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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
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tied practice.
This gun was successful In that II
would actually throw curves and throw
them accurately, but there was one de :
feet that could not be overcome, due
to the human equation" The sun
never failed to inspire fear In the bat :
ter. That the batter would know just
when the ball was coming, an electric
wire was run to tho batters' box, and
by stepping on the plate the circuit
was closed and the blank cartridge In
the rifle fired. The average batter
would step on this plate and then jump
back about four feet, letting the ball
go by. Another drawback was the
fact that the hot gases soon acted on
the covers Of the balls and made them
as hard as bricks.
An almost unlimited range of speed
was obtained by making the tube con
Meeting the breech of the gun, into
which the rife was discharged, tele-
scopic. The shorter the tube, the
greater the force. Rubber faced curry
ing fingers. adjustable to any plane
about the muzzle. caused the ball to
curve, "out" or "in," or drop" differ
ent sets Of fingers giving different de-
grees of curve.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Temple Within Sphinx.

Repeated reports received in Eng
land from Egypt in regard to investi-
cations being made by Prof. 6. A.
Reisner, of Harvard University, indi-
cate that the head of the sphinx is
the ante chamber of a great series
of temples A depression in the head
of the sphinx had been observed by
many travellers in the last hundred
years. but no systematic attempt at
excavation had been made. According
to the latest reports, on the removal
of the sand and blocks that had been
placed across the opening. Professor
Reisner found himself in chamber
sixty feet long and fourteen feet wide.
forming small but complete temple.
This temple. says the June Popular
Mechanics Magazine, in an illustrated
article, is said to be connected with
a second temple at a lower level, and
thru tunnel running down the neck,
with a far more spacious temple oc-
cupying the entire body OF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
No Rette-P.rhap. Worse.

Chairman Underwood, replying to
millionaire who was against the in
come tax, said at a luncheon i'll WASH
ington:
Il am not astonished that he should
oppose this tax. Prosperity doesn't al
ways make a man better. Sometimes 1t
makes him worse.
Two men were talking about Weed
Jimpson.
Weed Jimpson must be doing well
now. He must be getting on his feet
at last said the first man.
Why do you think So? said the
second.
Well said the first, 'Jimpson.
YOU know. owes me money; and he
lodges out Of my way now instead OF
facing me in the bold way he useG
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

The difference between looking al d
auto We are riding in ana the way We
look at an auto when we are crossing
the street is as a great gulf fixed
Senator Lodge is out for the Cum
minis idea Of REORGANIZATION. The Cum
Minis plan seems 10 strike nearly every
one except those whom Cummins has
been forced to give a political licking
as being the best way out 1t is said
that men change their bodies once in
seven years. Here's hoping the old
thing works the same way on Uncle
Georges mind It's time he forgot Il
only in the interests OF national re-
publicanism.'
Polk county VIII spend 100000 on
roads, grading, dragging and garveiin-.
That's a god beginning in small way.
But Polk county. like Des Mones
should do things And spending mere
ly $4,000 on roads Of a county isn't
doing things but only 7,arting 10 DO
things The state is spending twenty
hundred thousand dollars on patch of
land in Polk.
REORGANIZATION isn't such a big job.
The shovelng of the debris out Of the
way in order to make a start is the
big JOB.
Certain newspapers are making a
Joke over the selection Of a man named
Jester to have charge of the capitol
extension.
Senator Lodge has joined those who
would place the republican party in the
| hands Of a new leadership. Last years
| experience seems to nave given great
many prominent men a stomach full
| Already the fear that Cunnins might
! win distinction or political profit from
( the reorganization of the republican
/ party on a plan which he has devised
! is consuming the Cedar Ra pids Repub-
lican. It's laborsd effort TO Ionic Had
! ley just now makes some Of the rest
| of US smile.
Des Moines has invested $4,000 II
! a municipal market house which was
opened this week in the presence of a
! large crowd. The Des Moines news
papers should now keep us posted as
to prevailing prices of produce at the
| city market and We can then tell in q
short time whether We need a munic-
| ipal market in other Iowa cities.
/: Now that spring shooting has been
abolished in Illinois and the waters con.
! tiSuous it will not take the ducks Ions
] to discover a protected route up the
Mississippi for their spring trips to the
north
While Clinton county and Sac county
are quarreing as to which was the first
to draw state aid for a consolidated
rural school under the new law. wha
are the rest of US doing to take down {
state bonus In our own ncighborhoods
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Line rhrouoh Wilderness.

