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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
LEI THEM PREACH ON.

The truth of the following from the
Lamar Daily Democrat is impaired by
the pessirism that accom- panies it:
The smuggest piece of cant to which
country people have ever had 70 listen
is nice talks about going back TO the
farm by man that YOU couldn't drag
back, himself, with four horses How
are YOU going to fill up the country
districts. when you get down 20 the
factso The city people will never come
back and live in the country. and the
population. even in the rural districts
Of the east is falling off Where are
Your gains going TO come from?
The case is NOT 50 hopeless. The
thing Will right itself in the end. The
movement from the farm TO town can
go only 50 far The pendulum must
swing back. True enough. It must
amuse the farmer and in cases where
he is not extremely patient and char
table. excite his contempt. to hear and
read these back-to- ifle-soil preach
rnents. many of them by men who
wouldn't for the world get their hands
dirty. 10 say nothing of leaving paved
streets and cement walks to wade
thru the COW lot and follow the plow
and harrow. But these preachments,
nevertheless. are all right. They are in
the nature Of advertising. They VIII
bring results in time. or, at least be fol-
lowed by results. Unalterable eco
non1tc law is the main force at work
IN the equation. How severe the lesson
will have to be remains 10 be seen, but
il will be learned, at great or less cost.
This that the Missouri paper calls cant
Will have wholesome effect right
there. What we mag learn by taking
thought we will not have TO learn by
bitter experience There is nothing
lasting in the present evil tendency. Ii
will correct itself The only question
is how long and at what cost. Let the
preachers preach on, even if they
themselves expect never to practice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
Topics of the Times

Colonel Roosevelt likes flying. An
airship landed safely the other day at
the very door of the White House Put
ting two and two together, what would
you think?
Insurgency may be the frying pan,
but dem ocracy is the fire No sensi-
BILE republican will make the jump
Denison Review. Insurgency isn't a.
frying pan. When Conner made his
jump, the trouble was with the egg.
II all Roosevelt is waiting for Is as
surance that he could carry southern
he may as we'll announce his
candidacy. The hard work would be
to keep the solid south away from him
Secretary Wilson's daughter will
sing and the secretary will speak or
one OF his Iowa dates Or Miss Wilson
will sing and her father speak on one
Of her Iowa dates.
An article entitled Prayer of News
paper Man" Is credited to the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil. The journal Is quit.
! sure it saw the writing originally IL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
HOW WE FORGET.

lAoSChpS1s OSanSSA0Sls
In his address before the leading
other evening. Mr. Chalmers crowded
the many strong and true statements
he made, none is moro to the point
than the axiom that the way to succeed
is to keep everlastingly at it. When
publicity stops business stagnates. The
new is always driving out the old. no
matter how important the event that
has passed. Live men live in the pres
ent and plan for the future; they may
profit by needing the mistakes they
have made. Now apply this rule to
other affairs as well as to business.
The truth stands out just as clearly.
A great crime is committed and 1t
shocks like a disastrous earthquake. or
fire that destroys city, or plague
that carries away thousands. How
long do we remember? What IS done
after month or two, or. perhaps a
year to prevent the repetition OF the
calamity? Our memories are not long
enough. In a comparatively brief time
that lamentable wreck at Los Angeles
will be thought OF only by the widows.
the children without fathers, and the
cripples that survive. We forget that
life is held too chcaply And 1t is this
forgetfulness that makes us see with
out a shudder hundreds OF homicides
every year; more of them by far than
any other country can show. When
reckless racers in the air or on the
earth fall and collide. the headlines in
the papers attract the eye like other
horrors: but the accident is passed
with the remark or thought that fate
was tempted and that the end was only
a matter Of time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
wer,s's ns.,.h,ss. sesG

fur from Madrid whore death and dis
ease arc unknown. Il 70 the Village
Of Cobens, where nguia4ivoly the
sword has besn beaten into The plough.
share. The local chemist gavo up the
sale Of drugs IN despair two yes4s ago.
and now he 10 q pufvoyof q SWoot
meats and confectionery. Halt the
cemetery has been TUNED into Q
pleasure gardea-khsre has not been
. GanEle death for eight ysars-end
the undertaken has Had from . spot
whsss death refuses 20 give hin .
living. The doctor vho has lived for
yea1s IN the village on his capital.
ho1fls against hoDe. has now 0sciAsd
"a o4,SaYotA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
THE SHIP SUBSIDY.
lsioux City Journal

