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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
IOWA SMALL TOWNS.
Huntington Hawkeye.]

The smaller towns in the state OF
Iowa are a constant source of wonder
and admiration for the average OBJ
server. Now. there is Moville, town
Of perhaps SOC people, in Woodbury.
county. On the last Monday of the
present month, Neville is going to vote
on the proposition that an electric
lighting system be installed. How
many towns OF 600 there are in the
United States. outside of Iowa. where
no kind of lighting system has ever
been suggested. And how few towns
Of 500 there are In Iowa that have
not long since installed a lighting sys-
TEN, And those that have one are
piring toc better one, for the small
town in Iowa believes herself entitled
10 the best that the big towns have,
and she never rests until she gets i.
Hence it is pretty safe 10 predict that
Neville Will favor the new plant by a
handsome najority.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

C. A. Glussner. - Ontario st.
Rochester, n Y, has recovered from a
long and severe attack OF Kidney
trouble. his cure being due to Foley
Widney Pills. After detailing his case,
he says: Il am only sorry did not
learn sooner of Foley Kidney Pills. In
few days time my .backache- conn
p,etely left and felt greatly. improved.
My kidneys became. stronger, dizzy
spells left me and was no longer an
noyed at night. feel 100 per cent bet
ter since using Foley Kidney Pulls. :"
Mcbride & VIII Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
Or. c.mpb.lp. Account of Us.

Barring the American interviewer. DR..
r. J. Campbell seems to have formed
favorable impression Of most things
American during his recent visit TO US.
He found his to,ir. an exactfng one. for
he describes Americans as "glnttons
for speech-ma king: and preaching or
speaking five or six times day was
sometimes asked of him. Whatever has
been read OF him in the American daily
,apers will have tn be discounted. for
he admits he Suffered somewhat at the
bands Of the American reporter and
.he American daily newspaper. by orn-
rarison with which The Daily Mail is
almost a sacred publication"
On questions CT biblical criticism he
found our ministers behind the British
e.ergy> Thus he speaks to an inter-
viewer for TIE Christian World (Lon-
dom:
There are more literalists there than
here, but in doctrinal matters, on the
other hand. met with very great
deal Of real Observation-Disclosures who are
quite evangelical In spirit. This is due
largely to the work of men like DR..
| Lyman Abbott, DR.. George Gordon, of
Boston: DR.. Charles r. Brown. OF Yale:
Dr. Adams Brown. OF Union Seminary:
and the lately deceased DR.. Newton
Clarke. On critical issues I was oc-
cassionally startled by finding questions
| put on points which over here are sup
posed to be finally settled and done
with-questions like the composite
character OF the Pentateuch and Isaiah
and, say. the spiritual Interpretation OF
the Gospel Of st. John"
| American churches were also found
affected by the materialism Of Ameri-
can lffe"-"reIigion seems one-day-
a-week thing" Such facts may. to his
mind. account for the isolation Of the
working classes from the American
churches"
There certainly is an even wider
gulf between the religious and the So
I ctaI consciousness than there il here IN
England. That gulf Is being recog-
nized, however. by thoughtful minds
apd Efforts are being made to bridge II
found socialists very antagonistic to
religion.
! In his own paper, The christian Com-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

per.scsssol By lie poieei and susSiekn
on the past Of tieir fellows. IA Hi
But how about the law abiding pe6-
pie who have not committed crimes,
and for whose benefit therefore en-
tnent members OF the legislature are
not engaged In devisinS special laws?
From the moment the criminal offends
against the law his. rights become the
charge of vast number of varied
agencies. and in most OF the states,
now. there 10 guarantee that the con-
Wet shall be released from prison upon
good behavior. Undoubtedly it goes
hard with the man who has made a
mistake and hopes to reform. but are
not those who have not been to prison
entitled to know with whom they as
sociate:
1t Is even possible to believe 1t =
wise provision Of providence which at
taches to the commission Of crime
personal pena!t: that parole boards
and sentimentalists can not wholly re-
move.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
Dogs and Discovery.


