Feb. 18. The .Tef fersons' name and fame are inseparably linked with Sheridan's comedy, whose chief figures are the most delicious and satisfying stage creations. 1 .25. .50. .75, $1.00 and $1.50. Prices, "Health Coffee" is really the closest lbs. Toasted Corn Flakes.. coffee imitation ever yet produced. "s. Fancy Prunes This, the finest coffee substitute ever lbs. Seedless Raisins made, has recently been produced by Macaroni, per 11. Dr. Shoop. of Racine. Wis. Not a grain Rice, per lb of, real coffee in It either. Health Cof- 3 cans Good Corn fee is made from pure toasted cereals, We have just received 1.000 squares I store. No. S Fast State street. of high grade galvanized rubber roof ing that we are selling at $1.35 for 1 ply. $1.75 for 2 ply, and $2.10 for 3 ply. per 108 square feet. We guaran tee this roof for 5 years for 1 ply, 10 years for 2 ply, and 15 years for 3 ply. We have also secured the agency and will soon have a large stock of The Royal field and poultry wire fencing. This fence is an Improvement on the American fence. Our prices will be right on this. Citizens' Lumber Co.. 306 Market street, Marshalltown, la. The scenery used In "Montana" was painted by Messrs. Gates and Morange, who are recognized as the greatest of all scenic artists. The third act show ing "last Chance Gulch," is a perfect picture. The second act, showing a street scene in Fort Benton, is perhaps the most effective of all stage, pictures and effects ever offered. "Montana" is one of the largest and best productions of any western plays that are being produced this season and aro playing to capacity houses everywhere. It will be the attraction at the Odeon Sunday night. Feb. 16. Prices, 25, 35 and 50 cents. The "Joshua Simpkins" company will produce the great pastoral comedy drama of that name at the odeon Sat urday. matinee and night. Feb. 15. The pieee deals with country life ami peo ple, Ihi't-e acts of the play b. ing laid in one of the many quaint villages of Vermont. The second act (in three scenes I portrays Uncle Josh's first visit to Washington Cily. In the third act a. sensational sawmill effect is shmvn, being nothing more or less than a com plete sawmill in full operation, cutting up genuine timber. The saw is a gen uine buzz or circular caw. and cuts up real timber at lightning speed. Prices. 15, 25. .15 and 50 cents. Matinee, 10 and 2a cents. SJ* ,1 VjA Dance Forney's hall Saturday. Dr. Wood, eye, throat, nose, and ear. Fancy kiln dried sweet potatoes at Olson's. Valentine Masquerade at Victoria rink tonight. Country dressed chickens at Reyn olds Sheldon's. A total of $r,lT.O to be Riven away. Read announcement on page L'. Pure prepared mustard in live-cent bottles, at Reynolds »Vr Sheldon's. Swift's Premium bacon, the kind with the goo^lasling flavor. Olson. Bring in your butter. We pay the highest market price. Appleby Wheeler We have a fine line of buttled olives just placed in stock. II), l." and -.Vcent prices. Reynolds Sheldon. Have you tried the Jones Dairy Farm. Little Pig Sausages for sale at Peck ham's grocery. They are tine. Market sale. February 14. l'.lUS. Bring consisting of physical culture drills, recitations. Glee club, chorus and or chestra music, an act from the "Mer chant of Venice" and an exhibition of manual training work. The tickets are the following only 25 cents to any part of the house,' children under 12 years of age 15 cents.! The citizens of Marshalltown should till schools alone, p. m. TRY FOR THE PRIZE Tuffree Educational Contest Attract ing Much Attention Big Rewards Offered. (Vut le r^rb rS'F'^riTT^?? in your horses, mules, cows and liogs. I jIUiesota. for city property. One bun There will be Herbert. plenty of buyers. John The condition of Mrs. Harry ,T. Kod- ilt Reyii- set's continues improve most satis factorily. The little son is also grow ing stronger. All orders The first division of the Congrega tional Ladies' Aid society will hold an exchange Saturday afternoon at Van Tine's store oti West Main street. Mattings, linoleums and all kinds of floor coverings. Just a 1 iltie better prices and a little better quality than you can get elsewhere. Make us prove it. William McCalies Georgia Trouba dors, the famous minstrels, will give "In a Trip to the Jungles" at the Odd Fellows' hall at Albion tomorrow night. Admission 25 and r0 cents. We are going to give away 25 ten iiuart granite pails and 2." ten-quart dish pans on Saturday, February 10. All you have to do is to, buy a can of Magnolia Raking Powder. L. S. I'eek ham (irocery Company. Motl(lay iWn night. FeK 1 Tribe Marshall- public school pupils will give an entertainment at the Odeon theater. The announcement of the Tuffree Music House of a prize contest in its, greatest care and Good Flour $1.25. $1.35, $1.50, IS lbs. Granulated Sugar 3 lbs. Dr. Price's Food 3 'hs Fancy Dates with mfUt. nuts, etc. Really it would cans Tomatoes fool