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

Thanksgiving comes next In the or
derby procession of events-and repub-
|licans will not feast on crow this year.
Whether Mr.. Bryan will run again or
not will probably depend on whether or
not they will let him. It 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS con-
Germs. It is estimated that the average
cost of an engine will be about $4,000,
bringing the total cost of the locomo-
tivesA up to s2.soo,ooo
Poor Willie! 1t is hoped ne saved
enough 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
1.-The supreme court by President Gleve-
land. recently gave it as his opinion
that Bryan's speeches In New York,
with his violent language and appeal to
class prejudice, seriously Injured his
cause in New York. Hornblower has
always been prominent in the councils
of the democratic party until now The
vote proves that he was right.
A truth that must now be enforced is
that the fun dinner pail will not come
without an adequate effort, Individual
as Well as national.
Overstudy is attributed by the at
tending physicians 10 have been largely
responsible for the death of Miss
Davidenia Butter. junior of the Moline
high school. She came home from school
last Thursday afternoon complaining
of a pain in her head and two days
later she was dead OF congestion of the
brain. For eight Years the ambitious
Young girl was neither tardy nor alb
sent from school. This latter feature
of course was only an incident showing
the greater one Of excessive mental ef-
fort.
Bryan's home precinct Went against
him. also his city. also his county, and
70 cap the climax OF Reputation, he
ran slightly behind the state ticket of
his party in Nebraska
Ten families numbering forty per-
sens. Of Long5Wood. Il suburb Of Chi
gcago. have established co-operative
sstaurant. A cook. two dining room
girls. dishwasflsr and a second cook
are emrlogea and two Of the women
members taks turns ever fortnight to
GO the buying. The scheme is per-
Ifeetis delightful" says one of the
ysonasn nisnbsrs. Heretofore i used
70 have 70 work all ths. time; now
WHEN ~ meal time 1 simply put on
1.-THE chiidren's wra.ss and in less than
five minutes we are sitting down TO a
nice warm meal, with everything in
season about US. The.. there IS no odor
about tho house, nothing TO attract
lies in summer, and. tell YOU
frankly. it i just the best thing that
ever hapl5e ned The male members
are quite as enthusiastic as The
women.
Rev. Hicks missed ii badly in his
forecast for a storm period between
Nov and !. but perhaps his admirers
Mil say he was referring 10 the South
ssst islands.
SONS Of The aIiteelection estimates
~ the democrats are as amusing as
the caricatures If their boyle men.
/ For Instance on The night Of election
1.-THE popocratie creston Advertiser
/ printed under startling headlines the
I following: w r. Hearst. president 81
the National Association OF Democratic
/ clubs. says dispatches he has airead,
reeAived from ali over the country in
ldieate a landslide for Bryan What a
/ lot ofadeluded mortals Hearst mus
have in his employment.
s.Ss
The story is current. and is general.
| believed, that recently a friend re.
marked TO ex-senator David B. Hi
that is was a good year to praise
/ Bryan. But a better year came III,
Iunexpecied reply, ito bury him." TIL,
asture EX-GOVERNOR thus showing /
i keen knowledge of Shakespeare and i
spirit of true prophecy in one and ths
same breath.
One OF the toughest Jobs of de-
lfeated better on the election is that oil
La Cleveland man who agreed to stanf
Ion his head and hands for period o.
Isix hours in front Of Mark Hanna's of.
4 fice. He Is to stand in that inverted
4 position for a period of two minutes
and then he is to rest for one minute
At that rate it will take him nine hours
TO finish the job. BY that time hi
should he incarcerated in an insan4