1t must be confessed that one OF the
pledges of the republican platform OF
1908 awaiting fuIhllment is not popu-
lar in the midwest In the platform
the pledge relates 10 encouragement
that will revive the merchant marine
prestige of the country. 80 essential to
national defense. the enlargement OF
foreign trade. and the industrial pros
perity of our own people" The demo-
Gratis take a short cut and speak sheer
ingly of ship subsidy" The demo-
cratic platform of the same year said:
I'VE believe in the upbuilding of the
American merchant marine without
new or additional burdens upon the
people and without bounties from the
public treasury GThe lack OF SYM
pathy on the part of republicans OF the
mid vest is somewhat due to their dis
lance from salt water
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
SOME RIVER TOWN HISTORY.
IMuScatine Journal.


Hannibals history in some ways par
allels Muscatine's. There is much that
is common between the two cities. Fol-
lowing. the collapse Of the lumber bust
ness both cities suffered to a certain
extent. Muscatine's progress was only
checked, 1t never was at any time sue
ceeded by a period OF retrogression.
Muscatine didn't have to come back"
it only had to get a going again. But
Hannibal came back" came back
with a vengeance and is Still coming.
Muscatine was exceptionally fortu-
nate in that new great industry
sprang up in our midst to take the
place Of the great industry which was
passing. Hannibal was not SO fortu-
nate. Today, by virtue Of stern neces-
sity, its manufacturing interests are d.
versifed Factory funds will see to it
that they are more so.
Never in the history Of the pearl but
ton industry was it apparently more
prosperous than today. The matter Of
the supply OF shells Is OF course a
problem which may in time become q
serious one. To declare unqualihedly
that it will is leaving without the reck-
oning the Fairport hatchery.
But Muscatine has seen the passing
Of one great industry. 1t may not be
her lot to harbor again another Boep-
pie. A diversity OF industries is the
only safe municipal prosperity insur-
ance.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT NEEDED
fAlgona Republican,
It has been discovered at Burt that
the parties who stole the articles from
o cto
small boys. who were too young for
the authorities to mete out punishment
in proportion to their offense. What
to do with this class of offenders is
problem that puzzles all Of our lawyers
as well as the courts. II the parents
Of such children as those would work
in harmony with the officers of town
or county the problem would not be
so difficult to solve in the majority OF
instances. If a youngster between the
ages Of nine and fifteen years knew
that whenever caught in pranks Dor
dering on the criminal. or disturbing
the peace Of community. that the
officers had the sanction Of their par
ents for some peace officer TO handle
the culprit with nice smooth birch
rod Similar to the ones the old fash
Toned school masters used to WELD. the
chances are that at least the most Of
the young Americans would stop and
consider q few thoughts before repeat
ing the offense. Let it be understood
that q repetition OF the disturbance
meant a term in the reform school, re-
CARELESS OF the standing of the youth
full parties in the social world Of the
locality where they dwell, and it would
not be long till the larger part Of the
trouble Of like character to that cited
above would be eliminated from the list
Of disturbances we read about In near
" every newspaper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

