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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
HARD TO GET ALONG.

A man was saying the other DAY that
he could not support his family on the
wages a laborer was getting this sum
mer. He had q long spell about the
high prices, abou how his employer
tried TO skin him and how discouraging
il was TO work hard and not get any
thing ahead. He was smoking a cigar
at the time and said he found it neces-
sary TO keep a case of beer in his eel
lar all the time for his health. He was
a sham, his wife supports his family
anyhow. and come to think about it,
he was a mighty shabby sort of a hyp-
ocritical good-for-nothing cuss. Lots
of working men support their families
on their wages and are happier than
heaps OF the higher salaried men in
tn1Nn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

in England, and It will be worth
while to look on and see Just how it is
done in this case.
1t is the descent and moi the ascent
aviation.
For a typical case Of political
measles. commend men 10 the state OF
Nebraska.
An Iowa mar bought 700 acres OF
Iowa swamp, or bottom land, at $50 an
acre. including ditch tax. He soon viii
have it worth $15O an acre by virtue
of thing and cross thing. Why go out
side Of Iowa to speculate in land?
Crippen got tangled up In the lines
Of The wireless.
The man VINO goes hunting and
doesn't kill anything probably Will go
motoring the next time.
a mar down south convicted Of
stealing a cargo of hides was released
by the higher court because the in
dictment didn't say whether they We're
horse, COW or goat hides. Had that
point failed the defense, we suppose the
day still might nave been haved on the
plea that the Indictment did not say
whether the stealink was done with the
right hand or the Left.
Governor Stubbs of Kansas certainly
is no slouch when it comes to running
at u primary.
a prominent railroad man avs Il
think l can say without contradiction
that the railroad companies in the
United States are prepared 20 spend
$500. 900. 900 in the next ten years If the
officials Of the railroads are satisfied
that they will not be held back by
legislation that is founded on agitation
rather thai on good, sound law" That
is they VIII spend $500. oO0, 600 If they
are given a chance first to take twice
that much out of the people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
HAVE PITY UPON THE BLIND
GGrinnell Register1.

Perhaps you saw him He sat in the
shade of McMurray's clothing store
on one of those hot days last week.
ground away at a crazy old hand or
gan. What was he? A derelict Of
fortune? A little. .dried. up old man.
with a long grayish. struggling beard.
he might have posed for a-caricature Of
a populist in the days when populists
were caricatured; but he was blind.
He had the strange belief that asy-
iums for the blind were cousins german
10 the penitentiaries n SO he travel
ed about from place to place and
ground out a scanty living for himself.
But it was a brave sight to see the
men that gathered around him. No
jests, no voices. All stood as reverent-
ly as II It was a funeral for the dead.
Then some one would step forward in
an apologize sort OF way and drop a
nickle in the slot which started the
wheezy organ to gasping about annie
Rooney"
It was one Of those moments, all too
rare in life, when. "a touch Of nature
makes the whole world ktn..
The ace of the man was the libretto
of a tragic opera. There was no need
of a printed placard to ask that every
passer should hay pity upon the
blind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
BOOSTING MILK PRICES.
fDes .Moines Tribune1.

In the past few years the price or
milk has been increased several cents
per quart to city consumers the coun-
try over. In Dies Moines there have
been numerous advances in this time,
first from 8 to 8 cents per quart to Z.
then to 8 and 9 cents, and now an Ad-
vance to 10 cents is proposed by var
ious dealers who are acting suspicious
ly as tho they were In combination.
The excuse for these increases q
regularly been the Increased cost OF
r--:.s.s wHs ara 1e. the figures or
the milk market indicate that the pro-
Queer IL getting only q fraction Ola
cent more per quart man he did some
years ago before the prices of milk
were raised to the IN the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
THE DIFFERENCE IN GOVERNORS
TSioux CITY Trtbupe1.

