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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
ESTABLISHING 4 PRECEDENT.
Jefferson Bee.1

Mrs. Patterson, of Denver, who
shot her husband full of holes because
he was unfaithful 10 her. and abused
her, was cleared by the jury who tried
her last week. 1t is highly probable
her husband needed a good killing, but
whether she should have been cleared
is a question. By its decision the jury
said 10 ali women: If your husband
does not treat you right, Kill him, and
the courts will see that you are pro-
tected in the act" It is hardly prob
able that this was exactly what
was intended by the trainers of the
original law against taking life, at least
they possibly did not consider that the
punishment for the crime committed
by the husband should merit
the death penalty, as administered ny
the wife. However, the jury was COM
posed Of men, and if they want TO lay
down the rule quoted above. as direc-
ton for their own wives. we'll and good
The rest of the male population can
take the risk. with some additional pre-
cautions such as throwing the
family revolver into the well, a:2d
buying their wives a new dress every
Saturday night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
A.,,,+,,, institutional Church.

Institutional churches have been es-
tablished here and there In the north'
but the first Of it's kind in the southern
states was dedicated in Atlanta on
Sept. H. This is, perhaps. unique IN
all the land in having as part OF lts
equipment well-appointed hospital
for the care of the sick. Fourteen
wears ago. DR.. Len G. Broughton, the
head and soul of this enterprise. De
gan his work in Atlanta. Being a
forceful preacher, he attracted croWos
who had to be accommodated IN ne"
building. This church, now called the
"Old Tabernacle" was then thought by
many to be too large; but 1t is ALREADY
sunerseded. Never perhaps In the
history of Christendom," says MI. NJ
Martin, has there been spot
where more wonderful things nave
been fought out and wrought out tnru
the God honored ministry OF one man
during the period Of dozen years.
Connected with the church Is the
tabernacle infir1nary. where the SICK
are cared for. From the first the
christian hospital had been part OF
the plan Of DR.. Broughton. altho at the
time there was no protestant lnstltu-
ton in all the southland, and very lew
in all the world. This work was begun.
as all the rest of the work, without a
dollar. The reliance of DR.. Broughton
and his people was placed upon Cod
REINFORCED by willing hands. They
believed that the church should pro
vide for the treatment Of the sick. They
did not believe that the church had
any right to turn over to anything or
anybody the care of the sick, whether
rich or poor"
| The infirmary has training school
for nurses. Hard by is the tabernacle
dormitory for young women of employ
ment, where, since its establishment
over $500 have found shelter and pro-
lection. The institution has these
features:
| THE new tabernacle building is 147
feet long. 100 feet wide, and five stories
! nigh. There arc ~ this building twelve
outside doors, two steel stairway fire
escapes, eighteen toilets, and 100 out
side windows The lower tabernacle
or Sunday school auditorium, contains
two stories. The first story is the main
sunday school hall. In front are Of
fices for church secretary. book stall
Sunday school superintendent Sunday
school secretary. and Sunday school
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
An "Apprseiation.n

young lady who had returned from
tour thru Italy with her father In
formed friend that he like all the
Italian cities, but most Of all he loved
Venice.
An, venice, to &c surrey" :a!d the
friend. Il can readily understand that
your father would like, Venice, with its
gondolas, and st. Marks. and Michele
angeles"
ooh, no." the young lady interrupted.
ut wasn't that. He liked It because, he
could sit in the hotel and fish from ths
window."-CatholicN News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
For Sunday Reading
AilSorts of Obinions
"Psaes, as STILL"

peace, % SIiII'
When the waves dash high and the
storm winds roar,
And my barque seems frail and lone,
When far, far away is the sheltering
shore,
And so near the seething foam:
Thru the starless night comes CLEAN
Of light,
AS lift mine eyes to thee,
And above the tempest thy Peace, be
STILL"
Commands the turbulent sea.
o wondrous calm, O priceless peace.
o Christ love, always here,
To calm the waves and still the storm,
How could my heart know fear?
No night so drear but thy truth brings
light,
All storms at thy word doth cease;
Thru all the years would list to thy
word.
Thy love-laden message of peace.
Christian Science Sentinel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
TAFT RIGHT AS TO TREATIES.
ICripne1I Peg;star

