Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-30

] TOPICS OF THE TIMES !

+ TOPICS VI IhE Times +
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Is this your day to doubt or believe
the Heather Chinee:'
1t is to be hoped that Ii Hung Chang
does not mean Baron Munchausen in
Chinese.
Lady Randolph Churchill is not seek
ing new titles, as evidenced by her mar
riage to a lieutenant in the British
army. What is more, she will be known
only as Mrs. West in court circles.
sst
The University of Chicago liz trying to
prove that two people can live comfort
ably on 5000 per year. Thi. ought to
encourage tie poor who are matrimoni-
ally inclined. If true; but the T.-R.
wouldn't advise the average young man
and woman to try the experiment.
Bryan's false prophecies of four years
ago rise UP to plague him now. But
Bryan will hardly allow a little thing
llhGs 4QeI6Fl MN.
Mr.. Clark. of Montana, may be pre-
pairing to forestal adverse action by
congress, and is not only trying to buy
q seat in the senate, but Is assisting the
democratic cause by donating little of
his surplus wealth to the general cam
paign fund. He would prefer to see a
al 4
President Samuel Gompers, OF the
American Federation Of Labor, won't
Adoas a mediator in the Chinese trouble,
as he has been unable to settle the little
quarrel between Chicago contractors
and laborers
The camera fiend has received a set
back from Willie k.Nanderbilt and Her.
man Oelrichs, who have get the fashion
of kicking the machine. button and all.
into the street, and threatening the
3pusher OF the button with like treat
5ment. lfthis method of suppression be-
comes popular cameras will become a
drug on the market.
There ought 10 be an exchange OF
sympathy between the white Americans
in China and the colored Americans in
New Orleans.
An Indiana democratic candidate for
congress urges democrats to take of
their hats to the flag. This is better
than encouraging Filipino Insurgents 10
tear IT down. and the advice Of the Indi-
anan should be Needed by the party,
from Bryan down.
Frank r. Allies, of New Orleans. says
the south is more prosperous today
than ever before in its history: The
cotton crop sold at good prices and has
made money plentiful. and the pros
Poets 81 good crops of sugar and rice
tend 10 make credit easy. Judging from
the area under cultivation and the APP
Epearance of the cane. the sugar crop
Will be the largest this year the state
has ever grown. The rice crop Will also
be unusually large. Along the entire
river district the condition OF the grain
issexcelient. All things considered, the
LOUISIANA planter will have more ready
money, probably, when this Year crops
are marketed than he has had since
the civil war;
According 10 the sarcastic Buffalo
Express, IT'S cheaper and safer to
show your patriotism by beating up a
laundrSman at home than by enlisting
in the army for service in China"
I Sam Jones, the evangelist, Is telling a
STORY that is Illustrative of the condi-
tion that the democratic party will be
in after the Votes are counted in No
;vcrnber. He says that "a young fellow
out west once wired his father that his
brother had been KILLED the day before.
i.ship the remains, wired back the IA
istner. Amt no remains replied the
son. Cyclones got en-
The po!itico-m meteorological bureauin-
dictates tha, ii will be very warm in
! Dies Moines next Wednesday.
According to Dooley. per the Chicago
4 Journal Minister Woo has Just re.
L ceived late advices from China. He
I says; Il have just found letthel
sewett in a shirt FIRM me frind Lie
4 Much. tn viceroy " Bumbang 1t !:
dated tn fourth hour iv tn third da,
Nv tn eighth or grcen-cheese moon." h,
says. BY this letteri 1t is learned tina
"iverything over here is TIL same ol
pair iv boots. Nawthin doin. Pekint
lis Is quiet as tn grave. Her males
.ity. tn impress, is suffrin' slightly firm
death be poison, but is still able fr t
do TIL cockin' firth Rooshan ambassa
dore. TIL impror was behsaded las
4 week an feels 80 much betther f'r tn
i OPERATION that he expicts to be quar-
thered mex Sundah. He's Away
A wanted to rayjooce his weight
4 1t Develops that Bryan hopes to b
sent TO the senate from Nebraska il de
!. featea for the presidency This is
a pointer showing that he considers line
Of retreat in making his forward move
ment with his free silver blunderbuss.
Proverbs by Ii Hung Chang: