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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Business Men and Missions.

Ilhe first two members of the centen-
NAL commission of laymen to visit the
foreign mission fields have just started
for Japan by way OF San Francisco.
They are to spend the next three
OR four months touring Japan, Corea
and China, studying the foreign mis-
sion problems closely, SO that on their
return to this country they may be
able to report to the laymen's move
ment on the efficiency of the work and
its needs.
During the tour they will be present
at the Worlds Student Christian Fed
GRAFTON Conference in Toxic, April to-
Z, and the centennial celebration of the
establishment Of Christian missions in
China, to be held in Shanghai at the
end of April
These two, says the Boston Tran
script are the forerunners ofja com
mission Of from fifty to one hundred
laynen. representing practically all
Protestant denominations, who are to
cover so far as possible all the foreign
mission fields Of the world during the
next year.
The Laymen's Missionary Movement.
which sends out this body of business
men, is seeking to find out just what
is needed on the fields in men and
money, of the gospel is to be preached
to all the heather and non Christian
peoples in this generation.
They are to study the economics of
mission work SO that Improvements,
may be suggested If such are needed,
and the expectation Of the leaders Of
tho movement is that the renortS of
these commissioners when presented to
the wealthy Christian laymen Of Amer
lea and Great Britain will lead to the
quadrupling Of the present contribu-
lions for foreign missions, placing $780,
100000 a year at the service of the
organizations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Chairman Anhorisms.

DR.. Chapman disclaimed any desire
to convert man by arousing his emo
tons "1f ever find man swept BY
his emotions he said, I'll let him wal
and think" Other Chapmanisms o.
that evening which showed the vigol
of the speakers English and his posi-.
ton on number of subjects were:
There's only one thing to do, If YOU
want to lead men to Jesus Christ. Dc
you want to know what that is? Sti,
them up and make them think"
II will not in these meetings preach
along denominational lines; this is nc
time for UNCONVENTIONAL differences"
There are some things I know
can do; that isn't egotism; that's
faith"
Most people think preaching Is
played out, but it isn't"
IF you don't like old-fashioned
preaching, you won't like NINE"
IF work is to move forward, it must
be of God, God ordered"
81 have no confidence in an awaken
ing that isn't born in prayer; nourished
in prayer"
81 think it's marvellous thing to
have a gospel that can reach down to
the lowest and up to the highest"
God is no respecter of persons and
he Is no respecter of cities"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
The COMING OF BASE BALL.

In Des Moines today the sun is shin
ing. possibly, and the bleachers and ths
grand stand roaring vociferously. deeI
answering unto deep, for it is the open
ing game of the Western League sea
son in Iowa. Other towns where bass
ball devotees. less fortunate than their
Des Moines brethren, are still playing
over last years games and planning for
the trouble to come, are getting ready
for the annual recurrence of contagious
brain storm, ordinarily known as the
base ball fever We are near the good
Old summer time when the season
closes for ducks and opens for the base
ball paranoiac.
A review of the Iowa press, daily
and weekly, gives some Impression of
theahold the base ball has on the state
generally. If there is town in Iowa
too small to have a ball team of greater
or lesser skill and pretensions it has
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Actors Need Sunday.
(Rjshon Samuel FalloWs.)

wish to enter a plea for .aeialge
number Of men and women, overworled
both in body and mind who are strly-
ing on the stage to amuse and Interest
the people. And in making it l am
voicing, not only the request, but -he
just demand of the actors and ac-
tresses themselves. 1t is a plea for
Sunday rest. The Sunday theater has
no valid claim for recognition. In our
own state it is legally Sunday out
law. I do not, however, now press the
enforcement of the statute forbiddsng
1t. The best of laws without potent
public opinion behind them will not be
obeyed. These men and women for
whom am speaking, however, declare
emphatically that there is no need OF
Sunday plays Six days of exhaustive
toll in rehearsals and preparation, In
matinees and evening performances
are all that should be asked of these
laborers in the theatrical field Our
churches should be unit in second
ing their efforts for seventh day sur
cease from their customary employ
ment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
WY FARM HELP IS SCARCE,

