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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
The Little Amen Corner.

Baltimore SUM-
Tho very. vary stormy may be the
ways OF life;
Tho very, very bitter may be the daily
strife;
Tho dark the way and dreary, ano
hopeless and forlorn
Tho breaking OF the battle with the
breaking OF the morn
oh, sweet the old, old fashion OF men
forgetting care
In lite's little amen corner where they
breathe q daily prayer!
The little amen corner Of the lives
that come and go,
How dear the blessed comfort OF Its
shadows bending low
How sweet to kneel a moment from the
pelting of the storm
To ask little blessing with q heart
faith beating warm,
And rise and go forth strengthened to
the battle and the glare
From the little amen corner where we
breathe a daily prayer! "A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
OF tag, but as leader in the regenera-
ton OF the race 1t Is a sneak and COW

OF Nag, but as leader in the regenera-
ton OF the race 1t Is sneak and cow
ard"
"All babies are alike in many re-
spects, and the offspring of king is or
no more Importance than the child ot
roustabout," declares the Odebolt
Chronicle.
There are now a good many worse
jobs than that of a rural mail carrier,
5000 a year is not so bad remarks the
Jefferson Bee,
"The dandelion is entitled to COM
mendatiou as a progressive reformer,
asserts the Sioux City Journal. 1T is
the enemy of race suicide, and the
worst that can he said If the flower Is
that 1t is yellow and abundant In
time of plenty"
Secretary Taft has presidential pro-
portions and would make about as
strong a man on the ticket as any yet
mentioned" says the Carroll Herald.
but he would be more popular at this
stage of the preliminary canvass II he
were permitted to stand on his own
feet
The Mason City Tlmes-H Herald,
speaking of the position Iowa will as
sumo in the approaching presidential
contest, says: Whatever lighting the
reactionary forces may decide TO 90
will be under cover. Their most eff
fective work Is usually under the guise
OF harmony or some other cunninaly
concocted plan of general deception.
They rarely come out and make their
fight in the OPEN
"Certainly there will be good crop
in Iowa" says the Orange City Her
aid. .Snowstorms the middle Of May
are not encouraging, 1t may be. but
summer and harvest time shall not fail
thee. Cheer up
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes
that zone of the troubles at Dubuque
has been the dishonesty Of men in Of
fetal POSITIONS" and suggests such
alton of business enterprises by poll
ticians."
Mae used to be considered Pyrle
of the months, but unless she has the
Grayce to warm up she will deserve
no consideration this year unblush-
ingly asserts the Northwood Anchor.
Noting that LATE Young Is Begin
ming to show a disposition to get back
in line with the general policy of the
republican parry. and even goes so far
as to take up the cudgel for Hon., A.
b. Funk because the progressiyes have
failed to mention his name as a cam
didate for governor" the Grinnell Reg
lister advises: 1T LATE really feels this
way he should turn back to those edit
torials from the Capital which We're
published with such telling effect by
the Webster City Tribune during the
campaign, and run them over again In
the Capital. They are probably bet
ter than anything he can do now---let
history repeat itself"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20

she lived has had an imperative infiu-
ence on Susy's father
So with all OF ius. Much of the best
in us belongs to the influence OF lives
that have passed on. Few mon and
women fail to feel the guidance Of
vanished hands and to obey the
promptings of voices that have been
stilled.
! 1t is beautiful to known and believe
that we live again in the lives of 9TH
ers, that the influence of a child like
susy may reach on. infinitely per-
haps, to the good and righteousness Of
the world, for 1t is the truest imnor-
tally.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
ANOTHER UNION LABOR DONATION

