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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

progressed from the army press to the
power driven cylinder, from the box
of shingle nails to the typesetting or
typecasting machine. From being an
institution to which business men con-
tributed advertising in the spirit oil
charity, it has become a plain and
profitable business proposition. 1t
gathers the news of the country by
telephone. In some instances it gets
market reports by wire. It's advertise
ing space is as staple as the calico in
the dry goods store.
One thing the county press. as a
whole, lacks. 1t is shy Of expression.
Dozens of Iowa weeklies contribute
their ideas and arguments to the dis
cussion of public questions in the state.
pity that more country editors We're
not plain spoken On subjects of vital
interest as Rathbun of the Marion
Register, Funk of the Spirit Lake
Beacon, Howard Burrell and Alex Mil
Ter of Washington and a dozen or so of
other editors, whose weekly issues are
a boon to the exchange editor. There
is no subject under the sun these men
fear to take a fall out of" Wrong
sometimes. of course-politically some
of them are wrong most of the time
but they clarity the atmosphere.
Consider Howard Burrell. A bit
cranky in politics, but how Thorean
would have loved him. His out door
notes have made him the John Bur-
roughs of Iowa. Burrell goes afiield and
sees things that other men miss and
writes prose poetry that is all truth
about the things he saw. Perhaps in
some past incarnation, he was a bird.
He is still a bird" when he writes of
out doors. And Burrell is only OF
many whose poetry, philosophy, humor
and common sense lights up the field
Of country journalism in Iowa like arc
lights in a park. There are others as
capable of contributing to the good and
gayety of life. Let them get busy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

The magazines, these days, devote
several pages in each issue to photo
graphic portraits of the women on the
stage" prominent women of the
SOUTH "the wives of our officials at
Washington" and so IN. There is no
possible objection to this sort of pub
Lefty always provided these women
consent to said publicity. Concerning
that we can all have u opinions and
maintain them. But in the name of all
that is sensible, why is it that said
m with here and there a credit
able exception, proceed to make such
grinning spectacles of themselves when
they nave their pictures taken" Wo-
men, whose features in repose suggest
dignity, womanly culture, intellectual
traits, even good motherly Martha
Washington faces, at once before the
camera, proceed ito look pleasant" and
to grin in a hyena-like fashion, that
would cause a laughing jackass to hide
his head in envy. If all this is the
fault or the suggestion of the photo
grapher, the artist? Let's kill him. II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

Though it might be masked as an eX-
ercise of the police power of a state, it
would nevertheless be the rankest sort
of class legislation"
Iowa has about one chance in a
million Of naming the next president,
so what's the use of worrying" sug-
g.asts the Manchester Press.
ooh, the pleasures Of the rich-and
oh, how little, after all, it takes to
make human beings think they are
happy exclaims the Cedar Rapids
Republican.
Having ruled that frog legs are poui-
try the Winterset News thinks 1T will
be interesting to know how Secretary
Shaw will classify a presidential boom
imported from Manila"
The Washington Press says that the
raore money the state fair makes the
louder it shouts for a legislative appro-
priation. "Why' askes the Press. The
whole tendency of the times is toward
increased expenditures. Who gets the
swag? They say Iowa is n of six
states that alone are outside the graft
belt, and every political convention,
parrot-like. sings the praises of eco
nomical administration of state at
fairs, but why should the state audi
tors report show that it costs s175,-
900 more than twice as much to run
The Iowa government as it did twelve
years ago."
The Washington Democrat, speaking
of the dismissal of Public Printer
Palmer, says: age or condition or
past services or standing do not count.
If Teddy makes up his mind to fire a
man he has to go, and if he decides to
whitewash another mar he puts her
on good and thick. Palmer is not
guilty Of anything worse than perhaps
trying to discharge some men for spite.
Yet he is kicked out as if he We're a
thief trying to break thru in the
night"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
THE .TIGeR" IN A NEW ROLE.

