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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
Tho Bras. MouId.rs' Secret.

That workmen following n OF our
! most skilled trades should be subject
to q disease which for ages they and
their predecessors have kept. in a
measure a secret among them. and OF
the existence Of which not one phys1-
clan In a hundred has become aware.
seems truly paradoxical In this day OF
medical enlightenment and conquest.
Emphasis Is added to this circumstance
that the bFassmen's secret is his own
undoing, usually before he has reached
the prime OF life.
The brass industry has an III repute.
vague in character. It deserves It's
suspicious reputation but not alto
gether for the reasons commonly sur
missed. Almost everyone. for instance.
has the idea that a wound caused by
a piece Of brass is unusually poisonous.
or that to uck or swallow brass In any
shape would he to court poisoning:
but this Is Also the inges-
ton or inhalation of brass dust. as
among metal polishere and buffers. has
no more serious consequences. so far
as can he proved from h nature OF
the alloy itself. than were the dust
composed of iron or coal. 1t is in one
branch of the brass industry that we
find however. a peculiar attending dis
ease. This is in the melting. moulding.
or founding of brass, with the conse-
euent inhalation of metallic fumes. The
disease is called brass founders
aeue." AS far back as 1892 an English
man named Thackrah declared that
brass founders. or all who were ex-
posed to the inhalation of brass fumes
we're liable to a malaria like sickness
evinced as chills. fever, and sweats.
Yet the very fact that the disease did
not kill the subject on the spot. or. In
deed. within a few days. months or
even years, has kept the knowledge OF
1t from the public. and. in fact. from
the average physician. 1t is simply a
~predisposing affection. which OF itself
does not kill. does not even require the
physicians attendance, but paves the
way for the chronic diseases which
later prove fatal.-Emery r. Hayhurst
in The Survey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
COUNTRY LIFE CONGRESS.
sstternsnt Of Rural Life Conditions to
Be Discussed.

Spokane, Oct. 1S.-Betterment OF
conditions in the, rural districts OF
America. will be discussed by recogniz-
ed authorities at the first annual ses-
sions Of the National Country Life
Congress in Spokane. Nov. 90 to %.
Governor Marion E. Hay, Of Washing
ton. will formally open the conference
and executive officers Of Oregon, idaho.
Montana and ~neighboring states and
provinces will participate. The keynote
of the ngr will be: What can
do to improve conditions in the farm
ing communitieso" It is desired to
show that the farm question is broad
er than 1t is generally considered, also
that it involves the welfare Of capital.
business and labor fully as much as 1t
does the man behind the plow.
David Brown, chairman Of the coun-
try life committee Of the Spokane
chamber of commerce, announces that
every community in the country Is
privileged to. send delegates to tax
part in the deliberations, with a view
to securing tangible results. N ten
tative program for the sectional meet
ings follows:
Governors Day, Nov. 23.-The con-
gress will be organized and committees
selected for. the sessions to follow.
Farm Home Day, Nov. 24.-The ma
tional grange will have charge Of a
large portion of the program and sew
eral OF its officials will deliver adj
dresses. The chief discussions will be
upon how to make the farm home the
best in the world.
Country School Day, Nov. 25-Prom-
inent educators and officials of the ma
tional grange will take up plans for the
~redirection Of the rural school. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18

The fact is that Sunday has become a
day Of do ~ you please" except as to
men who work seven days in the week.
Granting that Sunday was made for
man. he should have 1t. He should not
be forced to work seven days in the
week to hold a Job: If he wants to work
seven days in the week he should not
be permitted to do, except as occasion
al emergency may demand. 1t isn't
true h a he might as wen work on
Sunday as 90 fishing. If choice must
be made he had better go fishing. HUI
manity needs one day Of seven apart
from hard labor. II men are to hold
their own physically. morally and men
tally they must hav it. The ancient
admonition to o six days and
rest one is scientifically correct today.
Whether it is one day or another the
one rest day out of the week is an alb
solute requirement.
II one class of men more than an
other is deeply interested in Sunday
rest from labor those who sell their
time for wage and salary are the class.
It is their one day of the job" 4 sev-
en- -day employer can shift and replace
men. The worn out employe Is dow
and out. Men wear out hut the work
goes on. Wage and salary workers are
most concerned with the abolition OF
Sunday. When we shall have made all
DAYS alike we have mad all days
workdays. Some occupations involve
Sunday labor but that is no reason
why n man should work seven DAYS
There is danger in the general apathy
Sunday observance. that the
rest day may be lost along with the
Sabbath. The American born working
usually refuses Sabbath labor
but there are other laborers to be mad
tn droves from countries which have
lost their Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
Outside Point of View
A. To Fish and Fishers.

