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Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

Senator Aldrich "bent one over" To
bend one over is to put something
crooked across the plate.
A cent gallon on gasolene affords
plenty of excuse for ten million do
nation.
pension of $3.50 a week has been
granted by the English government to
each of three grandchildren of Charles
Dickens. That's the trouble with the
anything they simply want to spend
all the money at once
The Sioux City Journal keeps up a
constant fire upon the Iowa insurgent
! delegation. The Journal reminds of the
! fable of the fox and the hen. Stopping
beneath the perch the fox informed the
hen that universal peace had been de-
clared and war existed no longer be-
tween any denizens of earth or air.
The hen was almost persuaded to ac-
cept his invitation to come down from
the perch and mingle with him in
joyful ratification when hounds were
heard in the distance and the fox
started on run. The hen urged him
to wait and meet the dogs but the fox
replied over galloping shoulder:
Not for mine. That's likely to be
, stray hound who hasn't heard the war
is over" The story is old but like most
old stories, applicable Isn't it time the
Sioux City Journal ceased playing
stray?
Cedar Rapids has a piano player who
played without ceasing in a public
place for % hours, 3S minutes and 16
seconds. The complaints Of the Re-
publican against the effectiveness of
the Cedar Rapids police seem to be
pretty we'll justified.
| With hogs at the present price it
| looks easier to feed hogs high priced
corn than to buy pork steaks for hum
an consumption.
Young readers of the August st.
Nicholas are fortunate in having repro
duced for them two Of Mr.. FrShk w.
Benson's paintings-"A Calm Morning"
and his Portrait of My Daughters
with sympathetic appreciation of his
work, given anonymously. The stories
and pictures and rhymes and sketches
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
NOT "pIKEs" BUT HIGHWAYS,

The state of Pennsylvania appropri-
ated $4,000, 900, to be spent during the
next two years in the construction of
q good road from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg and on TO the Ohio state line.
The distance TO be about $50 mile,
$4,000.
This plan of road building may fur
nish an excellent object lesson to those
who see it, make an excellent speedway
for automobile tourists and be of much
benefit to those Immediately tributary
to the proposed highway but it doesn't
look good as regards the greater good
of the greater number. 1t isn't ques-
tion of single highway $50 miles long
across the state but of good roads all
over the state whereon farmers may
bring their products to market.
PENNSYLVANIA gravitates naturally and
historically to turnpkes. Remnants of
her famous toll roads vet remain, roads
that extended from and between market
centers and over which six horse
teams hauled the big Dutch" wagons
loaded with supplies for the interior
merchants. These roads were arteries
of commerce and travel. They gave the
distinctive name "pikers' to the resi-
dents along the turnpike roads. Farm
hands who came west in droves twenty
years ago from southeastern Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland were known under
that generic grouping. They We're all
''pikers." They located their homes as
on the "Baltmer and Ohio pike, three
miles from the big red barn." or per-
haps in "Washin'ton county, Murland,
miles from the corner where the
man was killed. To them the Bait
mer and Ohio Pike" was the decimal
point whence all things multiplied or
diminished. 1t had been the trunk
line of such commerce as their fathers
knew.
But that is all over. When one can
not get more than ten miles away from
a railroad in Iowa trunk line turnpikes
"don't belong" County roads are diff
ferent however, the townships are all
in all the better unit were it not that
counties will appropriate money for
large uses where townships dodge the
question. If Pennsylvania 100000
had been scattered over the state in aid
of counties and townships which are
sufficiently alive to recognize the need
of good roads, results might be i'm
mediatey expected. If Iowa would
pass good law, appropriate a goodly
sum and encourage the building of good
roads we would have thousands of miles
of splendid highways within a decade.
1T isn't a question of single road but
of good roads, of an autoist's boule-
ward, but of transportation of grain.
hogs and coal between the markets and
farms.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
of the number are all that the offerings
of midsummer holiday number ought
to be.

