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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
THE PRICE Of lmpATlemce.

The generally accepted assertion that
worry and not work Is responsible for
insanity is supported by an interesting
article contributed to the National
Geographic Magazine by DR.. w. A.
White, OF the medical STAN OF the gov
eminent hospital for the insane a..
Washington. who writes on the geo.
graphic distribution of insanity. The
doctor arrives at the conclusion that
"the proportion OF insane is highest
where we ind the greatest congestion
of population. and, therefore. where the
stresses incident to active competition
are most severe" In other wor1s.
where worry ana anxiety are added to
toll by the drive Of ambition or neces-i
sity.
In the agricultural states there Is
comparatively little insanity. 1t is
shown, while In the Industrial states of
the east It is very common, the compe-
tition there being intense and de-
structivs Of mental balance. In Mas
satchusetts, for example, there is one
insane person for every s4s of popula-
ton. while in Virginia the proportion
is one in 6ll Of population. IN ArKan-
sas one In $50 and in Texas one In $50.
In the United States, emitting the
southern states, there Is one insane
person to each 642 of population, but
In the southern states the proportion
is one to 1927. In Alabama, Arkansas.
Florida, Georgia. Kentucky, Louisiana.
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee. Texas and vir-
glnia, DR.. White finds. the ratio Of coll
ored insane Is one to l.227, while for
the whites in the same territory 1t IS
enc to 45S For the remainder OF the
United States the ratio of colored IN
sane, as Is shown by the tenth census,
was one to 542. while for the whites II
was one to $50. The ratio of colore1
insane in the United States, minus the
southern states. is, then, almost exact
ly the same as the ratio for the white
insane.
Insanity. according to DR.. Whites
Investigations, Is rare among Indians
or semi -nomads. This he attributes
not to freedom from the white mans
vices and diseases. but to an outdoor
life OF improvtdence and carelessness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
ap Tye44>->r
Fioht win Be Bitter.

Those who will persist in closing
their ears against the continual rec
concentration OF Dr. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption will have 8
long and bitter fight with their trou-
bles, IL not ended earlier by a fatal
termination. Read what T. r. Beall. OF
Beall. Miss, has to say: Last fall
my wife had every symptom of con-
sumption. She took DR.. Kings New
Discovery after everything else had
failed. Improvement came at once. and
four bottles entirely cured her" Guar
anteed by George p. Powers. druggist.
Price so cents and 81. Trial bottles
free.
For sick headache try Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets; they will
ward off the attack II taken in time.
For sale by all druggists
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

as Secretary Wilson comes from Iowa,
! ii is properly reprinted here:
AN IOWA FARMERS COMPLAINT.
Couldn't Use Free Seeds Because En-
velope Said 300 Penalty for Pri-
! vate Use"
| Washington. Nov. 31.-Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson received letter
today from an Iowa farmer protesting
against the "exorbitant prices charged
by the department for It's free SEEDS.
The secretary didn't know what the
farmers grievance was until ne looked
at an attached paper, which happened
to be a portion of the envelope in
which the seeds are sent out. marked
with the government frank. The
farmer had drawn circle around the
usual announcement on the govern
ment frank. $500 pena.ty for private
use" and had written beneath:
Il can, not put the seeds to public
use and can not afford to pay $500 for
using them myself"
Secretary Shaw is another Iowa
man. so this from the Washington
Capital is also appropriate for this coll
umn:
Tracing the Leaks.
Il have stopped talking to you fell
lows about the plans OF this depart
ment," bluntely declared Secretary
Shaw to a newspaper friend the other
day. II know, of course. that l can
trust you. but I have learned that 1t
| is better not to talk to anybody when
I am maturing an important move
ment. Now. take this last refunding
operation of the treasury. involving
$50, 100000. Why. man. said nothing
to anybody about that. and still news
of it leaked out before was ready
for IT.
How did 1t get out?" asked the
newspaper man.
The keen. gray eyes of the secretary
OF the treasury twinkled. He screwed
up his face until it looked like fun
ny mask.
That's what I'd like to know" he
said. do you know" he went on to
say since come to think 1t over.
do remember that wrote one letter
about ~"
ITO whom?" insisted the inquisi-
torial journalist
ITO the president, sir: to the presi-
dent, SIR" exclaimed Mr.. Shaw, "but |
clean forgot to tell him to say nothing
about It."
Query: Does that sound like ex-
Governor Shaw?
Altho for the past year or two Town
has suffered comparatively little loss
from tornadoes. still many towns have
fresh memories OF the loss they occa-
sion both Of property and life. So 1t
is pleasure to chronicle the action OF
the trustees OF Reading township. Cal
houn county. This present year they
have built brick tornado cave for
each schoolhouse in the township, eight
In all. at cost OF sos for each cave.
Probably in Reading township there
are some kickers on this waste Of the
taxpayers money, but = is safe to
assert that the mothers OF the chill
dren attending school in these eight
schoolhouses will not use their infiu-
ence to prevent the reelection OF these
township trustees.
nR E.e144A,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
Revolution Imminent.

