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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
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Eldora, Feb. 9.-Pancakes broke up
an Iowa home in the snappy days of
February when hapjacks are supposed
to hit the right spot. AT Sanborn
Mrs. Carrie Fields got divorce from
DR.. L. S. Fields, because the husband
did not like her make of pancakes and
ridiculed them. She testified that the
expression on the doctors fact while
eating the cakes was such that it might
work permanent injury to her health
Let the writer hasten to say that
the above is a newspaper clipping. He
knows better than to print any such
stuff call names. mention the place,
and continue to live in Iowa. But it
does furnish a text it does give an
opportunity to again in this column
make a few remarks, concerning the
outrageous cooking so common and
prevalent in our Iowa hotels. Hotels
that furnish Il big bill of fare, large
assortment of food, served in a man
ner that would disgrace the hut of a
Fiji islander. Only the other day
as a side dish. cold canned tomatoes
at a $2-a-day hotel. Too
much trouble TO cook them, i. e..
warm them up. Nold coill pleiu is
another delicacy at so cents per meal.
Probably this unsweetened, dry. half
baked corn bread was done at 11:30
a. M. too much trouble to keep it hot.
so was served at noon as cold corn
bread. Cold cove oysters is another
dish frequently seen in
country hotels. Such thing as rare
roast beef cannot be had. outside of the
hotels of the larger towns Fried beef
steak is served at two-thirds of the
s2-a-day houses. frequently fried in
lard, sometimes in bacon fat drippings.
Broiled beefsteak is as rare as hens
teeth on toast. Even toast is abused.
Dry toast toasted an hour before. serv-
ed cold is common. Beans-well. there
is about three hotels in Iowa that
know beans; that is, how to cook
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unmuzzled Preachers.

The debate between Rabbi S. S.
Wise, of Portland, Oregon, and the
trustees of Temple Emanuel, of New
York, has touched sore spot in
ecclesiastical polity. In a letter given
out to the press recently Rabbi Wise
said: when majority of the trus-
tees of Emanuel came to me for the
purpose of ascertaining whether call
to occupy it's pulpit would be accepted
and, if accepted, upon what terms, l
made but one stipulation if / accept
call to Emanu-ers pulpit l do so
with the understanding that l am to
be free, and that my pulpit is not to be
muzzled. My stipulation was met by
the statement of the committees: The
pulpit shall always be under the con-
troll of the board of trustees.
This is certainly a remarkable dec
laration," says the Hartford Times,
land it is no wonder that DIR. Wise re-
fused. or that he remarked that a pull
pit that is free may sometimes fall
into error, but that one which is not
free can never be powerful for truth
and righteousness" This is the hard
fact which is keeping men from the
ministry comments the New York
Post "They may be enthusiastic over
the moral law; they may be gifted with
eloquence; they may wish to devote
themselves to the progress of the COM
munity. But if they wish to keep their
minds forever open to new truth, to
say with Rabbi Wise. My pulpit is not
to be muzzled,' they do not fit into
the order which is dominant today. If
f, rt,1&y hn YNY,iro
ciples of morals to politics and finance,
to speak out boldly. no matter whose
feelings are hurt, to attempt the diff
ficult and unpopular task of bringing
religion into contact with daily life and
thought, he must gather an indepen-
dent following, which has confidence in
his purposes and his ideals. So must
any minister who wishes to he abSo-
lutely unmuzzled. This is one reason
why strong men refuse the ministry
as a career
According to the press reports Or.
Wise claims that the steadily waning
influence of the church and the syna-
gogue is cue, in no small part, to the
widespread belief that the pulpit is not
free, and that it is subject to and UNI
der the control of those officers and
members of the church or synagogue
who for any reason are powerful in it's
councils How can a man be vital
and independent and helpful if he be
tethered and muzzled?' asks DR.. Wise.
Too great a dread there may be of
secession, but. after all, difference
and disquiet, even schism at the worst.
are not so much to be feared as that
attitude of the pulpit which never pro-
vokes dissent because it is cautious
rather than courageous"
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teacher called them outside Of the
school house and put in the hand of
each small orange switch He then
told the smaller boy that he must whip
the larger one until he was satisfied.
and to do it WELL because afterward
the larger boy would be given a chance
at him. AS the teacher tells the story:
1T was really the most laughable per-
Torrance imaginable. for it is rarely
that one sees two boys more badly
scared. 1t took all the authority that
| could exercise to make them begin,
for the smaller boy almost went into
MYSTERIES. During the process of the
switching the large boy put back his
hand to protect himself as boys will re-
ceiVed good rap on the knuckles.
When 1t came his turn to do the switch
ing, he could hardly hold the switch
long enough to strike, and the mixed
look of hate and misery on his face
cannot be described. All the boys were
looking. on. and ] am quite sure the
lesson was effective"
The native African is extremely SUI
perstitious and believes firmly in witch
craft One of the teachers tells this
story: while on a trip after school
boys we saw beside the road a table
loaded with food. BY inquiry we
learned that two men had recently
died In nearby town and that the
people had put this there as a pro-
ptiary Offering to the evil spirit that
was troubling them Discussion about
this incident led DR.. Blunden to tell
us of an experience he had had a few
days before. As he was on his way
home one evening, a man came to him
and asked for some medicine that
would keep his wife from troubling
him at night. He said she had died
two months before. but did not trouble
him during the first month. At the
beginning of the second month she had
Knocked at the door and wanted to
come in. He sat up in bed, but did not
offer to let her in. However, that did
not hinder her, for she came over to
face Now he said, she comes every
night, and l cannot sleep. The doc
tor told him he was dreaming, STILL
it may be MIA man who is trying
to get a hold on him. The power of
suggestion over the native mind is
something wonderful. At Old Calabar
we were tOlQ tIdt even 1uIlSlldIl Doyo
could not he induced to cross a line
which they had been forbidden to
cross on pain of death. This was due
to the fact that death had actually
occurred under such circumstances"
Travel in the African forest, DR..
Halsey says, is very difficult. 1t is not
that the trees are so thick, but that
there are SO many vines to impede
progress. Worst of all is a sort of
triangular grass with raZor-like edges
which cut like a knife. If, after re-
solving yourself into sort of spool,
you are able to unwind some twenty
or thirty feet of this grass which lies
across your path, you may consider
yourself fortunate that your eyes are
in your head. The least you can ex-
pect is to get out looking as though
you had been in a bramble-bush, and
clothes that indicate intimate relations
with barbed Wire fence. The
swamps must also be considered, so in
Africa Stick to your path is a bet
ter motto than Stick to your BUSH"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
THOSE FARMERS LETTERS.

