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The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Raiputana Reservoir.

One Of the largest works Of mans
hands Is the artificial lake, or reser-
voir. in India. at Rajputanti This
reservoir, said to be the largest In the
world, known as the great tank of
Dhebar, and used for irrigating pur-
poses, covers an area Of q square
miles
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Value Of Elephants-

An African elephant Is Of value only
for its ivory, Of which q full-grown
animal yields from $3.50 to $500 worth.
On the other hand. a working Indian
elephant cannot be bought for less
than $500 to $500.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Swallowed BIZ the Sea

Since the sixteenth century II
churches, . convent, q hospital and
many hundreds Of acres Of land have
besn swallowed by the sea IN the VI
cinity Of Aldspurgh, England.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
A Saving HoN

The Salvation Army has 1888
WPrkerE spo1g ehildren. = eORprisss
ff1e eerps and societies ana L tss -.
ga o6hcen wholly employed In its
Oeryice.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
African Delfcar

The aborigines of South America
and Africa consider the guiana, a large
lizard, a great delicacy. These lizards
are not unlike a small crocodile, but
are more unsightly than that creature.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Bridge Versus Calf.

The Mid-Surrey (Eng.l Golf club has
forbidden IT, penpeys to play bridge
Hhist on Sundays. This Is not 4 reli-
gious measure. II was found that
bridge playing ''interfered with colt"
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
In FiEhine Tina

shs-I agree with coEper=Ihsts .
man Who needlessly sets foot npsn o
Uorm.
He-sO Do I. Il spoils EN- fos hait
Cleveland Leader.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
When Ambition wansa

n Il the perpetual effort to attain
the ideal that enlarges the whole lie.
The moment the ambition begins to
Eans or tends to become sordid or SAL
Sab the individual begins to shriVsl-
Success Magazine.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Hannz pariah

The parish Of Abbeyfeall, In County
Limerick, has the distinction Of being
without a landlord All the lsad has
been purchased BY the oeeupisrs un-
der thu Irish land acts
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

A railway Is to be built to the region
where the Mocha coffee grows. II will
extend from Hodeidah. on the Red sea,
10 Samoa, the largest city in southern
Arabia, With Q population Of 5000.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Ths Orange Crop.

Last years production Of oranges IN
this country was 100000 boxes, o.
probably 1.soo. ZOO. 900 oranges. that
u an allowance Of 20 to each iahah-
liant
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
GA Euoz,z

Ths two little Spanish towns n
RalaMos md San Eslinde nu,xais
aAiDped mosO than lls0oeeoo poands
g 60 out and sAavinsi NJ yse-.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
William, Bill and VIII.

Fhree hEotherE, sons Of Blus FoFe-
man, Of Tahiequah bear TIE Christian
names Of William, Bill and VIII, and
they have never gotten mixed in the
bathtub, either.-Kansas City Journal.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Mistakes Of Matrimonv

Many q man Who thinks he IL marry
Ing IN angel may ind that abe d
equipped with pair OF asbestos VIM
few months later.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
sileut and aEo,sx E..t..r

Reform our spelling. out ont n
silent letters. TheR cut out the o.
tAaf meke npiee After hat ws -
hare some peaee.-N. z. Man.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

IN China volunteer pflitias are be-
- lqRsf. Fe9nsss$ q y1ung men
are enliEting and meet twice q week
feg I'm.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Kepiag Young.

~ long a. the heart IL youn~ ana
ne thought b youthEal. ed ags 49,,
ieReA F0pGsueeeas Magazine
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Porous Glass.

IN porous GAS which IL maee IN
France, The heies are % small that
Heiteer dpst nor dralght can s1tsr,
sad Est ths veRtllatlOp y ~ . b
exeallant.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
Profsns BubhI~

The Small BOy-L0ok sharp!
there's . man fallen IN the pond, ana
HIS bubbles = the worst language xou
ever hesss.=LPdoR eksteE
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
EEAse Of Tudsass.

ne hate Samuel J. FIlGea xss II
originator OF the phrase, Peace in
politics; why. Jon might Inst e. nall
expect hamony IN Hadee
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
One Good Word for Il.

