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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
Topics Of the Times

There is suspicion that the Regis
ter and Leaders Washington bureau
isn't more than commode.
Mr.. Bryan's determination to remain
twenty-five years in politics makes
eastern democrats think of the time
their wives mother came to live with
them.
Reciprocity is free trade to the ex-
tent that it procates.-Keokuk Gate
Ciey.
Well, all business is business only so
long as 1t businesses
The laws governing labor in New
Zealand are often enforced in a most
exasrerating way. says DR.. Francis E.
Clark, in an article on Australasia in
Public Opinion IF you are in bar
ber's chair after the clock strikes one on
Saturday, or whatever day of the Week
may be the legal half-holiday, you are
liable to arrest and fine, as well as the
barber who shaves you. If a poor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
OLD SWISS LAWS.
Queer Statutes Tint Governed We'd
dings and wearing Apparel.

dinGs and Wearing Apparel.
"SwitZcrlund had law that no we'd
ding party should have more than
twenty guests ten men friends OF the
bridegroom and ten women friends OF
the bride. No wedding procession was
permitted to have more than two sing
ers, two fddlers and two trumpeters.
Married women were forbidden to
wear silk or decorated hoods, though
mnidens might. No woman, whether
married or unmarried, was allowed to
Wear any dress in which the opening
not lie at least two inches wide upon
the shoulders, and Tire gown must not
be buttoned or laced up in front or at
the side. 70 restrain the fashion of
long pointed shoes 1t was enacted that
no person OF either Sex should wear n
shoe with point extending beyond the
foot enough to allow anything to be in
serted in 1t, nor was any woman or
girl permitted to wear laced shoes. No
man or boy should wear coat that
did not reach to the knee. Garments
were forbidden to be slashed so as to
show different colors or kinds Of mate
rial, and trousers We're required to be
made without stripes and both legs of
the same color. In 1870 one Swiss can
ton in council assembled enacted that
hereafter no one shall make points of
shoes or boots longer than one joint Of
the finger, and IL any shoemaker she
make them longer he shall be fined FL,
as also the person wearing them. Lon.
don Express.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
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F LOOKER.ON in IOWA !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, :

Ida Grove, Sept 1G.-"Its n pretty
good scheme, and 1t works beautifully.
They stopped with me several days, so
! know what I'm talking about. The
young fellow keeps two days ahead
of the professor all of the time. And
this young fellow is just as smooth as
the old chap. He starts out i'm the
cakes. Some brand no one ever heard
of before or will again or course he
stops and chats with the occupants of
each house. If he finds any one uses
glasses, and nearly every family now
wears them. he adroitly leads the con-
Vcrsation towards the subject of good
glasses bad glasses, cheap glasses and
high priced glasses. If they are near
sighted or far sighted, have one eye
different from the other, have granu-
lated lids or any other trouble, he Is
able to detect such defects. not only
from the conversation, but from his OBJ
servation, In which line he is an ex-
pert. AS he leaves the premises he
always says, of course. I'm no ocu-
list. but from the trouble I've had
with my eyes. by all means take my
advice and consult the first good ocu-
list you can Then he makes his de-
parture. and out of sight proceeds to
make his notes. of name, which one of
the family has trouble with his or her
eyes," and two days after the old fell
low, with these facts In his possess
sion. drives up to the house. The
professor wears a long gray beard.
dresses in black broadcloth, long frock
coat and wears a big wide-brimmed
soft hat. His card reads, professor
Zuklefort. occulist. Chicago H., form
erly of Switzerland" He talks little
broken" as Ill Swiss oculists are sup
posed to do. Are any of this family
affected? Ach see madame has the
-'' naming the trouble mentioned
to the yeast cake man. A sale follows
nine times out of ten. AS he only
charges twice the regular price and
really sells good goods, what is there
wrong in the scheme?" All this from
the landlord of Nextown
Again the landlord told us something
When he kept the Travellers Rest In
Backtown. fourteen years ago. during
six years he had fourteen girls get
married, one of them three times. The
table girls by no means had monopoly
of this marrying business Cooks
dish washers and table girls all left
him at intervals, all to close together
to suit him, to get married. For OBJ
vious reasons the real address of this
landlord Is not given TO this can be
added he Is never short of help"
In one of our Iowa towns there is In
Jail a man Indicted by the grand jury
accused of poisoning or as accessory
to the fact. The woman In the case"
is out on bonds and the victim of the
supposed villninous work was this wo
mans husband. The neighbors were
convinced for long time that this
woman and the hired man. now in Jail.
were unduy intimate. The husband
died. the body was treated by the I'M
dertaker with the usual embalming
fluid, the funeral took place, and then
a few weeks after the body was taken
up. the stomach removed. sent off for
examination traces of poison found in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
THE LUCKY LAND BUYER
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or late there has been cutie an
active movement In the transfer of real
estate in this vicinity. Farm lands are
changing hands every few days. Tho
two years Just past which have been
discouraging to farmers have made
many people restless. and there scents
to he a desire to make changes In To-
cation and 70 to GONE other part of the
country where only the bright side or
thugs has been presented But we no.
ticc that about rs many people from
other states are as ANXIOUS 10 come 10
northwestern Iowa and secure farms
as there are those who wish to move
away There have been partial crop
failures before. and the early settler
here has seen some pretty hard times:
but there is not an industrious farmer
who has held on to his acre, through
thick and thin, who has not gotten
rich out of Iowa soil. Any man who
invests in land here today can make
no mistake There is no better soil
on the face of the earth. People cannot
find fault with Iowa land. They do not
sell 1t in hopes of finding any better.
They count up the dollars that their
rich acres will bring, and then think
that the money will permit them to
prospect for some Ideal place where
they can make money without work
ing The proceeds or their farm is
generally gone before they find what
they are looking for. When you find
something that has any more intrln-
sic value than iowa land, nall onto 1t
you have a big thing. But be sure
yor have got 1t before you let some one
come i'm and take what you actually
do possess-some of the best LAND in
the world. 1t is the buyer of land here
who is In luck--not the seller.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
THE RUSSIAN TARIFF CONCESSION.

