Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

The Fairfield Ledger wants the un
slightly hitching posts III tina city re
moved and free or at any rate cheal
feed yards substituted.
Mr.. Roosevelt old the good road'
convention that merely from historical
analogy this country, which we believ'
will reach a position of leadership new
er equaied-this country, ] say, shoult
so act that posterity will justly sa.
when speaking of us, that nation bull
good roads," All of which in its way
is excellent advice, but as most OF u:
now living are not likely to belong tc
posterity, an opportunity for preseni
praise would give more general salts
faction.
Mr.. Bryan has come DIT as an advo-
cate of good roads, as placing the farm
er on an equality with the rest of the
world. This is more substantial ground
than his free silver idea. You shall no
cruelty mankind upon tie crossroads
s
A queer question of law arises In an
| Alabama county. Two weeks ago runs
the story, n negro was hanged for muir
DER in due process. Tho body was cut
Gown and pronounced dead by the ply
stefan attending. and was then turned
over to the relatives, who took 1t away.
They observed signs of life in 1t, where
upon a physician was called in, who ap-
piled restoratiyes, and the mar came
back to his former existence, in which
he now abides in health and strength.
The question is whether the law can
again lay hands upon him for h a
crime, since officially he has paid the
full penalty, and stands as dead in the
legal records of the case. AT any rate,
nothing has been done looking to his re-
arrest.
Mormon missionaries in Germany
have not been unfairly treated. accord
ing to the United States ambassador.
There will be a difference of opinion as
to the application of the word unfair
ly" in this connection.
The following notice was posted the
other day on the bulletin board of a ia
nous London club: will the noble
man who purloined Captain -s
umbrella kindly deliver it to the hall
porter?'
A well-known peer, taking umbrage
at this slight on his order, %accosted
Captain - and demanded an eXpla-
nation.
We, you see,' was the reply, 'the
rules state that this is q club for no.
blemen n gentlemen. l am certain
there was no other conclusion to
to-"
w. B. Smith, a New York carpet
manufacturer, who recently died in
Egypt, left by his will $1,000 to each of
his employees who had been in his fac
tory for twenty years or longer. 1t
each beneficiary makes OF his windfall.
An amusing Illustration of the lin
guistic capability of the educated Chi
raman comes from Berlin. On the
kaiser complimenting the new Chinese
on his exceller. German. the
from the orient replied: Il can
do betterI can speak the Berlin dia-
lect. One day. during the occupation
of Pekin. l encountered a number of
majesty's soldiers, one Of whom,
thinking that i would not understand
him, took the liberty to address me as
follows: Wait, you Chinese baggage;
If ever / catch you in the dark l will
twist your queue for YOU Shut up.
you Berlin weiss beer pot I replied in
his w vernacular, or / will knock all
your teeth into your bread basket
majesty ought to nave seen the
soldiers faces concluded the minis
ter. IF you yourself had addressed
at hat ONE without warning
couldn't have been more aston
and frightened
Following it's Tussaud gallery of
Iowa editors the Sioux City Journal is
publishing the pictures of Iowa district
The Journal might make a hit
by publishing under each cut the Ber-
Lillon measurements of The original.
Colonel Lafayette Young and Gov
,rnor Cummins seems to have held one
1f those popular secret conferences. AT
he st. Louis convention the Capital.