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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
COURTS, NOT HIppoDRomEs.

Some lawsuits deserve to be laughed
out Of court, some ito be thrown out,
btut when business men and official
authorities bring cases into court in Il
dispute that the average father nj Il
10-year-old boy would spank him for
engaging in. then such cases should be
kicked out. The courts are not for the
purpose of settling petty squabbles.
An Iowa city rs defendant In one of
these suits. 1t appears that the city
owed some person certain moneys and
when the obligation fell due placed the
money to meet it in a, bank convenient
to the creditor The creditor. however,
refused to receive it anywhere but at
an office two blocks away from the
hank The officials refused to take it
TO the office. SO the courts are to be
called upon 10 SETTLE this dispute as 10
whom shall walk or ride two blocks
10 receive or pay over the amounts in
question.
Now this is fooling with important
business. 1t is monkeying with the
peoples money and the peoples time
1t is taking a chance that the debt will
be further increased by addition of
costs and interest charges The tax
payer is not particularly interested in
the personal dignity of city official
who refuses TO walk Two blocks on its
business and for which it elected AMI
pays him. 1t isn't particularly inter-
ested in the Crouch of the creditor who
refuses to go two blocks for his money
1t is vitality interested in the facts that
the money should be paid. the interest
stopped and that the courts should be
left free to settle litigation that has d
least d shadow of excuse for existence
The operation of courts and the pay
ment of interest is at their charge
Courts are for the adjudication of act
ual differences: not hippodrorne for
The horseplay of conceit and asininity.
City officers can find plenty TO do
without getting their municipalities in
to contempt and tiisrepute over the
state or taking chances with the tax
PAYERS money. Unfortunately the in
stances are not rare where cities must
pay as well as blush for their repre-
sentatves and even their executive
heads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
Consistent.

In hospital in one Of the largecities
OF central France the physician In
chief. in the course Of his round Of In
spection, approached a cot and after
feeling the patients pulse remarked
"H'm-he is doing very nicely; his
pulse is much better"
'.It IL as you say, doctor" replied the
nurse. but 1t IL not the same man
Yesterdays patient 10 dead. and this
one has been put ia his place"
"Ah," said the doctor, different pa.
tient, eh? Well. same treatment" And
he walked on.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
A,a.ka st,I IA. ,hauo,,. oo,d

The decrease ofsthesgold product Of
Alaska, which is noticeable for the
years 1907 and 1908. has been seized
upon by some persons as San indica.
ton of the exhaustion of the metal.
But such is not the case. The. de.
cline has been due to labor trouble2
and a lack of water. which is regard.
ed as temporary only. There is every
indication that the product will be-
very materially increased in the near
future, owing to the establishment Of
valuable facilities. A number of good
roads have been buff recently, by
which the freight charges for interior
transportation will be- reduced. Foun.
daries and similar, establishments have
been located at desirable points, and
by a recently devised process the
+sluicing season will be prolonged into
the winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
HOW A LEAF FALLS.
Tired Lazell in Cedar Rapids Repub
1ioa I

llCan.
While all the wealth of autumna!
beauty has been delighting the eye,
the leaf has been preparing to fall
At the base of the leaf-stalll. where it
is joined ito the twig, a layer of cells
has been forming. separating it from
the twig. A small crack between the
leaf stalk and the twig widens and
deepens. Finally the leaf has so deli
cate a hold that a few drops of rain
Or little puff of wind detaehes it, and
it falls. Early some morning a maple
tree stands, clothed with yellow
leaves whitened by the frost when the
sun comes up; as the frost melts the
leaves fall by hundreds and the en-
erald grass beneath the old tree is
covered with them, as with a carpet
OF gold A little breeze comes up and
other leaves are blown from the trees
in drifts. They sail before the wind
like the f1ocks of white throated SPAR
rows going southwark, little short
flights from bush ito bush. The wind
sports with them, leaves them in
drifts on the hillsides and in the VAL
leys. covered the roots of the hepat-
icas and bloodroots and the violets
which are ITO bloom in the early
spring time. The life of the leaves is
a, life of service. They make food for
the tree and add to the wealth of the
world; they feed the insects and shell
ter the birds: they give shade AMI
comfort to mankind. delight his eyes
and exalt his heart with their beauty
of form and color. When at last they
die almost their last service is to
protect the roots of the plants of
spring. Finally the brown and wasted
wrecks of their former beauty ara
resolved into their elements and dis
solved in the soil water to make food
for other leaves in the years which
are to come.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