The old false dignity that hedSed It
self amout the ~ld-fashioned and per-
%functory governor is nc longer attract
i've to the Intelligent citizen voters.
The voters are wanting business re-
suits and moral influence from the
state government. They understand
that the governor. as the head Of the
state administration, gives the trend to
public affairs.
IF the governor is only a posing poll
tician, a shifty trimmer. with an
agreeable personality, smiling blandiy
on the politicians who gather about
him and into his administration, with
but little regard for the laws or the
public affairs, only so there is "har-
mony In the party" and so there Is a
prospect of reelection. the laws go in
to disuse, the public business suffers.
and there is no moral progress.
But a positive. courageous and pro-
gressive governor. like Hughes, Of New
York. sets the pace and stirs the public
conscience into action. A progressive
governor turns the searchlight into
dark corners that would otherwise be
overlooked. The governor is the
housekeeper of the state. He can make
the house clean and keep it clean or
hV a "IAAh O. oLN 49,
dirt to accumulate in the hidden cor
ners. The governor can, IL he will.
give a progressive trend, not only to
the public business but to public
thought that takes hold finally upon
private thought and private business.
Hughes did that in New York; Folk
diG Il Ii Missouri: Sheldon did it in
Nebraska; Cummins did it in Iowa and
ny reason Of these examines and others
there is now a demand in each state for
la bold and progressive governor. A
posing and pe%rfunctory governor puts
the public conscience to sleep and
makes opportunity for graft, Iawless-
ness and disorder. A wide awake and
progressive governor stimulates public
thought, encourages the law. n lifts
all the conditions TO a higher plane.
They are hunting now with lanterns In
the day time for real men TO be COVER
nors Of the states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
MosaIe Precautions.

No one can fail to be impressed By
the careful hyEienic precautions Of the
Mosaic period. For example, consider
how animals we're divided into the
clean and the unclean. the reason for
this being that the priests. In prepar-
ing them for sacrifice. noted the pres
enc OF parasites In the flesh or in
sides Of certain animals which were
therefore to be avoided.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

A town neve knows Just what it
is getting when 1t elects a mayor" says
the Davenport Democrat. Men who
walk in the straight and narrow way
as private citizens often follow crooked
paths when they are elevated TO office.
1t is right here the Cosson law comes
in with its light of Information. 1t
has, for instance. uncovered some sur
prises in the customs Of the mayors of
Marengo and Of Ottumwa. In the lar
ger city the witnesses have sworn that
the mayor, once a candidate for COVER
nor of Iowa, was a convivial fellow. and
that he had no objections to seeing the
cards shuffled. If the Cosson law
could be applied to the candidate We
would know better how to vote"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
Foveht for rhslr HONS.

Two martin houses in Wayneehcro.
Pa. were taken possession Of h .
colony Of English spaErows in the fall,
when the martins vacated them for
their winter sojourn in the sunny
south. The martins returned and en-
gagged In q pitched battle for posses-
sion Of their former ns0ung Hace.
The martins won out In the coeken-
ton and regstned p~ossessi0n Of k1etr
homes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
beginning at III. foundation.

The progressive people Of the parish
were anxious to reconstruct and adorn
the ancient church and the senior war
den wrote 10 tho S:ssor :he.t It.
"There are but two things to be done
in st. GregoRy's." wrote the bishop in
reply: let the sexton keep it clean
and the parson keep It fuu."-Youh's
Companion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

practically all Of the 2 or . cents Addsd
to the price per quart to the
and that Is WHIST has happened else
where and what 10 probably happening
in DeS MoineS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
Iona Newspapers
A CLEAN ME-.
Nebraska CITY News1.

J.. r. Bonwell has done ev-
erything in his power to stop betting
in every form on the result of the ball
games. He has long since stopped bet
ting of all kinds on the grounds n
yesterday asked two men who offered
TO bet to leave the grounds. He is now
taking an appeal to the friends Of the
team here to try and stop gambling in
any form on III result. Let Us make
it not only a clean game. but u acts
toward the a and the public clean.
1t gives a better tone to the game ana
its name.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04


