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KNOX GO. TEACHERS
EXAMINATIONS

Meetings for the examination OF teach.
Building. Mt. Vernon. Ohio, the first Sat.
urday Of every month. Order of sub.
jects:
Elementary, a. m.-Theory and Practice,
Agriculture.
Elementary, p. m.-Grammar, Geogra.
ply. photography, Writing, Physiology
and Literature.
Pupils examination-The third Saturday
Of April and the third Saturday In May.
Examinations will commence at 500
o'clock q. m.
Address ali communications to the Clerk
OF Board OF Examiners.
Organization of the board:
o AAM II. ss.aen.' Vernen. Ohio.
r. L. JONES. Vice President.
A. L. MurrX. Clerk. o,,,
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+ BIRTHS !

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A SON was born Saturday morning
to Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Hawkins who
reside south Of Greer.
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Mrs. Della Jane Wertx

Mrs. Della Jane Werts died at her
home near Bstemantown Friday even,
ing at about $3.50 o'clock after a short
illness caused by gangrene resulting
frcmka wound on ner foot, She was
SO fears of age at the time OF her
death and is survived by her husband
and four sons.
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sANNER WANT ADS PAY.
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FRANK o. LEvERuo
DENTAL SURGEON
j. o. BE00S

Once IN Arnold block corner q
East HigA street and NonumsM
Qouare, Mt Vernon, Ohio.
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inventory Filed IN
In the matter OF the assignment OF
Edward Bartlett, an inventory and ap-
praisement has been filed In the pro-
bate court OF Knox county, showins
the followins: Personal property
$ss0.1l. accounts $500. Total H..
Sso
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
SINCE 1888.

Eighty years ago, on June /, 1893, the
first legal settlements were made by
white people on Iowa soil. Before that
time a number of settlers had come
In, contrary to law. but many Of them
were driven out by United States
troops In September. 1882. however a
treaty was made with the Sac and Fox
Indians by which strip Of land in
eastern Iowa. known as the Black
Hawk Purchase. was ceded to the
United States and thus made avail
able for white settlement. The time
having expired on the 1st of June. 1888,
for the Indians longer to remain on
the uprchase," wrote J. B. Newhau, an
early resident of Burlington, in a rare
old book called Sketches OF Iowa"
Z copy which Is preserved in the liz
brory Of the State Historical Society OF
Iowa, the floodgates OF emigration
weee opened. From this date may be
faksn the first permanent settlement
az Iowa by the pale faces; and scarce
" had the red man set his footsteps
- The order Of march towards the set
tisag sun, ere the settled was crossing
the mighty river, with his flocks and
hts herds, to make a new home on the
sunny plains Of Iowa.'-State Histori-
xai Society.s Notes.
.Eighty years ago." Just a strong
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11

mans lifetime since the hoodgatss OF
emigration were opened and Iowa be-
gan.
Draw the comparison, the settler
with his covered wagon and his OK
team, his wife and children under the
canvas. the older boys driving the
scaut half dozen cattle, the long tran
across the prairie winding among the
sloushs, without money but rich in
hope and courage. Put that against
the Transcontinental with Its lettered
guides and the family in touring car.
Agains. the wide fields where the
corn is growing strong and the cattle
fill the pasture lands Of the greatest
agricultural state in the union put the
sodden, sour prairie sod. Replace the
splendid homes which vie in modernity
with the best city residences with the
little shacks thru which the wind blew
at will, bank then high with sodf and
straw, where the big red barns stand
put straw SONStSQ SASoS' 1S> OIL 'oS~
of the change.
1t is worth paying for, Iowa is a
mighty inheritance. The pioneer and
the earlier settler bought il for US with
hardship and in infinite courage. 1t is
up to u.s. The men who are in Iowa
must pay their debt to the men who
finest men as II Is OF the finest live
stock. the finest farms. Men mus,
keep pace with farms and cattle. Sc
much We owe 10 those who on June /,
1888 were crossing the mighty river
TO form mighty empire.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
The CASE OF An OLD SOLDIER.

