Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-28
Topics Of the Times

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All the corn husking records made
in the cormields this fall will be bro
ken indoors this winter.
The report that Frank James Is a
bout to join the church suggests that
he should make an excellent hand at
taking up the collection.
Sir Edward Clark evidently has no
time for American soldiers. The feel
ing is probably inherited from Sir
Edwards ancestors, who on occasion
found them a rude and discourteous
set. But there is one act of impohte-
ness of which the American soldier has
rarely been guilty. File seldom turns
his back to an Englishman.
Booker T. washington has collected
statistics that disagree with the as
sertions of prominent southerners. "
Washington finds that 80 per cent of
the colored persons in prison in the
southern states are without know
ledge of the trades, that 81 per cent
are illiterate and the graduates of fif-
teen of the oldest negro colleges and
Industrial schools only two have been
sent to prison.
The Humboldt Republican Is early
on the ground with a suggestion of
Governor Cummins for the presidency.
The Good Roads Association of Keo-
lsuk is making a campaign against
narrow tires Other associations
should take up and assist in the good
work Wide tires do not make good
roads. but unlike the narrow tires they
do not make bad ones.
London has new scientific novelty
that might well figure, and possibly
WILL in Jules Verne romance. 1t is
a radium clock (which Sir William
Ramsay says is likely to go for two
thousand years without winding. It
should be fitted with an alarm for res
direction morning.
A racket and q row are the favorite
dishes of certain editors in Iowa-Mar-
ion Register.
Everyone will understand Major
Roltbun's delicate way Of confessing,
but who are the others?
The republicans are 1ubilating over
the fact that in Nebraska Mr.. Watson
received more votes than Judge Par
ker. But didn't Judge Parker re-
ceive more votes In Georgia than Mr..
Watson? When 1t comes to carrying
states, Mr.. Roosevelt is the only cam
didate who doesn't live in glass
house.-Atlanta Journal.
''what's IN a namer The Pennsyl-
vania is the fastest ship In the navy,
And she would have gone just as fast
is she had been called the Philadelphia
or the Oskaloosa.
Good old Major Rathbun Of the
Marion Register and Hon. Lafayette
Young are due to be mighty lonesome
ere long as the only representatives Of
pure and undehled" repubMcanism
left in Iowa Journalism The major
will soon have read all the others out
of the party. No doubt he remen-
bers the Capital supported Commins
and roared for tariff revision and this
many result sooner or later in the
dumping of Lafayette outside the par
apets. Then the major will be to re-
publicanism what Campbelrs Last
Man" was to the world. It's an awful
load for one elderly man to carry.
Now that it's too late. to do any
thing practical what's the matter If a
little good roads agitation?
A Pennsylvania man In tearing
down an old house found cigar 100
years old. AS 1t "still retained dts
characteristic odor" 1T is supposed to
have been one of the earlier forms of
the Wheeling stogie.
Young Lady: you are a wonderful
master of the piano, / hear"
Professor Won Spieler (hired for the
occasion): II blay aggonpaniments
sometimes"
"Accompaniments to singing"
"Aggompaniments to gonversat-
ions. New York Weekly.