from the outset that this was a. for.
lorn hope, his tenacity of purpose kept
him, pencil in hand. writing and eras.
ing alternately for an hour or more.
Finally he confessed shat he could do
no better than the following pair of
definftions-"Magnet, "a body capable
of exerting magnetic force" and
Magnetic Force, the force exerted by
magnet" With a hearty laugh at
his beautiful circulus in definiendo ha
threw tdownthis pencil, and theiiimper.
feet and illogical Office definition was
accepted. American Review.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
Casino Metals,

AS is we'll known. some metals are
unsuitable for casting, while others,
like iron. can readily be cast in any de-
sired shape. The property Of casting
we'll is said to depend upon whether
the metal contracts or expands Oh so
lidifying from the. liquid form. Iron
like water, expands in solidifying. and
hence the solid metal may be seen
floating in the liquid iron about it.
The expansion causes it to fill the die
into which 1t is poured. and SO it can
be cast easily. Cold and silver con.
tract in cooling and therefore are not
suitable for casting.-Exchange.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

would seriously interfere with the. op'
GRAFTON of the entire system, because
the city, Is its mechanical center. Be
sides. the insurable value of the ma
chine and car shops, with the equip
ment in adjacent yards, is more than
Sc 100000.
Grtdironing the expensive machine
end Car shops are more than seven
miles of large water mains, with 72
two and three way hydrants, supply
Ing 1874 streams of water These at
ford protection which, from exhaus
tive tests, has been shown to make
very remote the possibility Of a seri
ons fire.
In addition to two fire engine com
panies, chemical extinguishers- are dis
tributed through the shops. while sand
and water pals, hose racks. chemical
engines, water casks and ladders add
to the equipment with which these
railroad fire fighters are armed. Some
81 900 feet of cotton rubber-lined hose
is available for utilizing the water
from the hydrants, which, owing to
the arrangement of the mains and
valves, cannot be shut of from their
water supply by breaks in the pipe
lines.
In the same way has this railroad
established It's fire protection at every
large and small terminal and station
At the more important points systems
proportionately as elaborate have been
installed to protect the property OF
the company. Networks of fire mains
with plugs at convenient places, make
it unlikely that the company will sui
fer serious loss from fire.
At the test at headquarters q mum
Der of supposititious fires were started
in different parts of the railroad shops
and firemen, with their helpers, re
sponded to fight imaginary flames
Some .thirty-two regular firemen and
score or more of the auxiliary force
directed the streams of water, while
inspectors checked up the results. To
make the test more thorough II
streams were brought into service. AT
intervals of two minutes streams were
turned on. and after all of them were
throwing water on the buildings read
ings were taken of the pressures. The
test continued for an hour and half
during which time some $4,000 gal
Ions of water was used.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

