Evening times-Republican., 1903-10-30
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When Carrie Nation attacked Dowie
she proved that even a crank may use
discriminat lion.
The news that the Dominican repub-
lie is engaged In another revolution
leads the Philadelphia North Ameri :
can to suggest that those islanders
ought to get a job as tiywheel in some
power house.
"It's a wise child that knows its
own father" and a lucky father who
has a son like Aleck Elijah Dowie.
A Springfield, Mo- school teacher re-
eeived the following note from the
mother of one of her rupils on Mon
day Dear Mis-. You writ me about,
whipping Sammy. | hereby give you
permission to beet him UP eny time ii
is necessary TO learn him lesens He
is Just like his father-you have to
learn him with a club. Pound nolege
into HIM 1 wante him to git it. and
don't pay no atenshion to what his IA
ther says. I'll handle hin.'
WHY doesn't Dowie take leaf from
al Nonsuch' on New York City.
The city council of Mount Vernon
is worrying over the sewage disposal
problem, while President Harlan, Of
Cornell College which is located in
enforce an anti-cigaret ediet among
the students. AS a kindred question
President Harlan should refer his trou
bic TO the city council.
Moses Keokuk. son of the big Indian
for whom the city of keokuk was
named, recently died in Oklahoma. but
this is not indicative that no Indians"
are left in keolkuk.
Water within three feet of the sur
face prevented interment and forced
the city of Sheffield TO drain its ceme-
terry with tile.
There's difference between free
barbecue and a free soup house as
Candidate Sullivan may have noticed
Wednesday. and there's noticeable
difference between crowding for q
sandwich for the fun of it and push
ing for bowl of soup because of hun
ger. All of which represents one OF
the particular differences between '93
and 1908.
The postofiice department of the
United States now pays out annually
a total in excess of S13s, 100000 and
takes in receipts above sl34,o00,000.
The conoclastic Cedar Rapids Re-
publican derides the thrilling story of
the Des Moines doctor who it was
stated had inoculated himself with
tetanus and was waiting for death in
default of anti-tetanus serum. 1t de-
clarSs that instead of waiting patiently
for death a doctor would tie cord
around the thumb infected and hack 1t
off before there was any danger of the
poison getting into the system, and
that as to the story that no anti-teta-
nus serum could be found short of De-
troit the doctors of Cedar Rapids have
oodles of it on hand The Republican
doesn't take into consideration the fact
that Des Moines doesn't know Cedar
Rapids
American hairesses have the chance
Of a lifetime at Count Alexis Zabien-
ski, the Russian nobleman. who is
profiting by the charity of Minneapolis
police stations. His place is on the
bargain counter at SO cents.
Perhaps it would be cheaper to an
mex Cuba ana thus cut off the forth
coming discussion of the reciprocity
treaty.
"They tell me 81 Medder's son Bill
hez bin seat ter tn legislature.
Nope; Bits in the penitentiary for
hoss stealin'."
Great snakes, Why is 1t folks al
iers want ter make things out as wuss
than they really is?" Judge.
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