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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
NOT A "RAILRoAD RIPPING" BILL

Certain Iowa daily papers that run
on schedule under conductors in touch
with the dispatcher's office, are insin-
uating that the Quarles-C Cooper bill is
a RAILROAD ripping" device, an ex-
IRENE measure supported by dema-
gogues, with a solitary view to their
own political success. The bill itself
Is being held up to the public by these
papers, twisted and distorted into !,
bugaboo and scarecrow. The fact is
that the bill is supported by sincere
men and is far from being an extreme
measure. 1t has the support and APP
prevail of the president of the United
States and is in line with his recon-
mendations to congress. The proposed
j legislation simply proposes to give the
interstate commerce commission the
powers intended to be conveyed to It
when the commission was created.
Under it's first rulings the rate recon-
rended by the commission became i'm
;nediately effectual and remained in
force until passed upon by the courts.
The railroads secured court decisions
adverse to this system and thus de-
stroyed the highest efficiency of the
commission, and robbed it of it's most
Statutory powers. Since then while tho
quire into and declare rates unreason-
able and to suggest equitable rates. it
has had no power to put the adjusted
rates into effect. Appeal to the courts
against an inequitable or practical rate
has been the only resort of justice and
these appeals dragging their weary and
impeded passage from one court to an
other, have made the interstate COM
merce commission travesty upon its
name.
This railroad ripping" bill, which we
are told by railway presidents and
railroad newspapers is petard where
with all human prosperity is to be
hoisted guarantees the railways the full
protection of law and law courts. It
provides that the rate fixed as reason
able by the interstate commerce COM
mission shall be mandatory within
thirty days. The railway company may
appeal and its appeal shall have pre-
cedence Of hearing over all except
criminal cases, and the court, If in its
judgment the Commissions action ap-
pears to be Illegal, unjust or erroneous.
may suspend the order Of the commits
sion pending hearing and inquiry.
Perhaps there is railroad ripping in
these provisions which set railroad
appeal in advance of every other bust
ness Of the court except the criminal
docket. If So 1t is SO we'll concealed
that it requires the acumen of a rail-
road attorney to discover it.
There is nothing unrea sonable in the
Quarles- Cooper bill, but simply public
protection and regula ton of corpora
tons which have built their influence
into a dangerous system of extortion
and have assumed the right to destroy
competition and crleate monopoly. The
bill represents a part OF what the pub
lie has a right to demand from the
railroads and is step in the regula-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
may not tell the passer-by this fact
without sign to announce 1t.
Small Trees Best.

Small trees have larger roots than
large trees in proportion. and they cost
less; expressage or freight Is less. as
expressing small trees Is usually
cheaper than freighting large ones.
and Is also much more speedy; less Ia
Dor handling. digging holes, ETC.. Is re-
CURED and there Is also less exposed
to high winds. which loosen roots ana
kill many transplanted trees. Plant
ers can form heads and train them to
their own liking with good care Tin
about five years. they will overtake
the common larger size trees, but
without good 1t is better not to plant
any trees.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
In Bed Four Weeks With La Grippe.

We have received the following let
ter from Mr. Roy Kemp, OF Angola, Ind.
Il was In bed four weeks with la
grippe and / tried many remedies and
spent considerable for treatment with
physicians, but received no relief un-
til tried Foley's Honey and Tar. Two
small bottles of this medicine cured me
and now use it exclusively in my
family" Take no substitutes. B. A.
Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

