Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-30
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Edison advises young men never to
look at the clock. but the Sioux City
Tribune explains that this advice does
not apply to newspaper offices during
the last hours of making up the forms.
Cattle in the southern portion of the
state are dying of a strange diseass. 1t
would not be at all surprising to hear
the suggestion that the malady is
Dies Moines Capital.
Possibly Colonel Young is. as in an
other and historical instance, too far
from the field of action to speak with
authority. The coyote chorus just now
being led by the Capita! has a sound of
"the tune the old COW died on" Maybe
that's it.
Patrons of rural routes who happen
to live on side roads ard who grumbe
over an eighty-rod walk to their mali
box might change their ideas somewhat
if compelled to live on Eerschel Island
situated in the far northwest corner of
the most remote mission station in the
world. The nearest postoffice is 1000
miles away. Consequently the packets
ere few and far between, seldom more
than two in the year, and the news is
somewhat old by the time it reaches the
island. "A large number of Esquimaus
have been attarcted to Herschel Island
since the Americans established n
whaling station there, and in 1892 a
Canadian missionary of the Church
Missionary Society. the Rev. l. Q
Stringer, commenced work among the
Esquimaus. Three years later he was
joined by another Canadian and in 1896
Mrs. Stringer went to share her hus-
bands labops. The island is a most
uninviting place for Il residence. The
sun is not seen for more than two
months in the winter, and there are no
trees anywhere.
MY goodness exclaimed the hu-
morist's wife. Il wish you'd clean out
your desk occasionally. What is it
that makes it smell so musty?"
Il guess replied the humorist, its
that leap year joke thought of in 1897,
and won't be able to use until 1904"
Philadelphia Press.
1t is believed that the largest mule in
the world is owned in Galloway county.
Missouri. The animal is the property
of Mike" Murray, of Hereford. and it
stands eighteen hands nigh and weighs
1,S41 pounds. The mule is barely three
years of age, and it's owner expects to
have the phenomenon weigh upward of
1000 pounds by the end of the year.
Mr.. Murray is not working the mule,
but is feeding it for exhibition at the
ST. Louis worlds fair III 1904.
In a case that to many will seem to
parallel the Gallagher case at Iowa
City a New York judge was outspoken
in condemnation of the jury Charles
Janowski had been found guilty of
murder by the jury, while his accom-
plice, wife of the murdered man, was
acquitted. 1T seems that murder is no
longer crime in Cuyaroga county by
n woman" said Judge Neff. The guils
of Mrs. Wiurkows!li Of the murder of
her own husband was demonstrated in
the trial of her case beyond the possi-
bility of doubt. But she is a woman.
and she cried, and weak and senti-
mental jury, ignoring their obligation
to society and in betrayal of their SOL
emn oath. have pronounced her not
guilty. BY that verdict they have made
n public proclamation that murder, Ii
committed by woman. is no crime in
Cuyahoga county. The evil results OF
this verdict will be felt in this commu-
nifty long after every one of these jury
men are in their graves"
Editor Cyrenus Cole IL in position
to observe with equanimity that this
is the time of the year when the milli-
nery shops are busiest" and says 1T is
poor woman indeed WHO does not feel
the need of a new hat for the Easter
that injudicious remarks of this charac-
ter are aggravating a situation already
strained to the breaking point.
William N. Byers, founder of the
Rocky Mountain News, who died of pa
ralysis at Denver on Wednesday, was
native of Iowa and spent his boyhood at
Muscatine. He was among the first
settlers Of Denver and os great promi-
nence and popularity il Colorado.
The Rhodes Reporter losses bou-
ouet oyer its own threshold toward the
interior in its current issue by partial
statement of the resources and profits
of its business. The showing is most
gratifying in the percentage Of gain
given The Reporter says that the meet
ing of the Rhodes Printing Company
was called to bring its affairs to a close
on account of an exhaustion of re-
sources, but "in this they We're doomed
to be disappointed, as investigation
showed that in addition to paying all
the running expenses, including wages
for help, supplies, etc, the company had
made a gain of $2S.04 since opening for
business on the first OF last July, and
this on working capital of $780," This
beats working on a va.uum-a little.
Then the Chase Began.-"Please let
80 ,,,cso caid the tramp. $50 that I