A sure sign Of approaching revolt
and serious trouble In your system is
nervousness, sleeplessness or stomach
upsets. Electric Bitters will quickly
dismember the troublesome causes. 1t
never fails to tone the stomach, regu-
late the kidneys and bowels. stimulate
the liver and clarity the blood. Run
down systems benefit particularly and
all the usual attending aches vanish
under It's searching and thorough eff
Ifectiyeness. Electric Bitters Is only so
cents and that is returned II 1t doesn',
give perfect satisfaction. Guaranteed
by George P. Powers. druggist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

THE FATE OF THE BII.L1ONATRE
George Fitch In the Nonpariel.I
Up towards the shining city walked
An earthly Millionaire.
With listless sigh. he fixed his eye
Upon Its temples fair.
"A bigger dome I've seen at home,"
He said with naughty stare.
Before him flashed the jasper walls,
With radiance a-whirl
He paused before the wondrous door
His lips with scorn a-curl;
Then shook his head and sneering said
They're only made Of pearl"
Then in he went and walked about.
Contemptuous and cold.
The shining street beneath his feet
He tested as he strolled;
Then cried. MY word tbs quite absurd;
That stuff is only gold!"
Because he had so much below
His fate Is hard and sure.
He'll live, you see, in poverty.
Without hope of cure.
For in his eyes all paradise
Is cheap and mean and poor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

when subtraction shows 5000 in post
age stamps are on hand or have been
used as currency by all the rural route
patrons of Davenport routes. This
would scarcely allow one two cent
stamp on hand in every family sup
piled by the service. If 1t doesn't get
worse than appears by the figures the
catalog house trade thru the medi
UNI of rural delivery need not keep
Davenport merchants awake nights.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
!:-i-s-si-is-is-.4-ss..ss..s..ss.4s
fFor Sunday Reading. !
+ Al Sorts Of Opinions. +
ss-ss-ss 1. ;
TRUTH IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Valuable Points in Mrs. Eddy's Doc.
trines Indicated by an Outsider.
Al Sort. of Opinions.