champion Of the plain people. HIS
years run up into the middle eighties,
but he can give any citizen OF half his
age run for his money when IT comes
to question Of vigor or votes.
"a farm in southwestern Pennsyl-
vanla was the scene Of his boyhood
years, SO he presumably knew what at
was, as Ebert Hubbard puts Il, to
warm his bare feet Of a winter morn
ing on some spot where the cows have
been lying He was q rafting good
carpenter before he was IL, earned mis-
way thru Waynesburg College, Dor.
rowed $50 from a banker uncle at 10,
and then hit the western tran. Cot
his first Job in Clayton county. Iowa,
at 1880 per week in an express office.
friend about this time offered him
work at surveying IN the Wabash
river swamps where the Cincinnati.
Richmond & Fort Wayne line was be-
ing put thru. Young Cummins had
| never had surveyors instrument in
his hand. had never seen a railroad In
fact until few months before, but he
took the job on his nerve, stayed up
nights to get onto the game, bossed a
stan Of six men and made good Be-
fore he knew 1t he was assistant enxi-
neer OF the North Central Michigan
and on top of that came an offer from
the Denver & Rio Grande. While pass
ing thru Chicago to take the post,
q friend persuaded him to 20 back to
his first love, the law, at $40 week
"Cunmins kissed sood-by TO the
prospect OF becoming = Hartman and
took the chance Of ennuleting webster
with nary e. misgiving. Hung his
shinAae out IN Des MONIES few
years later and then started doggodly
on the long road to success. He's been
goversOr OF his state, rooter for tar
tx revision tor many, many moons,
and yells in his sleep: Down with
.Dalzell Payne. and Adrich. To
snithereens with the standpatters."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
THE LODGES.

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IL, at 8 p. m.
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Prank. Of ok'.hom. w,ns..orm.

Pranks Of oklahoma Wlndatorm.
The tornado that struck in the coun-
try near Chickasha week or SO ago
performed some peculiar .pranks, at
the farm of Charles 'Steinmetz, who
found number of eggs scattered
over the ground near where the barn
had stood. not one or which was as
much rs cracked, although the barn
In which they had been laid was re-
duced to dndling wood.
A short distance away he found .
chicken with an eightpenhy nall driv-
en- squarely through its neck. Near
by he found two-ga11on Jar, the bot
tom Of which had been broken out.
with hen tightly wedged inside Of It.
Kansas City Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
Neweomb's Definition of "maanet. !"


Personally, Newcomb was an agree
able companion and faithful friend
Ais success was due largely to his to-
nacity of purpose. The writer's only
personal contact with him came
through the STANDARD Dictionary
Of whose definitions in physical sci
ence Newcomb had general oversight
On one occasion he came into the of.
fee greatly dissatisfied with the def.
milton that we had framed for the
word magnet conception almost
impossible to define in any logical
way. We had simply enumerated the
properties of the thing a course
which in the absence of authoritative
knowledge Of their causes was the
only rational procedure. But New.
combs mind demanded logical treat.
ment, and though he must have seen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
GO IN DEBT YOUNG MAN.

| You forget everything when you get
things coming your way. It's as hard
to save in prosperity as in hard times"
Such was the homely philosophy of a
workingman
He was right When prosperity, or
What the wage and salaried workers
hail as prosperity. arrives in the shay
of higher wages. the tendency is 20
i've better 1t is a good tendency and
the saving grace between the Ameri-
can workman and the peasant We in
cline to move into the house where we
have wished we might live and pay
the increased rent with the salary in
crease; there are SO many things we
have needed and have been obliged to
pass up 1t is hard to save in pros
perity
The way a big business or the sue
cessful man in business saves is by
putting the profits into the business
The way the farmer saves is by buy
or the farmer might live up" his prof
its in his times of prosperity and have
nothing left. The reason he wins is be-
cause he reinvests his profits
Two successful business men were
! talking lately. One was showing the
other evidences of increased trade and
good profits Said the other, Now buy
farm. Go in debt for it. Put the
/ profits of the business into it, The pos
session of surplus of cash is an in
centive 10 live it up" And both
agreed that was the way to profit by
prosperity.
Now there isn't particle of differ
ence between the money gained in bus
| mess and that earned by labor. It's all
legal tender for farms and homes and
at the office of the building and loan
com pany. The way to save it is to put
it into material things not into rent
dollars a month will in eleven wears
mature into $1,000 in B. and L. stock
That means home that would rent
today for $500 a year II means actual
payment in cash of $40 for 1872 months
or $500. The man with a couple of
hundreds who buys $1,000 home can
pay it off with his rent money in a
few years and have the home left. More
than that when the last payment shall
possession of place" that he would
refuse $4,000 for because he has, nights
and mornings and idle days, put that
much more value into it.
Now that is putting the profits back
into the business" Go into debt, not fol-
the things that are to be consumed to-
day, but for a home. invest in the B
and L. stock, shoulder responsibility
and wiggle thru under the load If a
year lease he would figure that he mus
during those TWO decades put by
, enough to buy that farm or another
The worker who earns $500 a year i:
taking per cent interest on a $4,000
investment The man who earns 81 DOT
: has in his earning capacity an invest.
ment of $4,000 at per cent. A mar
/ ought to nave something left at the
r end of twenty years with a working
capital like that He will have if h,
puts the profits back into the bust
ness,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

