Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-06
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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"Some men keep their word because
no one will take it, says the philoso-
pher of the Saturday Evening Post.
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| A Missouri town has been named
| Roosevelt and, while it is declared TO
be first-class town, it will have to be
content. for a time at least, with
fourth-class postmaster.
Mustangs at 70 cents apiece consti-
tute the bargains recently reported by
the Denver Post The average price of
ia head of horses rounded up off the
range in the San Luis Valley, was IS
cents. This was realized at a sale held
by ID. E. Newcomb, the agent at La
lara, Col, of the Humane Society Act
ing under the law which allows an
agent of the Humane Society to round
up and feed stock that is starving on
the range and sell it for the charges, II
not redeemed by the owners, Mr.. New
comb has started in to clear the range
in that part of the country of the bands
of wild horses which no one owns ana
which destroy the range and are of no
use to any one.
February 4th has passed and March
4th is Fastening so rapidly that some
Of the congressman who carry the world
on their shoulders are wondering how
they are going TO get out.
That's beautiful rug. May ask
how much it cost you?"
Three hundred dollars worth of fur
niture to match it.''-Chicago Tribune.
The artistic treasures Mr. j. p. Nor
gan is keeping in London because of
our high tariff are increasing so rapidly
that his house at Princes Gate can not
accommodate them.
According to a writer who has looked
carefully into the subject, there is no
word in the English language which is
more thoroughly misunderstood than
economy As ordinarily used 1t implies
merely doing without things. and in do
nestle affairs it Is synonymous with al.
| sorts of petty and irritating depriva
tons. But, according to the dictionary,
! economy is the prudent management OF
affairs. Swift defined the virtue as the
| parent of liberty and ease" and Rus
kin says economy no more means saw
! ing money than it means spending
money; it means the spending or saw
| ing, whether of money or time or any
| thing else, TO the best possible advan-
| tage." To be economical, therefore,
means. apparently, to manage so that
one will not have to do without things
| that one ought to have, but will be able
TO satisfy all ones reasonable desires.
1t is the people who get things and do
4 things with their money who are eco
nomical, not those who do not spend 1t
at all.
/ A mob of negro lynchers in south
ern state, taught by the examples set
by white lawbreakers, pursued a GRIM
inal of their own race, fired guns and
pistols at the fugitive and chased him
i into river, in which he was drowned.
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4 There had been slight shock of
earthquake and Mr.. Herlihy and Mr..
Dolan had both felt it.
Tim" said MIR. Dolan, solemnly
what did you think whin first the
ground began to trimble?"
Think" echoed his friend, scornful-
! ly. What man that had the use av his
| legs to run and his loongs to roar would
waste his tonne thinkin'? Tell me thot!'
Youths Companion.
5. A smooth stranger has been circu-
|lating So Mexican bills. worth $1.75 in
4 United States Money, among the mer-
chants of several Missouri towns. He
| makes five cent purchases, receiving
s495 in change, and leaves town sud-
denly.
One of the projected concessions for
| the worlds fair is village of the last
of the ancient Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico, the lineal descendants of the
/ interesting cliff jewellers of prehistor-
| ic times on this continent. Altho of
pure Toltec strain, the San Juan Pueb-
los are blanket Indians, but they lend
| to this primitive dress an air of gayety
and rude splendor that characterized
the Aztecs of the time of Cortez. Their
blankets and head dresses are emblaz-
oned with patterns of gayly colored
beads and silver ornaments of their