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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

For a successful iron master Mr..
Carnegie seems to know very little
about the steel business
Nevertheless there remains the
promise Of June and green peas.
A German chemist SAYS he can make
diamonds Of common illuminating gas.
But he could get them easier by sell
ing 1t at s1.45 per thousand feet.
The ice crop ought to De ont of the
way Of frost by this time.
Everybody is the ultimate consumer
Of coal and is getting pretty close 20
the Ultimate end of the coal bin.
Harry Thaw Is studying law in the
asylum. Going to look for his money
where he lost ito
Henry Wallace proves by the Old
Testament that man Is a tax lodging
animal But WHY not take the asses-
sor's books and be up to date with the
evidence?
Suppose should say I reached the
north pole" said one explorer. what
, then"
! "You must produce proofs. if you
can" replied the other.
And them"
| "You must have the proofs verified
After that you must have the verifica-
ton. corroborated and have the cor
roboration OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! ton Star.
! OF late years the issuing OF news
paper almanacs has fallen into low
estate in many a big city. But tht
New York World Almanac for 1912 II
an exception 1t fills a want every
place, as it a compilation universal II
scope, and not local, partisan or pc
litical solely, and not etaoi taoitaoits
litical solely. 1t seems to grow create
and better with years and experience
1t is condensed encyclopedia Of man.
volumes. 1t gives Information an
statistics upon almost every oonceiv
able topic. 1t touches human interes
at every point. 1t il . library you ca
hold in one hand. 50 far AZ ready ref
erence and accurate Information ar
conceFnea. 1t is supplement- TO ever
library, the next friend Of every edito
, and informant In any office, study Q
! ,..SS,y,: !t -onks esith the great EuRjis
publications Of like import, and sell
Tor half or third Of their price With
out doubt It y the foEssuost publica
a ton Of the kind In this country. O
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
Clerical Humor.
From the Culver.

H.
A local preacher who occasionally
got his metaphors mixed was preacn-
ing on self-righteousness and endeo ms
discourse by saying: Let US remember
that after all our righteousness is nue
filthy rags hanging ON the branches
Of barren Zig trees" On another occas-
ion he was preaching on besestlns
sins. and when comparing these 10 oo-
stacles In our path exclaimed: LIE.
us beware Of these stones by the way
side. lest they turn again ana reno
u.s."
The at one time well known preacher
among the wesleyans, Peter Macxeh-
lie. in reading the third chapter OF
PANEL invariably abbreviated the 5th
verse wherein are enumerated the IN
struments. OF the Babylon band, most
Of them with hard names. TO the COZ
metz ETC., and when the names were
reneated in verse ten and fifteen salo,
"rhe band as before He was lay
preacher of the old order who was a.
mitted on to full plan without having
read the prescribed Wesleys se'
mons" etc. He boosted of his lack OF
"book learning and scornfuliy toid
student Of the new school who was
learning klatin that English was sooo
enough for Paul; amt 1t good enough
| for youp'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
III. oa,esssske,.

Senator Bourne. was talking about
confirmed officeseeker.
Ibis little son." said Senator Bourne,
looked up from his history lesson one
night and said to his mother:
Mother. II anything should happen
to the king Of England. who would be
king
1.-THE Prince of Wales the mother
answered.
"If the Prince of wales should die,
who would be king then?
"The mother hesitated: She STAN
mered something or other. 1t was plain
she didn't really know who would sue
coed the Prince OF Wales. Then the
boy interrupted her:
swell he said, with sigh, any
how, hope father won't try for it,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

had also previously stated that he WAS
on trial before two tribunals--ons o.
God and one Of man-and he tnttmated
that no did not fear any earthly YER
dict. . =. !, ~ !. .
..When I started out" said he. 'eish-
teen years ago, and resigned my pas
torate. was living in q brownstone
front and had Just married young
woman Of a good family, whose father
was worth SEQ. $50. It meant much to
her to change and follow this life, and
said to her. How would you like to
live depending upon God with no SAL
airy, no contribution box, not to preach
sermon and then stick contribu-
ton box into the face Of the man who
had heard itr and she said to mo I
think II would ~ perfectly lovely
Last night 1 asked her If she was sorry
OF the decision, and she replied. Ger
tainiy not and she laughed whsa she
said It,
"Mr. Sanford then said II he had
been seeking financial gain he never
would have taken up this course OF
life, He declared with much smphA-
sis that whatever had been said OF him
no one had accused him OF being q
coward. Commenting on evidence IN
troduced 10 show he had said he would
sail the Coronet into hell II GOD aaid
so, he explained it was simply q inquire
of speech used to show how Thoroughly
he believed in obedience to God.
He dweit on the fact that he had
visited every ocean except the Arctic
ocean and every sea In the world. He
described briefly the experiences OF
the Coronet in rounding Cape Horn
and said the only thing that brought
them safely thru was the needing OF
their prayers by the Almighty"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
For Sunday Reading
Al Sorts of OSjnis ~
A Ray of llaht.