''Conger is doubtless capable and
experienced man." admits the Boone
Republican. Still, Iowa needs Il man
who is fanhli ar with state affairs rath-
err than with the boxers and empress
dowager."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Carroll Herald observes that
"The country school master who used
to occupy prominent place in society
as organized a quarter of a century
ago Is fast becoming an extinct ami
NAL, and bur: few specimens of his
species are to be found any more"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

should not part with the animals be-
cause tempted by 81 good price. IL he
were to receive 500 more than he
could replace the pair for 1T would
probably be a poor commercial trans
action The satisfaction of knowing
that he has u team that he can de-
pend upon for Il good days work, and
one that is perfectly safe to trust with
hired help, could not be compensated
by the hundred dollars profit. Moth
ling makes the farmer more contented
and helps the boys on the farm than
good horses to work and drive. Good
horses for agricultural operations is
one of the best investments the farmer
can make.
Farm Signs.
THAT farm sign up there led di-
rccty to the selling of $400 worth of
live stock to one man." said farmer
to the Bloomington Ull) Paragraph,
not many days ago. And then the
farmer explained that it was the sign
that conveyed information to pass
cr-by that led a person from dis
lance to come to the place and invest
5000 one year and 5000 the next year
in the live stock oeffred for sale. The
sign of ones business, even on the
farm, may bring custom that other
wise would never reach the place.
Why isn't a good. neat sign of just
as much benefit at Il farm as over the
door of the village store? The town
mans business may be even better
understood without sign than the
farmers special business, for the
store window or shop usually shows
the wares and work within, but the
farmer who makes speciality of sell
ing a certain breed OF cattle or hogs
or healing In certain seed or plants
should advertise it, for his premises
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
For cxsr Sixty Ya.r.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children while teething.
It sooths the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and Ia
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty.
Owe cents a bottle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

The Burlington Hawkeye Cannot
we'll imagine worse investment for a
business firm than travelling repre-
sentative who grumbles at his home
town and at anything else. He would
be circulating medium for disaster.
Such a man is not wanted in any bus
mess, and managers avoid him as they
would a pest Hence"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

Jeffe son Davidson, fell from load
of straw at Dixon, ILL.,, and was killed.
his ne TX being broken. He was 80
years cid and an old settler.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06
iowa Newspapers
,->-<~~~~~e~>>>>~>~-~s>e-
,oGs CHASED THE CATTLE.

SUNDOGS CHASED THE CATTLE.
Britt Trfbune.l
Steve Day lived near Wesley In 1888.
The sundogS used to come down and
chase Stcves cattle that winter. lie
He used to see Dunaway sailing on his
handsled to Emmetsburg but thought
he was a mermaid flying south That
was when Jim wore long hair and
combed a pompadour.
WISDOM OR ASSURANCES?
[Burell In Washington Press.
Is our Judge Preston wise and lu-
name in his decision to give no wife
decree OF divorce from u drunken hus-
band IL she knew he was n drunkard
when she married him? 1t sounds
sort o. right, as implying that she was
a fool to do as she did, and having
made her bed let her lie In 1T TIL she
rots For in the face of the open and
notorious facts, she deliberately and
married him. Yes. but
many a young inexperienced girl, low
ing a fellow to death, tho he Is utter
ly unworthy of her, believes that she
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

T, brave the storms of Chilkoot Pass,
I'll cross the plains of frozen glass.
I'd leave my wife and cross the sea
Rather than be without Rocky Moun-
tain Tea.
McB tide 81 Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

Mention Of Mr.. Conger's name in
connection with the governorship does
not appear" to the Nevada Represen-
tative" as opoortune but the Represen-
tative stands by the position that 1t
would rather see Mr.. Conger at the
head of the ticket and administration
in Iowa than anybody else, and that
under favorable conditions lit would
be glad to SIZE his name properly and
forcefully presented"
The Rockwell Photograph supposes
"the man who thinks it is good thing
for the town to have the tanners make
donation of two cents per bushel on
all the grain they sell to make plu-
tocrat of sonle line elevator man in
Hampton, Mershalltown or Des Moines,
doubtless kicks UP his heels at every
opportunity to pay additional tribute
levied Sby john D. Rockefeller, the
Standard Oil magnate."
Mai. Conger is an excellent man and
has been realty honored by his coun-
trymen," says the Webster City Free
man Tribune. "It is needless to add"
it continues, "that he has also honored
American citizenship. But he has been
out of the country a dozen years or
more and is not in harmony with the
progress and sentiment of the times.
There is no occasion for the people OF
the state to pass by hundreds of other
equally capalola-and deserving men who
have been among us and kept In touch
with the spirit Of the day to take up
the major as candidate for governor"
The Algona Republican thinks it
was perhaps just as we'll to have the
thing sprung when 1t was. 1t will put
about a dozen men on their good be-
havior for two years. Geo. d. P
but why go thru the list?"
"when Mr. Conger returns his
friends should wait for popular DEM
onstration in his favor before urging
his candidacy" suggests the Boone
News and advises that Major Conger
should not set his heart too strongly
on the governorship."
From the announcement of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation that 1T
is again ready to dispose of some OF
its stock to it's employees, the Daven-
mort Democrat surmises shat stocks
are going to take another tumble"
"Major Conger deserves better treat
nent than he Is receiving from the
republican press of the state" objects
the Iowa City Republican. 1T wild be
time enough to discuss his possibilities
az governor when he, or somebody au-
thorized to speak for him, Indicates
that he may become a candidates for
the nomination"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

