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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

right then. So he got into the bread
line and held out his hands like every
other man who had hungry mouths to
feed and nothing to feed them. 1t was
one of the best modern illustrations
of the worthlessness OF money in ex
| tremity. The millionaire couldn't buy
a potato and loaf Of bread with it
in city where he might have bought
block of bakeshops and grocery
stores the day before.
The fact that he was worth a mill
lion or so didn't get him anything in
that line that the poorest man in dis
tress could not claim. 1t had come to
a mere question Of bread and potatoes
and naked manhood. If his money
brought him favor it was not the
money he had subject to check but
that which he had checked out for the
benefit of others. If he received any
special consideration in that line it
was on account Of the s25 1000 check
he had given the Y or the check that
had relieved suffering or that had been
for the general betterment and relief OF
humanity. The fact is that he couldn't
bank in emergency on a single dollar
of his millions except the dollars he
didn't have, that no man can bank on
money in any great emergency where
he must depend on the good will and
liking Of other men. that there is only
one foundation at such time and that
is builded on other and more permanent
foundations than the possession of
wealth. Gold and sand are in the same
classification when the floods beat up
on them.
1t is worth thinking over, especially
by men Of large wealth and by younger
men who imagine that great posses
sions are OF themselves the way to the
respect of their fellow men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
The eldest SETTLEMENT.

The first settlement in the United
States is celebrating the four hundredth
anniversary Of the discoverer whose
story brought about permanent set
tiement on the mainland Of America
When Ponce de Leon searching among
the island and keys Of the West Indies
for the renewing waters Of the spring
of eternal youth discovered Florida. the
story of it's beauty and the suggestion
of vast riches hid back of the coast line
aroused the curiosity and kindled the
greed Of Impoverished and adventurous
Spanish cavaliers The settlement Of
ST Augustine practically began when
Ponce landed Behind him came De
Narvaez. and following him De Soto.
St. Augustine was the port Of entry Of
the conquisador, a tiny ganglion
whence the forces Of conquest and the
lust of empire ran across the southern
half Of the continent. ST. Augustine
was the outpost Of catholicism in the
south as Quebec became N the north,
and as jamestown in Virginia and
Plymouth in Massachusetts were the
farthest flung frontiers of the Anglican
and protestant churches.
Four hundred years do not constitute
very long period in the life Of the
world. but these four hundred years
have made new world out GO an un-
discovered hemisphere ana transmitted
all that was old then into new If
Ponce failed in his single quest he
found fountain of youth for the world
he had left behind, net alone Of re-
newal but of new life and opportunity
or all mankind The world but fairly
began to live when Columbus and the
Cabots, and De Leon traced the coast
line of it's undiscovered half on the
crude charts Of their time When De
Soto came to the Mississippi and the
end of his life and his expedition, when
Stout Balboa and all his men looked
on the Pacific in a glad surprise
speechIess upon peak in Darien,' the
fountains of hope sprang as the water
flowed under the stroke of Moses rod
It Is a mighty anniversary. 1t cele-
brates the beginning Of America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

II sounds queer to take blood bath
but that II percisely the effect OF q most
remarkable remedy known % 8. 8. 8. It
has the peculiar action Of soaking
through the intestines directly into the
blood. In five minutes its influence 10 at
work in every artery, vein ana tiny captl-
larry. Every membrane. every organ OF
the body. every enunctory becomes In
effect q filter to strain the blod Of Inn
purtties. The stimulating properties OF
8. 8. s. compel the skin, liver. bowels;
kidneys. bladder to III work to tho ono
end Of casting out. every irritating. every
pain.inhicting atom OF poison; 1t dislodges
by irrigation all accommodations in the
joints. disso,ves acid accretions. renders
Them neutral and scatters those peculiar
formations In tho nerve eenters that
cause such mystifying and often bahing
rheumatic pains.
And best Of all, this remarkable rem.
edy Is welcome to tho weakest stomach.
II you have drugged yourself until your
stomach II nearly paraly1sd. you win b
astonished to ind that s. 8. 8. gives no
sensation but goes right to work. This
Is because Ii IL q pure vegetable Infusion
Is taken naturally into your blood Just -
pure air IL inhaled naturally into your
lungs.
The great Swift Laboratory has spent
millions Of dollars in psSfecting. produc-
Ing ana placing In the hands Of the pub.
lie this wonderful xernsdy. So give your
blood Q good bath with 8: 8. g., tor Il
knocks the worst forms Of rheumatism
every tirna
100 a bottle. It IL standard remedy.
recognized everywhere AZ the greatese
blood specific ever discovered. Il yours
IL Q peculiar case and you desire expert
advice. write to Tho Swift Specific Co.
127 Swift Hdg.. Atlantis, Go.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
land THE FLOODS CAME

