Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-03

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of rank sent an invitation for garden
/ party to some Canadians. It was a
very pleasant letter and very kindly ex-
pressed, and she ended by saying,
please come in your native dress
! The Chicago Tribune has printed
views of EDITORS of the central west
on the question of tariff revision, ma
ority of whom oppose any action by
congress on the subject.
| William Allen White has dedicated his
latest book, "Stratagems and Spoils-
Stories of Love and Politics." to a KAN
sas City newspaper. He says In the
| dedication that it is an honest newspa-
per- and mentions four men who helped
| TIC make it so. The publishers say that
| this is the first time that a book has
ever been dedicated in such way.
| Senator Mark Hanna has testified his
love for his old chief by contributing
81. 900 to the National Mckinley Memo
rial Association.
From reliable authority in Denver IL
is learned that Perry Heath, former
postmaster general, will publicly an
ncunce himself as a candidate for sena-
tor from Utah in few days
Al,
Okla. celebrated her 1Osth birthday re-
! Gently by walking a mile and a half to
church and back and by holding re-
ception in the afternoon. She has
smoked tobacco for the past fifty years
and regards it as great solace.
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A monster bear has been terrorizing
| people about seven miles from Will
iamsburg, KY. 1t is curious what effect
kentucky's chief product has on the i'm
aginations OF its inhabitants.
Edison, when he is deeply absorbed
in work, consumes about twenty cigars
day; when he is less active mentally
about ten. They are always strong
cigars, but the inventor says that this
excessive smoking. SO far as he has
been able to see, has never done him
any harm. This Is evidence, however,
that he has a strong physical make up.
Congressman Eddy declares that the
civil service commission should be
abandoned, alleging that it is failure,
The commission may not be all that
could be desired, but civil service itself
is success.
Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE AT PLAY.
In Harmsworth's Magazine for Oc-
tober Mr.. w. T. Stead contributes
character sketch of Mr.. Andrew Car
negie. The modern millionaire, as Mr..
Stead remarks, is not typically
happy man. But. he says. with Mr..
Carnegie 1t is altogether different I
do not remember any man. either rich
or poor, whose face Is so constantly ir-
radiated with happy, complacent
smile. After all, whether we build in
marble on a great estate. or make mud
pies in the street, the material does not
make much difference to the enjoyment
you get out Of the occupation, and
probably we could hardly give Mr.. Car
negie's temperament higher praise than
to say that he enjoys the building of
shooting lodges and the making of
roads with as keen zest as the street
urchins feel in damming gutter or
turning cartwheels in the roadway"
Mr.. Carnegie seems never to do any
thing except he does 1t well. He writes
seldom, but he has never published an
article which was not model of lu-
cidity, free from all affectation or any
attempt at fine writing" Mr.. Morley
is his favorite modern man OF letters;
but his philosopher is Herbert Spencer.
Speaking of Mr.. Carnegie's mountain
Gus correspondence Mr.. Stead says:
"Mr. Carnegie is almost as sparing
in his letters as Mr.. Rhodes. There
descends upon Skibo Castle from all
parts of the world q daily deluge Of
hundreds of epistles. from all sorts and
conditions of men and women, pro-
pounding all manner Of methods by
millions might be utilized for the bene-
fit of the world In general, and US
ually for the benefit of the let
ter-writer in particular. or these
hundreds of letters Mr.. Carnegie does
not see tens"
OF Mr.. Carnegie's relations to his
tenantry Mr.. Stead gives a pleasant
picture:
He is among his retainers man
among men. To all the rest of the
world he is the owner of the modern
Fortunatus' purse. but them he Is
simply Andrew Carnegie. who is al
ways in and out among them. pottering
on about this thing and that thing.
keenly interested in all that is going
on around him. and always ready to
second any of the many benevolent
wishes of Madam his wife,
Madam" as Mr.. Carnegie calls his
wife and the mother Of Little Missy"
his only child, is about as little known
as is possible in the case of the wife Of
SO well known a man. Mr.. Stead says:
Nothing, Mrs. Carnegie told me.
has ever been written about me. even
in the American press and she sincere
ly hoped that nothing ever would be.
either in America or here All that you
can say of me, If you want to say any
thing she said. laughing, 'is that l am
the unknown wife Of very well-known
man. But you must add said Mr.. Car
negie, as he overheard her remark, that
she is, nevertheless, the power behind
the throne
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