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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

Durham met at moonshine still last
night. Each took the other for moon
sinners and fired on each other One
man was wounded.-News Item.
Somehow this reminds of the shot
the Nonpareil took at the senator
ship.
Judging from his wife's allegations,
Professor Triggs. once prominent at
Chicago University, is away below
Standard.
Consul Alphonse Gaulin, of Havre,
states that among the different compo-
sitions used in that part of France in
the construction of the cheaper class
of buildings, is one resembling con-
crete, technically known as "agglo-
mere de machefer'.' He describes it rs
follows: at is a mixture of Stag. ce
ment, and lime, Stag being the chief
ingredient. 1t is claimed that to obtain
satisfactory results the Stag selected
should contain the smallest possible
amount of conders and coal. 1t should
first be crushed or sifted and then
mixed with the cement and lime. Wa
ter is added to complete the mixture,
which is afterwards placed in special
molds and subjected to heavy pressure.
"Machefer' blocks of various sizes are
made out of these molds, the largest
being about s inches high, 20 inches
long, ard 10 inches wide, and the most
common size measuring IA inches
high, inches long, and AZ inches
wide The Stag from which the small
er blocks are made is crushed much
finer than that which forms the large
blocks While machefer is not used
extensively in the cities its use is be-
coming general in the rural districts,
as it is quite durable and unquestion-
ably the cheapest building composition
10 be found in this region.
Doubtless the 20 million fine bal
anced against the seventy odd dollars
witness fees looks to Mr.. Rockefeller
like proof prbsitive of business recess
Sion."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

ify an ambition idle If not absurd.
When shall we come to the natural
order? For statesmen and soldiers
are of common clay after all. When
shall we qui. this heroic pose? Our
senators no longer spread their hands
across their bosoms. They are por-
trayed without the flag draped about
then When shall we recognize that
certain duties in life are for youth
and vigor, and that it is not only UNI
fair to the oncoming, but unklnd TO
the outgoing to insist that age shall
bear them. 1t is unscentific. unnatural
and inhumane that anybody should
be compelled to die in the harness.
There are hands enough for the work
of life TO give old age peace and the
luxury of quiet.
The poet sings Age hath Its oppor-
tunities no less than youth tho in an
other dress and as the evening twi-
light fades away, beholds the stars
invisible by day" The greatest favor
one man does to another Is to encour-
age him to live each stage of life be-
comingly. When the old man says
can NOV as wide swath as l ever
could" his real friend persuades him
to lay the scythe away. HIS days or
moving wide swaths are over. Inc
man who encourages the heroic pose,
who says you must die with the sickle
In your hand, who believes states
manship consists In rising from 'he
deathbed with some exclamation ol
great wisdom on the lips. and VINO
would prefer to see an old man tot
tering to his death on the mafnie
floors OF the capitol than walk
ing in peaceful contemplation of the
goodness of life in some quiet nook
is an anachronism today and to1nor-
row will be looked on as murderer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

There is an oft-told tale, that
certain rich man had befriended one
that was penniless, and had thereby
excited in the poor mans breast an un-
usual sense of gratitude. Il am poor
man" ouoth the latter, "and can IN
no direct way financially recompence
YOU. but if you will go down cellar
with me I will show you how to NIX
yo,,r gas metre" And SO the ancestral
Injunction still furnishes potential re-
dress, at the cost, however, OIL stpelis
a thief to catch a thief.
This brings to mind another thought,
that of the contagion of dishonesty,
and here l venture to ask YOU Vlrtu-
ous reader, whether you would report
A. Pullman conductor who stole your
fare, after you had duly considered
the action of the company IN forcing
YOU to pay the porter's wages by us
own inadequate recognition OF his sefN-
ices. 1t obviously takes TIMER TO
make a thief"
How dear to each other are the gen
erous corporation lawyer and the bood-
ling legislator How amicably they nov
er about the honey pot of the lesai
exnense account" 1t is not safe for
the community to trust a thief to as
sociate with another thief, and yet
we are instructed by the maxim to
force them into juxtaposition.
DO you remember when stupid fldo
was stolen from your front steps, now
YOU advertised a reward for his return
"and no questions asked? Ana then
Fido was stolen again the next week,
and all the neighbors' dogs as we'll, for
YOU made dog-stealing popular ana
profitable. Then there was the burg
larv that secured the beeootlful dla-
mond earrings pertaining to Mrs. Lar
rup-earrings that made her look as
tho her caves were fairly dripping
with opulence They, too, came back
upon payment of a large ransom and
no questions asked" I wonder how
MANY thieves Were involved in these
transactions, and how closely related
are laziness and cowardice and dis
honesty.
Once, while riding thru the arid and
unterrified southwest, l made inquiry
as to the whereabouts of a friend. He
was away from home, and further
questions elected the fact that he was
pursuing man who had stolen his
horses. carrying in his chase Win
chester rife fully charged with soft
pointed bullets. A year later met, in
Chicago one OF his neighbors who had
came east vln-cattle. DID he get
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