when Mr. Conger returns his
friends should wait for popular dem
onstration in his favor before urging
his candidacy" suggests the Boone
News and advises that Major Conger
should not set his heart too strongly
on the governorship."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

From the announcement of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation that 1T
is again ready to dispose of some of
It's stock to it's employees, the Daven-
port Democrat surmises shat stocks
are going to take another tumble"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

The Algona Republican thinks "it
was perhaps just as we'll to have the
thing sprung when 1t was. 1t will put
about dozen men on their good be-
havior for two years. Geo. d. P
but why go thru the list?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-06

Keep the Good Horses.
II farmer has a choice pair of re-
liable horses to work on the farm. he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

indicated But, Of course, every novel must
have its love interest nowadays, and so. when
Lord Lane has once been converted in the mat
himself from his enthusiastic friends. He leaves
them in the middle Of an Alpine tour, and pres
entity finds himself in the company Of some
mules a boy-and a girl. It is upon the rela-
ton of the boy to the girl and of both to Lord
Lane that the romance turns, and the romance
we may add, includes a mystery. The reader
plucks the secret from that mystery only too
soon. This is, indeed. the one defect Of the book
But always the authors keep UP their spirits
always they carry the incidents of their story
off with such energy and such gayety that we
readily forgive the weakness of their plot. and
allow ourselves 10 be charmed by the atmos-
rbere of sunshine fun and sentiment in which
their pages are enveloped. The Princess Pass
es' is a delightful book, perfectly calculated for
summer reading. The publishers bring out in
the same form a new printing Of THE Lightning
Conductor" with illustrations added
Shining Ferry" is not one of "C's" most ex-
citing stories-and we usually look for excite
rnent in his workout are inclined to rank
il among his best. 1t contains some painful cpl
sodes. vet the thing for which we would es-
necially commend +. is its wholesome character
The scene is laid in the authors well beloved
Duchy. for which his readers have come TO feel
in most cases. we Care say, an affection some
thing like his own, and the characters are drawn
from among the types which he has likewise
made so familiar in many an interesting tale
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
Il BOY-AND Il GIRL.
also an automobile and Some Mules.

THE PRINCESS PASSES Ry c. n and 4 NJ
Williamson l2mo, Up. Vi, S69. Henry Holt *
SHINING FERRY. By Quiller-Couch I2mo. PIP
NJ, foS- Charles Seminars S0ns)
The authors of The Lightning Conductor"
have done difficult thing, and have done it we l.
in writing their book The Princess Pass
es' is another automobile story. and to our great
surprise ii is, like its predecessor, a good ore
We are surprised because the second book not
only follows the first in making much Of the au-
tomobiie but because At is linked to it in ether
ways. and il is only once in a thousand times
tfat your modern novelist can repeat himself
with any success. If Mr.. and Mrs Williamson
have succeeded where SO many others have
failed il is, above all, for the reason that they
possess high spirits Their idea in this book Is
TO show how a rejected lover. sunk to the
depths Of unhapDiness is beguiled out of himself
by a man ard his wife who have discovered the
joy Of tearing UP and down the earth in a horse
less carriage OF many horsepower He hates the
sight Of an automobile, hut they CONQUER his
aversion, and almost before ne knows II the
pleasure Of travelling with them in their ma
chine, and occasionally taking his trick at the
wheel, has become one Of the most exquisite
pleasures in life.
If the authors had intended to write in 1.-THE
Princess Passes an automobile story pure and
simple they would not have needed to carry
their work much further than the point we have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

