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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

can't: that there isn't more deceptive
folly in the world than this notion that
happiness can be bought.
AS a matter Of fact, happiness has to
be earned. Earned by work, by unset
tishness, by service; earned by the free
giving of happiness to others. Her
s51 didn't bring happiness-a hundredth
of the sum would have supplied amply
all that she got by spending the SOL
1t bought no respect II bought no
notoriety beyond the idle curiosity for
the moment 1t was just an evidence
of the impotence of money 10 command
the worth while human values.
Money we must have. Of course, to
help in doing what needs to be done,
For money is a symbol of power and
power an essential Of existence. But
money isn't all; as the example OF this
poor rich woman shows. ii often 's
very little; pathetically tragically little.
lit often mocks with biting irony the
mortal who makes of it a god.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
HARVESTING THE GULLS.
TNarcheSter PreSs1


There never was time in the history
OF the rollicking old sphere when it
boosted a larger stock OF sharps or
greater supply of gulls. A certain class
Of publications. for instance, Is al
most wholly given over to exploitation.
by the paid inch, of as precious roost
Of charlatans as were ever gathered
under one tent. These publications,
which spring up in day and run until
the postoffice department accummu-
lates sufficient evidence to put them
out Of business, are generally home
variety, with fine page showing
grandma darning socks or grand
pa" teaching a yearling calf how to eat
rock salt. They have about as much
literary value as the daily weather fore
/ cast, but they serve their purpose,
which is to parade cures for everything
| from the improving pip TO drinking out
Of the soup plate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
Topics of the Times

OF course everybody learned last
year to do the Christmas shopping
early.
Seats in the New York stock ex-
change have fallen to $4,000. and still
folks keep on complaining that the
c. of l. keeps On climbing.
Who cares about the rules of the
income tax anyway? The fellow who
doesn't pay needn't care and the fell
low who must ought to be mighty glad
that he can.
One of the principal objections to
woman suffrage in Iowa is being rapid
ly put aside First the Moon law set
a limit and since then the general ten
dency seems to be to abolish it entirely.
OF course the army is anxious to
scrap with Mexico. The army is al
ways ready to scrap. 1t is the bull
terrier of our institutions. But many
a man has been sorry that his terrier
started something.
Politically it seems to keep the Cedar
Rapids Republicans busy wandering
between what it knows it ought to do
and what tradition indicates that it
must do.
Think how you'd feel with this
Mexican business and currency bill
and wedding on your hands all at one
and the same time.
Bob Cousins lecture is bound to be
mighty fine piece of English, for Bob
is an orator of orators and his periods
as unsteady balanced as Bob Inger-
soils. There is no occasion to deny
gress simply because ne is delivering
hi lecture. Both Mr.. Cousins and the
voters have put the question aside. Let
| it rest.
Ohio has let a convict out in order
that he may marry. Some state will dc
almost anything that promises to assist
population. But Ohio's excuse is better
than the overeating plea that brought
Ortie McManigal his liberty.
| The Anamosa Eureka which is nc
warm friend of Senator Cummins
concludes that he "can not be beaten
There is no democrat who can bea1
him. 1t might have added that there
are a considerable number OF persons
who are willing to be candidates whom
the democrats can beat. When thu
fussing is over and the disgruntlet
have had their say We shall all come
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
AS IN A LOOKING GLASS.

