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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
THE LsRGns.
MAaoNIc NoTicFa'

4 MASONIC NoTlcG0.
XHall In New Masonic Temple.
"\vis!tors always weloona.
MARSHALL LODGE. los. A. r. 4
A. M. Stated communication and slec-
ton of officers Dec. l6. at 1850 p. m. IN
new temple. .4
a.usi T. w. Chamberlain, W, n.
II. g. Lawrence. cecrotasy.
sI0NET CHAPTER 10 %. r. A. n
Regular convention Dec. 10. 1850. In the
new temple.
George II. Bogsts. y. a. =.
l. 8. Willard. SECRETARY.
KING SOLOMON Council. No. 20. r.
& 8. NJ. Stated assembly. Monday.
Dec. -. 1880 p. m. In the new temple
]. T. Forbes. Recorder.
4. D. Aesker. T. / y.
ST ALDEMAR COMMANDERY. No
20 K. T. Stated conclave Tuesday even
Ing, Dec 20. 1910. at 1880 o'clock. Sir
knights be present II possible. in new
temple.
r. n. Wilbur. n G.
Fred Wallace. Reoorlee. III II
= CENTRAL CHAPTER, Nc. 81. o. =
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday even.
Ing. Dec. II. 1880 p. m. Election Of off,
GERS. In new temple. ~
Mrs. George Downing. W. N.
Edna c. Fular:on. SECRETARY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
"REMINISCENCES OF
THE 0LDEN TIMES
Continued From Fifth Page,

oldest living child. a daughter. Mrs.
Frankie l. Hamilton, resides In Sioux
City, and has boys OF her own larger
than their grandfather was when he
settled in Marshalltown. Our oldest
son, Fred H. Gallup. graduated from
the United States military academy at
West Point in 1899, is now captain and
stationed at Fort Sam. Houston. Tex.
adjoining the city of San Antonio,
where he is quartermas;er OF the post.
Our youngest son. James g., after
completing a double course Of book
keeping. shorthand and typewriting at
the Iowa Business College. Des Moines,
and spending year with the Iowa
Homestead, in the accounting depart
gi,ens is now joint owner of prosper
Gus job printing business in Boone.
OF the editors Of, the state who were
active in 1851, who are now alive.
can only name two George d. Perkins.
now of Sioux City, was then at Cedar
Falls. John NJ. Brainard retired, OF
Eoone, was then at Clear Lake. Only
quarter of a dozen Of US.
Hoping l have not exhausted the pa
tence OF the proprietors of the Times
Republican, nor put to sle1p its nu!ner-
c,;s present readers, This old-time
Times editor will bid you all acieu.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
I misht not have been.

4 Il might not have been.
II II had not been for r. e. Sears
on his own initiative, coming to my aid
with $4,000 at critical moment,
would have gone down. and SOM thine
serious to The Times Republican would
have happened.
Dupring a period Of several weeks. in
1885. Senator Delos Arnold took the
helm while I was engaged In official
duties or absent in quest Of rest and
health, ana would accept no remunera-
ton for his splendid services.
Each and all of these men were or
are in the foremost ranks Of natures
noblemen. They have made the world
better and many, very many, happier
for their having been in 1t. They
sought and received no remuneration
for their philanthropic work unless it
may be the esteem and gratitude Of the
recipients Of their good offices or the
consciousness Of life well spent.
And there are others in the good
town Of Marshalltown. built on the.
same plan and specifications. would
space forbids.
am asked to supply sketch Of
my career since leaving MARSHALL
town. comply. but l approach the
subject with disinclination akin to dis
gust. I am tempted to summarize 1t,
as the facts warrant IL not dictate, by
simply stating your request and writ
ing after 1t. punk" and let It 90 at
that. But to dolso might be construed
as discourteous.
The career" is a repetition of that
pertaining to my newspaper experi-
ence-plunging into proposition i'll
which had no framing.
A year or two before removing from
Marshalltown shipped $50 fine heif-
ers from MarshaH county and placed
them on shares with a man in Frontier
county, Nebraska. Thru mismanage-
ment the man lost f1fty-one head of
them the succeeding winter and would
have lost all of them had not a BROTH
er-inlaw of mine interviewed in time,
with instruction as to how to handle
and save the others. invested several
thousand dollars in 72O acres of land
suitable exclusively for ranch purpos-
es. and in improvements. Splendid free
range laid adjacent to my premises.
But by 1887 the "grangers" came in
and settled up the country, appropri-
atiIls the range. and the hay canons
which Heretofore had supplied hay in
abundance played out entirely. Aban-
doning this location. removed to the
sandhills. about 100 miles east from
here. in 1890. That was an ideal stock
country. 1t afforded almost unlimited
range of the very best kind. went in
TO the winter Of 1923 with about 300
head Of cattle. In a series of billiards
in April. 1893. lost an even half Of
these-snowed under. Losses Of stock
men were from nominal to nearly all
they had. 1iresorted to the practice of
law, in a small way. and my son Hal
took principal charge Of the cattle.
After the death Of my wife, in October,
1899. came here-about twenty-five
miles east from the wyoming line. and
about 100 miles from South Dakota.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15

