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Missionary in Persia.


The Rev. Robert NJ Labaree. who
terrain missionary in Western Persia
after the brother had been murdered
by natives a year or so ago, has just
reported to the Presbyterian board of
visit which he recently made to the
Patriarch of the ancient HISTORIAN
church, in the Kurdish Mountains, al
most on the borders of Turkey. The
trip was to a locality that is little
known and seldom visited by Ameri-
cans. Mr.. Labaree says:
You should have visited with me
the Patriarchial home at Kochannes,
little plateau surrounded by noun
tains Gall snow-capped) and deep
gorges. Here we found the young
Patriarch, a man not twenty years of
age and We're given a most cordial well
come into his house. Indeed not only
we, but everyone else who comes is re-
Sometimes his guests number several
hundred daily. from all parts of the
mountains, and all these must be fed
and given a place to sleep, according
to their rank and dignity. Here the
people flock as the tribes of Israel did
to Shiloh in the days of Eli and Sam
uel, to have their affairs, both spiritual
and temporal. adjudicated. My heart
went out to that young Patriarch, with
his bright face and genial manners,
and his evident native shrewdness OF
mind. In some ways even more inter-
esting was his maiden sister, for the
Patriarch must be unmarried, and so it
is the custom for one of his sisters also
to remain single in order to look after
his household.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31
NO STRIKE IN IOWA.

Yesterdays action of the miners
conference at Indianapolis clarified the
Iowa coal situation and will relax the
strain on all interests that are de-
pendent on coal as fuel. Iowa miners
have had little cause for serious com
plant, certainly not sufficient to bring
about prolonged strike. They are
ready to sign a scale and the majority
Of Iowa operators are apparently will
ing to meet them half way. The
adoption of the Perry resolution au-
thorizing national and district officers
to sign a wage agreement with any
coal operator who will agree to pay the
1903 scale or it's equivalent for two
years puts the Iowa miners and oper-
ators in a position to deal with each
other irrespective of what Illinois and
the southwest may do. This is pre-
cisely what President White of Iowa
advocated before the conference yes
terday and its adoption is practically
prOtOcOl Oh peace SO lar as IOWA is
concerned.
Iowa mine workers have strength
ened their position before the public
by their stand in the conference. The
National Mine Workers have given
their organization standing before the
nation by their sensible and business
like action The situation in Iowa was
alarming. Schools. factories lighting
plants. etc. We're endangered. Thou
sands of workingmen talked the stu
alton over with their wives in fear and
trembling. Business men braced them
selves for losses. A coal strike is a
serious matter under the present or
ganization of mine workers.
AS appears now there will be no
strike in Iowa. No serious disturbance
of business or industry. And for this
let US all be duly thankful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31
Lessons of the Lenten Season.


Americans are not worse than the
men of other nations; on the contrary.
the standards of personal purity OF
family, integrity and of individual hon
esty are perhaps higher. taking the
whole people. than anywhere else in
the world 1t must not be forgotten
that no nation has ever been so tempt
ed by the things which minister to
the senses, that to no other nation
have ever come such opportunities of
rapid accumulation of wealth. into the
hands of no other people have ever
been committed such colossal
fortunes That human nature has
succumbed to the pressure of
these, appeals is not surprising:
and they who sit in judgment must be-
ware lest in passing sentence they re-
v. al not a penetrating insight but
fundamental lack of real knowledge
of conditions.
Nevertheless, after all explanations
have been made and every defense put
in. it is a sad but most healthful ex-
perience thru which Americans are
passing. There have been few disclos-
ures of calculated villainy, few coll
OSSal de1auitS, lew lili e,etio'9 VI viz
primary laws Of life; but there have
come to light widespread Supplying Of
the conscience, a confusion % moral
ideas, ana an acquiescence in evil con-
ditions, so general that. while great
success has come to individuals, some-
thing very like failure threatens the
nation Americans have insensibly
drifted into the position in which they
seem to regard their government as a
colossal opportunity for making money.
and the business and the government
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of the country are now so interviewer
that nothing can save the government
to it's great uses and conserve the
ideals of the nation except radical sew
erance of these two interests.
The men who are trying to drive
business out of public life and to es-
tablish before the law the equal rights
of all men, find themselves confronted,
not simply by political bosses and COR
rupt politicians. but by men of the
highest commercial standing. The
most tragic aspect of recent events
has been the fact that the prime Of
tenders have been men whom commune
tiles have looked upon as incarnations
of integrity as we'll as possessors of
business g MUS nation in sack
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31
THE SEVENTEEN FAITHFUL.