1t was the experience Of Columbus
when he returned from his voyage OF
discovery to have many, even his
friends, doubt that he had founda new
country over the yea Livingstone re-
turning from Africa had the same ex-
perience. Even at the present time
some doubt that Peary reached the
North Pole. So that all Of US when
we go out Of the beaten paths must OK
pect the stay at homes to disbelieve.
1t Is unfortunate for their own good SO
many doubling Thomases r alive
today. All this has q reference to q
recent account Of fly fishing on the
wing dams on h Mississippi that ap-
peared in this column. Fifty years OF
reputation for truth and veracity
seems to be of no account when a
written account of a fishing trip APP
pears In print. What else could one
expect when men, fairly intelligent on
other subjects, think fy ishing con
sists Of impaling the Common house ny
on a fish hook, and wonder how you
manage to catch tho flies. The follow
ing, reaching the writer, m from
one "of this gentry"
Dear Birdseye:-lt went this time
this one time. In spite Of the sincere
desire Of the Times Republican to
maintain truth for truths sake and
conserve its own repute II believable
under oath that ash story went. Once
in a way what's the truth between
friends? Every human his has weak
ness. I confess that one Of mine IL Il
bend like a reed whese friends an
t~concerned. 30 I sent Il on out and
have been wondering whether Ansnins
was killed BY lightning or died n
agony.
speaking. Of AnaniAs I am forcsd e
the conclusion that ne was . much
ovsrrated man. 1 have always banked
len the Jewish gentleman ~ ON Alecl
The Great and Nero, It al. ~ q type
the real goods. etc. In shoft4I ha1
hiindiy eoae to believing that An. wal
the bigysst and most daring Mr. Writ
evef existed or might exist. I IN nov
f~convfnced that he Was ana smateui
rum she bush leagues. Q novsee. = 1ass
. etnk. Why, ne didn't even havv
imag1naxioni ss
Dus I can not understand Why 70,
DIDN'T Nasten Q dozen hlss and lAaasfi
to that lire. or lynn and catch ten basl
i~aggregating. say forty pounds. MI q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18

NOUS endorsement In his quest FOR the
national republican committeemanship
from Iowa. the Jefferson Free Lance
continues, There arc . few discordAht
expressions. here and there. an occas-
tonal dissenter asking why he should
be retained? The record does not dis
close any services that the Council
Bluffs man ever rendered the party or
any big niche he ever f1lled as a citt-
zen to Justify especial recognition from
his party or the people Of the state. HE
has been SiGnally honored In the past.
we admit: but WHY
While In Chicago a few days ago
Senator CNmmins declared that TAFT
can not carry Iowa as against LaFoi-
lette. n that is the general opinion
held by Iowa progressive republicans,
observes the Webster City Freeman
Tribune. and concludes t president
would probably carry the state ii nomi-
mated. but that LaFollette can defeat
him In a primary Is the deliberate
Judgment OF the friends of the Wis
consin senator. Senator Cummtns.
however, woule be much stronger in
Iowa than LAFollette."
There are people who. II Taft is the
republican nominee and Harmon the
democratic candidate. are thinking
seriously OF voting h prohibition
ticket seriously asserts the Scranton
Journal.
The Guthrie Guthrian says "Secre-
tary James Wilson as an excuse for at
tending the international brewers con-
Cress. and acting 80 honorary chairman
says the barley and hop industry OF
this count demands it. In watching
Uncle James. in public places for the
past thirty years we have always no.
ticed that he could generally And a
good excuse 70! anything he wanted TO
DO"
The Iowa City Republican SAYS tina
so far as the democrats are concerned
they would not he likely to vote in any
considerable number in a presidential
primary. Where a person votes In a
primary contest with a party with
which he is not affiliated" the Repuh-
'lican continues, eft usually is to help
a personal friend, or at the urgent So
licitation of others. In the case of Sc
iectfng deleEa ties on a national issue
the personality OF the candidates woutd
not be present."
The chances for a republican presi-
Dental primary in Iowa are growing
brighter" says the Tama Herald. w
are glad of it. Let the people say
whether they van to swap horses
while crossing the tream. They are
the ones who must furnish the votes
to elect the nominee. Let them say who
the nominee shall be-
IF there is to be a contest in this
state between The friends Of a and
the friends OF La Foilette," says the
Iowa Falls Citizen. let US have a
straight. open INC fair contest between
these two men and not drag IN Cum
minis. An assault on Cunmins is not
trying the Taft-LaF Toilette case on It's
merits"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
CHASsEL AND KENYON.
rNdehoIt C~hrOnkrle1.