Donations by union labor to the de-
tense fund for Meyer and Heywood
have been the subject Of considerable
4 criticism Of an adverse character. In
II the Journals opposed by policy or prin-
ciple to organized labor those contribu-
j tions have furnished the text for phil
4 ippic directed against the organizations
/ as Organizations. II the average man
4 we're asked for an expression he would
probably offer the opinion that a large
| defense fund contributed by unionists
to the defensA Of alleged murderers is
wrong and subversive Of justice to
about the same extent that the money
freely Forthcoming from the enemies Of
union labor to make conviction certain
IS wrong and snbversive OF Justice. It
IS a aad commentary upon the course
OF justice In America that organized
capita is willing to spend q million to
convict and organised labor million
TO; aGauit men whose guilt or tnno-
ceice should be the only question.
II Is pleasant to turn from this bat
ltletie|d to the common groundd where
labor and capital are in armistice.
Union labor recently made another
most notable donation ,as union labor.
Last month the citizens OF Indianapolis
were engaged in q successful effort to
raise a fund Of $3.50, 900 for new and
larger Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion building. Ona Of the large sub
lcriptions was $1,000 by Typographical
;Suion No. l. 1t is the other side OF the
flhield sIf the contributions to the de-
fene fund are new and astonishing
thing that to the Z. M. G. A. building
fund Is not less unusual and notable.
Eli represented, not income but wages;
not profit but the days out Of mems
lives, Every member Of Typographical
Union No. OF Indianapolis is q wage.
work r. The $1,000 1t contributed was
won by toll. It came, however. from
am educated and thoughtful and intel
ligent, and therefore most powerful,
branch Of union labor And certainly
organized labor has tho. right to point
to II and the men who gave it as the
best product OF organization.
& There is always another side. The
contribution OF organized labor to al
common and humanitarian cause is the.
other side from the selfshness that i'm
pels individuals and organizations to
get the best. OF 1T"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
i CHiLD's IMMORTALITY,

81 IN MarkTwain's biography, glimpses
OF which are being permitted us thru
the North American Review, one thing
strikes the reader with force Marks
appreciatiTe thankfulness for the esttr
mate and analysis made of his char
acter by Susy, the little daughter who
died, She believed In her father. Her
diary tells us 80. and why she believed
in him. Somewhat idealized Susy saw
the Mark Twain we have come to know
Of later years.
Thus, at 14."' he writes, "she had
made up her mind about me, and IN
no tirlorous or uncertain terms had set
down her reasons for her opinion. Fiji
teen years we're to pass before any
other critic except Mr.. Howells, !
think was to REUTER- that daring opin-
ion and print It. Right or wrong, II
was brave opinion for that little ana
Slyxer to take. She never Withdrew it
afterwards, nor modified 1t. She has
spoken of herself as lacking physical
courage, and has evipced her ,admira-
etiorl of Clara's; but she had moral
courage, which ID the rarest OF human
qualities, and she kept it Questionable
by exercising It. think that In ques-
lions Of morals and politics she was
usually on my side; but when she was
not she had her reasons and maintained
her ground. Two years after she
passed out OF my life wrote Philos-
opfly. OF the three persons who have
seen the manuscript only one UNDER
stood it, and all three condemned It. If
she could have read 1t, she also would
have condemned 1t, possibly, -prob-
ably, in fact-but she would have un-
derstood it. It would have had no diff
sicllties for her on that score; also. she
would have found tireless pleasure in
analyzing and discussing Its problems"
How much of the best of Mark Twain
belongs to the little daughter who
wrote such fearless confidence in her
father and died leaving him to justify
her loving Judgment?
without doubt. much, very much
with that diary before Him. Mark
Twain has found It easy to be on the
right side OF questions men are in
clined to dodge and strfddle. It is
plain that what susy might say had
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Topics Of the Times

