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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
H..kin Took Corn Cake.

Frederic ]. Haskin often regales his
friends with incidents occurring during
his trips thru the country in search
Of copy"
On one occasion, according to Fred
Gle, he arrived at tumble down south
ern tavern, where he was forced to
spend the night. Upon arriving at the
breakfast table the following morning
he scanned the menu and decided that
eggs were the least suspicious article
Of diet thereon. Accordingly he ordered
some.
"Ah wouldn't jes' recommend de aigs
= mornin', boss" said the colored SER
vitor.
"Whats the matter? Are they
spoiled
mo, sab; dey amt spoiled"
well, are they cold storage eggs
mo, sab; dey Amt cold storage aigs
neither" :,
'"rhen, what's the matter with
| them?" queried the hungry Haskin.
well, sab, eff yo' mus know-we
ART got no aigs Is mornin'.'' came the
unwilling reply.
I Haskin ate corr cakes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29

have studied the problem in every de-
tail, from every viewpoint and at every
angle. During all this time ! have not
ceased to be employed. It is best to be
employed at light outdoor work, as
mere loafing around with insufficient
exercise Is bad. On the other hand. 10
be obliged to rustic and hustle to
make ones way often delays the cure,
and, in great many cases, overex-
ertion and too hard work even In the
open have caused premature death.
But what Is one to do when he must
eat and has no bank account? Work
he must II he can find 1t and has no
rich relatives to help him. Finally. aft
er a couple OF years, l thought could
return to newspaper work. I tried re-
porting and it went fairly well. tho l
did not feel as we'll as I did on the
ranch. Then / was offered very
tempting editorial job, such az had
always wished for, and, Of course. l
accepted. In six months the inside
work, the bad air and lack OF exercise
got me, so was mighty glad to quit.
Then I went to ranching on my own
hook, buying an undeveloped place on
faith and going in without much of an
equipment or ANYTHING slss.eso hare
am, in q stwo-room log cabin amid the
sage brush, pinon and cedar. $500 feet
up in the foothills OF the western slope
lin southwestern Colorado. l am out
doors practically all OF the time.
Everything is in favor Of good
health where the air is pure. the sun
shine abundant. the water cool. The air
of the southwest Is stimulant: the
annetite increages and general nutrt-
ton improves. The health seeker can
live out in the open most Of the time
In Denver, for instance. there are only
forty-fve cloudy days in the year
while Jacksonville has eighty-seven
and New York 10. Excepting thirty
two days, the sun was visible. some
part of the day, at Denver for period
of thirteen years. In the southwest we
have annual precipitation of ten te
twenty inches against fifty, sixty and
higher in the east. The humidity is q
great deal less IN the great sanator-
ium' than elsewhere"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
Entered at the postonice at Aars4au
toWn - second class mail matter.
MIRACLES,

An Iowa spring may oftentimes be
and early June nights awake fears of
frosts. Cold rains and cloudy weather
may keep the corn sprouts stunted and
bilious, but the weather comes always.
comes warm and s,,nshiny and stimu-
liant ~ old wine. Then the corn leaps
higher day by day. the earth steams
and the corn manufacturing industry
of Iowa works day and night shifts. It
IL an annual miracle which does not
occur hat takes place in late Iowa
Tunes.
Miracles are commonplace things at
ter an. Every sunrise is a miracle and
every blade Of grain or grass from the
sprtngtns Of it, sprout to the harvest
q manifestation of Supreme Goodness.
The breess that sweeps across the
porchss where We sit Of evenings is
the breath Of the miraculous Rain and
snow and tho changing seasons as they
pass In their succession attest the daily
WORKING Of miracles mighty as that
which burst the tomb Of Lazarus or
called tho Widows son from death.
We Nv, unseetng and unheeding
among miracles. We pass in sleep to
rise 10 daily resurrection. Life Is one
long miracle and death itself but the
miracle Of sleep prolonged.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
and in China. the demand for the bible
increases. The liberated intelligence Of
the few at first, and then Of the many,
demands il.
The WEAKNESS of Life.