A''Hes iHolcateo oy an OUTSIDER.
What Is fundamentally true and use
ful in Christian Science is pointed out
by h. Wake Cook in the October Con-
temporary Review CLondon) After
| long examination of Mrs. Eddys teach
lngs, and especially of the debt she
owes to Mr.. Andrew Jackson Davis the
"Poughkeepsie seer" and the author of
The Great Harmonic" and "The Ply
sictan." he concludes by calling atten-
ton to the Great healing truths that
have got to be associated with Mrs.
Eddy's picturesque personality"
| Rightly accepted they carry a bless
ing for all; and the real truth seeker
should accept the good of all systems
| and the narrowness Of none. Chris
| tan Science offers an inestimable boon
to the Protestant churches. If rightly
taken, and rightly used; restoring as 1t
does to its rightful place vital part of
Christs teaching. To physicians 1t Of
fers a much needed admonition, and
clue to the true medical science; it
warns them to forsake their medical
| material!sm." to cease tinkering at eff
fects and get down to true causes. The
great truths to be realized and lived
are these. and If they cannot be deduc-
ed in their fulness from Mrs. Eddy's
writings, they will gradually be read
into them by the more progressive
Scientists" The allness of good, the
essential unity of all existence. That
evil, however grievous fro m the mum
dane plane, is entirely educative. dis
ciplinary and transatory, that all sick
ness and suffering come from 'sin."
that is. from error and ignorance. not
from theological, but physiological and
sanitary ignorance, or moral transgres-
sions. The full realization OF our one
ness with the great mind Of the uni
verse is not only the heart OF all relig-
ion. but 1T is now seen to carry par
leadership in the potencies and powers,
and, in some dim way, even the knowl-
edge of God. The realization of the
powers resident in, or meditated by.
the subliminal self raises man immeas-
urably in the scale of being; lifts him
somewhat above the petty cares and
worries of life which cause or aggra-
vatc so many Ills. 1t gives not only
sense OF power. but of courage to con-
quer fear. which is the most active
agent in causing and spreading disease.
This sense of power helps man to bend
circumstances to his will. and he him
self the divinity which shapes his end.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
a co.sly Mistake.

Blunders are sometimes very expen-
siye. Occasionally life itself Il thu
price OF . mistake. but you'll never be
wrong II you take DR.. Kings New Lite
pills for dyspepsia, disziness. head
ache. liver or bowel troubles They ars
gentle. yet thorough. Twenty-6va
cents at George r. Powers drug storA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

I The Sioux City Journal says There
\ are a lot of people in ST. Louis, Grand
| Rapids and elsewhere who will pro-
| baby think the president needn't have
been so confoundedly personal"
The Odebolt Chronicle objects to the
| providing that applicants for a mar
1 riage license shall present to the clerk
a certificate from physician youching
! that said applicants have been under
| instruction regarding the duties per-
! tanning to marriage relations the
Chronicle admits that Such legisla-
| ton may be needed in Missouri, but
! Iowa people don't have to be shown.
| Everybody can guess the name of the
committee which will consider the bill"
The Dubuque Times thinks a legal
| minimum for teachers salaries I'M
| necessary, believing that the average
! board of school directors in the rural
district is willing to supply all the
| minimum wanted with compulsion by
| law.
! In the opinion of the Burlington
Hawkeye this country has enough If
not too many holidays and the bill
| making a national holiday of McKin-
| iey's birthday should fail. There are
other and better ways of honoring the
memory OF William Mckinley than by
| setting aside his birthday anniversary
as a national holiday" declares the
| Hawkeye. William Mckinley will
! have honor and affection In the tudg-
ment and hearts of his country7nen.
| His place in history is secure
What Joke II would be on the
democratic party" suggests the New
Sharon Star. now that Cleveland has
withdrawn, IL the unterrified would
have to put up with Bryan as their
presidential candidate for 1904"
The Sioux City Tribune thinks odd
Senator Morgan talks like a man who
doesn't want canal at all.
Referring to the Inter Oceans de-
tense of Dowie in the recent receiver
ship, the Register and Leader says
whatever may be thought of their
religion, their business cooperation
and organization has been wonderful,
and they have been entitled not only
to the fullest protection of the law,
but to its encouragement.
The Nonparel asserts that "A pessi-
mist is a man who does his think
ing with his liver"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
,nTeRuRBAn AND THE VILLAGE.