Thirty civil war veterans will call OF
Governor Clarke asking executive
clernency for Oren Mcpherson. con-
yict under life sentence IN the Fort
Madison penicentiary
Mcpherson, IN spasnl O. anger
shot and killed the city marshal a.
Morning Sun sixteen years ago. II IS
related that he had come with his son
TO see his wife and small child from
whom he had been separated The
mother refused 10 see him or 10 PERM.
him TO gee the child. The marshal, il
is alleged, started 20 run Mcpherson
and his son out Of town without legal
warrant for arrest The boy was hit
over the head by q billy in The hands
of the marshal The father drew a
pistol and fired
II is intended 10 argue. first that Nc
Pherson was not given fair trial,
second that he has been sufficiently
I punished.
The argument had BEST be reversed.
/, The question of q fair trial doesn'.
seem to enter into the case vitality,
: The man sho, and killed an officer. He
had the pistol loaded and 10 his hand.
I. His sentence was within the law and
I the evidence.
But this man, always Of explosive
Temperament had been deeply stirred
that day. He mad served his country
well according 10 his comrades VINO
marched with him. He has served in
prison sixteen years. He is an old
man as the veterans Of the civil war
are all old men and upon the brink of
the grave. He has suffered and sor-
rowed and repented his rash and
bloody act almost two decades within
prison walls. And he was soldier IN
q day when it required high man
hood to be a soldier. Better argue tina,
side Of his case.
Sixteen years is a long time. With
out conformation of his crime it is
hard TO see where true Justice would
be subverted by mercifully permitting
this old veteran to die in the open.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
puLno1oRs AND OTHER THINGS.

Not many years ago When swimmer
took cra,np or person unable to swim
got beyond his depth Few minutes in
the water ended It. The man was dead.
Nowadays there is an appliance
known as pulmotor. "Pulnotor' in
common United States il lung mover
This machine works the lungs arti-
ticially. Persons under wafer for an
hour or even more have been brought
back TO life and usefulness by the pull
motor They were not dead. But they
might A. we'll have been had i, no,
been FOR the pulmotor and artificial
respiration.
There ought 10 be the best kind OF
,pulmotor in every community, Tha, Ii
a poor sort which denies itself MIR
acIe worker like this because Y costs
mexe than a rope and grapnel where
with 10 drag corpses from the river. A
pulro.or is q good investment. II
saves the cost of a funeral. l. saves a
man and lot of days WORK And there
is someth besides that. Those who
have been instrumental in the saving
process get almost as much out Of the
deed as the person who was saved.
The Y NJ. c A. saves more boys.
rescues more men than any pu!Inotor
A city without an adequate Y. NJ . A
plant is a dangerous coast without pre-
ventive ufelines and life eaving appli-
ances.
1t costs SO does a pulmotor. SO
does the physicians microscope, but he
must have il f he is TO be competent
beside his fellows So does the real
estate mans automobile, # he is TO
break even with his competitor. SO
does the new machinery in the factory
that boosts the dividend and keeps UP
with the demand. Everything that is
worth while costs. But II is all worth IT,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
Topics of the Times

The skill with which the lobbyist
hides his tracks ought to turn the tax
dodger green with envy.
Kansas is calling for 20 900 harvest
hands. But any Iowa man who wants
work needn't go so far 70 find IL
That loan Of $4,000, 900 20 Mexico
ought 10 encourage all OF Us who want
TO borrow money.
Not that this is sleepy state but its
Iowa 10 the hay p-e,ty soon.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald IS
The best satisfied newspaper any
where. Every person appointed 10 of
fee by President Wilson appeals 10 the
TIL. as the best man for the place
Like mother the Chicago vice com
mission doesn't find as much change
in fathers pockets as is desira BILE. And
father agrees with both Of them
James Russell Lowells stock quota
ton regarding the rarity of June days
came mighty near frostbite.
Between corn planting and having Is
good time to do little road work
Yes. my friend, ! was about 70
marry the countess when suddenly
learned that shes pent more than s1e.-
600 year on her dressrnaker."
Then what did you do?''
Married the drcssnaker. '-McCaWs
Magazine
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A Farmer,. 5000 Ineoms.

