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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
QUITTING WORK.

Thomas Edison will quit work. He
Is % and believes that he has served
long enough When men have worked
like Edison nineteen years over the
limit that modern commercialism and
industriaHsm has set for mans best
activities, it would seem that they have
earned the right to quit work"
Edison's idea of quitting work. is
different from that Of many men. He
means to stop working for money He
will so on working in his laboratory,
seeking and executing, because work
and life are synonymous to men like
Edison. In fact Edison is likely to
work as hard for the fun of it as he
ever did for money. He will not work
as long. He will stop when he tires.
He won't drive himself for wages.
That is what Edison means by quit.
ting work
He seems magician, but much Of
his magic has been hard work. He
worked eighteen hours day. AS he
counts his life by work days, he has
stretched his fifty-nine years into 1os.
E What he has accomplished in these
years, whichever calendar they are
counted by, makes Methusaleh's 500
look like thirty minutes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
VALENTINES DAY.

This is Valentines day. 1t really
doesn't matter much who st. Valentine
was, where or when he lived. Presuxn :
ably from his title he lived P1ously,
died in the odor of sancity and was
welcomed from this world to a better
one. 1t is enough that we sign the
cross in his memory and forget him.
The main matter connected with
Valentines day is mail matter. Tons
of it. Tender little remembrance in
neat white envelopes; mock love mess
ages and those that are true enough
ami heartfelt; friendship offerings,
skewered hearts in red ink at penny.
artists conceptions created with an
artists care. cheap, costly, rare and
common, the mails are full of valen-
tines today. The arrows of cupid and
more's the pity the shafts of malice
malicious where it is not silly.
1t is a good day and kindly Gus
tom that should endure. Whatever
adds to the sum of human happiness,
brings old friends closer and makes
new ones, deserves perpetuity. And
Valentines day with its pretty inter-
change of affection and civility does
these.
Few Of US are too old to recall the
Valentine days when certain missive
ip the mails meant more than any draft
they carried. It was more important,
if you remember, than anything the
legislature or congress did that day
tho war had been declared. or the state
wide primary been defeated. We
looked for it as anxiously and with the
same persistence that w. ]. Bryan
looks for a democratic nomination for
the presidency, and its safe arrival
brought more satisfaction than the
death Of the two-cent fare bill might
carry to Carroll Wright 1t was a
good day, and she good girl. Let's
see! She married Jones of SO and
lives somewhere in southern California.
And the children, the little children.
IF for them alone, their expectation
and delight, Valentines day should be
Immortal. After all, down at the bot
tom and the heart of things, whatever
pleases little child deserves to live
and be perpetuated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
An UPRIGHT JUDGE.

Judge Lee, in the district court at
boone. has taken a stand that other
judges may observe and initiate to adj
vantage. In case, where girl had
laid information alleging criminal as
sault and later, after a visit to defend
ants attorney, refused to testify in
court against the man accused, the
judge ordered the county attorney to
bring perjury proceedings against per-
sons connected with the case. 1t is
possible that before the legitimate con.
sclusion of the affair has been reached
the girl will conclude to talk. 1t is
also possible that when she does talk
she will lay foundation for other pros
ecutions.
We have fallen into a loose way of
looking at criminal informations. The
impression is altogether too common
that if men accused of crime "can
settle it, on a cash basis, the public
need not further concern itself. Grim
maj ln1ormatlons are laid charging
penitentiary offenses. The crime was
committed. Some clerk stole from his
employer. some defendant was guilty
Of the assault charged in the informa-
ton. He finds the money" and the
case drops. Sometimes it is blackmail.
The victim digs up rather than have
the accusation made public. The COM
plainant takes it back along with the
cash.
If every person who swears to a
criminal Information knew that
Judge Lee sat ready to make him swear
to it in court or prosecute him for
perjury. there would be fewer informa-
lions, more scoundrels in the peniten-
tiary; honest men would be annoyed
less, and higher respect for laws and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
Iowa Criminal Procedure.