A little instance which took place
at Dayton, o., is very much worth
previous 10 the disaster had given
his check to the Y. NJ. c. A. for s25.-
900 as contribution to the building
fund of that organization, stood in the
bread line for his three loaves of bread
and q few potatoes in a paper sack and
grabbed them as gratefully as any man
In the line. He could have written
check for $4,000 or ten times that
which would have been honored by
any clearing house, but it wouldn't buy
potatoes at that particular time and
he aad his needed bread and potatoes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04


your credit and risking your farm just
to help Bill Strickland along in poll
tics?'
That's what I'm dom. Eph." replied
Colonel Todhunter
Then" said the banker, you're q
bigger fool than took you for. Bill
Strickland amt good for 500 with this
bank"
Hes good for any amount with me,
Eph," returned Colonel Todhunter, q
sudden menace in his tone. But that
amt the question. Is this note good
as 1t stands new?"
"Bill Strickland don't stand no more
show for the nomination than a rab.
bit" spoke old Tucker. He'll never
get his hands on the governors salary,
II that's what you're counting on, Colo
mel Todhunter."
"Eph," said Colonel Todhunter, 'Ill
look out for that end Of the business
AL want you to do is to pass on this
here note"
Colonel Todhunter." replied the
banker, 1.-The Endorsement and the col
lateral make this note good, and it's u
bankers business to buy good paper.
Well discount the note. It's your fu-
neral, not ours
THAT finishes the business then,
said Colonel Todhunter. II amt wor-
ryin' about any funerals. But II you're
a-countin' on either Bill Strickland or
me furnishin' the corpse. Eph, you're
goin' to see one Of the hyeliest corpses
YOU ever seen IN all your born days,
suh.'
The old banker made no reply.
Colonel Todhunter was chucklinS
when he reported to Colonel strick-
land. cts all right Bill, and you can
get back to St Louis right away" he
said. Il got the money from old Eph
Tucker. But, great Scott and Maria, 1t
was worse'n pullin' eyeteeth! All the
same we got It, and now we'll perceed
to lick old Eph with his own money"
But Colonel Todhunter would not
have spoken % confidently II he had
heard the Gloating speech Of President
Tucker of the Ninsveh National bank
a moment or two after his own de.
parture from that institution.
The two helpless fools!' mutter.d
old Eph Tucker to himself. 1--WE got
'em both where I want 'em now. Well
| ruin Bill strickland for good and Ill
/ this time. Well wipe him of the po
litical map Of Missouri. And az fol
old Thurstou Todhunter, I'll make such
q lame duck out Of him yet that the
only Todhuntef who can ever live on
that farm Of his again will have t.
marry 4 Tucker TO do it-like I'll make
Mary Todhunter marry my son STAN
before Tn through with her"
tro 5. co.tinusd,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

