Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-05
Topics of the Times

Weeks" won $1,000 at faro ana useo
some Of the money in expenses In
Cured in visiting Stinearee Gulch,
Rawhide's Tenderloin. Her personal
actions seem in keeping with her lit
erary style.
A concrete floor in Chicago church
gave way during meeting the other
night The sins of the communicates
must have weighed heavy within
them.
It has been less than five years since
the Iroquois theater disaster. one of
the most awful tragedies OF modern
times, yet the greedy Chicago theaters
are again brazenly violating tae ord
nance framed to govern safety.
While 1t has been some years since
Bourke Cochran, the New York con-
gresham, discarded his mustache and
goatee, many Of the weekly papers re-
fuse to ride in the progress wagon and
continue to present Bourke's facial
topography with the spinach. This is
standpatism with vengeance.
do we'll to take lessons in decorum from
Director George M. Chapel, who is
sues the weather bulletin at Des
Moines While others have been ex-
pressing their weather estimates in
torrid terms he politely uses such ex-
pressions as Excessive moisture"
frequent and general showers" or the
like. This probably keeps him on good
terms with Jove, j. Pluvius OF the
weather business, but common people
will contend that their language is
justified and that man who handles
weather in large quantities like Chap
pei becomes calloused and blase.
Going to compile his life and let
ter?' There were no letters. am go
ing to compile his life and postcards"
Louisville Courier journal.
Cole Younger, former Minnesota
bandit, seems to retain his old nerve
He was pardoned on condition that he
leave the Gopher state and refrain
from exhibiting himself publicly. He
has been violating the latter agree
ment and is now petitioning the state
to abrogate the exile clause.
That La Toilette speech was costly
without attaining Its end. In type
written form it weighs 10 pounds.
Think what it will add to the cost and
weight Of the Congressional Record,
after which the poor mail men must
be inflicted with its handling. But for
tunately no one needs to read it.
A man named Sunday could not
conscientiously remain long a ball
player, so consequently he is now a
preacher. AS an exhorter. though, he is
said to have high batting average.
With the warm weather movement
Of tramps this year there seems to be
an unusual number Of wives travelling
with their husbands in hobo style.
Lad-Father, what Is an oscillating
motion?
Dad-An oscillating motion, my son,
is that made by woman trying to
steer her Merry Widow hat in .
wind.
Twill my husband live, doctor?"
well, madam, if he doesn't he'll
come mighty close to it."-Judge.
We are told that there are no forces
of reaction. Let's watch the coming
national convention of republicans and
see what they do to the platform.
The Cedar Rapids Republican re-
marks that it is unable to pronounce
blessings upon the primary law How
ever favorable the primary results may
have been to the policies advocated by
this paper" and careful scrutiny of its
columns IdllS VI OlSCCSCA q aiIiotG
erence to the congressional issue. Peo-
pie of Linn county have to subscribe
to the Independent Gazette to learn
who has been nominated for congress
on the republican ticket
The T.-R. will confess that the act
ual result of the vote in the primary or
state issues did not comfort the men
who enacted it but the result on nomi-
nation for lieutenant governor GER
tainl vindicated its capacity to lend it
self to an expression of discernment on
the part of the voters.
Skinned From Head to Heel
was Ben Pool. Threet, Ala, when drag