Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-07
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Topics Of the Times

A bill has been introduced by seven
members of the British parliament to
abolish time limits on railway passen-
ger tickets.
The successful operation to remove
a bristle from the arm of a Minnesota
girl suggests an endowed hospital for
the removal of the bristles from the
backs of Iowa tight wads. The by
product might be utilized as material
for a shoe brush factory.
The editor of the Jefferson Bee is a
candidate for the legislature and keeps
his platform standing at the head OF
the editorial column. The Bee and it's
editor are for "a statewide primary
law and nothing elese than that.
"The killing of the political pass,
making it misdemeanor to give or
receive it.
The thrusting of the railroads and
corpora tons out of politics"
This is something definite. Messrs.
Perkins and Herriott please take no
tice.
Just a Guess-"Pa, what does Sic
transit gloria mundi' mean?'
II don't know exactly, but it prob
ably has something to do with the fac
that the council NETS on Monday
nights and always has something to
say about the transit question. "-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
Human nature is nothing if not per-
verse Keokuk has been going demo-
cratic ever since Rev. w. A. Sunday
conducted religious revival there
Keokuk Gate City.
Perhaps it only shows that religion
and reservation republieanism will not
mix. 1t is proverbially hard to live re-
Iigion and work on the railroad.
The Davenport Democrat will not
believe that spring has arrived. Iowa
democrats are always looking for a
hard fall.
Editor Wolf of the Alton Democrat,
whose articles against woman suffrage
raised row with the equal suffragists
and brought much notoriety to their
author, is suffering a we'll merited
scoring from the state papers on ac-
count of an Incorporate and i'll advised
article on the death of Susan B. An
thony. '.Br'er. Wolf should not emu
late the hyena.
Parson-Do you take this woman
for better or for worse?
Bridegroom-Wel can't exactly
say. Her people think it's for better,
but mine think it's for worse.-Life.
"Can Cummins VIM Certainly Cy-
renus If We have tears to shed, as in
1901 prepare to shed them now.
Harvard first declared to withdraw,
from foot ball, then decided to with
draw its withdrawal.
Mr.. Perkins is always ready to trust
epublicans.-Sioux City Journal.
Does this mean that the % cent sub
scriptions to the Daily Journal are SELL
ing in Northwestern Iowa on a credit
basis?
Somebody played a joke on Speaker
Cannon the other day, according to
The Springfield Republican. When
The speaker sat down at his desk he
found slip Of paper asking him to
call up number so-and-so on the
phone He did as requested, saying,
DO you want me-" II don't know"
came back the answer. well, 1
haven't time to be fooling around mere;
10 you want me?' insisted the speak
ar. who are you, anyway" This
S the government hospital for the in
sane" was the reply; IF you think
you ought to be here, why, come
along"
The German nation spends on drink
n a year about $7O0,00000O, which is
hree times the cost of the army and
navy combined, or seven times the cost
If primary education to the country,
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