Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-02


I 7Marsl laIl tn,,,t jnt,a J,
ed at the once; 4 feelas Il somebody
had knife in me there and was turning
IT a.round!' Well, then, II isn't appen-
dicAtis. at ans ate, l said, cheerfully.
because that is the wrong side. The
wrong side: he exclaimed. glaring at
me Indignantly. Why, you told me
yourself It was on the left! Then 1
must have been distracted replied.
calmly. I should have said the right
y prescribed something that wouldn't
hurt him: and learned afterward that he
ate his dinner in the dining room the
same evening. Oh! yes; he was no doubt
in real pain when / called said the
doctor, in reply to question, but you
cur. make your finger ache merely by
concentrating your attention on 1t for q
few moments"
I he national senate wisely decided to
maintain Its neutrality and killed Pet-
stiisrew's pros oer resolution 1t seems
SAT e to turn down almost anything that
3Pestigrew fathers.
THE Italian police have been ordered
tc punish socialists for inducing work
in.gmen to stop work.
Farmers Of Iowa have seldom been
favored with better weather for putting
in crops than the present spring. II
anything is needed just now 1t is a
warm, soaking rain.
The Champaign (Ill.) Gazette tells this
story: A resident on the East Side has a
dog and the next door neighbor has a
pa riot. The dog has a habit Of chasing
chickens, and indulges his inclination
in that direction on every opportunity.
A few days ago the parrot had got out
of its cage and was taking an airing
in he yard. The dog saw the bird and
made dive for 1t 10 chase itsaway; but
the parrot was not inclined to run. II
bris,tled up its feathers looked square
at the dog as he approached, and roared
out in a coarse voice: Get out! Get out!
Go home!'' The dog stopped short,
Wheeled around and ran away with his
tail between tis legs, and he can not
be induced to chase a chicken since.
The Chicago journal says: THE adj
niral is fatter than his pictures make
him." Why not. on the fat of the land?
Score one for Governor Shaw, he has
signed the building and loan bill, which
will put a stop TO legalized bunco
game. After July 10 building and loan
companies in Iowa will be Just what
Their. name claims them to be and the
investor and borrower will each have
protection against dishonest manage
ment.
JOHN w Gates is to face a criminal
prose cution in New York as a result of
his effort in closing down twelve mills
of TIE American Steel and Wire Com
pany for alleged stock jobbing pur-
poses. The section of the penal code
which he is charged with violating is
as follows: "A director officer. agent
Or enploye of any corporation or joint
stock association who knowingly con-
ours in making or publishing any writ
ten report, exhibit or statement of its
affairs or pecuniary condition, contain
Ing any material statement which is
false is guilty OF a misdemeanor. This
Iofferlse is punishable by not more than
one year in state prison or a fine of not
more than $500, or both. The prosecu-
ton. has been inaugurated by members
of the stock exchange who had been
led TO believe the company's business
was in a fiourishing state by Gates
The wind is from the north again. to
keer, the cyclone period in subsection.
An increase Of the public debt TO the
extent of sl2,545.727 was incident of
April, due to heavy payments on ac-
count Of the present worth of bonds
nov being extended at 2 per cent in
terest