Buried hundreds Of miles from civ.
ilization, its nearest source OF sup.
plies 1900 miles away. the Madeira
Mamore railroad, connecting Brazil
and Bolivia, II to that part OF the
world what the panama canal will be
to the east and the west It was
built to overcome 200 miles Of falls
rapids. rocks. and shoals in the Ria
deira river, which had compelled rub
Der handlers to make use Of costly
and unsatisfactory method Of portage
Although built through tropical for
est. the ties on which the rails are
laid came from Australia, because II
was time and again proved cheaper
to import them than to try to hew
down for that purpose the hard but
resistant woods close at hand. Trains
are run regularly between the ter
minals Of Porto Velho and Gunpara,
MiriH.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
whx the Train wa, Late.

II the railway guard who held his
train half a minute beyond the SEIZED
ule time should be reprimanded at
headquarters a hundred passengers
who know why he did it will sign
a petition for his pardon. Sentiment
was back of It. Somebody wanted
to kiss. A lot OF people want to do
that. Women kiss each other. men
kiss their wives. The guards have
no patience with sentiment of that
kind They haunt their contempt by
bawling: Break away. there: no
time for that" and refuse to hold
the train half a second for the tender
est salute.
But this case was different. II was
easy to see how 1t was. A mother
was giving away her child. The lit.
tie fellow was in good hands. The
couple who had adopted him were
wholesome, kindly people; the moth.
er was wretchedIy poor. No doubt
II was best all around to give him
away She and the boy stood the
parting like majors up to the last
minute. then the baby broke down.
"Mom-mon-mom." he blubbered
from the car platform.
Before the guard could close the
door or give the signal she had
reached through the crowd and
enatched him from the mans arms.
II can't. I can't she said
And then the kissing began. The
guard didn't even try to say, "Breah
away" He gulped; go did everybod!
else. Presently the woman HANDED
the boy back. and the train started
on amid the deepest silence that hat
ever hung over that subway station
New York Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Keep Locomotive a. Relic.

The hrst locomotive which ran on
the old four-foot sh gauge line from
Capetown, Transvaal. South Africa, to
Wellington has arrived at the Cape
town central railroad station. where II
10 to be placed In = prominent position
as a relic Of the early days in the
railroad history of South Africa. The
engine was built at Leith, Eng, in
1859 Il has six wheels, the first two
being driving wheels. with inside
cylinders, m unusual thing in South
Africa, where all the present-day en-
gines. have outside cylinders. The
drivins-wheels are hangeless. and the
engine has buffers similar to those or
English locomotives. in place OF the
central draw-bar, now employed in
South Africa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
FIRST TO DRIVE LOCOMOTIVE
Edward Ent~istIs Made Initial Trip
With the Famous "Roekst" In
september, 1850.

