Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-30

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IN highly satisfactory MANNER and
have collected license on more stray
CANNES than, has been done in any pre-
vious year.
SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE.
dubuque Telegraph
The selling Of tickets and appealing to
the Main street business men to con-
tribute to worthy objects every day in
s the year, has become nuisance. II 1t
Is not the churches 1t is some society or
some other organization and thus they
are annoyed all the time. Some time
ago the officers of the Baptist church
decided to abstain from this method Of
raising money by giving entertainments
Tor q period OF one year. The matter
was submitted to the members and it
passed. They are asking their own
members to contribute to the support of
their own church first and all the time,
and as a result the receipts have in
creased. They will give no paid enter
tainments but Will occasionally give a
social entertainment for the benefit of
the church and congregation. This is
certainly good example, and more es-
pecially when 1t Is set by one OF the
smaller and weaker churches. City hall
officials were compelled to post notices
on their Office doors some time ago
warning ticket sellers to. keep out. Main
street merchants can not do this, so
they have to endure the nuisance. The
example set by the Baptist church is a
very good one, and as a leading retail
merchant remarked yesterday that If all
other churches and societies would do
likewise they would get along better.
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BURRELL ON THANKSGIVING.
washington Press.]
We have not a single truly national
holiday, such as the ancients had in
abundance. in which all take part. Not
10, perhaps not 5, per cent OF our peo-
pie attend Thanksgiving service. Riere
is good deal of social good cheer;
there are family reunions; folk visit,
drive, play and watch foot ball. shoot
at turkey raffles get drunk, listen to
band music, go to dances, etc. The
real object and purpose of the day are
as much lost sight of as are those of
Memorial day. And that day Is far
from being national, and Christmas,
New Years, Fourth of July are slight
ed by thousands and considered bores.
The man or woman who should invent
holiday to enlist the interest, affec-
ton and zeal of everybody would be
the greatest genius in the world. He
could patent 1t, and would gladly
pay royalty.
We wonder how much thankfulness,
In the religious sense, is really latent
in people nowadays, when there is SO
much active or tacit belief in second
airy causes? For instance, how about
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If Mckinley We're elected there'd be
popular misery resulting from low
prices, lack of work, scarcity of money,
etc. That prophesy was based on ma
terial causes not on the supernatural;
1t was political economy, not Provi-
eence. On the other hand the republic
cans said their political and economical
policies would insure stability for the
currency, make work, raise wages and
prices. boom business, restore prosper
ity and confidence We, too, were mate
rialists, and we proved to be true
prophets. We don't have to sell bonds
to get gold; we are lousy with gold; we
seek to buy bonds before maturity to
save interest: we never exported so
much before; the balance of trade
comes our way like a tidal wave; all
who will may work at good wages;
dozens and scores of jobs hunt a work.
man. The tendency of all such think
Ing and belief is to eclipse the first
cause of things. Unwittingly we all fall
into that attitude and our practical be-
lief is that science or knowledge or ex-
perience is what we must go by.
We ought, indeed, to be thankful for
everything good that befalls US
health, strength, beauty, literature,
song, art, income, life itself; but when
in possession of these things we are apt
simply to enjoy them, revel in them and
not ask why's and wherefores.
Happy is the man or woman whose
religious emotions or heart SO far
dominate the head that they sponta-
neously gush out thanks and praise to
the giver of every good and perfect
gift. feeling that they truly come from
above.
DESTROYING DISEASED MEAT.
IFort Dodge Chronicle.l
What amounts to a fortunate escape
from eating diseased meat, occurred at
Moorland the latter part of the week
past. One of the prominent farmers
living near Moorland was fattening a
heifer for his winter supply of meat.
The animal was four years old, of the
short horn variety and was sleek and
sound, apparently, as any member Of
the bovine species could possibly be.
The farmer. whose name is withheld
at his request, concluded that the
1leifer would furnish more beef than
his family could conveniently dispose
OF. ana accordingly called in couple
OF his neighbors. who agreed to each
take a quarter of the carcass, butch
er of Moorland also agreed to take a
quarter.
When the heifer was butchered, the
carcass was found to be as fat as any
butchered in the vicinity, and the meat
was apparently Of the best possible
quality. 1t happened in cursory ex.
animation of the liver, that LESSONS
were found. the conditions of that or
gan being so decidedly abnormal, thai
the farmers suggested that it might be
best to take the organ to Fort Dodge
for examination.
To this the butcher demurred. saying
that the organ was perfectly sound
and that he had butchered many cattle
whose livers were in similar condi.
ton. The opinion OF the farmers was
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