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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

bition commingle, where home patriot
ism abides and fathers and mothers
and brothers and sisters stand by one
another to the last cent and the final
effort OF strength. 1t is immateria'
whether they ride in automobiles or go
on foot. All that is good aud great and
lifts mankind is sown and gerinnated
in the home. 1t is the highest privilege
and duty that men may assume to
support and guard a wife and rear
children. Still this man, cowardly,
selfish, weak, threw away the greatest
opportunity OF life and in an
apotheosis OF cowardice killed himself
before his wife and child.
Men who suicide rather than live for
their own are like those who stand
with dry garments to see their wives
and children drown. The wife Of this
suicide will take up the burden of her
own support and that of her child and
when the shock has subsidized and her
grief and horror faded away be better
for her loss.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
SOCIAL COMPARISONS.
Council Bluffs NonpareiD


Perhaps nine-tenths Of human dis
content and unhappiness is due to the
habit Of everlastingly making compar-
isons. 1t is a weakness of humanity to
think that the better chance is some
where else, just over there, around the
corner, in the next county, out west
back east. in the city, on the farm
somewhere, anywhere but here where
we are. That the bucket at the end of
rainbow is empty and that the golden
fleece exists only in the imagination
are propositions not readily realized
by the average mortal. The unseen is
so much better than the seen. 1t may
not in the final reckoning be bad
thing, after all. For is it not this Same
spirit of unrest which points beyond
to the better life? But it has its evil
side in dragging people over the world
in search of the unfindable In the vain
illusion that the diggings are little
richer elsewhere the toll a little less
irksome we pass by and over the
chance Of happiness into the land Of
disappointment.
Likewise we borrow sorrow and Bit
terness for ourselves in the illusion
that the other fellows lot is much bet
ter than our own, and in imagining
that if we just had this or that. or
could just do this or that, the cup Of
happiness would be filled. childishly
oblivious to the new comparisons and
the new vanities that constantly rise
I'D to beckon us on, never permitting
us to rest. if we be foolish enough to
heed their Establishments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

but we believe party and national in
as to make it incumbent upon Senator
Allison's friends to tell him plainly his
chances of denomination are not favor
able for his own peace of mind. and
that the welfare of the party which
has honored him so long should be
considered OF more Importance than
the personal ambition TO die In the har-
ness"
The fact that a rich New Yorker is
having glass house built argues that
he is not connected with any of the
big life insurance companies.
So
In defense of Allison the Fort Dodge
Messenger says: NO one knows how
long Senator Allison's strength will all
low to represent Iowa In the senate.
Up to the present time it has been
sufficient to permit him to continue as
the unchallenged leader in influence
of that national body" True, but
many of US can guess. Alabama has
lost both of her senator's within the
last year aged So and &c. respective
ly. Senator Allison will be so when the
next six year term begins.
A Denver paper relates the follow
ing: A Denver man had a friend from
Kansas ranch in the city Saturday
on a business deal. and at noon they
went TO a downtown restaurant and
had lunch together. The Kansas ranch
man ate his entire meal with his
knife. When he was near the end he
discovered that he had no fork.
Say" he said to the Dencer man,
that waiter didn't give me fork"
We'll, you don't need one" replied
the Denver man, seriously.
",rhe deuce don't!" came from the
Kansan. what am l going to stir
my coffee with?"
A farmer in Australia believes he ha 5
sovled the veXatious problem of MAX
ing hens lay eggs at all times. The
reported discovery was largely due to
accident. One night last winter, when
his hens could not be coaxed to per-
form their duty, he left lighted Ian
tern hanging in his henhouse and for
got 1t. Next morning he found the
light still burning, and to his great sur
prise all the hens cackled and in their
nests were dozen fine, white eggs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

Jesus and his love? And yet men are
contentious over the divinity OF ms
birth and the miracle of his sresurrec-
ton. They harden themselves in thu
shell OF their own wisdom, and there
they say. and become more and more
obtuse to the gerat fact that they
contend with their own weakness.
What they need to do is to put away
the sins that easily beset them, and to
come as children to the house WHERE
there are many mansions. The hand
of Jesus, in the darkness and in the
light, is outstretched, and the beauty
of his voice is sweeter than the songs
of angels. LET not your hearts be
troubled: we believe in God, believe
also in me-"
"Thanks be unto God for his UNI
speakable gift" That was the ex-
clamation of Paul; and we'll 1T would
be if the exclamation came from the
heart of everyone That Jesus is the
unspeaka BILE gift is not a matter of
faith alone; it is a matter of proof out
of the record Of time. Every other
way men have sought has led into
Of despair His life is a crown to
every mans righteousness. In his life
is there revelation of the life of the
Father. In his love is every mans
triumph, and in the rejection of his
love is every mans failure. Is it not
so? Where is the answer? Aye, the
answer is in the record of all the
ages; it is in the experience of every
'one-it shines forth or is in rust In
every soul.
There is no love yet revealed to any
wayfarer in this world to give him
guard from the pain Of it: and the
example of Jesus is solace to everyone
in trouble, everyone tempted. everyone
in the bitterness of some Gethsemane.
everyone with heavy cross. The soul
NAV come forth from every storm
without blemish and radiant in life.
and when the chief Shepherd shall
appear, we shall receive crown OF
glory that fadeth not away"
Out of the grave is the resurrection
Of strength, and in 1t Is all weakness
deeply buried Thug it is that the
ideal is with Jesus, and thus 1t Is that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
THE TRIBUNE AND THE srANDpATTER.

