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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

anything sinful but he or she will
mighty soon have the reputation of be-
ing the worst person In the commun-
ity-that Is. among those who believe
what the gossips say. Very few fair
minded people, however. believe every
thing they hear and they look for the
proof before Judging a person. Were
II not for this fact, those who incur the
Ill will OF the person who has nothing
better to do than to tell lies about
everyone he or she does not like, would
certainly have hard time Of 1t. A
stranger coming into a new town or
community, on mourning the Ill will of
one of these scandal mongers, must
run the gamut of the Hes the gossips
will tell about them, no matter how
much they may try to please everyone
and no matter how exemplary life
they may lead The result Is lot OF
unpleasantness where there should be
nothing but friendliness. Gossip. jeal-
ousy, and untruth go hand in hand,
and when handled by a person or per-
sons who have been in the habit Of
handling it all their lives, 1t proves
to be very unpleasant dose for some-
one. II you have anything to say about
person, either screw up courage
enough to say 1t to their face or else
don't say 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

the most OF his name. He is a mem
Der of congress, and at the last cleo
ton he received S,30s votes to l for
his republican opponent. His VIC
tories on land are no less renowned
than his victories on water. Having
established himself as a hero, 1t is a
distinct embarrassment at this stage
in his career to be called Richard
even Richard Pearson Hobson. 1t is
hobby with Hobson to have his
name right and to get all the sound
out OF 1t the vocal chords are capable
Of rendering. He has informed us
himself that he is tenth in decent
from Elder Brewster of the May
flower, and that when he married
three years ago he chose Grizelda
Houston Hull. He was born thirty
eight years ago in Greensboro Ala,
and as he goes about capturing audi
ences, and suggesting to the female
mind the pleasure OF OSCILLATION, he
registers from the same old town. He
ought to be known for what he is -
Richmond Pearson Hobson, Of Green's
boro Ala
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
Iona Newspapers
GET TOGETHER.
(Des Moines Capital.)


Suppose we get thru with the Hull
and Prouty business sometime. The
public is tired of the debate, tired Of
the cross fire. Some people want Hull
for congress, others want Prouty. The
matter was submitted to the primary
election June 2. The first primary I'M
der the new law was not clearly under
stood. It has not been considered yet
as more than a voluntary matter. Par
tisans have been active and have made
a. bad mix-up. We can see no way out
except for both Hull and Prouty to run
py petition. Dismiss everything and
put the names of both men on the ball
lot as Independent candidates. The re-
publicans of the district will be salts
fed with this arrangement and we
doubt if they are satisfied with any
other. The republicans of the district
can get together on the proposition of
having both men before them. Repub-
licans want the preliminary matters
all cleared up in order that they may
begin to work for the entire ticket,
from Taft and Sherman down. Pre-
liminary to being placed on the ballot
by petition, Hull and Prouty should
both Withdraw all claims upon the
nomination.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS.
burlington Hawk Eye)


Ninety-fou of the ninety-nine coun-
ties of the state now have an organi-
zation of the rural carriers. Wright
county was the last to come in. No
doubt, every farmer in the state OF
Iowa will have his daily mail deliv-
cred at his home ere the state is many
years older. There is a great ado In
the democratic national platform over
the large increase in the number of
men in the government service. A large
proportion of this increase Is due to
the extension of the rural delivery
service. If the democrats and Mr.. Bry-
an believe that they can make votes
by attacking and fighting this increase,
they will run up against something
That they have not dreamed of to date.
Few things that the government has
done In; recent years have proven so
beneficial and so popular, as has the
rural mail service, and the politicians.
who strive to make capital for their
party by opposing this innovation, will
rue it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
THE NAME OF HoBsoN.
(Sioux City journal.