With a single flourish Of the pen the
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune disfran-
chised a whole army OF voters last
week when in speaking Of h candi-
dacy Of e D. CHASED for secretary OF
state, II limited that he would not be
acceptable because he opposed the
candidacy Of Senator w. 3.
Kenyon before the legislature last
winter. There are thousands Of others
who were in the same mood - Mr..
CHASED and if that fact II to bar them
from participation IN tho selection OF
state officers next year the republican
vote is going to~fAll way shy Of nor
NAL proportions. Fortunately ne sera-
tor does not view this matter In che
am light a. does our distinguished
contemporary and doubtless would ap.
preciate the support Of this faction the
storm Lake paper would alternate, ir
the primaries nsEt June. Tho senator
has made good and some Of his op-
ponents before the legfslature hs'
winter are now his warmest admfreri
and supporters He Will drew the sup.
port Of Is per cent OF the republican
voters in the primary despite the foo
statements Of some Of his friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18

NUh t MmWL8 MNNEA NJ fEF' T.. q L.tt I'd .T ia ~
that each hen produces eggs to make
. clear profit Of 81 per hen 9 and
above the cost Of feed ana care. He
gets an average OF 700 eggs from each
hen which u the average Of 20 cent
per dozen brings $40 each. This II
not mentioning the high prices for
fine settings and the high prices for
birds sold. He haa sold for SO eAcn
and he has refused 500 for n white
Wyandotte hen, which 10 now 3 years
old n still q dne show bird.
Mr.. Hunts experience shows that 1t
is necessary 60 have a big farm to
make a good living. Mr.. hunt gets
the best chickens that can be found
regardless of price and he cares Tor
them properly. Any man who Will 90
the same thing can make money. MP
Hunt says that II the people will come
out to his place shout Jan. 1 hen
hens are not supposed to lay very
much he will show them six dozen
fresh eggs every day-when fresh eggs
are worth something.
PERSONAL AS TO COL. YOUNG.
[Sioux City Journall.
The Knoxville journal recently stat
led that the Des Moines Capital has
talready announced that it will bolt the
ticket If LaFollette hould be nominal
ed" The Capital o o the Knoxville
paper TO task, declaring what 1t said
Ito be IAN absolute fabrication" The
Knoxville paper insists hat the state
ment was made. in substance. either
lin a Capital editorial or in an author
lied interview given by Mr.. Young 10
Fred Davis. the political writer for the
Sioux City Journal. and is the author
iity on which the Journal relied for the
utterance 30 ierceiy assaulted" So far
as this newspaper Is concerned. the
record is clear 1t was reported in the
Journal that Mr.. Young was "a can
didate for delegate at large to h re-
publican national convention next
year Mr.. Young, In this connection.
was quoted as saying: Taft is a
good man and has made a good presi-
dent outside OF his mistake in The re-
ciprocity matter. He is the my man
the republicans can elect president next
year. 1t would be impossible to elect
LaFollette. and I wouldn't he for him
If we could elect him" Mr.. Young as
a dele g would be for Taft and not
for LaF,ollette. That was Mr.. Youngs
statement. as he was quoted in the
Journal. in connection with the state
ment that he would be a candidate for
delegate at large to tho national con-
r%ention.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
bee. You could have done it tust as