In next Mondays issue of the Times
Republican it will begin the publication
of number OF letters from farmers
prominent in Marshall county as lead
ers in the business life and political
thought among the agriculturalists.
These letters are expressions particu-
larly of the beliefs, opinions and de-
Sires OF the men who wrote them. as
regards the primary law, and are re-
plies to a set OF questions sent out to
a large number of farmers and business
men. The response was quick and
when the letters came pouring into the
office the editors, already convinced OF
the majority sentiment among the
farmers, We're surprised at the unanim-
ity of expression. OF the first 100 re-
plies, ninety EIGHT favored the primary
law, the selection of United States
senators by popular vote at primaries
or their election by direct vote. The
proportion of favorable replies receiv-
ed since is greater than in the first 100.
These letters came to the Times
Republican under it's pledge not to
print without permission. No letter
will be published except by consent of
its author. The TimesRepublican has
not got around the long list yet, but of
those of whom permission to publish
has been requested not one has re-
fused. The Marshall county farmer is
evidently fearless and unashamed of
his faith.
Marshall is a representative county.
Its farmers are the equals in intelli-
gence, education and business capacity
of any rural community on earth. They
read and ponder. They study and
weigh the questions that affect their
own prosperity and the welfare of
others, and they evidently believe
themselves equal to the responsibility
of selecting directly the men who are
to represent them in party councils and
to instruct them of the popular will
on issues at hand Every one of these
farmers is an independent business
man. He represents a part of the real
Iowa. Marshall county farmers have
balance of s1,o0O,OOo in deposits
against Marshalltown banks alone No
other class represents so entirely the
s.middle class" which is the mainstay
of all organized governments. They
are worth listening to. Read the let
tiers.
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Mission Work in Africa.

The Rev. DR.. A. Woodruff Halsey.
who recently returned from a tour OF
the Presbyterian mission stations on
the west coast of Africa brought back
with him a number of incidents told by
teachers and missionaries of the work
among the black people. He tells. for
instance. of the difficulties of disci-
pline in schools where there are boys
of different tribes, prone to fighting
among each other. One of the teachers
tried new method Of stopping it.
Two boys got into fight. and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