There are two things in which Presi-
dent Taft should have the support Of
ali good citizens who do their own
thinking.
In spite Of Colonel Roosevelt's fan
tastic notions about national honor we
believe the good sense of this country
is solidly behind the president IN his
desire to do something in tfle cause Of
international peace. Churches are
passing resolutions endorsing the ac-
ton of the president. 1t is to be hoped
that the approval Of the churches will
Rave more weight than did its censure
in a case which appears to be forever
closed. The president, in this case. is
worthy of all the praise that is being
given him.
Again he is right in trying to en-
force the Sherman law The opinion
is rapidly growing that the Sherman
law is a mistake, but that does not
affect the presidents action. 1t is the
law. Mr. Taft's position in this mat
ter is far and away better than Roose-
velts. who practically holds that only
the law which he favors should be en-
| forced
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
IOWA CORN.
rBoone News-Republican.1

1Boone NeWs-Republican.1
One Of the biggest ears of corn ever
seen in this vicinity was raised by D.
c. Fessler, who lives about seven miles
northwest of Perry, in Union township,
Boone county, and the product Of his
field is attracting g great deal et at
tention. The ear is one Of an excep-
tiona1ly large yield which was raised
on the Mower land, which was farmed
by Mr.. Fessler this year. The field OF
seventy-six acres avoa aseu TfiosS tse :!
fifty bushels to the acre and all Of II
is large and wet matured The land
was broken up for the first time this
year, which makes the result even more
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
"ee.t on Earth.

This is the verdict of r. J. Howell.
Tracy, O., who bought Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound for his wife. Her
case was the worst have ever seen,
and looked like a sure case Of con-
sumption. Her lungs were sore and she
coughed almost necessarily and her
voice was noarse and weak. Foleys
Honey and Tar Compound brought re-
lief at once and less than three bot
ties effected a complete cure" NC.
Bride & Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

out Of the ordinary. The corn 10 OF the
Shenandoah yellow Rose variety
crossed with Legal Tender ana Biz
Four and the ear mentioned 10 q little
more than fourteen inches in length.
There are sixteen perfect rows and the
total number Of kernels on the ear Is
1000. It weighs about one and one-half
pounds. Mr.. Fessler Is successful
farmer, but yield of corn from this field
is the best he has ever had, consider
ing the dry weather. The returns from
seventy six acres total about $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
TIT For Tat.

One of those bores who are tbs
bane of all clubs drew his chair up
to Robert W. Chambers and said
genially: chambers, you are writ
ing at the rate of two and some.
times three novels every year. to say
nothing of your annual sheaf Of short
stories. Aren't you afraid that q time
will come when you will have writ
ten yourself out?" my dear sir.
Mr. Chamber replied. Il have ND
such fear. Just look at your own
case. You have been talking foE
more than sixty years and you haven't
talked yourself out, have you?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
Scare. Head Church Advertising.

