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Duke Philip was thus left In a position
far superior to that OF the French King.
whose realm was terribly exhausted by
the long contest with England. The whole
northeastern section OF France was In q
state Of d~esolatlon. On the other hand
the area and the prosperity OF tho terri
tories covered by the Duke OF Burgundy
as an overload had greatly increased
during the sixteen years that Philip had
worn the title, An aggregation Of duohies,
countships and lordshipS formed his domain,
loosely strung together by reason OF their
several titles being vested in one person,
titles which the bearer had inherited or
assumed under various preteXts. II Ia
we'll 70 recall the list Of those possessions
In order 10 recognize the solid ground
which his son had for challenging the
title Of King. Flanders and Artois, together
with the Duchy and Countship Of Burgundy,
came TO Duke Philip from his father in 1912.
In il7l he bought Nsmur. In 1880 he de-
cared himself heir to his cousins in Brabant
and Limbours, and the claims we're made
good in spite Of all opposition, Holland.
Zealand and Hainsut became his through
the unwilling abdication Of another cousin,
~Jacquellne, in 1888. To ave the life Of
her husband she formally resigned her
titles. Antwerp and Mechlin were in
oluded in Brabant, Luxembourg. which
had given emperors To Germany. was a
later acquisition obtained through Eliza
beth Of Goritz. Contemporary criticism on
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DIVING o FIsH.
MeohOd Employed by Native Fishermen I
- sSA.s etream.
FROM As RsASOoA GsSsH',

From tie RaAOooA GaSstts.
A unique N, thod Of nshiaE 10 employee
by natives abjnG the PanlAunG River.
Two dugout boats are employed about
thirty feet long. With two mep with long poles,
one in the bow. the other ct the stern puntins
the boat slong, They stretch . long rope
made Of bamboos and plated nass about a
hundred yards long and weighted about every
ten yards with big stones. This they lot down
into the water. and the hsh are frishtaASd
toward the bank. The divers then jump In
three at 4 time. remaining down about tuoDty
seconds,
They carr EahS about eighteen inches
long and hshhooks with cords attached
When they strike a hSh they let 20 the Ran
and the hsh IL hauled up In the boat. A bic
fire Is lighted on the river bank. and the men
warm themselves before II vhea not diVinE,
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Ill.

AhN
II is interesting to mark a portrait Of
Duke Charles as he looked TO a contempo-
rary al the date Of his fathers death.
Charles, II seems, was shorter and stouter
than Duke Philip, but we'll formed, strong
In arm and thigh. His shoulders were
rather thick set and a trihe STOPPING, but
his body was well adapted to activity,
The contour Of his face was rounder than
that Of his father; his complexion dark
rather than fair. His eyes were black
and laughing, extraordinarily clear. When,
however, he wal sunk in thought, 1t seemed
as though his father looked out Of them.
His mouth was like his fathers, full and
red. His nose was pronounced, his beard
brown and his hair black. His forehead
was fine, his neck white and we'll set, though
always bent a. he walked The same
contemporary writer goes on 10 say that
when Charles began To speak he often
found difioulty in expressing himself. but
once started his speech became fluent,
even eloquent. His voica was resonant
and clear, but he could not sing, although
he had studied the technique and was fond
Of music In conversation he was more
logical than his father, but very tenacious
Of his " opinion, and vehement in the
expression Of II, although at bottom he
was just 10 all men. In council Charles
the Bold was keen, subtle and ready. He
listened 10 others arguments judiciously
and gave them due weight before his own
decision wal announced, He was thought
TO be rather more attentive to his executive
business than became a prince. 'Economi-
cal Of his own time, he eIacted industry
OF his subordinates and worked them hard
He was fond Of his attendants and fairly
aifable, though occasionally sharp in his
words. His memory was long and his anger
dangerous. As a rule, good sense swayed
him, but being naturally impetuous there
was often a struggle between impulse and
reason"
Finally, Chastellain, the contemporary
writer whose delineation We are reproduo-
ing, AYERS that Charles lived more chAstely
thar was then usual with princes and was
always master OF himself. He drank little
wine, though he liked II, because he found
that II engendercd fever In him, His only
beverage was water just colored with wine,
He Was inclined 10 no indulgence or wanton-
ness. He was accused Of a~varioe, but he
is defended on the ground that he neeled 10
eoonomize In order 10 collect and maintain
a large army, Evidently Chastellain tried
to he as complimentary as possible, but
we know from other sources Of information
that the violence Of Chsrles's character in
spired lack Of confidence in his power Of
achievement and made people dislike him
as his father with all his faults had never
been disliked
We have seen that Chsrles's first wife,
Catherine Of France, died In ltto, when her
husband was but 10 years Of age. His
second wife, Isabella Of Bourbon, also died
young, Charles did not romarry for some
years. For many months. however, be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
WHAT AlLs HAITI.

