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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
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their foremost evangelist, is engaged,
under the auspices of the Congrega-
tionalists, in a revival tour that will
extend over the next five months.
These meetings, begun in New York.
have been participated in also by Bap-
fists, Methodisfs and Presbyterians.
The large cities of the United States
will be visited. Some elements of
romance attach to his career, as will
be seen in this sketch printed by The
Outlook October 27:
His sobriquet picturesquely desg-
mates his origin-the child of gypsy
parents, born in a tent, and rowing
the country with the tribe till he was
II years DID,, when he fell under the
influence of Mr.. ira D. Sankey. He
at once followed the lead of General
Booth, Of the Salvation Army, into
the squalor of East London Sums.
There and elsewhere among the lowly
he served his apprenticeship for many
years. educating himself meanwhile on
the basis of four weeks acquisitions in
a Cambridge school, steadily winning
respect. esteem, and public confidence,
and by his success with the multitudes
dltEdCllHS PIO1SSSlOud1 PlGdSdcIS "
learn the secret Of his power. 1t is very
simple-not "a theology or a doctinal
formula, but genuine sense Of per-
sonal experience with a Great Com
panion and Captain. With the vary
ing theologies grouped about this he
does not concern himself. With this
experience he appeals straight to the
conscience and the heart"
AS evangelistic efforts meet with less
favor than formerly it may be inter-
esting to note the conservatism OF
Gypsy Smiths methods in view of his
extraordinary success. From The
British Monthly we quote his own
account Of his methods, given in an
interview with that paper He says:
II have no after-meetings. My first
meeting IS my last. The service Is one,
from the opening hymn to the bene-
diction. When the sermon is over, I
ask for silent prayer for few mo-
ments, and at the same time re-
quest those who have been impressed
and who desire to live new life to
rise and lift their hands, and then to
quietly resume their seats. This plan
has the advantage of leading doubters
to commit themselves. Ine mere Idct
that man has risen and held up his
hand is for many one the decisive
step. The move to the inquiry room
follows naturally. l then ask the anx-
ious to pass in the inquiry room, my
workers leading the way. myself do
not leave the platform or pulpit until
the whole service is over. 1 make 1t
rule not to speak personally to thu
inquirers, and for five reasons: First,
when I have brought a man or woman
so far, I wish to retire into the back
ground do not want them to de-
pend on me or to see me any more. The
personal element must as quickly as
possible be eliminated. Then again, If
were to deal with individuals,
should be obliged to leave out some at
least among the scores or hundreds
who would desire to speak to me. This
would have very bad effect from ev-
cry point of view. A third reason is
that my entrance might cause little
commotion, and undo the good work
which was going on. 1t would not be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13

dollars. Not nine hundred and ninety
nine thousand but just an even milliol
saved out of his salary. That he owned
one hundred miles of railroad in Alas
ka, several hundred acres of land and
gold mines galore. This improbable
lie cost Lacey many votes. And final
ly, what really laid out Lacey, was his
hatred of Cumminism. 1t is said on
good authority that in Montezuma, not
ten days before election, In a small
crowd of mixed" republicans, he ex-
pressed his opinion of Cummins so
plainly no one could misunderstood his
position. And it is said only short
time ago that at Iowa City, he repeated
with "Ghoulish glee." statement that
Cummins would lose 1900 votes in and
near Johnson county. These things
made the Cummins men mad and the
result is known. Taking SO good a
man as Lacey, this in point of integri-
ty, ability and influence, out of the
Iowa delegation is a positive loss to
the state, but "he made his bed. he
must lie in it."
A. P. THAYER.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13

is no guide to past or future accom-
plishment. no test Of manhood or
worth, capacity or value.
1t is as impossible to measure age
by years as to time progress with
stop watch We don't measure Shakes
peare with an inch rule. Neither may
we mete out in life In months and days
as we dole out produce in pecks and
half bushels. Time has no standard Of
accomplishment.
Let Mr.. Hungerford take heart. Men
are not old at fifty, but only farther
away from adolescence. Somewhat
there may be in the joints and appe-
tite, some shortness of breath, mayhap
an inclination to let the other fellow
do the hardest work, growing fond
ness for books and quietude and a
contemptuous astonishment over the
impertinent assurance of the present
day younger man as evidenced by his
insistence in Quitting in as delegate
to political conventions and irreverent
opposition to men old enough to be his
father, and possibly a twinge of rheu-
matism and a set of false teeth. But
what are false teeth and rheumatism
between friends? A man is no older
than he feels.
No, we are not old at fifty unless we
choose to be SO. All of us may carry
an elixir, not of youth, but preventive
Of old age in our natures. We can
be Grabbed old grouches, If we choose
and happy elder boys If we have the
mind. Cheerybles or Scrooges as we
elect to be.
So far as usefulness is concerned
men are prime at fifty. At fifty we
know what is good for us. The healthy
and right minded man of fifty is the
most effective man in the world. 1t is
he who in most cases is behind the
greatest enterprises, not as a leader
but as controlling force. He is the
governor on the engine of progress.
Old at fifty? Go to- Brother Hunger
ford! Why you are just getting
good"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
Church Affairs
Church Unity an Impossibi!ity.