Strictly speaking, Of course. Stephen
son was the first driver of . locomo-
tive. but he only drove tho Rocket
upon trial trips by way Of experiment
The first official driver-that 10 the
man who WAS regularly employed to
take the train between Liverpool and
Manchester on the first track ever laid
down-was young man named Ed
ward Entwistle, who was born 1t Tyl-
desley Banks, near Wigan. in 1915. At
the age Of eleven Entwistle was made
an apprentice in the large machine
shops belonging to the Bfdgewater
trust in Manchester, his parents hav-
ing decided that he should be An en-
gineer.
1t was in these works that the
Rocket" the first passenger locomo-
tive, was built under the direction and
according to the plans of It's inventor.
George Stephenson, and young Entwis-
tie took the keenest interest in the
progress Of the engine. When the
Liverpool and Manchester railway was
finished and the Rocket" completed.
Stephenson looked about for driver.
The foreman of the shop was consult
ed, says MI. Frank Hird, in "Lanca-
shire Stories" but after day or two,
reported that he had no man he could
suggest, but that. II the great inventor
would take the young apprentice Emit
wistle, he could recommend him
highly.
Entwistle was approached, and glad
Iy agreed to assist Stephenson. The
opening Of the new railway, which at.
tracted the attention of tho whole
country, was fixed for Monday, Sep
tember Is. 1880. On Sunday Stephen.
son and young Entwistle took tho
Rocket" for trial trip, running over
about one-half of the track. The fol-
lowing day both were on the engine
which made that historic journey from
Liverpool to Manchester, drawing be-
hind it some Of the most distinguished
people in the land. journey whose
triumph was marred by the tragic &C
cident to Mr.. Huskisson. During the
return Journey from Manchester the
young apprentices hand was on the
throttle
When the line was opened for gen.
eraI traffic Entwistle was given sole
charge OF the Rocket" and for two
years made two round trips every
day, between Liverpool and Manches-
ter. one in the morning and the other
in the afternoon.
Ultimately. however Entwistle found
the work was too much OF strain.
.~a 49,, ,o-n1ot{Dv h9a spprepyico-
ship emigrated to America, where he
ultimately acquired farm, on which
he died at the age Of eighty-one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Bats 70 Ex.erminate Mosquitoes.

Recent investigations indicate thai
the greater portion of the diet Of the
bat consists of mosquitoes, and adj
vantage is being taken Of this fact In
Kidding communities in Texas and 9TH
or southern states Of the mosquito pest
says the June Popular Mechanics
magazine. A house Of peculiar con
struction is erected in a locality where
mosquitoes abound. and this quickly
becomes home and breeding place fol
the bats. The house is set high above
the ground. and metal shield is placed
around each post to prevent access BY
rodents. 1t is believed that this may
furnish a convenient means Of com
batting yellow fever and malaria. the
germs Of which are carried by mosquit'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Exoo.ition,s 7r,vmehi.I Arch.

The Triumpha1 arch on the east side
of the Court Of the Sun and Stars, at
the Panama Pacific exposition, is to De
larger than the Arch de Triomphe,
Paris. It will lead into the great east
or Festive court. The size o. the
structure may be judged by the fact
that the height under the archway VIII
be ninety feet. A group Of figures sur
mounting the arch is symbolical Of the
orient. and is composed Of elephants
camels, horses and Arab warriors. A
triumpflal arch of equal size will be
constructed on the opposite side OF the
court. surmounted by prairie schoon-
ers and figures IMPLYING the west.
picture os the arch appears L: the June
Popular Mechanics magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
cenees.. for Railroad 1le,.

President Hill says that cement will
tnke the place Of wood as ties. He de-
clafed recently, that the growing use
OF concrete railroad ties would do more
TO eliminate train wrecks than any
other factor. Mr.. Hill is an enthusi-
astic cement man and IN using the
material on his railroads to large
tent. He said eventually concrete
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
pitchino Gun for Practice.

A baseball pitching gun invented
some years ago by Prof. G. H. Hinton
of Princeton University, is described.
with illustrations. in the June Popular
Mechanics Magazine. This gun, re-
sembling a cannon in appearance, and
hurting the ball by means OF gas shot
into it's preaching from an ordinary re-
Deating rIne, WAS moi designed TO take
the place Of pitcher In 4 game but to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
MARCHING PROGRESS.
[Creston American. ]