Before all the honors have been dis
tritsuted and the votes Of thanks de-
livered and the world has dismissed
The subject OF the discovery Of the
poles, can not something be said for
the dog? Now that Araundsen has told
his story. it is more than ever clear
that. compared with that Of his faith
full friend and companion, the work OF
man in the great endeavor was almost
as nothing at ALL The dogs made pos
sibie the Peary success: the dwindiing
Of the Amundsen pack alone permitted
man to add his knowledge Of the
farthest south to that of fartnest north.
Captain Scott in his dash for the
pole was relying upon automobiles and
ponies; his story. whether OF success
or failure, Is yet to be told. Captain
Amundsen stuck to the dogs: the dogs
stuck to Amundsen. and their driver is
back to receive the crown OF victory.
Read what story you will of the sue
cessive assaults upon the poles, and
ever YOU Will find the story dealing
largely with the dog. its self sacrifice
willing or otherwise-its martyr dom.
its Indispensable assistance. Matt
Hersen. himself dog-like in his at
tachment to Peary. tells how at the
end Of a hard going the dogs would
drop in their harness. curl up in a way
TO shield themselves from the SNOW and
ward off the intense cold. and in the
morning start at the call, at times
seeming 10 be imbued with the spirit
of the quest. taking an ali but human
zest and understanding of the import
ance OF getting there. A,nundsen tells
of feasting on the diminishing pack;
Hensen. the imaginative negro. says
that he had to turn his head away and
leave il TO the Eskimo TO kill one Of
the pack which had become incapaci-
tated. II his earlier trips over the ice
land Hensen. with Prary. had killed
and eaten their dogs when there was
TO other alternative. but it stands to
their credi; that in the final conquest
of fartilest north not a dog had to be
sacrificed for food purposes.
Hensen feels proud over the fact
that ne slorified his .,zaee in being a
helper 10 Pearr on hisrsuccessful ex-
petition 10 the NORTH pole: haven't
then these dogs Of ,-Peary and Of
Amundsen. which made their victories
possible. glorit;ed doghood In degree
and won for their kind share in the
proud satisfaction now being taken
over the fact that man has at last
achieved an end so long declared i'm
possible? 80.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
HOW ABOUT THE REST?
rrsa. No;1os Trth,,po1

An assemblyman in New York has
proposed law to prohibit the pub
LEGATION, in any form, Of a man AZ an
ex-convict after he has paid the pen
atty OF his crime"
The theory is to help the ex-convict
at once to gain a new footing in 80
ciety and to relieve him Of the UNI
doubted handicap which his prison life
entails upon him.
That ex-convicta often are unable to
secure permanent employment or to
enjoy fair chance to gain place in
society after leaving prison u 10 well
known that countless plans have been
divised to lift the burden under which
they all stagger and beneath which
many Of them attribute subsequent
falls from grace.
The New York legislator believes
that II It were made criminal to allude
to any ex-convict ~ an ax-convict.
those Of them Who 50 de0iro ia begin
life anew could do 50 without fear 0l
that discovery which often means dis
charge and disGracs IN the community,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

monwealth U1ondon), DR.. Campbell
gives some additional impressions.
What struck him most here was
THE growth of the influence Of the
Roman Catholic church since was last
in the states. nine years ago. The press
shows more Difference to Romanisr1
than 1t does TO Professionalism. Boston.
once the home OF Puritanism, is now
under Catholic domination. On Thanks
giving day the president of the United
States. altha not himself a Catholic.
attended mass at the Catholic cathe-
dral Protestants attribute this increase
to immigration. but Roman, Catholic
archbishop assured me that it is large
ly due to direct conversion also. The
fact certainly needs accounting for"
The interviewer concludes:
Speaking guerdedly. Mr. Campbell
said he thinks that on the whole there
is in America less Of real and deep re-
ligious life than in this country"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
ELIMINATING DETECTIVES.