S''N' WI S'''sy ai
There have been many schemes pro-
pounded for what has been called
church unity. That all Christians
should be united under one organi-
cation or one verbal confession Of be-
lief has been considered the great AMI
essential desideratum in world of real
and perfect Christianity. Glowing Wis
ions have been INDUCED In of a
church universal where every mind
will be of the same pattern; every
eye regard truth from the same an
gle, and every brain be of identical call
iber and capacity for Illumination.
But neither history nor the character
of the human mind warrants us in
believing that the churches and sects
can ever be united in the same be-
lief and practice: nor is even de-
sirable that uniformity should prevail.
says The HomiletIS Review (New
York; 1t meyer has prevailed in an
Gent heathendom, nor in any Europ-
can or Asiatic lands, ancient or mod
ern, continues this magazine. Nor did
Christ anticipate, or command, that
1t should prevail. The article from
which we quote was suggested by the
report of the Royal Commission on
Discipline in the English Church, OF
which we read as follows:
1.-THE recently published report of the
royal commission on discipline in the
English church reveals curious con-
dit.on of discrepancy and contradiction
in the observances of religious body
which is supposed to preach and wor-
ship according to act of parliament. 1t
furnishes somewhat melancholy com
ment on the program of Christianity.
which is constantly being ,linned in our
ears by certain credulous tdealists who
shut their eyes both to the facts of his
tory and the fundamental principles of
the human mind. The Church of Eng
land has never attained to unity In the
sense Of uniformity in faith and ritual.
Such unity has never been known In
the church universal since, the day of
Pentecost, and there is ND prospect of
it ever being realized"
Variety results from movement and
is an essential feature of
life AS the climbing plant grows with
cerNin irregular freedom. and waves
and wanders over the trellfs without
restraint or uniformity, SO does the
church vary in the expression of truth
and the practice of worship and disci-
pline, says this writer. In his own
words:
''From the very beginning the sacred
vine has burgeoned and spread out in
myriad twigs and boughs of infinite va
riety in form and position. The life Of
religion has manifested itself in many
diverse types of religious ceremony
and confession. Even the apostles diff
fered as to the essentials of the relig-
ious life To one it was faith, to an
other love- to third good works Her
esies controversies, schisrns, sects, and
parties have always marked the spread
of Christianity, and may be said to be
actual symptoms of its ebullient vital
ity. When Vincentius, of Lerins, de-
fined as the true faith that which had
been believed always, by all, and ev-
erywhere,' he spoke of something which
is not to be found in history any more
than Plato's ideal prototypes are to be
found among natural phenomena"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13

!: LOOKER.ON In IOWA

BROOKLYN, Nov. 13.-Withall the bis
crop Iowa has produced this year, men
ton should be made of the peach
crop of Poweshiek county. Near Mon
tezuma, on the Woolford farm, 500
bushels came to perfection and We're
sold in and near by town for $1.00 pc:
bushel Mr.. Middleton, another farm
err near town, marketed 600 bushels
selling for the same price. All OF
which goes to show that as far north
as Poweshiek county, peaches can be
grown, and sold at a profit, providing
the trees escape the extremes OF
weather all fruit growing is subject to-
When peach trees were first set out
in this vicinity there was big laugh
among the wise farmers hereabouts,
and one fruit tree peddler many years
ago, actually sold 500 peach trees for
five dollar bill, as "he was stuck and he
knew it,
That man Bryan sis smooth guy"
In the writer's New York Sun some
weeks ago when VIM. j. returned from
his trip abroad, the Sun reporter in
giving an account of his reception
mentioned his personal appearance.
Metaphorically speaking, Soloman in
all of his glory was not arrayed ike
Bryan. The other day the writer i'll
Grinnell had chance to shake the
fright hand of the great commoner, and
to view him at close range. He wore
his old slouch hat, many times the
worse for wear. His business suit, was
business with a big B. Many Iowa
farmers would be ashamed to wear it
to feed six cent steers. His shoes were
innocent of all backing and polished
by the sacred soil of Iowa. His shirt
was negligee in the extreme. The
softest kind Of soft shirt, and cuffs
he had none, altho one yearly subscrib-
err to the Commoner would buy four
pairs. You see he was out west, out
among ''the wild and woody"
Many time since last Tuesday the
writer has been asked what downed
Lacey. Why, was he defeated by as
big majority, as once he had over the
other candidate. Perhaps the first
reason is what ultimately kills all rep
resentatives, i. e., postoffice appoint
ments. "You can't suit 'em all" Near
ly twenty years of work in selecting
postmasters, left him in each town
with a larger or smaller crowd of dis
gruntled republicans. Secondly, Lacey
was not up-to-date or in touch with
the younger element. He was a stand
patter in all sense. Has no use for re-
forms in the way of primaries, remov-
ing circles from ballots, etc. His az
titude one the tariff question was only
another illustration of his apparent
opinion that he knew better what was
for the real interests of his constituents
than they did themselves. Not two
weeks before election he told a citizen
of Grinnell, one thing was sure if he
was reelected and returned to Wash
ington, "he would not go back with a
mortgage hitched to him." In other
words, he'd be a standpatter even if he
went into the ditch. A story
was extensively circulated that
Lacey was worth million
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
In limo of Peace.

