Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-19
TOPICS OF THE TINES
The clouds were weaping requiem
for the lost chief this morning.

Inc CLOUDS We're zWeaplnG requiem
for the lost chief this morning.
Over $4,000 has been collected in Ken
lucky for memorial to the late Cover
nor Goebel and it has been decided that
it shall take the form of a granite mon
ument with a statue of the governor in
bronze.
At a fair in Hutchinson. kas., there
are on exhibition three girl babies-trip-
lets-who rejoice in the names of Mag
daline, Mandoline and Maudeline. With
them are exhibited three silver cups,
presented to them by Governor Stan
ley.
One of the most valuable private coll
lections OF Indian relics in this country
is owned by Joseph Keppler of Puck.
In referring to him the New York Sun
says Mr.. Keppler is a cartoonist. as his
father was before him. He became
greatly Interested in Indians at the age
when boys usually think that the nigh
est ambition in life Is to become an In
dian scout, and tho his ambitions have
changed, his Interest in Indians has
grown stronger. Mr.. Keppler is an In
dian chief by election. His house at
Inwood is filled with Indian relics.
among them being several very valu-
able wampum belts. Another valuable
collection of Indian relics is owned by
Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse, who is
recognized as the best authority on In
dams in New York.
Potatoes still refuse to come down
from their lofty perch to the level Of
common people.
Miss Alice Longfellow, the daughter Of
the poet, is to have charge OF the recon-
struction of the Wadsworth- Longfellow
house at Portland, Me-, which the Maine
Historical Society has purchased for q
Longfeliow museum.
President Kruger and the fighting
Beers have hopes for at least moro
sympathy from the American admins
'tration, now that Roosevelt is president,
in the opinion of DR.. Johann De Waber,
of Holland, now in Chicago. Another
appeal to Washington may be made in
the belief that greater consideration
will be given 1t by the present executive
because of his Dutch ancestry. The
appeal will have respectful hearing,
but it is hardly possible that any
change of policy will follow.
The period for setting up stoves is
here and new Injunction against
pertinent, even tho the stove
pipe is really blacker than it is painted.
swear not at all!
How great are the possibilities OF Ha-
Haif as n fruit and vegetable growing
country Will be understood when 1t be-
comes known that four crops of potatoes
have been produced in succession on the
same piece of land within twelve
months. Radishes become edible in ten
days after sowing. Strawberry vines
bear fruit all the year. The berries are
of the finest flavor. Cabbage grows all
the year. and it apparently makes no
difference whether 1t Is planted In the
spring, summer. autumn or winter.
Parsley once sown grows forever, APP
parently. Lima beans continue to grow
and bear for over year, and they have
to be gathered every week after starting
to bear Cucumbers bear the entire
year, and so do tomatoes. which, with
proper attention, bear for years. Rasp-
berries bear for six months. pineapples
come into bearing when the plants are
four months old and bear in abundance
for years. Lettuce can be planted at
any time, and 1T develops quickly. The
same is true of celery.
The longest horse-drawn railway in
the world runs from Buenos Ayres to
the town Of San Martin, distance of
fifty miles. Thirteen hours is allowed
for the distance. and trains run every
hour.
| The director OF the Iowa weather
bureau service states that Iowa's CROP
of corn will be larger than any pre-
4 yious estimates have accredited to the
state. Commenting on this the Omaha
/ Bee AYERS that there is every reason tC
believe that similar conditions will be
/ found to exist all thru the corn belt
when the corn is placed in the cribs.
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A fine rain instead of frost was cen
trail Iowa's share of the weather bu.
4 reau's contribution.
The Memphis Commercial-Appea
compliments President Roosevelt By
saying: HE is fine example of stall.
wart and aggressive Americanism. Ant
4 he goes into Office as free as bird o.
Il the mountains. We sincerely hope thai
The will more than meet expectations
He is a product of the North ant
4 South, his father having been New
j Yorker and his mother Georgian. W.
wish the new president a successful anf
suspicious administration"
4 $50
i The going out of life like that o.
4 Bishop Whipple, filed as 1t has beer
4 with u beneficent influence on all hu
manity, calls to the mind of writer
4 familiar with his career these beauti
full lines of Edward Payson Powell:
4 / deem his faith the best
Who daily puts it into loving deeds,
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