Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-13
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

TOPICS OF THE TIMES
Ellis skull was fractured. but no
bones We're broken" says the Topeka
Capital, in rscounting that citizen had
beer run over by a street car.
Mayor Trenton, of Des Moines, has
reached the limit not OF obesity, but OF
patience. The next reporter who refers
to MIR. Br'enton's abnormal abdominal
development in a fippant manner the
mayor declares he will run down for
physical chastisement administered
personally. In this the mayor is right.
II is time srleering references to the
mayors fair round belly" were sup
pressed. Mr. Brenton's abdomen is no
light thing.
The Thompson paper tells a curious
story of "Old Abbey" a tramp who has
been frequ@nting those parts for the
past eight years. Abbey was In Ger
mania recently. He went into a store
and bought a pair of socks and then
went into a hardware store to put them
on. Some big boys thought they would
have little sport with him and filled
a portion of his shoes with machine oil.
When he began putting on his his
shoes and discovered the oil he got mad
and poured the Oil on ths floor, for
which the proprietor, who was not onto
the joke, kicked him out. The boys then
took him to a machine shed, gave him
a bath, hair cut and shave, and put
him into a complete new outfit of cloth
ing which they had bought. They them
made preparations to burn his old rags;
bu, Abbey, who until then had only
mildly protested againsl their actions,
became greatly excited and finally
fought like tiger to protect his old
duds. His yeht-mence aroused suspi-
cion and an examination was made
which disclosed s1,40O sewed in the lin
int,s OF the coat.
The situation in Holland is distinctly
improving The railroad men are re-
turning to work. The Important lines
of transportation are Ftpt in regular
operation. Peace and order generally
prevail and where lawbreaking does
sporadically occur it is suppressed with
a strong hand. The government is act
ins with tirmness and dissertation, and
the Dutch nation generally is display
ing. those fine qualities of patience, self
restraint and respect for authority
which have for so many generations
been characteristic for that branch of
the race.
ton, has pointed out a substantial way
|to substantial harmony and substantial
victory in this state. it would seem that
even Mr.. Blythe has lost his horns and
this cloven hoof is no longer visible. But
Mr.. Blythe is a big enough man to de-
serve all the praise he gets."-Cedar
Rapids Republican.
None has ever questioned the size of
Mir. BIyths or his absolute authority in
command Of the faction that seeks to
destroy Mr., Cummins politically and it
VI as but natural for the latter to nego-
|tiate directly with Mr.. Blythe when
proposing to his enemies to let Allison
asbitrate the differences between them.
Nellie isn't very handsome, but
Ibis face lights up well.
Beliefs he so lantern jawed as all
that? -Philadelnhla Record.
There is a little postoffice in Wales
that rejoices in the short name of Liam
Ilantysiliogogoch. AS as a rule, ma
tives abbreviate this all-day- and- all
right name to Llanfairpwllyngyll, altho
lit is considered great fun by occasional
tourists to send kilograms and letters to
their friends in which the whole name
is written. However, the British post
office department, which controls the
telegraph lines. charges 10 cents addi-
tional on kilograms bearing the COM
| plete name.
| Anecdotes of Famous Men.-Robes-
|pielre.-"What do you gain by delug-
Unclaimed Dripping Damon.
Eat least will make great alley
CORY" reasoned the republican. glanc-
ing down the Rue Royale at the reek-
ing guHotine. -Lale Record.
The independence MOI Reporter
announces the coming of a professional
frog catcher from Iowa, who will work
this year in Missouri in Montgomery
and Wilson counties. He pays the
farmers from S. to IS fer fishing the
ponds on their premises. He has with
him., says the Reporter, "a dozen cam
vas boats which he will put in the river
at Neodosha and float down the stream
| to Coffeyville. At Coffayyille he will
| t,;e mo- t, tn Np(S1n.