In the first months of the Russia
Japan war we had a striking example
Of the necessity for preparation and
the early advantage of those who. so
TO speak, have shingled their roofs in
dry weather" The virtue of prepara-
ton has made history and given to
us our greatest men. The individual
as we'll as the nation should be pre-
pared for any emergency. Are you
prepared to successfully combat the
first cold you take? A cold can be
cured much more quickly when treated
as soon as it has been contracted and
before it has become settled in the sys-
tenn. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
famous for its cures of colds and it
should be kept at hand ready for in
slant use. For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
as A MAN OLD AT EIE1Y2r

SIS man old at fifty?" somewhat
anxiously inquiries the Carroll Herald
whose editor is no spring chicken any
more. and may be presumed to have a
personal interest in the inquiry.
rs man old at ffty?" Yes some
men. Others are only beginning to
live. Some youths are old before they
have attained manhood Some septu-
agenarians are fresh as boys.
Fifty" is only numeral. Applied
to the age of men it expresses only
one fact: that the one to whom it is
applied has lived out more thar half
the physical years allotted to him. It
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13

Australasia accordingly fails to show
the Increase expected of new coun-
try. To correct the impression that
immigrants are not wanted, citizen
of Australasia guarantees work for
year 10 500 British farmers, or agri-
cultural laborers, and helps to pay
their expenses of travel This looks like
revision to the conditions under
which the American colonies were peoA
pied in the seventeenth century
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
sinners' Litany.

Now my time has come to die,
Good my masters. hear
This, a sinners litany,
Daring to your ear.
Life hath played for me to dance p
Up and down the line
9Th, I paid the folders, sirs,
But the dance was hneD
Love came swinging to my cali,
Black eyed love and bold;
Gave me scarlet lips to kiss.
Both her hands to hold.
Fast and faster fell our feet
To the music's beat
9Th, paid the fiddlers, sirs,
But the dance was sweetD
I have danced 1t through the world
All, the merry tunei
Danced the red sun down the west
Danced away the moon.
Could cavil at the price?
Out on souls 50 mean!
(Eh, paid the folders, sirs.
But the dance was keenD
,Beggared now, my masters ALL
Cry your cold dispraise;
Raise your eyes and count your golds
Trudge your dreary ways.
I, the pauper, richer far,
Envy not nor pine
9Th. paid the dddlers, sirs.
But the dance was snineD
-rinpincottsA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
A JAIL WORK YARD.
TDes Moines NeWS.1

The board of supervisors has an
nounced that one Of the features Of
the new Jail will be work yard.
Good!
If there is one thing which Des
Moines has needed more than any 9TH
err for many years it is a place where
Migrants and criminals can be forced
to work for their board, instead Of
being permitted to enjoy their impris-
onment in idleness.
A liberal application of work yard will
make Des Moines a city to be avoided
rather than sought for by the travelling
gentry.
A term on the rock pile will do more
to depopulate the criminal community
of Des Moines than dozen police
crusades which end in farcical at
tempt to force the evil doing class to
leave the city.
terrible threat that which the po-
lice hold out to the thief, the hold
up man and the tramp-thirty days in
get out In winter particularly the
petty criminal would as soon spend his
days in warm cell as to forage among
the people of an outraged community.
which in it's helpfulness is as likely as
not to answer a demand for money
with cold lead.
But the new work yard will solve
many problems. Rightly managed it
will not only drive the expensive GRIM
inal classes from the city, but it will
derive benefit from those individuals
who cannot be driven away.
Polk county has much need of good
roads. The greatest obstacle in the
way of Improvement now is the ex-
pense of macadam. The work house
will solve that problem. Stone will be
furnished the criminals and they will
be forced to repay the cost of their
conviction and of the legal machinery
required to protect the community in
service to the county. In that way the
thousands of dollars which the GRIM
inals annually cost Polk county will
return to the benefit of the community
in new and improved roads. And this
too without injury or in competition
with the honest workman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
Sells More Of chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Than of All Others
Put Together.

