Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-12
Topics Of the Times

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Dubuque gave Cummins twenty
eight delegates. but in current slang it
was '.23" for Mr.. Perkins.
Senator Allison views the court re-
view amendment much after the fash
ion of the Alden landlord who, renting
his farm ION the halves" absolutely re-
fuses to share in twins born to the ten
ant
The Chinese detective force Is Sc
cret body, and the best organized in the
world. Its members keep an eye on
every man, woman or child, and, in adj
dition, watch one another. How Mr..
Blythe would shine as chief of the Chi
nese detective system!
"a flea and a fly in a tlue
Were imprisoned. Now what could
they do?
Said the flea let us fly. Said the fly,
let us flee,
]. r. Gentry. an Oskaloosa candidate
that My numerous friends have not
urged me to announce my name as
candidate hut believing they will sup
port him both in the nomination and at
the polls, he is out for the office be-
cause he wants it and thinks he can
get it.
Queen Alexandra. of England has
quaint treasure cupboard" inlaid with
mother o'-pear. It's only contents are
ten casts of hands, five of baby dimen-
sions and five of full size. They are
casts of the hands of her majesty's
five children, taken at the age of 2
years and again at the age of 20. If
King Edward had kept collection of
the different hands he had held. from
haccarat to actresses, hay barn
wouldn't hold it.
They were both too shy for to marry,
Perhaps you think that rather funny.
But, you see, Nell grew quite shy of
Harry
When she found he was so shy Of
money.
Philadelphia Press.
If P. T. Barnum were alive says
the Waterloo Reporter. che could APP
preciate in this Iowa campaign, to a
very full extent, his famous saying that
the people love to be humbugged."
And it might be added that were Mr..
Barnum living. the editor of the Re-
a museum job as political contortionist
than he does for that on Iowa state
printer.
This is how Cummins is hurting the
party" In 95, when Drake ran for
governor. the republicans pooled 1926
more votes than the democrats. When
Shaw first ran the republican lead was
only 29,S76. but the second time he ran
it ups to 56,163. When Cummins first
ran the republican ticket led the DEM
ocratic ticket by S3,119, and again the
second time the republican lead was
1903, regardless Of the stay-at-home
vote among standpatters. Larrabee is
the only man who ever had such
fight made on him by the corporations
as Cummins has had, and his plurali-
ties were only 1000 and 10000.
There was a calamity Of the Vesu-
Wan eruption which was not chron-
icled, at least by cable That is the ex
tinction of the Neapolitan oyster. The
Bay of Neples produced an oyster es-
teemed by epicures as the choicest in
all Italy. For the present, at least, the
Neapolitan oyster is an extinct species.
According to Professor Doru, director
of the aquarium of Naples, the ashes
from the volcano falling in the bay
have covered the bottom to such a
depth that every oyster in the beds
was smoothered and the beds them
selves hopelessly buried.
"Well, no." replied the veteran finan-
cier, you are not right in supposng
that a lamb without the coin doesn't
interest us mucn. we rdlner lnSlSl
on the -er-mint sauce, you know
Puck.
There was once pretty young Mrs.
Who said, II don't know what kris"
But man standin' near
Said: I'll show you, my dear
So he smacked her and said: How
nice trs."
Milwaukee Sentinel.