Let me tell you what it is that is
eating but the heart of humanity. 1t is
the merle WEAKNESS of life. 1t is what
the French call 'ennui.' We soon tire
Of the thing which pleases. We are
so constituted that the very things in
which we delight soon grow stale, fiat
and profitable The highest priced
pleasures most quickly evanesce. An
tony and Cleopatra sought variety in
boiled humming birds tongues, and
wine IN which pearls had been dis
solved. They even tired Of each other.
"Giddy women, who live for the ex-
elements Of society. try to satisfy
themselves in one direction by slum-
ming, and in another by turning their
parlors into gambling hells. The poor
md themselves ground down by daily
drudgeries, and seek some change
from the awful humdrum tasks Of life.
The saloon seeks to satisfy his crav-
ing for some change. The mad, wild
rush Of our fellowmen in search Tor
a new sensation il the sad revelation OF
the souls deep need for something big
ger and better than itself.
"What every soul needs is some
noble, moral possession. The needs a
high and worthy purpose which gives
to life a direction which is not that OF
a circle, but that Of an upward spiral
ever rising into two heights and open
ig up widespread horizons.
A noble secular pursuit VIII o1teh
relieve the WEAKNESS OF life.-Rev
Chaner 3. Mitchell.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
POSTMASTER BOLTS TAFT.
TTama Heraid.1

AS a result Of the thoroughly dis
credited convention system in many
other states Uowa among them) the
rank and file OF the party had no OPP
portunity Of enforcing their wishes.
The voice Of the party was stifled and
delegates from those states went to the
national convention and misrepresent
ed their constituents. They did more
than that. Notwithstanding the handi-
cap under which Roosevelt waged his
fight he fairly won it. The rotten bur-
roughs OF the south added to the dele
gates from the colonies plus the boss
selected platoons from New York and
Colorado were in a minority and the
only method left them of defeating the
man who was clearly the choice Of the
vast majority of the party was to I'M
seat his fairly elected delegates and
place in their stead men who had no
shadow Of right or title to sit in the
convention. Roosevelt was thus robbed
OF seventy-two delegates, as many i'm :
posters being seated and being per-
rn1tted to vote favorably on each 9TH
ers' right to participate in the conven-
ton.
And after the entire story of shame
less political debauchery had been told
Taft was able to muster a majority OF
twenty-one. His lieutenants well knew
their needs when they seated the sew
enty-two delegates who had no more
right to participate in that convention
than had the reader Of this item. It is
story that makes every loyal repub-
leans blood boil. A condition confronts
| the republican party that will moi
tamely be submitted to. Roosevelt is
the real nominee of the republican par
ty today and unless some method car
be devised whereby his name can &c
on the ballot at the November cleo
! tions, even such solid republican state.
| as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Mime
sofa and Iowa will be carried by the
democratic candidate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
Topics of the Times

Considering the strain and stress OIL
the struggle at Baltimore it is to ne
hoped that Champ took along an ade-
uuate supply Of those famous oltters'
to the stimulating and remedial ell
fects of which he has testified In the
advertisement.
In the whole shooting match Bryan
seems to be the only one to ring the
bell every time he shoots off mis-
mouth.
Kindly remark how Col. Harvey
dwindles when set side by side with
Bryan. The deadly parallel in Harper
and in the convention works out difrer-
emily.
Corn is also a candidate to be knee
high by the Fourth and the weather
is stampeding its way.
called "a historical parsonage" Would
it be taking low down advantage OF
history?
| The hog, cattle and corn markets &c
| not seem to be affected by the price
| of delegates.
They'll have to roll Bryan out Of the
road before the steam roller can gel
by or over.
There are a number Of wives in this
city whose conclusions on "A Year IN
Dry Town" would, if they could DC
induced to give them, be the best argu
ment ever offered in favor of saloor
abolition.
| The inhumanity of the Baltimore
bars in raising the price of drinks is
accentuated by the hot weather anc
| the deadlock which may last into mex
| " eek
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29

