Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

~ MISSOURI leN SI''iHci tcliS Oh II Ntci
man farmer who Went to the depot te
take Il train, arriving half an hour be
fore il WAS due ON satisfying himsel
that the train WAS still to come, hi
heaNed a sigh and said: Vel, today
ann pefore at last. l vas always pehinf
pefore..'
Texas is still suffering similar floods
to those which deluged Iowa earlier in
the season. Up to the 3oth ult.. in the
vicinity of Austin there had been seven
i days of continuous rainfall. Great loss
of life and property has resulted. AS
in Iowa, the rainfall WAS extraordinary
Lord Beaconsfed, whose memory
was faulty, yelled his bad recollection
of faces by Il stratagem which rarely
failed to give satisfaction. Once he was
walking with a friend in st. James
| park when an unknown stranger APP
/ preached and accosted the prime MIN
lister warmly. Lord Beaeonsfield turned
quickly toward him and genially asked,
/ We'll, how's the old complaints This
drew forth at once a long account of
/ rheumatic govt from which it seems
this gentleman suffered. He was
charmed by the kindly recollection of
| his illness by the busy statesman and
they parted with great affahility. The
friend then asked Lord .5eaconsfield
who WAS the stranger and was amazed
to receive this reply: II haven't the
slightest idea But You asked after
his old complaint" persisted Lord Bea-
iconsiield's companion. ooh. yes, / know
L did, but it is always safe to presume
that a man of that age has, or fances
he has, some old complaint"
The Omaha Bee says: cor course the
platform adopted by the Iowa republic
can state convention does not suit the
democrats. But it was not intended to
suit the democrats" 1t was intended to
suit progressive republicans and is
meeting with great and popular favor
among them.
One of the latest railroad announce
ments is that the Wabash Will have a
continuous track of its own from Ona-
ha to Pittsburg, Pa, by the first of
1893
The Tooth anniversary of the admis-
sion of Ohio to statehood Will be cele-
brated on March /, 1908. the State
Archaeological and Historical Society
having decided that that is the proper
day to observe. AS a matter of fact,
March /, 1903. was the date of the as
semblage of the first Ohio legislature.
but the formal act of Admission of Ohio
to the union was proclaimed on Feb 10,
1903.
The wife of WI Ting Fang will be
greatly missed in Washington. Many
oriental woman have resided there who
are pleasantly remembered, but none
of her sisters from the east succeeded
in making an impression on society
such as Mrs. WI has made.
Mufkins-Supposing fellow was
going to choose a wife, colonel how
would you advise him to set about it?
The Colonel should advise him to
select little one.
Mufkins-What for?
The Colonel-Because. when 1t Is a
question of a choice of evils it is best
to choose the least-Philadelph Bull
letin.
When big railway corporation like
the Rock Island begins to swell up in
Iowa it must show lawful reasons for
increasing it's capitalization, as indi
Gated by Governor Cummins.
Louisiana has a new idea in regard
to Jim Grow" cars. A recently passed
law provides that there shall be separ-
ate but equal accommodations for
whites and blacks, and the street car
companies have introduced a car with
wire screen separating it in the mid
die, the forward compartment being set
apart for white persons and the rear
compartment for colored persons. The
negroes protest against this arrange
ment and talk of raising money to buy
cars for the use of their own race. They
also threaten to boycott the screened
cars. 1t is suggested that the division
between the two parts of the car should
be a solid partition, not wire screen,
so that all view would be cut off from
one compartment to the other, and the
negro passengers would not feel as il
they We're in cage.
The Des Moines Capital has discov-
cred just two who We're anxious to have
last years tariff plank repeated this
year-Mr. Roberts and the governor.
Ii Mr. Young had put his ear to the
ground he might have heard the cheer
of the republican masses. He will dis
cover this in time and make proper
amends.
The peculiar primary election law of
South Carolina compels candidate for
state office or for United States senator
to make at least one speech in every
the primary election. AS result, the
pursuit of office in the Palmetto state
has. as the Atlanta Constitution says, |
developed into q profession, requiring
ify the candidates for membership on
varsity eight or champion football
team.
The sage of the Albany (Ias) Led |