The Iowa City Republican SurmlseS
that slot machines, fortune wheels,
etc, may have their better part in
the training Of youth. 1t says:
There is something enticing about
the good-natured red side," or "black
side" as the ease may be, and thea
lust to watch how the smiles com
when the lucky "star" brings it's 5 to l..
And even the pool o is little more
than q bit of fun when the boys have
"a day off. We do not advise such
%recreatioEs, only attention is called
that they are not common, and gamb-
ling at cards is not. Is it not better
for boys to be allowed some latitude
to buck the tiger than to curb them
till they go to extremes when they
yet a chance? We do not say it is.
but this line Of thought may lead to a
basis for quite even debating.
This is another instance Of the keen
ness of trained powers Of observation.
The average person who has observed
the operation of fortune wheels and
other devices calculated to accumu-
late easy money may not have been
struck by h lamb-like innocence OF
these processes for separating the fool
and his money. Indeed it is unlikely
the casual observer would classify
them as recreations. The half dozen
f%1int-raced reprobates with strident
voices and louder clothes inside the
layout tables make no such classifica-
sfIH%FsEE@ E
ton. 1t is plain business with them.
Perhaps they mention it as the
graft" but it's their business. The
scappers outside look upon their du-
ties as work rather than recreation.
and the foolish pigeon lured on by
the sight of the stacks of coin, hypno-
tized by the whirl of the multi-col-
Sored wheel and urged on by the "boos-
ters' until he dropped the last dollar
OF the sum for which he had followed
q corn pillow the best part of a thou
sand miles, would scarcely assent to
the mildness of the classification. He
scarcely feels built up and made over.
On the contrary.
Notwithstanding the alleged even
ness of evidence pro and con, the
gambling devices, it is not at all prob
able that the Y. NJ. c. A. will intro
duce the paddle wheel and the pool
box as devices for the entertainment
and protection of youth and the
enticement of the good-natured red
side" and "black color" will continue
to be classed as a temptation to be
avoided.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
M@al4vg
Iowa Newspapers
THE AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN.
rSinrx CitN I%nllrnal

THE AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN.
[Sioux City Journal.]
With the number of all sorts of
game birds growing noticeably small
er year by year the time is inauspi-
cious for the introduction of new
facilities for slaughter. Yet that is
Just what has been lone by the arms
companies in placing upon the mar
ket the automatic shotgun. The
weapon is a shoulder gatling gun,
making possible the discharge of six
shells in about the time now used
in emptying the double-barreled shot
gun. The only utility of the new
device is Strengthening game birds.
There is no question of its effective
ness. When the man with the
machine gun turns loose on a flock
of ducks the odds against the ducks
are increased just 800 per cent. as
compared with the chances when the
prevailing double barrel is used. The
possibilities of slaughter, if a weapon
is used in an all day campaign, when
birds are plentiful, is not pleasant for
to contemplate. If the new
bird destroyer shuold come into gen
eral use all the laws which have been
made for the protection of gam birds
would be virtually nullified and the
process of extinction would be great
ly hastened.
1t is not probable the new a
will find it's way into the hands of
true sportsmen. The real sportsman
does not. care to do business on the
slaughter house basis. He is keen for
the contest Of wit and skill against
the protective instinct with which
nature has endowed game birds. He
wants the sport first of all, and the
bag afterward. No true sportsman
ever will find joy in a heavy bag
made possible by the fact hat the
.feathered enemy had no show to get
away. Both by example and by edu-
campaigning in the gun clubs
on to discourage the use of the auto
gun. The pot hunter, how
ever, will rejoice in the opportunity to
secure additional wagonloads of game
for the market.
The only way to discourage the pot
hunter is to enact legislation abso-
lutely forbidding the use of automatic
legislation would be in exact accord
with laws forbidding the use of
and dynamite for h slaughter
Of game fish. The latter devices make
and threaten quick extinction of the
species. That is why their use has
been prohibited. The automatic gun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
of our prominent women well, we
cannot help ourselves.


