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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
COMMONPLACE PATRIOTISM.

Life may be given in many ways
And loyalty to truth be sealed as
bravely in the closet as the field,
So generous is fate
Not the grandeur of the opportunity,
not the deed itself, but the motive that
actuates it is the measure of loyalty 70
our country. Not that the service may
be new or striking or spectacular but
that it is service. offered and given in
truth and loyalty is the test of service
Not only Carroll of Carrollton, speci-
tying his residence that he might If 1t
came to hanging, suffer with others
who signed the declaration in the face
of the scorcfing anger of kings: not
alone Washington leading the forlorn
hope Of liberty or Sergeant Jasper leap
ing out Of the embrasure of the
palmetto fort to fix again the flag on
t he rampant; not Phillips pleading
for the slave in the east or Loveioy
dying in the streets of a western CITY
at the hands of enraged ant-abol-
itfpniSs; not Lincoln bearing the bur
den Of nations grief and travail nor
Grant and Sherman crushing rebellion
in the wilderness OR fanking the
armies of revolt at Resaca; not these
alone because their opportunity was
great, are the greater and truer
patriots but every man AND woman
who have been true to the new dem
ocracy, to the spirit Of freedom, who
have been faithful in the home and
the market places to the best that is
in them, have lived up to the true
measure of loyalty. A yard is a yard
whether we measure silk or fustian.
When all Is said and done the core Of
loyalty to country is the heart of the
individual and the hope of the coun-
try that the hearts Of the humble may
beat true and strong for the prirci-
piles that collectively keep a flag in
the sun and country on the map of the
alemispheres. We need not peer be-
meath the smoke that pals a battle
field for loyalty splendid as any ever
Displayed All the heroes have NOT
blood on their hauds or titles Of honor
TO their names.
An old man passes BY day after.day
to the work he has Aosdo. All his. life
no has worked and won a living for
himself and others, has aided helpless
ness AZ best he. might and kept the
faith Of human brotherhood None have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
Senator Bailey and Parcels Post.

lNdtlonal Hardware Bulletin
Even If carrying merchandise were
not wholly aside from the true function
CT government, the present system Of
charges would be utterly indefensible
The present arrangement requires
citizen of Texas to pay just as much
on a package carried from Fort Worth
to Ector as another citizen would be
compelled to pay on another package of
identically the same kind of goods and
Of precisely the same weight when car
ried from New York to Ector. OBJ
viously. 1t is not fair to carry pack
age of the same goods and of the same
weight 1000 miles for exactly the same
charge as is asked for less than 10
miles. This inequality in the charge
Will. of course. operate against our
Texas neighbors and in favor Of the
cities located in other states.
Another, and to my mind, most i'm
portant practical argument against this
parcel post bill, is that the government
now carries all of it's heavy mail matter
at a loss and II Is more than f1asoa-
ably certain that an extension of the
heavy mail business would entail a
much larger loss. You doubtless know
that the 1etter-carrying business of The
postiffice system not only pays its own
expenses, but yields very consider
able profit. This letter-carrying profit,
however, is completely absorbed by the
losses on other classes of mail, and
there Is still large deficiency between
the postal expenses and the postal
revenues which the taxpayers of the
country are required to supply. have
never been able to believe that this
government ought to carry any mans
mail or merchandise for less than cost
and then compel all the people to con-
tribute from their earnings to make up
the loss which it has incurred while
serving special people. I am sure you
will thoroughly agree with me in this
bopifiion.
Some Of my friends. in urging. me to
support this parcel post bill, have In
sisted that some such measure is nee.
.essary to protect the people against the
exhorbitant charges Of the express
companies, but this argument can moi
l.possess much force under the law as II
now stands. because express charge.
are subjected TO the equation Of the
i1nterstate comnexce commission. ]
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
Sore Ninnl...