vile American.
The Honduras revolution didn't
amount to much. The men of Hondur-
as who fear that they have been cheat
ed out OF their annual vacation may &c
over the border into Nicaragua and
revolutionize TO their hearts content
by joining the Madriz- Estrada contin-
uous Recommendations Plain
Dealer.
Mr.. Bryan may find himself in a MI
nority on the question OF county option.
but it takes a somewhat extended
imagination 10 conceive that a setback
Of that character will serve to eliminate
him from the political equation. vii
liam Jennings thrives on defeat.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth. of Wash
ington and New Yor rode PIP miles OF
horseback in about 20 hours. She
would be a capital person TO carry the
news to AK next time.-Chicago Daily
News.
ST. Louis would be grateful II those
communities that insist upon having
hot waves would keep the edges from
failing over into this neighborhood.-
ST. Louis Times.
Nanking, China. has a White City"
and exposition with loop-the-loops and
merry-go-rounds. Now. with a deficit
Marking Will be completely American
ized.-Detroit News.
As they now speak frequently of the
late King Merelik IN the African press,
1t seems fair to assume that his last
death was fataI-Louisville Courier
Journal.
One battery explosion is worse than
q spanish w3r.-t:. Georgian
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
Foley kidney pills.

Tonic In quality and action, qufk IN
..s..!.s. For hackAche. headache, tizzi-
ness, nervousness, urinary HTes uif ss.ss
and rheumatism. Mcbride 4 winfDrug
Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
When to Gu. For Fodder.

Professor J.. H. Shepperd says: The
of dry matter in a %cornf1eld
increases at almost a regular rate from
the time of tasseliing until fully ripe.
In oun numbers It is as follows:
When in silk 1t has twice as much dry
matter as when in tassel, when in milk
three times. when glazed four times.
and when ripe five times as much as
when In tassel. The digestible matter
also increases as the corn natures SO
that the increase in dry matter is evef
less tina the increase in digestible
matter per acre. With these facts in
mind one cannot be left in doubt as to
the Importance of allowing corn to be-
come as near ripe as possible before" it
IS cut for fodder. 1t should not be
left. however. after It is ripe for the
leaves to be broken OFF by the wind and
the digestible matter bleached out by
rain and dews. The common mistake.
however. is for the grower to cut 1t too
early"
The above is worth considerable
study by all who have fodder or even
corn to cut up this fall. Many farmers
knew all about this long before y
colleges knew anything about it, or
thought they did; but now, from ac-
tual scientific experimentation. they
have found those who formerly believ-
ed these things are right and that corn
must be pretty we'll matured before it
is at its best for fodder. When once
ready for harvest. however, it cannot
be cut and shocked too quickly. and in
our judgment. in too large shocks in
this windy, airy country. Lest there
be rains or other drawbacks SO the har-
vesting cannot be completed Just when
planned, we think it we'll. yes more adj
visable. to begin cutting just before
~ripening fully. A little delay at this
time. and almost sooner than believ-
able the stalks will become woody and
largely indigestible. At the very least
there is danger of Its becoming so
woody that it will not be relished and
consequently not eaten. We cannot
help feeling, from long experience in
feeding corn fodder, that 1t is better to
be on the green side slightly rather
thar on the overripe side In cutting for
either corn CO fodder. particularly for
the latter. When the most forward
ears are ripened or well denied. 1t 1s a
pretty good time to tackle a large field
of corn. the fodder of which is to be
fed out. It is surprising o fast corn,
oats, hay or millet ripen during the
process of harvesting n curing. III
the field is large or the weather or help
at all uncertain, we think the greater
danger lies in starting too late.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
Tho Farm Hand Trade.

When the writer was a boy, help was
SO plentiful that a good farm hand was
paid about the lowest wages paid n
kind of labor, and, to tell the truth,
farm help was not looked up to, but II
anything, a little down upon. At the
same time, land was so plentiful that
while now and then a mar chose farm
ing as a business, n was proud OF 1t,
all or nearly all. who for n reason
failed to make a living IN any other
way, went onto land and were prompt
ly called farmers. All this has changed
gradually, until to be q good farmer
means q good deal It means as much
in fact, as to be good and successful
in any other business or profession. It
- very much SO with the able hired
man un iuaiG. ~0S:SS -=s-s ae:He-
thing to be such q 4 and any 1nex-
'~perienced nSer-do-wel who may seek
q Job on the farm L. no more q real ana
respectable farm hand than he would
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