an expert—who might drink it for Baldwin Apples, per peck, coffee. boiling. doctor. No twenty or thirty minutes Fancy Lemons, per doz 20 'Made in a minute" says the "powder Tea, per lb Sold by Q. H. Culley. Fggs. per doz sale of Baldwin pianos is attractingI of expert service I and the latest ideas in regard to home much attention. A great many young folks are answering the questions and there is every indication that the con test will be spirited. The value of the prizes is an incentive that is making the contest very attractive. The con-( educational and everyone would i,ianks now \uid send to' the Tuffree Music House at once. Read the full Announcement 011 Page 2. DURING THE SHORT COURSE Bruster Kendall Will Make the Fol I lowing Special Prices. Take one of these snaps home with you next week: 1.H0 1.00 .25 .25 .25 1 ,Z! .20 We cordially invite you to call at our BRUSTER KENDALL. ODEON THEATRE BUSBY BROS., Owners and Managers—Tel. 262X W. A. TAPP, Resident Manager Sunday, Feb. 16 The Brilliant Young Actor MR. HARRY D. CAREY In His Own Great Play MONTANA A Romance of The Golden West Same Big Cast and Production as Presented Over 1,000 Times in All the Big Cities Special Prices, 25, 35 and 50 Cents Scats on Sale Saturday at JO a. m. Meat Is Now Cheap. If you want the lowcHt prices in the city and best quality, go to Inman's market. Is rin in connection with his genera! store. He hiu* no rent to pay for running this department, and pork of ail kind.- has. taken a hard slump, and now good supply at the following low prices: Smoked hams. No. I test Imcon. by the side. HM.™ to lb Sausage, link or bulk, for. Fresh pork ch inks Pork loins by I he piece Whole or \2 dressed hogs, head off '-itc For Sale or Trade. Improved farms in Marshall county drod sixty acres line soil. 4' 2 In order to induce those who contem plate having their homes decorated this season to have the work done be fore the big rush begins 1 will make ffer for the next four lys, up to and including Wednesday of next week. 1 will sell my new the Odeon out of respect to the stock of 1908 wall papers as follows: Doors open at 7:30 25 cent papers at 20c. 20 cent papers at 15c. 15 cent papers at 12'ic, 12U. cent papers at 10c. 10 cent papers at 7M..C. 7*2 cent papers at 5c. will take orders for the next few days at these prices and agree to hang the papers at regular prices any time within the next thirty days. It should be remembered that this is all new. up to date stock, s^'-cted with the judgment. I will (1( oration 7 AT will je the time to lay in a wheat land, good miles from Carrington. X. D.. population, 5.010 will trade tor city property. Here is a bargain 1C0 acre farm. Good ti room cottage house, good cel lar. will at Hit door, plenty of fruit, two barns, two hog houses, two Inn houses, stallion barn. lot attached. scale house with No. 1 scales corn cribs and granaries, tool house, good well and windmill at barn, all good rich soil, level land. There is everything sacrifice. For particulars, write to W. B. Herriman, Marshalltown. Iowa. FOR FOUR DAYS T. F. Jones Puts Up a Proposition That Will Pay Any House Owner to Read Carefully—It Will Mean Some­ thing. F. JOXES.v Finkle Block. RUBBER STAMPS be repaid fey- their effort if they got nothing out of it, because it refreshes The Hull Company Has Facilities fori one's memory, on many educational' points. The announcement is repeated again today on page 2 for the benefit Furnishing Anything Desired in That Line and at Very Low Prices. In ordering rubber stamps do not fail to call on The Hull Company. Our of those who wish another copy on which to revise their answers. Remember the certificates may be disposed of to other persons when: stamps are manufactured by a large properly endorsed by the Tuffree Mus-| Chicago factory, and we are in a posi ic House if you already have a piano. days' notice. The following are our prices on cushion mounted stamps un der three inches in length: 1 line stamps 25c 2 line stamps :15c :i line stamps 45c Each additional line 10c We also carry in stock complete rubber stamp supplies. TI-IK HULL COMPANY, Cor. of Main and First. Eating Cocanut*Custard Pie .05 Lverybody sings the praises of Co .05 coanut-Custard pie if it's made just .25 right so as to melt in one's mouth, but .25 a heavy, soggy pie will spoil the entire .25 meal and injure the digestion. It is 30 now possible for everyone to have good pie as grocery are selling "OUR-PIE," each package containing just the prop er ingredients for two pies. Varieties: Lemon, chocolate, and custard. 10 cents per package. Order the custard for cocoamit-custard pies. 1 i« 1 Timss-^jwoIkcM, IllarsJranttftim Jtmra, Mc 2 fie Sc Beef cuts and steaks at reasonable prices, l)ressd chickens on Satur day's. Remember, these prices on meal are at llie store and not delivered, and lor cash only. These prices wi toe same as long as the wholesale prices remain as they are now. an I if tliey go lower my prices will be lower yet. J. L. IXMAX. on j|y." i.