Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-02
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a little GOODNESS between politicians
might have had its effect on the atmos-
rhere of the convention hall yesterday
But the GOODNESS failed to develop.
A north Missouri editor received a
note the other day telling him that one
Of his subscribers was dead and asking
that his paper be discontinued. A few
| days later the editor met the deceased
subscriber on the street and told him
about the note. Il wrote that note my
self returned the subscriber. What
for?" asked the editor. Well. l wanted
to stop yer paper" said the subscriber
candidly, AN KNOWN how bad you
reed the money didn't have the heart
to come right out an 10 it. SO | jes'
wrote you the note about bein dead.
You wouldn't send paper to corpse,
would your
The Waterloo council, more liberal
than the Kansas legislature, appropri-
ated 500 for the relief Of flood suffer-
ers at Argentine, Kas.
Police! Police! He--If 1 stole a
kiss, would it be petty larceny?
She--I think it would be grand.
Smart Set.
A Maryland justice of the peace. in
deciding an action against a railroad
company for killing a COW near a road
crossing. decided the case In favor of
the plaintiff for the reason that the
defendant had no sign up at the cross
ing"
A French railway mar is being rid!-
culed as ''visiona1y" because he
wants the United States and Russia
tc combine in projec; to tunnel un-
der Behring strait SO as to afford an all
rail route from New York to Paris.
The tunnel, says the Davenport Leader,
could be built for what a couple OF doz-
en- battleships would cost and its use
to the world would be greater than a
couple of hundred battlcships, but the
wholesale waste of money for weapons
OF destruction seems to be the one
thing not any more regarded as Wis
ionary" by world powers. It's too bad
the great nations can not agree to
spend the hundreds of millions of dol
lars they are paying out annually for
armies and navies on schemes for trade
and commerce development, even such
fastastic ones as the Behrfing strait
tunnel and railway connections.
The Indiana trolley roads are to have
sleeping cars. The first interurban
electric sleeping cars In the world will
soon be run over the indianapolis &
Eastern and the Richmond Interurban
companies lines. which now connect at
Dublin, Ind. The first service is to be
Columbus. Ohio a distance Of 200
miles.
Mrs. Kicker--1s Mrs. Jones a we'll
informed woman?
Mrs. Bocker-Yes. indeed; her cook
has lived with all the Other families in
the neighborhood.
-Harpers Bazaar.
A visionary person desires to erect in
Washington monument, very much
taller than the Washington shaft, TO
the industries Of America, with an eX-
hibition in every story. He says it will
cost much less than three battleships,
which moves a writer In the New Yorl.
to
ment will have the additional advan-
tage of being in existence long after the
three new battleships shall have been
relegated to the junk heap. The New
York Sun thinks all of this may be
quite true, but in view of the hand
some behavior of the German emperor
on the arrival of our squadron at Kiel
it really looks as If batieships We're a
first-class peace investment, and worth
all they cost, even if they do go out of
fashion in few years.
What may be called a novelty in
strikes is now in progress in Adams
township. Champaign county Ohio.
The school board cut the salary to $40
per month and all the teachers went on
strike, demanding $50. They had in
fluence enough to prevent the filing OF
applications for the vacancies and the
school board has offered $40 as COM
promise.
Had caller: her sister said VIVA. 2
On learning his name,
She asked: Whats his game?
He surely amt coming TO wa.?'
The editor of the DEBORAH Repub-
ijcan, who has been nearly half a CEN
tury in the newspaper business. in
commenting on the recent death of Mr..
Van Benthuysen, says the mistake of
the dead EDITORS life was in drifting to
the east. This writer" states the
DEBORAH editor. began his trade down
east in 1S4S, drifted westward in 1860
and still fingers. A good deal depends
upon starting Alright
Il don't know what we're goin' to do
about them two leadin' citizens" said
Bronco Bob. They're lookin' fur one
another with ix-shooters from mornn'
till night"
Has an insult passed."
NO, 1t wasn't any insult: but some
doubt ariz as to which was the oldest
inhabitant. an they're both determined
10 settle the question fur good an ALL
Washington Star.