If the theological seminaries were to
introduce a course in humor, or even
OF fitness" the churches might be
saved some OF the sensational exhibit
tons that bring contempt upon them
The Congregationalist and Christian
World which prints this observation,
cites by way Of illustration a Pennsyl-
vania minister who announced a series
OF eight vesper services on the call OF
the Wild" the sermon to be followed
by illustrated songs, confessions, ana
the ringing of chimes. The topics
for the various evenings read like the
scare heads of the yellowest daily,
says this journal. going on to won
der in which portion of this variegated
service the minister intends to intro
duce the spiritual food for which his
hungry hearers look" Such sermon
izers, points out the Western Chris
tan Advocate lCincinnatD, taking up
the same theme, are being quoted by
Jewish and Roman Catholic papers as
evidence Of the decay and disinegratlon
of reverence and faith and earnest
preaching Of vital truth in protestant
pulpits." These observations are
added:
had it's day, and is rapidly going to
pieces. We believe the public is more
and more feeling WEAKNESS and disgust
for such vaudeville entertainments.
They can get all they want OF such
amusements in the cheap theaters and
nickelodeons. For the church to go
into competition with the moving pic
ture shows on secular lines Eve do not
speak of religious and church topics) Is
degradation that ought to stir the
conscience of true christians to the
depths.
Sir Robert Perks. the prominent
English Wesleyan. took up this line OF
thought il recent address he made
before the Methodist ministers meet
ing Of New York City. He pleaded 1ol
a definite policy-for reliance upon the
gospel as an effective means OF filling
the churches. and for the complete
abandonment of any practices winch
SAVIOR r,1ure Ct the theater than the
church"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
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books all In one years subscription to
the Times Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
Too Much ReIiuious TaIk.

England and America are both walk
ing up to the conviction that conven-
tions do not make religious life. The
British Weekly (London) lately called
attention to the fact that a reaction
had set in against these numerous
meetings and floods of talk. For twen-
ty-f1ve years at least" writes its edi-
tor, 1.-THE whole drift has been toward
congresses, conferences. public meet
ings, motor-car preachings, wanderings
thru the whole earth. Floods Of ora
tory have passed over the church's
ground, and what has been the result?
They have left it largely barren" The
Advance reads these words and notes
number of concurrent testimonies in
support Of this opinion. We read:
1.-The London Inquirer also takes the
same view, and declares that meetings
have been increased until they threaten
to become yeariness to the flesh. and
are attended only by small fraction
of the religious world, which has
taste for this particular kind of ex-
element
The Manchester Guardian joins n
the criticism in letter from a dis
tinguished clergyman of the established
church, in which the small attendance
at the recent church congress is pointed
to as proof of the reaction which has
set in against these big gatherings.
Nothing comes of it, says the writer,
and so many serious men who do not
see the worth of talk which tends no
where stay away
Half a continent and an ocean lie
between England and Chicago. but
"a nfo$ q
been Illustrated here. We have had big
meetings and floods Of oratory. with
the rank and file of the churches con-
spicuously absent. Stupendous pro-
grams failed to draw church.
living within a few blocks Of the meet
inss, and even ministers who could
easily have reached the place stayed
away Plainly there is reaction. The
flesh is not in danger of growing tired;
it already is tired, and the spirit is not
refreshed by these multiplied confer
ences. AS one of the writer's says, The
bloom of the spirit is destroyed by cor
slant haranguing.
"Of this reaction and condition the
churches must take note. Annual meet
ings are expensive. especially when
speakers and delegates are asked TO
come from all parts of the country, ana
there should be much value in such
meetings to justify their frequency and
the outlay. But if the speakers do not
reach the rank and file, and If the
workers find that they are only exhort-
ing one another and few faithful and
interested souls who already believe
to the bottom of their hearts all that is
said, where is the compensating value:
1t is not wise expenditure of money
and time and effort. OF course 1t has
become a custom, but some customs,
like old clothes, should be changed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
TnnsREPUBIIoAE. hARsHA11EowN IOWA DECEMBER 1917

rowerful--the lines Of right and JUS
tice and fair play. They are merely the
guerillas and the assassins Of a war
fare which has to be waged along the
lines or moral suasion and economic
argument.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
Topics of the Times
When RileY's Gone,