From present accounts the water
business in Dubuque has been conducts
ed as illegally as the booze trade.
When Bishop Satterlee condemned
education for negroes, he demonstrated
his unfitness to head diocese in a
great church.
Evidently the editor Of the Des
Moines Capitol is angling for an in
vitation to go fisniag off Abe Funk's
pier at Spirit Lake.
The minister that married the Coreys
has undergone severe tongue flashing
from the press and his people. but
when all is said and done wasn't 1t in
the line of good morals to marry them
as quickly as possible?
In the Oklahoma business President
Roosevelt should not let the big stick
get in the way of the square deal.
l > f ~ e 3 ~ =
The Russian soldier who has con-
fessed to having accepted bride to
kill the car seems to have got about
as far toward earning 1t as tho 1t had
been prize for repeating the multipH-
cation table.
Senator eiect Stephenson, of Wilson's
sin. jars no sensational precedent. He
is IS years old.
The objection raised to the Calves
ton plan that it DISTINGUISHES negroes
and white men WHO do not pay poll tax
of s2.i5, doesn't seem objectionable
The Judgment Of g. voter who trades
his franchise for a s2.75 poll tax isn't
particularly to sought or commended.
SIS
The president has been informed that
his popularity extends far into the
wilds Of Africa. Tourists from far up
the Nile have told him that at least
10000 camels have been named for
him.
The bill removing the 4 per cent IN
terest limit on New York city bonds,
just passed by the legislature, was
made necessary by the present condi-
ton Of the bond market. The city has
to borrow so frequently that it is inn
practicable to fix an arbitrary Interest
rate on bonds and at the same. time
insist that they m,lst sell at par.
st {t 3.s& . 49,
A way Of escape has been devised
FFrom the deepsaa submarine;
But 1t doesn't compare with the other
plan
Preferred by the average sort of man,
+ To ride in a land machine.
Priladelphia Ledger. 4
5IgTs3
The worlds output of precious met
ais in 1906 was .s40O,0oo,pOO Of gold and
$115, 100000 of silver The souths cot
ton crop in the same year was worth
s715,00o, 900. In the six years ended
1906 the aggregate value Of the gold
and silver output was $2,4S3,036,s00,
but in the same period the. cotton crop
including seed, brought s3,66s,0Oo,o0o.
sns
In tune to the harp Of toll, Of prayer,
of faith, Of trust
The heart will find there's a way OF
rose as well MS a way of dust!
In tune to the harp of toll the feet Of
the world dance by,
And all the way is a holiday when the
feet and the heart step high!
Baltimore Sun.
Abraham Gordon, Of New York, has
sent checks for $25 each to the town
treasurers of Milford, Midway and
Hollister, Mass, to be given to poor
girls in search of dowries. Mr.. Gordon,
it appears, has a peculiarly limited
ideas of sdoWries. Not domestic In
the country that wouldn't spend that
much and more on her wedding dress.
'gThat girl must be bow-legged," said
the clerk.
.sWhy?" asked the ,foor-walker.
she wanted bathing suit with an
extra long skirtp-9chicago Record
Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Iowa Newspapers
SATAN REBUKES SIN.
(Des MoineS Tribune)

The Capital has become SO accuse
toned to turning inside out that the
feat is easy, Recently it said that
Hon. A. B. Funk Of Spirit Lake was
a modest man, clean republican and
deserving OF any honor the party can
give him.. A few months ago the Cap-
ital was denouncing Mr.. Funk with
unsparing pen and charging him with
almost every objectionable political
sin. But since Mr.. Funk's serious III
ness, and the fact that he is not likely
to ask for any political honors in the
future the Capital probably thinks
it can afford to speak well Of him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"9rhe little dog which barks at you
so viciously until you open the gate
and is then so tail-waggingly apollo
getic and deferential has something
in common with many men,. observes
the Ackley World.
.1t is doubtful if men will find
solution of the drink evil in the
school Of politics, says the Sioux City
Journal. Politics is good ip the game
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Practice Getting Bigger.

(Tit-B its.)
Young Doctor (watching his only pa
tient, his tailor's son, go by the wins
dow)-How that yoYngster does grow!
Servant (sarcastically)-Yes, our
practice is certainly getting bigger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
CAN A DOG REASON
<ollo14 TSh,or;n1oA

!, s y.
If animals are not endowed with
reasoning faculties, how do you ac-
count for this? In the room where
the Chronicle family's piano stands
a bowl filled with water is placed over
the furnace register to keep the air
moist The two fox terriers which
are regarded as members of the fans
lily are in the habit Of drinking from
this bowl when they get thirsty. On
Monday the housekeeper neglected to
fill the bowl, and when Norfolk
Vantage went for a, drink he found no
water. Taking the handle of the bowl
in his teeth, he carried it to mis- mis-
tress in the kitchen. and with an ap-
pealing look and many ways OF. his
abbreviated tail, stated the case. The
bowl was filled, and after drinking
his fill he capered around as II to say,
See what a smart dog am T." He had
never done this before and had never
been taught to fetch and carry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Splendid Record.

