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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10

Small Johnny had been III for sew
eral weeks when one day an aunt from
a distance came to visit the family.
Why, Johnny" she exclaimed, ''how
thin you are! Have you been sickY'
"Yes'm." replied the little fellow. II
had the brain fever and right in my
head, too, the very worst place / could
have had It,"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10
NEW RAILROAD SPIKE.
Designed to Resist shsarine Prsssur.
Exsrted BY Moving Trains.

EAeFtsu y WoNln0 Trains.
With a view to preventing a spike
from being bent outward in the tie SO
that the head slips of the base Of the
rail-, spikes have been invented which
are provided with a spur at the rear
side adapted to act az a brace for the
main body Of the spike However.
owing to the enormous pressure an
piled to the tie as the train passes over
the rails the tie is apt to be slightly
bent between the shank and the spur,
working the spur loose and in this
manner tending to loosen the main
spike. Furthermore, in spikes Of this
character the shearing effect is resist
ed almost entirely by the main spike.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10

Loafer the First-I thought this we're
unemployed fund was for charity.
Loafer the Second--So II Is, ain't II:
Lonfer the First-It amt II means
work.-London Sketch.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10
BRIGHT and Hos.

Smith got on a bright thing the
other day"
what was itT"
"A lighted cigar some one had care
iessly dropped into the chair he sat
on."-London Fun.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10

hear you are giving up your
charge" said one aged and infirm min
lister to another the other day. ''How
are your people taking ftp
"Oh. WELL" was the answer, "I'm re-
signing and they're resigned. Liver
pool Mercury.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10

Pay 10 cents = week for the Even
.ag Press and get tod4y's news To-
day. Il makes q special feature Of
local news ana yOu are Interested n
this feature.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10
lock Her at Her Word.

IN never tell another man I'd rather
dance than eat"
why notT'
HE kept me waltzing until all the
restaurants were closed ."-Exchange.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-10

TOdAy's nsss today Il yOa read
ne Evening PreA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03

earnest and vigorous effort to protect
and prolong both OF these lives?
What the insurance man would have
is compulsory medical examinations a,
reasonable intervals. Perhaps he con-
sidered the value to insurance COM
panies of the statistics and records
thus acquired; it is natural enough
that he should but there is plenty OF
common sense in the suggestion. Such
system would do all he claims for i!
in saving life. 1t would do much more
in an educational way by teaching the
ordinary man that he must save his
own life by conservation of his vital
1ty and by care OF his body
Whether or not the examinations are
made compulsory many busy man
may we'll heed the suggestion. We dc
not turn power upon complicated
machine and let it run at high speed
unmatched and unattended. Perhaps
the human body needs a machinist's
examination from time to time quite
as much as an engine or a linotype and
1t would pay better to watch the organs
than to pay the surgeon or the under
taker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
WANTED. HUMAN MacHInlsrs,

The president of a big life insurance
company has issued a pamphlet in
which he asserts that over 500, 900 hui
man lives are needlassly sacrificed in
The United States every year. He esti-
mates, further, that three million per-
sons are seriously sick with illness
more than half of which is preventable.
The disease of old and middle age he
says all ignore; and the great mortal
fly increase from heart, kidney and
pulmonary diseases preventable cur
able and postponable diseases we give
slIlsis Ca nc attention.
Under our present system, we try to
protect a man from disease which an
other might give him, but without the
slightest help, permit him to die of a
disease which he may unknowingly
give himself.
To the person whose life is threat
ened by accident or by consumption, OF
other communicable malady, we say:
Beware! Your life is precious, step
over here out of danger"
To the person whose life is threat
ened with disease of the kidneys, heart
or brain, we say: You may die. We
have no time nor money to spend on
YOU
Far more people die from these de-
generative diseases than die from con-
fagious or epidemic diseases. Why
should we throw the lifeline to one
class and deny it to the other?
It may, perhaps, be easier to reduce
tho death rate from communicable
than non communicable disease, but is
a life lost by typhoid, for example, Oh
any more value to the bereaved family
to the state, or to posterity, than life
lost by kidney disease? Both dangers
are Avoidable If discovered in time.
Why sh0Ad the state not make an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
NO SUGAR scAPEGoAT.
IOmaha Bee. 4