Iowa Criminal Procedure.
Editor Times-Republican:
In the years that l have resided in
Iowa l have observed that it has be-
come a custom, when a murder has
been committed, for the officers to take
the murderer under their protection.
This is followed by the states attorney
beginning to prosecute in a way that
would lead one to think that he believed
the murderer would be executed as the
law provides, when he knows that the
penalty of the law will never be paid.
The tactics of postponement begins.
This is not done because it is neces-
sary in order to have fair trial, but in
the hope that main witnesses will die,
or to give some other murderers a
chance to kill them. If the witnesses
do not die. and no person can be Nm
Guced to kill them, the postponement
continues until the murderer either
dies, or some person can be found de-
generate enough to swear he is insane.
They then send him TO an asylum
under the pretext that they want to
bring him back to sanity SO they can
hang him. Then they have kindly
made law that requires convicted
murderer to be kept for a year before
ne can be executed. His lawyer does
nothing during this year but drill him
on how to act like an insane person,
and get witnesses to observe his act
ing. He is always placed at disad-
vantage in this drill for the insanity
examination, because he Is locked up
where he cannot see the insane somer-
saults the courts are turning in order
to prevent having the law enforced.
The costs having to be paid by the
people is a fine on them instead of the
one who should pay the penalty.
Some of the judges of our supreme
court do not believe in executing the
death penalty Sin any case" There
fore convicted murderer has a pro-
lection against death that a law abid-
ing citizen who runs at large never
can have. This protection to the muir
derer encourages all persons who are
murderers at heart. and endangers the
lives of the innocent
When our supreme court. as it is
alleged. asked the governor to COM
mute the death sentence of Lewis
Busse. its effect was the same as tho
they had issued a death warrant for
Mrs. Cullen and her son.
The writer does not believe in mob
law. but firmly believes in the en-
forcement of the law so that no mob
violence will be engendered.
P. F. BUSSEY.
Montour, Feb. IA, 1907.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
THE POOR RAILROADS!
(From the Wall Street Journa

Niioil Tue wall street JOurnaD
The manager of railroad, the mile.
! age of which traverses or touches nine
western states. summarizes the state
legislation affecting the property as
follows:
Missouri-Bill before legislature Il
reduce freight rates IL to Is per cent
| Likely to be passed; railroads viii
fight.
kansas-Bill before legislature to
reduce freight rates 10 per cent. Sit.
uation doubtful. We recently reduced
rates 10 per cent to comply with rail-
road commissions demand New COM
| mission now in power wants anothe,
cut
Iowa-Governor Cummins recon-
mended freight reductions on pretext OF
determinations. Iowa is lower than
any other western state and lower than
it should be, and has been so.
"Illinois-Railroad commission talks
of reduction in carload rates in line
with our 20 per cent reduction in less
than carload rates last year Guess
we will have to cut some more.
South Dakota-Some reductions in
class rates demanded by railroad COM
mission. Depends on what happens in
other states.
Minnesota-All lines reduced class
rates and are now holding up by court
injunction commissions reduction in
commodity rates aggregating 20 per
cent.
"Nebraska-Agitation for creation OF
railroad commission and a general
rndrnfip,1 in iOh ROT
cessions likely.
'lndiana-Rate reduction proposed
by railroad commission; two-cent fare
law inevitable.
Wisconsin-Two-ce fare bill and
agitation generally.
I'm every state named there is a
two-cent fare bill pending or threat
ened and in most of them agitation for
reciprocal demurrage is taking shape
In legislative documents or WILL In
creased control by the state is the order
OF the day.
wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota
are holding the railroads to strict ac-
count in the matter of capitalization.
Some states would interfere in our re-
lations with employees.
mo matter which way we turn it is
handed to u.s. The government pro-
poses to reduce our postal revenue.
The Illinois railroad commission has
gone so far as to tell us what we should
charge for switching in Chicago
"If rates are to go lower service
must be reduced 1t is time to ask if
the railroads are not being pushed too
far
There have been some bad wrecks
lately for the following reasons:
81. Overtaxed facilities.
.2. Overworked employees.
49, Large percentage of green men
i'll service.
~. Decentralization of rank and file
by labor agitation incident to wage
advances.
"5. Neglect of regular duties by Of
ficials under investigation or defending
companies against attacks.
&C. The wrecks emselves-not thing
SO unnerves men of the rail as SER
les of bad wrecks.
ITO get back to the original argu-
ment, we have more business than we
can carry but if our gross increases
are more than wiped away by increased
cost of operation, what is the use of
being railroad manager? And if
rates must go still lower, why should
capital extend or upbuild our mileage?
Think it over"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
PROFANITY.
Cedar Rapids Republican,

1t is proposed to start nation wide
movement against the vicious American
habit of swearing. 1t is a peculiar
American. malady. 1t has been grow
ing. Time used to be when even such
words as damn sounded very pro-
fame, but nowadays they are used with
entire Indifference and they often do
not cause any surprise. Even much
stronger words pass by unnoticed and
the name of God is used with fire.
quency that ought to be alarming.
If the movement can reduce the habit
to any appreciate extent it will be 4
good thing for the country and for the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14

Many sufferers from nasal catarrh
say they get splendid results by using
an atomizer. For their benefit we pre-
pare Elys Liquid Cream Balm. Elk
cept that it is liquid, it is in all respects
like the healing. helpful, pain-allaying
Cream Balm that the public has been
familiar with for years. No cocaine
nor other dangerous drug in It, The
soothing spray relieves at once and
cure is certain. All druggists, 75c., in
GLIDING spraying tube or mailed by Ely
Bros, Sc Warren street, New York.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
THE DIFFERENCE IN MEDIUMS? ?"
AN EVEN BREAK.
(Hardfn County Citizen.O