presses Its OPINION OF The state leSlS-
lature thus: IF Carrie Nation would
come to Iowa. now, the Iowa legisla-
ture would, no doubt, meet in joint
session to receive her and hear her."
The Davenport Democrat remarks
that the Iowa chautauqua lecture
courses were generally successful last
year. There We're more such assem-
blies held in this state than in amy
other in the Union. They We're not
large, but they were numerous and
we'll scattered. This year the chau-
tauqua is to put on more life. En-
gagements already made show this.
Congressman who attract attention in
Washington are almost sure to find
the summer a profitable one. There
is no law to prevent them putting a
few thousand dollars in their pocket if
they talk for it. They get the neces-
sary experience in Washington at the
expense Of the people"
ut is enough to make self-respect-
ing citizens and particularly those of
the great state of Iowa-the finest in
the union of state-blush for very
shame to see the matter of the expense
involved urged against the enactment
of a primary law" declares the Rock
ford Register. Agricultural products
of the past year We're worth in round
numbers the vast sum of $375,O00.O 900:
yet we, her citizens so abject, mean
and poor that we can't afford the price
of two chews of gum apiece for the
coll of hot
eminent and securing a larger measure
of control over our own affairs So
rich, and yet SO poor! 1t is high time
that as a people we revised in some
aspects our standard of values and
estimated things at more nearly their
true. worth"
''If the members of the legislature
believed Whitmer told the truth when
he testified that he hadn't moved from
O'Brien county permanently. they We're
certainly justified in seating him."
asserts the Baskerville Enterprise.
The Oskaloosa Herald believes "the
best measure the legislature can pass
in relation to the muct law would be
a resolution to let it alone"
The Brooklyn Chronicle a paper
opposed to the primary law, plainly
states its conviction that "Blythe and
the Blythe crowd of political shysters
are today opposing the primary law
because it would in their judgment re-
suit in the immediate triumph of
their political enemy. just as a similar
crowd fought a similar measure in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

them. The last luxurious dish of beans
| placed before this scribe, We're simply
beans placed in water, half boiled
I served luke-warm, without a particle
| of seasoning of any kind. Coffee-the
Lord help us -Four NNAN, eight
pounds for a dollar. makes good enough
coffee for anybody. especially, if one
has ice cold skim milk to put with it.
This in first class hotels where we
aim to please And when it comes
to pastry. it's unhealthy anyway. But
raisin pie. ten soaked raisns between
two crllsts of pie crust manufactured
out of Dcs Moines squire leaf lard.
we'll, two pieces are not usually called
for Apricot pie. take handful OF
dried apricOtS. two years Old, prepared.
soak twelve hours i'm cold water. add Il
lteaspoonful of sugar, pie crust accord
! ing to above recipe, bake thirty min
utes, burn the bottom. and have the
upper crust one-quarter of an lnch
thick serve the next week after ana
visitors from other countries go home
and brag on the pie they ate in Iowa.
Now, all this is not eXaggeration.
Neither is it universal, or we would all
be in our graves. But ii is found in
many a hotel in Iowa. where the pro-
prietors are really anxious to set up
a square meal, only they don't know
how Never will know. And If we
could in some way manage to teach
the young women of Iowa how to really
cook the food so plenty and cheap in
this state If we educated more good
cooks and less piano players. more
good housekeepers and less hand work
china artists, more good pie makers
and less salesladies. there would be
less suicides. less divorces, less drunk
ards. and a less number of newspaper
critics.
This letter was to be devoted to the
pure food agitation in Iowa instead
it degenerated into a screed on poor
cooking. But our legislators should
know that they are called upon to do
something during this legislature con-
corning pure food" The results of
the chemical investigations last week
in Des Moines. have stirred up the peo-
pie to the point where they demand
that something be done. Formaldehyde
i'm bulk oysters. preserVatives in pre-
pared meats and pure leaf lara. MADE
out of any old grease. are not rehshed
in fact or sentiment. One man SAID
here today, he wished that the legisla-
ture i'm Joint session would sit down
to a banquet and all get doped on
oysters preserved In formaldehyde
There has lately been one case here IN
town. where young man nearly died
after partaking of some packing house
sausage. and these citizens are interest
ed in some kind of a pure food law.
And by a big majority the citizens
of Hardin county want the statewide
primary law enacted. In times gone
by they have had experience in eau
cases. conventions independent move
ments. cleaning out the ring ma
cbioe politics and attempted boss rule.
Tuey want a primary law. where all
parties hold primary elections on the
same day, where every mans vote
counts one. Whether it is cause or re-
suit, it just so happens that Hardin
county takes big stock in Governor
Cummins wants him for governor
again. and is thoroughly in sympathy
with the reforms he proposes and ad-
vocates.
III - NoeaAt~A~e.a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
A PROBLEM IN PROPORTIONS.