ana Utica.
Never had but one accident during
his entire service and that was eight
years ago Lost his right eye and since
that time has been running . switch
engine in the Albany yards.
Could be retired on half pay for the
rest Of his life, but refuses to give up
the throttle.
Such 10 the remarkable record OF
George w. Wrightson Of Ravenna, N.
Y. who has been visiting his nephew,
]. b. Hall. manager Of the Belvidere
hotel. Mr.. Wrishtson IL west on = six
months' vacation given him by the rail-
road company because Of his half CEN
tury service. He stopped in Denver for
several weeks and left today for Los
Angeles. Mr.. Wrightson Is 10 years
old. says the Denver Times.
Nj. Wrightson went with the New
York Central in 1860. He fred for
three years and in 1868 was changed
over to the right hand side of the cab.
He had two notable experiences in
his youthful days. When Abraham
Lincoln was struggled into Warrington
for his inaugural, the trip being taken
with the utmost secrecy because Of the
fear he would be assassinated, Wright
son was one Of the firemen who assist
Cd In that journey.
In 1865. when Lincoln was killed.
Wrightson was an engineer. He had
the funeral train on his division Of the
| road
For 20 years wrightson had the
Continental Limited between Syracuse
and Utica. Then he had his first and
only accident. He lost his right eye.
one Of the worst possible andictions to
an engineer. for 1t made him partially
useless on the main road and resulted
in his being Transferred from the linn
tied to . switch engine in the Albany
yards. Tho accident occurred in 1909.
Mr.. wrightson h secretary OF the
railroad legislative board Of New York.
He has been . member Of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers since
1854. While in Denver he delivered
IN address to tho members Of Division
1856 Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Engineers. His talA ,as on the work.
ings of the legislative body with which
he 10 connected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
A Twenty.csnt Old Example.
We win never bring disxrace eothi

A Twenty.csntury Old Example.
We win never bring disgrace 20 this
our city by an act Of dishonesty or
cowardice, nor ever desert our suffer
ing comrades in the ranks: we will
fight for the ideals and sacred things
OF the city, 10Th alone and with many:
we WILL rever and obey the city's
laws. and do our best to incite . like
respect and reverence In those above
us who arc prone TO an1ul and set
them at naught; Ne win strive UNI
ceasingly to auielpen IL .pablic,s- sense
Of civic duty: that thus, in all these
ways, we will transmit this city not
only not less. but greater, better and
more beautiful than It was transmit
ted to us.-Oath Taken by CitizS2s Of
Athens.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17


reputation she's got, Why. she'll Be
ine srafttns speciman to represent
this district tn the senate. She'll cake
anything that Isn't nailed"
Il wouldn't like to see her run. l
can't bear that woman" said Mr. Smith
somewhat mollified
well. it was either nominate her or
that mollycodess. Elinor Bailey, and
when the girls put 1t up to me. for the
sake OF the organization. ] said yes.
l hurried home here to explain IT.
But you will have to be out every
night speaking from cart tails and
drinking, like when you ran for dis
trict leader. won't your
"No, I'm better known now, dearie.
I'm going to make dignified cam
paign, and not speak outdoors at all.
AS for drinking. I'll buy. but I'll stick
to tho wagon" replied the wife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
raj gas as q fuel FOL: locomotives.

uYaI gas as . fuel for locomotives.
The one engine Of tho system. after
burning coal and oil. 10 now using
natural gas to get up steam. and 1t IL
asserted that the last IL the beat Of
all. There are neither cinders, smoke
or smell incident TO its combustion
and steam is kept up with reta.
larity that would be the delight Of any
engineer. saving Of twenty-five per
cent. is effected by the use OF gas.
To the regular tender. now useless
except 40 q carrier Of water, q stand.
ard gas tank II attached. Whether
natural gas can be used 70 advantaee
by locomotives on long runs has not
been determined.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

pastor hands them his little roast.
We are almost tempted to recall the
story Of the little colored urchin who
listened breathlessly to the beratings Of
his comrade. and finally. when the other
ran out OF breath. sasped: IAN them
things what you called me. you is"
But, not being without the saving grace
Of humor, Of which our clerical friend
seems entirely lacking, we refrain. So
far as the Democrat Is concerned, we
will leave It to Mr.. Perkins to call
names.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
Machine Hangs wallpaper.

Wallpaper is trimmed. hung and
pasted by q new machine invented b.
q decorator in st. Joseph. Mo. L con-
sists Of small carrier for the roll a
paper, which unwinds and feeds across
a paste co.tainer. while at the sans
time a set of knives trim Il accurately.
When papeYing ceiling the opsrs1ns
fastens the apparatus TO hls vaast.
mounts the scafIold and walks along
It, hanging the paper as he goes. IN
papering the walls he may set the ma
chine on tho floor near the wall. climb
a ladder and pull the paper out Of the
machine, pressing Il against the wall.
Popular NechaniO0.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
LEI. Child Practically Unframed.