Sometimes a great man remains I'M
discovered thru the blindness Of men
and ike the flower in Grays EuIogy
seems TO have been born to blush I'M
seen and waste his sweetness on the
desert air of inconsequence. Some
great souls there be VINO burst the
cocoon Of public Indifference asunder
and spread colorful wings for fight in
the eyes Of all men.
The Times Republican is the proud
of Des Moines Of an article modestly
termed by the candidate who kindly
supplies X "a political announcement"
It conveys the assure nee that ct would
be very much appreciated by the writ
err and CO ndidate IF you would have
the same run in your valuable paper
and is accompanied by the conditional
pledge that Il may be able some day
in the future to give you some bust
ness that Will be profitable to you"
However. the enclosed article is not
IL
its assertions may be maintained it is
news Of a mighty discovery, bigger news
then the finding Of either pole for if
'the writer is to be credited he has
unearthed the perfect man. Eugenists
will flock to the realization Of their
hopes. Old Diogenes will writhe in his
grave amid the broken fragments of
his lantern to see how he lost out in
Corinth instead Of being born some
several thousand years later and do
Ing his mousing about Des Moines.
The article is a fine piece Of descrip-
tive writing. something on the plan OF
the picture of the great artist who
painted himself from the looking glass
It assures us that when the history
Of Iowa's and the nations mighty
trust, tariff and tax development Gomez
r. be written one name will stand gu,
n boldest relief Chat of the can
Nldate for mayor Of Des Moines) this
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
The Woman Who pinsd Alone.


She sat at table in q fashionable
restaurant, a beautiful woman in
white evening gown. At her girdle
cleaned a bunch OF orchids. Beside her
stood vase filled with exquisite Kill
larney roses. Exactly in the tables
center there was great cake frosted
temptation surmounted by two dozen
pink candles. The waiter served a
banquet in courses. II was . birthday
feast.
Who she was, where she came from,
whether the birthday was hers or an.
others, she did not say. For two hours.
in silence, she sat at this table, slipping
| wine, nibbling at the costly food.
breathing in the fragrance Of the flow
ers and thinking--what thoughts did
she think? Then she called for her bill
dncluding the orchids, the roses and
the special birthday cake 1t amounted
| to 351); paid it from a full purse and
went away.
Do you want to know what was the
! matter with that woman? She had
| the worst ailment to which humanity IL
heir. Worse than tuberculosis. worse
than paresis, worse than smallpox or
cholera. She had the awful disease
OF selfishness. She thought that the
way to be happy was to pamper herself
to dress richly, to live luxuriously,
to spend money. She thought THAT
happiness can be bought.
Now you know, Of course, that 1t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
MOTHERS PENSIONS.

Chicago has had the mothers pension
in force for two years The highest
sum that may be paid to family in
that city is $50 month. An article in
the Chicago Tribune devoted to the
workings Of the pension system en-
dorses and gives il credit for great
usefulness and efficiency. "On the face
Of it it appears to be one of the
wisest, sanest and most radical expert
ments,' says the Tribune, and quotes
figures 10 show that it has already
demonstrated its usefulness and the
excellence of the system.
The mothers pension system is sane
and proper on the face Of il. 1t is the
right way to pay an honest debt. There
can be small difference Of honest and
thoughtful opinion on this point. Like
any other good system it may be
worthless under weak control and man
ageemnt.
But if Chicago can handle the
mothers pension with advantage and
its usefulness be demonstrated in
city of such size and with reputation
of the unenviable character which
Chicago has acquired in many respects
surely ii Iowa counties The pension
system can be made most effective
method
These women who are striving TO
keep their families together are the
creditors of every citizen. AS the
Tribune writer puts it every citizen
| is stepfather to the fatherless chill
rden.'
Those who are condenanins the pen
sion system for mothers should look
into the question thoroughly before
voting their condemnation. For the
mothers pension system, properly
handled is the best system of render
ing deserved aid that has yet been
devised.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
Iona Newspapers
LOSS s2s.soo,ooO PER YEAR.
rna. Noioes Capital1

A prominent good roads worker re
siding at Boone, has figured out "hat
the annual cos, of the Tight-o.-"aS OF
our Iowa dirt roads is. He has esa-
mated the loss in acres. He sarts on
the supposition that there are 12o'oVo
miles of dirt road in Iowa. THESE
miles Of road occupy 100000 acres. he
calculates these acres as if they were
growing corn. AT fifty bushels to the
acre ne would have 4s.c00,0oo bushels,
worth so cents per bushel. equal TO
SOS. 500, 0e0. This last sum represents
the grain loss caused by 10000 miles
of public highway. This being true,
the right-of-way should be improved
and made worthy OF the cause to which
it is dedicated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
WHERE THE STATE FAILS.