Hobson is not permitted to have his
way in many things, but in one pax
ticular his personal view ought to be
accepted. He disagrees with many
people over his own name, He calls
himself Richmond Pearson Hobson.
He appears to be satisfied with that
name when 1t is properly spelled out.
1t may be proper to take issue with
him on the matter Of our relations
with Japan, but it Is not proper to
quarrel with him about his name,
when he puts down in legible writing
what it is. Nevertheless there is per-
sistence in advertising him as Rich
ard Pearson Hobson, and this seems
to be without sound reason. The
matter has gone so, far as to excite
suspicion. 1t may be intended one of
these days to call him Dick Hobson
There is room to fear that it is
planned to humiliate him. No doubt
Richard is bad enough from his point
of view, but the possibilities of the
name to his esthetic nature are quite
startling. Why not let 1t go at Rich
mond-Richmond Pearson Hobson?
Let it be conceded that he has made
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
THE IOWA MAN.
fWaterloo Renorter1

The Iowa man seems to have fair
chance of rivaling the record of the
Ohio man when 1t comes to taking
plums from the POLITICAL till. 1t has
been discovered that John Jacobsen.
the republican candidate for governor
in Minnesota. whose bid for the vote
of the common people Is that he uses
his knife to fill his face with pie,
started out in life in Fayette county:
Furthermore, his wife Is an Allamakee
girl and her maiden name was Jacob
son. She Is a niece Of Andrew Jacob
son, of Waukon. With q native Iowan
as candidate for governor in Iowa,
a native also as a candidate for United
States senator In South Dakota, a ma
tive as governor Of North Dakota, the
state Of Iowa has occasion to be proud
of it's native sons. 1t took Iowa some
time to make native son governor,
but Mr.. Carroll Is going to break the
record. gE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
Stage MARRIAGES POOR AFFAIRS.

u That the hearth is the place for mar
tHsrled life. and the only place, is once
4 more emphasized by prominent stage
4 hSpsople about to be- divorced. Mrs.
/ James H Hackett, known on the stage
Is Mary Mannering, is about to be
4 legally separated from Hackett. after
& few years OF apparent harmony In
+ which their mated existence. was un-5
| Warrantedly held up as an example
that all stage marriages are not fail
Il ures. s.
Il 1T does not. Of course. necessarily
Il follow that because, there are so many
notable Instances of unhappiness
among married folks who follow the
Il footilghts chat there are not plenty of
Eases where the couples get along
well together. But there is so much
\ that is. flimsy about the ordinary stage
\ marriage that II lis exceedingly rare as
\ i pattern to be looked upon with any
sanitation.
Stage life IS an unnatural life, fig
sured from first principles. The foot
ss:9ight favorite does most OF his or her
Is work at night, which IS not the normal,
|, aturals or sane time to do work. The
/ performance Is over at II o'clock and
the actor could be in bed at mid
4 night, but he isn't. The inclination
4 OF human beings is to take their rest
4 after their labor and to seek recreation
i directly after exertions 50 that the actor
\ after performing during the evening
4 goes to q midnight supper and smoker
\ Ia mixed society and seldom gets to
bed until an early hour in the morn
ang. The same life is led largely by
ssEboth sexes of stage people.
y successful actors and actresses
'lspalst. lin a large degree, court adrnir-
= ation son and off the stage. They
Z must he advertised and made as much
4 |ssof as possible. They have to lead
Sliyes that are largely insincere, II We
seaks their own words for 1t. II this
Stss not the case why do they always
1 sseek an alias on the stage, and why
Sis not their family name good enough
. Ia use with costume and wig? A rose
iby any other name would smell as
sweet and Sir Henry Irving would
4 have acted just as well under his own
name OF Brodrib.
Mimic life seems to carry its falls
L Ny into every feature Of the careers
9alssof at least a notable proportion of
4 those who enter it. How can an act
i Tess maintain career, keep home
and raise her children by her own
& care as she should? It's Impossible,
i and 4 rs 2 potent fact that compar-T.
ativelyi few actresses have children,
4 1or. .they are SO inconvenient."
& Actresses ought to stay single.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
THE GossIPs.
(Ocheyeden Press.)

