Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-19

Topics Of the Times



Judge Parkers promise not to be
| twice president and 1Suropatkin's plan
to celebrate Christmas in Toxic seem
to be about a stand-off.
"Who's that unhappy looking fellow
over there
THAT'S Scribblers. He writes for
the funny papers
"IIe doesn't look as tho he had any
sense of humor.'
.Who said he had?" Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Hawkeye heads an ed1tor1a'
"Football Pro and Con-" It's mis-
take, however. There is no con a.
bout foot ball.
do our opponents grudge the fifty
millions paid for the Panama canal:
Do they intend to cut down on inc
pensions to the veterans to the clvi'
war? Do they intend to put stop TO
the irrigation policy or to the perma-
nent census bureau; or to imm'gra-
ton inspection? DO they intend TO
abolish rural free delivery? Do they
intend to cut down the navy? DO they
itend to dismantle our coast fortlilca>
lions? If there is to be real and SUBJ
stantial cutting down in natlonal eS-
penditures it must be in such matters
as these Roosevelt
The four democrats in the Maine up
per house will be able to count quor-
UNI at whist if nowhere else.
The democrats of Minnesota arc
planning to make the anti-merger is
sue paramount in their campaign. Bus
like all other good democrats they arc
studying 1t over just now to see Whe-
Their it will help to win before they a.
dept it.
This year. for the first time, all tn,
children in the schools of Berlin werc
examined as to their health. There
were fifteen thousand children and
thirty-six examiners. The results were
astonishing. Ten per cent of the chii-
dren were found insufficiently develop
ed in body or mind, and had to be ex-
Guided for half a year or longer; 10
per cent were not strong enough to az
tend school, owing to the facilitating
effect of scarlet fever, and other dis
eases, Is per cent suffered from amaze
mia or scrofula: per cent had tuber-
culosis trouble, etc.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil con-
cludes there isn't much that a free cir
Gus ticket won't purchase. The Nom
pareil should not lose sight of the har-
monizing influence of free railway
pass.
The secretary of war recently sent
out a circular letter inviting all thu
states to send their militia officers to
the government service schools for IN
struction in military science. OF the
states that have answered SO far, all
but one declined to take advantage OF
the invitation.
1t is said that in New York 100000
school children are being kept out OF
school because the building strike has
tied up work on SchoolhouSes. A good
many of these children are in the FAM
lilies of the strikers themselves too.
And it has been shown pretty conclu-
sively that the strike was the result
of the manipulations of walking dele
gates who have been Systematically
blackmailing building contractors. All
of which may prove an object lesson OF
such force to the children affected that
when they grow up and take their
places in the great army Of workers
and employers they will see that there
are fewer strikers and fewer black
mailers employed as walking delegates.
Teachers are scarce commodity In
southwestern Iowa districts. A Mills
county paper tells of two directors who
took turns at the telephone bidding for
the services of the only available tea.
cher in the county.
John A. brakes retirement from the
racing game will enable him to quit
making duck and brakes of his money
and make it all brakes.
BY Heck!
I'm right on deck.
To see this here state fair
do declare.
Them cattle's fine
Wish they wuz mine!
Them horses-say,
That thar big bay
Pears like the best I ever see;
I'd like to hitch her up with Nab!
BY Grab!
BY Hen!
Us country men
Appreciates these fairs,
Them pumpkins, apples, pears,
Fine horses, bang up rigs,
And Poland China pigs,
That's more with lookin' for
Than news about the war.
The army or the navy,
BY Gravy!
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Unless Bryan is nluzzled so far as
the empire state is concerned, the ESQ
nus candidate will inevitably lose his