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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The ElGora Ledger points out that
Many children of too tender an age
are placed In the Industrial School
when they ought to be in an orphans
asylum or some like place. But few
children of the age of years have
any settled desire or inclination for
crime. Many of them are sent to the
school because they have no home. and
even if they had performed some deed
which would warrant their being sent
to the school We're they older, no child
of years should be held in this man
ner accountable We believe every con-
scientious effort is made to keep the
younger children separated from the
older at the school, but anyone who
school. can see that such an accom-
plishment is impossible to an absolute
degree This is one of the fatal weak
nesses of such an institution and one
which must be done away with as soon
as possible insists the Ledger.
"This affinity business seems to
strike men of all parties and factions"
observes the Usage News. "a demo-
cratic representative of this state was
struck last winter, and now it is a pro-
s.ressive republican that yields to the
SIRENS song. Shoot the affinity, and
the man with an affinity"
GLOW did you like the last democrat
ic administration? Think along that
line before voting" advises the Shell
don Sun.
Noting that at Is estimated that
Calamity Weller. of Nashua. may head
the independent ticket in Iowa. the
Oelwein Register says: eff 40 there Is
one consolation--the time for him to
talk the people to death is short, only
a month. 1t will be recalled that Call
amity and his windmill mouth put
Tom Updegraff to sleep once on a time.
and there is no knowing what he
might accomplish with plenty Of time"
"After scanning that publicity list"
the Sioux City Journal "finds that Has
kell's resignation was his only contri-
button to the democratic national CAM
paign."
"Come to think about it, there is not
much need of campaign oratory to
bring the Iowa farmers into line for
the national republican ticket" says
the Des .Moines Capital. 1.-The market
reports are much more ELOQUENT and
convincing than any spellbinder that
state or county committee could send
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20

own. Possibly Anisty had seen the
girl slip the canvas bag into Maitland's
pocket while the latter was kneeling
aad binding his captive However
that was, there was no denying that
he had trailed the treasure to its hid
ing place, unerringly; and succeeded
in taking possession of 1t with consun-
mate skill and audacity. When Matt
land came to think Of 1t, he recalled
distinctly the trend of the burglars
inquisition in the character Of mr..
Snaith," which had all been calculated
to discover the location of the Jewels.
And, when he did recall this fact, and
how easily he had been duped, Matt
land could have ground his teeth in
melodramatic rage-but for the cir
cumstance that when first 1t occurred
to him, such feat was a physical i'm
possibility, and even when Engaged
the operation would have been painful
to an extreme.
Slipping the grateful drink which
O'Hagan presently brought him, the
young man pondered the case; with
no pleasure in the prospect he fore
saw If Higgins had actually COM
municated the fact of Anisty,s escape
to the police, the entire affair was likely
to come out in the papers-all of it,
that is, that he could not suppress. But
even figuring that he could silence
Higgins and O'Hagan-no difficult task
though he might be somewhat late
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
Looker-On In Iona

Redmond. Oct 2o.-"Praise from Sir
Hubert is praise indeed To en-
Tighten the voters of Iowa Major John
T.. Lacey. for United States senator,
has issued and is sending over the
state. a page sheet with the above
heading, and under it q second head
line, Comments of the Newspape
of Iowa on His Candidacy" And 10
and behold, in the first column and
the second quotation we find this:
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Major Lacey is a man of clean person.
al record, of experience in congress-,
the originator of conserving our nat
ural resources.
after the manner of men. of giving the
devil his due In Kanawha a good
republican received one of these 'com-
ments." Meeting the writer he broke
out at once: $50 the T.R. has gone
hack on Cummins. and is supporting
Lacey" II guess not" was the reply
Then out came the half sheet. Didn't
The T.-R. print that" Yes admitted
the writer. And while this writer has
fair argumenttatiye powers, ii took ten
minutes OF heart to- heart talk to con-
vince him that this and a dozen more
extracts quoted from progressive pa
pers. were all of a personal nature, and
referred to a prominent citizen OF
Iowa. and all true. But just the same
the T.-R and other progressive papers
we're doing their level hest to have this
distinguished citizen stay at home. To
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
NIB. BRyAN's DINNER PAIL