Any mother who has had experience
with this distressing ailment will be
pleased to know that cure may be
effected by applying Chamberlain's
Salve as soon as the child is done nurs-
ing. Wipe it off with soft cloth be-
fore allowing the babe to nurse Many
trained nurses use this salve with best
results. For sale by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

prepared and offered the amendment
which conferred upon the interstate
commerce commission the power to
regulate express charges, and have
an abiding confidence that the extor-
ton which has heretofore been prac-
ticed by those companies upon the peo-
pie must Soon some to an end, and that
end must come without any very great
delay If the interstate commerce COM
mission does its duty, as am sure 1t
will.
Sincerely regretting that am not
able to view this question in the same
light as many Of my constituents, am
very truly your. ]. w. BAILEY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
rhe Gentleman.

There are men and women VIII.
pride themselves upon their gruffness
and though they may possess virtue
their manners make them intolerable
The finest gentleman that eveI
oreathed was the model man of MAJ
areth. And If Christianity has nj
higher recommendation, Hare's state
ment in "Guesses of Truth" 9TH,
Christian is God Almighty's gentle
man." that alone makes it an inva1u
able element In society.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
1urpontine.

Turpentine, in india, is derived from
the chr, or long-leaf pine, which very
much resembles the American long
leaf pine. from which the main supply
OF turpentine Of the world is derived
and which is rapidly disappearing
This tree occurs In different parts OF
the Himalayas, at elevations Of from
$500 feet to 1000 feet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
Topics of the Times

Another trial will be made to raise
$4,000 for an Allison monument. The
reason the $4,000 Is not Forthcoming
is not because the state 1niuainizes in
any way the service of the senator but
because the average Iowan feels that
a monument Is not needed either by
the senator or the public. 1t may be re-
called that even the Washington monu-
ment languished along for years. The
true monument Of every MAO w.o de-
serve one is the record of service not
as cut on a panel but as 1t bears on
the future
Just why the middle west should be
afflicted with Chauncey NJ. Depews
speeches, taken from the Congressional
Record and franked thru the mails
is something no fellow can find out"
One of the last men the west wants
to hear from on any subject, since
Plat was eliminated is Chauncey. We
are simply waiting for him to get out
the way and waiting only because we
can't dump him Immediately.
The meeting Of the bar association
developed that lawyer can deliver an
excellent opinion without fee upon oc-
casion.
The railroads operating in the west
have announced g modification Of one
rule in regard to freight matters that
will interest every person shipping live
stock to state or local fairs or ex-
positions. The rule as changed will
give to sucn shippers the right right &c send
free with the shipment such blankets
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
Advice Welcomed.

you won't mind If write you a
letter now and then and tell you how
to run your paper?" NO" answered
the editor of the Oatville Clarion;
mot if you'll be sure and subscribe.
so that you can see whether am
following Instructions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
THE LODGES.
II MASONIC NOTICES.

XIvisitors always welcome.
N\Hal over 1861 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 10s A. r. q A.
m, will meet at Masonic hall Tuesday
afternoon 1880, for the purpose OF at
tending the funeral Of our late brother
J. n, Mineah. II. G. Hoeck, w. M.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. 80, r. A. M.
Special convocation Monday, June 2s.
in the NJ. NJ. degree. g. H. Boggie, H. p.
I. s. Willard. Secy.
I KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. & g.
M.-Stated assembly Monday, July 10,
3 p. M,
A. D. Mesker. T. I. N.
4. T. Forbes. Rec
ST. ALDEMAR CoM1dANDERY,
No. 80, K. T.-Sir knights YOU are re-
quested to meet at the asylum Tues
day afternoon, June 20 at i: 30 sharp, to
attend the funeral of the late Sir
knight J. H. Mineah, full uniform.
f. M. Wilbur, E. q.
Fred Wallace, Recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. j..
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday, July
IA, at 8 p. M
Mrs. Geo. Downing, ". u.
Edna c. Fularton. secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