The automobile did 80 Ec1t noh,K
. SAP FFeaeteco. and Ne @ ut I'D
that a1y ~ the gaa0liae EnFisty lnak
a5e o. blew np.-RhtlaAGlphia naIlo-
In.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

". WM CROOKS, y. p, spsAhinw q.
Ral sEpqlFse yiih . hig
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

highlands Land Owners.
Fully Ops-!biFa - 4s lH9p q arpa,
Britain ID ewnsd By members q he
hpGaa Of lords.
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

e1tt@aiss ars fEsaasnkIy migEaass,
e14 frAn g they are, tAey orols, Cor
ozampla, he SEES hat ssDarals 6reat
BritRin from ths confinS6t
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
PUuh Peoria

Eighty-eix Per cent Of the popula-
don q feY - nsssosas kaifs sStA
1ndlaPs - AraR
The broad ax., 1906-06-09
KsaF c.

dsa. yEaaos, Gsns1v and p.
land have census taken oacs IN eve
yearA
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

AhQut 12.o0O tons Of HOLSTERS ars
e16skE and marketed every pear Il
canadA
The broad ax., 1906-06-09

Se1hi.9 80 slsaN eesiaPs - asii
fhs nsst
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29

are, in the last analysis, the forces
that are doing the most to overcome
the evils of the liquor traffic.
Regarding the 'pseudo-s scientific
character of temperance teaching i'm
the public schools most of us Will be
racy of this teaching than in the re-
suits obtained from it as part of the
curriculi of schools. Doubtless much
of the temperance instruction given
in schools would not Withstand the on
slaught of the expert. However, if it
affords a general knowledge Of the
physical danger of drink and cult
Yates and creates a moral disgust
against the habit and traffic, the addi-
ton of such instruction needs no de-
fence and pleads for approval
The helpful suggestion in the re-
port of the Committee of Fifty is for
the substitution of something that will
win men, especially young men, away
from the saloon. Something that will
arrest their attention and hold their
attendance before they have created
the thirst that physicians now class
among diseases. Men, and particularly
unattached men, will always seek some
place of relaxation and pleasure and
insist upon finding it, They are
gregarious animals and will flock to-
gether. The same instinct that brings
the men and boys of the country viii
lage together of an evening on the
store boxes In front of the country
store, is the influence that fills the
saloons OF the city. Not every man
has the entree to club. The average
man or youth seeking occupation for
his idle moments finds the saloon. the
billiard hall, open and inviting. The
forces that unmake manhood adver-
tise. They offer substitute for some
thing better. There is only one
best way to oppose them. Give people
some cheap and pleasant place to go
where the temptation of intoxications
is not forever in their nostrils.
Take care of the pennies and the
pounds take care of themselves. Take
care of the individual and society in
the mass will care for itself Stop the
boys on the way to the saloon and the
liquor traffic will dwindle and pine.
And remember that young men will
seek amusement and congenial society
heedlessly as children play. s;ubsti-
tute something for the saloon. 1t
would be sad confession to admit
that we can not make common decency
as attractive as a grog shop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
SUBSTITUTE SOMETHING.

Taking up the liquor problem the
Atlantic, perhaps the most conserva-
tive and thoughtful of the modern
magazines, so Conservative indeed as
to often appear fashioned, comes
to the conclusion that the ultimate
remedy is to be found only in "the
individual souls of men," The author
of the article referred to has been
largely led to his conclusion by pains
taking study of the report of the
COMMITTEE Of Fifty on the Liquor
Problem This report is the consen-
sus of opinion of fifty competent dis
interested and philanthropic experts
and as the Atlantic believes, contains
the matter in nutshell. Therein
asserts the Atlantic:
No real evil is eXtenuated, and
nothing is set down in malice. The
scourge of drink is not nlinimiZed, and
it's relation to crime and pauperism
is most temperately but most convince
ingly drawn. The physiological effects
of liquor are set forth in such fashion
that no physician can take exception
to the exposition. At the same time,
the eudo-scientific character of So
called temperance instruction in the
public schools is unmasked. The re-
medal aspect Of the matter is treated
with breadth and sanity. Not the
mere extirpation of the saloon, but the
devising of healthful substitutes for
the saloon, is the desiredatum. Nor is
the heart of the difficulty left un-
touched in the mastery exposition of
the cure. We are brought up with
the old-fashioned but eternally valid
doctrine that the ultimate remedy is
found "only in the souls of individual
men +. There is no salvation for the
mass as mass" 1t is homely tru-
isb, but eminently an reassuring one,
to hear that those forces that make
for the development of personality
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
IRE REAL REPUBLICAN, YER DIcT.