increase of exports to other parts of
the world about 80 per cent.
On the import side the chief in
crease occurs in sugar, leaf tobacco.
crease from 42k million dollars in
1903 to 701a millions in 1907, leaf to-
bacco an increase from practically 10
millions to 1917 millions. and bananas
from little over a half million to
over / million dollars value, while CT
CARS and cigarets show but a very
slight increase.
On the export side the number of
articles forming the trade with the is
land is much larger than those on the
import side, but in nearly all cases
they show a marked increase in 1907
over 1903 Flour shows an increase
from little less than million dollars
to over millions; lumber from less
than / million to 2 1-S millions; boots
and shoes from a little over a half
million to over HlillOtlS, CoIll 1ioiii
about a half million to over l u mill
lions; vegetables from less than half
million to l-3 millions; cotton cloths
from less than a quarter of million
to nearly million; lumber from lit
tie more than y of a million to l-3
millions; cars and carriages from
little more than half million to more
than l million; eggs from 1873 thousand
dollars to over ] million, while in many
other articles the growth is equally
striking.
A little study Of the imported and
exported articles will show that inn
ports are those that we always have
and always will buy abroad from their
very nature, and that the exported ar.
ticles, flour, boots and shoes, corn, cot
ton cloths, etc, are those that materi-
ally affect American producers. A
million dollars worth Of eggs exported
to Cuba is in direct encouragement TO
the American hen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
Too MANY Laws.

Congressman William c. Lowering, IN
an address at Provincetown, Masso
How is it today with us? Alas, we
are in too many respects nation of law
breakers. What are all the laws in
the world if they be not obeyed? we
are forever busy making laws. We are
forever busy stopping the crevices to
keep out crime. Too many of our laws
are like old hats stuffed in the.window
to keep out the weather. What with
federal and state legislation we have
multiplied our laws until no man can
count them. I applied to the depart
ment of justice to learn how many
laws were on the statute BOOKS and
was told that it was impossible to es-
innate them. We have multiplied our
lawyers until they are falling over
one another in their strike for business
Congress is a great law factory, to
turn out new statutes and to repair
broken and wornout laws. State leg
islatures are vieing with congress and
each other in the number of laws that
they shall place on their statute books.
Laws! Laws Laws! Every way we
turn we are met by laws. And while
all this lawmaking is going on the
greatest legal talent in the country
is employed at the highest prices to
find ways to evade the law. Their eff
forts are to get around, or oyer,
or under, or thru the law, rather than
to secure obedience to the law. The
late Sidney Bartlett said to client:
you want me to show you how to do
an illegal thing in legal way"
There is more ability employed to
break the laws than to make them. l
say this without presuming to dis
parage the 317 lawyers in the senate
and house of representatives., number
ing AIS members for I believe the law
yers to be the ablest and most useful
members in congress, but is 1t not a
fact that we have too much legislation,
too many laws, and that there is too
little disposition to observe them? Ger
tain it is we have too little power to
enforce them. Justice is tardy, or comes
not at all.
Is there a nation on earth where JUS
tice is as slow as in the United States
Too much legislation cheapens the
law.
Too much legislation attenuates and
impairs the vigor of the law.
Fewer laws promptly and vigorously
enforced would diminish crime
What shall be said of the morals OF a
business community when It practically
Demands assurance that criminals shall
not be arralgned and when the asar-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
A Summer Revery.