(,m ro ,f• 't here you will find on a first class stock farm. This farm must he seen to be FRIDAY. FEB. 21—Grain and live stock classes from to 12, and 1 to appreciated. Will be sold at a great 4 Household economics class from 8:30 to 11:30 and from 1:30 to 5:30. From WILL KEEP OPEN HOUSE. Caleb Powers, who is soon to be tried for the fifth time for the murder of the style world. Guide for Short Course For the benefit of the many who may want to know w'ho.re and when tJ for certain classes or other features of the short course next week, ho following daily guide has been preparer). Il Is suggested that this outline be 10 '»c preserved, as it will prove a value as a. ready reference during the week. MONDAY. FEB. 17.—Corn school opens in east court room at 10 o'clock in the morning, continuing until noon. Afternoon session from 1 to 4. Live slock school opens in Kibbey building (the old postoff.ice room) at 10 o'clock, continuing until noon. Afternoon session from I to 4. The school of house hold economics begins in the basement of the Congregational church at 10 o'clock, continuing until 11:So. Afternoon session from 1:30 to 5:30. From 4 to 5 Professor A. H. Snyder will lecture before the joint corn and live slock classes WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19—Corn and live stock classes from 8 to 12, and 1 to 4. Household economics class from s: {o to 11:30. and 1:30 to 5:30. From 4 to 5 Prof. P. G. Holden will lecture before the corn and live stock classes on drainage. This lecture will include a practical demonstration of best Improved firm of its si/.e in Iowa. ||fJ method of laying tile to grade. Tile evening's entertainment will be at the Methodist church beginning at 7:30. Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell, of l)es Moines, will lecture on "As the Farmer Looked Back." THURSDAY, FEB. 20—Corn and live stock asses from 8 to 12. and 1 to 4. Household economics class from 8:30 to 11:50 and from 1:30 to 5:30. 4 to 5 Prof. M. L. Mosher. will present the county experimental work beforc» the corn and live stock class in joint session. The evening's enter tainment will be at thi' Methodist church, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, when West Dodd. of Des Moines, will give a lecture on electrical demonstra- 4 to 5 there will be a demonstration of the use of milking machine before the joint corn and live stock classes. Each evening from 5:30 to 6 the milk ing machine will be used, and those wishing to assist in its operation and learn its use will have the opportunity at such times. The evening's enter tainment will be at the Odeon. beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Tt will consist of a rural school spelling contest and graded schools declamatory contest. State Superintendent John F. Riggs will award the prizes. SATURDAY, FEB. 22—Corn and live stock c'a.=ses from 8 to 12, when they will close. Household economics class from 8:30 to 11:30. when it will c'ose. Prize winning corn will be sold at public auction at 1 o'clock. PRICE OF TICKETS—'Tickets for the week's course of classes are as fol lows: Household economics. $2: corn antl live stock. S3 each. Each of these course tickets admits the bearer free to all the evening entertainments. Sin gle day tickets to household economics class, 50 cents. Single day tickets to corn and live stock classes. 75 cents each. Evening entertainments. 25 cents each for adults and 15 cents for children under 12 years of age. and over 5. Marshalltown Buggy Company Invites Short Course Students. The Marshalltown Buggy Company •will keep open^house for the short course students next week. The farm ers are invited to visit the factory between the hours of 12 noon and 1:30 the state, and has been In a number of p. m.. and inspect its workings. A the cities of central Iowa during re light luncheon will he served and n.|'ent weeks. Just before the republl- cordial invitation to come in and ike themselves at home Is extended. The invitation Is extended for each day of next week. GIVES MONEY TO AID POWERS. I City Lends Hand to Assistance of Ken tuckian. This city has added its mite to the fund being collected for the defense of Advance Styles in WAISTS srb& soil fertility, rotation of crops or care in handling of farm manure. From 5 to 5:30 samples of milk will be tested by the Babcock tester. The evening's school entertainment, wi'i be at the odeon. beginning at 7:30. It will consist of physical culture drills, a dramatization of "The Ruggles remain recitations, glee club chorus and orchestra music, one act of "The Merchant of Venice." and an exhibition of manual training work'. TUESDAY. FEB. 18.