Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-27

of rock was broken thru and the men
of each end shook hands, it was found
that there was q difference of level of
only four inches, and that the true line
had been swerved from only eight
inches. Still more remarkable accuracy
may be expected of the engineers who
are now boring the Simplon tunnel thru
the Alps.
A general complaint comes from
farmers that seed corn saved from last
years crop is proving generally worth
less. Bad seed corn is as disastrous as
early frost and in language of the State
Register farmers will do well to test
their seed corn"
John F. Riggs candidate for nomn.-
alton as state superintendent Of public
instruction has made an excellent rec
ord along educational lines according
to his biography published in the OF
|tumwa Courier. He IA born and
reared on the farm and was a student
at Whittier and Wesleyan university
being graduated from the latter insti-
tuition with class honors. He repre-
sented the latter college in the state
oratorical contest at Grinnell in 1885.
He has been county superintendent of
Henry county schools, city su%perinten-
dent at Mt. Pleasant and is serving
his fourth term at Sigourney. He was
at one time president Of the Iowa
Teachers Association.
Colonel Henry Watterson tells a good
story about a much battered old lawyer
who went up into the mountain region
of Kentucky to collect a claim. He was
lame and half blind and enc armed. "A
local celebrity in the case was h dis
trict's dead shot, who had killed many
men and who was read, to shoot any
thing or anybody. He came in daily to
see the lawyer about a case in which
he was interested. until his visits be-
came extremely tiresome. Finally the
and stay out of here. Get u right
away. I'm sick of seeing you. Don't
stand there. &c out, I tell YOU" The
desperate looked at the wreck of a man
in incredible dismay, and before he
knew what he was doing he was back
the street he burst into tears. The in
habitants crowded around and asked
him what was the matter. HI druv me
out" he walled. "Druv me right out of
the room. Said he's tired o. lookin' at
me and won't let me come back no
more why didn't you shoot him."
asked the crowd. Shoot him? echoed
the slayer of many lives. Shoot him?
He couldn't walk. He couldn't see. He's
deaf and couldn't hear. He couldn't
run and he couldn't figh-. Why. fellow
citizens, If I'd "a shot him it would "a
been murder"
The visit of President Roosevelt to
New York to speak at the John Wesley
Methodist celebration, reports the New
York World, reminded Representative
James Rankin Young of a man he knew
in Pennsylvania nee who was the
strictest kind of E~piscopalian.
The Methodist bishop for that district
came to the ~Episcopalian's town and
spoke at the Methodist church OF Sun
day. The Episcopalian was invited to
attend.
No. he said, II might go If 1t We're
a week day. but I don't think a Metho-
dist church is a proper place to go on
Sunday"
The students of a certain Philadelphia
school had been playing a number of
practical jokes, and the ringleaders, be-
ing caught at their pranks. We're Sc
verely reprimanded by h professor.
They determined to get ever by play
ing a joke on him, according to the
Philadelphia Ledger, II SO they put a
soft preparation of tar en- the hand
rail of the stairway that the professor
might get his hand in it when coming
downstairs. The learned gentleman
was angry at the joke played on him.
and when the students assembled that
morning he questioned them as to who
put the tar on the rail. There was no
response, and after waiting a reasona-
BILE time the professor, taking a silver
dollar from his pocket, said: Il will
give this dollar to the boy telling me
who had a hand in it," No one an
|swered, and then a little fellow, caught
Iby the bride, volunteered: please,
sir, I can tell!!" well, Willie, who was
lit?" And you won't whip me if i
tell?" No; / won't whip YOU please.
sir, you had a hand in III"
The postof1ice department is now
considering a proposition to expedite
the collection and delivery of letters in
l%cities by making every street car a
moving letter box. to receive mail mat
ter at street crossings, even when un-
der way, and to discharge 1t upon
reaching the point in III line nearest
the the postoffice. If this discharge can
be effected without delaying the car. it
would seem that the plan might do
away with a great e of the loss Of
Tune now incurred by leaving the let
ter in a corner box, where it may often
lie for man. hours before being for
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