Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-30

selling the shelled corn at Sc pounds to
and he shelled it and found that he had
As bushels of shelled corn.
The announced identification of the
81 miles of the Pennsylvania Railroads
line between Camden and Atlantic City
is sign of the times, indicating the
progressive application of electricity In
the propulsion of trains of cars. This
piece of road, now operated by steam
locomotives has been much in the pub
lie eye by reason of its speed record.
The speed under Identification is to
be on long stretches from 55 to 6o
miles an hour The Cape May line rs
to be used as far as Newfield, 100
pound rails being used. From Newfield
to Atlantic City an additional track
is to be laid, making Ga miles of double
track suited for express service. There
is to be three-car train every 10 min
utes, scheduled for so minutes with
out stops The power house will be
at Camden, power being sent thence
to six substations. On two sections the
trolley will be used but elsewhere a
third rail, giving larger speed. Visitors
to Atlantic City, according to the En-
gineering Record will find the line in
operation next July.
"You are a blackmailer," declared the
goaded capitalist, turning upon the
agent.
Easy, easy replied the agent.
'tyou needn't shout it. / guess l know
my s."--Philadelph Ledger.
There was William J. Brown, who
put through the house of representa-
tives the appropriation of $4,000 to
build the first telegraph line between
Washington and Baltimore. He did
the world an immense service. yet at
the next election afterward he received
hardly enough votes to count. The
opposition put up man who ridlculed
the idea of sending messages by
lightning and beat Brown thousands
of votes So it is today.-"Uncle joe
Cannon.
Poor Mr.. Brown! Had he been sat
lsficd to let we'll enough alone he might
have been speaker of the house.
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Tourists who wish to see the cos
TUNES of Japan in all their native gor-
geousness and beauty must make haste
to visit the Cherry Blossom Kingdom.
or they may find them gone. A pas
sion for reform in womans dress has
sprung up. The minister of education,
under whose auspices the campaign is
being waged, is credited with the re-
marke that Long sleeves must CO."
This same minister has requested the
president of the Woman's University
in Toxic to prepare designs for thee
new costumes. Miss Smart, secretary
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union is prime mover in this dress
reform movement. OF three designs
submitted to the minister, the one sent
in by her is said to be the favorte.
For several weeks Miss Smart has had
four sewing teachers at work under
and make the new style of dress, and
the principal Of the Women's Seminary
in Toxic has asked for patterns of 1T.
The design is described as semi for
eign."
Jack London, the author, who was
recently in Boston, recalls an earlier
visit eleven years ago, when he arrived
on the truck of freight car. He lost
his way in the tortuous streets of the
city, unique experience for him, al
though he has tramped about many
cities Of the world. London's exper-
fences as a tramp have not made him
openhanded and honorable. On the
door of the London home in San Fran
cisco is a sign reading: mo Admission
Except on Business; No Business
Transacted Here" while on the back
door is another sign, reading: please
Do Not Enter Without Knocking;
Please Do Not Knock"
There is tendency in the Sioux
City Journal to speak less in riddles
and more from the shoulder. Uncle
George is getting smoked out.-Iowa
Falls Citizen
Now let Uncle George smoke up"
The Choctaw Nation IS Inundated !
because one of their number has brok
en- his word. A Choctaw's word has
been as good as white mans bond.
This honorable tradition of the tribe,
however, has been violated. Robert l..
Folsom, a full-blooded Choctaw, was
charged with murder and the time for
his trial fixed. Then he was released,
and when the trial day came he did
not appear. He was finally arrested in
Utah and taken to Durrant, in Indian
Territory, where he will be tried. Fol-
som is said to be the first man of his
tribe to fee from justice.
McClure's Magazine publishes this
month another strong story of the
American occupation Of the Philip
pines, why Rifles Deserted" by Fl,
I. Greene, tells the struggles of a SOL
der who, by his own unconscious act,
is brought face to face with a prob
lem which he shirks at the cost of his
life for desertion. The soldier. him.
self, on the eve of his execution, tells
the story with IL rough simplicity that