FGrIn ana flfeSIie.I
About thirty years ago VI. \. Bear
a young man just making his star
purchased a lS0-acre farm near Farm
ington, H., about midway between Pc
oria and Galesburg. The price ne paid
for his acres was $500. Today
reckoning by the standards OF recent
sales in the vicinity and the condition
OF the farm. the same acres arc esti-
mated to be worth close TO $4,000.
In part this advance is due to gen
eral growth in land values, and in part
to Improvements in equipment, but III
a large measure Ii is due 70 a persis
tent upward trend in the returns OBJ
tanned.
While other farmers near and far
were following the old rule OF buying
more land to grow more corn to raise
more hogs in order to buy more land
TO grow more corn to raise more hogs
and so on Mr.. Bear was developing
for himself the theory that it was gooJ
practice 20 extend ones acres down
ward.
After doing that, there would be
time enough to look after lateral ex-
tensions. The consequence is that his
acres are more productive today than
they were when he bought them, more
productive than they were ten years
ago, in spite Of the fact that from year
to year he has compelled them to
Yield larger and larger returns. until
he has pushed his annual income w
close to the $4,000 mark.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
centers Of Neiahberl iness.

VI IN Nt0pCliS News
BY the terms OF Law Just signed in
Wisconsin. school boards must open
the school buildings at night. or when
not needed for regular school purposes,
10 non partisan. non -sectar,an, non
exclusive gatherings of Taxpayers.
without charge.
That last qualifying adjective is the
important ore.
There are plenty Of exclusive places
where birds of feather can flock to-
ge;her. Not necessarily SO exclusive
as To have al the door u bouncer; but
still confined to class. set, clique
! places in which stranger would in
stncti,ely feel uncomfortable.
And there are doubtless number Of
groups which would like to have free
light, heat and janitor service In d
school house for the meetings Of their
very own
But ii you pause to think you'll see
ii is essential TO the life of democracy
that no public building shall be turned
over al public expense for a purpose
from which any part Of the pubic is
debarred. /; is profoundly important
that all shall share in the equal OPP
portunities Of the public school, wheth-
er in tn. schooling Of the young or in
the social center developments among
grown ups.
For we want the school house OF the
future to be more than play and
study place for the young; we want 1t
to he a great democratic club house
for all the people: rallying center for
| the better influences Of our common
life.
In cities such meeting places are
| as they tend to become commerciSe
| lied. The stranger sees plenty OF doors
open 10 the spending Of his money, but
very few to that neighboriy, human
contact with his fellow men upon
which the welfare Of society largely
rests. Even the natives. as their city
grove. gravitate into little sets and
know less and less about folks on 9TH
| e.. levels
Here is what actually happened in
New York not long ago:
4 neighborly chap. hungerlng for
human fellowship. wrote kindly let
ter to each Of the other thirty-eight
tenants in an apartment house. invtt-
| ing all to be his guests at a get &C
auainted' meeting on the hardened
root. Only two responded: tn 9TH
ers- suspicious. sophisticated. tngfown'
] probably thought As was Grassy.
That drying up Of the springs OF
broad human kinship among city
dwellers is one OF the dangers OF the
future we must insure against. Folks
can't be good citizens unless they have
the emotions which make good neigh
bors.
The school house, open non -exclu-
sively. offers a way TO neighboriEe the
| cities. Are you letting Your school
houses stand idle and dark at night?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
Causes Of Male Badness.
Minneapolis Journal. !

The perennial discussion of mascu-
! line balGness is on again. Bald men
and bald jokes about badness are
nowadays very trite. Ii is relief u
| find that the subject can bear an
other serious discussion.
The basic fact on which ali the de-
bates are predica ted is that there are
so many more bald men than bald
women that an explanation based on
the habits of the male human rather
than on the human in mass IS required.
The three explanations most often
advanced are: First, that men are bald
jus, because they are bald; second.
tina, they are bald because o. the prac-
tice Of frequent hair cutting: third.
, tina: they are laid because they wear
hats that fit down closely around their
heads and obstrucI the free circulation
Of air. and also the work Of the blood
that feeds the hair roots.
These who contend that men are
bald because they are. dispose OF the
second and third explanation negative
" BY saying that frequent cutting
ought not to destroy hair when i, stim
u!ares whiskers, and II hats We're the
cause. why were there bald men before
there were mats.
These negative arguments are hardly
sufficient. because they don't prove
that hair and whiskers treated alike
would not suffer the same fate. II
wh!sAers, for example, were put in
dark house without. ventilation wculd
they survive? Were the bald ncn OF
the ancient times IN d majority o.
minority? Probably they were IN the
minority. because badness was c.on-
sideerd a blemisi. and means We're
taken to conceal Il. Badness is SO
&C !nmon nowadays shat it is accepted
and only the men Who try 70 conceal ii
are criticized The wig IS tolerated
only on the stage.
The fact that women's hair apnar
emily lasts better than mems because 1t
is differently treated is o.e t. give
men pause Feminine ne!r is allowed
TO grow 10 its natural length. Ii e
woman's hair is cut, II strikes out 10
grow again. Every tI,:!e the human
hair is cut. ii makes vigorous efforts 10
grow The frequency with whica
mems hair is Cd; is the case Of the
many starts which II time overwcTk
the hair producing factor that nature
has provided Discourageulent and
falling hair result
The male hat undoubtediy is great
offender against the preservation Of
hair
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
street. win Long Names.