(For the Times Republican,
When on high the sun is blazing
On a hot and sultry day,
And the warm midsummer breeze
Soft among the branches play,
Near a tree l love to nestle,
Where the brook goes ripping low
And In fancy am turning
To the scenes Of long ago.
oh. the moods and pleasing fancles
That coming, stealing over me-
AS l watch the sparkling waters,
Trickling onward to the sea,
Like the drift wood gliding by me,
Visions float before my eyes.
Present cares all seem. to vanish
And / see unclouded skies.
In the blissful realms of childhood
1 am walking now again,
Drinking in once mora the pleasures
| SO little valued then;
And I sigh upon recalling
All those happy days of yore,
And my spirit thrills with longing
For the times that are no more.
MELVIN LIEN.
Marshalltown, Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

ance that criminal will not be prose-
cuted gives confidence in stock mar
ket values?
What shall be said of men who ex-
ult in the immunity of the lawbreak-
err?
What shall be said of men whose
greed for gain has SO blunted 'heli
consciences that they have come TO look
upon the law as only a restraint upon
their liberties?
do not wish to be understood as
making a wholesale condemnation. The
people in the main are honest. There is
such a thing as a public conscience
and, when the people are aroused they
are as true as steel to vindicate the
right. so that in spite of all the rascais
inside and outside the penitentiary, we
do not despair of great and happy r-
ture for this glorious republic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
WHAT MAKES A THIEF
From Golfers Of August by Special Permission Of the Editor

.
the horses? ?" I queried. "He sure did"
was the reply. Did he get the MANI
"He says not" l can not see that my
friend either countenanced, encour-
aged, or connived at theft, and am in
clined to believe, in spite of his pro-
testations, that his action tended to
reduce the aggregate of the worlds dis
honesty. l would not at all commend
my friends procedure at the highest
exemplification of Christian ethics, but
he was neither cowardly nor lazy, and
he might have shed his overalls for
creased trousers and provided a much
worse example Of citizenship. He may
have homicided to a certain judiclous
extent, but he did not set thief to
catch thief.
l trust that my characterizations may
not have seemed uncha ritable nor my
attitude cynical or pessimistic, for
know all of us, and each of US, to be
fighting a fight to the going down OF
the sun against the thief talent In ev-
ery human character. Neither the in
dividual nor society can afford to fight
him with another of his kind. We can
no more afford to Danish the villain
from the stage by the substitution CT
another villain, than man can afforG
to substitute the morphine habit, for
drunkenness. And furthermore, as
concerns this question of thieves and OF
honesty, we can only know what ~
ours, and, therefore, be honest. after
carefully studying and deeply consider
ing what duly belongs to the other fel-
low, for selfish honesty is a contra
dic:ion of terms.
FINALLY the ancient adage, ut takes q
thief tic catch thief" provides a ne-
cessity for two thieves where one was
more than sufficient, and to catch The
second one third is necessary, ana Sc
on, I'D infinitum. till all of mankind
would be chasing each other round ana
round in an all-inclusive and very
vicious circle The long buried and
forgotten Machavelli who first formu-
lated the saying was one who confessed
his own dishonesty and wished to hop
MS guild; obviously, The was thlee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
Plan to Photograph a Whole City.

