Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-21

fore, says the Chicago Tribune, in Chi
cago man can not shoe horses unless
he shall have paid SIS for a license and
So a year for its renewal. while in the
greater part of the state a man can
shoe horses without paying cent for
the privilege This is not uniform leg
islation. This decision of the supreme
court abolishes one state board. The
four praciticing horseshoers and the
veterinary surgeon who have been serv-
ing on it and who have been receiving
S. per diem for each and every day
they were engaged in the discharge OF
their duties of their offices have lost
their places.
That currency resolution in Croker's
platform probably signifies that Tam
many is thru flirting with Willie Bryan,
and is trying to let him down easy SO
as not to hurt his feelings.
T. L. Glenn of Idaho, one of the new
members of congress, says that what
ever success he has attained is due to
having read when most of his neigh
bors slept or while he was waiting
the preparation of his meals, as he sell
dom had the opportunity to study dur
ing the daytime
II is stated that more oranges are
being shipped from Mexico to the Unit
ed States markets this season than ever
before a ct. Louis commission fruit
firm has contracted for the whole crop
of oranges in the La Barca district,
state of Jalisco, Mexico. This crop is
estimated at $50 car loads. and ship
ment will soon begin. Most of the
crop will be shipped to st. Louis.
The Schley verdict and controversy
is developing great many wheels
within wheels-a great many Of them
being in certain heads.
The Philadelphia Mint reports that
the demand for pennies is SO great
that the output last week went ahead
of all previous records, amounting to
4, 900, 900. Perhaps the people are heed
ing the injunction, undermined. take
care Of the pennies and the dollars will
take care of themselves.
The federal office holder must get
out of politics. Such is President Roose-
yelt's order. That is right. Let pub
lie servant attend properly to the bus
mess for which he receives the peo-
pies money. and he will have no tima
for politics.
Poor Croker! It's awful hard on a
man to step down from the leading
role of stage manager and star actor.
to that of prompter behind the cur
tains. But Dicks powers of adaptation
to meet emergencies is the most re-
markable trait about him.
1t looks as tho the poor man would
have to eat his Christmas dinner with
out the usual edible potatoes. 1t may
help some OF us to bear the deprivation.
to know that Washington analyst
has discovered large quantities of
SOianlne IN potatoes, anu SolslliuS Is u
deadly poison to humanity. Science
is a treasure to a man in hard luck.
Local reasons have great weight In
influencing public acts. Il am from
Michigan" said Representative Sam
uel w. Smith, 'and as my state pro-
duces q great deal of beet sugar am
decidedly opposed to making any tariff
concessions to Cuba on sugar. Cuba is
a foreign state, and will remain so for
some time If have my way
A new case of the "meanest man" has
Just come to our knowledge. 1t Is
that Of a politician in neighboring
town, whose wife asked him to lay
aside politics long enough to dig the
garden potatoes. He went out and
dug few hills then went to the house
and said he had found coin. He
washed off what proved to be q silver
quarter, put it in his jeans and re-
turned to the garden. After digging
few more hills, he went to the house
again and washed the dirt from a sill
yer half dollar, which he put in hia
jeans. 1--WE worked pretty hard" said
he to his wife, Tn real tired, and guess
I'll take short nap before / finish the
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