of the number are all that the offerings
of a midsummer holiday number ought
to be.
Rockefeller's ten million is a magni-
f1cient donation but it is like hand
some automobile. 1t smells Of gasoline
to the man ON foot.
The Indiana supreme court deciding
that townships can not be compelled to
supply conveyances to carry children
to school, argues that 1t is better for
the health of the pupils to walk some
distance in the open air than to be
carried, usually in closely covered car
riages or buses.
1t has been reserved for the Ameri-
can suffragettes at New York to or
iginate some novel methods of sum-
mer campaigning. During the week two
militant leaders have invaded the bus
mess section of the city with a street
piano or hurdy-gurdy to attract at
tention to the literature which they
Wished to distribute, and a tambourine
in which to collect pennies. Down in
Wall street the women agitators met
with hostile reception and were
compelled to retire, probably because
nobody except the sharks is permitted
to take a penny out Of Wall street.
The internal revenue bureau has
dropped from its rolls seventeen in
spectors and four agents employed in
the denatured alcohol section of the
service because no longer needed. Ex-
pectations of the department of agr-
culture that the denatured article
would rapidly supplant gasoline as
motive power for small farm engines
are said to have been realized, first,
because the engines in use are not
easily adapted to alcohol and second,
owing to the high cost of producing
the alcohol by present methods New
ertheless. progress in the use of de-
natured alcohol has been made, notably
in the manufacture Of celluloid, ether,
gunpowder, for fuel and light and as
solvent for paints and varnishes. The
total production in this country last
year was 100000 gallons of the de-
natured article as compared with g.
321, ,451 gallons the wear before that
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
THE MATRIMONIAL BUCKET SHOP.

A fellow has lately been captured
and sentenced TO seven years in Cali
forina penitentiary whose career as
bigamist for business purposes
astounds while it terrifes. In the past
thirteen years, since he left off horse
buying and went into the bigamy busi-
ness he has married list of women Of
whom he recalls but eighteen or twenty
the course of an extremely busy life
one is apt to forget incidents and
matrimony was an incident to Mr.
Madison. He married as he bonght
horses quickly, deciding with prompti-
tude and closing the bargain after brief
examination. He didn't look at the
teeth for he was not highly particular
as to age. He sought no scars of 'tfir-
ing" Spavins and ring bones inter-
to knee action" nor gave whoop for
"wire marks" To "heaves' or wolf
teeth" "lampas" or thoroughpin he
paid no attention. Disposition and con-
formation and gait he passed by.
If she had valuable jewelry or money
he took her as she stood Of the long
list of women he married of plain
purpose to rob he says he did not fail
in single instance to get money or
its equivalent In gems and jewelry.
They gave up and Mr.. Matson flew
the coop with the proceeds to seek new
fields and further pickings.
How did he do 1t? Easy, easy! It was
thesameoldgame that thegrafter works
when he wraps soap in twenty dollar
bills and sells the box for a five dollar
bill. He appealed to Che bargain in
stinct in woman. He was rich beyond
the dreams Of avarice but lonely. He
sighed for some one to love. Back on
the coast his marble palaces lacked the
sweet presence ofswoman. He wanted
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
RocKEFELLER's BEST DEED.
Joined Cleveland Sunday School Fifty
six Years Ago, Says Oil King.

Joined Cleveland Sunday School Fifty.
six Years Ago, Says Oil King.
'"The best thing l ever did in my
life," said John d. Rockefeller the
other day Of his entry into the Sum
day school Of the Euclid Avenue Bap-
tist church in Cleveland fifty-six years
ago. BE was speaking to the school
on his first appearance Of the year.
II came to Cleveland to board and
go to school when was fourteen,
fifty-six years ago." Mr.. Rockefeller
told the school. "My landlady In the
old house on Erie street invited me to
this Sunday school. She told me old
Deacon sked had a class Of boys /
would like. came and have thanked
God ever since. It was the beginnipg Of
my life in Sunday school and church
and was the best thing ever did.
It has given me q life OF content and
happiness.
TT did me more good than anything
else in my life, and want you to know
It and to stay in Sunday school, O. I
have done.'
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
A JUST CRITICISM.