and formed a co-partnership for: the
practice of law which continued about
two years. The possibilities for this
section were simply immense, de-
pendent upon the construction Of what
was known as the Farmers Canal, an
irrigating ditch Of $50 miles contem-
plated length. Two comp1niea that UNI
dertook its construction failed for
want of sufficient capital. was doing
fairly well but in July. 1902, my son.
who had also moved here, died. The
failure OF the irrigation project, the
demise of Mrs. Merriman ana that Of
my son, caused a mental condition. that
came pretty nearly undoing me-. J. got
to wandering about almost aimlessly
between here and Texas. Arkansas and
the Pacific coast. and wound up here
for the third or fourth time. a. year
ago last January. My condition at one
time since 1902 was such that I came
near snuffing out. About four years
ago took up physical culture ana am
now. at 81. In better health than can
remember Of ever being. Resolved to
quit office. have landed in the chick
en- business ON small scale which
expect to develop SO that by another
year 1t win be something worth men-
tfoning. The canal Is finished, an
other Of equal magnitude ID butldins
under the auspices of the federal gov
eminent, thousands of people have i'm
migrated here and the country Is on a
boom that equals any that ever nap
pened II had stayed with IT
would have been "in 1t" instead, Of the
chicken business. CMy former part
ner. who did stay with it. has accum-
ulated over $4,000 in the last eight
years. Maybe 1 will too. If live as
kong AZ Tuffree.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

Time, Wednesday evening, March Is.
1867: place, Woodbury's hall; occasion,
masquerade ball. Beauty and chival-
ly were gathered there and bright the
lamp shone Ger fair women and brave
men. The war was over and Johnny
had come marching home again from
the field Of glory. There was the pros
pect before Of years of peace heighten-
ed by the keen remembrance OF years
Of agonizing watching of death lists
from the front and of the dead who
were sent back. wrapped in the flag. to
those who waited. There had been
marrying and giving in marriage when
the boys came home, weddings long
delayed were celebrated and other had
come about with a swift and not sur
prising naturalness. Life was new.
People were happy. Business was
good and hope lively. It was a happy
crowd at Woodbury's hall forty-four
years ago.
t1OOpSklTtS were the rage tuetl, uOOp.
skirts which were the direct antithesis
of the hobbies which fashion equally
arrogant and idiotic in 1910 as in 1857
had decreed to be good form. The
skirts contained enough cloth to make
an Indian tepee. Beneath them
framework of rattan or possibly Of
steel wire battooned them into shape.
Perhaps the chignons had not gone
out as yet and a wad of hair or jute
as big as a prize watermelon stuck on
the back of each feminine head like .
leanto on a barn. The present styles
OF hair dressing are an early indica-
ton Of the chisnon. Mems styles OF
that day would look ~ odd TO the
generation az the get up Of the la
dies. Men wore whiskers then also.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
PROVE IT, BE A "sooD FELLOW"

