Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-18

at premium OF dollar, so that each
of the Lafayette dollars will bring 81
to the fund, and the total amount re-
allied for the fund will be 100000. The
fund now amounts to $4,000, which is
ample for all purposes. The children
of the public schools are to be given
the first opportunity to buy the coins.
No orders will be filled for more than
80.
Senator Lodge, in Washington, said
1t is not time yet for legislation in con-
gress with regard to Cuba or the Phil
ippines. However,. congress should, and
probably will, declare it's intentions
towards the islands.
Senator Cullom will take the initia-
tive in improving the White House and
relieving the crowded condition of that
providing an appropriation for it's en-
largement 1t has been known for
many years that the White House is
totally inadequate for the business and
social demands made upon it. and fee
Bile efforts have been made to provide
The president with separate residence,
but nothing has come of them.
Col. Henry P. Dean died in Lincoln,
Neb., Thursday of typhoid fever, aged
So. He commanded the Eighteenth
Illinois Regiment in the civil war, was
with his regiment at Springfield, ILL.,, at
the time President Lincoln's assassina-
ton and had charge of the arrange
rnents for the funeral at Springfield.
An English authority has discovered
that the average age at which English
men marry is % years and five months
and that of women 26 years ana two
months.
Some weeks ago. says the Memphis
Scimitar, "a young man left small
package at the home of young woman
upon whom he was making his first
call. She wrote him a note telling him
he had left it. He wrote her one telling
her it was some edibles, and that she
might appropriate it to her own use.
She wrote again to express her appre-
citation. He replied to express his APP
probation of her appreciation. She re-
taliated with an expression of her APP
probation of his appreciation of her APP
probation. AT the present time the ex-
ward in arithmetical progression as the
letters multiply, and as they contain
something little more serious in its
nature there promises to be some very
interesting complications resulting from
a correspondence presumably. for the
expression oe appreciation
A Milwaukee man, 20 years old, Whose
hair has been gray for twenty years, is
now sporting raven locks, and he SOL
EMMY afiirms that no dyes have been
used. He says he is simply leading a
correct life and taking two cold baths
a day.
a young Danish engineer. according
TO Engineering, which does not give his
mare has constructed a phonograpt1
/ which Will take telephone messages
| 1T is much simpler than the Edison
monograph, and instead of wax rol-
Ter has a steel band from which the
message can be wiped off after il has
been delivered.
While star gazers of this vicinity
have been denied the privilege of seeing
1.-The meteors they certainly never en-
ijoyed more delightful November nights
With crisp air and the night orb a
meridian splendor, daylight has lately
been continuous performance; ane
Il this morning while the sun. rose witt
I golden CLEANS the full. round moor
was ''paiing its Intellectual fires in th'
west-turning silvery, ashen hue, suci
las overspreed the face of Bryan whei
The heard the golden-sun news from
iowa But pshpw, Why does Thu
4 pencil persist in running into politic
and making odions comparisons be
Tween unseen meteors and visionar.
silver shooting stars?
8 After placing its ear to the publ
Telephone the Chicago Tribune reflect
sentiments in saying: 1T seems t
have been the desire of the donors tina
Admiral Dewey should hang his hat u
in his own house and not Mrs
Deweys.
A janitor in neighboring schoo
says an exchange. threw up his job tn
ether day When asked what was tn
trouble he answered: I'm honest an
S won't stand being slurred. If / find
Fpeneil or handkerchief about III
school hang it7up. Every little Will
the teacher or someone that is too COW
, iardly To face me gives me slur,
In What way" asked the office
why, little while ago | saw write
lon the board, find the common multi
I pie Well, l looked from cellar to gal
, ret, and l wouldn't know the thing II
met it on the street. What made n
quit my job, Last night in big writil
e on the blackboard it said. find II
t greatest common divisor.' Well. ! sa.
o to my self, both them darn things al
a lost now. and I'll be blamed for swil
f ing EN-, so I'll quit