Perplexed with problems of weary
day,
all whose words had
caused me pain.
I turned with tagging step my home
ward way,
And prayed that might find the light
again. =
The Father heard my prayer. A little
child
Played near my path. with pebbles In
the sand;
The tender, fading sunlight seemed
beguiled
To lend the child more light. and thus
betray
Each twilight shadow and the skies OF
gray
And al passed he smiled and touched
my hand! - -
Yes, this was ala sweet child's low
ing touch. ~
And smile. pure as the sunlight's Siad-
some ray;
II knew at once I loved mankind O.
much.
The joyous gospel Of the child at play
Awakened me again to sing and pray
Christian Science Sentinel. :
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

Of foolish things. The higsest strikes
fall upon the busiest times. The man
with a good Job and money in hts
pocket grows independent and quits
and starts out to conquer the world.
It is when the mortgage is lifted and
buys too much land on speculation. 1t
was when deposits overlooked that the
banker who went to the penitentiary
took that flyer which landed him be-
hind bars and wiped out the savings
Of hundreds. We turn on Easy street
to Trouble. Always. The hardest
thing to bear is prosperity.
Iowa Is finding prosperity hard to
carry. She has waXed fat and Is
kicking. A great deal of this cutlery
that Iowa IL falling behind hand and
demand for a greater Iowa" is dis
content bred entirely from prosperity.
, The rest OF it is pure demasoguery.
In The face of the record what as
sertion against Iowa's mighty progress
can stand for a second" In the history
of the United States there is no
period OF prosperous conditions which
compares with rhe past ten Years: and
there is no state in the United States
which within that period has shown
the material progress that has Iowa
| This is mainly an agricultural state.
VI
farm lands have doubled in price. re-
doubled and qua drupled. Her cities
! have grown and developed. Her state
| institutions have become world fam
Gus. The isolated farm has become
a city suburb. The schools have gone
! forward With the rest Of Iowa. She has
attracted manufactures and within
the state today are some of the great
est factories of the world in the special
articles they manufacture. There has
been no stop or stay il her progress.
/ and up. II any person will take time
to check the progress IL his own town
or township on his own farm or in
his own business, In his own neishbor-
| hood and in mis- own home. he will see
and admit the absolute and astonishing
truth OF these assertions.
| Most of this cry is pure poppycock.
Some of it is of special purpose.
| Largely ii is a political output. II at
tracts largely because Iowa has done
so much and done il so easily and nat
uraIly that we imagine that she might
have done twice as much. We have
had a phenomenal development in
Iowa hut which has been assisted by
natural resources and is in every way
so eXplicable tina, il seems we haven't
worked for it. But we have. And we
haven't lost out on anything of import
over a 3 per cent loss of population
from a state where land has ,rebled IT
value in ten years and thus by mere
| omparison made cheap lands attract
, i've is nothing but noise.
, Iowa is not A grade steer TO be fat
: tened for fat stock show and slaugh
tered when the limit of obesity is at
| tanned, but a growing, developing mas:
OF bone and sineW. state TO grow am
keep On growing naturally, beautifully
!, and iutelligently. She needs care, no
? stufing. This proposition 10 tie low;
/ on her back and stuff her. like a goose
or n,ilk-fed chicken would be jok.
il it were not menace.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