Along about kreedeep il June"
Stretched meath 4 tree or the shade
dappled grass.
Wen bark the burde. of the honey
tune.
Watch with unconscious eye the
cloud Aocks pass
And think Of him.
And when the winds how, loud o nights
Ard ghosJly fingers tap ,he pane
ARG witch notes Quaver II the gale,
AS in the Orphans weird refrain,
Wen think OF him
"Lors about Christmas" when our Bill
Improves behavior: in the crowd
That thronss the streets; ard as we fiji
The row Of stockings we shall hear
His silent voice aloud,
And think Of him.
When VIZ recall our vanished vou,:,,
old friends,
Old retshbo-s. earlier griefs and joys,
Lost faces Of old swe@rhea-rs." touch
with tears
That worn collection Of neglected
toys;
Wen thi-k Of hin.
Because ne wrought the ballad Of our
Our common human ives If bitter
sweet
W'ore tenderness into lis minor chords
And left the song complete
Wen think Of him.
McNamara's was 5eathbe5 repent
ance a-d you see what he got.
Secretary wilson says ths farmer
gers less than 50 cents cut Of every
dollars worth ne raises and se!,s. APP
psren1iy ihe farmer :ss.'- doing IS eel
rs the food prisoners and quack rnedt-
cine men who found a fEi@nd il the
legal department OF Secretary Wilson 5
department.
When YOU size I'D the Los Angeles
woman vote it was overwhelmingly
cast in the interests of good citizen
ship.
Perhaps President Taft is running
serial messages with the idea of getting
readers 50 deeply interested that they'll
| subscribe again in order to finish the
story.
| What amazing confidence in human
ity Mr.. Gompers has. He never sus-
pected for a minute during the regime
| of terrorism that the steel workers
union might have lost it's self control.
| Perhaps the shortest way to peace
and quiet would be to give Woodrow
Wilson his pension and send him GU,
to play.
1t is not that Lincoln Steffens doesn'
write we'll but that he has written too
| much
Mover says if he had been the Me
Namaras he wouldn't have pleaded
guilty. 1t will also be recalled tina
Meyer didn't plead guilty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

With the Coming Of Middle Age
There is letting down in the physi-
cal forces often shown In annoying ana
painful kidney and bladder ailments
and urinary Irregularities. Foley KID
ney Pills are splendid regulating ana
strengthening medicine at such time.
Try them Mcbride & VIII Drug
Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

having repealed It, The abolition Of
the licensed quarters, therefore calls
for no new legislation: it is only neces-
sary to disinter the old ordinance from
oblivion and urge the authorities to
enforce it."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
THE M'NAMARAS AND OTHERS.
TM,. Vernon Record

The crimes of the McNamaras are
heirous. OF tina, there is no doubt.
But is the censure of the public
caused BY the fact that the Times ex-
plcsion killed twenty lone men. or is 1t
because there was a large amount OF
property destroyed? How do the num-
Der of deaths caused by the work of
these men compare with the number
OF lives. worse than loss by the work
of any distiMe-y. Or hoE does 1t COM
pare with the number OF lives lost
thru foods adulterated with poisens!
or how does it compare with the num-
her of lives lost thru patent medicines
of a certain class. This list could be
carried on indefinitely. In fact there
are few communities that do not nave
some person or persons who have been
willing to sacrifice lives for their pri-
va,e gain. This is really much worse
than the work of the McNamaras. for
they had nothing to gain personally.
Their work was more the work OF
fanatics-of men not balanced exactly
right. But they will be kicked and
euffed by everyone. while the man VINO
sacrifices his fellows for gain. and gets
the gain. will still be accounted as one
of our prominent citizens.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES..

"Champ Clark should be the unani-
nous choice of the democracy for
president" concludes the Waterloo
Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
THE GOOD IN MEN LIKE BURNS.
TCedar Papids Republican,.