Seventy-six members of the house
voted, for the anti-pass bill yesterday,
seventeen voted against it, and six were
absent or refused to vote. The six were
Hart, McClurkin, Offil, Stanbery and
Whitmer. Among those opposed, the
names of Dow of Franklin and Wise
Of Blackhawk appear with those of
Temple and other standpatters of the
extreme Iowa type. Theirs was for
slorn hope, however, the last rally of the
old guard that dies, but never surrend-
ers.
Mr.. Temple spoke against the meas
ure. This was to be expected He plead
for the pass said he had been longer in
: the Legislature than any one else and
he had at all times accepted passes,
but they had never Influenced his vote
in the least. He told the members that
he had his passes where they are easy
to get at, that he was an attorney for
the Burlington railway, and volunteer
ed the information that the Burlington
doesn't own me-" Asked how he would
like to try case before a judge who
had a pass in his pocket and a jury
equally we'll supplied, Mr.. Temple re-
piled that he had done that very thing
Mr. Temple, arguing against the anti
pass law and the %" attorney arguing
his case before judge and jury under
obligations to the 20" for transporta-
ton, have a congenial sound. Temple
answered the question from his stand
point as a 90" attorney. He had argu-
ed cases under the circumstances de-
scribed. Very likely with success. He
is the 90" attorney and perhaps these
We're co. passes.
He said enough to make the
general public very well sat
isfied with the passage Of the bill How
MANY of the others who voted against
the bill are railroad attorneys? or have
intimate relations with railway corpor-
ations? 1t would be interesting, in
structive and even valuable informa-
ton.
It would be we'll for every voter who
believes the anti-pass bill move to-
ward clearer government to keep Tor
reference a list of the seventeen faith
full followers OF Mr.. Temple. confessed
ly an attorney for the Burlington.
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Times aa2ehlr1 7larsla1uuI Anaua 3llarrr 81 1906

cloth and ashes would disturb the con-
ventonal judgments Of the world, but
would attain its highest dignity. NO
concealment nor evasion. but search
ing revelation and heartfelt confess
sions. are needed. and are fortunately
common among Americans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31
Sleeplessness.

Disorders of the stomach produce a
nervous condition and often prevent
sleep. Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets stimulate the digestive
organs, restore the system to healthy
condition and make sleep possible For
sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

When you are wearied from over
work. feel lstless or languid, or when
you cannot sleep or eat. take Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. One of the
greatest tones known. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

The Nationa City bank of New York
announced that 1t has engaged Sl,00o,-
600 gold for import from Europe.
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be elected by direct vote of the peo-
ple'
There will be thousand watchful
eyes in Keokuk on election day as
s'erts the Gate City, and the man who
offers or accepts bride or commits
perjury is quite certain to be detected
and punished 1t is proposed to make
crime by Furnishing them to the full
extent of the law
Remembering an insinuation the
Glidden Graphic observes: Senator
Elkins found Governor Cummins at
home"
when it comes to an issue of truth
full statements between Steve lGlkins
and Governor Cummins every citizen
of Iowa has a right to do as he pleases.
But if submitted to a vote the COVER
nor would undoubtedly roll up great
majority" declares the Davenport
Democrat.
The Eldora Ledger notes that The
Capital complains because Governor
Cummins does not push national issues
and the Maquoketa Excelsior complains
because he does. and there you have it.
And 1t is typical opposition talk"
The Forest City Summit observes
chat while not an Iowa congressman
and attend the funeral of Speaker
Iypy, ~
spent large part of their time on po-
litical missions"
To the Alden Times it appears "the
West Virginian laid himself wide open
and the neatness with which Governor
Cummins gets back at him is of such
nature that the astute senator will
endeavor hereafter to mind his own
business il permitted The newly
aroused zeal of Senator Blkins shows
what inspired the letter and is one of
the best campaign documents that
Governor Cummins could Offer
1T is not much trouble" says the
Sioux City Tribune, Ito serve papers
on poor man, and to haul him into
court for contempt if he fails to APP
pear as required"
The Marion Register recalls that "a.
the mass meeting in Sioux City when
the Perkins candidacy was launched,
Mr.. A. F. Call, now the manager of Mr..
Perkins headquarters. said, We want
him because he stands for what Cum
minis stands for" concluding, land
now Mr.. Perkins challenges the gov
ernor to meet him in '.oint debate in
each Of the eleven congressional dis
tricts. Debate WHAT"
"The C. o. d. liquor business is an
abomination and a disgrace to the peo-
pie of Iowa and it is the duty of every
citizen to see to it THAI laws are en-
acted to remedy the evil" insists the
Roland Record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31
IOWA OPINIoNs AND N1TEs.