The reported refusal of a lesser of.
to being made a scapegoat for his su.
periors, has a welcome sound. for it in.
dicates that out of the mouths of the
offenders on the rack the full truth
may come al last. No one has any de.
sire that any scapegoat shall beal
alone the scars of chastsement; wha
is wanted is absolute discovery ant
punishment of all the rascals, low ant
high. If superintendent aided II
frauds under orders, it may not revea
a very lofty integrity on his part, fol
he could have refused to obey such
orders, lost his job. and exposed The
whole crooked deal, but since he die
follow instructions, making a clear
breast of it all should bring some goof
out of evil. The public is in no MOOD
to sympathize with any cloaking at.
Tempt. ii wants the brand applied
equally upon all in the ring.
So far as any governmental con
nection with the sugar frauds has beer
disclosed. there is no evidence o
highup collision. tho there is sug.
gestion of official error of judgment
Mr.. Gage, former secretary of tn,
treasury, now admits that rumors o
fraud came to him and that he dis.
missed them by passing them up to Mr.
Haveneyer. believing that as an hon.
orable business man that functionar,
would ferret out and put stop t.
bribery and thievery, if any existed.
is naturally to be expected of any pub
lie official that he would be alert t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
PAS STRAIGHT TALK.
ICharles City Press.l

A Charles City young thing had a
head that ached, her honey boy hav-
ing taken his affections elsewhere,
and her father recently shut himself
up with her. That Honey Boy man
aged to spend about so cents a week
on you" he said. Here is a dollar a
week to take its place I. Every time
he called he cleaned out the refriger-
ator, your mother will see to it that
your brothers do this in the future
He kept you up late at nights Youl
baby sister is cross and hereafter you
will! let the baby 90 this Tor you. He
took possession of the most comfort
able rocker on the porch; when you
look at that rocker in the future II
will not be empty, bringing the pane
to your heart that your silly novels
tell about; 1t will be occupied by the
man who paid for 1t, and that's
me- Your mother and stood by you
thru collie and teething, and we
are going to get you thru this If we
have to take turns spanking you. Now
take your eyes off the moon and look
at the dust around you.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
THE TRUTH ABOUT MILK.

Some people have the idea that when
We wrote that article about the price
of milk last week, we didn't know
what we We're talking about. Yes, we
did. There is a COW down at our house
and she isn't much of mixer either,
but she gives enough milk for the
family use and some 10 sell In spite
of the high price of feed and the fact
that the milk is sold for cents a quart,
she more than pays for her keep. 1t
IS not case of get-rich- quick in the
milk business with us. however, and
never will be, but we never could
stand II to see people try to act the
hog and not squeal on them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
THE EVERLASTING SINGER


We have been stung for the last time
we hope. For the past six months
nearly everybody who has asked us for
any little favor has stung US proper
" Man asked us to endorse check
for him and-ask the banker. Man
wanted us to stand good for him when
he got into a little tangelation with the
police and-ask the policeman. Man
wanted US to recommend him as a
square and honest man to mutual
friend. Thought 1t was cinch, so gave
him the recommendation. He stung our
mutual friend for SIS and now the nu-
tual friend is our mutual enemy.
Signed a note with a Widows son for
a small sum to help support his poor
mother. He skipped out and never paid
the note. We did. After this when a
man wishes US to say that he's good
fellow we are going to declare him a
horsethief. a bigamst, or a republican,
or something equally as bad and see if
the charm won't work the other way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
When the sun is shinin'
ANY one kin ori,,
FIND THE BETTER WAY.

