Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-01
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Begins to look as tho LATE Young,
looking for mushrooms had found a
toad stool.
Not n drop of water should be drunk
without it is first boiled. 1t is little
trouble Inc MAJ save much sickness.
Cedar Rapids Gazette. And this is
quite as true of alcohol as water.
Country merchants in parts of Wis
consin, where the rural mail service has
been installed. are protesting because
the farmers pay their taxes by mail.
and 50 &c net come to the stores. Where
the routes are well established many
corner saloons nave had to shut up,
The interest in this unexpected develop
ment lies in the fact that going for
for people to congregate about the sa-
looms. They now stay at homes and save
their money. No one thought of such
a result following free delivery, and So
biologists have another question tc dis
cuss. That farmers should order goods
by mail was expected, but the saloon
Keepers nae no fears that TIE routes
would interfere with their business.
The Keokuk papers are giving
warning against the city water and
Rankin the temperance worker is war
ming them against using beer as a sub
stitute. What will a poor man do-in
Keokuk?
There is q reasonable suspicion that
the influx of Italian immigration is
due to a violation of The provision
against contract immigration. The
padrone system in vogue among this
class of laborers makes evasion of the
law easier than in cases of individual
contracts. A United States agent is
abroad on an investigation of facts in
the matter.
A ST. Louis get-rich-quick con-
Germ is threatening to sue Otiumwa
investors and claims to be able to col
lect from those financially responsible.
In n dog eat dog affair like this no
sympathy for either party is in order.
The May McClure's is printed in a
new type, and, in all respects of appear
ance and makeup. 1t is notable for
both the quality and number of its il
Illustrations. Jules Guerin's two full
page views of Pittsburg. by night and
by day, admirably illustrate Lincoln
Steffen's paper on 'Pittsburg: A City
Ashamed" a companion-piece of his
st. LOU and Minneapolis papers. Then
there are some very telling drawings
by Henri Lanos, reproduced in tint
to illustrate Professor Simon New
combs capital story THE Enc of the
World Ernest Poole's Waits of the
Street." is lavishly illustrated by many
types of street urchins, drawn by
~Schoonover. George Varian illustrates
Miss Tarbell's STANDARD Or paper,
and Corwin *. Linson a story by Mary
E. Wilkins. Garth Jones, the English
artist, gives an excellent specimen Of
lions for Herminie Templeton's Irish
story. This is by long odds the best
appearing number Of McClure's ever
issued.
A Cedar Rapids baseball player has
been discharged because he objected to
playing on the Sabbath. Here seems
Mr.. Abrams opportunity to get back
at the Parlor city.
Clement A. Griscom is typical of that
class of Americans, who, starting with
out wealth or influence, have become
captains of industry by sheer force Of
hard work consistently directed to-
ward one end. He is n of the rich
est men in the United States, yet he
began life with practically no capital
habits. His success, says d writer in
the May Cosmopolitan, has been due to
several things. Singleness of purpose,
business tact, perseverance, infinite ca
pacity for hard work-all have played
a part in 1t. But with these has gone
yet another quality-the ability to look
the future, n to imagine how
things are going to be.
MAJOR btuDluu- wen, sun, l s pose
wine flowed like watah at the kunIs
weddin', subj
Major Pepper-"Like watah, sub? by
CAD, sub, it flowed like oil in a Texas
oil company's advertisement. suh."-
Judge. :
The Sioux City Tribune claims to
nave discovered LATE Young's animus 9
to his assault on the Iowa idea. If the 6
Tribune and Capital keep up the war $
longer all the secrets of the char
mel house of politics will have been
and honest men have their
i
The Davenport Times IN a recent edi- Z
torial on Roosevelt in iowa." speaking f
of Iowa's men whom the president f
chances to meet" in Washington, lists 1
Secretary Shaw, Senator Dolliver. Con- c
Hull, Congressman Hepburn, Q
Lacey and others. Sena-
tor Allison seems to have been among !.
the "also rams" Lists of Iowa's public .
men should keep Senator Allison's name !
standing at the head. OF course the y
Times meant no disrespe1t to the senior a
senator and The omission was purely ac- i
cidental, but the omission it will be no. S
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