Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-30
Topics Of the Times

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Buffalo Bill will appear in court to
plead that he is being "buffaloed" by
his wife.
There is an old negro down in my
| town" said John Sharp Williams, the
democratic leader of the house "who
did me Il service. i wanted to reward
| him, so / said:
Uncle, which shall l give you n
ton of coal or bottle of whisky?'
"'F'oh the Lo'd Massa John he re-
piled. 'you-all shorely knows / buhn
| wood "--Washington Post.
| Mr.. Hepburn is not to be considered
IN the Simple Simon class, but he GER
tainly seems to be fishing for q whale
of railroad legislation in a very small
pail
A French firm is about to place on
the market a novelty in postal cards.
To an ordinary pictorial card is af-
fixed very thin transparent gelatine
disc on which is Impressed n gramo-
phone record. A hole Is pierced thru
the center of the disc and the post card
can be placed on an ordinary talking
machine" and played in the usual way
An entarprising German has patented
a device for fitting monographs to
doors. AS customer enters the door
of shop a voice will call out: "F'lour
is cheaper today" New consignment
of special quality mince meat just re-
ceIved; try some" and similar invita-
lions.
The Bridgeport mayor who has petit
toned the council for reduction in his
salary probably understands just how
little the average mayor is worth.
$50
Polly Prise: II went to a fortune tel
Ter to find out whom was going to
merry"
Dolly wyse: so did l. and found
out"
oh what fortune teller did you con-
sult?"
"Bradstreet "-Cleveland Leader.
The Colorado postmaster who has
been indicted under thirty-Seven
counts seems to have been pastmast-
err in crime.
The latest candidate for the honor of
being the biggest tree in the world"
has been discovered in California. 1t
stands on government reservation
ground, and is therefore protected from
the attacks of the lumbermen. 1t has
n circumference Of 1874 feet inches
and is 81 feet In diameter. Probably
it is specimen Of the sequoia, or We'll
lingtonia gigantea, the big tree OF
California, which forms the famous
grove in the Yosemite valley. The Sc
quota is of the pine tribe and grows
freely in temperate climes. but 1t Is
only in California that it has attained
such colossal dimensions.
The statement of a noted lecturer
that meat eating induces immortality
was DTODdDly UGSCh VII lily 100
used to the bill collector.
Kakichi Mitsakuri states that the
first western knowledge introduced IN
to the Japanese empire was thru
Dutch text book of anatomy, which
came into the hands of Japanese
physician about the year 1771. After
;,,{o nd three
of his friends published Il good trans
lation Of this book. 1t had taught them
that their former teaching had been
wrong. On looking first at the Illus
trations in the book they dissected the
body of a criminal in order to find out
who was right. they or the teachings
of the Dutch book. After the intro
duction of anatomy came chemistry,
natural history, history. military tao
tics etc. In 1868 the imperial univer-
sity was established.
1T is not to be laid up" against the
pleasant little city of Nevada that it
gave the state Payne.
NOT mucn was 10 De expected from
Mr.. Hepburn, whom the shipping in
terests have always found a stumbling
block in theirway. He is unfortunate
ly chairman of the interstate commerce
committee in the house, as Senator Ell
kins, railroad man, is in the senate. |
He has been aggressively hostile to
regulation and is on record as
declaring in committee hearings that
the government has no more right to
fix g. freight rate than to say what
price Governor Dougles, OF Massachu-
sets, should charge for his $3.50 shoes.
Shippers cannot understand how a man
with such obsolete ideas as to the re-
lation Of the public to transportation
can be retained as head of the inter-
state commerce committee in the
house. He is the last man from whom
they expected a satisfactory rate bill;
and the bill he has introduced does not
them. What does surprise
them is the unofficial report that the
president and attorney general indorse