The northwest is paralyzed by the
switchmeu's strike. Railroads are tied
up and abandoned freight trains and
dead engines lie thick on station sid4
tracks and in the yards. The rnanufac-
turer whose power depends on coal and
the work1nen whose employment de-
ponds on busy factory. are looking
forward to the few days of scantv SIM
ply and the shutdown that must come.
The merchant with Christmas orders
on the way; the settler on the claim.
practically every avocation, trade. or
business, is vitality affected because
1000 switcllnen and a railway COM
pany are settling their dispute in the
refined brutality of Twentieth Cen
fury industrial savages. That is all a
strike or a lockout can be at best.
neither argument nor persuasion. but
plain brutal force applied to coerce.
Violence, IN its modern definition. does
not Of necessity include broken heads
and corpses. These latter are incident
al.
Strikes and lockouts are like duels.
There ought to be and is a better way
to settle. They are like riots in the
street or gun fight in a crowded
room. They wound ana destroy the in
nocent. There IS or ought 10 be a better
way and It appears to be up 10 that
innocent bystander, the public, TO find
it and put 1T in force. The fact is that
strikes and lockouts are illegal drafts
drawn against the balance of public
prosperity. 1t Is time the public dis
honored both.
How are we going to do it? You tell.
But no man in a city of homes has the
right to burn down his own house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
l1ARsHA1LTowN, IOWA, DECEMBER g.

archa eologist Of the vatican" says
Figaro" land the only surviving pupil
of Rossi, who made the catacombs q
life study"
Mr.. Dubbs with newspaper)-It tells
here, my. dear, how a progressive New
York woman makes her social calls bJ
telephone.
Mrs. Dubbs-Progressiv Huh! She's
probably like me-not decent thing to
wear.-Boston Transcript.
''Who is the blindfolded party with
the pair of scales?" asked the stranger
in the art gallery.
That represents Justice"
ooh! 1 thought it was a sugar
weigher. "-Washingto Star.
Chicago's annual dsgraceful orgy
the BALI of the First Ward Democrat
ic Club-"Bathhouse Johns" organiza-
tion-has been set for Dec. 10, and the
papers of the Windy City are express
ing fears for the worst. The Hon. Mr..
Coughlin, however. says there will be
no orgy" as 1.-THE police have been
ordered not to admit one at the door,"
He hopes for "a more select crowd"
than in years past, as he has raised
the ante" from 81 to 81, just TO keep
out the pikers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
PROGRESSIVE pRoGREssvEs.

PROGRESSIVE Els.
[Algona Republican,
If ever there was a time when the
progressive wing of the republican
party was making advancement and
steadily gaining ground, it must be at
present. No slight wave of opposition
would ever move "Uncle Joe" to come
out of the calm, confident, political
lethargy that usually surrounds his
demeanor and only when the wave be-
comes threatening to the point of
overthrowing the throne upon which
Cannon has sat for years. does the
speaker rise in his might and belch
forth his TRADE of abuse in an effort
to crush all rising opposition. Posi-
bly, Cannon may be mistaken about
the two opposition leaders having
read themselves out of the party"
and as far as considering them in
league with William Jennings Bryan
is concerned. we are wondering how
the Cannon followers would feel were
the supporters of such men as LaFol-
lette and Cummins to turn their infiu-
ence to the election of Bryan.
Surely Cummins is to be congratu-
lated on having been enough of a fac
tor in the work of congress as to have
even been worthy of recognition by
"Uncle joe in his first year as sena-
tor from Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
Looker-On In Iona

Traer Dec. S-One gets an idea of
smaller towns b. being Informed that
the town OF Montour with a popula-
ton OF say 500, now has seven miles
OF cement sidewalks. Recently some
oak walks, stringers ana inch boards
have been torn up, and these oak walks
have been put in three times during
the past twenty years. all Of which IS
an illustration of the big expense of
board Sidewalks and the cheapness of
cement.
In the town Of Gearing an artesian
well is put 10 the practical use of max
ing pond from which to cut ice this
winter. With but little comparative
expense dirt dam has been placed
across a small ravine, and the result
will be the cutting of some extra quail
ity Of ice. In the spring an opening
can be made in the dam, the water
LEI out ard the ground used for any
purpose as formerly.
There must be good money in the
sewer business for the night the writer
spent here the hotel was crowded with
bidders on the proposed sewer system
Of this town Fifteen firms and indi-
viduals were present as bidders on the
contract, on the night the job was to
be given 10 some luckv? man Grundy
Center has big ditching machine at
work on the public streets and is ex-
tending its sewer system into the resi-
dence portion of the town.
The farmers of Iowa are having
hard time in the corn fields these days
At least two snow storms and several
rainy days have made it hard work
to save the corn crop. Men were seen
in the fields here today with the ground
SO soft that it was Impossible to haul
out a full load. Even now as late as
it is, some farmers think it dangerous
to crib their corn. And to leave it
longer in the heids means big loss.
for the next snow storm will cover all
of the down" corn. and that means
q worse condition of affairs.
$50
A banker that has unusual opportu-
nifty for being we'll posted says that go
per cent of the farms of Iowa are un-
encountered, i. e., free from mortga ges.
That large per cent of farmers even
after making many outside investments
in farms in other states and the Can
adas, still have so much cash on hand
in the banks Of Iowa that they serious
/ ly interfere with the loaning of money
| by the banks themselves. He mentions
, several cases where the farmers cut
under his regular rate of interest and
Knocked him out of a loan. This is an
awful condition of affairs and some
thing ought to be done about it.
| And prosperity is coming to the
farmer from another source Some of
the wet farms now can pay out in
muskrat skins, at least the taxes. Local
buyers are paying 26 to 80 cents for
muskrat skins and one farmers boy
claims to have made over $40 so far
this winter. Iowa raises everything.
] The Farmers Grain and Lumber
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03