Quiet has been restored in Haiti
following a revolution that was almost
bloodless. General Simon has become
president of the little Black Republic
by right of conquest. Several other
generals" of high and low degree and
with ephemeral following, We're am
bilious of securing the job. The NOR
row may develop another revolution.
Revolutions in Haiti are a popular
pastime. The country is highly fav-
ored in climate and fertility. Things
grow there with little aid from human
hands. 1t is possible nature dealt too
kindly with the island, or did not
contemplate the people who were des-
tined to dominate it's acres. Fuel is
not needed, clothing is rather more of
fruits and nuts provide sustenance for
those satisfied to exist without resort
to manual labor Therefore, there is
idleness in Haiti and idleness Of men
as of boys, is conducive to mischief.
The energies of the people, who are
in large part blacks, mulattoes and
creoles, are directed to raising hades
rather than profitable crops and the
standard Of citizenship. What tho
Haitiens need is a strong, but kindly
ruler, who will direct the people to
the value and enjoyment of industry.
The martyred Toussaint who threw
of the yoke Of French and Spanish
slavery more than 100 years ago did
his work too soon. The people were
not ready for self government then anil
apparently are not now. And what has
been true of Haiti and Cuba is true
Of the Philippines. Education and self
dependence Of the individual must pre-
cede republican form of government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
The Triumph Of Freedom.

(By Biornsbjiene Bjornson, translated
for the T-R. by Ole o. Lien)
We saved our own, dear native land
From ancient strife and battles CORY
And brought it forth in freedoms glory,
BY law and pillow we made it grand.
We broke the mountains for their
treasure;
Our spreading sails the seas did meas
ure;
And thoughts beamed over polar snow,
AS when the midnight sun doth glow.
BY trust in God our ground we hold;
Each spot improved by cultivation;
Each fortune made by navigation
Each youthful mind that we unfold;
Each gem of thought. then darkness
beaming;
Each deed, increasing and redeeming-
A province new is for the land,
And for our freedom guard will stand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
Topics of the Times.

If Des Moines newspapers want real
notoriety why don't they take meas
ures to qualify for the Roosevelt A.
c.?
If Iowa's attorney general manages
to collect half the coin in view from
traction companies and the Pullman
the state treasury will swell like boys
waist at q Christmas dinner.
There Is something in the announce
ment that Attorney General Byers will
sue the Pullman company for $74,015
that does not wholly displease the man
who has had to climb the step ladder
to a box above the fat man who shores
all night.
Mr. Pulitzer didn't care much and
the circulation manager smiled and
rubbed his hands.
When congressman resent the way
the president speaks to them they
should bend an ear to what the vo.-
ers are saying about them
+ It is going to be hard on the early
shopper after all mis- money has been
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
p,sBPoNr moRGAN's RULE.

J. Pierpont Morgan has given out his
chief business rule. The way he puts
it. THE man who is a bear on the flu
ture of this country will go broke.
never discount the future of Ameri-
ca"
When we stop to test the Morgan
rule by our own experience and OBJ
servation it works Out like the multi
plication table and two and two make
four according to Mr.. Morgans arith-
metic as invariably as it used to do in
Thompson's Rudimentary or whatever
first book in arithmetic may have in
troduced as to the multiplication
table It's so. The sensible optimist is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
THE FUSS IN THE SENATE.