"A Chicago market paper arguing the
Adyisability of agricultural aaigt
schools. makes the assertion that 'the
scarcity Of farm help which one hears
about from all sections of the country
Il can in large measure be attributed to
the feeling against the farming profess
sion that has been engendered by our
i past systems OF education This feel
ing, " it says, must be overcome by the
same means that fostered it, and that
Is education"
Leaving the proposition OF four new
schools for the teaching of agriculture
with the safe assurance that Iowa is
not likely to do anything inimical to the
greatest state agricultural school in
the world in order that a quartet Of
4 ambitious cities shall have state in
stitution located in each, it might be
well to correct the statement Of the
B market paper that the scarcity of farm
help Is due to any past educative
process. Some contempt once existed
against farming. but that is long past,
and gone out OF communities close to
the farmers.
Several causes combine to create the
scarcity OF farm help. Among these the
long hours and hard labor of the farm
are preeminent The man who can find
steady employment at good wages ten
hours a day, is inclined to take the
job in preference over another that oc-
.scuI,fes him fourteen or even sixteen
I. hours a day The isolation of the farm
has its effect and last, and not least.
the uncertainty of labor for men who
work by the day" The rush of farm
work does not last the year round.
Y Months hands usually hire for nine
mont ils OF the season. Many of course
are, engaged by the year but not the
majority Wages are good but not bet
ter than The mill and the factory are
paying. These are the real causes of
the scarcity. not prejudice, but self in
.terest
The scarcity will continue until such
farm has its neat tenant house, and
offers the help home and a steady
lob
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

neither newspaper nor a Country
correspondent" The woods are full
of base ball teams. About every youth
| who can manage curve and his COM
plement who can catch behind the bat
and throw as far as second base. grows
an organization strong or weak, but a
| base ball team. Let 1t win a few
games ard prove its strength. Then
| will 1t find an unbroken phalanx be-
hind it of townspeople generally. 1t be-
comes an institution. Patriotism allies
Podunk or Philadelphia and the quar-
tiers Jingle at the gate while the field
fills with it crowds of opposing par
tisans. Nothing stlrs like a tight game
between two rival towns. Not even
politics Gray men. with shoulders
stopped with responsibility and digni-
ties. business men ragged boys who
came in surreptitiuusly while all eyes
We're fixed on the fate of long fly,
So0u, pstu dllu IiIIllleTetlt, All
their voices in howls of protest and
cheers of appreciation. There's some
thing doing from Kidding" to plain
pugilism when the game is three to
three in the last half OF the ninth
A game that has SO many friends OF
all classes is a pretty good thing. The
amateur base ball team livens things
up in the very towns that need it. 1t
furnishes saiutaiy excitement. It's al
good thing for the ,oys who don't over
do IL. 1t is a good thing for every in
terest in town to have one central
point Of community and get together
on the common ground of the home
base ball team, Il. lines UP the town.
It's fun for everybody. It's clean, nat
urally clean. It's lealthful honest, out
or doors sport. Keep it up and keep it
clean
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

rect then every county seat town II
the state should have such a school
In these days of cheap fares 1t will b;
just as easy to reach Ames as it will
be to reach any of these new schools
so far from the primary election
law being responsible for the retire
ment of the party press from active
political agitation, we believe the
coming year will witness the most ag-
gressive newspaper campaign ever
conducted in Iowa" says the Register
and Leader.
The Clear Lake Reporter is con-
WINGED that Taft is just the man for
the next republican presidential nom
inee. In point of ability experience and
wise judgment, he is second only to the
man who now occupies the presidential
chair"
The 35 per cent clause will generally
have little effect in Hardin county as
the number of candidates for any one
office are not sufficient to endanger the
successful candidates receiving more
than the required per cent" predicts
the Eldora Ledger Enterprise.
The Rockford Register forseeses that
"the attitude OF the railroads toward
recently inaugurated reforms during
the next eighteen months will be an
important factor in determining the
leading issues of the presidential cam
paign of 1908"
To the Story City Herald sit has beer
evident for some time that the demo-
Gratis don't want the marshall law and
the republican don't dare to pass it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Iowa Newspapers
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"FABLE' OR PLAIN LYING?
lChelsea Independently

\OHElS0d ILdCpC11ASAisI
Once upon a time there lived a man
named Archibald @. Witherspoon.
You know the kind. He had a large
Fat head containing almost a spoon
full of Brain, mustache like black
rosters Tail, large Wart on the end
of his Nose caused by eternally ram
ming that Organ into other peoples
Business and Horror of Banks, also
belief that he knew it All.
He knew that all bankers were Dis
honest and only waited until the
vaults were full to grab the contents
and Slope. He knew that the man
who used a Bank as a receptacle for
surplus Money was 316 different kinds
of a Fool and you can bet your grand
mothers whiskers that he was this
Wise Lad who would never do That.
One day Archibald O. sold good
big bunch of cattle and hogs He took
the money. s2.3s7.ss. home. went OUT
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Preach That Earth is Square.