81 Feeble minded persons are those who
lack one or more menta. traits that
are socially important. All defective
nsss IL persistence of an infantile
cOGlitiDn, failure tn development Ut
csftain socially important traits. Put
ting aside the old legal definition Of a
feeble-minded person-that he was =
pefSon who could not count or number
twenty pence, or could not tell who was
l4sefnaher se aother. feeble mindedness
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
THE FARMER AND THE EXPERT
IChsnkee Democrat

With all of the interests of the
farming public close 20 our heart, we
have 4 snsaking idea that somewhere
in Iowa there are some fellows VINO
lave good" seed corn 10 sell. Our
waste basket gets filed up every day
with stuff sent out h'- people who
must have something IN their hearts
beside the welfare CT The dear farmer
81 course, every good farmer has sense
enough to test his seed. and there
should be no necessity foI telling him
10 do it. Just think OF the money you
farmers could have made If some OF
these experts had told YOU last sum :
lne- tina, hay would be selling for $50
q ION this winter! This writer has lost
millions OF dollars by rot having cat
lie 10 eat up grass t;lat has gone TO
waste in This country in the last forty
Years. The trouble is that We can
look a ball in the eye in the spring
time and discover what beef will Dc
worth next fall. But-tes; your seed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
The Fiao in History.

It can hardly be doubted that nags,
or their equivalent, were used very
early in the worlds history. Among
the buried remnants Of early races
and civilization are found records of
objects which wers apparently used
as ensigns. These are accepted as
evidence that the ancient Egyptian
folders were not without their
standards. The Assyrians and Jews
also carried something similar in dc.
!Si1n and n:lrnaaa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
Iona Newspapers
TRY PAULSEN FOR CLOTHING!
Sutherland Courier.l

The Courier this week made an adj
vertising contract with Mr.. ]. c. Paul
sen, the Sutherland clothier. for the
printing of full page advertisement
every week in the year, which. with
locals and other similar space ads.
which will be used in considerable
quantities, makes deal amounting to
at least $500 per year. This deal will
no doubt make Mr. Paulsen the heayi-
est advertiser In single paper Ii any
town of less than 1000 population in
the state OF Iowa. The first install
menls of this big order for advertising
space will be found in this issue of the
Courier
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
italian Winters.

The people Of Florence, Italy, have,
a dislike for heating devices in their
houses. although the weather in win
ter, especially when the tramontanei
Is blowing, is intentionally cold.
None of the houses have Hreplaces.
and the man who warns himself by,
means OF the "scaldino." = pan OF
glowing ashes. is considered effemin-
ate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
Nothlna "a Worry ,Aheus.

NotHIuU % "0TEy ekO00@
Are you not afraid that some or
your children will fall into that OPEN
cistern:- asked the nervous boarder.i
locking over the picket fence in the
back yard. ooh, no. mum" came tho
complacent reply. Anyhow, it amt
where We gets our drtnkin' water
Hampton'6 MAGAZINE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
For Sunday Reading
Ill s. IT, Of Opinion,
Harm Seen in Nickel Shows.

In prelude to his sermon, Bishop
Fa!lows urged the adoption of an
ordinance forbiddins the attendance of
children under Is years of age at 5
and 10 cent theaters. unless acconpa-
MED by parents or adult persons
1T has been found by careful ex-
animation" he said, that great harm
has arisen TO the morals OF children
frequeEting these places, unaccompa-
MED by adult persons A ministerial
friends Of mine vino has visited many
shows OF the character indicated. says
a deplorable state OF things exists
among these unattended young people.
While the nature of the films shown
and Of the plays presented has greatly
improved under the censorship of the
city authorities. the coming together
OF the boys and girls At ltae hours
without guardianship or restraint has
been productiv OF great evil"
According 10 Bishop FaEows. 1000
children attend these ahowv daily In
Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

AS the Mt. Vernon Record views It.
the presidential situation, from re-
publican standpoint, is about like this:
Roosevelt has the votes for NoVern-
Der, but lacks the votes for June. TAFT
has the votes for June, but lacks the
votes for Noyem Der.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

rick. Cork Dublin, and ei3ewhefe in
Ireland are carrying on vigorous Cruz
sRie against "!nmoral literature. gen
orally In the shape OF certain Objec-
tionable English periodicals.. In Cork,
we learn. q mass meeting and a street
parade have been features OF the
moveuieiss. Is E.HS!!!!:S>, THE IeAAer.
agreeing with the lord mayor Of the
city that the trade In the bad papers r
. foul tradA." hopes shortly TO havs
such healthy state Of public opinion
in Ireland that decent men w0nid BE-
ashamed to be seen speaking to any
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

bic. There can be no contest In the
national convention that will render
the lowe man available. President TAFT
10 the logical candidate"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
tn. Leader of Holy ehe.. and Us.