real estate man took one of the sub
stantial Farmers OF this section to South
Dakota to look at some land, return
ing without closing deal. A week
ago this same farmer walked into she
real estate mans office and extracting
his wallet, containing several thousand
dollars in currency which had been
fastened to the lining of his vest by a
pin, said he was ready to close up OH
the land deal. In response to an in
quiry how long he had secreted the
mnoey in his vest, the farmer said he
had carried it there for more than a
year. That was enough. The with
drawal from circulation, however, of
such large amount did not affect its
value, and it is needless to say the deal
was closed at once.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03

Company Of BOWS, so the writer is told,
Will soon go into the store business,
handling staple goods. Their venture
so far in buying grain, and selling lun-
Der, ETC., is Of so profitable nature
they are encouraged to branch out.
Butter making on the farm will soon
be lost art. The creamery at Bows
retails, /. e., sells in Bows about 5000
pounds month, or nearly one hundred
pounds a day to town jewellers and
farmers. And the Bows people as we'll
as some Marshalltown people, will be
surprised to know that two stores in
Marshalltown are selling over 5000
pounds of oleomargarine every month.
This too, when a wise CO paternal
government compels them to sell it
uncolored, but allows them to sell with
each package the coloring matter to
color it by the consumer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
POOR HOUSES.

II.
Floyd county has made a statement
in one of the state papers that the
poor farm in that county was at act
ual loss to the county and that each
inmate cost s26 a month for all ex-
penses. That after the income from
the county farm was deducted tina,
the taxpayers there had still to make
UP a deficit of s4a4975 last year.
Boone county does not have such
an expensive place for its poor. Re-
cent figures, tho not SO complete as
those obtained from Floyd county sho.
the farm to be worth $40 900 and the
cost Of maintaining the ffty-six in
mates to be 500 a year each or IS a
month. The farm itself pays very
well, altho Of course it does not pay
all the expenses of keeping itself, il
pays the greater portion of its ex-
penses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
TINE TIPPING EVIL GROWS.

In marked contrast with the policy
of the new notifying hotel established
in London and commented upon in
| these columns recently is the attitude
of mine host in Berlin.
The Berliner Fremden- zeitung states
that printed copies of resolution re-
Gently adopted by the Society of eBr-
lin Hotel Proprietors are to be handed
to their patrons for the purpose of pro-
noting tip giving. The patron is in
formed that he ought to give the wait
er a tip of 10 per cent of the amount
of his bill in the restaurant He Is
furthermore Instructed that in cafes
where there is a special "Zahl Kellner'
(cash waiter), 1t is the custom for
each diner to hand an extra douceur to
the waiter who attends 10 him In
hotels. for bills up to IS a tariff of 25
per cent is claimed and above thai 90
per cent. Thus. for bill of SIS there
is levy Of 50, which is divided be-
tween the boots. ehanlbermaid. lift BOY,
page. porter and waiter The old notion
that 10 per cent was a fair tip in dis
couraged. The Tagliche Rundschaau,
commenting on this publication says:
Things have come to such pass in
Berlin that in elegant restaurants he
waiter refuses with lordly wave Of
the hand 10 accept 10 per cent of the
bill. even + j, amounts 70 s95, and the
manager declares on being spoken to
that the man has right to demand 20
per cent"
The London experiment to the con-
trary notwithstanding, the evil seems
10 grow. Here in America, or at leas.
in the greater portion of America. the
situation is not yet as intolerable as
that described for Berlin, but on the
whole it is bad enough and said to be
getting worse. 1t is easily understood
| that the evil may Increase rather than
diminish. As prosperity gains, money
flows with added freedom, and there is
always somebody 10 take the coin.
TIPPING is miserable corruption of
our democratic manner and its practice
is fraught with greater dangers than
appear on the surface. 1t is the index
TO, and the propagation of. class. Il
ought 10 be checked To do much by
legislation, however, seems 10 us quite
hopeless. We need a revival Of Amer
icsnism, new baptism in the prin-
ciples of democratic society Tipping
and other forms Of patronage would
give way before such in influence.
There is no very hopeful sign that
anything OF the kind viii happen soon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
Topics of the Times