! Remember the Good Fellows" clubs
of last year? They did much good.
found many who needed and appreciate
ed the touch of human hinship and the
little help which went to make Christ
mas happy. In every instance where
| some good fellow organized the move
ment by giving it a point of contact
with the need the poor and helpless
and the children. who ara the red blood
and the core of the heart OF Christ
mas We're the better and happier for it.
There are just as many good fellows
this year as last. There is just as much
money burning to be spent, just as
many tender hearts and more's the
pity just as many wishful and HOPELESS
children. as many poor and. old and
sick who need the helping hand and
await the impulse Of the good fell
lows.
a lot of good fellows are such good
fellows that they do not come in con-
tact with poverty and dire need: they
feel for the helpless but are 100 busy
being good fellows 70 think Of them or
TO seek them where they are. Some
on. should ofer his store or mis- office
for contributions from these and le,
them in on the trues, tenderness Of
Christmas time.
The price Of a box of cigars will feed
Ia family. clo,he a child. buy the little
useless delights that every child de-
sires. The price of six beers would
give some old woman the dinner she
Graves or fill some old mans tobacco
box. Not many mixed drinks go to
a ton of coal. Split it a little. Peel
off small one from the roll and make
a deposit in the bank OF universal hap
piness. Buy short stack in the
| Christmas game Take a chance in
the rattle of human brotherhood Be
a sport. Don't ask for all the best of
! it, Don't let a kid look into the store
windows feeling that ne is out of the
world while you brush by to take a FIVE
dollar check al the cafe on Christmas
BE game.
Sure you are good fellow" That's
right, if one of your chums struck you
for ten you'd come across and tell him
to forget ii until things came his way
If you happened in where dead baby
lay in squalid poverty you'd go away
broke We know il. But you don't
happen in often enough. And anyway
it's better to feed a hungry baby than
to buy a fine coffin for dead one
1t is better 70 Taught than to cry. Why
not get in before the tears and while
there is opportunity for laughter and
the smiles that come Of unwonted
comforts?
Maybe that's so that the sporty are
! more generous givers than the church
members There's plenty of room for
argument there but have it your own
way this time. Prove it. 1t is up to
you. Be a good fellow, actually.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
SANTA CLAUS QN s1RIKE.

over at the Irwin coal fields. a little
distance out Of Pittsburg. Pa. a tented
city Of evicted fdihers on strike stands
in the midst Of hunger and starvation.
The strike has been long and bitter.
There is little food, few clothes and no
money in camp, but there are children,
many little children there.
It is one place Christmas will miss
this year. And the parents are tell
Ing the little people whose holiday and
happiness are to be trampled under the
iron heels of Industrial struggle that
sSanta Claus is .ut on strike and will
not be able to come to children this
year." Eleven thousand children at
Irwin and not one Santa Claus. Isn't II
pitiful?
But Santa Claus is not on strike. He
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15

Give "s reads as good as thes. and
automobiles and there vii be absolute
~ no uso for interurbans The auto
mobiles are coming fast enough so why
not lay out a permanent road building
plan and vote some taxes and bond is
sues 10 help it alongo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
Eonewarned. Eorearmed.

Aunt Lucy git her goosebone out
En- take ct in de yahd:
She say dey amt de leas' oh doubt
Dis winteh will be hahd.
''Deh'll be a two-foot fall OBJ snow,
Wild stingin' sleet en- hail;
Oh, chillen, heah de noff win blow
De OF bone nebbeh fall
Gran'pap Peter. he cum up.
Knock at de big house do:
ooh, nlissus, fill de toddy cup
Anil tell de weddeh sho'"
End den he toss de today down
En- squint his lizahd eyes:
'Deh'll be some snow about de Sroun
Befor' de mex sunrise
Weasel Sandals his name
Lbs in de woods alone,
Digs fob roofs Ell hunts fob game
Knows each yahb en- stone,
Weasel say when he skin dat coon
De fun was double thick,
"Gwine to hab hahd winteh soon
En- snowflakes Diet will stick
Mighty habh winteh," de prophets say
Howlin blizzahd boun' dis way;
Snow en- hail am on de track,
: oh, nail de do en- stuff de crack
5En right down heah by de blazin' arch
aAh'll sleep en- dream till de las OF
a. March.
.-Victor A. Herman in New York Sun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
Topics Of the TINES