The coming of financial engineer
from one of the largest railroad con-
structing and financing firms in Ne"
York to inspect the Ma rshalltoWn inter
urban enterprise, gives that venture q
more serious aspect than 1t has as
sumed at any previous time. For TINS
reason the pros" and cons OF tnf
Ijnterurban question will assume great
ar Importance to the citizens of the
small towns and farms along the pre-.
posed right of way. Conrad and Bea-
man will have to be deciding quickly
which OF these towns will secure the
road. The experience of interurbans
| in the east has taught small towns that
they gain more from increased traffic
ever interurban lines than do the larger
| towns. The larger towns are very MAJ
terially benefited but the benefits
to small towns are greater In pro-
portion to population.
The Times Republican recently pub
iished the story OF an Ohio interurban,
which was opposed by the small towns
but after being built the citizens OF the
village testified, thru their local pa
per that they would not lose their in
terurban road now IL 1t cost them a
township tax. In California, likewise.
census statistics show that Pasadena
and other towns reached by the inter-
urban from Los Angeles have grown
lin population at greater rate than has
the central city of Los Angeles.
The reason for this is that the dou5-
ling Of transit facilities more than
doubles the traffic. Marshailtown
learned this when the train service on
the story City branch was doubled.
Travel on that line was more than
trebled as consequence. In the east
great railroads like the Lake Shore
road are encouraging interurbans. the
latter road actually granting an In
for several miles. Where interurbans
tap districts untouched by steam roads
thew act as feeders to whatever road
makes the best contract for their bust
ness and where they parallel steam
lines they follow the direction of traffic
already established and simply increase
travel in even greater proportion than
the facilities are enlarged.
This is the reason small towns are
benefited. People come to town often
er. They go to the larger town, to be
sure, but both are benefited. There
Is even considerable traffic OF city
residents to the small town. Wherever
markets are improved, farmers are ben
Gifted and farm population grows den
ser. It is the town that gets left of
the interurban line that suffers. LIE,
an interurban strike one town and
miss competitor ten miles away ard
God help the village thus left out. Bust
ress in the interurban town will thrive
at the, expense OF the other just as
many a once prosperous frontier trad
ing point has been completely killed
and efYaced from the map by the adj
vent of a railroad over right of way
only few miles distant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
DEBILITY

sArs ysu nervous and dependent; week ane
oetihe6Ded; tired MORNINGS; no ainbil3on-lite
and irritable; eyes sunken. red and blurred;
plnlpleS on fac-; dreams and night losses: rest
less, hAggAfd looksns: weak back; deposit II
onndsoca: lsck r. n.ge and Strength9
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
what TO Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge SO
often expressed, that DR.. Kiliner's
Swafip-Root, the great kidney remedy.
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
Il corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, vine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp. Root
is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If You need medicine
YOU should have the best. Sold by drug
sists in fifty-cent and one-lollar sizes;
You may have sample bottle and
book that tells all EE
about it, bothsentfree :. r: H.
by mail. Address DR.. II =! W. - =
Kilmer s. Co., Bing -
hamton, n. Y. When Rome OF Swamp Root.
writing mention this paper and don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name, Dr.. Kilmer's Swarnp-Root, and
the address, Binghamtou, N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it.
How To Find Ont

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours ;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

The Nonpariel asserts that "A pessi
mist is a man who does his think
ing with his liver"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

a SedlmentOr set
ting indicatesail
unhealthy con-
dition of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

The Sioux City Tribune thinks "old
Senator Morgan talks like a man who
doesn't want canal at ALL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

What a Joke It would be on the
democratic party" suggests the New
Sharon Star, now that Cleveland has
withdrawn, IL the unterrified would
have to put up with Bryan as their
presidential candidate for 1904"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