y W GuSSS01o fss - SS'sS'S 10y
A Photographic view of Kansas City
is to be taken in, September from
balloon or an aeroplane. The photo
graph will be taken from point 1900
feet above Harlem and will include
the city from Sheffield to Swope park
on the south and the stockyards and
Armourdale on the west. says the Kan
sas City Star When finished the pho
tograph will be about four feet long
by foot and half wide. A repre-
sentative of Chicago firm Of photog-
raphers consulted with P. Conner,
weather forecaster, the other morning
concerning weather conditions in the
early fall, particularly the prevailing
winds. The balloon will be used In the
event that there is not sufficient wind
to support the aeroplane.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

well, yes" assents the Clarinda
Herald Walter l. Smith would make
a good senatir, and it would not require
two or three terms to give him a
standing, for he has such ability as TO
put him to the front without going
thru the usual term of tutoring he
could defeat Governor Cumlnins ana
also fill Senator Allison's place"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
Remedy for Diarrhoea-Never Known

to Fail.
'T want to say few words for
.Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Dr.
arrhoea Remedy. / have used this
preparation in my family for the past
five years and have recommended it to
a. number of people in York county and
have never known it to fail to effect a
cure in any instance. l feel that can
not say too much for the best remedy
of the kind in the world Jemison,
Spring Grove, York county, Pa. This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"All the corn asks is to be let alone
until the middle of September" says
the Sioux City Journal. speaking for
northwestern Iowa and part of Nebras-
ka and the Dakotas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

Nor will they exiled be by choice
Who have been of the jostling, pushing
throng.
The Fastening, restless, lnolile'iei'e
throng-
For the lure of town has a hold on all
And it carries far, the siren call.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

The Odebolt Chronicle says the Mar
shalltown Times Republican can un-
cover more candidates for Allisons
seat by continuing its Smelling OF the
reservation brush.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27

The Usage News thinks ut will puz-
zle any one to show where any pres
ent congressman from Iowa has made a
better record than John A. Kasson did,
and he held the office a less time than
most of the present delegation. While
the most of them have held their offices
several times as long as kasson dld.
THE American Economist in its blind
advocacy of special interests, would
Kill off every candidate for president
who could be instrumental in saving
the protective system asserts the
Spirit Lake Beacon.
To the Cedar Rapids Republican ut
begins to look as tho municipalities ana
school districts wishing to sell bonds
would have to raise the rate to s per
cent"
The Rockwell City Advocate. stand
pat. says: "If Governor Cumnlins had
not, once upon time, epitomized 1t IN
that striking phrase, not years hence'
but now,' the triumph of the Iowa idea
in. 1909 might yet be claimed
"Wall street doesn't seem to know
that the business barometer of the
country was taken away from it some
wears ago and set up in the Iowa corn
feds remarks the Waverly Demo-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
The Cause Of Many
Sudden Deaths.

7N -. -.
There IS disease prevailing IN TINS
eountry most dangerous because SO deceP'
- @H tive. Many sudden !,
Qlka "a Rs!) deaths are caused
Neo!3ffk8aJG by 1t-heart as
M1fNMNHl ease, pneumonia,
1N TIN &Saz heart failure or
iSSs fTh\0 r apopiexy are OFTEN
ElSSSS yNA N the result OF kid,
kJn@H 4 EH ney disease. II
E-VlkANSb a1,nassd II s,o odDan n IS
~ WV R.lESs4- a a, toaovance
Nh 64 the kidney-poison'
Sss-.ra.s.sss-- ed blood wiii at
eack the vital organs, causing cataIIn OF
the bladder. or the kidneys themselves
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-27
PUBLISHED DAILY By THE
TIMES. REPUBLICAN PRINTING CO.
1FRMs:
The Lure Of the Town.
fpoba,,,jan

IBOHeHlIdII.I
1t carries far, the siren call
bringing a message of discomfort.
A longing until there is no content
Out of sight of its buildings tall,
Away from the sound OF hurrying 1eee
And to the exile it is sweet;
No matter where the days Work may
be,
No matter who his friends may be,
oh. for a glimpse of the city street
And to hear the deep murnur that Is
it's voice.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-19
SEEKS WHITES, FOR U. S. SERVICE
Commissioner Begins Campaign Of
Education" in South.