Three weeks from today there won't
be much real difference between YOU
and the man VINO lost his poke; book.
Buy EN- early and often. Its got 70
be done and IF 'twere done 'twere best
done quickly"
Weather Indications: too warm for
n1ince pie and buckwheat cakes.
Seems almost as hard to keep the
doctor as any other Cook.
A New York City ernplo"e writes to
thai his salary ought to be cut Is to
20 per cent. It's a question whether ne
belongs in the hall of fame or in the
bug house.
The bigger the president the smaller
the message.
Buy Christmas presents according to
your means but buy them early, buy
them early.
How would you IKE your girl to
stand from in the morning until II
at night simply because 1000 persons
put off buying until the last day in the
Afternoon?
Mr.. Archbold pronounces the Sher-
man law too drastic" But Mr.. Arch
bold should understand that some
thing drastic is necessary to clean out
THE System"
| If the president is looking for a
democrat for the supreme bench, Mar
tin j. Wade and Jerry Sullivan are
both democrats, bred in a state which
produces the finest cattle, corn and
cabinet officers in the world.
Professor Parker does not believe
Cook reached the top Of Mt. Mckinley
The professor brings up some state
ments which will need explanation by
the medical mountain-climber and
| polar explorer.
| A chair of christian archaeology has
been established in the University OF
Rome by direction of the minister OF
education, and Professor Marucci has
been appointed as its first occupant
"Marucci, whose entry into the faculty
has created much excitement in church
circles, Is known as the best Informed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NoTlcEs.
w. Visitors always welcome.
IvHall over 1857 West Main.

N11d1A OVOH AVOeS WSSI 14albs
MARSHALL LODGE 10S A. F. & A.
M.-Stated communication and election
or officers, Dec. IL. Work on second de-
gree Friday, Dec. 8, 1909, at 1880 p. m.
II. g. Hoeck, w. NJ.
81. s. Lawrence, Sec'y.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. SO. R. A. NJ.
convocation OF Signet Chapter
Monday evening, Dec. 20, 1880 sharp.
George H. Boggie, E. H. p.
]. S. Millard, Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. 4 q
M.-Stated assembly Monday. Dec. 20,
1880 p. m. Election OF officers.
a. D. Meeker. T. I n.
l. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR coMMANDERY NO.
80 K. T. Stated conclave Tuesday eve
ming. Dec. 81 at 1880 sharp. Visiting
Sir Knights always welcome.
F. N. Wilbur. q. c.
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o =.
SHEETS in regular session Wednes-
day evening, Dec. 10, at 1880. Election
Of officers.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. ". II
Edna G. Fularton. eec1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-03
MORE COWARDICE.
CC;1, fs;

The Marshalltown Times Republican
does not like to be interrupted in its
practice of whacking away at what
ever bogy Iowas junior senator may
set up. Speaker Cannon is not the re-
publican party. but for the time being
he is a part of its working machinery
occupying his station under call from
a majority Of the representatives in
congress elected by the people The
assault upon him is indirect assault
upon the party majority in the house
OF representatives. Il is indirect and
cowardly, and it will become the ma
lority TO get behind the old man from
Danville.