Mr.. Bryan Is quoted, and without
doubt correctly quoted, as saying The
dinner pail is empty but the tax is on
the tin" This is characteristic of Mr..
Bryan and of the contention of his
party against the. republican policies.
Denunciation and misstatement is
Characteristic of the arguments Of
democratic spellbinders and democratic
candidates, generally speaking
The dinner pail is not empty. It
has meat and pie within it's ample re-
cesses; and cake on occasion and cof-
fee in the cunningly devised compart-
ment devoted to that soothing and
cheerful fluid. The tax is on the tin
and likely to stay there. But the
dinner pail is a long way from COM
plete. emptiness, as Mr.. Bryan would
have us believe. 1t is still a much more
satisfactory receptacle to open at noon
than it has ever been under demo-
cratic administrations. One of the
most certain ways to deplete its con-
tents would be to listen to Mr.. Bryan's
Misrepresentation and commit the
folly of voting for him.
How is Mr.. Bryan's own dinner pail?
Before the famous convention that re-
sponded to Bryan's hysterical outbreak
by nominating him for the presidency
there was plenty of room inside it for
all Mr.. Bryan had to rattle around in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20

let him stand pat in Oskaloosa rather
than Washington, d. c.
The major must be firm believer In
advertising He is sending this half
sheet everywhere. It's comments are
all nattering. Not a word is printed
showing how, when and where he OPP
posed the primary law, sneered at the
| anti-pass two-cent fare bills. and all
other progressive measures. But it does
contain nice letter from Roosevelt
ON your congressman" and two cuts.
one showing Lacey as the beardless
| youth, Captain Lacey in 1854" and
the other the grizzled veteran who was
drafted" by the stand patters in 1908.
| Meanwhile his friends In many locali-
| ties are forming Lacey clubs, whose
| object and aim is to send him to the
| United States senate. And the friends
| of Cummins are asking everywhere,
why are the progressive papers SO
quiet. why are not the Cummins men
at work? Are they going to get licked
again, just because there is no organ
zation nothing being done? These
con,indrums this scribe could not an
swer.
| Very few of the travelling public
| realize to what extent a train dis
| patcher manages the business of
railroad We all know he runs the
trains" and gives many orders to
| trainmen but the reader is probably
not aware. that he knows how many
| tons engine $40 is hauling and that she
can take on another load at NeXtown
and haul it over Rock hill If the fire.
man and engineer know and are at
tending to business. In depot the
other day an engineer fifty miles from
Nextown received an order when he
arrived to take the south track as the
house track was blocked. An engineer
losing time on his run, is not sur
prised at anytime to hear from the
dispatcher, asking why he is not max
ing time and when he replies, she
won't steam" somebody in the shops
is asked why engine $40 won't steam.
station agent frequently hears from
the dispatcher to tell Shipper Jones.
that those three cars of hogs must be
loaded before 80 arrives. or they'll go
off and leave them. Section men are
ordered to go out on the way freight
and help unload a car of gravel or
ties. Word comes to the dispatcher
that the section men are burning on
the grass from the right of way. have
set fire to Mr.. Jones corn field, ana
so the men are ordered out to fight the
fire and get in few extra hours. Then
comes word of wreck. large or small,
and he directs things of course on such
occasions, aided by the division SUI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
Tunes Re,ah1its1 7l1arstnn,t ia,5a ortnhrr 20 1908

