Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-12

Senator Depew take to farming? His
practice in milking insurance compan-
les seems to fit him for bucalic pur
suits.
The circumstanc of finding that five
steel saws were concealed in the collar
of Migrants flannel shirt doesn't
prove to the Davenport Democrat that
he was a high-handed burglar, but it
warrants the conclusion that he had
some hidden means of support. That
seems a logical and not unkind
conclusion, but the circumstance that
Mr.. Joseph Blythe gets $4,000 year
as counsel for the Burlington railroad
doesn't to certain minds convey any
logical suspicion of Mr.. Blythe's prob
able motives in attempting to domin-
ate Iowa republican politics.
The Cedar Rapids Republican says
Tom Purcell, of Hampton. signed the
Ida Grove petition for the statewide
primary and other needed reforms.
Now let Tom sign one for Hampton
anu EIdllhllIl GOulltS. liz Sodio piO
badly have the names of nine-tenths
of the other voters in the county to
keep him company.
The Boone County Corn Belt Meat
Producers Association adopted reso-
buttons favoring a primary system in
the state and nation, demanding that
the rate bill now pending before con-
gress be passed, that all compliment
airy passes be stopped by law and that
the commission system be looked into,
and some law be enacted to govern
the same. The presidents stand in
the Panama canal matter was also
endorsed. Copies of the resolutions
were sent to Senator Dolliver Con-
gresham Conner and Representative
Doran. BY the way is it 'out OF
proportion" to ask whether the Ottum-
wa Courier has favored Mayor Lacey
with a copy of the Chillicothe anti
primary petition with its seventeen
signers and the Ottumwa petition Pc
tition signed by twenty-three?
OF the many points of view from
which to judge the success of a lee
turer, the one revealed in this incident
in unique.
The bootblack at an Illinois Chau-
tauqua assembly was asked, "Who was
the greatest lecturer on the program
this year?"
governor Folk" was the quick re-
ply.
why do you think Governor FOLK
the greatest lecturer?"
"Why, sir, 1 made $6.25 the day he
was flere."-Lippincott's.
49,
Senator Crane, of Massachusetts, is
an expert judge of paper. When he
opens his letters in the senate he may
be seen crinkling the paper between
his fingers and holding it up to the
light to observe the watermark, before
reading the communications. 1t is the.
habit of lifetime and one of the GUS
toms of his craft.
In Japan much of the business con-
nected with the stage is hereditary.
Recently a manager, wishing to be
very realistic, brought the drop scenes
for his theater from Europe. The
Hasegawi family. which has painted
the. scenery for Japanese theaters for
eleven generations, grew furious at this
interference with their prerogative. In
America only the jokes and vaudeville
gags may be classed as actually
hereditary.
Pity the Working Woman-"Poor
woman! She works hard all day, and
then she's up nearly all night with the
babies.''
.'What's the matter with her hus-
band? Why doesn't he help her?'
"Oh, he puts in all his time agitating
for an eight hour day for the work.
ingman."- Philadelph Press.
The long continuance of the Won
ser's father and son in the postoffice at
Tama has been the subject of some
add interest to the letter of Milo T.
Winchester who writes to the New
York Tribune: "SThe records of Thorn
as Mihsall of Minnesota, forty years a
postmaster, and George w. L. Smith,
of Smiths Basin, n. Y, for forty-five
years, recently published in The Trib-
une, are beaten by mine. l was APP
pointed postmaster at South Armenia,
Duchess county, N. Y, on July 10.
1S49, by Jacob Collander, postmaster
general, by special order of Zachary
Taylor, president of the United States.
and have held the office continuously
since, being now in my fifty seventh |
year of the service
"Your honor" remarked the youthful
lawyer for the defence, my client
wishes to gain time
'All right; I'll give him six months"
replied the obliging judge-Philadel-
phia Press.
Here is a gem of expression from a
police court: Prisoner used such |
strong language" said a constable, |
that 1 was obliged to get the assist
ance of another officer to take him in