Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-27
TOPICS OF THE TIMES


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/ Cuban reciprocity is not defeated-it
is merely postponed.
There is talk of wireless te1egraphy
between California and Hawaii. 1t may
be that the system will be extended all
the way to Manila before a cable is
laid.
A western exchange tells of the iani-
tor of city school who threw up his
job one day, and when asked by
friend what the trouble was, saidA
well, it's this: I'm honest and won't
stand bein' slurred. If I ever found
pencil or anything else in the school
when was sweepin' out l always gave
lit to the principal; butjust the the
teachers, or some one that's too mean
to face me, gives me the slur.'
In what way?" asked the friend.
well, Just this: A little while ago
saw written on the board, Find the
common multiple Well, didn't say a
word, but / searched from garnet to
thing. Well, again last night, in big
writin' on the same board, it said, Find
the common divisor.' Well says to
myself, says /, both them darn things
be lost now. and I'll get blamed for
sweepin en, so I'll quit"
John D. Spreckels contenplates es-
! tabishing wireless telegraphy between
the Hawaiian islands and San Francis
&C. He has the means to demonstrate
its practicability, if that be possible.
| The smoke nuisance Of large cities
brings consolatory circumstances along
with the fumes of gas and clouds of
smoke. The theory has been pro-
pounded with an air of soberness and |
the comparative paucity of mosquitoes
in regions formerly infested by them is
due to the clouds of smoke from soft
coal which pollute the atmosphere. I'm
I'll scientific men investigate this whole |
matter the real truth may not be de- |
termined. And here comes in a delicate
question-which is the worse, mos
quito plague or a plague Of soft coal
smoke?
The value of the services of Secre-
tary of War Root may be fairly esti-
mated by President Roosevelt's praise
of him as having done the most ex-
haustive and most responsible work of
any man in the administration" 1t will
be the judgment of the people that he
deserves this tribute.
The London Speaker tells this story
of discussion at university debating
society in which 1t was argued that
: i zoo year is the best income for
bachelor" One speaker opposed the /
motion In q speech of some humor His
chief objection to the estimate was 1
that a bachelor could not hope to mar &
ry on such an income. Up rose fluent
from the east who tore to /,
tatters the arguments of those who op- :
posed the motion with tremendous fire !
and energy. He kept the previous t
speaker to the last and annihilated q
him in the following words: THE hon Y
orable gentleman, sir, says that a bach I
elor can not marry on 5000 a year.
But allow me to point out the egregious
fallacy underlying the honorable gem :
teleman's argument Sir, I maintain, ,
ax hypothesi, and respectfully submit +
that my contention can in no wise be b
that the moment a bach
alor marries, he. ipso-fac to-ceases-
Then he sat
Town, eomplacently smiling, amid u
storm Of applause. :
The deep and sorrowful sympathy of :
he British people during the days II
which followed the shooting of Presi- p,
lent Mckinley is being repaid in kind "
low that the shadow hangs over Buck SC
ngham palace. The sympathies and
opes of the American people are CO
hown in their anxiety for news Of the a
ings condition.
Mr.. Ware, the commissioner of pen ai
ions, received Letter from man in =,
inois q few days ago which read: 81 8,
m now getting pension of $50 in
lonth. Recently the Lord has pros To
eFeu me, ana i 40 not lQlnk L should al
ct so much money. 1 gave my services eli
D the country, and l think / should 81
ave some pension, of course, but l III
mink $50 month is too much. Is there III
YIN way I can have my pension re- ~
uced or suspended while / enjoy the W
rosperity that is mine al present?"
his is the only request for a reduction Inv
pension ever received by the bureau.
was referred to the pension exam TT
Ter in the district which the man wi
we'd, who reported as follows: II have W,
lie honor to inform you that the per- &c
IN who applied for reduction in his PHI
ansion is now in the insane asylum at WI
lis place, and has been for some a'
me-"
The Des Mones Register refers to ~
gr
lie publication by the T.-R. of serial he
DRY entitled "The Knife Throwers" co
i'd remarks on the side that the Regis on
r had supposed the Cummins and lea
1ti Cummins troubles were done with XII