and this Mr. Taft is sworn to bring
about Any further tariff revision
would endanger the prosperity of the
country
A Kansas court has declared "a
Manhattan cocktail is generally and
popularity known as an Intoxicating
liquor. and no proof of its intoxicat-
ing character is necessary in prose-
cutions under the prohibitory law.
Proof is easy enough but hard to get
in prohibition state.
A Keokuk farmer surprised an an
cient miller by bringing a grist to mill
in an automobile.
Under the present system of regis
tration in New York the democratic
party is likely to lose many votes -
which never existed except as Tam
many needed them.
"I.et the People Rule That slogan
does not impress me when | see Tam
many hall marching down Broadway
with ii emblazoned on its banners
Governor Charles Hughes
An appeal to the railroads of the
country to lower freight rates on
shipments of pig iron from the smelters
of the north and east to Texas points
marked the most important action of
the annual convention of the Texas
Metal Trades association, which was
held here during the last week. A
decrease of 10 per cent Is requested.
In the event of rehearsal by the rail-
roads. the Texas foundrymen announce
their intention of taking the matter
venton favored an open shop, altho no
definite action on the labor question
was taken.
Merchant hear you've been kick
ing because you've got SO much to do.
Clerk-Well, yes, sir; 1 do think
that"
Merchant-Yell have to give you so
much more to do hereafter that you
won't have time to ktck-The Catholic
Standard and Times.
Mrs. Newed-Excuse me- but do you
sell ice here
Dealer-Yes. ma'am
Mrs. Newed-Well. want 10 cents
worth. BY the way. how long have you
had it in stock
Dealer-Snce last winter.
Mrs Newed-Oh. that won't do.
want some that is fresh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
TIE
General Demand

of the Well Informed Of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits Of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists, Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
CHAPTER Viii.
Dance Of the Hours.
Copyright 1907. The Bobbs,Msrrsll ce.1

Four p. m.
The old clock in corner OF the
study chimed resonantly and with de-
liberation; four double strokes; and
while vet the deep-throated music was
dying into silence the telephone bell
shrieked impertinently.
Maitland bit savagely on the gag
and knotted his brows, trying to bear
it. The effect was that of a coarse
file rasped across raw qulvering
nerves. And he lay helpless, able to
do no more toward endurance than to
dig nails deep into his palms.
Again and again the fiendish clamor
shattered the echoes. Binding flashes
of agony danced down the Whlte-hot
wires strung through his head, taut
from temple to temple.
Would the fool at the other end
never be satisfied that he could get
no answer? Evidently not; the racket
continued mercilessly, short series OF
shrill calls alternating with imperative
rolls prolonged until one thought that
the tortured metal sounding-cups would
crack. Thought! nay, prayed that
either such would be the case, or else
that ones head might at once mercl-
fully be rent asunder.
That anguish so exquisite should
be the means of releasing him from
his bonds seemed refinement OF
irony. Yet Maitland was aware, be-
tween spasms, that help was on the
wav. The telephone instrument, FOR
obvious convenience, had been
equipped with an extension bell which
rang simultaneously in O'Hagan's
quarters. When Maitland was not at
home the janitor-valet, SO warned,
would answer the calls. And now. In
the still intervals. the heavy thud OF
unhurried feet could he heard upon
the staircase. O'Hagan was coming
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20

side Of 1t. How about the Bryan din
ner pail today? 1t is packed tightly
and if anything Is being offered from
it to relieve the emptiness Of other
pals nobody knows of it. Under the
very policies of administration which
he denounced and which he has found
huge pecuniary profit In denouncing.
Mr. Bryan has grown rich, not merely
we'll to do, but rich His dinner pail
is stuffed. He keeps on stuffing 1t.
He is thrifty to the utmost degree.
His income is one that would have
seemed an irredescent dream to him
when he rose before that convention,
poor as Jobs turkey and undermining
of the success his Mysteries were to
bring him He takes IN and saves
each year what would seem fortune
to any of the working men whom he
Is attempting to deceive to the salts
for which he is manifestly unfit by
comparison with his opponent.
None will find fault with Bryan's
thrift That he has worked the chau-
tauqua for all it is worth. made deals
with churches which have employed
his services, with all the keen business
acumen of the Hebrew. and lost no
opportunity to fill his dinner pail. IS
part of the thrifty mans business. But
that he should come from his swollen
bank accounts and his accumulated
property of various sorts to deny the
very prosperity he has enjoyed and
made q profit of. is scarcely to be
accounted for under any hypothesis
except that he is ready to deceive
that he may profit by deception. He
is trying to make his Mysteries pay
their last dividend.
When anyone tells you the dinner
pail is empty, look at yours! Is any
Iowa workingman. farmer. business
man, ready to believe Bryan against
the sight of his own eyes. There's good
stuff in the dinner pail, wind, just
wind, in Bryan's assertion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
40 m1,1~-~>>
Grundy cornstalks.

