Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-14
IN COURT.

Hardin County Citizen]
The iudge He sits with dignifed
frown. The lawyers! They silently
whisper around. The jury! Loaded
down by the moment Of the occasion,
they slide down In their seats under
the weight Of the burden. The wilt
nesses! They sit around wondering
what they know or concocting suitable
tales for the occasion.
The sparring match proceeds, but
stop! Why wasn't this fracas settled
out of court? Why didn't the princi-
pals give and take and stop this useless
expense of time, energy and money or
why didn't they arbitrate their differ
ences?. Somebody answers that there
are too many lawyers who prefer to
fight rather than settle, and there is
much truth in the accusation. Some
body says that there is yet so much
animal in human nature. that the pref
erence is to exhibit q spirit of fight
rather than spirit Of brotherly love,
to smite thy brother rather than turn
the other cheek also, to breathe brim-
stone rather than Christianity And
the charge isn't entirely without foun-
dation.
And the case proceeds, and the
lawyers begin their melancholy refrain
incompetent, irrelevant and imma-
terial"-and so the day ends:
HIGHWAYS AND AUTOS.
[Alden Times.1
Some special thinking needs to be
done in regard to the operation of auto
carriages on the public roads. Legis-
lation isn't exactly what is needed.
Something that will inspire little
more respect and politeness on both
sides, tho, will do good deal to restore
harmony.
In the first place horses were here
before the autos were. The horses
built the roads, The owners of the
horses own the roads. They have
first right and pretty nearly the only
real right, to travel them.
On the other hand the auto is time
saver and distance-killer and so Is
winning a place for itself in the gener-
al push of things. Sooner or later
horses will become educated so as not
to be afraid OF them. and here is where
the necessity for politeness comes In.
Nobody can do as much toward edu-
eating the horse as the drivers OF the
autos can. A little slowing down and a
little turning out at the right time will
teach nervous horses that the danger IS
not as great as it seems, tho. OF course,
there really is danger. There always
was and always will be danger When
any swiftly moving body IS IN the
neiahborhood of stationary bodies, or
bodies of different velocity or other d.
rection.
AS 1t looks to us, the possibility of
harmonizing the two modes OF travel
rests almost wholly with the new one.
PHYSICAL LABOR.
Huntington HaWkeye.l
Peop1e who have but a theoretical
knowledge of or acquaintance with
nhvsical work. are forever drawing a
distinction between skilled ana I'M
skilled labor, forgetting that all labor
ia skilled. No man labors, who does
NOT excel in some particular line, who
:. not almost an artist with his par
t,cular tool. There are men who
swing the ak with grace ana rythm'
that makes it pleasure to watch them
and there are hewers OF Wooo VINO ar
ouse either the pity or the laughter
of the looker-on. And so it is with all
occupations. Perhaps one man In TWEEN
tv makes a good digger and shoveler,
And slowly and by constant selection
and eiinninatton the railroad companies
build up their gangs for all kinds OF
work The wrecking crews are all
exnerts There are no better men on
earth than the bridge gangs on any
good western line. Even the track
men are as a rule are picked men. And
while they seem to work quite leisurely
at times, 1t will be noted that con-