Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-01
! TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Cholera 10 rapidly spreading in India.
killing hundreds of the famine stricken
natives.
Gov. Stephens, of Missouri, who is a
Louis is kept alive by certain demo-
cratic politicians in that city. You can
draw your own conclusions.
In Kansas experienced Kingman
county wheat raisers say that IL no ac-
:cident befalls the present wheat crop
there will be plenty of fields in the
county that will yield thirty bushels
per acre. The acreage OF wheat sowed
in this county amounted to about So
Goo II there Is even an average OF 171a
bushels per acre there will be over a
million and a half bushels raised, or
an amount equal to about 40 bushels to
each man. woman and child in the
county. This amount, IL all used at
home for bread, would last the present
population about sixteen years without
another bushel raised in that time.
The scarcity OF issues for democrat
lie campaigning is shown in the eager
ness of the leaders of that party to lug
in the South African war and other
foreign questions.
/ "A. Fischer, one Of the Boer ENJOYS.
doesn't believe the war is over He
stated at Boston on the soth: Even IL
the whole country is taken and the lead
ers Imprisoned, the war will cease only
fer time. and it Will be renewed again
and again, if need be, until we get our
liberty
Women We're not intended for BUSH
ness. II is disgrace to our civiliza-
ton that women should jostle and ell
men at the doors Of public Offices said
Mrs. Almon Hensley to the Hundred.
Year Club of New York city one night
this week. Her theme was THE
Nervousness of American Women
This she attributed to insufficient rest.
air and exercise, overeating and unwise
eattis.s, fashions in dress. social am
bitions. unhealthy literature and bad
thinking. "Our women she said.
are resorting To narcotics and stimu-
lants TO keep themselves Keyed up to
the necessary pitch. We all eat too
much. Nine-tenths of all our troubles
come from overeating. The nervous
ness in our women is largely due TO the
construction of the corset and the
heavy clothing suspended from the
hips. I have never known or heard Of
a single great woman who comprised
her waist or squeezed number five
foot into a four Shoe
Good evening! Have you lost your.
census vet?
"on to Pretoria" is still the battle.
cry of the British III looks as IF a gem
eral collapse would soon ensue. unless
Herr Kruger is preparing a new trap,
and this latter does not appear possi-i
bic.
San Francisco parties are having
built at Seattle. Wash, raft OF logs
which, when completed, will be 625 feet
long and contain $4,000. 900 feet of lum-
Der. 10 be towed 10 Japan. What boz
nanza this would be for a typhoon.
sGs
The morning papers, tired and dis
gruntied with forever printing news
that has previously been told in the
evening press. as has been their lot
during the Boei war. made one last eff
fort TO score a beat by anticipating the
/ close OF the War. The War Ended"
The English Reach PRETORIA" johann
nesburg Has Fallen" We're the startling
headlines az yesterday morning OF
course il was a guess, pure and simple,
land it was hoped the days events
would bear them out but they didn't
and today explanations are in order.
| The announcement that an indct-
4 ment against Governor Taylor, of Ken
4 lucky, as accessory In the Goebel MUIR
| der. has been.Spu in the hands of Off
GERS may have found its inspiration in
the determination Of Taylor to again
! stand for reelection.
Speech is silver, silence is gold" Is
/ an old German psoverb. There is some.
4 Thing in 1t when one considers that our
government transports free annually
4 about $4,000 tons Of postal matter
largely composed of the speeches Of
4 copgressmen. Can this really be called
i free silver.
4 Now that the Cedar Rapids Repub.
A lican has come out with a strong eulo
4 gy Of Senator Hobart, Of the Eleventh
4 district, for the republican nomination
for secretary Of state 1t is not Difficult
4 to see who the politicians candidate
A viii be- Three out of every four repub,
iicans in Iowa would doubtless rather
see a more independent man, man Of
q more force of character. who could
stand up in the executive council anc
q oppose the powerful special Interests
that are clamoring for favors, but 1t i.
4 fortunate that the man chosen by the
Il gang as as clean as he Is.
i The feeling in Germany against the
4 wholesale slaughter Of birds in Italy i:
getting very bitter. This year very few
Iswallows have come from the south. ant
4 it is feared that in few years they viii
Il ha pra rticolly cvterminated The h,,ps