Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-21
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The latest is the telephone ear" an
abnormal growth of the external audi
tory apparatus apparent along rur9!
telephone lines. Amputation of the
phone is the only remedy known u
science and is proper treatment in ag-
gravated cases.
Nearly thirty thousand BARRIERS have
been registered under the new law in
New York which forbids the knights
of the razor to ply their trade without
registration and license. The board
of barber examiners prosacutes those
who fail to comply with the statute,
and a great gain for cleanliness and
security to health in tonsorsal parlors
is expected
When a man lives TO be S. and to De
sued for breach of promise it would
seem he might Well pray, as one whose
cup was running over With the graft
fled ambitions of this world. that he b
permitted to depart in peaee.-SiouS
City journal.
But who would ever have suspected
that Uncle Georges ambitions in
clude extreme fullness of days and a
breach of promise suit at the end?
spont.
"How's the water" cried an on
locker
Colder than He'll
What interrupted the onlooker.
who was prude
"-Espont ever has been" con-
tinued Leander. and seeing Hero in the
distance he doubled his stokes.
This teaches US In hoe sgno vfnces.'
or. translated Evil to him who evil
thinks. '-Chicago Journal.
Our Iowa law requiring a year to
lapse between time of sentence and the
execution of a man, looks to the Wash
ington Democrat like barbarism. AZ
ter a man is sentenced to die. why tor
ment him year with the anticipation.
asks the Democrat.
The Democrat has evidently never
beeen sentenced to be hanged. Other
wise It would know that the antlcipa-
ton of parole Is the proper method
of prying into futurity in Iowa.
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Governor Taft appears to have hand
led the delicate problem of the trans
fer of the friars property to the Phil
af ncnu1,y
fair and effective fashion of doing
things. At any rate everyone con-
cerned seems satisfied and satisfaction
is an excellent symptom.
There is trouble In New Hampshire
now over the governor. Nahum j.
Batchelder, the present chief of the
Granite state, holds four offices. being
his own subordinate in three instances.
Now, offices are by no means SO many
up among the quarrymen, nor any
where else for that matter, that four
for one man seems to the patriot an
equitable arrangement. The governor
is not his own appointee. When he
was elected he held several lucrative
positions He, is secretary of the state
board of agriculture, which pays an
annual salary of $500. besides clerk
hire and other necessary expenses. He
is also cattle commissioner of the state,
his compensation being fixed by the
governor and council and paid from tn,
state treasury. the total compensation
and expense of the board of two not
to exceed $4,000 year. He is also
commissioner of immigration, with an
allowance not exceeding $4,000 annual
ly, as audited and allowed by the gov
errors council Mr. Meehan, editor
OF THE Concord Patriot has asked
the courts to GUST the governor from
the secretaryship of agriculture.
Are you ever troubled with insom-
nia-sleeplessness?
Il should say I am. Some nights
don't sleep three hours
That so. I've got 1t awfully bad.
I've been AFFLICTED now about two years.
The doctor calls it neuris insomnis
paralaxitis."
call 1t Ethel"--Schoolmaste
Clear Lake claims the championship
of the five route towns as 10 the amount
of mail delivered to rural patrons.
Route No. during the months Of Au-
gust, September and October delivered
and collected 20667 pieces: carrier No.
2 during the same months 1906: car
rier No. 1891; carrier No. 4 1886;
and carrier No. 1920 pieces. Other
towns anxious for championship honors
are dared to check up by the Clear
Lake postmaster.
Nora-Ol towld thot instalment mon
that he naden't call so often.
,Mistress-Did he take the hint?
mo, mum; he took tn PLAINLY
Philadelphia Record.
The news report sent out recently
from Centerville purporting to give
facts in the case when denial of mel
ical treatment had been made by the
father of child in the face of the
mothers wishes and Christian sci
entiet employed appears to have no
foundation in real fact and is denied
The facts seem to he
that very little was wrong with the
child. that it had the services of