Root of Misfortune. 4
Better be unborn than untaugh, fer
ignorance 4 the root Of misfortuns.-
Plate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

Those who have criticised Secretary
Ballinger on the ground that he IS not
a conservationist. fail TO note with
what pertinacity he conserves his posi-
ton" points out the Sioux City Ti-
bune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

"A man with a hammer in his pock-
ct was arrested in the vicinity Of the
Taft cottage at Beverly" notes the
Sioux City Journal. and asserts that
the most charitable view Of the Ease
was that he was an insurgent."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

What the Iowa political game needs
is an umpire or a court OF arbitration
says the Burlington Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

Any man can write a political plat
form. but 1t takes an experienced boss
to edit one.-Pittsburg Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

iowa land is high priced but seems
70 be worth the money" remarks the
LIE Mars Sentinel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

Bo1USlSu1 FTot0Vt0 UoooUuv"s
A rosebush In . garden 1t rreibufg
covers 90 square yards and bears TO-
600 buds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

The best way to get ones history
looked up is to run for ofice.-Nash-
vile merican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

"Mr. Bryan in the end" predicts the
Monticello Express, will see his party
critics falling over each other in their
~endeavors to give the right to outlaw
the saloon j nthose counties where it
is not wanted. He had the moral side
of the question lat Grand Island), ana
il viii be the winning side before he
abandons the fight"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

"Hoboes whom nobody knows do
sometimes commi great crimes in the
night time and get away. and are not
TO be detected; but the mar who is
known and has a residence and thinks
he can cimmir a great crime and get
AVA and not be followed and run
down. finds that the world is smaller
than he supposed" says the Nevada
Representative.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
Beautiful Frsituro Rossbush.

One battery explosion is worse than
q spanish wAE.-. Georgian
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
FRIENDLY ADVICE.
Josh EiIIines' Parting Shot to Cheeky
Drummer.

Josh EiIIines' Parting Shot to Cheeky
Drummer.
About Christmas time once the some
time famous Josh Billings. humorist.
was on his way to his old home at
Lanesboro, Mass. On the train were
three travelling men who wanted a
game of whist. One Of them pointed
to unpretentious and unprepossessing
Josh and said:
Lets ask Rube into the game and
comb some of the hayseed out of his
hair"
"My venerable friend" he said as
he laid his hand on the shoulder of the
old man, twill you join US in a game
of whist?"
"Ya-as; we will get there in abaout
three hours" replied Josh, putting his
hand to his ear.
you don't seem to understand" said
the young fellow in louder tone. I'VE
want you to take a hand
"Ya-as; the stand O. corn has been
unusual good this year"
My Irlenu, t1e young IelioW tneh
yelled, twill you take a hand in a
game?
''Ya-as; l was tellin' Mandy this
mornin' how plenty an how fat the
game is this year"
"Oh. you go to the DEVIL" shouted
the young fellow as he took his seat,
while the other drummers unmerci-
fully pestered him.
When Lanesboro was reached the
old fellow got up. handed one Of his
Josh Billings cards to each one of the
trio and then said to his interlocutor:
Young man, while you are travel
ing on your cheek don't get any hay
seed on your clothes or the other
drummers will take you for a Rube
md get you into some game and skin
u."-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
PUBLIC LUvE LETTERS.
Curious Appeals Appear In Newspa-
pers Of Southern Italy.