DR. Kings New Life Pills have made
a splendid record by curing headache,
biliousness constipation, etc. 25c. Try.
Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20

Piles Cured in s "a ~ Days.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case OF Itching, Blind. Bleed
ing or Protruding Piles in 8 TO Il days
or money refunded. Soc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
Domestic Economy.

(LesI1es WeeKIy.J n ~
IT see Robinson's married again
married his first wife's sister"
eyes. He said he didn't want to
have to break in another mother-in-
laW.v
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
How Pa Fixed the Lawn Mower

MANASSAS Why illlCS1
We got our old lawn mower out,
But 1t would hardly run bit.
well have to get 1t fixed" says Ma,
But Pa says, II can tinker 1t;
It's wastefu1, this extravaganza,
So get some >oil wrench, and file:
III fix It up the same as new
In only just little while"
"Be keerful. ST." says Ma, but Pa
Jest looked at her and kinder shifted
II know what I'm about says he.
'At hxjn' things: I got gift.
You just take Tommy off to- church,
And when you're home again you'll
That can do things pretty we'll
When no ones by to poster me"
I begged to stay a-helpin' Pa
Because I like to hear i'm cuss,
But had to go to Sunday school
An couldn't wait to see the muss
I couldn't stay there, tho, but sneaked
: Away, and run for home like Ned.
didn't dare go in, but peeked
At Pa from round behind the she'd
And there was Pa--llis Sunday pants
Looked like he'd taken them to wipe
An engine with; he'd tore his shirt
And bit the stem, clean off his pipe;
He kicked the thing and hurt his corn,
Then run and got the axe, and
8 WOW!
When he got thru he grinned and
yelled:
'Doggone you, guess I've fixed you
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
THE TRANSIENT TABLE.
Manson Ilemncratl

In town not many miles from
Manson there. is a little hotel kept by
q German, WHO looks innocent as q
lamb, but who is wise as an owl.
Not long ago a couple Of travelling
men ate dinner at the hotel. They
arrived late and the landlord was out
in the yard shopping wood when they
got ready to leave. They called on
him at his work and one Of them
asked the price Of the meal which he
had just eaten.
'.Didt you eat at dot table NIT der
BRANCHES on alrettyg" asked the land
lord.
"No, I ate at the table on the west
side of the dining ROOM" replied the
drummer, knowing it was not the
transient" table.
.sVell, den, I sharge you qyuarter,"
said the host.
.'And what do owe?" asked the
other transient" who was much
better dressed than the first
.sVot table didt you eat at?' asked
the landlord, cycling him closely
ewhy, I ate right with this gentle
man." said the drummer, a new light
dawning on him.
we'll den, sharge you fifty cents.
You shouldt know dot de oddef
table vas der blaze for YOU"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
WAS REQUEST uNRBAsoNABLEe

(Ceuaf FtdplUS Udlette.y
4 Sixty-flye truckmen employed at the
20" freight house in Burlington struck
because the company refused to raise
their wages from s1.b0 to S1.75 per day.
The men believe they We're not exceed
ing their rights or their duties to their
families when they asked for small
daily increase in wages. The man who
works for s1.5O per day receives the
nunifcent sum of 50 per week. The
man with a family who tries to live on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20

There are now a good many worse
jobs than that Of rural mail carrier,
5000 a year is not so bad" remarks the
jefferson Bee.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-03
DEATH in A NEW cUisE.
Scheme That Landed a Hungarian
Judge in Town Jail.