In the present party campaign in
Iowa almost without exception the
counties in which there is a strong
democratic vote have gone for Perkins
and the counties in which the republi-
can vote is the strongest have gone for
Cummins Perkins starts off with
johnson county the only county in the
entire state of Iowa which at the last
yeneral election gave Parker a larger
ote than it gave to Roosevelt.
When the counties of the state that
have thus far held conventions are
arranged in the order showing the
per cent that the democratic vote rep
resents as to the republican the true
facts are brought out. OF sixty-two
counties thus arranged the half in
which the republican vote was the
strongest at the last general election
all went for Cummins with the ex-
ception of six. Of the half that had
the largest per cent of democrats all
went for Perkins or Rathbun with
the exception of nine. In his own
congressional district outside of Wood
bury the only counties that Perkins
carried were Monona and Osceola the
strongest democratic counties in the
district It was in Monona county
that the populistic sentiment was so
strong that at one time the democrats
and republicans combined in order to
defeat it. 1t was in Monona county
that Dan Campbell lived. Campbell
was the populistic- greenback candi-11
date for governor and one Of the
strongest in the state of that school
of politics. Governor Cummins leads
off with carrying Winnebago in which
the democratic vote at the last gem
eral election was only Sc per cent
OF the republicans. The strongest re-
publican county that Perkins has yet
carried is Louisa in which the demo-
cratic vote was sos per cent of the
republican fifteen counties thus far
that have stronger republican senti-
ment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29

died, on May "a, 1879, is still standing
on the southeast corner of Seventeenth
street and Fourth avenue, New York
Henry George died on Oct. 20, 1897. in
the Union Square hotel, which was his
headquarters during his last capaign
for the mayoralty.
The Cerro Gordo county politician
who broke his leg has much the best of
it over the political bunko steerer who
broke his sacred pledge to the repub-
leans of Dubuque county.
The Fort Dodge Messenger states in
headlines that "kretschmer Has Given
Up Race What the Messenger means
is that he has split the purse"
Chief Engineer Crouzbauer of
Brooklyn, was looking for a chauffeur
and from a list of civil service elibibles
picked the man al the top. Patrick
Maher He sent for Maher and offered
him the job. Whats the salary?
asked Maher. Three dollars a day"
was the reply. II don't think l can
take that" said Maher. "Have you a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
Bergman in Washington Post.

can be delivered at Richmond, 141 miles
further, at so much less freight that
Danville shippers have been known to
book their stock all the way thru
and then remove it by stealth from the
cars as they stood in the Danville
freight yard. The tragedy of all this
lies in the fact that Danville has con-
tributed hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to railroad companies for compe-
tition and is still paying interest on a
part of this money. Mr.. Baker tells
how the tobacco growers are barely
able to struggle along while certain
favored exporters are given rates which
are like finding money. The story of
THE contest between the railroad and
the anti-railroad parties in the town
is of absorbing interest. Every one
who wants to understand the Big Stick
powers of the railroad should read this
sane and forcible article
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
INCIDENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

il The Hampton Chronicle and a cor
II respondent for the Times Republican
Il at Latimer are authority for the state
Il ment that twenty hired workers are
II driving turnout Franklin county
spreading lies against Governor Cum
Enins. These men draw their pay from
the railroad attorneys who are fight
Hing the governor with unlimited funds.
An able lawyer, who has been prom
inent in the Iowa legislature where
he has learned to know what is going
Ion behind the scenes, has told the
Times Republican that Cummins has a
4 terrible fight on his hands. every
railroad is against us" said he, "ex-
|cepting possibly the Great Western,
(which does not mix in politics. Every
Telegraph company is fighting US.
livery express company. Every fed
jeral office holder is travelling the state
1 to fight US and most of them enjoy
Jobs worth from $4,000 to $4,000 per
year. Most of the congressman and
their postmasters are against us. They
have the money and are using it. We
have none"
Such is the opposition to one man
WHO stands for the right to serve the
public free from railroad control, who
declares that the whole people should
vote in selecting their candidates, who
edeclares that railway attorneys should
1 not control public officers, who
shouts for rate regulation and anti
Jpass bills when the majority of public
men are still in the tall grass. Not
4 breath of suspicion has ever been
brought against his administration. In
I poll tremendous republican majorities
1 he towers above all governors since the
days of Kirkwood
/ At the outset Senator Elkins, Of
West Virginia, who represents the
lcombined railroad interests in the
UNITED States senate, fires a broad
/ side against Cummins in Iowa. A
railroad attorney wrote his screed and
lit was sent to every newspaper in
1.-THE state, neatly printed and ready
1 for publication.
At Dubuque an INSCRIPTIONS office
seeker is induced to sell out the county
/ for the promise of fat job in the
treasury department at Washington.
He meets in Chicago the most motor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29