But TN a-66aSs 'to f6ol EN-"
"No. ThuSS, don't 10 IT, Dsoesses1
Colonsl Dt14cklanA "Putttng up .
good tight u one thing, but running
your friends - something entirely dif-
fsrsnt. I haven't fallen that low Ut. !"
"You haven't fallen anywhere" said
Colonel Todhuntsr, ''but you've got my
fghtin' blood up. and By the Lord Har-
~, II you amt man enough to light
alongside o me. III fight By myselfr'
"Todhuntsr." said Colonel Strickland.
Its all wrong. You haven't got any
call to do . thing Nike that for me-
1.-THE man that amt got no call to
help friend that needs help" replied
Colonel Todhunter, ''ain't got no call
to keep on Twin. You set down there
and make out that there note"
Reluctantly Colonel Strickland obey
ID. But he smiled cynieally % he
PASSED tho paper to Colonel Todhunter.
"You forget, Thurs" hs said, shat
old Eph Tucker IL president Of tho
Nineveh National bank. 10 he likely
to finance our campaign against steve
Yancsy"
Colonel Todhuntse laughed. II ain't
forgettin' nothin'," he responded And
don't you forget that old Eph Tucker
was 4 note shaver long before he was
q politician, and he's got note shawn
in his blood bisgern . mule. He
couldn't NO more let good piece oe
paper get away from his bank than hs
could ny. and angels'il have to b
mighty scarce before old Eph Tucker
does any hyin'."
Nevertheless when Colonel Todhunt-
er presented the Strickland note. In.
dorssd by him and with bis unencum-
bered farm a. collateral, for discount
he found old Eph Tucker solicitously
inquisidve.
whats It all about. Colonel Tod
hunter?" the banker asked. ''Ycu and
Bill Strickland going In together on
some business deal? What's the con-
alteration for the note?"
Colonel Todhunter looked old Tucksf
square In the eyes. "Eph." hs replied
I'm goin' to play my cards face up ON
the table. Bill Strickland needs mon
ey to pay his campaign expenses.
That's why I'm indorsin' his note and
askin' this bank to discount It,"
Old fuckers little eyes narrowed.
"And you're gettin' no good out Of It
yourself7" he asked, studying Colonel
Todhunter curiously. you're lending
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
THE MONEY OF THE RICH.

iowa city RepubNcan1
The greatest benefit that can come
from the colossal fortunes of the pres
ent day, almost the only benefit, is in
their breaking up. In that process,
endowments will be made which all
recognize as necessary, but which
are only obtainable. under present
conditions, in the breaking down pro-
cesses Of estate too unwieidy for a
single individual.
The very rich seldom do with their
money what they could IL they were
so minded, because the men who are
so minded, are not minded to get very
rich in the first place. Sometimes,
in inheritance, the estates OF the rich
may be turned to the retirement OF
mankind. but the greatest hope is
that these fortunes will be broken up
They should be made subject to laws
which will disintegrate them. Ihere
Is no moral right In laws OF innerl-
lance which give millions to man
who had nothing to do with the earn
ing Of them. The man who inherits
enough to live without work. must
live on the labor Of other people. He
has no moral right to do SO.
Society will reap many benefits
from the great Morgan fortune. and
the Rockefeller fortune, and other
colossal aggregations Of wealth, but
there Ia also d large proportion OF EVIL
in their transmission from one genera
ton to another. There is wide differ
ence between the inheritance OF a
HON estead and the means OF liveli-
hood. to the transfer Of livelihood &C
lcomplished. and sometimes multiplied
thousand times.
The divine right OF kings Is a.
sound a doctrine as the right OF any
man to pass on to his descendants
land or property sufficient for their
support in idleness. The Lord never
said to any man that 10000 acres OF
land should belong to him and his chill
dren forever, to tho exclusion OF 9TH
ers who merely happened to be born Of
different parents. The remedy u
simple, and is not IN fundamental op-
position to our accepted systems o.
property tenure. It affects neither &C.
QUESTION, nor the right to hold thu
fruits Of labor or xenious. 1t 10 merely
a matter Of restricting to q certain az
tent the transfer Of property TO people
who have never earned n. and VINO
consequently have no hight to IT, ant
are out nothing II they do not receive
It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
THE BEST MEN.

Our contemporary, the Press. eritt-
cises the first commission plan cleo
ton in Ottumwa becalse. II says. the
city elected a swttchman Of no educa-
ton and socialistic ideas over one 81
the best business men OF Ottun1wa.
They may or may not be fortunate
for Ottumwa. depending on whether
the newly elected commissioner Is
practical. sensible man or not. For
the work, he might be better man
than the best business man TO De
selected. Even if he is not. the fault
is not with the commission plan, bui
with majority of the people % Of
tumwa. Iowa City people 40 quite
as competent to select capao!e men
for a commission as they are for
council.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