The senate and certain senators can
be denpended upon to guard the hon
or of the senate" with clamorous re-
sentiment whenever some one of prom
inence calls attention to its manifold
derelictions. The president has again
driven the senate furious. Senator
Bailey of Texas, name pretty well
known and distrusted turnout the
United States and Texas, led In wild
condemnation of the presidents Ian
guage as "sross" and "wanton." Till
man. of course. was to the fore as is
his custom, habit and impulse, when
free fight is in progress. Rage ruled
and the senate CRASHED it's gums in an
ecstacy of epithet and adjectives. But
God still reigns, the government at
washington survives and Roosevelt is
probably sighting for shot with the
other barrel.
President Roosevelt is not essentially
a tactful man. He ropes the senate
somewhat after the style he was wont
to employ when riding range and
proceeds to the process of "hogtying,"
both Of which are methods accompan-
led by shock and more or less painful.
In his anxiety to do the work and
get to the next job he is sometimes
rough and hurried, but he generally
gets his steer In the instance of
the "cutting OUT of Longhorn Foraker"
people used to the handling Of mich
COWS might see what to them seems
cruelty. The sizzle Of the branding
iron and the scent of scorching are of
painful suggestion. Mr.. Bailey has
ran ahead of the rope with visions of
the branding process, rioting in his
mind, and it is entirely natural that he
should rush wildly from the far end
of the pasture to paw and below in an
attempt to stampede the herd.
Roosevelt may have at times ap-
preached to rashness, but he has been
foursquare and right on the great
questions. No smirch of dishonor has
touched him. His worst enemies have
never limited that he is purchasable in
any way. Bailey is a senator of the
Foraker school, one of those whose
with the Standard Oil and
affiliated concerns has been exposed to
his discredit, and is under the contempt
of the country In general. He scraped
thru for a reelection in his own state
when the country sat up nights hop
ing for his defeat. He has been blown
upon His standing before the public
and the people Of his state is such
that no senator can attain and retain
usefulness. When he Is pushed for
ward as the leader of an attack on
a president of the Roosevelt type the
lack of tact is forgotten
and the people line up behind the man
they know is honest and anxious to do
The conclusion is that plain hon.
esty without tact is better hand to
hold than tact with a bad reputation.
The president can quietly stand pat.
Bailey and the senators who are fol-
lowing him are -four flushing" On the
heels of recent revelations the country
is concerned over the honor of the
senate somewhat differently from
Messrs. Bailey. ct al.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
FOR A COUNTY ENGINEER.
burlington HaMkeNel

It Is the opinion of the friends Of the
good road movement that the code of
Iowa ought to provide for the office of
county engineer with a salary sufficient
to secure competent civil engineers to
have charge of the work in each coun-
ty. This view is strengthened by the
fact that in many townships the road
districts and counties. men who have
very little practical knowledge of road
building and perhaps no technical edu-
cation whatever as engineers. are
placed in charge of road construction
and repair work and that the results
are far from satisfactory. Good work
is cheaper than poor work, but good
road construction is not obtainable
without intelligent supervision. 1t is
to be hoped that the new general as
sembly of Iowa will give the public
up to-date legislation promotive to
good roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
THE SHOTGUN HARVEST.
(Waterloo Reporter)

The toll of dead and MANNED in Iowa
in the sport of shooting rabbits is as
gruesome as 1T is getting to be monot-
onous. One or more fatal accidents
or MANNED for life reports are recorded
daily in the papers. The disasters
are mostly the result of carelessness,
with enough of accident to accentuatc
the danger of the pastime. No par.
or section of the state has been free
from the deporabe news, and in the
aggregate the story is sorrowful to an
extreme. There appears to be no way
to appease the blood thirst for wild
bird and animal life, and not even the
terrible tragedies of the gun afield
have served to stop the terrific slaugh-
ter of men or game. The harvest is
horrible, and yet it still goes on.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
he only man worth while in business,