Mr.. Thomas George, merchant at
Mt. Elgin, Ontario. says: Il have had
the local agency for Chamherlain's
Cough Remedy ever since it rxas in
troduced into Canada, and I sell as
much of it as I do OF all other lines 7
have on my shelves put together. OF
the many dozens sold under guaran-
tee. l have not had one bottle return
ed. I cam personally recommend this
medicine as have used it myself and
given it to my children and always
with the best results" For sale by all
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
A PAYING PROPOSITION.
ICarroll Sentinel


One of the firms of this city that has
order houses is that of Kelly Bros.
They have done this thru the same me-
dunn that the mail order houses have
adopted. Namely, by advertising. They
not only patronize the newspapers Of
the city but they get out circular let
tiers advertising their goods and Illus
tratng them the same as the mail or
der houses do. In this way they have
not only built up a large local business
but have added several hundred out
side customers to their list of patrons.
They have greatly increased their bus
mess and this fall it is far in excess
of what it has ever been in the past.
Nockels & Sons have also had the
same experience. Early in the fall they
began a systematic method of adver-
Using and the result has been entire
ly satisfactory to them. They have not
only succeeded in largely increasing
thier sales but have sold much bet
ter grade of clothing than they ever. did
before. 1t was their aim to let the
public know that the class of goods
that they handle is equal to any to be
had in any of the markets of the coun-
try. So well have they succeeded in
this that they are. not only getting the
local trade that in the past thought
that in order to get a genuine first
class article that it was necessary for
them to go to the larger cities, but
they have attracted line of customers
that were never in the habit of trading
in this city. Both Of these firms are
firm believers in the virtue of print
ers ink and their belief has been just
flied. Their sales are the tests that
convinces them that it pays to adver-
tise. This is the way to successfully
meet all competition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13

fair to the ministers and other helpers
that their solemn dealing should be in
terrupted. Last of all, there is Id need
for me in the inquiry room. When
man Is anxious to know his Lord, he is
like a drowning struggler, glad to
grasp at any hand that will help him.
Experience has taught me these les
sons"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
Cheap Rates 10 Pacific Coast.

Continuing daily until October 31st.
the Iowa Central will have on sale re-
duced rate one-way tickets to Cali
fortuna, Mexico, Oregon, Washington.
British Columbia. Utah. Montana and
Idaho. Rates SIS below regular fare.
Commencing Wednesday. October ari.
and every Wednesday thereafter. thru
tourist cars will be rum to Los Angeles
and San Francisco via Kansas City.
and the popular Santa Fe system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-13
SECRETARY AIrcHcocws RETIREMENT.

When Secretary Hitchcock leaves
the presidents cabinet for private life
next March, as it is announced he in
tends doing, there will be widespread
and we'll founded regret over his re-
tirement No member of the cabinet
nor even its popular and illustrious
head stands higher in the confidence
and esteem Of the people he has serv-
ed faithfully for eight years than the
secretary Of the interior. Hitchcock
! is the very type that is needed las heads
of governmental departments. His
retirement is direct loss to the public
over whose interests he has stood
guard thru two presidential terms.
Hitchcock has done splendid job
Of housecleaning. The gang OF land
pirates that had exploited the public
domain to their own gain is broken up
and destroyed. Some Of them con-
victed, some dead, and others facing
trial. 1t was long, hard fight against
a We'll OTSduiZGu dIiu pOWSl1ul SdiS.
No scheme to discredit the secretary
was left uninterrupted and none avail
ed. He followed the land rustlers to
their hiding places and dragged them
out into the light of day to punishment
and exposure. Neither friendship nor
luminosity swayed him. He saw his
duty plainly and followed it with the
singleness of purpose that marks the
conscientious and incorruptible public
servant.
In all he has done there has been no
posing or applause, no play to the gall
leries. Secretary Hitchcock has been
too busy attending to the interests of
the people to cultivate presidential
boom or in any way exploit his per-
sonal political ambitions. Perhaps he
has no consuming political ambition.
He is, however, of that invaluable
business type of office holder that de-
serves and is fitted for high office, the
type that conducts public business
with an eye to present needs and not
as stepping stone to the furtherance
OF personal prospects. It is a public
loss when such men leave its service