When the Cedar Rapids Republican
wants to deliver a knockout blow it
rises up to full heighth and exclaims,
what rot!" The presumption is that
If the other fellow would rise to the
same heighth and exclaim, what rot!"
in the same tone of voice the argument
would be even.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14

child urinates too often, ifthe urine scald:
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches az
age when il should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wes
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the difh
culty is kidney trouble, and the frs
step should be towards the treatment o
these important organs. Tins unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition o.
the kidneys and bladder and not to 6
haoit as most people suppose.
Women as. well as men are made nllser
able with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swam2-Root is soon realized. It IS sole
by druggists, in fifty EsE,
cent and one-dollar 81. :$s:s
size bottles. Yeu may l!esa!6 !
have a sample bottle
by mail free. also Home Of svampasos
pl,nphlet telling all about Swamp Root
including many of the thousands OF test
monial letters received from suffsIers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilner & Co.,
Ringhamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root
DR.. Kilmer's Swanp-Root, and the ad.
dress, Binghamton. N. Y. on every
hottie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14

good name Of the American people. The
use of profane language adds nothing
to the speech of a man or woman The
English language has ample words for
the expression of all ideas without the
use of words that are profane The
man who swears habitually adds moth
ing to the effectiveness of his speech
and he often brands himself as either a
low bred or an ignorant fellow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappe:
when the kidneysai
out of order or di.
eased.
Kidney trouble liz
become so prevaleil
that it is not unco,ll
mon for a child to b.
born afflicted wit
weak kidneys. IF TIL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14

than it showed at the last"
AN honest application OF the pres
ent jury law will give us good juries
and poor application of any new law
will give US Indifferent jurors insists
the Iowa City Republican.
after all, tits not nearly so i'm
portant to ride a mile for cents as 1t
is to ride mile without getting killed, "
says the Perry Chief,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
Chamberlain. Cough Remedy a r.

1--WE prefer Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to any other for our child
dren," says Mr.. L. ]. Woodbury. of
Twining, Mich "It has also done the
work for us in hard colds and Group.
and we take pleasure in recommending
it," For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
For Rheumatic Sufferers.

The quick relief from pain afforded
by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm
makes it favorite with sufferers from
rheumatism. sciatica. lame back. lum-
bago, and deep seated and muscular
pains. For sale by ell drugkistA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
IOWA AND HER VETERANS.
Cedar Rapids Gazette)


A few days ago the state senate
adopted a bill providing for an increase
Of two dollars in the per capita allow
ance of the veterans in the soldiers
home at Marshalltown. The bill makes
the per capita allowance per month
SIG instead of $14. There is no doubt
that it costs more each year, per cap
tia, to care properly for the veterans.
In addition to the increased prices for
everything that is consumed as food,
there is another more important rea-
son for an increase in the allowance.
The veterans are getting old and
feeble. They are capable of perform
ing less manual labor each year; there
fore more of the work of caring for
the home and the grounds must be
done by others. The older the vet
Grams, the more attention they will re-
quire and ought to have. The home is
becoming more of a hospital than a
home. In their declining years the
veterans ought to have the best a
prosperous state and an appreciative
people can provide. In a few years
there will be no boys in blue to bother
anybody, if such persons exists who
thinks they are a bother. Iowa can
afford to give the old soldiers the best
possible care, regardless of expense.
FOR AULD LANG SYNE?"
Iowa City Republican,
A Clinton woman is said to have a
snake in her stomach. Other Clinton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
courts would obtain generally. Too
much Juggling Of this sort has been
permitted in Iowa. Judge Lee is doing
the public great service.
Topics Of the Times