—Corn and live stock classes from S to 12 antl 1 to 4. Household economics class from 8:30 to 11:10 and from 1:30 to 5:30. From 4 to 5 Professor R. K. Bliss will lecture before pupils of the corn and livestock classes on feeds and feeding, profitable production of pork, or other animal husbandry topics. From 5 to 5:30 there will be a detnonstration of operating a Babcock mill tester. The evening's ntertainmcnt will be at the Methodist church, when Professor A. M. Xewens, of Ames, will give a hum orous lecture beginning at S o'clock. former Governor Goebel of Kenturjky^, Residents of this city yesterday and this morning added $50 to the defense fund. Professor D. W. Cress, of Georgetown, Ky., came to the city yes terday antl remained for a time this morning soliciting funds in Powers' behalf. Professor Cress is canvassing can county convention adjourned yes terday afternoon. Professor Cress was given the floor and stated briefly the cause of the man for whom he was working. Powers was arrested and has been confined in jail for eight years with out being allowed bail, for the murder of Goebel. He has been tried four times, am) each trial resulted in a dis agreement or the trial jury's verdict was set aside bv the Kentucky su preme court. This case, which has Reduced to Sacrifice Prices All Winter Garments must go to make room for our fast arriving Spring Line t'-'f'^T *v^S?P vi v,= j,-Y ^V ".VV 500 New Up to-Date Spring Styles Just Received That important event always looked forward to by the Ladies of Marshall- town and vicinity. These are all high class tailored garments so much in fa­ vor this season. Exclusive Styles in Waists An extensive showing of Beautiful 11 1 Waists-at very Special Prices, due to the fact that we are so closely in totich with $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 and $9.00. Ask us to see them. The balance of all our Furs will be closed out at actual cost and below. Children's Coats, Dresses and caps at prices that will appeal to you. become famous, is generally consid ered to be a light between the political parties of Kentucky. The prisoner, who is a young man, has long since exhausted all his means. The Fenno Meetings. A series of daily meetings will he held duri.ig the rest of the Week, end ing on Sunday, by W. K. Fenno, of Xew York, who is in the city-under the a if a a A At o'clock this morning Mr. Fenno addressed the pupils of the Central Jowa. Business College, and at 110011 to day he spoke to the men of the Brittain Packing Company. This evening he will speak at the ^Knights of Pythias club rooms and at the Trades and Labor Assembly hall. Saturday noon he will hold a shop meeting at the Lennox Ma chine Company's plant, and in the evening he will take ten minutes for a short talk during the program at each of the moving picture theaters. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock he will address a meeting of men at the Bijou theater on the subject "The Devil's Auction." Cooper has visited most of the lead ing cities of the country, and in each city has aroused a storm of discussion about his beliefs and his medicines. Wherever he has gone, people have called upon him by tens of thousands, and his preparation has sold in im mense quantities. The salt of this medicine has now spread over the entire country, antl is growing enormously each day. In view of this, the following statements from two of the great number of followers which he now has, are of general in terest. Mrs. Agues Viggenhouser, of 942 St. Louisiiavenue. Chicago, has the follow ing to say 011 the subject of the Cooper preparations: "For more than ten years I WHS broken down in health. I could not sleep and I was very ner vous. Gradually I began to lose my memory, until I could not remember things from one day to another. I had I severe pains and cramps in my body, and I would at times see dark spots before my eyes. I was unable to do any work whatever, as my strength was failing. 1 had no appetite, nor could I take any medicine. "I had about given up hope of ever being well again when I read of Mr. EAST MAIN STREET, MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA SKIRTS! SKIRTS! SKIRTS! Opposite Court House A. H. "f V'W^ *t V, if SOME STATEMENTS REGARDING NEW THEORY Followers of Cooper and His Novel Ideas Give Reason for Their Belief in Him. With a theory that human health is. Cooper's remedies. I deolded to give dependent on the stomach and with a them a trial, and I began to feel better medicine which he says proves this theory, L. T. Cooper, aNcomparatively young nuvn, has built up an immense following during the past year. are all our winter garments. Coats at ,^u^ii''J»pi'« i.f'*iiit'iij the Mitehem home, corner of Twelfth and Main streets. A fine program oh a study of etudes was given as fol lows: Current Events—Mrs. D. M. Keefer. Reading—Mrs. J. A. Cook. Ktude by Czeny—Miss Amy Wasson. Voice—Mrs. C. A. Newcomer. lEtude by Ravina Miss Charlotte Whinery. Piano—Miss Lucille Meredith. Voice—Aliss May Smith. Following