blind left in his house at his death, or for that
matter to any one dependent upon him. With
his hypocritical son Samuel, however things are
different. He blights the whole neighborhood.
Glenn and Myra, the children aforesaid, are not
the only ones to suffer. Peter Benny, who has
served faithfully in the Office Of the ROsewarnes,
feels the lash Of his new masters whip; so does
Nicky Vro the ancient ferryman, and divers
others come in for fair share of misery or ex-
ASPIRATION Not least among the victims of
Samuels quaint attentions is Hester Marvin, the
heroine Of the romance which runs through the
book.
1t must be said that Hester and her love story
are not as well handled as are the other ele-
ments in the tale. She is drawn somewhat out of
key her traits lifting her just far enough above
the other people in the book. and especially her
lover, to make her ultimate fate seem a little in
congruous. This young school mistress, in a
word, wants the reality which characterizes
every other figure in Shining Ferry" But there
is much reality in all the rest 90 paints his
personages with so sure hand. that one cannot
but rest satisfied with the general result. More
over. his story is, as have said wholesome
The characters in il, with the one exception
noted are so genuine, the humOr and the pathos
of the narrative are true. that every page
breathes spirit of pure humanity. 1t is an old
fashioned tale, sincere and sweet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

,--rnled 70 Jet 90 halliards and sheets IN
souar even without orders so that many
shin was saved. even in spite OF an ignorant
90 Car7eIe-ss officer Of the watch" and he adds Il
am satisfied that a more military discipline.
which always waits for orders, has been respon-
sible for many losses
The authors observations during the Chino
Isnapese war when he was in command of
tbe China station, are Of peculiar interest, in
view OF subsequent events, some Of which are
sin 10 occur The different weight placed On
,he ACQUISITION OF Occidental knowledge by
China and Japan is apty illustrated by an
anec5oie which ne relates Ii Hung Chang re-
marked that il seemed strange 10 him that
C-,,ina did not seem 10 derive the same advan-
tare from sending men 10 Europe and Amer
lea to be educated that Japan did. To this
his secretary Lob Feng Lob. replied: That is
onto true I was classmate Of the Marquis
To in England He is now Prime Minister Of
japan. and ] am your exceilency's private
secretary"
Both ar that tir1e and on many other occa-
si--S Admiral Fremantle noted the lack Of
sscfrl.re in the vessels OF the Russian navy.
while fa1oraMy impressed with Admiral Max
r,-o.Y personally. he Was struck with the lack
~ confidence in themselves exhibited by the
aiorft,- Of the officers and he states that their
,-a+ross OF Signalling and communication were
s--f1uated-defects which the Dogger Bank
i-.f5e-t have brought out still existing in
she service He touched al Manila in 1892,
y-rere Dc saws that the respectable antiquity
n The spanish SHIPS and the eTident lack OF
naval efficiency" prepared him for the poor de-
fence made against Admiral Dewey in 1875.
An the Spanish vessels destroyed by our Meet
we've already on the station at that time! I'm
,,a=ia-e-. after the fan Of Port Arthur Admiral
T7rsrlafstIe went ashore there, and his descrip-
IONS Of The carnage fully substantiate the ac-
commits then sent out by Nillers and Creelman.
Tile town was a fearful scene Of destruction,
,-7 ar,ua-ently no one had been spared The
autbor did not see a single Chinaman IN the
CITY alive. save. indeed, some half dozen in the
yananese hospital who however, were being
wen cared for he adds that 1T is fair to say
,rar tbis is the only occasion during the war
in which any savagery was eAhlblteo' "heis
for q few days, the generals seemed powerless'
sns we know in our own history similar nor
rors have taken place"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
DUTCH PAINTING.
THE Peel Collection in the National
GGlLerU.
Gallery.

