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MOJfliAY, SEPTEMBER 30, I THE IOWA CITY CITIZEN, IOWA CITY, IOWA. Bot Carso bTh The To n'sQ ones 11 Place Trade uality 1 Washingto Sh Will TRY HILL nSt. CHURCH STREET PAVING IS AGAIN DELAYED BY CITY Council is Investigating; Advisability Of Changing Specifications. The block of paving on Church street between Linn and Dubuque which it is proposed to pave is causing considerable discussion. The city council has under consideration the changing of the specifications in some respects and it is this matter which has deferred action.

The city- engineer has recommended to the council that it alter the requirements with reference to the quality of the brick used in regard to the absorption test. At present the maximum absorption test allowed is two per cent. The engineer, in a statement in which he discussed the relative merits of the rattler and the absorption tests, recommended that the test of per cent be fixed in place of that prevailing at the present time He said that the principal purpose of the absorption test was to insure a brick against temperature changes through the absorption of too much water. Alderman Negus added to information on the point at issue by reading a communication to the council at its meeting Friday night which was from the National Brick Manufacturers association and tended to discredit the value of the absorption test. As regards the rattler test, Mr.

Dey -was of the opinion that it would not be ise to relax the present sixteen per cent requiremenf to any noticeable extent. Pending further consideration of the matteis the city council lett the specification question stand over and incidentally also the a of Church street. A TEACHER FOR A PREACHER. West Liberty and Fort Madison Made An Exchange. Had Birthday Party.

The Mises Agnes and Margaret Rotnverlder celebrated their fifth and sixth birthdais Saturday atternoon by i a i i a number of their little friends trom the hour of 3 to o'clock There is just about an year's afference in their ages and so the affair was held in honor ot both. The party was held at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs Ron- redder on East Burlington street Xew Arc Lights. city has ordered new arc lights on Maiden Lane at the Rock Island tracks, replacing the present Tungsten lipht and also on Church stieet 250 past of Governor street. For Sale 80 acres nimproved land, seven miles from Iowa City.

All good, level larid, and all farm land. A great per acre. 40 acres of good land $60 per acre. KOSER SIDWELL Both 'Phones In commenting upon the recent appointments of Methodist ministers which transferred Rev. Hanley from West Liberty to Fort Madison the West Liberty Index has the following: ''The unexpected happened in the tiansfer of Rev.

Joe R. Hanley from -AVest Liberty to Centerville. Rev. H. B.

Scoles is assigned the West Liberty pulpit, coming from the church ot Fort Madiscn. It is something of a coincidence that West Liberty exchanged its superintendent of schools for Ft. Madison's Methodist minister. Rev. Scoles is one of the strong ministers of tin- conference and will undoubtedly acceptably fill the local pulpit.

''That the community severs its relations i Rev. Hanley with genuine and universal regret is absolutely true. In the four years that Rev. Hanlej nab been the resident pastor the church has made rapid strides numencally and spiritually. Under his pastoiate a net increase of 226 has been made in the church membership.

His audiences have been laige and the interest unflagging. The Sundaj school, the Bpworth league and all the auxiliaries of the church are in a flourishing condition Much of this is dye to the zeal of the joung minister whose efforts have been ably supplemented by those of his talented wife." TRIAL COMES IX TWO WEEKS. Bauer Will Probably be Placed on Trial Indictments. Lev! Hill, indicted for the attempted murder of his wife and little son, will probably be placed on trial two weeks from today. The case has been assigned for October 4.

Ranck and Bradley will defend, and County Attorney McDonald prosecute. Hill shot his wife and son at the home near Tiffin early in June. Remarks that have been dropped by friends of the defendant and others in touch with the plans of the defense indicate that the principal plea will be insanity. John Bauer who defrauded the Iowa State bank and was later arrested in Rock Island, will probably be placed on trial after the Hill cases are disposed of. He deposited a forged certificate of deposit with the bank and secured cash as well as a certificate from the bank.

Five Indictments. The grand jury returned five indictments late Friday afternoon and then adjourned until today. In addition to the indictments against Hill and Bauer, a true bill was found against Chas. Jayne, the charge being larceny from a building in the daytime. It is alleged that he entered the home of Mr.

Mclntosh and stole a stove. Ernest Lackey was also indicted on the-charge of stealing some harness at Lone Tree. The fifth in- 'dictment -was withheld from the public, as the party is not yet in custody. IOWA CITY PIOXEER DEAD. J-Ienrj Weeks Passed Away at Age of Ninety-two.