(Ocheyeden PfeSS.)
A New York preacher has started a
miniature warfare against that most
deplorable and much INDUCED in prac-
tice of gossiping about your neighbors.
If he succeeds in squelching the habit
he will have done more good for his
congregation, his town and his COM
munity than almost anything else he
can do. But if he does not lose his JOB
before he fairly gets started in the
good work. we will miss our guess, for
the simple reason that a bunch of gos-
sips are the hardest people to reform
of any outfit of sinners on earth We
call and believe it sinful for the rea-
son that 1T does more damage than
almost any other sin we know Of II
person is not already sinner, he or
she will soon be one If the gossips OF
the community get it in for that par
ticular person. The person attacked
by these gossips may not be- doing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
!. B. Burhsns .Testifies After -Four
Years.

N. Y, writes; About four years. ago
wrote you stating that had been en-
tirely cured of a severe kidney trou-
BILE by taking less than two bottles OF
Foleys kidney Cure. 1t entirely stop
ed the brick dust sediment, and pain
and symptoms Of kidney disease ris-
appeared. am glad to say that have
never had a return Of any of those
symptoms during the four years that
have elapsed and am evidently cured
to stay cured, and heartily recommend
Foley's Kidney Cure to any one suffer-
ing from kidney or bladder trouble.
Sold by Mcbride & VIII.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
\ HI II, GETTING WISE. j

81 e hartman Hitchcock has shown wis
81 dom and prudence in opening the cam
II paign for the election Of Taft. He has
Il sou ght as any wise man should seek,
Il Ia first INFORM himself as TO the sit
gxuAtion in localities, and the report OF
tie result of his conference with vest
B ern republicans is interesting He
1 .iinds. among other things that old
& General Apathy holds sway over a
Large section Of the country. But this
Y Is not alarming. Distance from the
date Of election, hot weather. harvest
and vacation. season, accounts largely
& Tor this condition. Time and the cam
paign orator will change this situation.
There Will be Interest enough by
November.
4 but another thing which Hitchcock
discovered was a strong sentiment in
a favor of government insurance of
\ bank deposits" The democrats have
y taken advantage Of this sentiment and
incorporated an endorsement of the
measure in their platform. OF course,
/ sentiment has not yet crystallized
around this subject. 1t is in no sense,
ia campaign issue. It Is, in public opin-
Ion, only in its infancy, or formative
stage. But it is fundamentally cor
rect In principle and is bound to come
The management of the republican
campaign win avoid trouble in the
west If they refuse to allow the dem
ocratic party ito drive them into OPP
position to,this measure, for it does not
necessarily follow that because the
democrats advocate proposition the
Republicans must oppose it.
" II Hitchcock is as wise in directing
che campaign as he has been in seek
Ing the right places for information,
fhe party, whose destinies he guides,
-wtll not be driven into opposition to.
those measures which he has found SO
popular. 81. tho wet ' siss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

port exhibiting a. willingness to obey
the law or course their laWabiding
proclivities are of the self preservation
character The saloonkeepers, by
obeying the law. can ward off for a
time the day OF reckoning, but the
days of the business are numbered"
The Toledo Chronicle says: There
has not as yet been noticeable rush OF
Iowa farmers to make contributions to
the Bryanite campaign fund. No one In
the world knows when he is well off
better than the Iowa farmer"
The Forest City Summit asks: "Why
wouldn't it be a good thing for the
business men of the various towns on
the Germania branch of the Rock Is
land to get togeth@ and petition the
gasoline cars such as the Great West
ern recently installed between Fort
Dodge and Lehigh? To an interested
observer such car seems ideal for
the short haul lines of the west"
1t is remarked by the Britt News
that "many of the democrats of Han
cock county will probably be disap-
pointed when they learn that they
cannot contribute more than $4,000 to
the campaign fund"
"The lawless saloon element in Dav-
enporb has broken loose again." says
the Parkersburg Eclipse. "A witness
in a liquor case was set upon by a
mob of saloon hangers on and brutally
beaten and pounded. Like the Des
Moines Tribune the Eclipse believes
that Davenport ought to be compelled
to obey the mulct law even II 1t Is nee
essary to call out the state militia to
do 1t. The community that considers
itself bigger than law, bigger than the
state Of Iowa, ought to be taught that
law is supreme and that the people
rule"
THE greatest hay crop in the history
of Iowa Is what the farmers are say
ing this year. Guess old Dobbin will
not have to eat straw the coming win
ter" the Cedar Rapids Gazette OBJ
serves.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
a REJo,cEs