In a little village on the Hungarian
frontier, not far from Presburg. a
peasant woman recently received 400
kronen $3.50 from her husband in
America.
She promptly deposited it in the
local branch Of the postofIlce savings
bank, and then the next day went to
withdraw the whole amount.
The bank official was somewhat sur
prised, and asked for an explanation.
when she said that Death had ap-
peared to her during the night and
threatened to take her away with him
unless she had the 400 crowns ready
fo~ him the next night.
The gendarmes were communicated
with, and when Death" made his
promised appearance he was found to
be very much alive, in the person Of
the local Judge.
The womans money is still in the
bank, and the Judge is in jail.-PaH
Mall Gazette.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-03

ported to her mother and those thai
hadn't any have grown them. AnC
every girl knew is married. Here
I'm only 23, mother and feel like an
old maid among them. Who's that
red-headed boy that stays at Car
vers'?"
That's Johnny Carleton. He's night
operator for the New York e Western.
He's a nice young man, too; as good
to Mrs Carver as most boys are to
their mother. He splits the wood"
and sprinkles the lawn at ten a. m.
Gracious! When does he sleep?"
Miss Barclay had occasion to ask
herself that question many times
thereafter. They soon became ac.
quainted In fact, the next day Carle-
ton shamelessly came over to borrow
some eggs at Barclays after first tell
ing the unsuspecting Mrs. Carver that
none were to be had at the corner
grocery. He sat on the porch morn
ings with Ruth until Mrs. Barclay be-
gan to get dinner. In the afternoons
they sailed or rowed on the lake. or
read and talked in pretty little nook
on the beach, shut in by giant oaks.
Always on Sunday evenings, when
there was little doing at the Office he
strolled up, hands in pockets, for at
least few minutes converse over the
front gate.
In the still watches of the night,
when press dispatches and train or
ders had long been out OF the way, and
the clicking instrument was his only
companion, he covered the sheets Of
yellow railroad paper with figures:
Salary, SEQ per month; house rent,
s12; wood, 81; groceries aud meat.
SIC" Then he would break OF with
impatience at himself aud murmur:
What's the use? There's probably a
fellow in New York. anyway" Tear
ing the paper into a hundred pieces.
he would call up some friend ON the
wire for a talk.
The fourth week of the golden vaea.
tion was slipping by when there was
call for Miss Barclay over the long.
distance phone. It was from the man
aging editor of the Planet. and he lost
little time in preliminaries.
Hello, hellol That you, Miss Bar.
clay?" began Bolton. You know who (
/ am? Yes Enjoyed your vacation? !
Glad to hear it. Now there's some /
thing | want you to do down there be- !
fore you come back to work. There's I
strike threatening on the New York /
& Western. ] got the tip straight. but
don't dare use it from here. Who? /
The telegraph operators. They want
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1907-08-03
Anti Typhoid incubation.

Gen. Lord Kitchener is said to be
favorahly impressed with the value Of
anti-typhoid incubation in the British
army. The evidence as to it's effective
ness IN checking enteric fever as pre-
sented In the Journal Of the Royal
Army Medical Corps is. indeed, very
strong. The method OF inocuiation
which was advocated In 1897 by Sir
A. =. Wright, was FIRST tested on a
large scale in India and Egypt, with
encouraging results. II was also
shown that during an epidemic at
Maidstone not one OF the S4 nurses
and attendants who had been inocu-
lated was attacked whereas there
were 16 cases Of typhoid among 120
nurses who had not been inoculatcd
The experiments are being continued
in India, to which country 15,000
doses of the inoculating material
have. up to date been sent 1t has
been found that a second incubation
increases the degree Of immunity.
Lieut.. Luxmoore reports that during
the Meerut epidemic IN the Seven
teenth Lancers, 61 Of the 6s cases oc-
Cured In soldiers who had not been
2noeulated, the other two being men
who refused to submit 10 second
operation The Lancet holds that In
oculation for typhoid fever must here
after be held as necessary for the pro.
lection Of soldiers as vaccination Is
against smallpox. The observations
made during the Meent epidemic also
emphasize the fact that sanitarians
have fixed their attention too much on
water as source of infection. More
recently, the fatal activity of flies has
received some notice; but there IS a
third way in which the germs are
scattered broadcast-by means Of |
dust-which has heretofore been In
suficiently studied.