Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-18

! Notable among these is the beautiful!
dining room, in which all that WITS
mortal of Queen Victoria lay in state
for one solemn night, guarded by
grenadiers and covered with the royal
standard. Even the pictures that hung
on the walls in the queens life time
will remain-the portraits of Queen
| the original of Landseer's THE Deer
1 Drive" In the hospital with which
Osborne house has been attached the
equipments are said to be admirable,
each bed having its own special tele-
phone, and everything, even the doors
and shelves. being made removable. to
insure easy and thorough cleansing.
Commander Hobsons eyes having
failed him he is trying hard to get out
of the navy into congress where he
will be expected to keep them closed
to a great many things.
Maid OF Athens, tell ME please,
Did you walk upon your knees
Did you have an au fait chest?
Wear straight fronts and all the rest /,
And O'Bryon's lady friend,
Did you do the Grecian bend?
Chicago journal.
The Atlanta CONSTITUTIONS announc-
ed readiness to support for the demo-
cratic nomination 1.-THE man who can
win seems rather a roundabout way
lin referring TO Mr.. Bryan's failure TO
land the $4,000 legacy.
The New Sharon women not being
permitted to vote. did the next best
thing-wrote a platform and had 1t
adopted by the voters of the city The
hand that rocks the cradle has evil
IDENTIFY kept up its high reputation IN
New Sharon.
"Guttersnlpe politicians is the pass
word between the Creston newspapers.
The term presumably represents a
grade lower than the peanut var
iety
An item on another page of this
paper tells of Newton drunkard re-
Gently sent to the state hospital, leav
ing sckly wife to care for three
children. He had been of no account
TO the family spending his time hunt
ing and his money buying drink. Such
cases confirm the contention of the
T,-R. that the conviction of inebriatas
of this class should carry a sentence 10
hard work at wages to be diverted to
the support of their families. Any man
able to hunt is able to work. A chain
gang OF these fellows busy on the
highway forced TO earn a dollar day
and board would be sight for sore
eyes, and insure decent living TO.
those dependent upon them
One infamous thing breeds another.
Policy has taken root in Des Moines
and messenger boys have been stealing
postage stamps to play into the game.
Des Moines politics. primaries and
policy" are trio of apt alliterative
vices.
The Atlanta Journal says: "The
Life OF Roosevelt, which Jacob Riis is
publishing. seems intended not SO much
for literary production as for a cam
paign argument The Journal is
right in one respect There is no bet
ter campaign material than a life liks
Roosevelt's
The Newton churches contemplate
raising a fund by means of which some
of the drunkards of that city may be
sent to jag cure institutions to be
cured Of the drink habit. The idea
is an excellent one, but a league
pledged to send every one OF the
drunkards to the state inebriate asy
lum would beat it to death and save
money doing 1t. The inebriate whose
poverty prevents him from taking
treatment and who continues to drink
up the wages that belongs to his FAM
lily is a fit candidate for the inebriate
hospital
ic tho most Iillftarate n.,,yp