Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-06

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novel stuff tinctured with goodygoody,
and thinks "how it ever got it's vogue is
astonishing. Nevertheless, people
with tolerable good taste will be read
ing Ben Hur with appreciative delight
while the language endures and long
after the sanitarium at Battle Creek,
Mich, has gone with it's calesthenics
and peanut butter.
The fashion papers say the hustle is
coming in again. But we can not hold
a woman responsible for what goes on
behind her back-Chicago Journal.
An Ohio man who was recently
elected to congress went to Washing
ton to look around and see what his
duties We're. He was Hospitality re-
ceived and was wined and dined a
great many times by his colleagues.
Before he went home he said to his
friends: by George, have had a
good time! / have had dinners and
breakfasts and suppers galore given
to me. In fact, / haven't had my
knife out of my mouth since l struck
town.
Editor Payne says the biennial cleo
tons amendment is like the Bible-the
more it is studied, the more it means.
1t might be within the proprieties to
suggest to Mr.. Payne that a close study
of the Bible is likely to get him more
than his study of the amendment has
yet PANIED out
Editor Payne of the Nevada Rep
resentative is still wandering about
resentative is still wondering about
the biennial amendment like a boy
around the base ball park, looking for
knot hole in the fence.
Now that the Swayne trial has been
decided 1T might be saving plan to
furnish federal judges with cash fare
registers.
"The Engineering and Mining Jour-
nal' says that firm Of Baltimore arch
fleets has drawn plans for a building
without any wood in its construction.
1t will be six stories in height, the en-
tire structure to be reinforced concrete
and steel. Even the doors, trims, win
daw sashes and door jams will be Of
metal-a new departure in building
which might become Of Importance IL
there were a better prospect that the
experiment would invite imitation.
SO
]. M. Hunt, Of LAGRANGE Tenn, is
county school director, notary public,
mayor and justice of the peace. :
The sick man had called his lawyer.
Il wish to explain again to YOU" said
he weakly. about willing my proper
The attorney held up his hand reas-
suringly.
"1here, there. said he, leave that
to me" ;
The sick man sighed resignedly.
II suppose might as WE'LL said he,
turning upon his pillow. you'll get it,
anyway."-Judge.
The story that Japan has discovered
a gold mine in the Keen district of
Rikuzen, Iwati Province, on govern
ment property, which is expected to
produce ten or fifteen million dollars
yearly, and to possess workable ore all
told amounting to $50O,O0O ,OOO-enough
il expectations are realized, to pay the
war debt twice over, shows that the
Japanese press agent is not less eff
cient than the generals, surgeons and
enlisted men.
According to decision rendered the
other day bA the supreme court of the
health of the state of Massachusetts
have the right to enforce compulsory
vaccination to prevent the spread Of
smallpox. In handing down the deci-
sion Justice Harlan said: ut was the
duty of the authorities to keep in view
many, and not permit the interests Of
the many to be subordinated to the
wishes or inconvtniences of a few"
That is the broad basis, in fact upon
which representative government is
based, and will apply to many other
things than compulsory vaccination.
An East Side kindergartner was
about to give her class lesson with
"TN1e Kitten" as the subject. She
began by saying: Our lesson this
morning will be all about the kitten.
Now can any little boy'or girl tell me
which grows on the kitten-fur of
feathers?"
A dead silence followed for a min
ute, when one little boy said in a loud
voice: "G-o-o-d Lawd! Hain't you
never seen a kitten ?"-Life.
I'm the March number of the North
American Review will be found a num-
Der of articles which should be read by
everyone interested in the larger and
more urgent questions Of the day. The
leading feature is contribution by
Mark Twain, entitled "The Cars So
li1oquy," in which the ruler of all the
Russians is made to give frank express
ton, in grimly saturnine fashion, to
some surprising opinions regarding
himself and his relations to his loyal.
long suffering subjects. Charles S.
Dana traces a certain similarity be-
tween the characters and careers of
StnS II, az.