The New York Tribune pays its
respects to the American Protective
Tariff League. The league has recent
ly sent out manifesto holding the
German American reciprocity agree
ment to be usurpatory and contrary TO
law, because it subverts by construc-
ton the intention OF the customs ad-
ministration act of June 10, 1890. as
amended by Section 80 of the Dingey
tariff. The Tribune points out that
such a contention is Itself OF the BADLY
ply laid down certain principles to be
followed in ascertaining the valuations
on which to assess duties, and left
those principles to be applied admin
istratively by the treasury department.
The treasury department drew up reg
iulations to govern its agents, and in its
discretion has now chosen to modify
them. 1t is customary I assume the
good faith of officials sworn to sup
port the constitution and enforce the
laws. The treasury department, IL is
noted Is entitled at any time to modify
it's apprasenent methods so as to do
more exact justice all round. 1t must
exercise some discretion and enjoy
une, lit Is inconceivable outside pro-
tective tariff league meeting that 1.-THE
whole machinery OF the customs serv-
ice should be employed by any secre-
tary of the treasury to defraud the rev.
enues and injure American producers,
solely TO give some foreign maufac-
turer an arbitrary and liberal profit"
Recalling that Burke said it was inn
practicable to indict nation, the Trib-
une remarks that that the American
Protective Tariff League is not at all
chary about indicting two governments
and two nations" and goes on to say:
The state and treasury departments
have recognized in the new German
agreement the comfy and advisabiity
Of consulting German boards of trade
official or semi official bodies in
making up prima face statements OF
value. But the league seems to hold
that these boards are not to be trust
ed, and that our own special agents
sent abroad and accredited TO the Ger
man government are certain to be will
ingly or tinwillingly, duped in apprais-
ing merchandise for export. 1t says
that the modified regulations will re-
suit in reduction of 10 to % per
cent in the adj valorem assessed on
German products If the league really
believes that the duties hitherto col
lected on German products were sac
roscant and absolutely normal and
that under the new regulations duties
are unlawfully and arbitrarily dirnin-
ished, its course ought to be clear.
Certain of its officers have already an
nounced that no one connected with
the present administration can ever
hope for further political preferment
But future punishment is not enough
1t ought to set to work to check the
crimes Of all the conspirators concerned
by impeaching them, beginning with
President Roosevelt. Secretary Root
and Secretary Cortelyou and running
down the whole roll Of the customs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
Topics Of the Times

Massachusetts picked up $4,000 by
means OF inheritance taxation last
year. enough to run a few colleges in
Iowa or state institution or two.
If the argument over "How Many
Gates to Heaven" refers to the stock
gambling, horse racing family of that
name argument really seems a waste
of breath.
1t might be profitable to print d.
rectory of Iowa candidates for COVER
nor.
Some newspapers are Knocking" the
Teddy bear. But that doesn't hurt the
bear having been constructed to with
stand knocking about.
Pennsylvania is a great state as q
revenue producer With about $4,000
900 wasted or stolen on the capitol
trimmings there was still money
enough to raise the school appropria-
ton by $4,0O0.000, and now the high
way commission reports that there are
nearly $5OOO,OOO available for road i'm
provements in the next year.
II should think you'd go slow said
the cautious friend. "You know, as
Lincoln said, You can fool all the peo-
pie some of the time and some OF
the"
That's all right" Interrupted Skin
ner but find it's always possible tc
fool enough of the people enough o,
the time.'-Philadelphi Press.
At Pete Henburn's home the stand
pat Clarinda Herald makes the con-
fession that I'VE have no desire tc
minimize or to take an iota from the
value of the service of Senator Ali
son, and personally would be perfect
" willing to see him die in the harness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
IOWA IN THE SUMMER TINE.
(MnnSOn IOurnall