To the Odebolt Chronicle 'It ap-
pears that when a majority of the
electors of this country thought they
were voting for Taft in November last
they were mistaken. They voted for
Nelson w. Aldrich, of Rhode Island;
and they cast their ballots for a
mighty smart man, too. Height, weight
and previous reputation cut no figure
with Aldrich: his hypnotic power has
beeen completely demonstrated"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

"I'm surprised that you should DO
SO interested in watching those silly
dudes" Force Of habit, I guess. I'm
president Of real estate improve.
mont cc-apa1y" "Well?" well.
they're a vacant lot"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
A Cruel Mistake

Is to neglect cold or cough. Dr.
Kings New Discovery cures them and
prevents consumption. so cents and 81.
Mcbride & Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
The Shirt Of the l.aw

The Spirit Of the law.
Judge-You are charged with being
the leader Of an organized band %
pickpockets. Prisoner-Well. yer'll
have to impose fine on de corpora
ton den, yer know; yer cant punisk
me personally,-Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

IF Cummins and Dolliver and Fa-
Toilette are democrats then the Topic
is willing to be classed along in the
same rank. but We don't want TO be
mixed up with that bunch of nineteen
democrats that voted With Aldrich and
men of his stamp" declares the IT,
tonka Topic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
Most Good n Foi.on

to the dyspeptic. Electric Bitters cure
dyspepsia, liver and kidney complaints
and debility. Price 50 cents. Nc
Bride G. Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

Noting that Major Lacey thinks the
sentiment of the voters of Iowa is not
behind Senators Dolliver and Cummins
in the tariff fight, the LeMars Sentinel
suggests that "the majors inability to
accurately judge Iowa sentiment no
doubt has something to do with his
being private citizen these days.
The major will hardly qualify as an
authority ON what legislation the peo-
pie want today"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

when Teddy Roosevelt comes
marching home from darkest Africa
he will be greeted by a demand from
ocean to ocean 70 get into the politi-
cal game in person instead of by
proxy" predicts the Knoxville Jour
nal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

The Spirit Lake Beacon says: "This
paper is not fercely in favor of an
income tax Unless the work of tariff
revision shall seriously reduce our
revenues is not necessary to get a
searchiight to discover new ways of
raising taxes. But the income tax is
infinitely fairer and better iii its ap-
plication to real revenue needs when
they exist than the corporation tax
proposed by the president. That propo-
sition from the White House looks a
little like a political backhre."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

Honest banks and bankers could
strengthen themselves immeasurably
with the people il they would make
1t part of their business to see that
bank wreckers are given a punishment
commensurate with their crimes" says
the Belle PLANE Union.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

To the Hampton Chronicle TT looks
as tho Senator Dolliver might be the
logical successor to President Taft He
will certainly be strong candidate. .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

"a good Benton county farmer told
'us the other day that he brought in
three hogs and got s75 Talk about
automobiles!" exclaims the Vinton
Eagle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28

Anyhow Cummins made Aldrich
boiler for help says the Manchester
News. and inquiries: "What has be-
come of that fellow who voted for
Lacey because Cumnins would re-
quire years to become of any account
in the senate?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
Riaht In His Line.

C0Us 17OW11skBs VVs q
Edna c. Fularton. secy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08