II the state is to keep man alive
afer taking him In charge, why should
it not make a contributor out Of him at
least to the extent OF having him earn
his keep instead of making him a bur-
den on the Industrious and thrifty who
are out Of jail?
If the answer to this question were
not self evident, it could be made self
evident by adding that only in earning
his keep and caring for those depend
ent upon him is there the least pos
! sibility OF his regeneration.
The state takes men in its charge. 1t
keeps them alive. What account is the
state going to give for men who go
down hill from the moment they are
put under arrest?
Everybody is responsible in this
world for what he undertakes to do.
The state is responsible for the men
it assumes to regulate. If they are
not better men and healthier men, and
more capable men after the state gets
done with them than they were when
it took them in hand, the state has
failed. and failed in a most important
duty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
THE RURAL SCHOOL BOY.
[Sioux City Tribul


At an Iowa educational meeting a
few days ago one of the masculine
pedagogues in the course Of his re-
marks expressed grave concern over
the future Of the country boy. This
brought forth a retort from one Of the
women teachers present who had ac-
quired her views on humanity from TIE
study Of the species.
1T is not the country boy who
should arouse our Worries" she said
"as he will forge to the front In the
future, just as he has in the past
While denied some Of the educational
privileges We regard as important, he
is learning the great lesson OF industry
That insures his progress In any walk
OF life. 1t is the city boy that needs
our sympathies. in spite Of his sup
posed superior knowledge. His school
life and his social life are crammed
with false ideals"
Improvement Of the rural school sys.
tenn is the tendency Of the times, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

New Haven. Conn.-Mrs. Bessie j.
Wakefield stood at the bar of the SUI
perior court and heard herself sem
fenced to death before sunrise on the
morning Of March I. 1914" for the
murder of her husband. William 0.
Wakefield.
Il feel as tho were already dead,
she gasped few moments ltaer to her
attorney.
She is the nrst woman to be con-
victed Of murder In the first degree
since 1885.
With dramatic speed Judge Lucien
F. Burpee sentenced to death. James
Plew, Mrs. Wakef1elds EVIL genius"
and accomplice In the murder. Then
he condemned Joseph Bergeron, anoth-
er convicted murderer, all three SEN
fences being delivered within twelve
minutes.
II the state permits. Attorney Devine
Will take an appeal to the supreme
court of Connecticut. Otherwise the
only hope Of communication Of SEN
tence lies In Governor Baldwin and the
state board Of pardons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
IOWA OPINION AND NoTEA

when the Anal returns are made
UP. 1t will probably be found that
Iowa farms earned more money in
1913 than in any prior year, since the
red man moved out and the white man
began disturbing the soil and produc-
ing big crops" says the Burlington
Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
COUNTY sUPER1NrENDENTs.


Sixty per cent of the county superin-
tendents In Iowa are women, according
to information ELECTED at the teachers
state convention in Des Moines during
the past week. The new law which
goes into effect next year may. how
ever. reduce the majority now held by
the fair sex.
The new law provides that the cleo
ton of county uperintendents shall De
taken out of the hands of the voters
of the county ind given over to the
presidents of the school boards. 4
candidate for the Office Is no longer
required to be a resident Of TIE county.
The law provides that the term OF Of
flee shall be three years instead of two.
and that the minimum salary shalt be
sl,750. These provisions are expected
to attract many men 10 t3e office who
heretofore have considered the salary
too low and the chance Of reelection
uncertain.
Many women superintendent are
giving excellent satisfaction ana Just
why SCH Il i, q DIS should reverse the
erdicts Of the people at the polls Is
not apparent. No doubt higher salaries
will be just as attractive :, competent
women as n n and candidates ua'ler
the new are as likely TO be women as
men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
Tho Eagles Mig ut.