once. You could have done 1t Just as
easy. If you will permit me to criticise
let me say that l think your fiction
lacks somewhat of the boldness of the
extreme modern school.
Heretofore ] have never considered
m%endacity an art. But 1t Is. And YOU
ere It's Leonardo Da Vinci, its Michael
Angelo, It's Rembran;s, Holbeins, Peri
cles', ~crystallized like a diamond out
Of their coarser carbon.
Now II happened that in the same
mail. the one hat brought Doubling
Thomas letter, the following also came
TO hand. 1t comes from che OF the party
that helped this scribe make the big
KILN " on the Mississippi. He has
been at it again. Names are omitted
for obvious reasons. We have taken
solemn oaths never to divulge the
name of the place, the exact spot where
we get 'em. None OF the readers of
this need ask for 1t.
Sept. 90, 1911.-Dear Birdseye:-
Father and l went to - last
Saturday afternoon. l had previously
notified Ralph Norris to meet us with
boat, tent and blankets and grub at
the mouth Of the --- river Satur-
day evening. We got there o $3.50
cold, dark and dreary-but no Ralph.
After waiting three-fourths Of an hour
we drove back to -. 1t was
the worst drive, I think, l ever took
four miles Of 1t was over bottom
lands-boulders and muck holes every
foot OF the way-a God-forsaken. for
lorn. uninhabited country.
We drove from - to --
Sunday morning, completing forty
miles Of driving-arrived there at
about II and walked up to --.
He said he started up the river Sat
urday-got a late start-encountered
strong head winds all the way and fig
ured he could not make 1t before dark.
30 turned back. OF curse we were hot
but what is the satisfaction Of explod-
ing on a halfbreed? Sunday was so
cold we wore sweaters n coats
north wind blowing bad. Dad said he
could catch no bass on such a day. we
went below the bridEe-around the
bend-nshed along q distance Of zoo
yards and caught an even dozen Of big
ones. Several weighed three pounds
apiece. We both landed doubles. Dad
changed his mind about bass biting.
He found q new kind in the -.
It was great sport and the general was
greatly efated.
We stayed ri, --. the same
good place, and fshed above the bridge
Monday morning until train time at
noon. We caught ten more-most of
them big fellows. weighed one when
II got home and 1t weighed three and
cne-fourth pounds. I hooked a double
that morning that broke both flies OF
and later jumped out Of the water try
ing to spit out the bugs. They were
close ON to .four-pounders. Could we
have stayed all day Monday we could
have made a killing.
The bass bit 80 hard and were 20
voracious that I had to cut out the
hooks from their mouths. You may
know that dad viii come again-thia
fall II he can. ="
I will admit that I am nuts on that
Mace. We saw q school playing Just
like the white bass In the Mississippi
Two each got one OF them-mine wa
tho three and one-fourth FOUNDER.
Yours.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
Topics of the Times

The pers seem unable to find
sufficient justification of e. E. Hairs
ambition to make a life job out OF the
national committeeship.
Nobody has suggested that the AL
'drich plan shall be adopted without
dotting and & or crossing a e, SAYS
the Sioux City Journal. So it is TO be
handled differently from the railroad
bill. Ell?
The suggestion is that it was a sad
day when Mabray started in to switch.
The Mabray denouement is another
count against George Cosson and his
annoying fashion of sticking the attor-
places.
Speaking Of 5000 an acre Ian being
too high, how abou those Usage and
Emery farmers who are netting around
$50 and up to s105 per acre of sugar
beets raised this season? How much
ought a farm to be worth which holds
possibilities Of sos annual net on every
acre OF it,
And a Manchester nan shipped a
house for a consideration of s.. 900. o
Canada. where is thy sting. any old
place outside OF Iowa. where is thy
! victory
President Taft is headed for home.
No doubt after the chilly atmosphere
Of the west the president will enjoy
the cozy comfort of a fire in the home
CRATE.
The farmers who had a load Of tim
othy seed to market this fall need moi
envy the Alaska miner who struck a
pocket" and took a whole afternoon
to get rich in. A man up at Harper's
Ferry got 500 for the seed in two hay
stacks and had the hay left.
When IN Iowan ~personated George
Randolph Chester and got away with
%banquets and borrowed money. Mr..
Chester may feel assured that his Get
Rich-Quick Wallingford stories are de-
livering the goods they carry.
The Iowa City Republican is urging
the presidential primary. Which is
confederation of the axiom that no
body can be wrong all the time.
SO
If Mabray actually told all he knew
we shall see some very large men try
ing to get out thru very small holes.
No doubt there are those in Council
Bluffs who consider it hard to have
Nabray squeal just when the heart wa
at rest.
A Mr.. Ring is a candidate for the
Iowa legislature. Ring, Ring, haven,
we heard the name in connection with
some court house?
The Marion Register has been under
the management Of Major Rathbun FOL
forty-seven years. Forty-seven years
without change u . long time.
'If you can get hold Of az lows
farm at a moderate price," says tn.
Ceder Rapids Gazette. Pshaw. man
there are no moderate Iowa farml
either in price or production. The,
have to pay the top price for them an<
thew are worth it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
WHY WILL THEY?