tho standing e00mltSoo % oeo1ssv
that Aas bssn appointed b. the Ansse
can Railway Master NeeAaaieT 49,
citation has predicted The advent g
the automatic. o. mschaatcaI ssak0;
and according % popular ,bsl1s&. 'tAsoe
times 10 the charm"
Not every one knows Whist 1s1ns q
locomotive means. 10 the eg1no1s
boy who sees the fireman hE On
his cushioned seat box while h3s train
stands on the siding waiting for the
limited, it means = life Of indolsne
ease at good pay With abundant %.
portunitiss for long range nirtations !
with the girls along strstcheofss hu1
tdred and Afty miles q stssl Highway.
Consequently he loses no tirns In A.!
plying At thS nearest divistoa hsaAk
quarters for q job. He isi rsceiveA
with dissemhled, but mono tho less SIN
esrs, joy; for the demand fcr nrenea
IL great and tho best ones ~ farm
bred.
But the "cornnsld sailor" who haee
tho strength Of mind. character ~
muscle to struggle through eA the rpE@
liminaries required to reach the lefe
side Of the cab imediately diDcovere
that in additioa to anticipating the
coming Of the pay car and throwing
kisses to the prsttiest girls. along the
road he IL also expected to shovso
from fourteen to twenty tons or sveu
more, OF coal . day; and thAt this ooaA
shoveling occupies his attention -
fully that BY the time he gets to the
end of his run he doesn't care . hang:
II he never sees q paymastsr Or q
rural coauetts for the rest OF M.
natural life. ~.
To , husky young nan. sh9veene
twenty tons Of coal day may uoe;
sound like a terrific Undertaking; but
that IL because he fails to appreciate
the difference between shoyeling thar
quantity In the course of q teahouir
day. standing on steady footing and!
ipausing for 4 moment whshsvef he
feels like it to gaze at the scenery
or light cigarette. and trying 70
keep his balance on joltins, Jerking,
plunging steel deck which tries cease
lessiy to pitch him head first into the
side Of the cab. while with legs spread
wide apart he humps over e scoop.
shovel. working with frantic snsrgy:
to get coil into the flrsbo1 fast enough
to keep steam up While Tho engiht'
10 running the fireman must ba strad-;
died out ON the deck working continll-
ally to the limit of HIS strength, for
ordinarily he win have Ia get from
two and half to three tons, OF coal
into the hrebox every hour. Three
and half tons is generally, regarded
as the limit OF Q firemAD's capacity.
but this has been greatly excesdtd IN
the fastest trains from New York TO
Chicago
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

Charles Durham. -IevtAgtpM III, shAs
succeeded in finding q Rea!ttye cure fer
bed wetti,g. my. little, hoy wet. the
bed every night clear thru. On the
floor. tried several kinds Of Kidney
medicine and was in the drpg- store
lookinr for somethiag different TO help,
him when I heard Of Foley Kidney,
pills. After he had taken them two:
days we could see . change and when
he had taken two thirds Of 2 bottle ~
was cured. That is about sig weeks
aso and he has not wet IN bed ainoe.
Mcbride & Will Drug CopuApy, II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
A Prophecy.

"Ths bill met with an ominous re-
ception," said Mayer Raehr Of Cleve-
land, discussing q measure that had
failed. Its reception was. in fact, as
ominous a. that accorded to the
Christmas melodrama in the two-night
stand.
"A melodrama, Murdered at Christ
mastide,' was to be given for two
nights In small town. The first
night there was q fair audience; but
when in act three the senior villain
said to the Junior, Hist! are we alone !"
a voice from the gallery growled;
"'No, Hamfat, not tonight; but you
can bet you'll be tomorrow night
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
MlNNEsoNA's EXPERIMENT.

Minnesota Is trying out a most novel
nd at the same time practical idea
the rural school. Nowhere else in
ae United States is a practical test
e the Associated school, being made.
n Under the agricultural high school
ct Of 1909 it is provided that Mime
1ta schools contiguous to high schools
aching agriculture. manual training
nd domestic economy may associate
4 18th II. The state gives $500 toward
,e work. provided the high school dis
ives $3.50, and for each associated
strict an additional 500 is added,
hi3e the districts so associated are
lch given $50
At Cokato thirteen common school
stricts have united with the high
.hooL They assess themselves "a
ills for the promotion Of this asrt-
,Iturai work, which produces a rev.
rue Of about s1,7o0 year. The
Mount received from Ali sources for
ricultuFal work in the associated
sstr1ets Is approximately $500 a
az.
All tAaDe schools are under the man
,ement Of an associated board con-
sting Of the six members Of the high
hoci beard and the three members of
CHI Of the thirteen school boards,
aiding q total board membership Of
| ,rty-nve. From this board there Is
lscted a managing board, consisting
The chairman Of each Of the separ-
. sohnl boards board Of fourteen
1.mbes1.
The high school has engaged three
seesal teachers, one for the agricul-
raj, one for the manual training
iark ana one for domestic economy
nth grade pupils receive insrrue'
N In those branches. The girls learr
cook and sew They learn to seiec
sterials and make their own clothes
4ey study the art Of preparing simple
expensive foods in the most appetiz
and wholesome manner.
The instructor devotes about one
II Of his time to work in the class
I'm and the remainder to actual Ia
in the fields with the students o
1.-THE country with the farmers o.
4sir farms. The agriculturset is pro
led with horse and buggy. He ha
yht test firms under his charge; tina
he works in conjunction with eigh
.mers who are willing to allow hir
de latitude in planning and directin
.1r work.
sche associated school districts serv
TERRITORY Of about eighty five squar
les, with population Of about 4,5G
hest exclusively Of Finnish an
sSdish extraction. The distrit
sool from one TO ten miles from til
n school in Cokate. Even II
beej ten miles away is made to fe
rvey ,heeA interest in the centr
~ heeause II II their school az
n share IN Hs management.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

