Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-19
Topics Of the Times


THO Secretary Bonaparte has given
I'm his railway passes he is not likely
to be dilatory in getting there. ny
most notable Bonaparte usuaiiy rooe
horseback and was generally present.
Dr John A. Enander, of chicago
editor of the Hemlandet and Wen
known in Sioux City for political
speechmaking. has been decorated
with the Swedish order "Litteris ct
Artibus" by King Oscar OF sweden
Tn spite OF the hot weather and edi-
torau comment to right and left OF
him Editor George D. Perkins seems
to be about the coolest man In Iowa.
Hot? OF course It's hot What do
YOU expect in the middle Of July?. 1t
is good old fashioned heat that sets
corn to tasseling and cinches the crop,
So long as you can stand upright ana
do mans work don't kick. There are
thousands Of the sick and ailtng over
the state who are suffering more than
YOU. Let the mercury aand the corn
stalks climb. 1t will be cold next win
ter and We'll need the money
Mr.. Lawson admits having a few
millions wrongfully acquired and says
he is going to give the money back
some day. But II MIR. Lawson would
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him execute mortgage In cases
like his and Mr.. Depew's the populace
is asking for security.
Perhaps Mr.. Depew has not resigned
his position with the Equitable. The
resignation like the guaranty of the
guaranty company's loan, was by word
of mouth and may turn out to be IL
legal.
The Duke Of the Abruzzi, who is
now for an exploring expedition In
Central Africa, is undoubtedly the
most adventurous prince in Europe.
He seems to be perpetually devising
new means to crafty his desire for
physical and mental exhilaration. He
has been shot over hedge while mo-
toring. he has listened while the ribs
of his ship have been squeezed IN by
the pack of ice of Prince rudolph
island until the vessel had to be apah-
doned, by which time his fingers hau
been frostbitten; he has surveyed the
world from the clouds in his balloon,
and he has attained to points on the
Alps which no other mans foot has
been known to tread.
Thoroughly Sterilized.-Aunt Beth
They say his money is tainted!
Edith-Nonsense, aunt! heard
him say he had just cleaned up anoth-
err million.-Puck.
The introduction OF the simple life
In the commencement exercises at the
Kansas Manual Training School is
heralded as "a unique event. For the
first time in the history of the state
students graduated in work blouses
Jumpers. and the graduates, instead
of delivering fowery orations. gave
public demonstrations in cooking and
woodwork.
"Children Of splendid intellectual
endowments are sometimes thought to
be stupid" says an observing teacher.
"The sharp child who learns lesson
in the shortest possible time, who is
first with his answers in the mental
arithmetic class, who can produce
dates and geographical names on de-
mand. is the one the teacher loves,
and most commonly he is the one who
in after life goes on the safe road to-
ward competence. But it Is not one of
those whose thoughts will be treasured
by the world long after he has quilted
it. And quite often the so-called stu
whom the powers of the artist. poet
or philosopher are struggling for ex-
pdession."
In order that he may familiarize
himself with the work of railroad men,
Rev. Dwight E. Potter, pastor of the
| Union Street Presbyterian Church, In
| Oakland, Cal, has gone to work as an
oiler in the railroad yards of his city
He will know where to head in at
when he returns to the pulpit.
A rose to the living is more
| Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead;
In filing loves infinite shore,
A rose to the living is more
| If graciously given before
| The hungering spirit is fed
| A rose to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead
Nixon Waterman