Reform the senate, or kill it, ex-
claims the Coon Rapids Enterprise. by
all means let United States senators
be elected by direct vote of the peo-
ple.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

Remembering an nsinuation the
Gldden Graphic observes: Senator
Elkins found Governor Cummins at
home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

The Eldora Ledger notes that "The
Capital complains because Governor
Cummins does not push national issues
and the Maquoketa Excelsior complains
because he does, and there you have it
And 1t is typical opposition talk"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

"The C. o. d. liquor business is an
abomination and a disgrace to the peo-
pie of Iowa and it is the duty of. every
citizen to see to it thai laws are en-
acted to remedy the evil" insists the
Roland Record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

Some times We can see ourselves as
others see us, by hearing their opinions.
Here's what the Hartford Connecticut
Current has to say of our political af-
fairs:
"The republican party In Iowa is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

The Forest City Summit observes
chat while not an Iowa congressman
could take time to leave Washington
and attend the funeral of Speaker
Henderson several of them have since
spent a large part of their time on po-
litical missions"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31

1T is not much trouble" says the
Sioux City Tribune. Ito serve papers
on poor man, and to haul him into
court for contempt if he fails to ap-
pear as required"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
FAMILY OF WOMEN FARMERS.
How They Manage a 2OO Acre Place In
England.
From the London DAILY Granite.

from te LOndon DutN Graphic,
One OF the most remarkable farms in exist
ence Is Brockweu Farm, near Aylesbury. II
Is situated in charming country ov~enshadowed
BY the (hiltern Hills, and consists of 400
acres. A portion of this il let of for shooting
leaving a farm Of 200 acres.
1t was originally owned by a Capt, Scott
and is now carried on entirely by his six
dau ghters and two sons. The family of lady
farmers do every part of the agricu ,tural
and dairy work. plou Ching the land. making
their own hayricks. and despatch.ng their
dairy produce to market. On butter making
day, Friday in each week. the sisters mr..
astir rs early as 3 O'Clock IN the morning
and all the butter is made before breakfast
Each memhe OF the family has been we'll
educated, and every one plays some musical
instrument, so tina, the evening hours M
Broo kweil Farm are anything but dun
Probably nowhere in England could there
be found the equal of this farming family
II Is interesting to have evidence tbat
women can actually manage and work salts
factorily 'in farming enterprises. especially
as. owing TO the efforts Of Lady Warwick
and Others. a number OF young girls are now
being trained for this occupation.
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Tho Search for Antarctlca.

