Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-29
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
Tho the Panama title is clear the


Tho the Panama title is clear the
route needs to be cleared.
Ex-senator Jewett of st. Louis is "a
years old. Someone asked him not long
ago how old he thought man should
be before retiring from business. The
old gentleman gravely responded: i
don't really think a man should keep on
after he has reached. the age Of 90"
A Chicago concern is preparing to
manufacture milk in tabloids. 1t will
prove great saving to the dairymen,
it is said, preventing all chance of
waste by spilling.
We shall know whether arbitration
arbitrates when the strike commission
gets thru.
AS an instance of the observance OF
the Sabbath in Scotland. an English
paper tells of a postman having route
between Stirling and Blairdrummond.
He was observed to ride a bicycle over
his six miles on week days and to walk
the same distance on Sunday, and when
asked why. replied that he was not al
lowed to use the machine on Sunday.
An investigation followed, and the post
mans explanation proved to be corr
rect.
Every republican can do little SPELL
binding thru personal effort. What
cry day facts!
Major General Samuel B. M. Young,
who is booked as the successor of Gen.
Nelson a. Miles as commander of the
army, entered the service as private
in 1861 and was mustered out as bre-
vet brigadier general. He re-entered
the army in the regular service as a
lieutenant, and has won his way to the
front. He Is 60 years old.
'sWehn / want to borrow dollar
never go to friend" he said. as II he
were leading up to something.
"Ah! WELT" replied the other, extend
ing his hand. "let us be friends. -
Yonkers Statesman.
The next proposed big strike may be
headed of by concessions. The Wall
Street Journal says: I'VE are told that
the threatened strike on the leading
railways Of the country will be averted
by the agreement OF the principal In
terests concerned to an advance OF 10
per cent In wages to switchmen on all
roads, to take effect Nov. 1. There will
be meeting this week in Chicago 81
the general managers of the roads, and
this will be followed by meeting in
New York the latter part Of the week.
Bell Boy-That guest in forty-seven
complains that he's freezing.
Night Clerk-Well, carry him up his
bill and he'll think he's being roasted.
This IL how Missouri ranks among
the states and territories Of the United
States, as stated by one OF her home
papers: In value of farm products and
farm property, first: in general agricul-
ture, first; in zinc production. first; In
lead production, third; in coal produc-
ton, tfirteenth; in production OF iron
seventeenth; in circulation Of newspa.
pers, sixth; In apple production. first:
in number Of farms. second.
Judge Charles C. Jones of Montezu-
ma, N. Y, is probably the most ponder
Gus jurist in the United States. He is
six feet one inch and weighs Alt
pounds.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Brooklyn Eagle reports that deser-
tons from the army continue at an
alarming rate, despite all efforts of the
war department to keep the men in the
ranks. "A policy of swift and severe
punishment for deserters has been
adopted by Secretary Root, the number
OF convictions Of offenses of this kind
for the past year being twice as many
as in the year previous. The full legal
penalty for desertion is now being en-
forced.
Secretary Shaw won new laurels as a
campaign speaker in Marshalltown. He
has knack of getting close to his
hearers by familiar talk. thus holding
the attention and winning the admira-
ton and applause of listeners.
Senator Spooner has been so inde-
fatigable turnout the Wisconsin cam
paign in advocating the protection OF
the dairy interests which are infiuen-
tial in his state that he has been called
the champion Of the COW. AT the State
Buttermakers' Convention he promised
to urge further national legislation re-
stricting olemargarine production, and
ELECTED much enthusiasm by his declar-
alton that he was always ready to take
the part OF the COW against the hog.
He-Let's get married. on Friday.
She-Oh, George, Friday, you know
is
He-Yes. know It's unlucky, but
then, il our marriage doesn't turn out
well we shall always have something
to blame it on.-Philadelphia Record.
Official records show that there are
still twenty -four British ships at pres
ent facing the storms of the ocean, each