On Jan. 1. 1893. regularly ordained
Free Baptist minister left his pulpit in
New Hampshire village and with a
capital OF cents started out to evan
gelize tbs world. Just nineteen years
later the same man, now the head OF
fiourishing religious sect and known as
Elijah" by his devoted followers, is
sentenced TO ten years in the federal
prison at Atlanta. after being duly con-
victed of nanaiaughter on the high
seas. The charges against Frank W.
Sanford. his spectacular trial, and re-
markable defense were given wide
publicity by the press and were noted
recently in these columns. But the
Shiloh community OF Some 900 souls
with their valuable group buildings.
1000 acres OF land, and q fleet Of sew
eral email vessels, still owes allegiance
TO the imprisoned leader. He il looked
upon las one who Is following hard
command OF God" observes a writer in
/ The Congregationalist and Christian
World (Boston); consequently, there
seems 20 be no disaffection in the
| ranks" "Moses' Holland, the second
| witness" We are told. carries on the
work while elijah" Sanford is absent,
and receives the necessary revesa-
| tons" Moreover. since Sandford's
| incarceration the feet has been pro-
visioned at Portland and has ddsap-
peared or some other voyage with
crew Of members of the sect"
| These facts make timely the ap-
praisals of the Holy Ghost and U.s.
movement. and the estimates OF its
leader as a personality and as an ex-
1 81 tswf<s
Psychology" which are appearing In
1 the neiiRiaIA nresa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
a HOME FOR THE AGED.
Warrington HaWkeye.1

The Coldren home for the aged in
Iowa City is in hard strafghts. Com
inittees are to scout the town for
funds and if they are not successful
then it may become necessary To de-
p-ive a number of old ladies OF the
only home that they have. Perhaps in
stitutions of this kind should either be
established on sold footing, or not
at ali. Perhaps the city, the county or
the state ought TO have Iook-ln De-
fore an institution of the kind is OPP
ened. II may again be case OF simply
starting something and then leaving
the little matter Of maintaining 1t anc
footing the bills TO that coming gen
Grafton against which many Iowa com
rnunities seem to nave grudge. NO
matter what is proposed. II finds favor
if there is any possibility Of getting
out of the expenditure by saddling tina
upon the people who are to come after
us. In the case of old folks homes. IN
particular. it looks almost like criminal
recklessress TO establish an institution
and gather up a number OF inmates
without making the necessary ar
engagements and provision for the up
keep Of the institution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16


Roosevelt has the votes for Novenl-
Der, but lacks the votes for June. Taft
has the votes for June, but lacks the
votes for Noven ber.
The O'Rrien County Democrat says,
there has been more politics the past
week in Pringhar over school and town
notifies than you could reasonably ex-
pect over a general election. And that's
all right, too. If the people OF a commu-
nity can get sufficiently interested
over municipal and school affairs,
things are likely to be placed in COM
petent hands. On with the scrap. Only
good can result in the end
Spring is not as far away as it
seems to the man with an order in
for a new motor car" hopefully sug-
sests the Usage Press.
There may be some men with a
real grievance against Roosevelt but
those men are not Mr.. Taft or his
friends. says the Mt. Vernon Record.
They are Senator LaFo!!ette, Uncle
Joe Cannon. and those other candf-
oates before the national convention
who would have stood good chance
of the nomination but for the Roose-
Welt influence. And they are the thou
sands of republicans who believe they
were duped by the nomination and
election of Taft because OF the
! Roosevelt influence"
| Iowa can do nothing to make or
unrnnne TAFT. Why then should not
the state keep itself in position to take
advantage Of the opportunity that may
offerT inquiries the Des Moines Trib-
une.
The Sioux City Journal says: The
Iowa senator's caudidacS y im0ossi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16
WILSON ANDTHE CARNEGIE FUND