our Uncle Andrew Carnegie seems to
have missed bet in not Offering to
take up the loan or buy China outright.
This was one Instance where John D.
beat him to it. tho thrifty Mr. Rookie
Teller wants an oil monopoly as secur-
ity.
The fatalities in the floods and tor
nadoes We're vastly overestimated. but
the deaths by tuberculosis have the
board of health certificates fer every
one. And they are 1000 10 l against
the food casualties
Things are reported queter in Mex
leo. That suggests that they have run
out of ammunition or most Of them are
dead
If representation is the thief OF time
and time is money and tn" time of the
legislature belongs to the state of Iowa
what's the matter of putting it up to
the department of Justice?
A single game of marbles doesn't
make spring any more than one swal-
low makes a summer.
The utilities bill jumps back and
forth like Big Bill" used to do.
Texas is booming the onion The
truck growers associations are paying
out their hard money in the most wide
" .fr
Texas onion as the equal Of the real
Bermuda article If you have anything
10 sell tell people about il. The show
window whether in the front of the
store or in the advertising columns is
a most suggestive hint to the buyer
The Sioux City Journal asserts that
forcible feeding Of suffrage1tes who
have committed crimes and who hope
10 force their release by starving thcm-
selves is brutal but it is logical" That
ought to bring out storm of protest
from the hysterical defenders Of Haley,
but it won't.
When Woodrow cashed his check for
chuckled over the difference between
the pay of a college president and the
kind of president he is now. Wouldn I
you?
The Cedar Rapids Republican is out
RACED over the appearance of handbags
TO be carried by men and RACES the
man who carries q handbag on his
wrist should be kicked int the gutter
The Republican is unduly excited. No
body but old bachelors would have need
of a handbag and it doesn't make much
difference what an old bach does.
Hinkey Dink also pulled thru with a
big majority at the last Chicago eiec-
ton.
The Iowa City Republican says that
/ from stephen =. Douglas TO ]. Hamil-
| ton Lewis is a mighty slide, But it
wasn't from Douglass down but from
/ Lorimer up to Lewis. 1t had to he up
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
LOOKING FOR FRIENDSHIP.


He was only a dog. NANCY and with
bedraggled look. the hair gone from
parts OF his body and hanging in
matted tags from other parts. but nav
ing withal kind air and good honest
look in his eyes. We saw him several
times about the streets and once or
twice near our home. He wagged MS
tail. seemed to smile and apparently
tried to look pleasant. and did the best
he could to awaken interest and sym :
pathy and said as plainly as dog
could: y am looking for a friend.
would you give me homer" But the
evidences OF seriously diseased skin
made him unwelcome. One time ne
followed after US several blocks and
waylaid US as we turned back and
asked us to befriend him, but we could
only tell him to "be gone and move
on" He was apparently bird dog
and perhaps had made himself useful
and been petted for good service he
had rendered, but now no one wanted
him and he asked in vain for friend
ship and home. We wondered that
the marshal did not feel called upon
to put him out of his miserable and
helpless condition But the end came
by accident. some teamster Was driv-
ing out of the alley last Saturday and
the wheel caught the Wayfarer I'M
awares and when we happened along u
moment later he was lying on the edge
of the crossing unconscious and gasp
ing his life away. We said, 1T is be-
ter his fruitless quest for friendship is
ended" a group OF curious people had
gathered and were watching the life go
out. He had attracted attention at
last. Only a dog. He was shaggy and
woe be gone. but he never got sour
and never wnined.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
GO TO WORK.


There Is lots of work for men tc
do at good wages. Waverly has i'm
proved splendidly the past five years
and will continue to improve. We don''
need loafers, but we want men and
women who are willing to work. be-
cause they are the people who help Us
to grow greater and better. Whether
you handle a pick or a pen. wheel
barrow or q set Of books, dig bitches OF
teach school. you must work II You
want to be Of use to the world. The
buster you are, the less deviltry You
viii! get into, the sweeter will be your
sleep. and the better the world Will be
for you. The great busy world wants
workers because workers make the
world better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
Iowa ldea IN Nsaa DulldiNo.
lChfintlan 9ciAncA Mentor. j