Endlessly fell her chestnut flowers,
Faint snow turnout the honeyed dark.
The myrtle spread his boughs to drink
Deep draughts of salt from the sea S
brink,
And like a moon-dial swung her tow
er's
Straight shadow DER her warded park.
From her calm coasts the galleons fled,
The fisher steered him further west.
No port was hailed, no keel came
home
Across that pale enchanted FOAM
But by her roof the thrushes fed
And wandering swallows found their
rest.
The shadows touched her tenderly,
The red beam fingered on her dress
Tho white gull and the osprey knew
Her tower across the leagues of blue.
The wild swan when he sought the sea
Was laggard thru her loneliness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29

quality of the butter our Iowa cream
cries produce. To put it another way,
the small creamery located in many
for the town, and better fer the quail
ity Of the butter, than for enc big con-
Germ to buy the cream and ship it in a
hundred miles or more. All this is open
to debate and on subject even eX-
perts differ. But this is sure. Such
creameries as this at Burt is a good
thing for the town
With no reference to this creamery,
for the writer did not meet the man
ager, but in a general sort of way,
the failure of the successful operation
of SO many cooperative creameries
and societies lies right here the man
ager is not the boss. Many times has
the writer heard the experience of
these managers. The patrons think
they know more about the business
than he does, and he weekly submits to
the dictation of some big patron milk
ing thirty to fifty cows, with the re-
suit at the end of the year the business
shows a loss in operating, the manager
loses his job, and the cooperative
creamery is closed The manager. to
be successful. must run the business as
tho he owned the whole outfit, and the
patrons should pay a man Of that kind
good wages, and make it an object to
him to remain continuously for a num-
Der of years.
From a successful manager of
t
heard this story. This business had
been run at small loss fer two years,
and so when they made me an offer at
my own price to take hold of 1t, ac-
cepted with a full knowledge of what
was ahead of me. The very first week
I was here, one of the big stockholders
came in with load of damaged oats.
/ offered him II cents, while good,
bright oats We're worth q. He went
clear into the air Guessed he'd have
as much for his oats as other stock
holders. That the buyer at the other
elevator had offered him 20 for this
load, and l didn't know my business,
etc. 1t was my chance and improved
it. | told that big farmer was run
ming this business. That the other
buyer had bid up on his oats for pure
cussedness. To go over there and sell
his oats, and contract his whole crop
at that price If he could. He drove
away as mad as a hornet, and did try
to contract 1000 bushels at 20 cents.
but one load was all the other buyer
wanted at that price. Had the same
experience with the same man with
his hogs The other buyer offered him
Is cents more than / did. Told him To
sell there, but it was the last time that
hog buyer bought his hogs. These
other buyers found out when they Of
fered more than the market price, that
they got the stuff. l ran this business
at a profit for the stockholders last
year. Now they know I'm boss, and
have a distinct understanding that
when they are dissatisfied with my
work and results, they can get another
manager But as long as ann mana
ger of this cooperative society. l shall
run it as would my own business,
and not be told how to run it by any
stakeholder, large or small.
IL - T1Ss."f~-sas
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
THE RAIL ROADS BIG STICK.