the program a social hour was enjoyed, during which the hostess es served refreshments. The club will meet next week with Mrs. A. Higgin and Mrs. H. T. Tompkins at the Hig gin home, 207 East State street. Water Rent. The city clerk's office will be, open till 9 o'clock Saturday evening, Febru ary 15, for the settlement of water rent. No discount after February 15. Flat rate rents are not due now. L. DERBY, City Clerk, Finger Billiard Player Here. J. N. Hinman. who styles himself the amateur champion finger billiardlst of America, is in the city, preparing to give an exhibition of his playing before Beethoven Club Meeting. The Beethoven club was entertained Thursday afternoon by Miss Isabel Mitehem and Miss Grace Swingley at I one of the lodges or clubs of the city. .'i at once. After taking the medicine for two weeks I can say that I am a new woman. I can eat with enjoyment, the pains in my body have left me, and am stronger than I have been foe years. "I cannot say enougli for Mr. Cooper's remedies. They are wonder ful,I for they have done everything claimed for them in my case." Another statement by Mr. W. B. Stewart, 129 \V. Madison St., Chicago, is as follows: "I have had stomach trouble for years, and anyone who is afflicted this way knows what an aw ful distressed feeling it capses. Many a time I have felt that I would give most any price to be cured. It was by ac cident that I heard of this man Cooper's remedies. I immediately made up my mind to buy a treatment of him. I used it for about two weeks, and it is impossible to tell how much good it has done me. I feel altogether different. I have more life and energy than I have had for years. This med icine certainly does stimulate and strengthen the, whole system. Tired, feeling and weak condition of the stomach has entirely passed away. I feel well again." We .sell Cooper's celebrated medi cines which have made this wonderful record in all parts of the country.—* McBritle Will Drug Co. Advance Styles in WAISTS' •v S I v, m- •Wb''

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rh**^C3•.J A er s§-!f% A s5W* tfiv IV.' BV 3&V-'" ft viA.. iN- m-i' ftp® Pi PK km si, M-"- -r~t .-A t€ ".yw »*~T i. i.M 7 4- ,v W*v* RENA VIVIENNE The American Prima Donna "Madam Butterfly" at the Odeon, March 5. COM IXG To THIO O E O N Thursday, arch 5 Tin management hikes pleasure lr anrouncing to society and opera lo'\ing circles the long-expected vis It of Mr. Henry W. Savage's famous English Grand Opera Co Especially organised to produce the ilnest operatic offering he has ever uent to the west, with a company of nearly 130 people, including his Symphony Orchestra o! 5( In the World-famed Japanese Grand Opera by Puccini This remarkable work of gor geousi harmonies, soul-stirring ro mance and truly magnificent scenic beauty is the musical sensation of two continents, and Marshalltown is indeed fortunate in having an op portunity to hear the same superb cast of 'artists that recently capti vated New York. Seat Sale Monday, March 2 Owing to the unusual expense in securing this attraction the free list is entirely suspended and the scale of prices will be as follows: Box seats .$3.00 Lower floor (15 rows). v.. 3.00 Lower floor (last 4 rows)....: 2,50 Balcony (2 rows) 2.50 Balcony (next 2 rows) 2.00 Gallery (3 rows) 1.50 Gallery (unreserved) 1.00 NOTE:—The first three rows of parquet 'are not for sale, being re moved for the grand opera or chestra. Out-of-town orders, with remit tanco payable to. Walter Tapp, filled in order-of receipt/ as near aa pos sible to location desired. Order on self-addressed envelope, will receive prompt attention. No seats laid away. Reservation limited to eight. "'ii ¥--a\ 4S*s BETTY WOLFF The German Prima Donna "Madam Butterfly" at the Odeon, March 5. .s*i MsHi 't Mi &F. '.na mm ^wwps:f^^ 4 1 Study Rooms Hcin^ Put in Shape For Big Mid-Winter County Fair Next Week GREAT DISPLAY OF HORSES Imported Stock to Be Shown in Animal Husbandry Department—Ames Pro­ fessors Will Arrive Saturday Night- Many Are Being Attracted to Course From Distant Points. Affairs are beginning to shape them selves for the big mid-winter county fair, to be held in this city next week under the name of the Marshall coun ty farmers' short course. The corn is arriving in sample sizes from 100 ears down to a single ear, and the study halls in the east court room Kibbey 'block, and Congregational church are being made ready. Up to noon today there were 100 I samples of corn already on the ground. I This included seventy-five samples from the experimental plots of the I county farm. The majority of these I are ten-ear samples. The samples range from 100 ears, the highest, down to one, those intervening being fifty, thirty and ten ears each. I Paul Taft, of Panora, will have charge of the corn judging. Mr. Taft is a genior in Iowa State College, but I since last September has been devot lng