In a single volume, "The Siege OF the
South Pole" Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany), DR.. Hugh r. Mill tells the whole
story of Antarctic exploration from the
beginning. In view Of the exploits oil the
last few years and Of possible future ex-
plorations many persons will be glad to
have the main facts in compact shape
On the whole the author has done his work
well. A little more space devoted to the
very recent expeditions would have inn
proved the book, and so would more me
thodical arrangement.
The history of South Pole exploration is
not a long one: the three important points
in it are Cooks voyages, Sir James G. Ross
discovery and the recent expedition OF
Capt. Scott in the Discovery, and these
DR.. Mill describes adequately He GEMS
for some reason to disapprove of Ross; at
n rate the reader is left with the impress
sion of dissatisfaction. He speaks politely
Of Wilkes but seems more than sceptical
about his discoveries, and he passes over
Mr.. Borchgrevingk rather cavalierly.
He has an annoying way Of dropping a
man at times just as soon as his Antarctic
work is done; while in other cases he goes
into digressions that have little to do with
geography. He might often make his
statements clearer, but on the whole he is
fair and he does describe the principal
a with sufficient fulness. At the
end is a photography that tells the reader
where he will find more.
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s0ME VIEW BOOKS.
Charles Lamb.

In two volumes published by the Put
mans we have what will doubtless be ac-
copied as the final life Of Chdrtsa L1mb,
by E. V. Lucas. We have had, OF course,
many biographies Of Lamb, but by COM
parison with the work before us these
may be described as outlines. None OF
them could pretend TO be exhaustive. The
late Canon Anger contributed to the Eng
iish Men of Letters" series a critical and
Biographical estimate of Lamb, and we
are indebted to Barry Cornwall for a BRIEF
but sympathetic memoir of him Mr..
Percy Fitzgerald and Mr.. b. Z. Martin
have essayed sketches Of Lamb, but the
fullest memorials of Charles Lamb ana
bis sister were penned by Serieant Tai
fourd. Since the publication OF that book
however. much new material has come
to light, and, moreover, the lapse OF time
has lifted many Of the restrictions which
prevented Talfourd from quoting as freely
from Lambs letters as he might have
wished. Mr.. Lucas has here undertaken
70 collect and fuse into a single narrative
the sum of all accessible information.
Those who believe in the influence OF
heredity and environment arc puzzled to
account for the exceptional delicacy and
Refinement OF lambs writings. His father
had been a footman and subsequently,
became a body servant and factotum to
Q barrister by the name Of Salt. His
maternal grandmother was also a servant
and when he knew hsr was a h~ousekeeper.
left In charge OF one OF the country houses
OF the Plumer family. That birth and
: breeding lave less to do with refinement
than innate aptitude and education has
been pointed out by Lamb himself in the
following words; ITO have the feeling OF
gentility it is not necessary to have been
born gentle. The pride Of ancestry may
be had on cheaper terms than to he obliged
10 an importunate race Of ancestors; and
the coatless antiquary in his unembla>oaed
cell, REVOLVING the long line Of a M~owbray's
OF De Clidord's pedigree, at those sounding
names may warm himself into as gay a
vanity as they do who inherit them. The
claims Of birth are ideal merely. and what
herald shall go about to strip me Of an
Idea? Is it trenchant to their sword? Can
ii be hacked of, as a p can? Or orr
away like a furnished garterr'
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Now OF en-, lock,
To The ! cad Mans knock.
Thy boil, and bar. and bandl
Nor move. nor sWerye
Joint, mus lie, OF nerve,
THE PERFECT PEARL.
Said to Hav Been lad by q French
Chemist.

From the Spectator (London),
A French chemist. NJ. Tecla by name, has
recently succeeded after eleven years 81
research In discovering a process TO s~clentif.
cally produce a pearl that would equal the
product Of nature. The fact that rubie,
and pearls have been scientifically produced
has stimulated manufacturers OF these pre-
cious stones to seek a duplicate OF the pearl.
the popularity of which has been grow ms
steadily in public demand.
To this end perfect specimens Of the pearl
have been continuously sought after. and .N
many cases fabulous amounts are freq emily
paid for a f~autleSs stone. II is said lh4'
through n secret known only to himself "
Tecla has succeeded in attaining his ambition
TO produce what, is apparently a geuuiu"
pearl at onc-stXih the cost OF the oriri'
specimen, a calcareous COnCretion, inde
siructible and Of the adamant quality an.
exact weight OF the real stone, with skin uf
fine and delicate texture and Of a clear, a.
most translucent color, with the s9bdued
iridescent sheen so dear 10 Judges Of tht~N
fascinating gems. NJ. Tecla has ouly recently
finished the eXperiln entail stage aud It viii
be quite some time before his results will be
brought before the public.
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III.