within tWeaty- foup houss an1 make
one Job OF it.n Then the mayor. VINO
had been asked 10 say SoNethi4g ABOUT
the conditions which wake for better
oivtc government, went on to dsno@nce
those cleSgymen who expect REFORMS
to be accomplished in the twspklng 81
an eye. and who indulge IN ceeep
criticism Of public officials but whose
influence between local and nauQnet
issues. and vote 2 straight party ticket
mo matter who is on it or what pElh.
ciples are Involved in the s@ectloa.
THIS thought led the mayor on TO AN
some pretty pointed questions WnecA
are thus get forth in the press reports
Of his speech:
How far does yous influence eA-
tend? DO you reach out among We
people: Who are you? You are lnteH-
gent people, You have been educa!eo.
You can listen to an intelligent d1s-
course such AS We heard here anq 20
like discourses from your preachers
ond your minister. But who are you
and how far does your influence ~
this community extend? Do you feach
OUT among the unfortunate and tne
lowly and those that want to be h1teo
up: Or are Your churches SO Wiaeis
aisled and cushioned and carpeted tha'
a man like that will stand at the ooo,
and be afraid to go In? Who are you:
As fur this carping. TINS iauit-
finding. this malevolence. tnat steaiA
up In people and destroys those "ho =.
are irving to do something In oHice'
il is .distressing" to Mayor Ga! NOR
So he asked his ministerial trehos
70 try TO "do what they couic 10 ie.p
the mayor and not talk quite so hnucn.
and especially not be uncharita"'e'
; Ministers can help by getting people "
vote in city elections without resa.u
! to party distinctions, he added. AS ne
put it:
/ "Iu orr municipal elections here anu
.tbrnout the country we have notnlhs
(; to do with national politics or sta.e
| po,iiics. hut the simple question 40
whether Mayor Logan Is the proper
f, man as against John Brown as mayor
! of worce ster, and the same mere III
I! Now York. OR whether Surrogate 70" :
i ,ar a,tho he was nominated by "ha'
they call .Tamnany' was not ten times
! 3, hstfer man for the office thaf .n'
| other man who wa. nominated pS q
! ,.ouyentiuu--ef saints maybe, oei.
/ krow That is the way things eueh
| 70 90 locally. and YOU people can w
| a great deal i'll that dlrectioh' -,
when ! speak to women anu
dren / always Try to sisas :" "aa 49,
/ OF one syllable. hope YOU Won oea'
| against me for saying that. 'lhea'
about politics and Difficult, ma.'ets
because women have not the tfa''i,l.s
in such matters that men nave. ~
that in what ! have said nave tl'eu
J, 70 be plain and cellouiai as couio DE-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
Mayer oayner Rappias tI,e ele,gy.

How much good arc the ministers
really doing, wonders Mayer 4ayHlE
1hey have been preaching for. t11euss
assds al years to have the Tan OeAs
Hsaadmsnts 0beysd: and they Aave NJ
succeeded very we'll YETI 10 renaaS6s
"a 49, eshes Asy at q dinaAn et AlsA
Conversational Club Of NsV Tesk. An1
yet, he reminded his heasesA 't1aU
would have the mayor shut - oVuQ1
saloon, stop eevry gambling house, 90
stop evsey disosdse and every No. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
IOWA OPINION AND NorEa.

