Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-04

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The house fly is just now included in
the list of those engaged in 'perncious
activity"
A prominent Ohio politician writes
that the democrats haven't the ghost of
a show of carrying that state this year,
and predicts majority of 10000 for
the republicans. The people will prefer
TO stay in the prosperity column, as
they Will elsewhere.
Lieut.. Edward l.. Kelly, of the volun-
teer signal corps. who enlisted from
North Dakota and has just returned
from Manila. thinks there will be Very
little more fighting in the Philippines,
but that a large force will be needed for
garrison duty. His estimate is that
100000 men will be needed to hold the
islands for time. This comedies with
other carefully expressed views. 1t
would be a good stroke of policy. there
fore, to send an adequate force to gar
rison the place.
There's no place like home -Russell
a. Alger.
4 A Washington correspondent says
that perhaps the thing that will attract
4 the greatestiattention in the annual re-
4 port of the commissioner of internal rev
enue just issued is the fact that the
people of the United States drank less
1.,e- 49, ~.
lat the same time imbibed more whisky
The report shows that there was nearly
), a million fewer barrels of beer con-
stunned during the last twelve months
| than the year before. while during the
y same time the people drank five and a
half million gallons more of whisky
: The report does not discuss the reason
!. for this. but it is intimated that the
! hard weather of last winter caused tbs
whisky drinkers to use more of tina
i liquor than beer Another feature OF
Ell the report shows that the habit of us
S ing snuff has also decreased, but cigar
n cite smokers are evidently working
d overtime, for the consumption of thes,
u has greatly increased during the las
! year. In fact, the use of all tobacco ha
Il enormously increased Doubtless tn
g increase in the use of tobacco is due t,
e some extent 10 prosperous times.
II The father and brother of Elihu Roo
l. have both held professorships in Ham
y ilton college, whore they We're know
: among the students as Cube" Roo
ar ton as secretary of war people will pre-
!. fer to know the cabinet officer as Zee
y there, ELL
Is More than 10000 Americans have gon
r to Europe since the first of May, thi
u year. They are scattering dozen c
= more of the prosperity millions.
l. In the Northern Pacific country re
of ports from stations in Minnesota ind
ne cate TT t crops are maturing in 2airl
I'd good condition, although the yield an
e, quality of wheat will be somewhat i'm
paired by hot, dry weather. In the DE-
kota division of the Northern Pacific
is estimated that the damage to whes
- by reason of the hot dry weather whie
n prevailed for several days will amour
k. to from 10 to 20 per cent. and that IL
IN average yields will be Is to 16 bushe
1t per acre. Twenty bushels per acre W;
ne looked for. OF late the weather h;
s been more favorable and some farme
a. who feared their crops would be large
ar reduced are now expecting good r
on turns. Reports continue favorap
Iy from all parts of the province Of Man