L T. IN vi
[Cedar Rapids Republican,.
The good that a man like Detective
Burns can do 10 country can not be
overestimated. His services in the Nc
Nan,ara cases rise to the highest pitch
OF national services. All the statesmen
of the present have not achieved so much
and have not wrought SO nobly FOR
their country as this keen-minded de-
rective has done. And Mr.. Burns has
rot done it in mere hatred, but in love
for his fellow men, we believe. Speak
ing Of personal violence. when he was
asked whether he feared 1t or not, he
said no. He was proud to say that union
men are his friends. They want him to
succeed for ne is helping them to
cleanse their orders of the cut throats
who have in some of the orders at
tanned to leadership.
Mr.. Burns has sounded the most dis
tinct note Of law and order that has
been sounded in quarter OF a century
He has called the people back to some
OF their primal love for Justice and
freedom from intirnidations. The peo-
pie of this country believe In law and
order and in Justice. They are read!
to respond to the leadership that stands
for such things, the leadership thai
dares to bring high and mighty mer
| to their just deserts. Men like the NC.
Namaras were assuming to govern thu
| country. at least in its industrial AZ.
/ poets, thru terrorism. but BURNS hal
pricked the bubble and they lie fiat.
tened on the ground. CT all men th'
most contemplate. hated even by thos'
! whom; they thcnsht they were serving.
| The foolish .dea that they were In
sense martyrs TO some vague principle
is the veriest nonsense. In their oper.
tations they were not serving the prin
.Is!s=: &c crya ntzeS !ehe- h.,A they wer
tetraying those principles. They hay
not advanced the cause Of labor, bu
they have checked its growth aIonE IN
lines that alone can be permanent an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

while it may be all right to not
amo-r the school children on the
school grounds before quarter after
/ o'clock in the summer, it would seem
to be all wrong In the winter" says
the Mt. Vernon Record There is no
good reason. why the school building
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

Elm the Taft Kenyon alliance to cap
ture the delegates in this district the
voice is the voice of Jacob, but the
hand is the hand of Esau," says the
Webster City Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09
sK1-SKs UNDER SCHOOL HOUSES.
Rockford ReHster.J


The argument put forth by Reed
Snoo- ard others of the Lorimer-Aid-
rich Penrose outfit to the effect that IT
is the reformers-progresst ana
are to blame for the pres
ent unsettled condition Of business has
about as much logic TO commend 1t as
would the claim that it is the boys
proddiny them and not the skunks I'M
der the school house that are the
source Of the nauseating smell that
these animals emit under such cond1-
,ions. Industrially there are skunks un-
der the, school house. They're out OF
place there. but just so long as they
are allowed to rule the roost there is
likelihood Of trouble. A company OF
men. call them what you will, have de-
cided that it is a patriotic service to
rid the premises OF this family of
skunks. The air will be strong for
time but when the last one has been
knocked on the head or had It's brains
bowed OUT. there viii be peace and
naturally the air will sweeten but
while this house cleaning is going on.
let no deluded mortal get the notion
that the reformers who are doing the
prodding are causing the snen This
is a mistake: it's the skunks under the
school house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

should be locked up to within a quar-
ter of an hour of school time, or at
all during the noon hour. The idea
nowadays seems to be to run the pub
lie schools for the convenience of the
employees, with little or no considera-
ton for the convenience Of the pupils
or the parents who pay the bills"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

Champ Clark" says the Waterloo
Courier. seems 10 be the politicians
candidate The politicians are general
~ wiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

Most men of President Gompers'
prominence have access to the product
of clipping bureau II President
Gompers will give little time to as
public opinion as repre-
sented by the newspapers he should
find the investment profitable" says
the Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

at is time for republicans to cool
down and hope for the best" says the
Shenandoah Sentinel-Post. The course
of republicans in congress this winter
and of executive action will determine
largely whether the republicans may
be successful next fall or whether they
are due for a drubbing. The party is
undergoing a reorganization along
more radical lines than in the past and
the conservative elements of the party
might as we'll make up their minds to
it or join the conservative wing of the
democratic party"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

Along about kreedeep il June"
Stretched meath tree or the shade
dappled grass.
Wen bark the burde. of the honey
tune,
Watch with unconscious eye the
cloud Aocks pass
And think Of him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

And when the winds howl loud o night,
Ard ghosIly fingers tap the pane
An6 witch notes Quaver II the gale,
AS in the Orphans weird refrain,
Wen think OF him
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-09

"Long about Christmas" when our Bill
Improves behavior: in the crowd
That throngs the streets: ard as we fiji
The row Of stockings we shall hear
His silent voice aloud,
And think q hin.