Huerta's wanting,
So they say.
War with L. S.
Some fine day.
Thinks with bluffing
Threat and shout
Hell! pick Eagles
Feathers out.
Now our Eagle
Is q bird
Who prefers the
Friendly word;
Rather likes a
Peaceful sight
Than q bloody
Fierce fought flight.
But enrage him
Unto war,
When he scatters
Woe and gore.
Peaceful though he
Always seems.
Ware the Eagle
When he screams!
Baltimore American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
United states, superiority.

OniS0o SS1eoO ouPST1OSIys
According to report issued by the
American bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce, based upon . study
of seventeen industries In tho United
States and Great Britain. II requires
10 per cent more power aud two and
one-half times more labor 70 do the
same work, in tho industries examin-
ed, in Great Britain than Il does IN
the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
will Wait Forever.
rPueblo Chieftan.]

Pueblo Chieftan.J
Johnny, 1 don't believe you're stud
led your geography"
mo, mum; 1 heard pa say the map
of the world was changing every day.
an / thought I'd wait few years Till
things get settled"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

THE whisky cure for hogs may
sound somewhat fishy, admits the
Sioux City Journal, but at that 1t
may serve as an excuse for shipping
jug into an extra dry commun-
ity."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

Carranza, leader OF the constitutional
lists, to Washington long ago. From
time to time reports stated that Presi-
dent Wilson might decide to comply
with the request. This picture shows
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

st is perhaps fortunate for our
friend Cash Dowell that woman
suffrage is not a law. Girls: he has
no wife," says the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

Carranza and q few Of his officers sur
rounding q homemade gun. Equipped
with modern guns and rifles. Carranza
claimed he would wipe Huerta off the
map"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12
s-REPUBIICAN MARsHAILrowN, NOVEMBER T. 1915

down to brass tacks and conclude also
that Senator Cummins 10 the logical
and useful man to send to the senate
to succeed himself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

Lift the embargo of arms and am
and let us hght it out among
ourselves. That's all we ask" Such
was the plea of General Venustiano
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

Maybe there'll be skating b.
Thanksgiving time" says the Ceda
Rapids Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

- undoubtedly warranted. but In q
showing Of finished products the rursl
schools Of the past have all the best
OF It in the affairs Of this nation. II
probably II true, ~ pointed out by this
woman teacher. that the real advantage
has been due to the habits Of industry
usually acquired by the boys on the
farm.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TOWNS.
New Reporter on Shenandoah World.]
When you have lived In community
where liquor 10 sold legally and come
to so3ourn in town like this not only
the absence Of street drunkenness
strikes you but you are likewise con-
scious Of being in contact with
definite community character. differing
most materially from that Of the bibu.
lous burgs. Something more Of dignity
and less Of the ostentatious and ordi-
narily artificial cordially. Less OF
hoorah, whoop her-up and more OF the
quiet JOY which marks the face and
makes the bearing. tarried in Mary
Vile few days and saw more Of sod
denness and debasement on that corner
opposite the home Of justice where the
two five thousand year saloons are.
In three minutes than In this city
during week. Prohibition doesn't need
any orators. 1t talks for itself in the
faces Of folks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

THE talk OF Roosevelt for president
on the republican ticket in 1915 is the
rankest folly" says the Alta Adver-
tiser There is no surer way OF Kill
ing the republican party than by
putting Roosevelt at the head OF it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

The Muscatine says: Every time
we consider President Wilson ana MS
cabinet we are reminded OF the Ola
days when Walker Whiteside useo 10
come trouping thru these parts IN
light romantic drama. NOBODY ques-
toned the ability Of the star. out usu
ally there We're mighty few others IL
the cast worth mentioning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

The Des Moines Tribune SUCCESS
that ain due time eugenics may lux
nis, the colleges with football teams
tho, win make the present day pig
skin iugslers look like pignies
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

"Unouestionably the drift of public
sentiment at this time is toward tne
republican party" says the Odeooi'
Chronicle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