Rev. Mrs Irwin. colored minister
Of Des Moines, had position as jani-
tor in the Iowa legislature. with salary
of So per day. The ministers of Des
Moines take turns in praying each
morning when the legislature meets at
IS per prayer On the very last day
when prayer could not possibly do the
legislature any good or save the state
from the bad laws that had already
been enacted. the house asked Rev. Mr..
Irwin TO pray for them. Rev. Mr.. 1r-
win did the very best he could for them
and there was no objection 10 the
prayer, and then put in his bill for 80,
and now they won't pay him because
they have dug up statute that pro-
hibits TWO payments for the same day 3
work for the state, and as the Rev.
Mr. Irwin had been paid his 81 for
janitor work he can't get 81 for that
PRAYER Isn't that the limit? il we
we're Rev. Mr. Irwin VIC wouldn't go
within FIVE miles of the legislature
when il meets again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

lAC O0boSS va
heavy trains on a
steep down-grade
Is to be found In
north Carolina on
q section of the
Asheville Spar.
t q n . b ur 3 line
from Saluda, at
an altitude OF
1900 feet, to q
point three miles
distant and 1872
feet lower, the
average grade
thus being PA
feet to the mile.
While the pas
9 e n er trains,
W h | c h ar e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
VA NV roo Fa,t for ,larle..

We Live Too Fast for Diaries. i
when the inner history Of tho crisis
10 told BY the private DIARIES Of to-
day" remarks the observer" In ref
orencs to the rather amusing political
situation Of the moment. Well. We stop
there with the query: 10 there pri-
vate diarist? Is there man In this
hurried age who goes home and sits
down, tired with action. faces the
splendid Industry of the diary. and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Iona Newspapers
HOW WELL HE REMEMBERS

The girls who sit at the player
pianos today put on more dog bal
they are not at bit smeeter than the
girls Nho used 10 sit at the old cabinet
organs. Don't YOU remember how they
used TO play In the Cleaning" White
Wings" and In the Sweet Bye and
Bye" And when YOU wanted a ras
time they could get real sassy with
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut" and
Climbing Up the Golden Stairs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
A SEAR-ATHE1sT AS A JUROR

\ NEAR ATHEIST AS A JUROR.
Is Juror disqualified who. tho ne
believes in a supreme power. does not
believe il future rewards or punish
ments, has no personol fear Of future
punishment and does not believe in
either the old or the new testaments ?
Such a juror was challenged for cause
in state vs.. Jackson. 1871 Northwest tern
Reporter, 1884. the challenge oVerruled.
and after all peremptory challenges
were exhausted counsel moved for the,
discharge Of this juror for the reason
that he could not take an oath that
would be binding upon his conscience.
This motion was overruled, and the
juror without objection took the ortho-
dox oath with the other jurors. This
ruling is assigned as error. The SUI
preme court Of Iowa holds that the rul-
ings We're correct, for the juror pos
sessed all the statutory qualifications.
and was not subject 10 challenge for
the reasons assigned. The court says:
He took the oath without objection,
thus evidencing the fact that he re-
gartled il as binding upon his con
science. Under modern rules oaths are
TO be administered TO all persons &C
cording TO their own opinions. and as
it most affects their consciences.
Under our law any person otherwise
competent may take an oath and act
as a Juror no matter what his religious
belief is, provided, of course, that such
oath is in a form which the person VINO
takes il regards as binding upon his
conscience.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
rlewr.we TINE raaxscos1lnEn1aL.

Residents along the Transcontl-
mental automobile route across Iowa
win do well to interest themselves in
= - ~ iin,prov eInent OF the trail. AS this
route stands it is the best and most
[practical as well as the moss beautiful
Eroute among the number of highways
tt,nrl,,a. s.d protected and under IN.
|rrovement across the state. But we
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

They must realize that a continued
division is inevitable unless there be Il
compromise which viii bring the re-
publican party into conformity with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

