Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-08
TOPICS OF TIE TINES

from LeGrand.
The T-R. trusts that its neighbor, the,
Sioux City Journal, will not be shocked
by any expression 1T finds in the Iowa
republican platform.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, predicts
the nomination of Senator Mark Hanna
for president, but there are better
guesses abroad in the land.
A gigantic combination is about to be
formed with n capitalization of $780,
100000 to be known as the National
Wholesale Grocery company. 1t is said
there are about 200 leading grocery
jobbers in the United States. This COM
bination of wholesalers may be possible,
but anybody would smile over the pos
sibility of retailers combine.
No, We're not moralizing today; we're
rejoicing. The painful silence elsewhere
may indicate that there is some moral
izing (and climbing DOWN going on.
In all that is good Iowa and the re-
publican party afford the best-Sidney
Foster.
The City of Mexico spends more than
$4,000 month for light, using sol arc
lights of 1000 candlepower and $50 OF
1.20o candlepower, in addition to a con
siderable number of smaller incandes-
cent lights for some of the narrower
streets and small squares, During the
month of March the large arc lights
were burned on an average of ten hours
and eighteen minutes per day, at an av-
erase cost of Ill cents an hour The ay-
erage cost an hour of the 1900 candle
power lights was 7.4S cents. Both sums
are given in Mexican silver
John d. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil
magnate, is to have marble palace at
Pocantico Hill. n. Y, to cost something
like $1,000 600. According to the different
reports the palace is to rival some of the
large castles of England and Scotland
Burrell, of the Washington Press
says: Peaches are in the market. Inn
ported products. They are too beautiful
10 eat. They seem ,land-painted.
streaks of bushes, and delicate
Gown on them, as soft as dew and moon
beams. And as fragrant as flowers. a
man is a chump who could eat thing
so lovely to eye and nostril. Yet chump
is born every minute and the peaches
Gisappear There are men who would
sat angels. if they had chance"
Now for pull altogether to make the
election of Cummins and the republic
an ticket a record breaker in harmony
with other big figures of this prosper
Gus era.
"A Sunday school teacher in Carthage.
ILL.,. has class of little girls and it is
her custom to tell them each Sunday of
some little incident that has happened
in the week and request the children to
quote a verse of scripture to illustrate
the story. In this way she hopes to i'm
press the usefulness of Biblical knowl-
edge upon the little ones. Last Sunday
she told her class of cruel boy who
would catch cats and cut their tails Off
Now, can any little girl tell me OF an
appropriate verse; she asked There
was pause for few moments when
one little girl arose and in a solemn
voice said: Whatsoever God has joined
together, let no man put asunder."
Emperor William of Germany will be
invited to attend the worlds fair at st.
Louis. Mr.. j. Schroers. of the publicity
committee. has been in correspondence
with an official of the German foreign
office at Berlin, and tho no official as
3urances have been received. he is led to
believe the emperor may honor the fair
with his presence.
An official test of English and Amer
lean locomotives in Jamaica recently
resulted in favor of those made by I'm
Gle Sam.
Last years cotton crop brought the
country more money than ever before,
and the prospect is that this years yield
Will not fall far below it in value. The
crop has been somewhat damaged in
certain localities, but the yield will be
good. 1t will tend to continue the era
of good times in the south
1t is announced that President Nc
Kinley will spend three days at the
national Grand Army encampment in
Cleveland next month. He will prove
to be one of the attractions for the vet
Grams.
The late Mrs. Kruger always made
her own dresses, and when Mr.. Kruger
asked her hand in marriage she said:
II can sew. can cook, can bake bread,
i can scour and l can sweep" Her cof-
fee was world-famous and Dom Paul al
ways averred she could make more
coffee from a given number of beans
than any other woman in the world.
| Bachelors and others who are hard
to please in mating should make q
note of the fact that Massachusetts
has 70,s9s more females than males.
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