1t is doubtful if in all the wide world
there is more beautiful spot than
can be found In Iowa in the summer
time. The months of June and July
are the most inviting, altho some
would select the time when the grain
is in the shock instead of when 1t is
waving in the fields. There is not a
spot in the vast bounds of the state
that is bare of verdure during these
months The corn covers the ground
at this time of year and the beautiful
fields of wheat and oats wave and
slisten in the sunlight. The pastures
and hay fields are green Large groves
and hedges make a pleasant contrast
to the beautiful scene as far as the eye
can reach. The song Of birds and the
hum of insects fill the air and all ma
ture beams with life. Iowa is in the
full bloom of her youth and can be
compared to nothing more readily
than maiden in her teens. You love
her because she is young and beautiful
before the hand of time and care have
fallen upon her tender shoulders. When
the harvest comes you begin to think
of the mature man or woman. and as
II YOU ledlILG lldl L!e ITult
time of life has arrived and that the
reaper which in life is death, in the
field of grain is the sickle. or all the
time of year in Iowa June and July
are most beautiful. 1t is the time Of
growth. of vigor, of life, of energy, Of
everything that we think Of when we
wish to progress. Talk about summer
resorts of sea shores of mountain seen
cry, of a ride on the billowy deep. there
Is nothing more incorporating than a
drive thru the country at this time Of
year. If you wish to see nature in the
height of its glory in the full fruition
of its vigorous young life you can see
is nothing more invigorating than a
1t, best you should get up early in the
morning. say at 4 O'clock and let old
glory light up this picturesque land
scape to you.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
THE COwARDICE or IT.

In Des Moines yesterday a young
man twellty-four years old shot him
self in the presence of his young wife
and two year old child. When the
officers arrived at the home the man
was dead and his distracted wife try
ing to stop the flow Of blood from his
self-infiicted wound, while the baby
sat wondering on the floor. He had
been unfortunate in losing some mon
ey, was obliged to work at labor that
he found more or less hard and uncon-
genial ard had sought surcease in
/ whisky. Few cases like his are COM
plete without the last incentive to
desperation and suicide. So he killed
himself
This was a cheap man. Only TWEEN
ty-four, with the responsibility OF par
entage and the duty Of a husband upon
! him, with strength to work, and with
! love at home, no matter how hard and
cold the world outside may have
seemed, he feared the toll and worry
and struggle Of protecting his family
!, more than he priced the greeting at the
door and the touch of his child's
clinging arms.
Two mistakes he made. He pftied
himself. He chose as stimulant
whisky instead OF love and duty. He
looked ahead to days Of hard work in
i stead Of evenings and Sundays Poor
as he doubtless was, he had money to
buy whisky. for while he might get
/ credit at the grocery, he needed cash
4 at the saloon. He stood on wrong
| ground. His point of view was bad. 1t
II showed him himself and concealed his
family and his duty. He was selfish.
= He lacked sand, for his self murder
was not an evidence of courage, but
i of cowardice. Men have anticipated
death because Of their fear Of it. SO
I men have died from fear. That hus-
Jband and a father. young and vigorous,
Il should find death easier to face than
the support OF his home and the loss
Of fevr dollars, is to degree unique.
I It is ali evidence Of a cheapness Of
character and shoddiness of soul, that
measurably reconciles the community
the horror Of his taking off.
there is only one way wherein men
may walk in manliness. The saloon,
! self pity and self qualification, are not
milestones along its borders. Men
grow in value to themselves and to
the community and the world as they
sacrifice themselves. Abnegation is
the soil in which souls grow great.
The man who faces his opportunity
and his destiny unafraid who accepts
toll and self denial as the price of the
high privilege of home where love
lis and little children play about the
: door, is king whether he leans on a
= hoe or sits upon throne. The germ
Of the world is in the little home where
! the laughter of happy children sits
y thru the roses at the window, where
hope and hard work and duty and am
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

aoith doctoring the effects, while the orag-
inoL disease undermines the system.
What To Do.
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and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
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name. Or. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, ana
the address, Binghamton, N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
THE IDEAL OF GOD.
(Sioux City Journal.)

Why bother over the things we may
not know. which take US far at sea.
and which give us naught but the
company of doubt and fear? "I am
the way, the truth. and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by
me-" 1t is the divine way, the divine
truth. the divine life. To follow him
is to go in the way Of the beauty Of
holiness. to make the truth companion
as we journey, and to feel the life
within us swelling as buds of promise.
In his way we may come into more
perfect knowledge. and surely in his
way is the only hope Of perfect peace.
What would the world be without
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
Iowa Newspapers
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PASSING OF THE MILLS
burlington HawkeyeD


