Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-04

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Col. Watterson's latest announcement
is that the democratic party in Ken
lucky is getting ready to bury the
Ratchet. Judging from this distance.
the intention of goodly number of
voters is to bury it in the neck of the
regular democratic candidate for gov
ernor.
1t is reported authoritatively that
both Germany and France are in favor
of disarming. Germany is in favor of
France and France is in ia
vor Of disarming Germany.
Many non-going church people like
David Harum have their choice of
churches. David said the one he stayed
away from, when he didn't go. was the
Presby terrain. A great many persons
have the most positive convictions upon
subjects they know nothing about. If
they would only go to scoff they might
remain to pray.
DR.. Nicholas Sem has been employ
ing his vacation in taking a look at
Hawaii, and makes fairly favorable
report on Uncle Sans new possession
in the Pacific. He says the natives are
peaceful, hospitable and tractable,
though decidedly lazy, trait he at
tributes chiefly to the climate, which he
says is facilitating. Americans will not
find Hawaii sanitarium for rheuma-
tism, consumption and kindred diseases,
and in general the islands have the de-
fects as we'll as the advantages of
tropical climate.
According to. an observing tourist,
when a person goes on an excursion he
never knows how many varied forms of
amusement will be thrown in gratis.
With the latest issue of the Winterset
Madisonian the present owners, Fred
and Albert Strong, retire from its man
agement, having sold the business to
Homer Thompson and Ed NJ. Smith.
The City of Mexico is to have the
largest bull ring ever built. Its capac-
ity will be 1i,0o0 persons, and its con-
struction will best indicate the intel
iectual bent of the Mexicans
Twenty-three transports will be
available to carry the twenty additional
regiments to the Philippines before the
end of this year, and the regiments will
carry CONSERVATION to Aguinaldo.
$50
There is an epidemic of fleas in one of
the New York markets. 1t is said that
the torrents have been brought from
Porto Rico i'll the warships that are be-
ing overhauled at the navy yard, and
that the insects are travelling about the
the city in all directions. In the mar
|ket referred to, which is not far from
the navy yard the market men who can
afford it have gone away, leaving their
clerks in charge
Millions Of Americans who have never
Seen salt water are displaying salt
water enthusiasm as the time for the
great international yacht race between
the Columbia and the Shamrock APP
Iproaches. Such contests arouse and
build up national pride.
Murat Halstead. formerly of the Gin
lcinnati Commercial-Gaze and lately
lpleted his 10th year on Saturday. He
recently finished popular Life of
Dewey" that is having a great SALE and
1 is now at work on a new book which
will be comprehensive review of the
progress of the century. He proba bly,
rejoices that he is enabled to add a
chapter about the threatened mobbing
| in Cincinnati.
President Mckinley leaves Washing
ton today for Philadelphia to attend the
G. A. r. national encampment.
A New Yorker describes Chicago as
the place whore they Kill hogs, while &
Ichicagoan describes New York as this
place where instead of killing the hog.
they turn over the city to them.
1 Whatever may be the opinion of til,
individual regarding the wisdom of tax
ing possession of the Philippine islands
in the first place, there can be no doub
4 that now that they belong to our coun
try it is the duty of every loyal either
to sustain the government in restoring
order by establishing Uncle Sans au
thority. Patriotism, not craftsmanship
demands this of every citizen.
The public debt decreased 81. 2S1, 716 il
August. That is good record. Let u
have more of it.
Governor Lee, Of South Dakota, ha
declined to call special session of tn
! Legislature to provide money to brin
home the state troops 1t is hardly
! public emergency, and it would b
/ wiser to secure it without convoking tn
; states solons.
, In a recent address Governor Roose
welt, of New York, said: "a natio
must have spirit and purpose to rise t
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