The ukase of the Russian govern
ment which went into effect yesterday
ordering discontinuance of the levylng
OF discriminating duties against pro-
ducts Of this country give interest to
the figures presented by the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor thru It's
bureau OF statistics. showing the total
imports into Russia from the United
States during the calendar years 1900
1904, inclusive, as we'll as the imports
\ during the yeriod 1900-1903 into Rus
sia from the United States of the arti-
cles affected by the adverse tariff leg
islation.
The application of the higher dis
eliminating rates dates back to tho
beginning of the year 1901. when, in
l retaliation of the countervailing duty
Imposed upon sugar Of Russian origin
In accordance with section 5 of the
Dingley tariff, the Russian minister OF
finance ordered the application of the
penal tariff rates to imports of manu-
features of cast iron, of hand tools,
machinery, and numerous other arti-
cles classed under the general head OF
manufacturers of iron and steel. These
articles, which were subject until then
"a the same conventional rates as We're
paid by like articles coming from Ger
many and other European countries.
became subject to rates from 80 to SO
per cent higher.
An analysis of the figures showing
the imports from the United States
a OF the various articles affected by the
discriminating tariff legislation furth-
errnore shows that these imports have.
ION the whole. increased during the
period In question. Thus, the imports
OF manufacture of cast iron increase 1
from $19.955 in value during the year
1900, which, for purposes of this COM
aparison, may be taken as normal
year, to $45,722 in 1908. The imports
OF hand tools, which were $15,315 in
value in 1900, increased to $64.532 In
1908. Those OF machinery Increased
from $22S.529 in 1900 to $3sS,6s4 in
1903, while the Imports of The various
articles under the general head of
manufactures of iron and steel in
creased from $45,373 in 1900 to $685.
SIS In 1902, and fell off to $67555 dur
ing the following year. The same Is
true of bicycles, the imports Of which,
from $1O,S36 In 1900, increased to $i3,-
sos7 in 1909. but fell to $a0,37T during
the following year. The imports of
the articles under the general head OF
naval stores more than doubled-fcoln
$iS6,552 in 1900 to s404,226 in 1908.
The combined figures Of imports from
the United States of the articles Sab
ject to discriminating duties show an
increase from s5o1,55s In 1900 to s951,-
LOG in 1908.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
DolLNeR DISAPPOINTED THEM.