the only man worth while in business,
politics and society.
The men who had the faith to fore
cast the agricultural preeminence OF
Iowa and the courage to build sou
houses in the center of trackless
prairie reaped their reward long be-
fore they Yielded to the sickle of The
final harvest. They saw great COM
monwealth grow up about them ana
felt the satisfaction that came of a
knowledge that they had created 1T.
The farms they bought at $l.2o an
acre have increased in value a hundred
fold; their sons and daughters are
growing old in plenty upon them;
their names are held as a heritage by
the people of a great state and car
ried by cities that blossomed where
the wild thyme and riot of prairie
roses lent color to the path of the
pioneer. They had faith in themselves
and in the country, a faith that has
bene justified by the future as the flu
ture always justifies the faith of those
who are bold with discretion and faith
full to themselves and the future
The bear goes broke. He goes broke
in politics When Larrabee long ago in
fine optimism built upon the future
citizenship of Iowa he laid the founda-
ton for Iowa's preeminent place
among progressive states and her po-
litical premiership. When Cummins, a
quarter of a century ago pledged his
future to his optimism and his faith
in America he sowed the seed Of polit-
ical success that waited but the full
ness Of time to ripen. Theodore Roose-
welt has never discounted the future
of America. He has never been on the
bear side of craftsmanship. The men
impress on the world have been those
OF the optimist in business. politics.
finance and humanity Christ was an
optimist and the voice of his ragged
avatar proclaiming the Christ aloud in
the wilderness rang with unquench-
able optimism that hunger and hard
ship might not prevail against.
Even yesterday is in today. Tomor-
row shall be the composite of all the
todays and as each morning brings it's
progress so is the faith of the optimst
justified and made secure. Mel grow
better. nations grow greater, kindli-
ness endures and bourgeons. All we
dream of better things waits in the flu
ture for those who shall follow us, the
generation for whom tomorrow is be-
ing fashioned by the optimists of today
Morgan is an idealist. Perhaps he has
hung his censor of idealism ON the low
est horn of the altar but his healthy
optimism and faith in mankind and its
as offered in his basic
rule for such success as his heart
belongs to the great things and
reveals the secret of his own great
ness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
1896 that Christopher Columbus landed

1895. that Christopher Columbus landed
on Plymouth Rock and proclaimed
freedom, liberty and independence to
all mankind. And what was they do
ing down here in Virginny at that
time? They had their feet on the black
mans neck a hollerin,' Sick senter ty-
rannibus.'
MY colored fellow citizens, this is
great country. 1t is the proudest
nation the sun ever shines upon. But
II these dimmercrats git into power
here they'll do like they done in Rome
Look at Rome. Once the proud master
of the land and the mistress of the
sea, with her once proud citizens,
which was Caesar. Olympus. Demons
themes and others too numerous to
mention. Then these dimmercrats got
into power here and what is she to-
day? Overrun by Greeks, Canadians
and other savages."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
.Maeauley in New York World.
Still the Friday Superstition.

1.-THE Atlantic liners are now running
much oftenen than they used to. In
time they will leave port every day
in the week, but Friday. They will
never sail on Friday on account of the
Friday superstition"
The speaker, a shipping agent. shook
his head and resumed:
This Friday superstition is amaz-
ingly strong. 1t affects the educated
no less than the illiterate. I know
hardly person who would set out on
a sea voyage on Friday, and nobody
would marry on that day, while there
is even, says the undertakers, preju-
dice against Friday burials.
"a Friday BURIAL" he explained,
ais not supposed to affect the here
after of the deceased, but to augur ill
for the health of the mourners thru
out the ensuing year"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
The savages.

(From the Minneapolis Journal)
Many stories have been told of the
ludicrous mistakes of negro orators.
Here is one for which Governor Claude
Swanson. of Virginia, is responsible.
In small Virginia town a pompous
negro was delivering Fourth of July
address to an audience of colored folks.
He said:
"AIy colored fellow citizens: We have
occasion to be proud of the Fourth of
July. 1t was on the Fourth of July.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
expended to watch the belated crowd
blow themselves.