women and children. The white popula- tion of the free states. all loyal. was 19, 7S0,OO9, to which may be added 2,569, 533 whites of the southern loyal states, and that exclusive of West Virginia and east Tennessee, both intensely loyal, and. east ita to the federal army, notwithstanding it had large contingent in the Confed- crate ranks, than any state of the north contributed to that cause.
 General Thurston estimates that the four states of North Carolina, Tennessee. Alabama and Mississippi furnished the Confederate armies with recruits to the number of 427,000. Very well; but these states contained 23 of every 5s whites of the seeding states. The General speaks of "the large state of Texas" In 1860 there were only 421,294 whites of both sexes and all ages in Texas.
 General Thurston makes the following point
 '.The state of Ohio, with a population in 1860 of about one-third of the popula- ton of the seceding states, according to her official reports. enlisted over 313,0O0 soldiers for long and short terms to main- tain the integrity of the union. According to the census Indiana sent over "A per cent of her men of military age into the war. Can the Il seeding states afford to admit that Ohio and Indiana were more patriotic than the south, and that their sons enlisted in much larger proportion than the men of the south who were re-
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dous agencies, licked a crazy king and a sycophantic ministry. That is all there was to the fighting of the Revolution, and it is all a piece of ridiculous poppy cock when you reduce it to it's logical significance, about
 ''The old Continentals,
 With their ragged regimentals-' Yet they were brave and intrepid sol- diers but they had an enormous deal of help.
 And, speaking of invasion, l can point to 100 wars in which victory inclined to the invaders. where General Thurston will show me one where it favored the defender. Joshua, the first of the great captains, invaded. So did Jeptha. So did Judas Maccabee. So did Ghengis Khan, and Tamerlane. So did that Amurath, Bajazet, Muhammed, Selim, Solyman- these men with eyes of fire, nerves of steel and hearts of oak, who carried the crescent to the upper Danube, and held Spain in subjection for 400 years-they in vaded.
 Alexander, Hannibal. Caesar and Napo- leon-every last mothers son of them an invader. Belisarius and Narses were al ways aggressors. Read Plutarch and Gibbon. Read Hume. and number Crecy and Poictiers as victories of an invader, and so was Azlncourt How about Maril- borough and Eugene in the rear of the Spanish succession? How about Gusta vus and Adolphus? How about Farnese7 How about Sherman, whose march to the sea, 60 miles wide, could be traced by chimneys the remains of burned man.
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sisting the lso-calledD invasion of their homes and firesldes? I think not"
 Very well. Let us put 1t at that. Can the General pronounce unmingled eulogy on a population of 22. 36e 544 loyal whites, who. according to his figures, sent out 170O,Uv0 men 10 fight for their principles, while if he be correct, the seeding states, with only 5.s7o,7O6 whites, sent 1200,OOo to fight for their principles? Is not the use of the word patriotic" some what incongruous, if not unfortunate, in the foregoing extract I quote? And that is not all, nor the half of 1t.
 As per this A most respectable au- thority, MT. c. c. Lee of this goodly town of Washington, estimates that very nearly half milton soldiers of the northern army were recruited from Eu- rope, and there Is not the least doubt in the world that one of the federal army corps Stonewall Jackson swept of the field at Charlottesville was composed entire, rank and file. of men who could not speak a word of English. So let us say that only 100000 English, Irish and German "Iessians'' were in the federal army, that reduces General Thurston's Americans who sprang to save the union to 15vo, ,000 of whom 1S6.017 were negroes, recruited from the south. Thus 19, 436.267 whites of the free states, and 2,5S9,533 whites of the loyal southern states sent out 114,0O0 men to defend our glorious flag Absurd. I say that for emphasis only, for General Thurston is manifestly
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a gentleman and entitled to courteous dis cusslon. Read the pension roll.
 The General says that the loyal south ern states sent from 9O,00O to 100000 sol diers to recruit the Confederate armies, and while that is an exaggeration of at least ene-fourth. in the cause of accuracy he should have subtraeted from the num- Der the 40,00o white Tennesseans and the many thousand white West Virginians who joined the federal ranks. Nor is that all The federal occupation of south ern states early in the war, especially Tennessee, parts of Virginia and parts of Louisiana. greatly hampered the work of enlistments in the southern army, The General seems to think that 1t was as easy to establish a Confederate recruiting station in West Tennessee. when it was occupied by the federals, as it was to open A recruiting office in Zanesville. O., or Springfield, III. That Is why his levy en masse at the south proposition will not go down.
 And again, General Thurston makes a stupendous mistake in saying that the north was at disadvantage as the in- yader. He cites our war for independ- ence, which resulted in our favor from many causes, chief of them the vital fact that big majority of the British people, led by Chatham, Burke and Conway, were on our side and glad of our ultimate triumph France, the then first military nation on earth, fought for us. So did Spain, and even Holland in way. Our fathers, with the help of these tremen-
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had not the power. by the exertion of his own energies, for the improvement both of himself and of his outward cir cumstanees, to do for himself and other creature vastly more than God had in the first instance done, the Being who called him into existence would deserve something very different from thanks at his hands" Now, MT. Mill knew that Christian tn eists hold that these energies and capacities for tm- provement are Gods gifts to man. He even admits that this may be so,' and he Is arguing against the doctrine of Gods omnipotence. Of course he re- jects the doctrine of the fall of man. and he assumes that we are reduced to the necessity of believing that God could not create anything better than an ignorant, brutal selfish savage, but could endow such savage with the power of raising himself into a New ton or a Fenelon. As I have never known any theist who held such view as this, I think it useless to go into an ydiscussion of it.
 On page 191 the author holds that,
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A BUDDHIST SERMON-By H. S. w., M D.