Members OF the First Church of God
Cor Christi, indianapolis, are causing
a revolution in religious matters in the
Goose Creek neighborhood, south of
that city. They preach that the earth
is square, quoting from the Bible that
the people are to be gathered from the
four corners of the earth and that they
are to carry the gospel to all who
inhabit the four corners of the earth.
They speak in strange tongues and
an interpreter is required for those who
talk in the meetings. They require
converts to believe that Christ was not
born in manger. but under an apple
tree, and they Danish sickness by lay
ing on of hands and other ceremonies.
Fifty-nine converts are reported some
of whom are men we'll known in TINS
citv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

threw the ferrynan overheard he held
on to his coat collar. Then he pushed
him under water several times until
nearly drowned. he was made to re-
peat the Lords prayer at Cartwrigh.'s
dictation, and promised to repeat it
every morning and night, to put every
Methodist preacher across the ferry
free of expense, and to go to hear
every one that preached within five
miles of the ferry. Then Cartwright
pulled him into the boat more dead
than alive, and thoroughly cowed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For Sunday Reading. !
An serts Of Opinions. !
Whites Future Punishment.
Grew. John Roach Straton.)

Wrongdoing is not always punished
on this earth, and, therefore, there
must be provision hereafter for the
adequate punishment of all wrongdo-
ing. That the case that is now at
tracing the attention of our country
the Thaw trial in New York. What an
array of villainies that trial has I'M
covered. No one knows what the jury
will decide in regard to the charges
against Thaw,, but the testimony has
convinced the whole world concerning
the guilt of the murdered man. Here
was a man of highest standing, a man
who had every opportunity in life, a
man of wealth and culture with every
inducement to live right, and yet the
world is convinced that he was a moral
leper, who had fallen to the very low
est depths of infamy. The indications
are that for years he had systenlaticai
ly pursued innocence and virtue to its
death. No one can ever know the
number of poor. helpless girls who
were lured to their ruin and whose
souls were plunged into torment be-
cause of his sins. If there be no fel!
I wish to ask, Where is Stanford
White tonight?"
Peter Cartwright and the Ferryman.
Peter Cartwright on one occasion in
riding his circuit had to cross the San
canon river. When he reached the
ferry, where he was not known, there
We're number of people there talking
politics. The ferryman, a big fellow,
was holding forth at the top of his
voice about "That old renegade, Peter
Cartwright" whom he abused round-
ly. When his turn came to be ferried
acr0ss, Cartwright led his horses on
the boat. When midway in the river,
he threw the bride over a stake, and
said to the ferryman: you have been
abusing me and saying that if I ever
came this way you would drown me
in the river. Now is your chance"
The ferryn1an asked if he was Peter
Cartwright, and he said he was. The
ferryman pulled in his pole, and they
grappled, each determined to throw the
other in the river. The preacher
proved to be the better man and as he
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
RAKE, RAKE, RAKE.

(Manson Democracy
Rake, rake, rake! Ger thy lawn, oh.
human slave!
Like the patient mule, or the tired
horse, without soul to save;
For the grass must grow and the place
look clean
And the radish and lettuce and early
bean
Must be sown at once, tho your head
feel mean
And your poor back ache, be brave!
Rake, rake rake Let your wife be in
command!
For little she recks of your sweaty
brow or the blisters on your hand:
If the works not done, you'll be to
blame.
Tho your feet are sore, and your
arms are lame
And you're missed from the club. or
the poker game;
For your-get back to the land!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