grippe we may expect spring fever.
The state legislatures and even con-
gress are working under the disadvan-
tage of the Thaw trial. 1t takes
something rank to draw attention now
adays.
Twenty eight such days are not
enough in February.
Every day is Ash Wednesday to the
small boy who empties the stove
pan.
The southern idea seems to be that
it is worse to print the evidence in the
Thaw case than to burn a niger.
No protest has come to the president
from southern women against the kero-
sene can and the log chains.
The general prevalence of la grippe
offers an easy descent from the water
wagon.
Blythe Is the name of a new post
office to be established in new town
near Oskaloosa. No reason why the
postoffice as well as the postmaster
shouldn't bear the brand.
This beautiful May weather In the
middle of February is evidence that
Iowa has its Thaws.
Next thing We know some standpat
paper will blame the governor for
Buses candidacy for the Chicago
mayoralty.
A southern newspaper says that.
considering the evidence 50 far heard.
a southern jury would not convict
Thaw for fear of being inobbed for
doing it. Such is the influence of
Tillman's theories in his own baila-
wick.-Davenport Times.
And 1t is quite possible that an Iowa
juror who should go home to his wife
after voting to send the slayer of
Stanford White to the chair might wish
he had taken his chance with a mob.
ask not for lock of hair.
Oh, Phyllis. ere you go away,
Nor kiss to tighten my despair:
But Phyllis. grant me this, pray
Don't leave until thee new cooks here
oh. Phyllis;
Have pity on our emptiness-oh, fill
us.
Karl Won Kraft in Lippincott's.
and Just remember as YOU go,
That any fool can knock
John, saw you kissing the cook
last EVENING"
"Really-eh-my dear, Ter"
Il was just going to say, John, that
she seemed to like it. and I wish you
would keep it up; perhaps we have at
last discovered way to keep cook
Houston Post.
Many persons will be surprised to
ledfH, lHlHhS tHe 1outH s companion,
as they may from a report of Consul
General Michael Of Calcutta, ahat most
of the finest rugs which are shipped
from India to the United States are
made in factories controlled by Amer
lean capital, and on designs which
have been worked out in America, to
please the American customer One
firm alone controls ten factories and
employees $4,000 hands, divided between
spinners and weavers. This firm would
prefer to do its rug making in the
United States, but it is impossible to
induce the best Indian rug makers to
leave India, and Americans will not
make rugs by hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
Corn Stalk Disease.

r. A. Craig of the Indiana Expert
ment Station. announces results of ex-
periments with corn stalk disease. He
says:
1.-THE name corn stalk disease is
meaningless, so far as the specific
cause of the disease is concerned. In
the use of this term we designate
the condition under which the sick
ness and deaths occur. There are,
apparently. grouped under this one
under definite conditions and present
a rather uniform line of symptoms.
The symptoms closely resemble certain
forms of toxic poisoning, but only one
Investigator reports the finding of a
poisonous sustained potassium nj
trate.) Hence, it is very doubtful II
this nitrate is frequent cause of loss
among animals pasturing on corn
stalks.
The possibility of the presence in
corn stalks of such substance as pro-
duce prussic acid is suggested be-
cause of the resemblance that the
symptoms, and sometimes the condi-
tons under which the disease occurs,
has to sorghum poisoning. A reason
able explanation for the failure OF
investigators to find toxic substance
is that all corn stalks, or portions of
the corn plant. do not contain the
poison. In feeding test which spoiled
ear corn the failure to produce the
same disease as occurs in the field
may be due to the different conditions.
Animals in the field are able to selec..
their feed. Judging from the small
percentage of the herd that is usually
affected at any one time, all Of the
stalks, leaves. and undeveloped and
spoiled corn are not Injurious, for if
the injurious substance was present
in all of the food larger number of
the animals in the. herd would suffer
and the cases would not be distributed
over a period of several days, or sew
eral weeks"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
iUwA OPINIONS AND NOTES

IF the 2-cent fare bill becomes a
law, it will make fifteen miles look like
80 cents,i remarks the Keokuk Gate
City.
Noting the report again going the
rounds that after the 4th of March,
1909. President Roosevelt is to make
a trip around the world, the Davenport
Democrat says: eff half the stories in
circulation about the presidents future
plans are realized, he will be much
buster man after he gets out of the
white house than he has ever been in
it," And to the Democrat, this seems
impossible
Young Rockefeller's assertion that 1t
is easier to tell the truth .han lie. i'm
pels the Clinton Herald to point out
that sit must not be forgotten that the
young fellow has the money to pay
the account when the bill collector
calls"
ITO date their is no heir to the
Rooseveltian popularity" notes the
Northwood Anchor. Without an heir
there can be no republican success. No
straw man can win in 1905"
mo statewide primary election sys-
tenn in the interest Of the common
people has vet been devised" asserts
the Sioux City Journal. 1T is unlikely
that such a system will soon be de-
vised."
"The biggest fool thing the state of
Iowa did in a long while" says the
Vinton Eagle. was the establishment
of the dipso'-drunk--hos at
Knoxville"
The Dubuque Times says that exper-
fence in the river towns of Iowa has
shown that when local societies have
been formed to secure the enforcement
of the liquor laws thru the courts, their
officers have been subjected to or
threatened with physical violence.
Hence the Dubuque paper predicts the
movement for state marshals which, it
Is said, will develop more strength at
the present session Of the legislature
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14

Cloth is now being successfully made
from wood. Strips of fine grained
wood are boiled and crushed between
rollers, and the f1laments are spun into
threads, from which cloth can be woven
in the usual way.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-14
1onle1 as Well as Men Are Mad.
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mini
,liscourages and lesseusam beaut,