Justihable pride in the man and no
little satisfaction was aroused in Sen
ator Delivers friends by his bold as
h sertion that he intended to make a
fight for the presidents rate regula-
'tion measure. Those who read tn.
verbatim report of Governor Cummins'
hearing before the Elkins committee
were impressed with the irritation
shown by Senator Dolliver at the vim
dictive manner in which Elkins cross
ed questioned the witness. Delivers
repeated Interruptions, 81 believe the
witness has answered that question,
Mr.. Chairman" and, Governor, the
senator MEANS" etc, were sufficient
10 show that Delivers sympathies
were with the witness as against Elk
ms. vet the great majority of Iowa
people were not acquainted with these
details and they are now pleased to
know where Dolliver stands.
AS to reciprocity, however, the sem
etor proved as great a disappointment
to his friends. the editors from the
Tenth congressional district, as he had
pleased them on the rate question.
Delivers address as a whole was a
sermon on impossibilities and a plea
for inaction. He claimed that he was
loyal friend of reciprocity, that he
had great hopes in the Chicago con-
vention, but had been disappointed
with the resolutions because he be-
lieved reciprocity by dual tariffs Inn
practicable. Seemingly he differs here
from Senator Allison and the presi-
dent. Ht could see how we could
have q minimum at the protective
point and then allow the president to
strike right and left with a maximum
hut he did not believe in retaliatory
tariffs. In this respect Dolliver and
Shaw differ. Then he could see how
we might have a maximum at the pro-
xective point, but the moment we be-
gan to make minimum concessions
below this he predicted we would have
trouble with the fellows thus sacri-
need.
Here Mr.. Dolliver left his subject
and launched into his plea for party
harmony, for leadership that will not
hisrupt a party and INDUCED freely in
predictions that leaders who go for
ward any faster than the slowest would
get lots Of applause but no results.
Had MFR. Dolliver explained what
method could be pursued to obtain re-
ciprocity he would not have so disap
pointed his friends. but he left his
audience only with the discouraging
advice, 1T can't be DONE" and any
ptandpatter present was justified i'll
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
the assumption that Dolliver had

the assumption that Dolliver had
abandoned reciprocity altogether.
More disappointing was this to Dol
liver's friends for the reason that with
In thirty minutes of the close of his
discourse was he found in the hotel
lobby defending reciprocity to group
Of editors and explaining that he be-
lieved there was far more show OF
forcing reciprocity thru the senate by
treaty than by attempting to adopt
two tariffs in one winter" Doliver
claims and still believes himself
staurch friend of reciprocity, but tho
public which must judge him by his
public utterances. is left to believe the
fair assumption already made by the
Des Moines Capital, that he has ADAM
doncd reciprocity as impossible In
practice.
When Mr. Dollver learns how much
more the people of Iowa will think OF
him when he abandons the do-noth-
ing policy and becomes an aggressive
leader in the rate regulation fight he
may think better OF aggressive leader
ship on the tariff. Dolliver has sat In
the committee room on three tariff
bills and he may be excused for get
ting the shivers at every suggestion of
another such ordeal, but If Dolliver
had had the nerve to follow up his one
feeble demand for these Kasson trea-
ties as a La Toilette or n Cummins
would have done, Dolliver would have
been a far greater man In the estima-
ton of his people today. A man who
will make plea for naction and close
the argument with a peroration eulo-
giving the craftsmanship of Theodore
Roosevelt, should take a look at him.
self in the mirror.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
ANDRE W CARNEGIE PRESS AGENT.

