Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-08
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/ TOPICS OF THE TIMES !

Thanksgiving comes next in the or
derby procession of events-and repub-
licans will not feast on crow this year.
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Whether Mr.. Bryan will run again or
not will probably depend on whether or
not they will let him. 1t will be Bryan
seeking instead OF Bryan being sought
by the party.
Owing to the steady increases in all
classes of traffic in the last year and to
the generally bright prospects for the
future the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany has determined to add 200 new
engines and thousands of new cars TO
its equipment within the next twelve
months. All but forty of the locomo-
tives will be constructed in the COM
pany's eastern shops, the contract for
building the forty to be bid for by the
various ocomotive-construct con-
Germs. Its estimated that the average
cost of an engine Will be about $4,000,
bringing the total cost Of the loeomo-
tives up to s2,soo,ooo.
Poor Willie! L is hoped ne saved
lSenough campaign money to make a
good start on his final book, The Last
Battle.
William B. Hornblower an eminent
New York lawyer, who was rendered
/ the appointment of associate justice of
the supreme court by President Cleve-
land. recently gave it as his opinion
THAT Bryan's speeches in New York,
with his violent language and appeal to
ciass prejudice, seriously injured his.
acause in New York HernbloWsr has
always been prominent in the councils
LOT the democratic party until now. The
Vote proves that he was right.
i A truth that must now be enforced is
that the full dinner pail will not come
without an adequate effort, individual
las Well as national.
/ overstudy is attributed by the at
! tending physicians 10 have been largely
4 sponsible for the death of Miss
1 Daviaenia Butter a junorSof the Moline
1 high school. She came home from school
last Thursday afternoon complaining
30f a pain IN her head and two days
later, she was dead Of congestion of the
4 brain. For eight years the ambitious
young girl Was neither tardy Nor alb
sent from school, This latter feature
LOT course Was Only an incident showing
1.-The greater one of excessive mental ef-
/ fort.
/ Bryan's home precinct Went against
him; also his city, also his county. and
to cap the Climax OF Reputation, he
ran slightly behind the state ticket of
his pas.ty in Nebraska
Ten families. numbering forty per-.
sons. Of Longwnod. a suburb Of Chi
3cago. have established a co-opera;ive
res aurant A cook, two dining room
girls. a dishwasher and a second cook
\ are employed, and two of the women
members take turns ever fortnight to
dc the buying, The scheme is. per-
dfsctly delightful. ssys one Of the
Women members Heretofore used
Ito have 10 work al the time: now
sWilsn itts meal lime simply put on
THE cfildren's Wralts and in less. than
y FIVE minutes We are sitting down to Il
nice warm meal With everything in
season ahaut us. Thsa thereIs no ado1,
about the house. nothing 10 attract
dies in Summer. and, tell You.
4 frankly il Is just the best thing that
eve, llapIe ned. = Tire male members
8fars quite as enthusiastic as the
women.
Rev. Hicks missed it badly in his
forecast for a slurm period between
NoN. . and 4 but perhaps mis- admirers
#sS.ili say he vas referring 10 the South
SEA stands.
some of the amortization estimates
IT tbs democrats are as amusing az
: The carieatlirss af sheir bogie men
4 for Instance on the night Of election,
II The pupeeratic Creston Advertise
n printed under startling headlines ,hf
following: w. r. Hearst. president q,
the National Association OF Democratic
d Clubs. says dispatches he has atread,
& reeeieed from ali over the country in.
Il dlcate a landslide for Bryan, What 1
Hot Of deluded mortals Hearst mus
a have IN his employment.
The story is current, and isA generally
q believed that recently a friend re.
marked to ex-senator David b. Hill
that is was a good year to prais.
4 Bryan. But better year came III,
q unexpected reply, ito bury him. tn,
astute EX-GOVERNOR thus showing
keen knowledge of Shakespeare and {
q spirit of true prophecy in one and tht
same breath
One Of the toughest Jobs of de,
q feated better on the election is that Of
4 la Cleveland man who agreed to STAND
Il ION his head and hands for a period o.
i six hours in front of Mark Hanna's of
d fee. He is to stand In that inverted
position for period Of two minute,
and then he is to rest for one minute
At that rate 1t will take him nine hours
j TO finish the job BY that time h,
g should he incarcerated in an insan4