Tie man who has examined ard aud
it'd city accounts for the state duri3c
the past five years says that he knows
from the books which he has seen that
the towns which have no saloons are
universally more prosperous than the
towns Which receive saloon license rev
enue. but then what does he know
about it,
Give "s roads as coed as .hesa and
automobiles and there vii be absolute
~ no use for i!iterurbans. The auto
mobiles are coming fas. enough so why
not lay out permanent road building
plan and vote some taxes and bond is
sues 10 help it alongo
TIE right Kind of store news circr-
lated at this time will sci, goods that
would otherwise have to be marked
down TO half price IL January
Herman Budweiser, Of Dubuque, is
dead. but his name will endure forever.
Less than thirty years go George W.
Perkins was travelling about Indiana
selling insurance 20 farmers and has
now retired from the firm of j. Pierpont
Morgan & Company. worth $4,000 900.
At about that time Senator Beverage
was travelling In the same localities
selling books to farmers. Gentlemen.
remember these incidents when YOU
set the dog on pedfllar.
With the kind of corn crop it is
and with it all in the crib and not
sloppy day to retard the work Santa
Claus pack ought to be made big one
this year.
And now Roosevelt gets his He
would not dine with Lorimer and Gov
ernor Baldwin. OF Connecticut. refuses
to dine with Roosevelt because the ex-
president had called him reactionary.
The difference is in the view the public
takes OF it.
Quit your i1eretical webbing as to the
morality of the Santa Claus myth and
get into the spirit of the times. If you
have children hill the old man for the
chimney sleigh ride and if you have no
children be Santa Claus yourself for
somebody's kids.
II President Taft is in earnest about
revising the tariff one schedule at a
time Iet him get behind Senator Cum
n,ins resolution limiting amendments
to one specific schedule each
The city of Dubuque has sold $4,000
of water bonds at such a premium as
to reduce the actual interest ra te TO Az
per cent per arnum. There is evidently
money to be had even in these times
when the security is right.
The Tories in the senate are going to
overturn their precedents and permit
LATE to make a speech right away so he
can impress the legislature at home
with his senatorial importance.
LaFollette in refusing to accept the
presidents invitation to call on bust
ness may have retained his self respect
and it is certain that Taft had nothing
coming from the Wisconsin senator but
Taft is president and the amenities de-
mand that senators go to the presidents
office LaFollette did what many
smaller men do when they refuse to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-15
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Nevada Representative sup
poses there will still be republicans in
Iowa to insist that it is sign OF
standpattism' in a republican president
to have appointed three democrats out
of a possible five to the supreme court
Of the United States"
SENATOR Young will make his initial
speech in the senate Thursday. 1t may
be assured Of the close attention Of his
colleague and John Snure. at least"
says the Waterloo Reporter.
But Senator Young is not going to
remain silent He will speak on Thurs
day, probably on the sac subject. 1t
used to be the rule Of the senate that
man did not speak Immediately upon
his entrance" recalls the Cedar Rapids
Republican. But Mr. Young may be
justified in breaking that rule, he may
be thinking that he will not be there
long enough to wait to say what is on
his mind. It may be now or never with
him."
The Sheldon Sun asks 'Who can
consistently say that Senator Cummins
is not wanted in doing his utmost to
secure the election Of a progressive
senator to succeed Dolliver? II the SEN
timent OF the state Is progressive, and
there is no doubt Of that. then It should
not be represented by a man who Is ops
posed to that policy. Senator Cam.
minis has worked for many years TO
create progressive sentiment aud to
give in now. when the faction IL in the
ascendency. would be sheer folly"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-06
"Power" is Theme
OF DR.. ]. A jenkins
New Pastor of St. Mary's Avenue
Congregational Makes Deep
Impression.