Ferson was in Marengo yes- terdaj where he attended the funeral ot his grandfather, Henry Weeks, a pioneer of countj, who passed a a at the age of ninety-two years. His death occurred Fndaj morning and was due to the infirmities of advanced age Mr. Weeks is i bv his i rnd the following children E. W. Weeks of Guthrie Co A former member of the legislatuie, Weeks of Spokane, Mrs W.

I). Talbot of rengo and Mrs Jesse Feree of Pan i a Aside from Mr. Person, there arc two granclcMldrcn in the unher- sitj, Seth and Wright Weeks oi Guthrie Center i Weeks and his i survive him were inamed sixtj- two jeais ago Mary Hill is back from Texas where she has been for some time. J. C.

Crow of Delta was in the city Friday looking after matters of business. A. W. Sokol has returned from Maquoketa to resume his work in the college of law. Mrs.

Bell Curtis who has been in the city for several weeks, left Friday evening for Omaha. Miss Catherine Leibrock who has I een visiting during the S'lmmrr in California has returned fo her nome in taib city. James G. Berryhill Jr has returned to his home in Des Moines after a visit with friends here He made the trip by automobile, D. A.

Houser left today for the west where he will make an extensive visit. He will visit at Seattle, Portland, and other points of interest before returning. Miss May Gaymon has returned to Cincinnatti, where she will again take up her work as a teacher of domestic science. Miss Galmon formerly resided in Iowa City. Miss Florence Schneider and Miss Gertrude Smith who have been visiting for the past two weeks in Chicago returned to their home in this city Saturday morning.

Thomas D. Jacobs who has boon riajiug profess onal ball this summer with a Chicago team has return- fit to Iowa City and will continue medical studies in the university Miss Mae Keyser of Marengo, a graduate with last year's class of the liberal arts college, has taken up her work as instructor in public speaking in Benton Harbor, high school. SKWKK OX rjOWKHV STKUKT. To Connect With lown City's Old Ladies' Home on Cl.uk Stieet. The council has acted upon the request of Stevens A.

Coldren relative to the construction of a sanitary sewer on Bowery street east from Summit for 400 feet. This i permit of the connection with the sewer of the Mary O. Coldren home for aged ladies located on Clark street and consisting of the old Seymour property. Miss Margaret Safley Married Miss Margaret Safley ot Tipton, who graduated from the college ot mediciire, a married in Cedar Rapids Thursclaj to Rev. R.

Echini of Sioux City. The ceremonj was solemnized at Westminster Presbytei- mn church by the pastor, Rev Mr Elj Mr. and Mis. Echhn i be at home in Sioux City October I after an extended eastern trip Your complexion as well as your tempei is rendeic-J nnseiable by a disoidered liver By taking Chamberlain's stomach and hvei tablets you can i i both. Sold by all druggists g-f JjWHY ITS 6-5-4 6 5 4 It's applied like paint on Qas Stoves and Pipe.

Shines itself. Won't wash off. Eats mmimit im Rust. Makes old Screen New. Produces Ebony Finish on Iron and Wood.

your denier hain't it see MILLER MILLER 33 South Dubuque Street Real Estate Insurance i Rentals i Isaac B. Lee Block Photu 3460 15KIJRY TO BUILD SEWER. Contract in Accordance With His Bid Thereon. The city council has awarded the contract for the construction of a sewer from Union Place along the Rochester Road to the city limits to J. L.

Berry in accordance with his bid submitted last Friday. This portion of the city is accordingly about to realize an improvement it has long been desirous of. Linn Street Tim Bradley has completed his con tract for the grading of the east side of Linn street north of Brown to the city limits. The job cost the city, according to the final estimates of the city engineer. $316.00.

Similar grading may be undertaken on Sheridan avenue. Painters are busy at work on the exterior and interior of the court house. Ads. as Reputation Props Let us build you an inch ad. in this paper; a column a page or any old size ad.

it tell in forceful terms: What you've got to sell What it's worth Why it's best at that price Such an advertisement in this paper will bring buyers who hardly knew you existed before you advertised. tOeprrif at, mi, bj If. M. THE TEASEL A QUMF Plant With Water Traps For Its Intact Among common plants there are few more remarkable than the teasel. There is little doubt, says a well informed natural history contributor to the London Chronicle, that the teasel is as much a flesh eating organism as toy spider that ever spun a web.

