Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-24

Topics Of the Times

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Putting together Wisconsin's repub-
lcan majority and the fact that Cote
Sells spoke in that state during the
campaign, the suggestion forces its
way that 1t would be to the advantage
of Iowa and the republican party to
loan Cato to the solid south indetin-
itely.
A Missouri county desires to be set
off from Missouri and annexed to Ar
kansas because Missouri went repub
lican. Just what grudge the county re-
ferred to has against Arkansas is not
stated in the petition.
Under the Belgian law. unmarried
men over twenty-five have one vote.
married men and widowers with fam
lilies have two votes, and priests and
other persons of position and educa-
| ton have three votes. Severe penal
| ties are imposed on those who fail to
vote. 1t would be interesting to know
just how many times the railroad
grader gets to vote in Belgium. His
is the only class that gets more than
one vote in this country.
Epson: els love a disease?r
Downs: "The worst In the world
Fickleson nearly died with It,"
Epson: what cured him?"
Downs: Detroit Free
Press.
There seems to be considerable trou-
BILE in placing Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri, after his senatorial term expires
next March. He has been suggested
for the canal commission and the in
terstate commerce commission. Real
ly, there doesn't seem any particular
reason why Senator Cockrell should be
saddled upon any commission. He
has held public office for 30 years, is
seventy years old and naturally some-
what beyond his period of high USE
fulness There is need Of younger and
more vigorous men than Cockrell on
these commissions and there is also
n call that incumbents Of important
posts be appointed because OF extreme
fitness rather than as compliment or
because they have not been out of Of
flee for quarter century or so. There
is already too much driftwood lodged
along the shores Of official life as mat
ters stand. Senator Cockrell Is an
honest man who has won and deserved
honor enough to retire upon gracefully.
1t is appropriate during Thanksgiv-
ing week that we should know that
one years production of poultry and
eggs in the United States are worth
as much as the cost Of the Isthmian
canal should that enterprise cost ten
millions more than the $200,000,000 al
ready appropriated by congress.
Ocheyedan has the distinction of be-
ing the highest town in Iowa, its al
titude being 1851 feet above the sea
level
In 1890 there were in the state of
Iowa $4,000 people over ten years old
engaged in galnful pursuits and almost
half of them were working on farms.
OF the half working ON farms two
thirds We're working for themselves,
while only third were classed as
farm laborers, and the number of farms
operated by owners was 14S.000.
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There is now living at Nish, Servia,
according to "The Indianapolis News"
man who was we'll acquainted with
Lord Byron. Ills name is Stovan Xix
itsch, and he is lit years old. Tho
one of the Oldest men living today, he
is wonderfully vigorous, with clear
memory, good eyesight, and strong.
hearty voice. He has much to say
of his adventures in fighting against
the Turks in his earlier years. He took
part in the war which gave the
Greeks their freedom, and he recalls
Lord Byron as young, curly headed
Englishman much loved by the Greeks
whose death, occurring during the in
surrection, they mourned deeply. Lord
Byron has been dead eighty years.
Pope Plus is expressing much inter-
est in bicycles and regrets that he had
not owned one in his younger days.
But few of those who had bicycles in
their youth have gone as far as the
pope accomplished walking.
Naggs: "What did your wife say
when she let you in at 2 o'clock in the
Faggs: IT was so frightened I didn't
hear what she said"
Naggs: What frightened you?
Faggs: 81 thought I was bigamist."
Chicago News. 49,.
The Voice of the Worldly: Poverty
is no disgrace" said the romantic
young woman.
NO." answered Miss Cayenne, "and
it is no great recommendation, either"
Star.
A new association, the institute of
hygiene, has been formed, says MAT
ure," of London, having for it's object