into the summer kitchen and care
fully hid the roll in the old cook stove
See! The following Monday his wife
intent upon doing the family washing
went out and constructed a rousing
red hot fire in that stove. Before do
ing this she removed the money from
the stove and stuffed it in an old rub
Der boot in corner OF the oat bin.
All right wasn't it? Well, hold on a
minutei
Solomon Levi happened along early
the next morning and Absalom H.. son
of Archibald O., sold to Solomon Levi
after dickering around a couple of
hours. all the old trash in the granary
for 15c. With this 15c in his pocket
Absalom q, went his merry way to
school while Solomon Levi went also
his way.
When Archibald @. came home at
noon and missed that rubber boot
there was something bidding right
away. He let out yell that scared .
good two year Old colt so that 1t tried
to turn soniersault and lit on its head
and broke its neck; the good old shep
herd dog. the pet of the family, stuck
his tail between his legs as II his heart
down the road yelping as If his heart
would break, and three strangers who
thought he was mad, surrounded him
and dubbed him to death; the cat
howled and went to the top of the
tallest tree on the place and refused
to be coaxed down and it was necess-
airy eventually to borrow a rifle and
shoot her to keep her from starving
to death.
Shucks! Its easy enough to fool you
fellows! You think that money was
in that rubber boot now owned by
Solomon Levi! But not yet! Before
delivering said rubber boot to said
solomon Levi, Absalom Z. carefully
the money therefrom, placed
it in a tin can and hid the can under
the well curb
MoralN1t Don't Always Pay to be
Too Wise!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
Cause of stomaeh Irn,,bl..

When man has trouble with his
stomach you may know that he is eat
ing more than he should or of some ar
,icle of food or drink not suited to his
age or occupation. or that his bowels
are habitually corstipated Take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to
regulate the bow:ils and improve the
digestion and see II the trouble does
not disappear Ask for free sample.
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

The secret of fashionable beauty. !
asked the question of a noted beauty
specialist. In order to be round. rosy,
plump, Very pretty and stylish. take
HOLSTERS Rocky, Mountain Tea. 35
cents. Mcbride III Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
'Lasses Bread.

A000So stSaSs
Across the way
The brown leaves fall.
Across the way
The glad birds call.
And out across
The stubble far
TO where the shady
Woodlands are
The world is glad;
The crops are cut,
And in the palace
And the hut
Are plenty, and
Each curly-head
Has got q piece
OF 'lasses bread.
oh, more, far more,
Than days of spring
Do autumn days
Come in and bring
To grow-ups thought
OF other days;
OF other sweeter
Leaf-strewn ways.
OF other doorsteps,
Other joys,
OF other little
Girls and boys,
OF other autumns
Pleasure spread,
And other slabs
OF 'lasses bread.
And We, grown old,
Gray as we are,
Look thru the
Failing leaves afar
To days Of doughnuta
And of pies.
And thru the glintin4
Laughing eyes
OF babes we know
We see again
The pleasant ways
We romped in then.
And fleave a sigh
For pleasure fed
And faces srneared
With 'lasses bread.
o. happy days! !
oh, perfumed nights,
oh. childish. simple,
y Sweet delights!
The dewy morn,
The midday bliss.
The laughing dad,
The. smeary kiss.
The pumpkin pie,
Salt-risin' bread!
The ways with fallen
Brown leaves spread!
The plenty days!
The days Of glee!
The autumn days
That used to be!
Houston, Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

The Grundy Republican is 'unalter-
ably opposed to the proposition to es-
tablish four new agricultural schools
and says: 1t is not real benefit to
the farmer, as the state already has a
school at Ames where such things
should be taught as are proposed for
the new schools. The schools are sim
ply intended to give Red Oak and three
other towns in the state "a lot of state
money and free advertising as the high
school towns. If the principle is cor,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Remarking that Waterloo carpenters
have formed union, the Clarksville
Star opines that cit will not belong be-
fore they will get out their hammers. /"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

"And then that jerk on the line is ar
antidote to tired nerves. Have you
been ishin' this spring." inquiries the
OelWein Register.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

To the Story City Herald sit has been
evident for some time that the demo-
Gratis don't want the marshall law and
the republican don't dare to pass It,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-30

MoralA1t Don't Always Pay to be
Too Wise!
New-York tribune., 1907-12-07
THE sWARTHuORE PUZZLE.