& sssTst REJoicEs
REJOICE. I exult in the hurryins
e hours;
~ rejolcs IN my days-in the drama, the
drAau1
\ Ia me march OF the high. the inscrutable
whose shadows are thrown on the
stream.
In HI the vision Of beauty and marvel &c
\ \ ~ by
The vision Of men ana the shadows they
Let me see the vast wonder Of planet and
sky
L Ana the wonder of death. too. at last.
SHs hssy Edwin Markham.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
For Sunday Reading
al Sorts ofOpinionr
Churches Are Decayins.

within the next century. unless the
present course of events changes, the
churches of the country will be de-
serted and the theological seminaries
will be bowling wildernesses." Is the
statement with which Rev. Charles r.
Aked, Of New York, pastor Of one Of
the wealthiest Of Fifth avenue congre-
cations, and the one Of which John ID.
Rockefeller Is member, begins a
series OF articles for Appleton's maya
zine DR.. Aked has made churchmen as
we'll as the fashionable members Of his
congregation gasp by his plain and
strong speaking on former occasions.
but his latest attack on the inefficien-
cy Of modern religion as exemplified by
the churches is veritable bombshell
thrown into the ranks Of church fol-
lowers.
"The man on the cars has got it into
his head that Christianity is played
out, that churches are, in his own Ian
guage, a back number" DR.. Aked as
serts. "The negative attack of the ath-
eist on Christianity has spent it's force,
but. the vast majority OF persons have
come to feel that religion can be ig-
nored. In a fashion they think that 1t
ought to be ignored"
The only thing that can save the
churches, in Dr. Aked's opinion, is to
bring them into closer touch with the
practical affairs of life. 1.-THE church
which has nothing to say as to social
problems he declares has In our day
no claim to existence. Soon, If 1t be not
laughed off the face of the earth, it
will remain only as the refuge of the
idler, the self seeker and the coward.
We may be profoundly thankful for
the promise Of many mansions in the
sky, but the gospel for today demands
better homes below and better men
and women in them. We may contem-
plate with poetical rapture the pearly
gates and golden streets. but they must
not so fill our minds that we have no
thought for the tenement district. Re-
ligion is not thing of the stars but Of
the streets"
This is time for plain speaking"
said DIR. Aked, when asked as to his
reasons for undertaking what some re-
ligious authorities call an attempt to
muck rake" the churches. IF the
churches are not to lose the remnant
Of the influence and respect which
they once commanded they must get
into closer touch with the vital and
practical affairs of life. To attempt to
conceal the decay in the churches is a
ruinous policy that has been followed
long enough. There is no reason for
believers in religion to fall into a panic
but there is urgent necessity for an
oVerhauling of outgrown formulas that
are out of touch with the new ideals
that dominate the world today. Evan
gelicalisn has lasted thru one hun
dred and fifty years, one hundred years
OF triumph and fifty years of gradually
approaching weakness and decay. The
world will not go backward. The
churches must go forward or perish"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

Foley's Honey and Tar affords Inn
mediate relief to asthma sufferers IN
the worst stages and if taken in time
will effect a cure.
Sold by Mcbride & Will.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

representing the United States, Eng
land and France.
The pilgrims have been leaving for
Quebec every day for more than
week Among them are many who
make regular visits, while others are
taking the trip for the first time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

bladdar specialist, and IS wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bripht's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kil,ner's Swamp-R0Ot is not rec
commended for everything but if you have
kidney. liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. 1t has
been rested in SO many ways, IN hospital
work and in private practice, and has
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not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swanp-Root, and how to
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ffty-cent and one =.
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ey Try bottle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