c. B. Kluger. the jeweler. 1860 vir-
ginia avenue indianapolis, Ind. writes:
Il was SO weak from kidney trouble
that I could hardly walk hundred
feet. Four BOTTLES of Foiey's Kidney
Remedy cleared my complexion, cured
my backache and the Irregularities
disappeared, and can now attend to
business every day and recommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers,
as it cured me after the doctors and
other remedies had failed. Mcbride &
Win Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
Recipes for Melancholy.


Never give way to melancholy; re.
sist itsteadily, for the habit will en-.
croach. / once gave a lady two and
twenty recipes against melancholy:
one was q bright fire. another to re-
member all the pleasant things said
to and of her: another to keep box
OF sugar plums on the chimneypiece
and kettle simmering on the hob. I
thought this mere tfifing at the mo-
ment, but have, in after life. discov-
cred how true it is that these little
pleasures often Danish melancholy
better than higher or more exalted OBJ
jects; that no means ought to be
thought too trifling which can oppose
It either In ourselves or others.-Syd-
ney Smith.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

The Wankon Standards says Con
gresham Hull, of the Seventh district
has purchased an automobile. Con-
sdering that Judge Prouty has owned
one for some time-it is plainly seen
that the political contest in that dis
trict will also be an automobile race
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
THE COMMERCIAL SANDWICH.


Martin Tierney is the possessor of a
great natural curiosity which he would
not take a whole lot of money for. 1t
is petrified ham sandwich which was
picked up in the alley back of Doc
Clark's destaurant by Swede John.
who tried to feed 1T to his dog, Topsy,
who lost four teeth in trying to masti-
cate it before discovering that her
master had given her stone when she
longed for bread Fred Mcmillan has
identified the sandwich as one which
he had made eight years ago when in
the restaurant business in Manson, and
he tried ito buy 1T several times. but has
met with refusal. The sandwich is per-
feet in appearance and color but slight
ly harder than the ordinary sandwich
of commerce
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

Foleys Honey and Tar clears the air
passages, stops the irritation in the
throat, soothes the inSamed mem
branes. and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from the system. Re-
fuse any but the genuine in the yellow
package. Mcbride & viii Drug Com
pa1y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

earn while he lasts in an atmosphere of
lint and the noise of spindles.. What
is boy worth in Iowa? Your boy say?
A Fort Dodge man has been sen
fenced to ten years for stealing two
chunks of cheese. Serves him right too.
why didn't he wreck a bank from the
inside? Such ignorance deserves ten
years.
A Burlington negro who killed his
mistress an inmate of a house of ill
fame. has been acquitted on a plea of
self defense. But society can't hang
or lmprison him on the same plea no
matter how great its danger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES,

THE Taft trip will cost the govern
ment less money than have some of the
trips taken by his predecessors but the
indications are that it will cost the re-
publican party more votes,' says the
OBrien County Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