Power" was the theme about which
centered the sermon delivered Sunday
morning by Or. James Alexander Jenkins
at the st. Mary's Avenue Congregational
church DR. Jenkins has but recently been
called to the local field from Cleveland o.,
and his sermon on Sunday was the first
as the churChs pastor. 1t made a tre-
mendous appeal TO the large congregation
which heard it.
Acts lis. But ye shall receive power
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you" was the morning text
When one speaks of power the interest
OF his hearers is Immediately aroused " said
the speaker land what he says is doubly
significant If he be a powerful man" In
Illustration Of his thought Dr. Jenkins
called attention TO the homage which the
world has always paid to those who have
been men of power, whether that power
was for good or evil.
The chief characteristic Of the power OF
those who have gone down into history as
good men. the doctor named as calmness
He pointed out the men known in history
who have had power, but not pose and
who from this very defect have been
heroes of unsavory memory. Serenity of
power" he said, is the gift of the King
OF souls TO DeleNefs IN MS name
The minister pointed out three things of
immense value which may be acquired only
through serenity OF power, viz: the com.
plete fulfilment of ones personality, the
utilization of all ones possibilities and the
defying of the mystery of life.
The ultimate product of the ages of
evolution" said the pastor in conclusion.
lis to be the man who has power and with
1t has serenity. This, In my opinion, iustl.
flies the long years of strife which have
been leading up to it. The church is ris.
ing and is becoming unified today as IL
has not been before, which is but another
indication of the effect of serenity. l call
upon you all to have this splendid serene
power"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-06
NOT WHAT 1T USED TO BE
Modern ST. Helena sports Golf Links,
Race Tracks and other
DIversIOns.

Most people have only heard of the Island
OF st Helena, 1000 miles off the west
coast of Africa, as the last abiding place of
Napoleon and as the island prison of Cronje
and the expatriated Beers in 1900 There
are few relics of Napoleon remaining on
the island aside from the house in which
he lived, Longwood. as 1t is called. 1t is a
one-story bungalow, built in part of stone
and partly of wood. There were trees
around the house in Napoleon's time, but
the farmstead is demanded now. There is
no furniture within-there is only bust of
the emperor in the bedroom he once oc-
cupied. At the government house may be
seen Napoleon's bookcase and his billiard
table. He used to play with his hands in
stead of cue. He wearied of the amuse-
ment within year and gave the table 10
his jailer. Thereafter the billiard room was
converted into a mapreom, where the dis
tinguished captive would pace 70 and fro
with flags In his hands refighung hts cam
palgns-not sparlng himself even when 1t
came to the black memory of Waterloo.
The island Is but forty-seven miles in ex-
tent and contains $500 people. There are
golf links. tennis courts, race courses and
the population is enthusiastic over cricket
Newspapers from London are seventeen
days old when they arrive, bat the cables
bring daily the news of important happen
| ings In the outer world, II Is said that
from certain OF the ills that flesh elsewhere
! is heir to the islanders are exempt As
Governor GallNey puts 1t, there are no
| motor cars no thunderstorms no earth
quakes, no fogs, and no snakes" The
| greatest misfortune which befell England )
tiny colony was the building of the Suez
canal This has reduced the number of
ships trading at jamestown harbor from
/ ]. 900 to 60 per annum. But in the event of
the closure of the suez canal in time Of
| warfare st. Helena would become at once
/ a point of che utmost strategic Importance.
/ The Inhabitants are kept profitably busy
| In three principal wAys-fiber weaving,
! mackerel curing, and lacemaking The
death rate is astonlshingly low-only six
! per thousand. This circumstance says
much for the salubrity OF the environment
OF the islanders who resent having their
| Atlantic eyrle termed a baFs and wind
swept rock There is an unfortunate preva-
| lence among the lower classes OF a super
stitious belief In the occult power OF the