into kindling wood since = more polite
way Of seeking the Lord has been dis
coveU0 and an easier way to enter
the doSrs Of the church. There - no
aon0tr IN the minds Of some any per.
sonAl 1svil. ana hell 10 myth that
went out Of existence with the death
Of Dante.
The remedy for this il drst that the
home 10 the oldest institution and Of
greater Importance than tho church.
When there 10 not religion enough in
the homes to keep going family wor.
ship there will no longer be enough
religion to keep going the church.
Second, wish every sign nailed to
every church in the land advertising
free seats might be torn down. It 10 a
lie 1t takes money to run churches
and every sensible person is willing
to contribute, but they do not like to
attend services where free seats are
advertised and then have collection
plate stuck under their nose.
Third bring back the old Bible and
the old pulpit, and last but not least
bring back the old time religion with
the old time dependence upon the SUI
pernatural"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
For Sunday Reading
oil s. 1T, of Opinion,
Blamoe Modernjtv

The Rev. G. r. Robbins. pastor Of
the Lincoln Park Institutional Baptist
church, in a sermon delivered said that
because Of the amazing number Of peo-
pie who apparently have no respect
for or interest in a thing unless 1t be
new, the church Of today, it IL univer-
sally conceded, Is not fulfilling its di-
vine and human mission in the world
1T is amusing" the minister said,
"the number Of people who apparently
have no respect for or interest In a
thing unless 1t ID new. They talk
glibly about progress. They look with
suspicion upon all disposed and de-
termined to cling to the past, finger
about the present and willing to be
counted fogies in the superior court
Of new thought.
"In the ancient day the church edi-
| fee was churchly, now theatrical
The old pulpit in many instances haa
been set aside for the new stand, and
tho pis cc..sie on the pulDit has given
way 70 the little bible unknown, And
the alter ct which penitents were wont
Ito knssl has bssa . long TING ago spill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29

and closing years Of the operations OF
the Mckinley law. when the imports of
sugar free Of duty were abnormally
large. Imports Of duty free merchan-
disc never reached as much az 100 mil
lion dollars prior to 1873.
The principal articles forming the
one billion dollars worth Of duty-free
merchandise entering continental
United States during the fiscal year
1912. are according to the latest reports
of the bureau. Of statistics Of the de-
partment of commerce and labor, food
stuffs and manufacturers materials.
OF the more than one billion dollars
worth Of manufactures exported dur
ing the year. those Of iron and steel
aggregated about 275 million dollars in
value; vopper and mineral oils. each
more than 100 million: lumber and
other manufactures Of wood, nearly 100
million; leather and manufactures
thereof, about so million: and cotton
manufactures, about so million. Manu-
features exported in the month Of May
amounted to 1OS million dollars for the
single month and formed So per cent
of the total domestic exports OF that
month. For the full fiscal year manu-
features formed about IS per cent of
the total domestic export. During the
thirty-four months in which the pres
ent tariff law has been in operation,
manufactures exported averaged 10
million dollars per month and formed
As per cent Of the total exports. Dur
ing the entire existence Of the Ding
ley law they averaged As million dol
lars per month and formed 81 per cent
OF the total exports; during the entire
operations Of the Wilson law exports
of manufactures averaged % million
dollars per month and formed 20 per
cent of the total exports; and during
the existence Of the Mckinley law they
averaged 16 million dollars per month
and formed 21 per cent of the total ex-
ports.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
RECORD MADE IN FoREleN COMMERCE.

The foreign commerce Of the United
States made a new and remarkable
record in the fiscal year Just ended The
total value Of the merchandise entering
ana leaving tn ecountry in it's trade
with forsdgn lands and it's own island
posssssions IN the fiscal year 1912. was
four billion dollars; the value Of manu-
fa6tu1ee exported was more than one
Million do1lars; and the value Of nom
duf1ab1e merchandise entering the
country during the year ending June 30,
1919, about 800 million dollars worth
wAs from foreign countries and 100
million dollarS worth from Hawaii and
Porto leo. OF the merchandise coming
no foreign countries only (and not in
Ginning that from Hawaii and Porto
|1ics) SIS Per cent entered free Of duty
nga1nse as per cent during the entire
.1sessd Of the Dinsasy law. 4s.s Per cent
un0W the Wilson law, and 50 Per cent
.unow Ne Mckinley law when the ad.
ysslGaeon e sugar tree Of duty made tn,
;sckaes of duty-ffss imports un'
,nallH lsrss. but not 20 high ~ tina
- ~ y~ 3ust ended In fact tn
jeSues 6 duty-fFss msrchandiss enter
-: 49, forsd9n countries In 1919 no
gooly Hsssde ~. 6ar that Of any earns
49, ~ aleo forns la1sse share o
- o01ns imports thaa n any prsviou
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
n WOULD PAY.