Len Child Practically unharmsd.
Escaping alive after train had
passed over him was the experience
Of George James Random, a four-year-
old boy. living with his parents at
Hull. England. Tho child had climbed
up the embankment and was toddling
along the track when . coal train Of
80 cars came along. The driver did
not see tho child nor did he hear tho
agonized shouts Of the spectators-
amongst whom was the boys uncle
who we're too far on to render as
sistance The c',ild was seen to be
struck down. ana the spectators an
ticipated It had been cut to pieces.
When the train had passed tho boy
was found lying between tho rails
with only an injury 70 the head. The
coupling links had struck and stunned
the child. and It had lain mottonless
while the train passed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
Hev Would ~ In, \,


How would yon IKE to b the
treasurer ana have to sign checks 70,
the Observation-Disclosures.
schaft3 That u the name Of m o.
gauixattoa Of German papermakaea. =
says Q New Yorker. writing from ths
Black Forest, "Thsy celebrated III
9w0UAfth an1tversary Of the oee.a&
sat1o1 q this ten-syllaAaod socastv n
Gently and we met . deieeakien Il
about two hundred and nfty On thsiI
way to cosIar. A me company a
men ssA women they were. hut N
wondered how much Of tie spsecA~e
king time would b ta1Eea nm BIZ ~
name and what e6sct the HauiA -
frssAms1k, which u alvays IN tmnoe
tant factor in excu1saons a dat M
would have On it, pronunciat3ua. -
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES - nj
that the lin1t7~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

halfway ware ptoNSo.
It has been noticed that many plants
not natives Of the locality, are to b
found growing In the neighbofhood Of
great railroad yards. Sometimes the
seeds Of these plants hAvs been
brought thousands Of miles rom. their
natural habitat. Often they flourish
amid their new surroundings and cred.
ually spread over the sne1oundtAe
country. Thus the trains carry IN
suspected emisrantD. which travel TO
and from every point Of the compass.
In the Missouri valley are to be found
plants which within few years pase
have thus been brought togstAor:
some from the Atlantic seaboard, some
from the gulf region and some from
the other side Of the Rocky mountains.
-Harper's Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

t1f0Q tu0 cn&AuS
Of the train upon
upon which Abra-
ham Lincoln was
secretly taken to
Washington for his
Inauguration.
Five years later
was the engineer
who carried Lin
coins body from
New York to Al
bany.
Engineer on the
famous Continen-
tai Limited for 26
years, running b.
t W cen Syracuse
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
Iona Newspapers
CONNECTS WIVES AND CHILDREN
| Up. A. Smith of the pardon board in
! in his Scranton Journal1

Somehow the arrangements are
wrong. Some provision should be made
for such cases. There are many cases
where the men in prison are curse
instead of benefit 10 their families
and friends when upon the outside. but
women like the above are not to blame.
The board is powerless to aid in such
cases. Under the law we could not
release her husband, and II we could,
perhaps it would not better her condi-
ton 1t seems strange that any COM
munity would allow a woman like this
one 10 suffer for the comforts of 'ife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
An Tempe, u.s Temper.

All Temper Dad Temper.
Tempers have been cIassed by
psychologists into hot. quick. high
and other divisions. but they must
aeree. as must We lesser humans, that
all temper IL bad temper. and that the
wise man cools his rage - quickly a
possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

New Fuel for Railroad.
Although the Texas. Arkansas and
LouasiauA railroad IL only seven miles
long. II. IL . pioneer In tho use Of nat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

IF Roosevelt had to take what he
could get in the way of a tariff plank
he was in exactly the same situation
as President Taft with reference to a
tariff law" asserts the Sioux City
j ournal. In reply the Hardin County
Citizen points out that the difference
seems to be that one says that he likes
ine taste and the other says that he
does not"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
HAS PROUD RECORD
RAILROAD MAk's LONG TERM
WITH ONE LINE.
George Wrishtson, Employed Tor FIFTY
Years on che New York Central,
Refuses to Qutt-his Many
ExperiOneo0.