Using the letters of the alphabet
and numbers to designate streets ID
called here" says Berlin letter. the
American STYLE and the introduction
Of the system has many advocates.
but apparently these have no voice In
the matter, because the popular idol
royal, heroic. religious, scientific or
commercial-still has the first call.
Many Of the names are exasperatingly
long. and when we think that the most
impossible one has been discovered
we always find another just little
bit worse. Recently we saw two let
tiers addressed to Vienna-one to per-
son In Observation-Disclosures. and the
other to correspondent In Mariahil-
fergasse. How much time would b.
saved II these streets were numbered
or letteredi''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
9TH. Legacy Of commodor, Perry"

The Legacy Of Commodore Pcrry.
In warfare an Overwhelming ad-
vantage accrues 10 that combaiant who
is able TO force the theater of war into
the other contestants territory. which
is quite contrary To that old nonsense
Of seeking to fight near ones base. The
devastation of the theater OF war goes
or ccncurrent;y' with the progress of
the war. Hence in a war between
Japan and the United states. II it were
possible for the United states to nloke
Japan the battle field instead OF this
continent, the war would be more than
half wen and the ruin OF i, unfeit.
The determination OF the locality OF
this thea;tr of var depends on four
! conditions:
]. The temporary control of the sea
fa> Belongs to Japan.
.. Capacity 70 transport troops.
ta) Capacity of the United States
TO transport troops in a single
voyage $1,000.
fb) Capacity OF Japan to trans.
pert troops in single voyage,
100000.
g. Size of the mobile army.
(a) American field army at the
outbreak of war. $1,000.
tb) japanese field army at the
utbreak Of war. 100000.
4. Military capacity.
(a) American army in United
States inclusive of militia
$4,000.
CD Japanese army in japan. In
elusive OF reserves. i,o94.4"e.
BY this we see that the determination
OF the theater of war rests entirely
with Japan The Philippine Islands
will play no part. because they are
s,rategically occupied the moment war
is declared on account of their prox-
unity to Japan. To place troops In
them would be diversion entirely out
side of the real theater OF operations
The Hawaiian Islands In similar man :
ner fall under japanese sovereignty i'm :
mediately on the declaration OF war
This is due to reasons other than those
that control the Philippines
In this manner we find that the
theater Of war rs relegated to the
Pacific coast, Washington, Oregon and
California.
Homer Lea. in the June number OF
The North American Review.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
REVISING THE TARIFF UPWARD.
TChicaEo Tribune.]

Dispatches from Washington init
mating that q duty OF 81 ton will
be put on news paper furnish food
for considerable speculation.
The repeal OF the paper duty three
years ago. by allowing foreign paper
to compete with the trust made pro-
duct. reduced the price 10 every news
paper in the country.
1t also affected the earnings on the
watered stock of the paper trust.
The question which naturally arises
in the mind from reading the dis
patches from Washington Is whether
the purpose Of the duty is to help the
paper trust or to punish the newspa-
pers. Or Is it merely threat of re-
prisal against the newspapers in case
they give too much publicity to the
stories of tariff lobbyists in Wash
ington?
The ways of the tariff reformer are
hard and the ways of the lobbyist are
deep.
/. the proposed tariff on paper is Sc
riously advocated. il is the first at
tempt in the Underwood bill to revise
the tariff upward.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
Name. New and Old.