Washington County Press1.
Namely. take office, as Taft did, only
to be bored, worried, badgered, deviled.
criticised, cuSsed. and all hat? What
is the glory and honor Of h prest-
dency to all the racket and poster ?
I would rather sit on a pumpkin II I
could have It all to myself, than to be
hectored that way, for then I could
come and go and do as I please. and
the vain world could go to thunder.
Here is United States Senator Steph-
enson, now SO years old, hauled over
the Goals for spending some 5000. 900.
to get his seat. and when he got 1t.
the old lum5erman didn't know what
to do with 1t, n car only rattle
around in 1t. Men n women straddle
around and chase after things, no mat
ter what, and van to be happy. and
shine, and cut a figure. n swell up.
and give themselves airs, and let on to
be some pumpkins, and what does this
Vanity Fair amount to? Not a thing
worth while. What fools we mortals
be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
m. war Dana

War 10 IN extremely simple pane
A number Of armed men = s1cke4
upon another body q Tanned naa. ane
they engage In the highly sa@tanG ~
diverting sport Of manning aAd shay
ing one another. The contestant which
can slaughter the most comb4tAnta
and starvs the most non-combatantA
10 adjudsed the winner. Single = =
0ot7
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
THE MATCH THAT kINolEs MURDER.

The TRIAL of Mrs. Aletha Rush. the
Franklin county woman who killed her
husband with a revolver resulted in her
acquittal on a charge of murder. 1t
was the verdic, Of a jury who had
heard the testimony, considered the
case, listened to argument INC weighed
evidence Inc Is thus to be accepted as
a just verdict.
Pack Of the trial. the wife in Jeopardy
Of her life or liberty and the dead hus-
band on the ioor Of his Office in the
railway station Is a series OF events
railway station in q series Of events
n occurrences upon which as a
people we are accustomed TO look as
trtvialities until they kindle into a
flame OF disgrace which scorches tndi-
viduals and shames communities. No
doubt the liason Rush conducted in a
mall town where concealment is i'm
possible was viewed with mingled dis
gust, amusement and complacency. 1t
was subject for much scandal, some
horror and considerable laughter. II
Sheffield is i k other communities.
The tragedy-for all that involves a
girls honor, a mans good name and a
wife's tears is tragedy-grew toward
its elimination unde the eyes Of in
difference. When it broke in scarlet
murder It arrived At it's natural climax.
For h desire to kill is h force tina
is an incident.
There are hundreds of other COM
munities in Iowa where girls are risk
ing regulations and character. men
their homes and business, and where
divorce or murder is making under the
the eyes OF the Indifferent or amused.
Fol- no liason can be long carried Sc
cretly in small towns and minor cities.
Men know. They tell others. Hun
dreds Of yes seen thru the fimsy pre-
tense under which fools and sensualists
vainly imagine they hide the truth.
Little IL hidden. Intrigue, like muir
der, will out. And then the explosion
which sets the shameful truth naked
before all, that destroys families, or as
in the Sheffield case leaves an inerad-
icable stain Of murder behind il.
Mrs. Rush has been acquitted by a
jury OF her peers. It is the verdict
most jurors would have rendered and
will be generally approved. But she
can y acquit herself While she
lives tho scars left by the last weeks OIL
her married life will ache and she will,
never lose b picture Of her husband
dead at her feet by her hand. Thu
girl who Was tho storm center OF the
tragedy can never forget nor will b.
allowed to forget. The verdict OF thu
jury did not end the trial for either o.
these. OF the three Rush In his grav
may DO best Oh.
It was . little thing, a common In.
cident. A foolish girl who craved Ad.
mifatory and attention: a man VIII
forgot his duty to his home and society
and Z wife mad with neglect and ieal.
DUSTY, but IT. ending should give pauy,
to girls a1A men and wives and 80.
cssty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-18
Iona Newspapers
L TO BE REGRETTED.
twebs,er CITY Freeman-rribunel.

chs CITY freeman
1t is regrettable h a there is still a
tendency in this town to consider the
postoffice as legitimate political spoil.
Postal efficiency is yet liable to be sac
rifced on the altar Of factional poll
tics, in spite Of the expressed wishes OF
the overwhelming majority OF u citi-
ems. We had hoped that Story city
mad got in line with more modern ideas
on this subject and that political ques
tons were at last to be settled with
out reference to the pie counter
Story City Herald.
OF curse it "is regrettable" to the
Herald that the postoffice at Story
City should be looked Upon al a reward
for political service. You see the
Herald is a standpat paper and the
postmaster at Story City is a standpat-
ter.