n the money and labor which Is
going business It would soon be a
hating business and some firm which
understood the meaning OF the term
deficiency" in its new sense would buy
It for a song and rehabi1itate 1t into a
profitable venture It is only in public
business that we cling to Anticipated
methods and give the balance sheet
scant attention.
good road Is as necessary between
the towns and farms as between the
factory and the freight house. 1t is
part Of economy In business operation.
It costs the business Of the farms and
the towns to haul over bad roads pre-
cisely as It costs the manufacturer to
haul his outgoing product to the freight
house and his incoming material back
to the factory. The manufacturer stirs
heaven and earth to eliminate trans
portation charges. The farmer wakes
indignant over what he considers ex-
cessive transportation charges on his
produce by the railroads. 1t comes tt
the same, is quite as seriously exces-
sive whe nhe overcharges himself by a
system Of road building and road main
tenance which costs him twice as much
20 haul over as 1t should or as it need.
The 5000 per acre farms of Iowa are
factories. Their product pays most OF
the freight bills out Their consump-
ton pays most Of the freight bills in
Every dime Of freight charges is
doubled and trebled by the cost Of get
ting the product to market from the
farm over poor roads.
There Is no country on earth which
needs, deserves and is able to pay fol
good roads more than Iowa. 1t is time
that this state were meeting the ques
ton Of permanent roads fairly. Thu
sooner central Iowa is gridironed will
roads good every day in the year TO
horses and wagons and carriages ant
motor vehicles the quicker Iowa Lane
will be changing hands at $500 an acre
Three hundred dollars an acre IS con
servatfve. That price will obtain II
time and in no long time as time goes
but the land owner Of the present cal
hurry the time by twenty years an
add so per cent to the value Of his hold
Ing instead Of passing opportunity o.
to the owner who shall succeed him.
The dragged highway is mere proph
ecy. It IL simply a beginning TIL
real Iowa highway. the country boule
ward is on the way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
4 Gard.

This il TO certify that Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound does not contain
any opiates. any habit forming drugs.
or any ingredients that could possibly
harm it, users. On the contrary. Its
great healing and soothing qualities
make II real remedy for coughs, colds
and irritations Of the throat. chest and
lungs. The genuine is In a yellow
package. Ask for FOley's Honey and
Tar Compound and accept no substi-
tute Mcbride 4 win Drug Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
AN APPROPRIATE CHORUS.

WEST UHION lage-0dZetle.J
Where the voters got chance to ex-
press their opinion, PRECEDENT Taft IS
renominated because thirty-eight mem
bers Of the national committee as
sumed the right to seat such delegates
as they chose, and then these hand
picked" delegates sat in the conven-
ton and by their own votes sustained
their titles to their seats. Yet we have
heard no end of talk from the Taft
supporters about Representative gov
eminent" and in the Taft headquarters
at Chicago there shone an electric
sign, Preserve the republic"
To our mind there is a strange ap-
propriateness in the fact that the fav-
orite tune OF the brass bands at the
convention was Hail, hail, the gangs
all here, what the HI do we care?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
underworld Demand For the Bible.
GChristian Science.J