The best literature OF the Gay Is
found in the newspapers says I'e
Alton Democrat. 1T is good though
picturesquely and forcioly expressed
in good language.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

indications are that. to effect rea
harmony .standpat times Will nave &C
be eliminated" notes the Sioux CITY
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-12

Can Bryan come back" asks the
Mason City Globe Gazette. HE wehe
into the campaign in Maine and Name
went republican. He went INTO Ne"
Jersey and Massachusetts ana 'hes
went democratic. Can Bryan come
back? Huh"
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-13
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To John McPherson, his heirs.
 administrators. and to all
 whom it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that l have expended SlOO in labor and Improvements upon the Lark" lode mining claim, situated about two miles N. K. of Shoup bay and s. E. of ShOup glacier, in the Val dez Recording District, Territory of Alaska, the location certificate of which said claim is of record in Book ? of Records, page 3Q2, i'll tha office of the recorder of the recording ditsrict aforesaid, proof of said expenditure appear ing by affidavit filed on Decem- be- 28, 1912, in the office of the recorder aforesaid; that being $iOO per year, the amount re- quired to hold said claim for the year ending December 3f, 1912. And if, within ninety days after this notice by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion (S50) your interests in said claim will become the property of the subscriber under Section 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States.
 JOHN PAULE.
 First pub. January 1T. 1913.
 Last pub. April l5. 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-13
TO THE MAYOR.

It is indeed a WOndrnus thlhG, this modern telephone, that will across the distance bring speak cr's lightest tone. Sometimes l sit and contemplate it's weird surprising plan and bless the scientist so great who gave thls boon to man. And then again l rant and bawl about it's many faults and tear the blamed thing from the wall, and on the pieces waltz. Your mirthful lips are stricken dumb, sealed are the founts of song. when central
 lbusy chewing gum gets all the numbers wrong. sometimes wonder what we'd d" if we should
 lose our phones. We'd be a helpless crew. We'd fill the world with groans. To get back to our fathers ways would fill our soul with aches. A message then would take three days, that now a minute takes. And then again
 if seems to me that life would be more gay if all the telephones that be were burned or shipped away. For when in haste I'd use lthc phone to gossip with my frau, hear the stern centraTs monotone: "Thc line is busy now" It is nuisance and a boon, blessing and a curse, perhaps they will improve it soon. perhaps they'll make it worse. WALT MASON.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-13
IS LAYING PLANS
 FOR A KINGDOM

Paris, Jan. I3.--Prince Ahmed Fuad, an uncle of the khedivc of Egypt, is preparing to enter AL bania at the head of 10000 troops and to proclaim himself Prince of Albania, according to q correspondent of the Temps. The place or origin of the dis patch is not given.
 The correspondent states that Prince Ahmed Fuad intends to disembark at the Albanian port of Avlona, or some neighboring point. The prince, who is of AL banian descent, recently exchang- ed visits with Count Van Bercht- hold, the Austro-Hungarian for eign minister in Vienna. He was at that time regarded as a ser ious candidate for the throne of Albania. ..s-. -..
 Lshmael Renal Bey, the AL banian leader, when asked wheth- .r Prince Ahmed Fuad would be acceptable to the Albanians, said the question of selecting a head of the state would be decided Tn accordance with the wishes of the people after the formation of a definite government.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-01-13
hqp- M " TORPEDO CHA8E9
 @.;g-, "A ouDMARlnE

Paris, Jan. t3.--During the recent torpedo firing practice of
 the submarine Fresnel prompt action and coolness of the ves-
 sells commander averted a ser-
 ious disaster. A torpedo had been
 fired, but instead of goir g out to
 sea, owing to a defect in it's steering apparatus, it took a cir cuitous route and, like boom- erang, it headed back for the sub marine at a speed of 30 knots an hour. Quickly realizing the danger, the captain got the sub marine under way. Uncannily the torpedo continued it's pursuit. Although the Fresnel was unable to escape entirely, the torpedo's momentum was so greatly reduc- ed that by the time it struck the submarine the impact was insuf- flcient to cause the discharge of it's percussion cap.