Notice has beer made in these col.
umns of the monster petition agains
the primary bill introduced by Senator
Harper of Wapelle' county. 1t contain
ed the protest of sixteen names be-
sides his own and had been circulated
by a reservation committeeman in
Chillicothe, if any one knows where
that is. So overwhelming was the
showing that the Times Republican
was prompted to suggest that this
same committeeman could probably
have induced as many to sign petit
ton to make Iowa an unlimited mon
archy and Joe Blythe its king.
The Courier is a daily newspaper
published at Ottunwa, the capital OF
Wapello county, wherein is situated
cothe. The Courier asserts that the
Times Republican lis about as glar-
ing an example of the radical, untamed
and untamable reform element as is to
be found among the papers of Iowa.
The primary bill is said to be pet
idea. with the Times-Republican but
the Courier speaking from informa-
ton gathered by personal CONVERSE
ton with the voters is sure that the
"majority of voters in Wapello county,
do not favor the primary bill So sure
is it that this majority is defined as
mot a small one"
The Courier tells of petition for
the primary election bill being hung
on the wall of the county court house
along with an array of original no.
tees, probate notices and the like,
From the fact that this notice has been
hanging up for two weeks and only
nineteen have signed in a city of 22,-
900 people the Courier hopes the
Times-Republican can figure out some
solace" The Courier even suggests
that "mayhap problem in equations,
proportions or whatever system is pop
ular in Marshall county would furnish
the vehicle
Equations and proportions are ex-
ceedingly mathematical but often reach
accurate results, at any rate since the
Courier has suggested them as the We
hicle it is presumed the Courier will
be willing to ride in it, SO the Times
Republican will refer again to the let
tiers which it has received from more
than 100 farmers in this county, SO
per cent of whom say that they favor
the primary plan, 2 per cent are oppos-
ed to it, 80 per cent say they have
talked with their neighbors and find
the neighbors in favor of it. But this
is in Marshall county and not in the
reservation nor on the Burlington rail-
road line, SO we will call the result
Equations"
For proof by proportions" since the
Courier suggests it. as an accurate
method, we will refer to personal let
ter received in toGlay's mail from a
prominent lawyer in Ottumwa, who
says Il have examined the primary
law petition hanging in the courthouse
and ! find just twenty-three have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
Luckiest Man in Arkansas.

I'm the luckiest man in Arkansas"
writes H. L. Stanley, of Bruno, "since
the restoration of my wife's health af-
ter five years of continuous coughing
and bleeding from the lungs; and
owe my good fortune to the worlds
greatest medicine, DE-. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which
know from experience will cure con-
sumption if taken in time. My wife
improved with first bottle and twelve
bottles completed the cure" Cures the
worst coughs and colds or money re-
funded. At Mcdonald & Mahood,
druggists. so cents and s1.00. Trial
bottle free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

Wisconsin because they hated LaFol-
lette. Such men are always political
charlatans, because fighting for the
day only, reckless whether after them
the deluge comes
The Odebolt Chronicle says it has
never pronounced its opposition to Il
primary system, tho its editor has
expressed certain opposition to par
ticular forms; and invites the Sioux
City Journal and its associates to find
fault. Anyway ito settle the contro-
versy The Chronicle is heartily in ia
vor of a primary bill which will fill
the conditions now demanded by the
voters of the state"
There are a whole lot of people.
who can fix and control n caucus or
convention. but they cannot fix the
people when they have a chance to
vote at Il primary election" observes
the Britt News. The people want a
square deal. but the politicians are
not particular what kind of a deal is
had as long as they get what they
,,t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
Gas In the Stomach.

Belching and that sense of fullness
so often experienced after eating is
caused by the formation of gas. The
stomach fails to perform it's functions
and the food ferments. Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets will cor
rect the disorder. They aid digestion
and strengthen and invigorate the
stomach and bowels. For sale by all
n o.sriStS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

The original laxative cough syrup is
Kennedys Laxative Honey and Tar. 1t
expels from the system by acting as a
cathartic on the bowels. Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar is certain,
safe and harmless cure for colds.
and whooping cough.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

Lewis Werner. who was caught three
weeks ago robbing the dormitories of
the University of Pennsylvania has
been identified as a noted thief with
long criminal record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

Calvin Austin and NJ. H. Campbell
have been elected president and treas
urer respectively of the newly incor-
porated Clyde Steamship Company of
Maine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
DO YOU GET UP
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Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
apers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-10
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Cedar Rapids Republican ex-
presses it's opinion of the state legis-
lature thus: IF Carrie Nation would
come to Iowa, now, the Iowa legisla-
ture would no doubt, meet in joint
session to receive her and hear her.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-11-24
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