the changed conditions of the past few
years." says the Dubuque Times
Journal. They must realize that
President Taft was mercilessly slaugh
tered because of the existence Of the
conditions which the men who met at
Chicago suggest should be removed"
But CO. education will linger a long
time in states like Illinois and Iowa
and other western states, where we
have become accustomed to it and any
movement for its abolition would meet
with popular opposition, says tho
Cedar Rapids Republican. I'm. the re-
cent Iowa debates, for instance. one
speaker pointed out that he wanted
enough women left at Ames so thas
the boys could pick out their wives
while they are studying their lessons.
That is one of the newer functions Of
high prived education"
lone Sioux City buyer last week
paid out 100000 for eggs-s1O.o00
day. The American hen in this par
ticular locality is doing her duty, and
the lay of the egg is some music,
praisefully records the Sioux City
Tribune.
Just think OF it," says the Month
cello Express, forty thousand jobs to
beh andcd out by a democratic prest-
dent and only few hundred of them
placed in two months time. 1t is no
wonder that the office hungry and job
less democrats are getting impatient
a the delay shown in turning the
rascals out. Still. those who think they
may be in line for something do not
dare TO publicly complain. There is
deal of private growing, however.
The Mason City Globe Gazette says
j. is good thing for the republicans
and eX-republicans to hold confer
ences. Possibly they may develop in
10 prayer meetings and later into love
feasts," the Globe Gazette adds.
Professor Taft" says the Dubuque
Telegra phi Herald. could not get over
his campaign habit and so referred 10
the democratic tariff bill as free
trade measure. 1t is anything but
that"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

Do not neglect your family. Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy - sure TO be nee0ed
least expected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

would replace the old-fashioned wood.
en- tie and that when his present plans
are consummateA his line Will hsve
none but concrsee ties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
MAKE "SAFETY ZONES
PECULIAR EQUIPMENT ON NORTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD LINE.
What Might Be Compared to Landings
on Staircase, Employed to Check
Momentum Of TPaIns on
Down Grades.

A most remarkable and perhaps
unique railroad construction to insure
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

While Clinton county and Sac county
are quarreins as to which was the first
to draw state aid for a. consolidated
rural school under the new law, what
are the rest Of US doing to take down a
state bonus in our own neighborhoods? ?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16
Topics of the Times

The difference between looking al a
auto we are riding in ana the way We
look at an auto when we are crossing
the street is as a great gulf fixed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-16

Now that spring shooting has been
abolished in Illinois and the waters con-
tiguous it will not take the ducks long
to discover protected route up the
Mississippi for their spring trips to the
north.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-07
cannot but impress the interstate commerce com.
mission With the necessity Of granting the railroads
some reasonable consideration.
judicial Calm

The Triangle waist factory tragedy in New York
City was due to a locked door. The Legislature passed
a law providing for more rigid inspection and prohib-
iting locked exits. Recently an inspector found one
of the exits of a factory locked with a chain lock.
He took the proprietor into court. The evidence was
complete that in case of a panic employees could Got
readily unlock that door. In imposing sentence the
judge remarked that, as the defendant had expressed
a disposition to obey the law in the future, he would
impose a minimum fine of $50, "
Here is the nub of the matter: The man who
was fined $50. because he was going to "obey the
law in the future" was the same proprietor of the
same Triangle faist factory, whore 147 girls were.
burned to death because of a locked door. Can you
beat this for judicial Minneapolis
Journal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-10-07
Train SMASH
BATTERS man

Foxhelm, N. : Oct. ~6.--Running for
ty miles IN hour, train No. 80 on the
500 railroad crashed into sthe wagon be-
ing driven by Jasper Longanecker, a
young farmer of this vicinity, about )
p. m. Saturday night, cut the horses
loose, splintered the WACO to pieces
n threw the young man against the
pilot with terrific force. and carried him
along the right OF way for over 200 feet.
The young man was returning to, his
farm after unloading a tank OF grain
at the elevator. lie was just crossing
the tracks on the main line with his
team when struck and had not apDar-
emily seen anything of the approaching
express. The horses were we'll over the
track, when the crash came and We're
cut clear of the ~wreckage, escaping with
out a scratch. 3 @
Longanecker was thrown to the pilot
OF the engine and sustained several Sc
we're injuries before the train was halt
ed.
DR.. Hills Of Berthold was, called and
rushed the patient to the hospital at
Kenmare where it was found that he
was suffering from a broken leg, in
ternal injuries and severe gashes about
the head and face. SO badly was he cut
and crushed that very little hope is
held out for his recovery. He has q wife
and one year old baby. -.s&