ment. Why not let the Asiatics alone and permit them to pray to whatever gods they please? They worshiped graven images thousands of years be- fore Christ came on earth.
 I would like to see a moving picture of what would happen to a Chinese mis- sionary who would bring an idol to this country and ask the Christian Ameri- cans to bow down and worship it. He would last about as long as snowball would last in IIades.. Can any one blame them for taking exceptions to Christian missionaries preaching to them what they believe a false doctrine? Buddha and Confucius preached their religious doctrines to the peoples of the respective countries in which they lived thousands of years before our Savior came. Rome. Greece, Italy and several other nations worshiped what the Christians now call pagan gods, ages and ages before the Christian era.
 I won attempt to give the date of the creation of the earth, but according to our most authentic histories, man first appeared upon this globe 1000 years ago. This is in all probability erroneous Qy- mans historical chart gives date of ere ation 4S00 B. @. as there have been found in the pyramlds of Egypt tablets of granite that contain engravings of events that happened 12,000 year ago. when that glorious civilization, un- doubtedly the greatest and most enlight- ened the world has ever known or prob ably ever will know. when Egypt was populated with teeming millions of peo- pie, they worshiped what we call pagan gods of course, Christ not having come, these people had no means of knowing about God, or heaven or hell. If 1t Is true that a person must be Christian in order to enter the pearly gates of heaven. then hell must be very densely populated. If it Is true that person who has never had the opportunity to accept the faith of Christianity will not be damned, that on account of their ig- norance of Christ and his teachings they will be given complimentary pass to glory why should we take the trouble to sail over the seas and pound into them the ten commandments?
 Is there Christian man or woman on earth today who obeys them? Who has not broken commandment number tep that tells us we shall not covet? We should practice what we preach before we attempt to teach others the faith that we profess.
 Would it not be well for us to take the
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LINE 12 of this year was printed a
 letter that I writ that contained A a sentiment like this: Tt took 2S federals four years with $100 to lick six Confederates with $5." It was tre- mendous blunder on my part. The money disparity was immensely greater-on the average of $500 to $1-and it takes money to wage war, defensive as well as of fensive. Napoleon Bonaparte, who was suspected of knowing something about it. said that an army moved on it's belly that is, 1t must have food to march or fight The great Englishman. Pulteny, said the same of political party, and the late Mark Hanna's career vindieates him. And in the matter of food and clothing the Tanks had it on the Rebs as 1000 to 1, and when 1t came to arma- ment, the inequality was simply fright ful.
 About month ago I received a most courteous letter from Gen. G. P. Thurs ton, a gallant soldier who wore the blue, and accompanying it was a pamphlet he is the author of, challenging the southern opinion that the disparity of numbers was what I stated, as 2S to six. He con- tends it was F to 10 or 12. The general is a stout advocate, and makes out what would be a strong case if he did not flank, or ignore, certain matters and things which I am now about to call his attention to.
 In 1860 the white population of the Il seceding states numbered 5,S707O6 men,