Hon. John Cownie Of the state board
of control, seems to be much incensed
at certain comments concerning the
State Industrial school for boys.
located at this place.
There has been criticism, not in re-
gard to its management by the super
intendent or his assistants, but in re-
gard to the placing Of very young
boys in the institution. The criticism
has been made that boys have been
placed there simply because they had
no home, or at least any proper one,
boys of 6, Z, 8 and 9 years of age and
the criticism is just Boys of that age
have no business in such an institn-
ton. They should not be placed
where they come in contact with older
boys, those who have been placed
there because they are incorrigible or
because of some grave crime. Of
course all endeavor is made to keep the
different squads Of boys separated, but
that is impossible in an entire degree,
and it is apparent at once that the eff
feet of the older and more hardened
boys over the younger and impression
able ones is not at all healthy.
Even in the event that there is no
possible contact between the different
ages, it is often a handicap upon a
boys future and sometimes embar-
RAISING to have it matter of knowl-
edge that he was an Industrial school
lad, even in the face of such injustice
and regardles of the fact that many
boys go from the school into lives OF
usefulness and the utmost integrity.
There are two distinct classes nj
boys at the institution; those who are
candidates for the penitentiary in later
life, unless they are bothered by life at
the institution, and those who having
no appropriate home are sent to the
school during their tender years be-
cause there is no other place for them
to go. ia
There is every chance for the boys
to make men of themselves at the In
dustrial school and to learn valuable
trades. It all depends upon their de-
sires and in that respect boys are the
same the world over, altho some
are handicapped by l1eredtty and early
environment
No amount of argument can per-
suade US that the files OF little fellows
at the school are flied by incorrigIble
boys, at the ages Of from to 10 years
There may be exceptions. but the
majority Of them should be In q DIFF
ferently prepared institution.
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THE LODGES.
MASONIC NorIcEa

4 MASONIC NOTICES.
xXvisitors always welcome
NNHall over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 10s A. r. d a.
M, regular Communication Friday ev-
enmg, July 16, s o'clock p. m. g. Hoeck,
W. M. M. H. s. Lawrence, Sec'y.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. rs, r.. A. M.
Stated convocation Monday, July 10.
q. II. Boggie, H. P.
L s. Mlllard, secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. & g.
M.-stated assembly Monday, July 10.
8 p. m.
A. d. Mesker. 7. I. NJ.
L r. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoMMANDERY NO.
30 K. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday ev-
ening, July 20, at o'clock sharp.
r. M. Wilbur, p. G.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o. =.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday, July
IA, at p. m.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. W. u.
Edna G. Fularton. secy.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
"GuEss YOUR SILHOUETTE
Washington Society Woman Evolve,
New Game For Summer.

Washington Society Woman Evolves
New Game For Summer.
To while away the torrid days Of
June a Washington society woman
evolved an amusing pastime. Gather
ing together a half score photographs
Of her smartest friends, she had one
Of the Corcoran Art students "do'' the
profles In silhouette. At one Of the
functions the shadow pictures were
brought out and a general guessing
contest instituted.
Not girl in the crowd made hit
on her own picture, though almost
everybody landed right on the first
guess In the cases Of Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, Miss Helen Cannon, Miss
Anna Ewing Cockreli, Miss Trederica
Morgan, Miss Eleanor Terry and the
pretty little Countess Luise Alexandra
Won Bernstor&.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
The Counting Man.

William Vaughn Moody in August ST
Nicholas.l
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo,
Cracka feeny, fney, fo;
Omma MOCHA, oppa tooja,
Rick, bick, ban, do!
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo,
All the children in row.
Cracka feeny, who is he.
Counting out so solemnly?
III.
Eeny, meeny, look how tall,
Like a shadow on the wall!
When did he come down the street
Muffled up from head to feet?
".
Listen! Don't you hear the shiny
Shadow man count meeny- -miney?
Hush! when all the counting's done
Maybe l might be The One!
".
Cracka feeny, f1ney, 70;
Watch his shining fingers go!
He can see enough to play,
Tho he hides his face away.
vi.
Oppa tooja, rick, bick, ban,
o the solemn Counting Man!
Forty-'leven from the top
Now where will his finger stop?
Eeny. meeny, miney, mo.
Cracka feeny, finey TO;
OmmaS nooja, oppa tooja,
Rick, bick, ban, do!
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
SHIP LEAK DETEcToR.