Caiiny Andrew Carnegie mas loo OIter
given evidence of versatile shrewd-
ness 10 leave any doubt Of his capacity
or late Mr.. Carnegie has been consid-
erabl obscured by his rival millionaire
who has not only given millions with
a free, hand. but aroused the discussion
that makes for notoriety. AS house
hold word Rockefeller has had the call
over Carnegie ever since Rev. Wash
ington Gladden's delicate olfactories
found Rockefeller's 100000 ny-blown
Next the press, the pulpit is the great
est publicist How Mr.. Carnegie flank
ed MI. Rockefeller and drew the atten-
ton Of the clergy is a story for con-
vention of press agents.
1t appears that one of the losers In
the big Homestead strike went to Tex
as, whence, Judging from his language
at hand he is likely to go to that 9TH
err region commonly considered as the
next remove from Texas. In Texas he
had grown poor. Mr.. Carnegie hearing
of his plight helped him financially.
Mr. McLuckie receiving the million
aires check, remarked with contentious
profanity: 1T was id white OF
Andy!" When his language was re-
peated to Mr.. Carnegie, the iron mas
ter declared his pleasure with the SEN
timert expressed and announced his
intention to use McLuckie's eulogy as
an epitaph to be cut on the Carnegie
tomb.
To this the Chicago preachers are
Directing strenuously. Rev. John M.
Driver of the Peoples church, rivaling
the now celebrated Mr.. McLuckie. is
quoted as saying That's something
fierce" Methodist, Presbyterian,
LUTHERAN and Baptist they all object
to the McLuckie epitaph. Admitting
the sentiment they declare the phrase
ology tainted. Thus Andy Carnegie.
strategist, butts into the tainted class
at tine cost OIL a colupdIdliNely sinai
donation to another Scot, killing two
birds with one small stone.
Frank Siddalls opened up new field
of literary effort with his catch-line
Don't be a clam" "Uneeda biscuit
has been worth million. Mr.. Nc
Luclxie may be the pioneer in field
heretofore untouched. Why not good
money in coming catchy epitaphs for
gravestones? The aver
age millionaire needs something un-
ique and attractive to hold public at
tention, for dead millionaire is gem
orally q pretty useless article. candy
was ID white" "He done his
d-dest," and few other choice speci-
mems of sentimental profanity that at
tract the eye and hold attention, may
soon be worth copyrighting.
Aside from all speculation the fact
is evident that while Mr.. Rockefeller
may have more money than Mr.. Car
negie, the latter gets more for his. He
is a shrewder advertiser than his be-
wigged and stomachless competitor.
And then 1t must be admitted that
many things done by Mr.. Carnegie have
been "d@d white of Andy"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
1T, the arrests followed, and the trial
lis near at hand

1T, the arrests followed, and the trlal
is near at hand.
Now the writer will venture an opln-
ion that the reader Of these lines mas
read of, or heard of. Il half dozen cases
where the above account clearly de-
scribes any and all of the circum-
stances 1t would seem to reader AM
writer that it's time to change the
procedure I'm such cases. 1t would
seem that before our undcrtakers use
nm embaming iluid some tests should
be made by proper authorities 10 max"
such after work unnecessary. tof
there Is no jury that can be gotten to-
Eethcr that feels like convcting %"
circumstantial evidence. where the
undertaken testifes that he has per-
formed such operations. This, OF
course, referring to poison cases. For
this referred to case. even now the
citizens of the town say this indict-
ment and forthcoming trial is nselcss,
for supposing they did poison him, has
MT the undertaken cleared them? Again,
so strong is the sympathy of an Iowa
public. our lawyers say it's impossible
to convict II woman Of murder II
there's Il shadow of n doubt. With no
reference to this particular case as to
guilt or innocence, there is not one
chance in a hundred to convict In SIM
ilar eases whore the undertaken Is all
lowed to "embalm'' the body previous
to a post mortcn examination of the
stomach and digestive organs The
other view of such cases is where the
accused parties are really innocent,
but are indicted and tried for murder.
and where traces of poison are found"
by the chemist In his official examina-
tons and tests. Such accused parties
never are free from suspicion on the
part Of the public. even II promptly
acquitted and legally declared inno-
cent,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
Homo seekers and Settlers.

On every Tuesday the Iowa Central
has on sale round trip excursion tick
cts to points in Minnesota. the Da-
kotas, Manitoba. Assiniboia, and the
Canadian Northwest. On first and
third Tuesdays of each month Home
seekers tickets are on sale to points
south, west and southwest. Rate. one
fare, plus two dollars. Liberal limits
and stop over privileges. For rates
and time of trains call on agents or
address A. b. Cults, G. z. & I. A..
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16