And in this mood this scribe wishes
to relieve himself of the disgust he feels
concerning some of the pencil pushers
of the day. The "a whether u pro-
fessional correspondent, an Associated
Press reporter or n p~enny-a-liner, that
wrote up that story of Kermit Roose-
Welt giving up his berth IN a sleeping
car to an old couple, and then proceed
ed to make out that he had performed
a wonderfully heroic action, is the
type of the newspaper writer toWards
which this screed is aimed. Much h a
is written these days abusive in lam
yl1age and in eXaggeration,
this with reference to our public men,
is bad enough, but this comparatively
new ~lick-spittle style, this flunky hot
i'm hand bowling to the earth journalist
of mar worship is yet to find an appre-
ciatiye set of readers in American pat
pers. 1t is disgusting enough when this
~obsiquious reporter craWls on All tours
into the presence of n Morgan or Il
Rockefeller, it's nauseating when we see
it, but to read such stuff. God help the
reporter thai writes it, ana the paper
that prints it.
In the same line is the incident OF
Secretary Shaw and he hack driver at
Denison. There are those envlous Iowa
idea men that intimate hat the eX-
governor told the story himself, told IT
as a joke. as one on the hackman. we
can omit any comments on this part
of the story, but think of a newspaper
lauding Shaw to the skies because he
was so kind hearted as not to awaken
the hackman and so generous as TO
pay him a quarter when his august
secretaryship actually drove the horses
himself. Yes, sir, actually used those
lily-white hands, only accustomed to
handling the money of the dear people.
in the dark night, over the billy and
muddy roads OF Denison. to handle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

perhaps the soiled reins Of an ordinary
hack drivers outfit. And he let the
poor, tired out driver, probably the
father of a large family, a man working
twenty hours a day, sleep sweetly on
the boX( while the secretary of the
treasury of those United States, the
greatest country on earth, sir. forgot
his greatness, Illustrating said great
ness by the old couplet "one touch OF
nature makes the whole world akin"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
BuRRELL IN CHICAGO.
Washington, Iowa. Press.1

Washington, Iowa, Press.1
Bryan said the ~heaven-born ratio
was 16 to 1, but in my eXuerience of q
dinner at the Y. w. c. a. building
near the Auditorium Annex, on the
kind invitation of Mrs. Bella Beard
sister-in-law to Hon. C. II. Wilson, the
ration was about 800 to /. That insti-
tuition is not a charity. yet, as it nice
ly houses 800 10 400 girls and women
under 50 years of age, who are clerks.
stenosraphers, artists. etc, some of
small wage, room and board in safe,
sane and pleasant conditions are given
them on terms that really make it a
charitable home. Rates run from S4
to ST. per week, the girls who get the
most pay taking the more expensive
quarters, leaving the poorer girls the
advantage of the lesser rate. Many
girls save too, by waiting at table.
The dinner was ample, a soup, a choice
of meats, three kinds of vegetables, a
salad, a sauce. milk, tea or coffee,
bread and butter and an ice. The cook
ing is excellent. The matron, Mrs. Da-
wilson, took US over the house, from
steam heating plant, kitchen, laundry,
store house, cold storage and electric
light factory and gymnasium, up the
elevators to show samples of the
rooms; everything neat and clean and
well aired, sanitary and cosy. What a
blessed thing 1t is. a house of refuge;
they send representatives ito every IN
coming train, to befriend any strand
ed, bewildered woman, alone or with
children, take them home and notify
their friends. They take in transient
women at 81 a day. Let u women
remember it, If they do not like to go
to hotels when in Chicago.
Well, it sort o. got me to sit down
there, a solitary man amid 800 to 400
women, and / was amused to catch
furtive chances from sundry humorous
eyes, that were asking What is he
doing in here,-a spider in a bee
hive But I escaped as safely as
ULYSSES did from Calypso Isle. 1 was
also amused 20 note the listless waltz
ing of the damsels in the gymnasium.
l looked down from the our above,
and asked the matron if that were not
a rather forlorn spectacle. Somehow,
there was o the right qui vive, and
verve, and esprit, and the spirited
balance to you partners, and the girls
footed 1t lansuidly as if they felt they
were not getting their moneys worth
of hugs and ocean-wave rythm In
strong arms. There was a difference,
and all were conscious of it. The
merry matron said the dance hall was
no coed. institution, n plainly it
was not. The forlornness of it all so
excited my compassion, l had an inn
pulse to leap over the rules and the
barrier rail, and in sheer humanity try
the do-ce-do training I got on Gospel
Ridge at that comical ne~ighborhood
dancing school, years gone.
Avoid serious results of kidney or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