Fifty years Of continuous service
with the New York Central railroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

Many people who are Mortified over
the brutality of bull fights. the prize
ring and who even oppose the game of
football for like reasons, have Vet to
be convinced that automobile racing
should be placed under the ban.' notes
the Upton Advertiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
THE MINISTER AND THE PREss.
IDayenport DemocTatl.


They told me I could md the loca-
ton Of the First Christian church by
consulting any daily newspaper. I do
not take the Der Demokrat. and pre-
sumo 1t was the one she referred to,
for the other Democrat has our church
continually listed with the Roman Ca
tholic churches Of the City In the
church column. In an editorial recent
ly the Dem ocrat had an editorial on
the dedication Of Christian Science
church in Marshalltown. Iowa, and
when I called them up over the phone
and told them that it was the same as
the First Christian church OF this city.
they thought 1t was quite . blunder.
As yet have seen no correction. Ac-
cording to such blundefs this lady
would be II years moro finding out the
location Of the First Christian church.
From Sundays sermon by Rev. 8. M.
Perkins Of the First Christian church.
Have you ever noticed that some
ministers think they are entirely con-
sistent when they 60 into their pulpita
and say unkind things about the news
papers that have never had an unseino
word to say Of them? We might add
that these same newspaper sro every
week devoting q large amount a spac>
to saying kind thinOo obeut the
churches. going to much trouble and
some expense to report their activities
and TO further the great pufDose and
mission OF the church at large. They
may even have devoted q quarter Of
column to Advertising. without any
charge, the sermon-wo will not say
the sensational sermoa--ia which she
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
WHY CRIMINALS ARE YOUNG.
nCeaar IA nidx Renuhltcan


One Judge says that two-thirds OF
the criminals who pass thru the court
are boys, from Is to % years OF age.
There is nothing wonderful about that
statement II man isn't criminal by
the time he is 25 he is not apt to be-
come one He might become one thru
great passion, or great greed, but il
the criminal instinct does not appear
in him earlier he IS not apt to go
wrong. The penitentiaries are filled
up with young men because the law
catches them shortly after they enter
on criminal careers. No man gets
ahead of the law for any length Of time
and the law catches him early. When
a man has reached the age OF % with
out becoming criminal he Is apt to be
safe If woman does not "falf' be-
fore she is that age. she is apt to re-
main standing up. It Is rather to the
credit of the law that It catches tho
thieves and the other criminals early
in life and puts them out Of harms
way. If fellow is going to develop
at all. one way or another, he reaches
that development before he Is %. II
you can get your boy past that age. or
ever, past 21, without having learned
the use OF tobacco or liquors or without
contracting vicious habits or following
evil ways, you may count that the
work of his salvation 10 pretty well
completed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17
Ihe Nevada Reprssentatiye predtc

The Nevada Representative predicts
that Carroll will be elected by ma
jority of % 900 10 $4,000, and says his
majority ought not to be less than the
latter figure and II it shall fall ma
te-!ally below that figure such shortage
Will be evidence OF a republican de-
noralization much greater than we
have supposed to exist-and we have
not been disposed either to represent
that all is fair that blooms in the po-
Iitical fields this fall"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

after all it does not make much
difference what Cummins and Roose
Welt think of each other" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. There are
thousands Of men whose views are
5ust as important"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

Theodore Roosevelt is not streng<
thening himself with the people OF the
United States by his course with re-
spect to the New York platform" says
the Creston Advertiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil is
vi gorously urging the election Of Con-
gresham Smith. Webb Byers, whom
Smith defeated for the nomina ton, Is
doing what he can to secure the lat
ter's election" says the Knoxville
Journal ''The So called progr essives
all over the state are lining UP for
Governor Carroll in fine shape. Isn't
it about time for our standpat friends
o get into the bandwagon?" the Jour
nal asks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-17

Senator Cummins should not be held
responsible for what his fool friends
say about him" says the Sheldon Sun.
He is unfortunate in having the sup
port of such cut throat paper as the
Des Moines News"