i
In THE Way of a Railroad With
Town" in the June McClures, Mr.. Kay
Stannard Baker shows how common
carrier holds up an entire section of
country and says whether this INDUS
try or that shall prosper, or whether
this class or the other shall be utterly
driven out of business. MIR. Baker
spent long time studying mis- material
for this article in Danvile, Virginia
which is tapped by only one railroad
the Southern, and which on this ac-
count is quite at the mercy of the rate
makers A comparison is forcefully
drawn between the conditions here and
those in the city of Lynchburg, sixty
six miles away. which has plenty of
railroad competition. Mr.. Baker states
facts which unless backed by statistics
might well arouse incredulity. For in
stance. fertilizer is shipped from Chi
caso to Danville at $3.50 ton. whereas
if it went sixty-siX miles further to
Lynchbung. the rate would be only
$40 Horses shipped from the west
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29

better job?' asked Coler. II think so, y
replied Maher solemnly. What it it?'
oh explained Maher, '1'm battalion
chief in the fire department and get
$500 a year" Maher said he was in
the habit of taking a civil service ex-
animation occasionally to keep his
mental machinery from getting rusty
A Keokuk caucus gave "three cheers
and tiger for j. w. Blythe" that were
heard away over into Missouri. Per-
haps Mr.. Blythe's sensational boom
started right there.
"Herriott at Glenwood" announces
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil Well,
there are number of people at Glen
wood that might be fooled into belev-
ing the Herriott's alleged candidacy is
not a Blythe-PerkinS annex
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
A@ Tl.e>"f..-s1
Sore Nipples.

A cure may be effected by applying
chamberlain's Salve as soon as the
child is done nursing. Wipe it off with
a soft cloth before allowing the child to
nurse. Many trained nurses use this
salve with the best results. Price 20
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
lCwA lFlkIONs AND NoTEs.

IF Smoot vas personally bad
man, had violated the law, or could be
shown to be interested in encouraging
others to violate the law, he would be
tasy to deal with" But in the opinion
of the Register and Leader, 'Smoot is
a good citizen in his way, and to make
an example of him is not SO simple a
matter as it looks"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-29
Topics Of the Times

The Waterloo Reporter denies that
w. F. PARROT has been delegated as a
Blythe doodle agent but it doesn't
offer to have him searched.
A red light has been installed at the
main door of the house to let senators
know that while it burns the house is
doing business whats it for?" a
constituent asked Congre ssman
Champ Clark. Its warning to stay
outside" Mr.. Clark answered.
Secretary Shaw refuses to talk to
newspaper correspondents on the
Kretschmer deal. His subordinates,
in the treasury, enter a general de-
NAL for him of the charge that he has
promised Kretschmer job. The sec
rotary is not wont to wrap himself in
seclusion and remain mute. Senator
Allison, who is much greater state
and national figure, did not hesitate to
personally repudiate the steal. Why
should Shaw refuse to talk?
Il 4
George w. Perkins has been cleared
of the charge of grand larceny Now
George D. should clear himself from
similar suspicion connected with the
Dubuque delegation.
Congressman James Francis Burke
received this telegram from r. B.
Scandrett of Pittsburgh: what are
the prospects for the ship subsidy bill
passing?" After thinking it over few
minutes and comforting with Chairman
Grosvenor, who had charge of the bill,
Burke sent the following answer: I'm
my opinion your prospects of salvation
are more brilliant"
"Joe" Trigg, editor of the Iowa State
Register, is reported in a hopeless con-
dition with nervous breakdown that
approaches paralysis He is now at
ing the end. No more popular or virile
writer on agricultural subjects has
been before the public and the thou
sands of acquaintance made thru his
forceful pen and kindly personality
will mingle regrets over his illness.
The Engineering Record, on the basis
of Massachusetts statistics, estimates
that "the average building costs about
40 per cent more today in the Boston
district than 1t did five years ago.
Material and wages have both adj
vanced in cost. Since May, 1901, spruce
framing has advanced from SIT to s25,
matched spruce boards from $50 to $24,
shingles from $3.50 to $3.45, laths 40
per cent, yellow pine from s35 to $50,
oak 33 er cent, brick from S7.75 to $10.-
so, lime Is per cent, cement in bags
from $1.54 to s1.90 and wages 13A per
cent. The cost of building is evident-
ly much greater than it was five years
ago. eYt building is active everywhere
and the trade is prosperous.
"Why are you not at school?"
sternly inquired the parent, meeting
his son in the street.
."The lad was not much embarrassed.
"Fact is, dad" he responded, there's
something the matter Win the teach-
ers temper, and I'm giving it absent
treatment! Modern Science.
committee headed by Joseph II.
Choate has been formed in New York
to erect bronze tablets on the build
ings in that city in which William
Lloyd Garrison and Henry George died.
The committee has limited the maxi
mum amount of single subscription
to $1O The house in which Garrison