dubuque Telegrap pm Herald
Critics of Governor Wilson harp on
his application for a Carnegie pension
Presumably there is admission that
Rockefeller and Carnegie are On al!
fours in the matter Of tainted money
Mr.. Rockefeller endowed the Rookie
Teller Institute of Bacteriological Re-
search and one Of its great discoveries
is serum for the cure Of spinal
meningitis discovered b. Simon Ffex-
ner
We want to ask the governors
critics this question. IF you were
suffering from spinal meningitis would
you refuse to avail yourself Of the
benefits Of the serum evolved by DR..
Flexner?"
II you wouldn't your act would be
equivalent to suicide. II you did
would YOU be censurable for availins
yourself Of the benefits of what tainted
money made possible?
AS to the Wilson pension application
it is to be said that he made 1t with
the expectation of not realizing under
il until his needs and the needs OF
! his family should force him to do SO.
He had to make the application when
he did-while he was in active service
or forever make it impossible for
himself to become a beneficiary OF the
fund. This fact alters the aspect OF
, the whole application.
Moreover, it is a fact ever 10 be kept
in mind that the Carnegie fund Ii az
much a public fund as the Rockefeller
| fund for the bacteriological institute
the Sage foundation for social vel
fare. or any other fund designed Tor
| the service Of humanity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

Spring is not as far away as it
seems to the man with an order in
for a new motor car" hopefully sug-
gests the Usage Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-16

The Sioux City Journal says: THE
Iowa senator's candidacy = 1a1ossi
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-11

IL should be lost tomorrow nobody
would insert q personal in the paper ask.
ing me to come back to mamma More
over, at the club when the other chsppies
begin to spiel about the heiressss who
ale trying 10 drag them 10 the altar, ana
the chorus girls who are dying to meet
them. have to so off and chew the rag.
for no skirt has ever thought 1t worth
while to flag me down.
This makes ma dead sore. for / hal
tipped myself to be a winner, and / can
no longer disguise II from myself that as
a masher I couldn't make a dent on a
boiled potato.
81 do not understand this because. ac-
oording 10 the Wise ones. ] ought TO be
the rightest ever seen, for l have fallen
for every style OF feminine graft. have
let debutantes steer me up against ice
cream Joints. I have stood for pious sis
ters robbing me at church fairs. have
made q beast OF burden OF myself fetch
ing and carrying. | have wasted good
pelf from papa on American Beauties.
and when 1t came 10 con talk I have
handed out the limit. but Instead OF being
the main squeeze and getting the goo-goo
eyes from the little darlinss get nothing
but frost that would chill the Ice man.
Hence these teara"
Your trouble" replied the friend, lis
in thinking that women prefer a heart
run on the bargain counter plan to an
exclusive importation OF affection. This
is a mistake. No female cares for soft
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-11

II am 50 nervousr' pleads the woman,
The husband hearing the complaint Tor
the dosenth time Within she week, acts
his teeth and says nothing, or else NUT
tiers some unkind remark and goes out.
slamming the door after him.
For men do not understand women's
nerves and they set very tired OF them
A man may be nervous, but the eondi-
ton msnifssts Itself very differently in
his case. He gets cross, or sulky or do.
pressed. or silent. II Is. after all, not his
fault that he cannot comprehend Just
how a. woman feels. But he resents her
not feeling happy and calm.
shut up that racket roars the father
to the children who are laughing or play
ing. Don't you know that your mother
10 nervousf'
When the woman protests that their
noise did not disturb her. he laun,hes
forth Into q dissertation Of how she lets
the children do any old thing that they
piease. that II 10 no wonder her head
aches, and that he cannot, OF course. ex-
poet her ever to agree with him when he
reproves one Of her angels. And. IL he
be very tactless. he will probably end his
TRADE with the statement that she owes
the children much better than she does
him anyway,
(By the way. does she' That Is an In
tersstlns question to ask In these days Of