Oevteo That Gives Warning - Soon as
Danger Appears.
Captain Joseph B. Williams Of Pitts
burg has completed an instrument
which sounds an alarm when ship
springs leak, and the United States
has become interested. s
The detector consists Of q metal foot
ON which rests hollow cylinder to be
placed at the point IN the hold Of q
vessel where water might enter and
nror&- q AAnger.ie.Aet iaxtaa1y.detect-
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
RELICS OF STONE AGE IN IOWA

Howard County Times
Attorney B. N. Hendricks is quite
positive that he has in his possession
prehistoric find: in fact several of
them, and already a specimen is on it's
way to the Smithsonian Institute TO
ascertain if possible the period Of its
formation He was walking along the
head waters of the Wapsie in Howard
county and his eyes lit on a stone that
at once caught his attention. He hap
pened to be an Indian relic ffend and
he at once realized that he had some-
thing of value-an ak or a lance head
of flint. He searched around and found
another and then it was that he re-
turned to Riceville, secured a spade
and some help and returned. At a depth
of less than two feet he ran across
thirty-one pieces identical to the one he
first found. They were fine specimens.
one as large as mans hand and splen-
didly shaped. 1t is believed that they
were shaped by prehistoric man dur
ing the rough stone age, and this was a
workshop in village that fourished on
the banks OF this picturesque river. A
great deal of interest has been taken in
the find by the people of Riceville.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

Immense Prehistoric Animal.
AT Yale university there is a skull
OF prehistoric animal which meas.
ures feet long and 8 feet broad.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

A number Of important schedules
which have been changed by the SEN
ate are SO complicated as to defy any
representation of the changes in tab
ular form, and, indeed, in a number
Of instances even the experts disagree
as to the effect. For instance:
The silk schedule has been complete
ly rewritten, ad valorem duties being
changed to specific. Mr.. Aldrich is
authority for the statement that the
changes in the schedules constitute no
increase.
The cotton schedule has been changed
from ad valorem to specific duties.
Mr.. Aldrich maintains that there is
no increase over the intent of the
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

"a tax on incomes is coming" de-
clares the Traer Star Clipper. This
week the senate by unanimous vote
passed the resolution providing for the
submission to the several state of a
constitutional amendment permitting
it. The house will accept the resolu-
ton. The rich will make hard fight
to prevent two-thirds of the states
from ratifying the plan, but it will
come. The proposed tax on net earn
ings of corporations is only for tenn
porary needs. The income tax will be
a permanent fixture"
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
And So Many po

And So Many %.
"Dar ain no doubt" said Uncle
Eben, "dat money does mo- harm dan
good to man dat regards It simply
as q license to git proud an foolish"
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
10. THE POOR FARMER.
LGrenf1eld Transcript

Here's to the poor farmer. How
can he have merry time when he
has nothing to live in but fine big
house; nothing to shelter his tired
horses but a good barn; nothing to
eat except everything that grows out
of the ground or can be bought at
the stores; no way to get his mail
except having it brought to him
every day by smiling mail carriers
who are already wearing Uncle
Sans uniforms with shining brass
buttons; no way to get to town but
with a rubber tired buggy or auto;
no way to make money but by SELL
ing so cent corn. 81 hogs, 35 cent but
ter, 81 cent eggs and have his farm
double in price once in a while? Well,
just do up your chores early on July
8, and come to Fontanelle. Your corn
will grow right along, everything will
take care of itself and we feel sure you
will have merry time.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Knoxville Journal notes that
Senator Cummins has knocked into
cooked hat the idea that new man In
congress can not do anything" and
predicts Judge Prouty will complete
the demonstration in the next con-
gress"
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
seeeeeeooeoeoeeeoeeoeooeoo