1T doesn't necessarily take seed
corn expert to make q good governor.
but then Professor Holden may have
other qualifications" says the Tama
News.
There's lots OF Roosevelt efferves-
cence afioat, but the effsrvescence Is al
ways lacking in substance" says tho
burlington Hawkeye. "The Hawkeys
still believes President Taft will be
nominated. His foes. both in the open
and in ambush. can not defeat him.
And they will hardly care to take tho
responsibility, after the majority of the
party has declared its preference, to be
the cause Of republican defeat at the
November election"
The Greene Recorder is glad to hear
that 10 below ia Canada is no colder
than Is below in Iowa"
What has induced Harvey In2ham
to so soon deny the rarentage OF his
effspring?" inquiries the Cedar Rapids
Gazette, cor mentiEs on the circnm-
stance that the Des Moines Tribune
ard the Register end l.ead,r are dis
Claiming responsibility for the holden
boom.
The Holden boom is bit backward
about picking ZIP newspaper sup
port" notes the Sioux City Journal, 1t
started with the pes iaints Resister
ard Leader. since then it has enlisted
the enthusiastic support Of the Mall
son Journal. while the Des Moines
Capital has inGorsed the greater Iowa
platform without endorsing Holden."
The Alsona Republican says lit is
doubtful If q candidate canS he found
that has Neener sense of what is re-
qnirea to make 4 successful governor
of Iowa than does Professor Holden
and probably there IS 10 one better fit
ted to grapple with and solve those
problem than this same professor"
The Indian ola Record says .'if George
w. Clark, nf -Adei. p. G. Holden, "f
Ames. ard David Palmer. of Washing
ton, Iowa, are all candidates for gov
ernor and no other candidates enter
the race. put it down in writing in
the back OF Your spelling beck that
the nominee will be Clark or Palmer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
n .cRfx1ER owAr s1vfF.

.k r q Scf1ptuINl authority that
= = poorse wax fat" they "kick."
- hardsst tAiAg e stand = pros.
~. 0tyea ~ highest prosperity
Il r. - midst OF Righteousness men
seing what to do and do lot
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13

WIN - IL 90
WaA introlusdoo
Of automatic.
otokseo % ~
Neve loeomeeavo
1rs1sn q . tAs6
thA1 he's Tow1
bsyoa1 0e DoW'.
sEs q human.
muscles. Noe three
Consecutive yeaSo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
lmeeeslellley.

-Doss your wife svsr4 attsa4 ys
lecturesr' ~ :.
-of course not, that would nSv~ -
sWhy notS
sCould any wife sit aaA leey -
hnsband talk for two hour wSAoss
htsrrupting hint t.f.es /.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
FILLING THE FIREBox
NOT a SNAP ron sTuRotGsT or
s,ARp-AuscLGp YouTMA j


n psupAscios are fal1llol ~ Ao9a
neaa evolut1ea II yailroaA opesataoo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-13
n. Miai.... Rstestina.

Ministers are beginning to get very
tired OF the patronage of business men,
saws Dr., James H. Ecob In the Hour
letic Review The popular conception
Of a minister seems to the people TO
warrant the patronage, yet the facts
are quite differently set forth by this
writer:
Eve are supposed to know nothing
of Iife,. to have had experiences next
to nothing In quantity and quite
nothing In quality We are sup
nosed to be about as de-
tached fram practical affairs as II
VIC lived on the moon and slid down
on a silvsry beam to earth every sew
enth day to glimmer in dim religious
building for an hour or two, then as
cend to our dead world again. Such
high airs among business men are hard
ly becoming. The percentage OF failures
among them is ninety five, while
anans us it will hardly reach twenty
five. The financial affairs OF the
church ere managed by the most COM
netent business men In the congrega-
ton. yet a very large percentage OF the
churches Of the country come to the
end of every year with that eternal de-
ficit.' Then there are lamentations
and whispering and significant giances
toward the pastor. Fairs. musicales.
suppers, amateur theatricals. and all
the rest are proposed to tide things
over. This is the hour Of the NAL
| content in the congregation. The TERRI
BILE word, deficit, is an open sesame
| to ears which otherwise would be deaf
| ia this subtle suggestion, is 1t not
about time that we begin to think OF
cf1anEe!. The public would be START
led, and, it is to be hoped. Inundated,
Ito learn how many pastors give Oft
a substantial part Of the last quarters
salary year after year. This is the
time, also. when the astute business
man, finding that ne had failed in what
! he was elected to do. makes the pro-
found remark: We arc evidently liv-
4 ing beyond our income; is not our pull
pit costing US too muchF