Everything considered, the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil thinks "it must be
plain enough to anyone that either the
1900 census was eXaggerated-and such
things have been known-or the 1905
census is inadequate-not an impos-
sibility-and perhaps a little of both.
And what is true in the city is true in
the state. The conclusion must be that
the real explanation of the decrease in
the population of Iowa is that it did
not occur"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

In the opinion of h Dubuque Tele-
graph The adoption of legislation
sweepingly directed against patent
medicines would be a grievous mistake.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

This year is something like the one
when Joseph embarked in the elevator
and warehouse business in Egypt" re-
marks the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

The Keokuk Gate City imagines the
eagle, stork and dove must be birds of
a feather. anyway" it says. they are
flocking together-at the call of Presi-
dent Roosevelt"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
Are You ENGAGED?

Engaged people should remember.
that, after marriage, many quarrels
a be avoided by keeping their diges-
lions in good condition with Electric
Bitters. S. A. Brown. of Benefits
Vile, S. c., says: For years my wife
suffered intensely from dyspepsia,
complicated with a torpid liver, until
she lost her strength and vigor. and
became a mere wreck of her former
self. Then she tried Electric Bitters.
which helped her at once. and finally
made her entirely well. She is now
strong and healthy. Mcdonald & Ma
hood Co., druggists, sells and guaran-
tees them, at soc a bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
Feet Swollen to Immense Size.

II had Kidney rOubIe 50 Dad ina !
could not work." says ]. j. Cox of
Valley View, Ky.,"my feet were swollen
to immense size and I was confined to
my bed and physicians We're unable to
give me any relief. My doctor finally
prescribed Foley's Kidney Cure which
made a we'll man Of me-" Sold by b.
A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
"A Self Made Merchant
1t isn't Always Safe to Turn Down q
Man On Account of His ACE.

I've nevel taken any special stock In
this modern theory that no fellow over
forty should be given a job or no maa
over sixty allowed to keep II OF
course there's Il dead line in business,
Gust as there is In preachingl, and fif-
tvs Il good, convenient age at which
to draw it. But it's been my expert
cree that there are a lot OF dead ones
Oh both sides OF 1t. When a man starts
steady at his trade, he usually isn't go
ing to be any Solomon ut sixty.
[ learned a long while ago not to
measure men With q footr1le and not
tc hire them because they were young
or Old or pretty or homely, though
there are certain general rules you want
to keep in mind. II you were spending Il
million a year without making money
and you hired a young man he'd be
ait to turn in and double your ex-
penses to make the business show q
profit, and he'd be Il mighty good man.
But II you hired an old man he'd prob
ably cut your expenses to the bone and
suOW up ttC HloLey suNcu o1 lAS pIou'
SIDE, and he'd be a mighty good man
to. | hire both and then set the
young MAJ to spending and the old
man to watching expenses.
OF course the chances are that a
lnan who hasn't got a good start at
forty hasn't got it in him, but you can't
run n business on the law of averages
- r---s
hess. Once an old fellow who's just
missed everything he's sprung at gets
his hooks in he's a tiger to stay by the
meat course. And I've picked up two
or three of these cid man eaters in my
time who are drawing pretty large sal
sries with the house right now.-From
odd Gorgon Graham; More Letters
From a Self Made Merchant to His
SON." by George Horace Lorimer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

Look after your son and see that
he is home nights or nov just where
he is and what he is doing.
A suggestion has been made that a
society be formed to interest the
boys and furnish them some place to
20 Of an evening whore they can be
decently and respectfully entertained.
Something ought to be done or the
boys kept at home. The city hall has
beer one of the places for congregal-
ing. but the use of the hall is forbid
EXCEPT for band practice, until the
writer can have assurance that it will
no longer be used for gambling pur-
poses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15
TheJ R. Watkins Medical Co
wlNoNA, MINI.