Moreover, its method of securing its victims, though quite as ingenious as that of the spider, is much more comprehensive as well as more efficacious. Not only does this extraordinary plant capture all species of flies and gnats, great or small, but caterpillars, slugs, wood lice and the like are all frequent victims. How this is brought about forms one of the most wonderful incidents in nature's fascinating story of the year. The spider weaves her net of the finest silk; the teasel makes her snare out of dewdrops. The plant grows up straight as a church spire, throwing out its leaves in pah's at intervals up the juicy green stem.

The twin leaves unite at their base to form a deep t-np. and the leaves are so eontrhed that the moisture precipitated on them runs down into this reservoir. A well developed plant will thus catch and hold in four or five of these water traps a full half pint of liquid, and the heat of the sun appears to evaporate so little of it that the cups will be brimming even at the close of a hot June day. The smooth, steep leaves all lead down into these pits, and their gradient gets sharper as the ater is approached. Thus the teasel's victims are nude to "walk the plank" to their death, and once in the water there is no hope of return.

They soon drown, and e--ery teasel well has at its bottom a layer of slime formed by their disintegrated bodies. It is of course difficult to prove that this deposit is absorbed by the plant as nutriment, but careful dis- -sectioa'will sJhow at the base of each cup a ring of apertures--sink holes, in fact--which lead into the substance of the stem, and the presence of which affords little room on the matter. DRIVING A NAIL. More to It Than Simply Hammering It Into the Wood. One who thinks that the driving of a nail consists simply in getting the whole length of it out of sight has little conception of the real nature of the operation, says the Scientific American.

A nail driven by an expert will often hold several times as much as one ill driven, while, too, it is often made to draw the parts into place. If you have ever watched a mechanic diiving nails you have doubtless noted that rarely drhes one at right angles with the face of the work. There is a reason for this. Suypose that ho is nailing the "sheeting" on the frame of a building and di-sires to draw the board dowu tightly against the one below it. He points the nail downward, and a few well considered blows at the last produce the desired effect If the board is bent edgewise, so that much force is required, probably he will start the nail In the upper edge, pointing very sharply downward.

Again, two nails driven in a bojrd at different angles will hold It in place much more firmly than the same nails would if they were driven at right angles with the face of the board. Did you ever notice that in diiving a nail in very hard wood one man will do it successfully, while another succeeds only in doubling the nail up before the point has fairly entered the wood? The difference lies in the fact a the expert stri'co 5 the nail fairly and not too haul, "coaxing" it in. i th( other strikes too hard and i indirection. It iniv be properly mer-tionpil rijrht here that in driving a haul wood it is usiinl- Ij profitable to clip the eii'l 1.1 oil or pre.ise. This i not sensibly iator- fore i the holding qualities of the n.iil.

i it will be found to very toiiall-. f.i.-i'itufe its driving RUN TRAINS BY 'fHONt -NEW SYSTEM IS XOW IX USE' His One Good Trait. Loaler--Can jer sp.ire us 'a' mato? TVorkiujjiiun--Wotcher want a 'a pen nj- for? Lonfer-- Cos I sot one. and I wants another tor the price of 'aif a pint i i done a day's work yer li Loafer-No. guv'nor.

cawu't say as I In e. Workii'jjman--Well, yer done a pore bloke out of a job, anyway. "Ere's yer Punch. Those Useless Questions. "Billy, dJil you ever pick up a live trolley v.

ire with your bare "Many a time." "Didn it give you a shock':" "Ghe mo a shock? It killed me dead every Tribune Diplomacy. "But what made you irritate her father?" "1 had to do it. I wasn't any too popular with the girl until her father forbade me the Courier-Journal. After Him. Aunt Crabbe--I think it is my duty to tell you tbat I have heard from several sources that Mr.

Brown is a Tery fast young man! Daisy--Fast aa he Is, I shall catch him yet, Fun. Very Warden--How's the campaign going up your way? Sort of a close contest? Sellers (gloomily)--Closest I ever saw. Neither side is giving up a blamed Courier. Meets with Much Favor by The Railway Employees. The Rock Mand trains between Chicago and Des Moines are run now by the telephone system instead of the telegraph dispatches as was the rule for so many years.