practically all of his time to jm ing corn exhibits at county fairs, in stitutes, and short courses. Great Display of Horses. One of the most .magnificent dis plays of short course week will be in the animal husbandry department. Many imported animals are to be ex Jiibited at the Kibbey block study room. G. E. Maxfield, of Minerva, who has but recently returned from a visit in Greeley, says that the Greeley Im porting Company is showing with a large degree of satisfaction the ex Htblt that is to be shipped here for next week. The Greeley company's display dncludes imported' Normans, Belgians, Hackneys and Hambleton ians. Mr. Maxfield says that the horses are the finest lot he has ever seen Jn their respective classes. In addition to these the Gray Shires and Clydes, imported from England by Professor Kennedy, of Iowa State Col lege, and used for breeding purposes at the state experiment station, will be on exhibit. Ames Contingent Saturday. The Ames contingent will arrive in the city Saturday evening, when Pro I fessor P. G. Holden and his men, twelve in number, all graduates and students in the college, will be here. I J. A. King, of Ames, assistant in farm I crops of the extension department, wili 1 be Professor Holden's chief assistant. Professor R. K. Bliss, in charge of the animal husbandry department of the extension work, will be in charge of the stock judging classes, and his principal assistant will be Professor R. E. Drennan, assistant in the animal husbandry department of the extension department. Miss Edith Charlton, of Ames, of the department of household Economics, of Iowa State College, will be in charge of the department here, with Miss Neale S. Knowles, of Ames, as her as sistant. Attracting Many From Distano* Already the short course is attract ing many from a distance. Letters to the committee indicate that several prominent men of the state will be present. Those from whom definite as surances have been received are Mr. Abralialm, president of the successful Mt. Pleasant short course, held in De cember, who will assist the local of ficers during the week Asa Turner, of Farrar, ex-president of the Iowa Corn Growers* association and Fred McCulloch, of Cedar Rapids, president of the Cedar Rapids short course. Nearly Hundred for Spelling Bee Nearly 100 pupils in the rural schools of the county are now entered for the big spelling bee, the evening entertain ment for Friday at the Odeon. To. be exact, there are ninety-six contestants entered. For the declamatory contest, to be held on the same evening, repre sentatives from every graded .school in the county, with the exception of State Center and LeGrand, are entered. Council Chamber Rest Room. The committee has secured the council chamber, in .the basement of the. court house, as a rest room during short course week. Here women with children or any who may desire to rest are welcome to the use of the quarters, which will be comfortably arranged, AMUSEMENTS. Ezra Kendall, in George Ade's "Land ef Dollars," a Distinct Hit. Ezra Kendall, the quaint comedian with a record of more than a quarter of a century of successes, appeared at the Odeon Thursday night, supported by a fine company, in George Ade's comedy. "The Land of Dollars." As Mr. Kendall expressed himself in a short curtain talk, he saw many in his audience in the front rows down stairs who, when he first came to Mar shalltown twenty-five years ago, were upstairs in the gallery. Such was the case, altho the recognition might not have been mutual. Years ago Kendal], in "A Pair of Kids." amused the coun try. He is continuing, having lost nothing by the flight of time. He ex pressed the hope that he would be here when those now in the gallery would be down stairs. His audience of last night sincerely hopes so too. Mr. Kendall says he does not aspire to be an actor. He wants only to amuse. He is afraid people will take him seriously, and that he fights shy of at every turn. Mr. Ade's comedy is well fitted to Mr. Kendall's style. In fact some of the lines might be sus pected of being written by Mr. Kendall himself. They savored verysmuch of his own "Good Gravy." "The ^and of Dollars," is hardly a v' 0 f1 11 fCf drama, aJtho it has a plot that is pep pered with delightful nonsense. It af fords a character study l'rom start to finish. One would not blame old "Ben" Gridley for wailing for .Mrs. Weston, nor would the constable be censured for renting the back yard for Susan Sweetly. Eleanor Harry, who was leading woman for Rie.hard Mansfield for sev eral years, portrays the charming Mrs. Weston, tile woman with whom Grid ley, (Ezra Kendall) is in love. Charles Wilson's village constable was Weil done, as was also Horace Newman's Jean Spiilers, who aspired to be. a horse M. D. Charles Crosby's Blue ford Higgins was another good char acter study, and Caroline Eckert's Belle llinkle, a would-be "artiste"' and "opry" singer, was well taken. As Mr. Kendall expressed himself as a prelude to some of his "Good Gravy'' stories, lie and his company were try ing merely to entertain "without pro fanity or intoxication." In this they were eminently successful. MISS NICHOLS DEAD. Weil-Known Marshalltown Girl cumbs to Short Illness. Miss Marjorie Nichols, a known and popular young woman the city, a daughter of Horace Nichols, of Hartland, and a niece As a little girl Miss Marjorie showed an exceptional appreciation of the beautiful things of the world, and after her 10th year this appreciation found its chief expression in music. She soon became an accomplished pianist, whoso playing was marked by delicate and sympathetic interpretation. Had she been equally endowed with phy sical strength her instructors and friends predicted an unusually brilliant musical career, and altho always deli cate she was regarded as one of the most artistic of the younger pianists of the city. Miss Nichols' ability was not confined to music, as she was an extremely conscientious and pains taking student, and graduated frort) the high school with the class of 1907. After a year's rest it was her plan to continue her education, chiefly in music, at Grinneli next full. Miss Nichols served for a short time as an apprentice at the public library, and will be remembered by the patrons for her winning and obliging days. She was a member of the Congregational •Sunday school. In her immediate family Miss Nich ols is survived by her father, and two brothers. The latter are AValter S. Nichols, of Toronto, Can., and Thomas Channing Nichols, a junior in the den tal department of the state university. Her own father and brothers can not mourn more over her loss, however, than the uncle and aunt who have reared her as their daughter. To them she was the chief sunshine they had in this world. The sons of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, who have always looked upon Marjorie as their own sister, are also among the most bereaved. Num erous relatives thruout the county join in the deep grief for the dear young girl. The funeral will be held from the Marsh home, 109 North Third street, at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. The house will be open to friends from 12:30 to 1:30. Interment will be in Riverside. OBITUARY. Peshel. Frank Peshel, aged 79 years, a for mer resident of Quarry, and a well known farmer of Lie-Grand township, died at his home, seven miles south east of the city, at 11 o'clock Thursday morning of inflammation of the blad der. He had been sick for about two weeks. The funeral will be held from the residence Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The body will be buried in Rock Valley cemetery. Beattie. Joseph Beattie. a veteran of Com pany B. Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania in fantry, and a member of the soldiers' home from Mt. Pleasant, died at 12:40 this morning of heart failure, accom panying the grippe. Mr. Beattie was one of the early members of the home, having been admitted Sept. 3, 1SS9, two years after the home was opened. He was a na tive of Washington county. Pennsyl vania. and was 74 years old. His en listment for civil war service dates from Jan. 4. was discharged June 23, I860, at Rich mond, Va. Mr. Beattie was never married, and his only living relative known at hn^dqnfirters is a sister. Mrs. 4.' Mr. and Mrs. T. iJ. Marsh, of this city, died at the Marsh homo Thursday evening at 5:(." after a nine days' ill ness of neuritis, complicated with l.i gripe. Heart failure was the imme diate cause of Miss Nichols' death. .«he having suffered an attack during the! afternoon Thursday. A previous at- I tack of heart failure Tuesday night of srand opera, and Marshalltown is made her condition extremely critical, extremely fortunate and for a time it was feared she could Frank Peshel was born Nov. 27, 1828. in Svratka, Bohemia. In July. 186G. he immigrated to America, bringing office will be open for "Madam Butter- with him his wife and one child. The family came to Quarry to live, and remained there for seven years. Mr. Peshel then moved to a farm eight miles southeast of this city, which he purchased, and on which the family Kxtrnonliimry Enjfrtgeiiient ol Savaye's Superb Company For 31 arch 5 WILL GIVE "MADAM BUTTERFLY' Performance Rested Between, Des Moines and Marshalltown, and .Mr. Savage Decides in Favor of Mar­ shalltown—Only Few Stops in State —New York Cast of 150. Sue- Kuccini's fascinating Japanese grand opera, .Madam Butlerlly," the flowery music of which has captivated the opera loving world of two continents during the past two seas is coming to .Marshalltown for a perform ance at the Odeon, on Thursday, March Tliis extraordinary engagement will be heralded with delight by all lovers 111 nne not survive the night. She rallied, ifh Mr however, Wednesday morning, but her illness had been of so serious a nature Ieai that her strength would not rally un- der the second onslaught. Mary Mnrjorie Nichols was born in Marietta township April L'S, 1SSS. Her mother, Mary Tomlinson Nichols, died in April. 