Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-03
TOPICS OF THE TINES

| The only thing that will make the
cigaret mulct tax law produce desired
results is to properly enforce it.
| The Roosevelt administration propoS-
es to be prepared for any emergency
versy. 1t is the part of prudence TO do
so.
Arthur Stanley Wheeler, formerly an
instructor in the University of Wis
consin. at Madison, who was asked to
resign because he had frequented gam
bling places and saloons, gave the uni
versity faculty another shock Thursday
by accepting position as barkeeper
in the Avenue hotel buffet at SIS a week.
Probably he has reached his level.
big soft coal strike is now threat
ened. and 1T may soon be time to ar
range for burrows in the ground.
There is no doubt but that If General
Castro could have his way he would
embroil the whole world in strife over
his Venezuelan difficulty. His record
isustains this idea. Hence all the world
ought to beware OF any net he may
spread.
The late Julian Ralph had prepared a
number Of articles for Harper's Maya
zine, which are to appear in the course
of the ensuing year. One, entitled THE
American Tyrol,' will be published in
the issue of the magazine for March,
Another describes trip thru New
England made by Mr.. Ralph in COM
pany with a tin peddler. He had re-
Gently made a trip to the remote re-
gions of Kentucky The article written
on this subject will be illustrated by his
son, Lester Ralph.
The Minnesota legislators are prepar-
ing to give public hearing on the
problem of separate boards for the state
educational institutions. as against
management by board of control
Professor Koch. the noted bacteri-
ologist, declares that typhoid fever can
be stamped out thru proper treatment
of each case. He urges that every case
Of typhoid fever be rs strictly isolated
as case Of cholera. and by such isola-
ton the disease could be wholly exter-
minated.
Jim-Say, If you'll notice, you'll see
that most of these bis Wall street men
started on a farm.
Sam-Yes, and that is where they
learned to water stock.
Princeton Tiger.
A legislator of Charlton county, Mis-
souri,, makes the following unique ex
PLANTATION of his presence in the legisla-
ture:
81 was born under a tobacco leaf. Il
grew UP between the corn rows, and
I've got my share Of bareback and pork.
Now. by ginger, I've thousand acres of
the best land in Charlton county, and
thought / would like to get out among
the boys some. l guessed l could be
elected. and / was"
Capt. Mahin's article on the Monroe
doctrine is attracting great attention In
England London newspapers disagree
with him that the United States is not
bound to compel South America to full
fill obligations to Europe.
Another of the great features which
are to distinguish Scribner's Magazine
during the current year begins in the
February number. The Presidential
Office" by James Ford Rhodes, is tho
opening article in the series by various
authors on THE Government OF the
United States 1t is the aim of these
papers to show our government actual
ly in operation; reverting to the past
sufficiently to trace the development of
power and responsibility in each de-
partment; discussing the present in or
der to show the machinery of govern