Curious Appeals Appear In Newspa-
pers Of Southern Italy.
The printed love letters In the ad-
vertising columns of papers in south
ern Italy fill the tourist with wonder,
mingled with deep respect for the
sentiment which will pay for their
insertion. The following letter. taken
from the Palermo Ora, contained 1T4
words, which at the advertised rate
Of a cent word would cost $1.74. If
the Italian saying, IA Ira is dollar"
is true. this would equal bill of
$S.T0, which would require a pretty
devoted American lover to pay:
Dearest Little One-What have
done to thee? Why this silence after
thy promise? l experience from it a
grief so violent that it renders me
helpless.
Thou art good. my Santuzza, as
good as dear; thou knowest how this
makes me suffer. Why dost thou do
X? Thou knowest how ! love thee,
that thou art my religion. Have
offended thee?
II seek intense occupation to keep
me calm, but a thousand thoughts
gnaw my soul Perhaps while you
amuse yourself you do not know how
your silence agitates me. oh. dear Ma
donna mine. darling, darling my
blessed joy, do not forget me; thou art
my life, all there is for me, my good
SantuZZa.
81 could not longer live without thee.
Forgive me if 1 have offended thee in
any way. blessed little bird. Here all
is as if thou vert to arrive at any
moment. l seek to create for myself
this most beautiful allusion. ever
speaking to thee, vainly expecting
news from thee with every post, with
a violently beating heart.
do not believe me bad; I love thee
so much; l kiss thy dear lips. thy
most entrancing little countenance. all
infinite passion and tenderness. l am
insane to hear once more thy dear,
enchanting voice."
There were eleven letters of this
kind in the same issue of the Ora,
about an average number for Pa
lermo paper. Such letters are found
in all Italian papers, but they grow
shorter and shorter as one travels
north until in Milan one line in the
agony column" suifices to express the
lovers anguish.
A style which seems theatrical to an
American seems perfectly natural to
an Italian. He will write exactly this
sort Of love letter in private Some
of the published letters of Napoleon to
Josephine in their early married life
are in the same strain.-St. Paul Pi-
oneer Press.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
His Last Request.

Charles Dickens used to relate an
anecdote of the last moments of Faun-
tleroy. the great banker, hanged for
forgery in 1924. His elegant dinners
had always been followed by some re-
markable and matchless curacao, the
source of which he kept a deep secret.
Three of his boon companions had an
interview with him in the condemned
cell the day before his execution. They
were about to retire when the most
impressive Of the three stepped back
and said: "Fauntleroy. you stand on
the verge of the grave. Remember
the text. my dear man. that we
brought nothing into this world. and
it Is certain we can take nothing out
Have you any objection, therefore, to
tell me now. as a friend, where you
got that curacaoT
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
What Bothered Her.

"Some women are very selfish" said
a woman speaker at banquet. "They
remind me of the woman who visited
a fortune teller.
LADY, said the fortune teller,
shutting the cards, fate DEGREES that
you will visit foreign lands. You Will
mingle In the court life Of kings and
queens. Conquefing all rivals, you
will marry the man Of your choice, a
tall. dark. handsome gent Of distin-
guished ancestry-in fact, peer Of the
realm
"'Will he be youngr
"'Yes; young and rich
1.-The visitor in her excitement clutch
ed the seer's arm.
"'But how she cried eagerly-'how
am to get rid Of my present hus-
bandY"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
THE EYE Of AN ARTIST.
A Case Where II Was More Reliable
Than a Sailors Optic.

Mr.. n. Chevalier. the well known
artist who accompanied the late Duke
of Edinburgh on many of his travels
was once going from Dunedin to Lyt-
telton, New Zealand, by steamer. AnX.
ious to catch the earliest glimpse OF
the coast, he went on deck at dawn
and was alarmed to see that the YES
sci was heading straight on to the
land. Calling the officers attention to
the fact, he was told that it was only
a fog bank The artist maintained his
point, but the second officer looked
and confirmed his mate.
The artist then said. well. gentle
men. l will back my artists eye
against your sailors eye, and | say
that what you mistake for fog bank
is a low range of hills. and there is a
range of mountains appearing above
them"
But he was only laughed at until the
captain, coming on deck, found in
the growing light that the artist was
right and the seamen wrong. The
vessel was out of its course, and there
was only just time to avert disaster.
The helmsman was dismissed in dis
grace and the course given to new
steersman, but the vessels head still
pointed landward-the compass was
all wrong.
The cause was discovered later. A
commercial traveller had brought box
of magnets on board and deposited
them in stern cabin. causing what
might have been fatal detection of
the compass.
To return to the question of inter
probation, the artist was dealing with
the appearances which his eye was
trained to see and his mind to inter-
pret. A speck on the horizon might
have remained mere speck to him
long after the sailors had interpreted
the speck into a vessel Of definite rig
There can be little doubt that the
trained eye is accompanied by sort
of mental seeing-an instinct outrun-
ming optics.