A plain. everyday, stattstically pre-
sentation of the operations Of the bible
societies in English-speaking coun-
tries. to say nothing Of the activities OF
other agencies, puts to shame the pre-
tentions of ordinary publishers ana
ordinary bound publications. win
translation Of the Scriptures into Ro-
muny. the tongue Of the Gypsies. they
may now be read in 440 languages. AT
present the American Bible Society Is
engaged in translating the sacred VOL
ume into the languages Of the tribes OF
the philippines. 1t is announced that
q New Testament in Ibanag has been
COMPLETED. The American Is cooper
at,ng with the British and Foreign
Rih,e Society in revising the Tagalog
Nau, Testament. The Old Testament
ha. recently been issued in Panayan,
and the Pentateuch in Ceouan anu
parn.nean. Within q year New
Testament in Kurdish has been Issued
- ct.mese and Zulu versions are
being revised. 18th
the wide-awake use OF the pApie q. ~
present time is that 1t mas peeih
lated into languages that kno"
tically no other literature. ihus. ~ -
the means of giving birth not Only ~
religion in many quarters OF the sioDe
hut to the literary longing whicn =
akin to the desire for knowledge. FROM
the beginning Of the British aha ioa
eien yocieties no less than leS'vvv'vo'
copies Of the bible, testaments ana pol-
tons of the scriptures, have Deen -
sued. The total issues Of the AMERICA !.
Rible Society at home and abroad n
the last year were 3,ss1.2o1. OF Wnic.
40 o9s we're complete bibles e1o''4s
testaments and 2,5so,s75 small parts
an for instance, the books OF Mastne~
and the Acts. In the ninety-sx year.
Of the American society's history
has issued e4,21s.106 volumes. Al
showing not merely the STEADY Ou
rapid increase in the demand for piples
it may be mentioned that the incfeas'
of last year over that of the pfeviou'
wear in the number Of volumes lssuet
was 9.47S.
It Is an interesting but not an mex
plicable fact, that certain phases OF po
ilitical change and revolution anec'
and often favorably, the sale OF IN
bible, Come recent overturnlngs nay
opened new opportunities Tor the ~
PRODUCTION Of the Book Of Books; with
out particularising, others are tendin
that v.- while for certain reasons IN
larea Of distribution may be dimin'sssS
during troublous times, - IA 1exic
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
SAYS TAFT CAN'T CARRY THEM
lParkersburc Eclipse.1

Unless large percentage Of the vot-
ers in the territory in which the
Eclipse circulates have radical
change Of opinion between now and
November. we fail to see how Taft can
carry this section Of Grundy and But
Ter counties. The president is and has
been very unpopular with the people
and it is surprising to talk with the
people and learn how they feel to-
wards him now. Old gray haired men,
who have been steadily voting the re-
publican ticket since war time. say
they will not vote for Taft. yet they
dislike to vote the democratic ticket.
If Roosevelt runs on ali independent
ticket he will secure large vote from
this class Of men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
Iona Newspapers
A sPAsMOD1C UTTERANCE.
n1~,,or3,, DAoub1ioop

The spasm Of protoplasm In the
governors chair has shown a little ac-
tivity lately by telling the awe struck
populace that the real republicans
were glad to get rid Of the socialists,
populists and other undesirables who
had joined the republican party. II
there is widespread bolt this fall and
Taft goes down to defeat there will be
none quicker to raise the cry OF bolter
than the present incumbent of the gov
errors chair. We are reminded that
Carroll boasts he Is the first native
born governor. Heaven save the mark
If he is a sample of the native born!
Let's try the imported brand awhile
longer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
A TAINTED NOMINATION.


Thru methods of robbery, theft and
rottenness Of the worst kind in the his
tory of this country, Taft was renom-
mated Saturday for president of the
United States. He was not nominated
by the people, but by bunch Of faint
ed delegates encouraged by Taft-a
nomination which Roosevelt. La Fol-
lette and Cummins refused to accept
unless purged Of it's tainted delega-
ton, but which was gladly accepted by
Taft. This alone shows the principles
Of the man Mr.. Taft in accepting the
nomination at the hands Of gang Of
political thieves and robbers becomes a
party to the gang and is no better than
those who took an active part In the
stealing. This gang of thieves cared
not rap for the welfare of the re-
! publican party or the interests Of the
people Of this country. Their only OBJ
ject was to defeat Roosevelt and tc
accomplish this end they have created
a split in the republican party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-29
Man. own Horn.

II should think some Of these
speechmakers would get tired Of hear
Ing themselves" said the proprietor Of
the village stors. Human natures tho
same In politics % tits anywhere
else. replied old Joe Struthers. "A
man don't mind Mstsnin' to tho worst
noise : cornst can make, provided he's
tn falIer that's doin' the practicin'."