ed. This pipe is continued to the
bridge, ptlothouse or other point where
an officer is on duty. It ends in
a brass bowl, In the center Of which
is diaphragm constructed Of metal
and SO thin as to be susceptible to the
slightest pressure and SO constructed
as to be air tight.
Resting on this diaphragm is a pis-
ton that projects through the top Of
the bowl, where It may come in con-
tact with metallic lips at each side.
Over all of this is an electric battery,
and on top of the battery is a bell.
When the water enters the cylinder
down in the hold it drives air through
the tube to the diaphragm. which In
stantly expands and, lifting the piston,
brings It in contact with the metallic
lips. This causes the alarm gong to
sound.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

Dingley law, but many others insist
there is.
The wool schedule has been subject
ed to series Of increases over the
Payne bill, the Dingley rates being re-
stored, but it is so complicated that
it is impossible to express them in
terms the uninitiated can understand.
The glove and stocking paragraphs,
materially increased by the house,
have been lowered by the senate, the
Dingley rates being restored.
Common window glass has been re-
duced by the senate.
Pineapples have been greatly in
creased by the senate.-Wash. Cor.
New York Tribune.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

mo good republican is sorry that he
didn't vote for Bryan; but millions of
them will never again vote for Taft"
is the way the Odebolt Chronicle puts
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
Iona Newspapers
ANOTHER CASE?
rCoo.o%1~ To,,~,ol 4

Lafe Young keeps writing and talk.
ing about the free trade republicans in
this state. He makes them as numer-
GUS as dog fennel in June. He might
disturb some people were it not for the
fact that Impeachment proceedings
nave been instituted against him by
the Ananias club for trying to monopo-
lie the entire business of the club.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
Corporation Tax substi-
tuted For Inheritance Tax.
The President Is Enpow-
cred to Create a Tariff
Commission. ~ q

sion Of the house bill is SO changed
that the maximum rates become the
normal. the minimum to be granted as
concession, thus eliminating the re.
taliatory features.
Provision is made for a special Gus
toms court.
A material increase is made in the
internal revenue tax on tobacco, which,
1t is estimated, will increase the rev.
enue from this source NV 90 2O0 0O0
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

Where Fiorlda Lsads.
The finest lead pencil cedar cOmee
from Flerida. NJ l
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
Senate's Changes In tile Tariff Bill
Rstes Compared With Those
Of the House Measure and
the Dinsley Law - Provi-
sion Made For q Special
Customs Court. - q

~HE following are a number Of
the more important changes
which the senate has made In
the tariff bill as passed by tho
house, together with the rates under
the existing law:
The corporation tax has been sub
stituted for the Inheritance tax.
Provision is made for a tariff COM
mission to be created by the president.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

The Hampton Chronicle says Lacey
formerly was statesman. Now he is
sorehead"
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

"Those six little New England states
are running things in this congress-"
declares the Scranton Journal Sen
ator Aldrich, of the little 7x9 state
of Abode Island, is the ruling spirit in
the game. The west is forced to take
back seat"
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

"1f Taft would only turn that golf
club into big stick what possibili-
ties for good might be behind it when
backed up by 300 pounds of avoirdu-
pois," suggests the Parkersburg Eclipse.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

"The Iowa senator's will return in a
short time. and they will not need to
feel ashamed Of what they have been
doing, either" asserts the Dows Ad-
vocate.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14
Topics of the Times

Senator Aldrich "bent one over" To
bend one over" is to put something
crooked across the plate.
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

[William Vaughn Moody in August ST
Nicholas.l
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

mo man of sense begrudges the
wealthy man the wealth by which he
can live on a five per cent income and
does it," says the Thompson Courier.
To honorably reach that position is a
worthy ambition. 1t is the twenty-five
and fifty and hundred per cent fellows
we insurgents object to-"
Evening times-Republican., 1909-07-14

ITO say that Governor Cummins is
stronger now in Iowa that ever before
is not overstating the truth" says the
Dubuque Telegraph dem "He
has won to his side former opponents
who have come to see the force of right
in many of mis- contentious"