WlNoNA, MINN. 4
Those whom ] can not sss by per.
sonaI may always get our
goods by calling at 107 East Church
street, Marshalltown. Those who need
goods before my regular trip, call or
mail your orders. Prompt attention
given to mail orders. Express prepaid
on orders Of 326Q
a. ". sHAckELFoRp. AGENT.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

Colds cause congestion and costive-
ness. Fluids which should pass through
the bowels and kidneys are secreted
by the nose and throat. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea will positively
cure. 35 cents. Mcbride & Wills Drug
Co
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

Avoid serious results of kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's
Kidney Cure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-15

Foley's kidney cure makes the dis
eased kidneys sound so they will elm
mate the poisons from the blood.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-09-19
His Majesty Issues Invitations for
Another World Conference
AT The Hague
ROOSEVELT STEPS ASIDE
Announcement from St. Petersburg
that the President Gladly Yields
Honor to Nicholas

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1e.-
Emperor Nicholas again appears be-
fore the world as a promoter Of uni
versal peace. No sooner is the Russo
Japanese war over and even before
peace is ratified than his majesty is
sued invitations to q second peace con-
ference to be held at The Hague.
That the emperor has doue so was
today learned from source which
leaves no shadow of doubt as to its
authenticity. It is announced that it
Is the purpose of the Russian emperor
to address the for eign powers with a
view to holding second peace con-
ference at The Hague, but it is known
that negotiations preceding the an
nouncement that the government pur-
posed to address the powers were
entered into. especially with the
United States, and were conducted
with the greatest secrecy, there being
not the slightest inkling that Russia
contemplated anything of the kind.
The news created the greatest sur
prise here, and that Russia should plan
another conference, despite the steps
already taken by President Roosevelt,
was also heard with amazement. 1t
is clear that the step could not he
IA zen by Russia without first reaching
an understanding with President Roos.
evelt. The fact that the president is
reported as being entirely in sympathy
with the proposal and he is said TO
believe that to the initiator of the first
Hague conference should belong the
honor of convokinG the second, and
readily and gladly acceded to the
Russian proposition, is clear proof that
the conference has been called and
that President Roosevelt relinQuished
his part to Emperor Nicholas.
1t was impossible to q tonight
the proposed date of the second con-
ference but it will probably not be
greatly delayed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-09-19
Will Not Wear Short Waists and
Long Skirts EVENT. Paris
does Say So
WILL STICK TO SHORT SKIRTS
American Women Declare They Will
not Trail their Dresses
in the Mud

CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Mme. Baker
in the National Dressmakers' con-
vention which opened today, said the
fashion of short waists, dictated by
Paris, will be defied by American
womanhood:
"Skirts will be comparatively short.
In Paris women are wearing trailing
garments that gather the dust from
the boulevards but skirts for American
women will be trim and distinctly
American. We are going to defy the
dictates of Paris in this and other
points of dress.
Paris has introduced the short
wasted gown again. but we shall not
adopt it here. 1t spoils the figure
and American women have spent too
Eiany years in developing their forms
to have the effort go for nothing. The
loose evening wrap alone will be short
WASTED.
Elbow sleeves will continue into
the winter on dresses and coats -
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-09-19
Ringing Brothers Big Circus Tent
CoI!apses Causing Panic in
Vast Audience
MANY SERIOUSLY INJURED
Stsons Wind Causes Accident---Ani-
NAL Cages are Overturned
increasing Confusion

MARYVILLE, Mo-, Sept. 19.-The
big tent of Ringing Brothers circus
collapsed here this afternoon. Two
men were probably fatally injured,
five others seriously hurt and more
than two score bruised and trampled
upon.
The wind had blown a gale all day
and when there were 10000 people as
sembied in the tent witnessing the per
formance al extra strong gust of wind
raised the enormous canvas high
enough to lift all the supports from
their positions and the whole mass fell
upon the audience, show people and
animals. All made wild effort to
escape. The show will be delayed
here several days making repairs.
Animal cages containing lions, leo,
pards and tigers were overturned and
roars of beasts added to the confusion.