Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-25
Topics of the Times.

In Cleveland the 3-cent fare is bring
| ing street car receipts down TO a
deficit of $4,000 a month. But the
ones who will not feel the resultant
taxes will rejoice In cent rides as
long as they are offered and the poor
taxpayer will have to pay for the Tom
johnson whistle.
Many a man who considers it an inn
NOW the lawn but once week can
bunt the golf ball around the green
for hours at a time, and boast TO his
friends OF Its benefits. A rare jewel
is consistency.
Some of the folks who are studying.
or trying to study, the features of life
on Mars and other planets. would not
suffer from absolute loss of energy II
their attention was turned to sociolog-
ical conditions at home. Let the wor-
ry about Mars have a rest until the
airship route is in better working or
der.
1t was feature of Wall street that
stocks, particularly Standard oils
issue, jumped when the news was
passed around that the s2e,oo00oo fine
was overruled. If the Standard Oil
and few other corporations were
honest from top to bottom their stock
on sale wouldn't witch every time
the wind blows. With Standard stock
jumping IA points right after an en-
ilargement of capital stock from $780,
100000 to $500, 900 900. 1t is to he Won
dered where the financial fireworks are
going to stop.
IF all the cities follow Cleveland's
example OF forbidding the sale of fire.
crackers and the worst comes to the
worst, the small boy will simply have
to buy or rent a motorcycle for the
Fourth Of July.
John G. Shortall, founder OF the
American Humane association, has just
died in Chicago suburb, but his soul.
like John Browns, will go marching on,
and the movement which be inaugural
ed will be lasting monument to his
noble impulses.
"He has certainly raised his family
In an old fashioned way"
"So%
why, that mans children actually
ask him for advice" Washington
Herald.
y OF course those Clear Lake church
folks and bandslnen that are scrapping
don't like 1t so very much, but even
they would probably admit that their
doings make mighty interesting read
to stop the farce would be to apply the
law. which is no doubt adequate to
cover every phase Of the point at is
sue. II no town ordinance applies to
the situation the rubbing in OF lit
tie common sense would probably be an
effective remedy. Neither side ought,to
annoy the other, nor should the band
expect to play during meet ting within
easy earshot of the church. as the
Sabbath is primarily for the church
goer.
& Hampton sends word that conditions
which proved an impeachment to the
strawberry crop were bully for the hay
crop, which is greater thansfor years.
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good and the loss that epicures think
they suffered is more than made up in
good for Mr.. Horse.
The funny ones can make all the
mean remarks they want about the
whiskers Of Candidates Kern and
Sherman, or even go so far as to crit
icize Big Bill Taft for wearing
,mustache. but if they should by any
slip Islander Bryan's whiskers, he can
denounce it as a re-faced lie, be-
cause he keeps his countenance moved
all over. Bryan knows that whiskers
of populism, and not be good for get
ting votes.
Much has been written about ser
mons, which like the noted quaver Of
Ichabod Cranes nasal voice, are long
drawn out. Irving refers to 1chabod's
quavering chant as linked sweetness"
but those who criticise long sermons
seldom pay the pastor a like tribute.
1t remained for the colored brother
to solve the problem: tBruddern an
sistahs," began Parson White, Il have
heard many complaints erbout de
length Of my sermons, so I've decided
on reform. Hereafter de collection
will be taken an counted befo' 81
begins nah sermons, an de smallah
de collection, de longah de sermon"
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