Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-18
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scarce, outside warehouses ask prohib-
ttive prices for their space, so that 1t
proves to be cheaper to hold grain in the
| vessels, utilizing it for ballast. Most of
the grain now returning was shipped
before 1t had actually been sold, and
was shipped to cover previous carrying
| contracts. 1t makes good ballast for
the ships. Three vessels with more than
| 100000 bushels of grain are engaged in
this work
Car lots of potatoes are quoted at so to
IS cents per bushel in Minneapolis.
"The Iowa Woodman," a neat little
pamphlet published at Rhodes, Mar
shall county, in the interest of the Mod
ern Woodmen by ID. H. Murphy, is at
tractive enough to appeal to members of
the order as a helpful organ.
A move is in progress among the we'll
to-do lovers of carriage riding in the
east to revive the position of past
generation, thus doing away WITH the
coachman on the front seat, making
room for one more in the party and se-
curing greater privacy, since the postil-
ion, seated astride horse some distance
ahead, is too far away for listening"
Also there is certain styiishness about
richly uniformed position which the
coachman can't approach. The Pioneer
Press thinks that, as colonial" ideas
ere popular just now, we shall probably
see the new fad spread over the country
"The town of Easton,' says the Ken
nebec (AIe) Journal, sends down the
story of ninety-two potatoes which fill
barrel and weigh 1874 pounds. Just
to get an idea of their size, count an
ordinary barrel of potatoes. Maple
Grove tells of yield Of one and three
fourths acres which yielded 225 barrels
of potatoes. Presque Isle tells Of sim
gle potato, eleven inches long and
weighing three and a half pounds"
Acartoon in this issue shows how, in q
practical way, the political prohibition
list is working in the interest Of democ-
racy.
According to the leading journals Of
London, the first requisite OF an English
cabinet officer is to be an expert golf
player. Perhaps this game might help
the South African forces.
( A London correspondent declares that
darkest Africa is entering upon phase
OF total eclipse SO far as the newspapers
are concerned. Lord Kitchener Is mil
itary dictator, and the country knows
what he chooses to reveal. He has pro-
claimed martial law in Cape Colony. and
is attempting to render treason at once
odious and Impossible. IL he succeeds
the rebellion will be stamped out in Cape
Colony, and the Beers, repulsed from
the invasion OF Natal, will be gradually
starved out on their own territory. The
belief is general that the Beers are too
feeble to effect reprisals.
~ ass
The Schley court of inquiry will be
chiefly noted for the differences Of opin.
ions it has developed.
The health OF American soldiers in the
Philippines last year was good. and the
annual army mortality in Porto Rico is
only 5 per 1000, the lowest on record.
When soldier learns to guard his own
health there is little reason for unusual
sickness.
President Roosevelt is setting pref
ty lively pace for the employees OF the
White House. A letter to the New York
Times says he rushes at his work soon
after breakfast. at $3.50 o'clock, and
when streams of clerks are making their
way reluctantly to the nearby treasury
he is already busy debating correspon-
dence and clearing his desk so as to be
able to receive the callers who gather in
the reception room on the second floor
in large numbers long before he Is pre-
pared to greet them. This is a very