OF It's nre dghttnG
facilities at It's.
h e q d q u rt e r S
where there has
just been hnished
a new high pres
sure water sys-
TEN for fire pro-
lection purposes
only, and without
connections with
any other distri-
button pipes.
That 1t Is OF
great Importance
that this system
should have been
developed may be
realized in the
fact that a con.
hagration there
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
Topics of the Times

The common question nowadays is
will You be able to have it ready for
occupancy this fall?" The common
answer is yes, if the weather holds
off,
Judge Ben Lindsey, a brave honest
defender of childhood and a great fight
er is telling a very plain story in Every
body's magazine. AS the story goes
on ut will become more interesting if
possible than it's first chapter.
The opinion cautiously expressed by
his British najesty's representative is
that Germany and Great Britain ought
not ito have war but if the kaiser wants
trouble ne can find it by coming across
/ the North Sea.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt is in pos
session of an expert press agent. The
story that she turned down 81 300 or
more a week from a lecture bureau is
libel on the shrewdness of lycerun
managers. The bluff about high prices
paid lecturers Of the Mrs Leavitt class
has been worked long enough.
| ~. a
1T was President shonts naughty
double who shouted "Hipsch! Hipsch.
Hurrah!"
II the baseball excitement grows
President Taft might coast down Mt
Mckinley on hand sled and not an
eye would be turned from the diamond
Among the "cracker mill" workers OF
the ssuth = boy.is worth what he can
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
Iona Newspapers
CALHOUN COUNTY LAND.
Manson Democrat 1

With Sherman township, Calhoun
county, Iowa, land selling at from
s102.5o to $3.50 per acre. as it has the
past week, it his idle to talk about pow
erty in the Hawkeye state. Not foot
of this land cost THE original owner.
over IS or $40 per acre and they have
all been enriched by the ''unearned in
crement." Iowa soil, especially Cal
houn county soil, is the safest. surest
investment that can be made today, as
it will be worth $500 per acre in 1919, ii
not before that time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

The Madrid Register News says
Uncle Joe's speech SO far as practical
results were concerned might as we'll
have been left unsaid. The people of
Iowa have long since learned to think
and act for themselves. They do not
like anything which favors of Can
nonism. The only possible effect Uncle
Joe's speech could have had was to
cement the brethren of his own poll
teal creed little stronger in the
faith"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

TT does not require an adding ma
chine to figure up the number of real
friends You can gain in this life The
fingers on one hand are enough for the
calculation" asserts the Ida Grove
Pioneer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
The Ida Grove Recora-Era thinks

The Ida Grove Record-Era thinks ii
is not TOO early for the democrats to
be considering gubernatorial candi-
dates. and it dominates that brilliant
young orator, banker, lawyer and farm
er of Swalesdale, Hon. f. G. Dunn, a
man whose personal popularity would
bring him $4,000 more votes in Iowa
than could be polled by any other dem
ocrat in the state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
l(IRDLED by WATER
RAILROADS ELABORATE SYSTEM
OF FIGHTING FIRE.
More Than sevsn miles Of Large
Water Mains Surround Their Ex-
pensive Machine and Car Shops
at Mechanical Center.

To determine the efficiency of its
own system of fire protection, one OF
the great railroad lines Of the coun-
try has undertaken thorough test
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12
a|-Mr4.,,..-'4>

Fall. colds are. quickly cured by Fol-
ey's, Honey and Tar, the great throat
and lung remedy. The genuine contains
no harmful Z drugs. Mcbride g. Will
Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

THE opinion is becoming pretty gem
eral that Governor Carroll is not only
milking the COW, but also saving
wood" says the Cherokee Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

The Bows Advocate is mot In favor
of a high tariff and don't care who
knows it,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

1t was President shonts' na1,shty
double who shouted "Hipsch! Hipsca1.
Hurrah."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-12

Among the Cracker mill workers OF
the seath . boy.is worth what he can