blow themselves.
We seem to be making much more
progress toward destroying the traffic
in shameless French wome nthan in
suppressng the panders who prey on
the poor, defenceless and desperate
girls of our own country.
Just before the freeze the spirit of
by a two mile trip up ond side and
down the other with a split log drag.
No, my child the proposed improve
ment of waterways is not directly con-
nected with temperance work and the
water wagon.
Atlanta's police court cases show a
so per cent decrease for 1908. No. pro-
hibiton doesn't prohibit but any in
vestment that pays so to 100 per cent
looks like fairly good one.
Over in France they understand
American physical culture to mean a
prize fight Here in America prize
fight is only the best paid and most
largely attended branch of that sci
ence.
Congress couldn't break thru Mr..
Cannons rules with Jimmy HUB
bard was the only Iowan who voted
for a change of rules Dawson, Smith,
ct AL, must have been -four flushing.
When Uncle Joe called" they laid
down."
1t is no use to buy mustache
cup for the man who shaves' clean OF
a souvenir fork for the woman who
eats with her knife
The vinton Eagle finds a grave dam
ger in the continuance in office OF city
councilmen and railroad commission
ers. They fall readily into rut fash
toned by older members the Eagle COM
plains. But the Eagle is firmly con-
WINGED that congressman and sena-
tors should serve indefinitely and sees
no need of the King drag along con-
gressional paths.
We shall never have another presi-
dent precisely like Roosevelt so prone
to call a spade spade and apt to call
a liar a liar. However, by March
he may have finished a classification
sufficiently complete to last a genera
ton.
Sioux City claims the largest Y NJ.
C. A in the state. 1t is evident Sioux
City isn't as black as it has been
painted.
If Sunday has succeeded in turning
Ottumwa upside down, il ought to be
worth the fancy price the good peo-
pie were willing to pay If the town
will stay the way 1t now seems to be
turned, there will be less need for the
big charity fund the Sundayites
have been talking about.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
A Personal Appeal.

If we could talk to you personally
about the great merit of Foleys Honey
and Tar, for coughs colds and lung
trouble, you never could be induced
to experiment with unknown prepare
tions that may contain some harmful
drugs Foley's Honey and Tar costs
you no more and has record of forty
years of cures. Mcbride & Will Drug
company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
Iona Newspapers
SCHOOL BOYS AND POOL HALL.


Cedar Rapids Gazette
over at Des Moines the school au-
thorities find themselves face to face
with a problem such as has al var
ious times troubled Cedar Rapids A
great many Des Moines school boys
are in the habit of frequenting pool
halls. The evil has grown to such
an extent that the principal one of the
schools announces that he proposes TIC
start a crusade that will compel pool
hall proprietors to obey the state minor
law. The law ought to be enforced
in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and ev-
erywhere else. The school boy has no
business frequenting pool halls or any
other place from which the law and the
proper development of the boy de-
mand that he shall remain away.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets Druggists refund money II It
fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. CSC.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
IOWA oPlNlaNs AND NOTES.

Senators polliver and C,tmmins will
doubtless not be unmndful of the fact
that handsome Is as handsome does Il
remarks the Rockwell Photograph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
Mystery.
rDro- proJy'

Mrs. Knicker-Do you keep up the
Santa Claus mystery?
Mrs. De Vorce-Yes; Tommy doesn't
know which papa he is.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17

Some city boys" asserts the Iowa
Falls Sentinel graduates at the age OF
II. They have not obtained all the. ed-i
ucation they can, but they cease ats
tending the public schools then. They
quit school TO make toughs of them
selves, and subsequently to help fill up
our penitentiaries and reform schools"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
AucTioNEER
M. M. KENDALL, Auctioneer,

Wts Ws N6N0NeI1 NUCII0He0Ts
For Sale-A good general merchan-
disc stock. Invoice $4,000.
For sals-Hardware, all good. clean
goods. Invoice about $4,000; also good
brick building in the heart Of town.
population 600.
have several good properties to sell
ut a bargain. Make your sale dates with
he. Office '.,hone "a; residence 457 red.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17
rba Das Mo;nas Reoisteu

The Des Moines Register and LeadaE,
has no wish to speak unkindly ioTs
Colonel Hepburn in connection with
the civil service But it is notorious that
if he has had falling as a public man
it has been in his relations to clvilser-
vice There is no reason why his vrieWs
should not be criticized in the light of
his own record"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-17

"The fourth class postmasters are
expected to give the people first
class service" points out the Cedar
Falls Gazette.