The fact that the big Kaiser saw
mill at Muscatine has been shut down,
and that the shutdown VIII in all like
ihood be permanent created consider
able talk in Burlington yesterday 1t
is an earnest of what is in store for the
Orchard City; and it ought to be notice
TO Burlington to prepare for that time.
and TO secure other Industries to take
the place of Chat which Is certainly
doomed An old lumberman said:
Yes the mills are going rapidly. For
merly they were as thick as black
berries on the upper Mississippi. Now.
rarely does Il season pass lhat does not
mean the end of one of these big en-
terprises. There are but two mills on
the river south of Burlington. one at
Fort Madison ana the other at keokuk.
There We're mills al Canton. Quincy,
Hannibal and St Louis, but those have
been shut down permanently, and 1t Is
only a question Of a few years and the
others Will go. The Burlington mill
has been exceptionally fortunate, or
perhaps greater foresight was used,
and no doubt the big whistle will be
heard here during number of future
Ioil iiSi', wv. 'itS VIM II ~
evitable. And In less than ten years
Burlington will be classed with the for
mer mill towns"
And another said: Yes, the saw
mills are rapidly disappearing from the
Mississippi river. and with them the
rafting fleet is going. And there will
be some who will sit In the saw dust
and mourn the glories of the past. But
as a rule Mississippi river towns rap
idly adjust themselves to changing
conditions. In this respect. Clinton is
a shining example. She was the saw
mill town. the lumber town par excel
lence. She was mill town, and she
was nothing more. But her mills have
gone out of commission, and the town.
instead of being knocked out" has
simply gathered herself together and
has taken in new lines of industry and
Is pushing along at very satisfactory
rate. and instead OF mourning for the
mills that are gone she points with
pride to her progress and her new
achievements, and there are not few
Clintonites who are convinced that the
passing of the mills, after all. was the
making of the new Clinton. But when
the time comes We are going to feel 1t
In Burlington. Everybody Will note 1t,
II for no other reason, then because the
pine wood man will come around no
more"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

his name is before every other name
among men. "Show us the Father,
and it sufficeth u.s. He that hath
seen me hath seen the Father"
"How can we know the way?
81 am the way, the truth, and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
Constipation.

For constipation there is nothing
quite so nice as Chamberains Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets They always
produce a pleasant movement of the
bowels without any disagreeahle ef-
feet. Price. 25 cents. Samples free.
All druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"A good many contracts having been
terminated" the Council Bluffs Non
pareil surmses I'VE may now soon ex-
pect the publication Of the memoirs OF
q lobbyist
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
The Right Kind Of Labor Leader.


ing about for someone to remake their
broken municipal government and to
reconstruct their ruined city We're Sc
riously considering one Macarthur la
Dor leader, for temporary mayor. In
view of the odium which Ruef,
Schmitz and their allied criminals
have cast upon the name of union Ia
Dor in San Francisco, this is a compli-
ment not only to Macarthur, but also
to legitimate trade unionism The
working men of San Francisco, as
working men have done elsewhere,
went mad with theories. Those dema-
gogues and political opportunists who
fasten on union labor for the magic
that is in the name, turned this enthu-
siasm to their own corrupt purposes
and to the purposes of corrupt capital
lists The union plumbers, masons,
bricklayers, carpenters. walters, long
shoremen, We're victims, not accom-
plices, of Schrnitz and Ruef. All this
time certain real labor leaders like
Macarthur have kept their hands
from picking and stealing and gone
ahead doing the best in their power
for their class and its common good.
1t was not likely that San Francisco
would take Macarthur. The city
needs not only an honest and able man,
but man of education in the larger
activities of business Nevertheless.
! this complimentary mention of Mac
Arthur indicates that, in spite of
Schmitz, there are. labor leaders who
deserve and have public confidence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

OF Kidney disease.
While kidney dis
orders are the
most common
diseases that pre-
vail, til ey are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and ply
sicians, acho con-
TENT themselves
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

Some of the railroads are going
out of politics, for the good of the
country. But no standpatter In Iowa
is entitled to any credit for it," in
sists the Webster City Freeman Trib-
une.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It,

Prevalency of Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the alarm
inq increase and remarkable prevalency
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

1T is the horse that does not fret
that gets thru the day with the least
perspiration," remarks the Sioux City
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

Query for the day from the Keoleuk
Gate City: is the fact that nobody
begrudges his pastor a vacation 10 be
regarded as a compliment to the latter
or as evidence of desire for at least
temporary relief
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-30

why this great rumpus because
Cummins is a candidate to succeed Al
lison?' inquiries the Humboldt Repub-
lican. ALLISON is an old man, and
will be much older before he is up for
reelection again. He is not an old
horse that is going to be shot He can
be llkened to an old horse that IS
taken out of the harness when his age
entities him to rest. He has earned
his way. There is no disgrace in re-
firing from office when ones physical
powers are on the wane."