"You might throw it in with the real
estate transfers." caustically suggested
the .old man."-Pittsburg Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

"There have been 585 deaths from
drowning in this country this year.
And the year is blt little more than
half gone The safe ami sane a,ivo-
Gates might turn bit If attention in
this direction" the Des Moines Capital
says.
The Davenport Democrat deprecates
the decline of the county fair, which,
it asserts, serves a purpose that can
not be served by any state exhibition,
no matter how good or great 1t may
be. Continuing, the Democrat says:
lowing to the expense involved and
time required the state fair is seen
by the few and those who live near the
place where it is held. The farmers
with their wives and children do not
go in any number worth counting. The
state fair is coming more and more to
put on the, noise, the tinseE and the
freak features of the circus. The inter-
ests of the farm and home are second
airy. The state loses more than 1t can
possibly gain by the decline of the
county fair"
If the railroads find it as hard to
get the freight rates up as the ship
pers usually find it to get them down
there is little danger of an immediate
general increase, according to the
Sioux City Journal.
1.-THE saloon interests are panic
stricken" says the Webster City Free
man Tribune. Just think Of the sa-
of DUBUQUE and Dayen-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
Pilgrims Visit Ste. Anne de Beaupre.

Inspired by the belief that cure
and that they will experience a spir-
itual revival, fully 400 Chicago peo-
pie are now at the shrine of Ste.
Anne de Beaupre, near Quebec, or are
Fastening there by fast special trains.
Other Illinois and Iowa cities are also
well represented.
For more than $50 years the shrine
Of Ste. Anne de Beaupre has been the
rendezvous of devout people seeking
restoration OF health. Many miracu-
lous cures are reported by those who
have been there, one of the features
Of the place being the immense pile
Of crutches and canes discarded by
crippled and infirm people who found
that they were no longer needed.
In connection with the shrine there
is a "sacred spring." the waters of
which are said to have remarkable
curing properties. The scala santa,
"holy STAIR" which the Jealous sup
plants ascend on their knees, is built
in imitation of Pilates palace at
Jerusalem, each ste containing relics
of the Holy Land.
Every year sees a remarkable in
crease in the number of pilgrims to
this famous place, and this year the
attendance will be something unusual
as the tercentenary celebration of the
founding of Quebec is now being cele-
brated, and will continue until August
j. Most of the tourists have timed
their visit so as to be present at the
festivities.
Among the attractions at Quebec will
be the presence of the Prince of Wales,
$4,000 Canadian soldiers. and war ships
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century
discovered after years
of scientific research
by DIR. Kilner, the
eminent kidney and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
DO = ~ GET UP
WITH A LAME BAcK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
Classified.

There is well known editor who
dislikes nothing more than superfuous
questions.
On one occasion the telegraph editor
approached him with this query:
Here's a story OF a big landslide IN
the west. Under what head shall ! put
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-06

ed States He believes in his own
primary for the selection Of party can
diGates and he is willing to admit that
the Cunmns fellows put thru the
statewide primary He does not need
to he told about corporation contribu
tions 10 campaign funds. and he knows
that the C'uulnins fellows killed the
custom by Law. He endorses the stand
Cummins has taken and the work he
has done in favor OF larger aud more
equitable valuations of railroad prop
erty for taxation He remembers the
disgrace of Gears election when the
old man was lettering on the edge Of
mis- grave. and he has Very little pa
tience with program which demands
the election OF a man so wears old to the
senate for the sole and only purpose
to beat Cummins He wants harmony
in the party, and he believes that cum
minis and his friends have done things
in real and honest reform To deserve
support The upheaval ut Burning
ton and in jefferson county and III
Ringgold county means that there are
more votes for Cummins at the pri-
maries in the reservation than anyone
has yet realized.