7, The series OF Portfolio Monographs
founded BY the late P. G. Hamerton, ne"
and Interesting volume has just been brought
ont l- Seeley in London. and the buttons In
New-yorl II is entitled The Peel Collection
and The Dutch School Of Painting" and is the
work II Sir Walter Armstrong. In the hrst
rlare lie author Of this brief essay gives US
q good historical and descriptive account OF ms
subject The collection formed by the second
Sir Robert Peel consists Of seventy-eight pict-
,res Fiftv-fve OF these are examples Of the
Dutch school and practically all Of them are
works Of high quality. In 1871 the entire col
lection was purchased from the third baronet
for the National Gallery, and it forms one OF
The richest groups Of paintings in that Itch
institution Sir Walter Armstrong traverses
The Dutch wing Of it with enthusiasm, and in
the course OF his dissertation offers some lunli-
nous criticism
He starts under the handicap OF a contrO-
versial motive Rusl1in, We all know, did
less than justice &c the painters Of Holland,
and ne made one remark especially which
rankles in Sir Walter Armstrong; mind. Most
pictures Of the Dutch school" said the famous
critic excepting always those OF Rubens, Van
dyke and Rembrandt, are ostentatious eXhib-
tons Of the artists power OF speech, the clear
and vigorous elocution OF useless and senseless
words" Sir Walter Armstrong mas set himself
The task Of contradicting this statement, and
Il his anxiety to rehabiIitate the schOol-which,
70 ten the truth. is scarcely in need Of rehabli-
tztion. for the world long ago appraised Ruskins
opinion Of the Dutchmen at its true value-he
gives lis book too much the character Of re-
tort Why STAY the slain? But, on the other
hand, the merits OF a school Of art can never be
TOO often restated with the gusto that comes
from sympathy and understanding, and though
there are moments in which we would have had
Sir Walter Armstrong; ardor little restrained,
enjoy, On the whole his tribute TO painters
ike Hobbema, Pieter de Hooghe. TeTbOrch,
&etsu and the rest As he says, the man who
knows one real school who truly appreciates
the qualities on which its greatness depends,
viii understand and respect all the others If
he car truly taste the art OF Michael Angelo,
be viii not 5eer al Jan Steen. but viii confess
that, different in kind and in dignity though
their themes may be. their art, their use of
The language which knits generation TO genera
Ton through the ages is essentially the same"
The point is always worth making, and in en-
Forcing II through his analyses Of the Dutch
nlen IN the Peel collection Sir Walter Armstrong
renders 8 service alike 10 the student and 10
ne layTnan. His book is freely illustrated with
half tones. and contains also photographers OF
A0aF Of the Peel masterpieces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

In this case we have a rich man-harsh, strong
and with a curious blend Of good and evil in his
nature-dying and leaving his fortune to the last
person in the world qualified to it in the
right way. John Rosewarne is forbidding in
some of his aspects. but we cannot imagine him
doing harm to the two children one of them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

Why should there be a Life of Richard
Burton?" Because, we are told. Lady Burton in
her Oct US say frankly silly biography of her
husband, left certain gaps untitled. The new
life is to be prepared by Mr.. Thomas Wright,
who has apparently become a professional biOg-
rapher. He will have the assistance of the Bur-
ton family.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

The edition of George Herbert's works upon
which Professor G. II. Palmer has been engaged
for many years is to be brought out by Hough-
ton Mif1in s. Co. in the autumn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

It is understood that the heroine of Mr.. Har-
lands novel, MY Friend ProsperO,'' is verita-
BILE Austrian princess, that her name is Chris
tine, and that she is acquaintance of Mr..
Harland's. Her home it is added, is Il castle in
Moravia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
LITERARY NOTES.

The autobiography of Theodore Thomas viii
be brought out by a. c. McCIurg & Co. this
week There is to be an expensive large paper
edition we'll as a regular edition.