Holland, Ia. Oct II, 1908.
Editor Times Republican,: In recent
issue of the daily T.-R. I noticed an
item in regard to a corn stalk say
ing that it was raised by an Iowa man
and being in the neighborhood of six
teen feet. In reply you may say
to your readers that this subscriber
has a corn stalk raised in Grundy
county that measures twenty feet nine
inches in height and fifteen feet from
the base to the ear, tho the ear is
immature. This may sound little
fishy, but l have the goods to prove it,
and to the doubtful ! invite inspection
Yours respectfully.
j. A. FRANKLIN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20
Topics of the Times

There may be Odd Fellows, but it is
easy to see that they are good fell
lows.
If Hughes is defeated in New York
so much the worse for New York.
Hughes is not to be obscured by a
majority vote in which gamblers and
the underworld hold the balance. to
enable them to defeat a good man.
While he lives Hughes will be pres
ent and abiding force in his home
state. If beaten, he can afford to wait.
II Bryan carries certain states he
can win, is the contention of the DEM
ocratic prognosticators. There isn't a
doubt of the correctness of this con-
clusion Neither is there any doubt
that he can't carry the states.
Those German balloons should carry
canoes.
1t is better to register than to sit
on the fence and see the procession go
by on election day.
We will probably never see 9 cent
one wants to try he might vote the
democratic ticket as a starter.
Mr. Hearst's Indignation over the
of nffi SnrCp,1
him with the notice of the Haskell
suit, should be tempered by recollection
of how he butted in on the privacy of
Governor Haskell and his friend
Archbold.
Frank T. Evans. has been publicly
reprinanded and punished for in
subordination. Wait until he gets
home When his revered parent cuts
loose the private reprimand will con-
tain language no court martial dare
use. even if it had the peculiar talent.
Taft is drawing big crowds below
Mason's and Dixon's. His visit may
be the wedge that shall split the solid
south. The split is certain to come
with the development Of that section.
MIR. Gomper's attempt to issue auto
cratic orders to union voters is the
most dangerous menace to unionism.
ever offered. 1t touches manhood.
4 4
If somebody could unearth a few
letters from the Standard Oil moguls
to Cumpins or La Toilette wouldn't
there be gay old time among the re-
actionsts ?-Traef STAR Clipper.
There is the Elkins letter on rate
regulation
The man who wants to see Cummins
win at the senatorial primary should
see to it that his friends and ac-
quaintances do not forget to call for
the special senatorial ballot. II is Just
like voting bonds at school election,
there is a separate ballot to be voted
on senator
This is the time of year when the
good roads agitation quiets down to
absolute silence The roads are too
good for argument.
Harmony deprives an aggressive
of something to shoot at.
It is to be hoped that the game species
will not become entirely extinct.
Now why should we vote for
Would less business make any
more jobs for wage workers? Would
change help the price of hogs corn or
land? Would new deal give us any
more business than we have had dur
ing the past few years? Why take
chances on disaster?
One of the causes producing $l5o
land is potatoes.
The only change In present condi-
tions that any man can reasonably ask
is revision of the tariff wherever
protective duty can be found permit
ting a manufa cturer to extort more
fn;, 70 inc nnnnlp need
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with Higgins-the most discreet mag
Unable explanation of his extraordinary
conduct would make him the laughing
stock of his circle of friends. to say
nothing Of city that had been &C
custoned to speak Of him as Mad
Maitland" for many day. Unless
All, he had 1t! He could pretend
ESQ long as 1t suited his purpose, at
all events, to have been tho man
caught and left bound in Higgins care.
Simple enough. The knocking over Of
the butler would be ascribed to nat
ural ebullition Of indignation, the sub
sequent fight to hare-brained notion
of running down tho thief. And yet
even that explanation had IT'S dimcul-
ties. How was he to account for the
fact that he had failed to communf-
cate with the police--knowipg that his
treasure had been ravished?
(To be Continually il -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-20

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly, strengthens the lungs and ex-
pels colds. Get the genuine in yellow
package. Mcbride & Will Drug COM
pany.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-14
AMERICAN CEMENT.