Accordingly the telegrapher sits at his desk with his hand upon the telegraph instrument and a receiver hood over his head. The combination thus far, has been working well and the telegraphers have been well satisfied with it, generally speaking. The only objec- icn offered is that in offices where there is considerable noise the receiver has a tendency to magnify this making it rather difficult to hear the through the telephone. The telpgraph instrument is still used in sending general dispatches, the only use of the telephone being operating trains. And, of course, case the telephone should fail there is alwajs the possibility of resorting to the old system again.

GETTING READY FOR RE-UXIOX Veterans Will be Xotifled of the Reunion by Means of Postals. It is expected that there will be a large number in attendance at the re-union of the 30th Iowa infantry which is to meet in this city next month. A fine program will be arranged and the two days of the reunion be made as pleasant as possible. Capt. E.

F. T. Cherry of this city expects to send out invitations on postal cards to all the Spanish war veterans and has already taken steps to secure the names and addresses of all the members of the 50th regiment. At the convention held a year ago the following officers were elected and are at present officers of the company. Commander.

Col. D. V. Jackson, Muscatine. Senior Vice Commander, Col.

Lambert, Xewton. Junior Vice Commander, Major Tolley, Muscatine. Adjutant, Fred Vollmer, Davenport. Chaplain, Rev. S.

R. J. Hoyt, Harlan. Albert Hogle was a business isitor in Muscatine Saturday. Let the good Dame Fortune enter your business the advertising door.

When you keep your business a secret you are locking Mme. Fortune out. See us to-day about our ad. rates. Every Jeweler Sells Watches But Some Sell Better Ones Than Others It is not a case of how cheap with us, but how good a watch for as little money as possible.

A large line of reliable a to select from at prices within the reach of all. KEITH McCHESNEY The Reliable Jewelers Store With the Chimes Crowley's Defense. Ed Crowley has set up a rather novel defense to the suit brought by the county to collect the bond of Ed. Bell which Crowley signed as surety. It will be recalled that Bell left the city soon after his release and has not returned.

Mr. Crowley states that at the time be signed the bond he had been suffering from delirium tremens, and was therefore incapable of transacting business. Visiting Mortons. Mr. and Mrs.

Geo. Kimball of Hav erhill, are in the city, guests of their cousin, H. K. Morton, and family. Mr.

and Mrs. Kimball are returning from a trip to Yellowstone national park and other western points. Citizen Want Ads are Best. ADVERTISING IN THIS PAPER IS MOT AM AEROPLANIC EXPERIMENT Our arft right--they let people know your and prices are right. Run a Kriet of ada.

in thu paper. If results show, other conditions being equal, speak to us about a year's contract THAT PLAN NEVER LOST A MERCHANT ONE PENNY (Copyright, 19U9, br W. JC. This is the season of the year when every family uses more or less vinegar for pickling purposes. The quality of your pickles will depend very largely upon the kind of vinegar you use- Why take any chances of ruining your pickles with an inferior vinegar, when you can buy the very best for only a trifle more.

We have them all, but for pickling we recommend only Heinz's Pure Malt Vinegar at 40c per gallon. Besides this, we have Heinz' Pure Cider Vinegar at tOc, Duffey's Pure Cider at 35c, and others at 30c, 25c and 20c per gal. GEO. D. BARTH 6-8 South Dubuque Street (Copyright, law, by W.

K. Mr. Farmer, do you use a Spreader? m) If not, why don't jou? A few years ago a manure spreader was a novelty, but such is the case no Inngtr. The desirability of this machine is great, not only for the large farm but the and it will pay for itself often many times in one season. THE SUCCESS SPREADER I Will Be Glad to Show You This Machine The Success Manure Spreader is sold in two sizes-50-busbel and 70 bushel.

It is a machine which commends itself particularly to the farmer in thus section because it combines durability with light draft. I can show you, in a few moments inspection of the samples on our floor, many points of excellence which will be found on no other machine except the Success. The Success Spreader is the only complete roller-bearing machine on tne market, thus making it longer lived and one horse power lighter draft than other machines. The rear axle, which not only has to carry tne load but furnish the power to tear up and distribute the manure, is larger and stronger than that provided on any other make of machine. The Success has a positive force feed, insuring an even distribution of manure on a side hill as well as level ground.

Do you want to see these claims and others just as important i can and wiil gladly illustrate what I say if you will call. NOTE: I have convenient quarters and handle no goods I do not personally guarantee. The Schuettler wagons and Burlingtou and Velie buggies are apart of my line. McRoberts Machinery Co. Iowa City, Iowa South Dubuque Street SPAPFRf.