Although the officials of Swarthmore College
have not yet given final answer to the puzzle
set them by would-be benefactresS. their vari-
ouS public utteranceS make virtually certain
the ultimate rejection of the large estate offered
them by the late Anna 7. Jeanes on condition
that the college abolish intercollegiate sports.
The wisdom of this decision in the present
case is apparent. Although, as has been
suggested il might he a valuable experiment
for some institution to adopt that radical
policy. Swarthmore could hardly undertake
ii on the condition proposed. President Swain
and his associates were probably not much
enlightened by the replies which they re-
cefved from the twenty-six college presidents 10
whom three hypothetical questions bearing upon
the puzzle had been submitted. These answers
lacked unanimity, and. rs might have been rea-
sonably expected. displayed much evasion, for a
college president may naturally shrink from
committing himself needlessly 10 wide reach
ing radical policy.
The first question was: In your opinion,
"have the trustees of college the right to bind
for all time institution of learning by such
"A restriction as the one meutioned:" To this
eleven presidents answered no. seven yes. five
were non-committal and two said that while
legally justifiable such action morally rep
rehensible The most curious feature of this
symposium is that so far as published excerpts
indicate. all the writer's giving uncvasive re-
plies and also some of those who lodged the
issue assumed that cut-anddricd answer, war
ranted 10 serve equally well under all circum-
stances. was possible. President Swain inquired.
of course about the moral right of trustees To
bind their successors not about legal privileges
under Pennsylvania statutes, and the replies
indicated that his question had been 50 con
strued Probably many undergraduates through
out the country now asking their instructors
in ethics to reconcile the college presidents at
titude with the standard ethical doctrine that
there can be no general answer 10 an ethical
question which does not state all the conditions
of the problem. Immature minds taking the
junior course in morals may he sorely puzzled
by the harsh difference between the theory Of
their teachers and the practice Of their presi-
dents. If there he universally valid an
swer to the abstract question, rs it right to
kill?' how, wonders the poor junior there
he sweeping answer 10 the question, us 1t
right to bind college to definite policy toward
"athletics?' The Swarthmore puzzle may prove
more tantalizing 10 Juvenile mOrasts than TO
the hardheaded officials it confrOnts
New-York tribune., 1907-12-07
4muSemenfS.


ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:I5-The Lion and the
AIH nTT,R -e-YaudevfIe
AsTOR-2:I5-s:I5-Tom Jones
BELASCO-2:I5- I6--The Warrens Of Virginia
2:S0-s:39-Four Plays.
RIJOIT-2:2o-s:2a-A Dolls House.
BLANEY' S-2:15-S:I5-The Serenade
BROADWi WiY-2:I5-s sI5-T'he Round Up.
CARNEGIE -2:15-s:i5-Concert
CASINo-2:l5-s:15-The Gay White Way
t,OLONIAIl-2-s-Vaudevie
SRJTEkIoN-2:15- -s:2o-The Morals Of Marcus
DALY'S-2:l5-s:I5-The Lancers-
DEWEY-2-s-NaudeVile-
EDEN MUsEE-The World in Wax
FMPIRE-2:l5-s-20-My Wife. A.. ,,
GkRDEN-2:15-s:l5-The Regeneration OF Aunt MAJ
GARRICK-2:15- :30-The Toymaker OF ~ ~NuIeII.ei
GOTHAM-o-s-TaudevIIle- -- ~.
GRAND CENTRAL PALACE-s-National No'of DO
HACKETT-2:l5-8l5-Tfe Witchng Hour
HAMMFRSTETN'S- -S:l5-Eaudevile A..
HERALD soUARE-2:15-s:15-The Girl behino '
t4IPPODRoME-2-s-The Auto Race and The -Four
KNICKERBOCK -2:15-s:15-The Talk OF New YORK
-S:l5-ON Neill of Derry
IYcEUM-2:I5-s30-The Thief ~ ~. 1,,,,scsn,
LYRTC-2:I5-Taming Of the Shrew--s:lS-Ihe behihOe'
MAJESTIC Top tn world or L.oru,an-s
MANHATTAN OPERA HoUsE-2-Taes oil h0i"a
METRoP0IITAN OPERA HoUsE-a-MehstOfeie-s
rev AMsTFRD RDAM-e:l5-s:l5-Th Merry Widow
NEW CIRCT F-o:f5-s:I5-His Honor the Mayor
NEW YoRK-2-s3o-Adyanced yaudeviIe-
sANOY-2-l5-s:15-The Man Of the Hour,
T-YyESANT-2-s.1eA Grand Army Man
HALI,-3-S:3e-Conceft
wATIACK'S -2:15-S:I5-The Hoyden- . - ! t,,,rlas,u.
on The Thief.
WEST END-2-s-Buster Brown