Government statistics show de-
crease OF loo483 barrels in imports Of
Portland cement during the year end
ing December 81, 1907, as compared
with 1906, while the exports for the
corresponding period show an in
cretase Of 3l7,25l barrels, says Ce-
ment Age. Thus the foreign trade
records bear out the statement made
a year or more ago that the increase
in imports and decline in exports was
merely temporary condition grow
ing out of the vast home consumption
of cement. II is likely that the future
will witness marked increase in ex-
ports of American Portland cement,
and there is certainly no reason to
anticipate that imports will increase
From every point of tthe globe where
cemen is used American consuls write
that vigorous and systematic efforts
on the part of American manufactur
ers would do much to establish a
lucrative trade and it is probable that
in some places, at least, sales of
American cement will be materially
increased.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-14
A PRESS TRIBUTE.

THE mezzo soprano. Pauline Mil.
ler. Chapman, has many admirers
wherever she has appeared, During
the last year she has won laurels in
Europe She appeared before select
and critical audiences in both Italy
and Germany,
"'fhc Americans in Berlin were
proud OF her success. as OF all the
thousands in that musical center she
was one OF the few to receive rccog-
milton.
Criticisms favorable TO Mrs, Chap
mans concert work which were first
published in the European music
ccnters already have been reprinted
In Oregon papers But Il Is perhaps
the personal things that Mrs. Chap
man eherishcs with the most pleas
ure, the personal letters OF praise from
artists, testimonials When she hn-
ished her aria with the Symphony
Orchestra, the court director. Paul
prill, directing the orchestra, caugh.
both her hands and said bravo.
bravo, Wundcrschon Stimme, while
the orchestra, also, applauded her,
and the day after her own concert,
Madam Lamperti embraced her and
declared before all that she was "a
second Sembrich only with a different
kind OF voice." and her husband,
Professor Lamperti, the great teacher
Of Sembrich, the worlds most finish
ed singer, expressed to another prom
; incnt vocal teacher in Berlin his be-
lief that there we're not 10 better
voices in the world than Mrs, Chap
mans,
professor Brown Of Berlin, form
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-14

erly OF New York, added his tribute
IN the artists room, declaring that IT,,
her concert. was one Of the most
glorious things he ever heard and
Madam Gers,er's prediction that Mrs,
Chapman would become the first
singer Of America; that she had the
voice, the temperament. the physique,
everything In her favor.
"a large laurel wreath reaching to
her shoulder and daily bedecked with
ribbons, presented by her admirers in
Berlin, is highly treasured y Mrs.
Chapman. However, her devotion to
her home and her three children will
always prevent Mrs. Chapman's leav-
ing them TO accept the concert tour
over Germany and the continent
offered her.
Mrs. Chapman's last concert en-
gagement was at her former home
city in Illinois, under the auspices OF
the Ladies' Musical Club Of that city,
where she was WELCOMED by the larg-
est audience in the history Of the city,
1t was in this place that she made her
FIRST public appearance at three years
of age, singing solo in church en-
tcrtainment at that time. She has
been a singer practically all her life.
"Mrs. Chapman has refused all in
ducements to enter the grand opera
work, although she was the only STU
dent with Professor Lamperti not as
piring to an operate career. Her
dramatic voice was found to be es-
|pecially adapted to the operate litera'
ture and she has covered the German,
Italian, French and Russian. operate
soprano roles. She also has special
lied in the Lieder and song forms,