No person studying the names o.
graduates from the universities Oh d
city like New York OF Chicago can faii
to be impressed with the enrichment
OF the nomenclature OF the nation as
the result Of it's ever increasing raciai
complexity. Closer analysis or the
Slavic, Latin and Semitic names. that
seem strange to the Teutonic pioneers
descendants, shows tina, they have the
same origins. Animals and plants, oc-
equations and crafts. places. charac-
tiers. are found to have neen the ger
n,inal facts around which applications
have clustered and from which they
NAV claim descent The early Briton
who was called Etnelwulf cNobl.
wolr') gained his title precisely In the
sane primitive way :ha: the American
red Indian Of q later period did and
still does.
The Afro American, with character
istic imitativeness as wen as because
OF his condition OF seTvitude, has not
contributed to the new family names
OF the nation. The whites with whom
he grew up as slave furnished MIN
with name models, and in the course OF
time men of national fame like Wash
ington and Lincoln and biblical char
acters came to be favorites In choice OF
forenames. In no way 10 there ever
any int!naation Of An African ancestry
and primitive as5To tssSS!:.e. .: c"s :
tom In family nomenclature.
Quite otherwise is 1t with the req
Indian. even with those OF them VINO
are gaining the fullest understanding
0. the white mans knowledge and as
sociating most freely with the eau
casian. The consequence is that soon
er or later there will be found circu-
lating IN the press ana tripping from
the tongue names like the following.
culled from the latest issue Of the Hed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
Iona Newspapers
THE LOBBYISTS.
(nea Mninea TrShtlna I


a great deal Of hair splitting is go
ing on over what constitutes a lobby
list.
a lobbyist is not . man who gets
things done: he is man who gets
things done for a selfish and Interior
purpose.
A lobbyist may have . seat on the
floor just as readily ~ be hanger ION
in the corridors. altho the word lobby
would seem to suggest the hanger on
President Wilson may be just as ur-
gent as the representatives Of the SUI
gar trust. But he IL not lobbyist.
The difference between a public
man and a lobbyist is the difference
between q leader and a boss.
One works Just a. hard as the other.
Their motives are different.
The most dangerous man ID the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
MODEST INDIGENCE.
fSiouS Ctty Tribune.

II is rather trying on some OF the
senators to be grilied IN the lobby in
vesrigation as to what interests they
have that might influence their action
on The tariff bill
Take Senator Oliver. for example
Among his rich associates on the
boards of big concerns he poses as
man who has been reasonably sue
cessful in business. But in the senate.
before the questioning committees. he
is obliged TO expose his poverty TO the
senate and TO the whole public.
He has only 1000 shares of preferred
stock in the United States Steel cor
po-at ton. Think of it: 4 Pennsyl-
vanian with only 1000 shares OF steel
newspapers worth only $1,000 900. He
has only $50 shares in the Pittsburgh
Coal Company.
After compelling the senator 10 dis
close his poverty in steel newspapers
and coal. the committee wanted 10
know how much he had in copper prop
critics.
Il can not concede your right 10 ask
that, he protested. and refused to
answer He was right in that. de
may be as poor in copper as in news
! papers. coal and steel.
Senator Dupont, of Delaware. was
forced to admit that he had only 1.uoc
shares in the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany. another 1000 shares in the cam
bris Steel Company, and only 1000
shares in the National Biscuit Com
pany. and -hen they wrung from him
the confession tina, he did not own any
powder stock al all
Think Of man. named Dupont, with
only 1000 shares in steel. 1000 shares
in "Cneeda biscuit" and not single
powder mill TO his name.
They'll lean and loll against each
other. the rich old chaps OF Pennsyl l.
vania and Delaware as they ride in the
smooth running Pullman cars IN and
ont of Washington. goasipins in lo@
and confidential tones of the forced
confession that viii make these honor
able senators look poor 10 their bust
ness associates. There ought to be q
limit to the exposure Of men who have
not been able to accumulate anything
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-11
curiou. Annamsse custem..

Nine. Gabrielle NJ. vassai. the wife
Of French doctor. who was attached
to the Pasteur Institute OF the Mia
Trang, little village on the coat of
AMMAN. relates some OF her expert.
ences. When abe and her husband ar.
rived ct Nha!Trang they were re
csived by the native servants, who
sAIaamsd and squatted on tine iooF
for . long period. this being their
metnn011a "a os greeting E..cce.:: Ss:.-
ants had the curious habit Of washing
Ill dishes under the table; never on
its top. Men and women dressed
alike, wearing trousers and tunics.
and women on the way to market with
their baskets always walked In single
llle.