1890. and her last illness be gan before her daughter Marjorie was a year old. As a babe Marjorie was taken by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, who cherished her with an affection that could not have been ex ceeded had she been their own daugh ter. She was always a winning child, with a singularly sweet and amiable disposition, and endeared herself t-i all with whom she became acquainted. being chosen as ,f f,.w points in the state in Savage's company will ap TL.' dale for March 5 rested be­ tween Des Aloines and Marshalltown, and Air. Savage decided in favor of Marsha!Mown. This was largely influ enced by the great success that at tended his company's production of "Lohengrin" here. This fatuous masterpiece will bo presented by Henry W. Savage's cele brated Knglish Grand Opera Company with its complete forces of imported artists and grand opera orchestra of nearly fifty symphony players, that were especially organized to give this opera. Local music lovers have long ex pected '.he visit of this company. Both society and music circles are well in formed of the remarkable triumph of "Madam Butterfly," and every one looks forward to the occasion as the one finest musical and social event since the company visited Marshall town three seasons ago in "Lohen grin." So much advance interest has been taken in the announced engagement that orders for seats are already be ing received from surrounding points. When the curtain goes up on the beau tiful first act garden scene of "Madam Butterfly,'' the pretty Japanese lady about whose life story so much has been written since Mr. Savage brought, the opera to America, will be greeted by a most brilliant and representative audience. Mr. Frank C. Payne, general repre sentative for Air. Savage, arrived from Denver yesterday, to arrange ail pre liminar'es. Speaking of "Madam But terfly" he said: "This opera, with Its haunting melo dies. its deeply interesting romantic story, i:s alluring scenic beauties, with its superb artists anil splendid orches tra, has proved no less than a sensa tion wherever it has been presented. During its record-breaking engagement in New York last winter it attracted musical enthusiasts from all parts of the country. Western devotees of grand ,opera returned home with suc.h glowiiVg praise of "Madam Butlerlly" that the masterly work has been the most widely advertised of any recent success. "To produce this opera Mr. Savage is credited with having organized the finest of all companies. For seven months his agents visited continental opera houses in search of singers. His orchestra was picked from the plaj- ers heretofore associated with the Boston Symphony, Theodore Thomas and Cincinnati Festival orchestras. The en ire company, numbering near ly one hundred and fifty people, trav els on i:s own special train on its entire cross-continent tour. Three rows of seats must be removed to provide space for the musicians. All in all. 'Madam Butterfly' is iiuch an expensive undertaking that an unusual scale of prices is necessary to pay for the per formance." The local management announces that these will be as follows: Lower floor seats, $2.50 and $3 balcony. $2.50 and $2: gallery, $1.50 and $1. The box fly" seats on Monday, March 2, and orders from outside towns, with re mittances payable tp Mr. Walter -A. Tapp.''manager Odeon theater, will re ceive prompt attention. lived until Dec. 1, 1907. He then pur- ment of "Madam Butterfly" Mr. Sav age introduced four prima donnas in the t.itle role, and these are with the company thruout its tour. The cast selected to appear in Marshalltown contairs the names of the favorite ar tists who have recently captivated New chased the J. T. West farm, and moved to it, leaving the orig son. Mr. Peshel was a hard working, peace loving man, and always a'friend of the needy. In addition to the wife, he is survived by four children, all of whom iive in LeGrand township. They are Frank Peshel, Jr., and Mrs. Mary Vajgrt. Mrs. Anna Salasek and Miss Rose Peshel. He also leaves six teen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. All of his children were with him at the time of his death. During the recent New orl^ engage- York. 1864, at Pittsburg. He S*rab Glandon, living at Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Glandon has .been notified. Jta PARKER'S STORE NEWS A Break in Price in Muslins, All Kinds and Widths Represented The Parker Store Makes an Important Announcement. AVe have secured at last a complete line of the finer grade of bleached muslins. We offer tlieln now at much under value compared with former prices. 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