n the middle west Il u no longer .
question Of good roads. but. rather
question Of how to obtain and how to
maintain them. Several Of the states
arc ready to provide literally for the
work. They are DESTROYS. however. OF
ascertaining how 1t can best be done.
Before the Minnesota legislature Is a
bill that would place the administration
OF the roads in each county In the
hands Of the county commissioners.
The Minneapolis Journal thinks that
this would operate to create pork
barrel system. In Iowa, however, tn.
commissioners are given control of road
funds and road building In each county.
and correspondent inf orms the news
paper named that the plan works out
In . highly satisfactory way But It
works out after an Iowa fash on Thu.
II to say. Iowa has taken the pracaution,
to care in advance for every detail.
The county in Iowa pays 1-nili
rad tax. Incorporated towns do not
derive benefit from the revenue. The
county il divided into districts and each
district IL allotted a certain numi.er Of
men and teams. A county commissioner
supervises the work done, and It Is his
duty to get the most for the tax al
lowance at his disposal. The men
teams and machinery arc shifted from
place to place; the working gangs arc
provided with camping outfits: the
work 10 continued without Interruption;
the farmers and general frontage own
ers are looking on, Sinking or slightins:
is soon observed, and the county COM
missioner is answerable to the pc oplc
for neglect or ineffciency on the part
Of his for 3rnen or gangs.
In Iowa the idea seems to be that no
road can be built as TO 60 long without
attention and repair. The gang system
enables the county commissioner TO
mobilize mis- force frequently and
speedily. II 10 like a company under
constant marching orders. 1t can he
used to make repairs befor, he injury
to the road spreads: it IL operated on
the stitch in time saves nine principle.
the result being a saving that permits
Of extension and improvement Of the
main Travelled highways - the increas-
ing traffic demands The Iowa idea in
road caretaking II similar to that fol-
lowed in Germany. France and other
European continental countries, where
the highways are. in q sense. never per-
mitted to get out OF repair.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
Iorva Newspapers
MORGAN NOT SELF MADE.
lSioux City Iournall

IStouX City Journal
Contrary to the rule that has pre-
vailed among our captains Of COM
merce. ]. Pierpont Morgan was not q
self made man." He was Of wealthy
parentage--a handicap to commercial
success. as all biographers agree. II
they are right about this Mr.. Morgan
must be given additional credit He
kept his creative genius and his bound
less energy at work along useful lines,
and 1t may well be believed that the
successful fruition Of his planning was
worth much more to him than the mil
lions that came with the winning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

man who heard these geese estimates
It low - 4 thousand In number, close
rscounting and rshgurinS places the
number Of geese flying over Iowa on
Easter night at exactly 1o,o00,SS6.
~ H~1->~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

RI ~ mt we'll" is
- the I oe T,ead-and-
Zinc rule for r..nting; two
thin coats, brushed out az thin
as can be made to cover the
surface, are better than any
thing else-except three. Few
people paint three coats.
eLead-and Zinc brush
es out we'll and covers we'll,
because Of the fine grinding
it gets in making. No hand
mixed lead and oil compares
with it for economy and wear.
Dealers sell it; get Devoe paint
things for all sorts OF fixing up.
A. T. ELDER, Agt.
% East Main Street
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

Remarking that "a big Chicago mail
order house which employs thousands
of girls at wages below a decent liv-
ing scale is offering thousands Of dol
lars to build good roads in Iowa." the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil says Incl
dentally these dollars came from Iowa
soil. Why not lse this money to build
working girls homes under the direc-
ton Of the Y. w. c. A. where 1t would
be possible for these employees to live
decently in sanitary and wholesome
moral environment on the wages
paid ."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
oennsd.

"say, pop" inquired little Tommy,
"what Is the lull before the storm?'
"The honeymoon. my SON." replied his
father.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

The many remarkable cures Of colds
and influenza effected by Chamber
iain's Cough Remedy have made it ia
nous over a large part Of the civilized
World.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES..

The Northwood Anchor says "A
drive over Worth county roads this
week ought to make good roads
booster out of any man"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04

The day of the railroad and corpo-
ration boss, as we'll as the day Of the
political boss is on the wane. He is
losingout everywhere, and all over the
country the people are more assuming
charge of their own affairs, all on ac-
count of the beneficient effects Of pub
licity," asserts the Manson Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
as most things this very Indifferent
legislature has done"

The Washington County Press flnds
plenty OF men, who never supported
Cummins. who will now support him
fer re- election. He is gaining strength
every day"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
sevond al Ho,a

There 10 hope for the man With
unsettled opinions about settled sub.
jects: none for the man With settlo1
opinions about unsettled suhjOctA