| IMAM ny plllluB u county iti, a"'N
fully remarks the Hampton Chronicle
"And now Uncle John Cownie has
broken out again, this time on the corn
question:" observes the Maxwell Tri-
bune. Lets see, wasn't your Uncle
John the man who didn't want the
whistles blown at the state institutions
because 1t cost too much money? Uncle
John has quite a reputation Tor
breaking out frequently and in unex-
pected spots"
The Rockford Register believes
what it calls 1.-THE hysterical drlvel
which has been heaped upon President
Roosevelt by many Americans since
his part in the peace conference must
be both embarrassing and disgusting
to the president and says "Those who
are most maudlin in their adulation
now are the very ones who would be
most bitter in their denunciations II
by any unhappy chance the president
should make a false step"
"Mr. Titus has pretty fair reput-
tation but il he keeps up this four
wear business lie VIII lOSC ~ PASuASsS
the Clear Lake Mirror.
The Keokuk Gate City finds that
"The Shaw Cummins controversy had
at least one good effect. 1t interrupt
ed temporarily the suggestion of addi-
tional candidates for governor"
"There is no new and deeply mys-
terious feature about reciprocity"
points out the Jefferson Bee. 1T is not
heaven born principle. 1t is just
horse swap between nations, and we
have a poor opinion of any man who
thinks the United States Is going to
trade a stout and active horse for
bunged-up old plug"
CAS- to reciprocity In competing pro-
ducts-that would be like giving away
a birthright, and the American people
will everlastingly veto any such prop
osition as that" says the Marion Reg
lister.
The Sioux City journal says "If
there is anything the newspaper pub
Usher finds more convenient than rail-
way mileage 1t is cold cash The
newspaper man occasionally finds him
self in possession of mileage for which
he can find no use, but that emergency
never arises in connection with the
long green Wherein would public in
terest be conserved II the railways be-
came cash customers of the neWspa-
pers instead of trade customers? 1t
doesn't require much imagination to
see how the enforced change of basis
might cement the supposed friendli-
ness of erring editors for the foxy rail-
way OFFICIALS" concludes the Journal,
and asks: isn't this view of the mat
ter worth considering before going
ahead with this latest phase of the
gospel of reform?"
The Creston Advertiser-Gazett sug-
gests that if Mr.. Titus really wants to
be a candidate for governor or any
other state office the less he says about
the four-year term the better for him.
''If the Blythe machine is ever to win
another victory in Iowa it must rem
oyate the organization, must use liber-
al qualities of disinfectants and en-
tirely eradicate the smell or car oil. !"
declares the Webster City Freeman
Tribune.
To the Clinton Herald ut looks as
though Joe Lane is the favorite son for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
or COURSE NOT.
IMaxwell 1'ribune.l

Mrs. Lon Hardin edits a good share
of the Anes Times, but Wen bet she
didn't write this: "Wcbster City has n
barber over seventy years OF { re MA
Tor Harris. who still retains that magic
touch Of the soft hand ana IN snooth
razor he had forty years ago. Fiiieen
years ago the Major scrapch the race
of The writer regularly and did 1t with
that soothing grace that you so sell
dora meet in modern barber shops
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-16
dressmaker is seen with light in her

dressmaker Is seen with a light In her
shop after o'clock, she exposes her
self to arrest in some parts of the
country, however much her customers
may need the dress or she may need
the money In the eye of the law
every Chinaman for there arc n rev
Celestials still left In the larger cities,
visions of the factory laws If he is
caught ironing II shirt out of hours he
Is In some places fined or imprisoned
without mercy. At one time. in some
sections, house servants were Obliged
to take a half-holiday whether they
wanted 1t or not, and were compelled
to leave their masters premises nolens
volens, unless actually prevented by
sickness"
Marie Cahill has started n move
mcnt to establish a summer home for
chorus girls. That seems to have been
the idea of the Boone man who lost
his government job.
In picking GodZyadani as meeting
place to arrange an armistice, both
Japs and Russians seem to have had
an ear for expression.
Among all the reports of Russian
soldiers having cut off their trigger
fingers 1t Is noticeable that no Russian
felt he could spare toe
They said "his weakness was his
strength
Such mystic words as these
Confused me, till found. at length,
He loved Limburger cheese.
Cleveland World News,
Many women resent the familiarity
practised by street car conductors in
bolstering them against n jerk of the
car. In preventing their alighting from
car or in requesting them to step
lively" etc. Senator Penrose, of Penn
sylvania, tells Of woman of this class
who was rather morbid on the subject.
One day, when the motorman was put
ting on brakes and slowing up. she
arose, and the conductor shouted,
wait, Teddy, until the car stops.
Don't address me, sir. as lady she
Indignantly replied. Beg your par
don, maam" replied the conductor.
"but all of us Is liable to make mis-
tol,psn