II IL we'll known that Lamb tried to exc
out his India House snlary with his earn
ines as a journalist. H tried to get work
on tho Morning Post, bat failed, and, hav-
ing been employed for a short tins on
the Albion brought that paper to an end
in August, 1901, by a too caustic epigram.
A little later be got a sort Of opening on
the Morning Chronicle, but ths pres ent
biographsr says that a consultation of a
Ale of that paper yields nothing that can
he attributed positively to Lamb, though
probably he was the author Of a long, would
be comic letter on Horns, signed "Comuto,"
and possibly OF a similar contribution on
Grim. Con. Early in 1902 he began to
write a few dramatic criticisms and para
graphs for the Morning Post. Daniel
Stuart, ths editor, writing many years
afterward in the Gentemdn's Udgdsine
OF 1888 concerning Colsridge's WORK for
the Morning Post, slid: But as for
POOR Charles Lamb, l never could ma Ike
anything Of him. By the end of Septem-
Der. 1906. Lamb had lost his newspaper
work and apparently never became a
journalist Gsain. IL we except the political
opigrams he contributed to the EEomiaer
and Champion in 1912 and 1919.
We will go back for a moment to 1903,
because it was in this year hat Lamb,
in q letter to a friend who was thinking
Of going to Central Asia, enclosed a copy
Of the beautiful poem HESTER remarking:
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H.,

It was on the evening of Wednesday.
September n, 1905, that Mary Lamb, who
was now a woman Of 80, actively engaged
as a ~dPssmaker, developed, not for the
first time in her life, symptoms OF mania
which made it necessary TO- a doctor to be
summoned, and early ths next morning
Charles Lamb called on a DR.. Pitcairn, but
failed to find him. Liter in the day, for a
few dreadful moments, his sisters reason
utterly left her, ami ina plroxysm Of rage
she stabbed her mother to the hsau. She
was at once removed to a madhouse, but
was presently permitted to remain under
restraint in a private asylum until her
brother was able in the spring of 1897 to
find a home for her. Her removal to that
home was then allowed by the authorities
on his entering into "a solemn engagement
that be would take her under his care for
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l..

It Is probable, as Mr.. Lucas says, that
Lamb has never been more appreciate lively
and delicat ely trent ed than in an essay by
the late Walter Pater, published in 1870.
1t would not be easy, however. to write
more adequately and tenderly of Lamb
than Leigh Hunt did in the London Journal
Just after Lambs death. Leigh Hun
had the advantage Of knowing Intimately
the man as we'll as the writer. He pro-
nounced Lamb a humanist in the most
universal sense of the term. Conceding
that Lambs Imagination was not of the
highest force, and that he also wanteI
sufficient vigor Of impulse to render his
poet ~ as good as his prose, Hunt yet in
sisted that as a prose writer, and within
the wide circuit of humanity. no man ever
took a more complete range He had
felt, thought and SUFFERED so much that
he literally had intolerance for nothing,
and never see mel to have it but wnea
he supposed the sympathies Of men who
might nave known better to be imper-
feet. He was a wit and an observer of
the first order, so far as the world around
him was concerned and society in its exist
ing state, but as to anything theoretical
or transcendental, 40 man ever had less
Gre for il or less power. To take him out
of habit and convention however tolerant
he was to those who could speculate beyond
them, was to put him under an exhaust ed
receiver. or to send him nakei, shivering
and driven to skaters, through the regions
of space and time. He was only at his
ease in the old arms Of humanity, and
she loved and comforted him like one of
her wisest though weakest children" In
some remarks printed fourteen years
earlier Leigh Hunt had said that if he were
to make a summary of Mr.. Lambs merits
as a writ er he should say that there
was not a deeper or more charitable OBJ
server existing. He has none of the abb
horrent self loves that belong to lesser
understandings. He takes little and grants
much. He sees through all the causes or
circumstances that modify the human
chara Ct Ter: and, while he likes from sym
pathy, he dislikes with generosity and
sincerity, and differs rather than pretends
to he better" NJ. W. H.