Washington, April 15.-Civil Serv-
ice Commissioner McIlheney, who is
a southerner and Democrat, is en-
tering upon what he terms cam
paign of education in the south in re-
gard to the function and character Of
the commission. He found that one
of the greatest difficulties in securing
efficient service for the government
in the south was the fact that the
whites have conceived the idea that
that service is meant especially for
the negroes, and as a consequence,
when an examination for positions is
held it is generally attended largely
by negroes, the proportion often be-
ing ten to one.
This condition is not regarded by
the commission as wholesome and
McIlheney has set himself strenuous
ly to counterfeit it. While in Louis
lana recently he conferred with the
State Teachers association, explain
ing the situation, with the result that
he secured a promise that a course
should be established in the schools
looking to the preparation of appli-
cants for civil service employment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-19
DISASTROUS Wreck
occurs IN Canada
TRAIN GOES OVER EMHANk.
MENT AND is PERSONS PROB.
ABLY BURNED TO DEATH.
VICTIMS FIGHT WAY
THROUGH THE FLAMES
Many of Passengers Receive Serious
Burns-Horror Caused by a Brok-
en- Rail Cooking Stove Sets
Coaches Afire.

Fort William, Ont, April 12.-The
Canadian Pacific railway occurred
Wednesday near Chapleau, 800 miles
east of here. Fifteen persons, nine
adults and six children, are missing
and are believed to have been burned
to death in the coaches.
The wreck was caused by broken
rail, which ditched the train, the two
tourist cars rolling down an embank-
ment in small lake below. Passen-
gers fought their way through the
flames and number of people in the
coaches were pulled out badly burned
but still alive. Most of the passengers
received more or less serious injuries.
Broken Rail the Cause.
About % miles west of Chaplain,
Ont, Wednesday, the westbound trans
continental train which left Montreal
on Tuesday morning was partly derail-
ed, caused by broken rail Five cars
ran down an embankment and caught
fire, said to have been from the cook
ing stove. Nine adults and six chill
dren are missing The following are
the names given
Montreal, Canada, April 12.-The fol
lowing official statement was issued
by MI. McNicoll, vice president of the
Canadian Pacific railway:
William Day. London, England;
Winnifred and Susan Horton, Chart
ing Heath, KIN; c. H. Golding, hi:
brother and his brothers wife ant
two children, of Palistow, Essex, Eng
land; Mrs August Djorkluid and two
children, of Worcester, Mass; Mrs. r
B. Hampton and Mrs. R. Davidson and
haby"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-19
SHORT SPECIALS.

Three passengers and a motorman
were seriously injured at Cleveland,
o., when the latter lost control of his
car as it was running down steep in
cline in Scranton avenue.
Harlan e. Parsons, one of the early
settlers of Chicago, is dead. He was
born in New York state, March 20,
1899. He came to Chicago in 1861 and
established a wholesale glove house.
At a meeting of the Hendricks club
at Evansville, Ind, the largest Demo
cratic organization in the state, to
celebrate the birthday of Thomas JEFF
ferson, resolution was adopted unan-
imously that Roosevelt should NOM
mate Bryan for president in 1908.
An official announcement was re-
ceived in Kansas City by a member of
the local branch of the nomination OF
Mrs. Annie Besant, of Adyar, India, as
world president of the Philosophical
society, to succeed the late Col. Henry
Steele Olcott, the president and
founder.
The general secretary of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, viii
liam Shaw, announces that Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks will address the TWEEN
ty-third international Christian En-
deayor convention, which will be in
session in Seattle July 10 to IS. His
subject will be Our Country; Its
Z Problems and Possibilities"
Two hundred and ninety-five Japa
neBe laborers who arrived at Sal
Francisco on the Pacific mail steam
ship Korea are detained on boart
pending advices from Washington a
to whether the local immigration au
thorities shall let them proceed b.
steamer to British Columbia. Thei
passports are for Honolulu.
A treatise on numismatics, writer
by King Victor Emmanuel of Italy
has just been published. 1t consist
Of an enumeration, reproduction ant
description Of his collection of coins
said to be the most complete in tn
world. The king will present copie
to the principal foreign museums. Tn
work will not be put on sale.