Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-17

American actress and volunteers for
the performance have come forward by
the hundred. She has the very best
talent of the stage to select from and
the enterprise promises to be q COM
plete success
The state prison building at Sing
Sing, N. Y, has been condemned by a
committee of the New York State
Prison Association. Possibly some of
them may have seen the inside of it.
The yield of the mackerel fishery off
Cape Cod for this year is reported such
as has never been equalled before in
that vicinity. The fish have rushed to
the coast in huge schools. and for
week past have been caught by the
millions. Most of these have been split
and sailed, some have been canned, and
the rest, by the aid of cold storage,
have been sent to the large cities to be
sold on commission. AS consequence
mackerel is abundant, fresh and cheap
A daily reader of this paper, who re-
Gently moved to western state, writes
this office: II am sorry that 1 have got
so far away that can't use the T.-R.,
as l am lost without it and am not
able to find paper that fills the bill
as the T.-R.''
1t was mid November in Iowa, and
not in the atmosphere celebrated by
Thomas Hood in mo Sumo Moon
groceries. The dandelion blossomed
brightly along the way, supplying both
sun and moon. The grass had taken on
a new vigor and luster of green. The
overcoat or jacket was burden. The
heavier underwear which Dame Pru-
dence dictated to be ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ranted not to sllrink-was anti-expan-
sion in quality and as affectionate as a
porous plaster on the back of a member
of the anti-scratch society. In the home
a fire had been lighted to take off the
chill in the household. The draft was
good and the warmth was sitting. My,
shall perish in this heat" Yet this ex-
clamation did not cool its ardor, All
doors We're thrown wide open. but the
genial breeze only swept in to diffuse
the torrid air and make ii more like
| the regions of the inferno, while 1t dis
turbed the pose of the picture on the
mantel shelf or caught the willing door
for a resounding, closing bang. The
evening lamp giared tiercely and added
N-rays to sizzling surroundings. The
virtuous housefly, the last of his vigor-
Gus race, buzzed uncomfortably. while
wondering humanity sought reason
for the slice of August air. All, we have
| chasing through the sky and firing the
vivid Imagination of the overheated
star gazers.
The Tennessee supreme court has de-
cided against the American Tobacco
Company in the case brought to test
| the law prohibiting the sale of cigar
cites in Tennessee. Now if the law
can be enforced it will be a distinc;
public gain.
4 The extent to which stock feeding Il
4 conducted in Nebraska is illustrated by
the report of the corn sold and shipped
i cut of the state during the year 1898
out of the total crop of about $50, 600 90,
bushels only 100000 bushels foune
! their way into the general market. Ir
! other words, FOR every bushel thus SOLD
three We're consumed within the state
4 The farmers are surely learning ths
best use to which corn may be put.
In great many Kansas towns there
| are stores with a show window or tw'
l5full of souvenirs of one kind and an.
4 other from the Philippines, from bead.
to cannon. The fact suggests the tax
ing qualities of the Kansas soldiers.
The highwaymen who used to infes
4 North Platte, Neb., in the early day
are gone, but the railroad hotel an
swers all practical purposes, accordin,
to the observation of traveller.
The political code of California de
mands that employers shall give thei
employees two consecutive hours on gen
eral election days to enable them t
vote, and that without reduction o
wages. The supreme court of the stat
has decided that special election is
general election within the meaning o
this statute.