The Sioux City Journal says There
are lot of people in ST. Louis. Grand
Rapids and elsewhere who will pro-
baby think the president needn't have
been so confoundedly personal"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

all the railroads OF the country.
Illinois holds the proud position of
contributing each year toward the to-
tai Of the International revenue re-
ceipts a far larger amount than any
other state in the union. Last year
the figures for that great common
wealth amounted to $50,562,455. In
diana was second with SIS, 1S3,610. New
York followed with s26.749,64S, while
Kentucky was fourth with s21,115,626.
The payments of taxes on spirits, to-
bacco and beer make up the biggest
portion OF these impressive figures.
They were uttering the tender non
sense that succeeds the great ques-
ton.
And" said the girl bravely. 'If
poverty comes we will face it to-
gether."
"Ah, dearest" he replied, the mere
sight OF your face would scare the
wolf away"
And ever since he has wondered why
she returned the ring.-New York
Tribune.
A Davenport paper calls attention
to the fact that the number Of post
age stamps sold by the rural carriers
at Davenport exceeded the number can
celled. The value of the stamps sold
during the month was $77,24. those
Cancelled totaled s7o.25. The appar-
ent inference to the Davenport writer
is that the farmers buy many stamps
which are enclosed in letters In pay
ment of goods ordered from the mail
order houses or for other payments
which are made thru the mails. The
inference does not seem SO apparent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-12

few weeks ago has this special, AMI
as Secretary Wilson comes from Iowa,
1t is properly reprinted here:
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-19
CREAM SEPARATOR AT WORK.

from the outside to the center. At the
innermost point the cream will contain
nearly so per cent. butter fat, gradual
ly decreasing until in a modern separa-
tor, the skim-milk, which is taken at
the outside, will contain only a trace.
The different separators have a slight
ly varying CONTINUANCE for controlling
the density of the cream, but in every
Instance the principle remains the
same; when taken very near the center
the volume is less and the fat content
high. The amount of cream may be re-
luced until it cannot escape fast
enough, and so if the milk supply is not
diminished a portion of the fat will
necessarily pass off in the skim-milk.
On the other hand, if the cream screw
is changed to increase the volume that
is taking it out nearer to the outside
of the bowl then we are securing a
cream of less fat content, and this
permission of increased outflow at the
center of the bowl means a more ex-
haustive .skimming. Hence to-day the
test of a first-class machine is to run
full capacity, skim clean, and deliver a
cream containing 40 to so per cent. but
ter fat.-H. z. Cook, in Rural New
Yorker.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-06-19
COMPLEXION AND LIVER.
Important Functions of the Organ
and Their Effect ON the Facial
Appearance.

Since a bad complexion is usually de
rectly traceable to a disordered liver
some knowledge as to the functions
Of that very unruly organ should be
indispensable. People in general have
a rather vague idea Of the workings
Of the liver. They know that bile for
nation is one of it's functions; but
further than this they are at sea, says
American Queen.
Starch, which is contained in so
many articles of diet, is converted by
the saliva and pancreas juice into
sugar. Starch cannot readily enter the
blood in it's unchanged state, but when
it has become sugar it passes in the
blood stream to the liver. which in turn
takes it up and changes it into another
substance called %glycogen; this is
stored up by the liver and is used as
the body needs it.
The liver has other functions, and
mor important ones than bile forma-
ton, and it is not often affected in all
these functions equally. Part of the
glycogen is converted into sugar and
discharged into the blood, where by
union with oxygen it furnishes heat
for the body. Some of the glycogen
is changed into fat, which is also sent
into the blood, finally lodging in some
tissue which it nourishes.
The most important function of the
liver is the changing of waste material
into a substance that can be easily ex-
creted by other organs. Every mo-
ment of life the particles of the body
are being destroyed and renewed, and
the debris is received into the blood.
When the bile secretion is defective
the chief symptoms are constipation,
sallowness and thinness.
If the glycogen function is defective
the temperature is low and the body
is often emaciated. Digestion always
suffers. and the skin, besides being sal
low. is apt to break out inIo disorders.
Drugs bring relief, but they do not
cure these disorders. The system
should be brought under hygienic on
ditions by proper dict and living. The
circulation of the blood should be good,
for all the blood in the body is supposed
opass through the liver twicein every
minute. Circulation can be effected
by systematic exercise.
If dyspepsia is present, give up the
indigestible articles of food, instead
of digesting them with pepsin or other
agents. In a case of this kind indiges-
ton is an indication that the liver il
not preparedto take the food eaten.