Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-21
TOPICS Of TIE Tines

Winston Churchills platform against
the free pass the railroad lobby
and primary law went thru tho
Churchill failed to land a nomination
in New Hampshire. The nomination
OF man like Churchill has only been
delayed, not defeated.
The Boston and Maine railroad was
lica ticket in New Hampshire as was
expected, but it is safe to say that the
campaign made by Churchill has been
one Of education. If the progressives
in New Hampshire will keep up their
fight the Cummins party may yet be
the republican party of New [Hamp-
shire.
The fact that during the twelve
months ended with August 81, this
year, about $4,000 more bales of cot
ton were consumed by southern than
northern mills, is one of The indications
that the stories of development in the
south are not overdrawn.
Nov Johnny" said the teacher, can
you tell me what Mormon is?"
Eyes, maam," answered the little
fellow. "A Mormon is man whose
wife is twins or tripletsi."
Statisticians estimate that twenty
one acres of land are necessary to sus-
tain one man on fresh meat. The
same space Of land, if devoted to wheat
culture, would feed forty-two people;
il to oats, eighty -eight; potatoes, In
plantain or bananas, over 5000 peo-
pie.
Last Friday, while ON the way to
Carroll Mr. Togood's horse became
unmanageable and threw him into
the wire fence, leaving quite a cut
in his leg-Carroll Herald
Toobad!
A lately married couple at Manson
has sent to catalog house for list
of names from which to select name
for the first born.
The inventor of Volapuk, Prelate
Martin Schleyer, recently celebrated
the seventy fifth anniversary of his
birth in Constance, where he is living
in retirement. He is still at work on
his world language and is confident
that Notwithstanding the growing pop
ularity of Esperanto Volapuk is to be
the International language of the
world.
An account of the modern scientific
method of purifying q. city's sewage
reads almost like a fairy story. Hollis
Godfrey in the September Atlantic
has fascinating article on the sub
ject Good bacteria 10 destroy bad
is the kernel OF the
process. Armies OF these friendly
bugs half million of whom may
float unseen on a teaspoonful of water,
are encamped on tine particles of grav-
ell composing the great filter beds
liz WHICH, Liz StNdSt is Illdue 10
pass; and when organic matter and
disease germs of any kind--the bacilli
Of typhoid or Of cholera-come into
view, these devoted guardians of the |
public health set upon them. 1t is
fierce struggle; but the powers of |
darkness are finally defeated, and mer- |
cilessly-devoured! We meet the
resulting from an abnormal |
aggregation of human life in the city"
says one of the reports, "by setting up |
a second city of microbes. The danger |
Gus organic taste material produced |
in the city of human habitations is |
carried out of the city by microbes on
their hills of rock, and we rely on them /
to turn it over into "A harmless min |
aral form"
There are in Indiana 6S2S5 miles of !
public roads, and of this amount, 23,937 /
miles are improved This is 351 Der |
cent of the total road mileage of the !
state. The total cost of all the i'm |
proved roads in the state has been !
S6,0S5.s41. w. S. Blatchely, state |
geologist,s presents these figures in his
annual report for the year 1905, which |
is just from the press. There are in I
he state POSSE miles of road improved |
with gravel; $500 miles with crushed |