Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-06-05
Topics Of the Times

II Matt Quay is an observer of ter
restral things he must feel some graf
tication in the way his students In
Iowa are following his advice to
shake the Plum Tree"
When it comes to mud eruption.
the Iowa standpat press have Vesuv-
ius faded
Here in America we don't throw Ena
bombs at wedding professions.
|
| The printing bills of the Mutual Life
are said to have run into millions. 1t
probably patronized the government
printing office
The leading candidates for the Unit
ed States senate from Colorado, Thorn
as f Walsh. David Moffatt and Mr..
Buggenheim, are all millionaires. But
every Colorado politician is million-
aire or a union labor delegate.
A London physician has taken his
life in his hand and declared in favor
of what he calls the "silence cure" for
nervous women. The doctor is II spec
ialist of renown with a high reputa-
tion among society DANES. He insists
that all that Is needed by an exhaust
ed leader of the social swim is to pass
/ an hour or SO every day in absolute
silence. This viii not only soothe the
nerves. but will cause the lines of
worry to leave the face and will i'm
| part an expression of peacefulness
and beauty. IF nervous women" he
SAYS "can be persuaded to hold their
tongues and permit the brain to rest
we shall have fewer breakdowns from
neuralgia and nervous prostration.'
| Sixty eight members of the present
congress served in the civil war -
twenty four representatives. There
are eleven federal veterans and thir-
teen confederates in the senate. Forty
three federals and twenty-five confed-
crates are in the house.
well" said Dr. Kidder, there's only
one way to get rid of insomnia"
.And that is?" queried the patient
go to sleep and forget all about ii"
Philadelphia Ledger.
well, he's a good man, an I'm with
him." said Mr.. Hennessy. Don't We
think he's right whin he wants to put
a limit on how much money a man
can have?"
II do" said Dooley, but I'd rather
put limit on how little he can have"
$50
In Prussia municipal government 4
business enterprises Is very common,
but the law prescribes that CONNER
cial undertakings shall be administer
ed on the principle that the income de-
rived from the undertakings shall suf-
flee at least to meet the whole Of the
expenditure arising from them, inter-
est and sinking fund included" This re-
striction does not apply where private
individuals do not offer to supply the
public need, but IL private enterprise
is ready to take hold. the municipality
must not compete except on sound
business basis. Waterworks, markets
and the like can be undertaken, but
theaters, banking, mining, ETC., cannot
unless they can be shown to be likely
to meet expenses.
He was a youth Of high degree,
His collar monstrous tall,
He lithped a pretty little lithp.
And danced at every ball:
He ogled every girl he saw.
His nerve was mostly gall;
He had a bad cold in his head,
And that was all.
The Bohemian.
Unusual interest attaches to the grad
uating exercises of 1.-THE Albuquerque,
n. NJ, high school this year in that the
valedictorian is Sam He Kee, Chin
csc boy whose exceptional ability has
surprised his instructors at every stage
of his high school course. Sam Ho
is easily the leader of his class of ten
young men and women and it has been
known for some time that the valedic-
tory honor would be given to him. 1t
that Chinese has had such an honor.
Sam Ho was born in China eighteen
years ago.
New York IL constantly being re-
minded of how provincial it is. 1t does
not even speak the language of the rest
of the country. A correspondent of
THE Pittsburg Dispatch" relates
some of the difficulties of residents of
the real United States in making them
selves understood on this populous
shore of the Atlantic. The other day a
Pittsburger and two friends stepped in
to cafe. After the meal the Pitts
burger ordered three small cups Of cof-
fee." Three demi tasses?" inquired
the waiter. NO. said the Pittsburger,
you need not mind about the demi
tasses. Small coffees will suit me-
Another westerner went into a fur
nishing store; he wanted socks. do
you wish half hose?" inquired the
clerk. mo, don't want no half hose,
I want socks" replied the man from
the west. A third man went the round
of the downtown shops trying to at
tach himself to a handkerchief case.
He tried several stores, and finally
found what he wanted. Indicating the
handkerchief case to shopgrl, the
The girl locked at him in astonish