Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-31
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Is TOPICS OF THE TIMES ;
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There is a growing feeling of fratern-
ity toward the ice man
The thorn must accompany the rose
Southern California. the land Oh
beautiful sunshine, has just experienced
he seyerest earthquake shock In hef
history.
Further report that the Egyptian
/ Sphinx is crumbling comes from MI. ~
la. Longworth. of the Cairo SPHINX VINO
i,rines the warning that that wondfous
marvel of the ancient world IS fallaiS
secaying. 1t will not be able long 10
Withstand the altering climate OF ESyp''
oua to the irrigation OF recent years \
few vnars ago an hours downfall of
rain once a year was a hoNei'S IN
| Egypt The.n natives regarded III as soi'is
Gre message of reproach from the soas.
The irrigation and the many trees
about the Delta have changed 'hls.
Fifteen to eighteen days heavy ram
1 falls now every year on the head OF the
4. Sphnix. The severe ''llhamseem sand
storm follows and cuts into the 500
4 dened limestone of the ancient mohu-
rent whiting it away all over the
/ the surface.
Luther C. Tibbets. who introduced
seedless navel oranges into southern
California, and made large fortune
from the sale of buds from the Two
original trees, died last week in the
moor house at Riverside. Not far from
the county farm where he died was the
superb country seat which he punt al
4 the time of his great prosperity He
lost his fortune in litigation over water
rights.
This has been day of great expecta-
lions in Des Moines.
DR. Hermann. said to be the inventor
of the post card. or postal card as it is
called in the west. has just died at
Vienna, aged Go. He first suggested the
use of the post card in 1So3. ana ms
suggestion was adopted by Austria and
Hungary. and thence spread to other
countries. TWO millions and a half of
post cards are forwarded in Europe
alone.
John d. Crimmns. who is as good an
Irishman as New York can boast, has
lust returned from his native country
and says the people of the Emerald isle
are happy and prosperous
The addresses in Persian upon letters
which 20 thru the postofice at Calcut-
ta are often quaint and puzzlinS. An
Indian paper recently translated one as
follows: IF the Almighty pleases-l
this envelope, having arrived at the city
of Calcutta. in the neighborhood of Ca
1 lootolah, at the counting house of Sra
ioodeen and Ilahadad, merchants. be
offered to and read by the happy light
of my eyes of virtuouS manners, and
/ beloved of the heart-Meean Shaikh
Inayut Ally, may his life be long
/ Written ON the tenth of the blessed
RunlZan Saturday in the year l266 OF
the Hegira of our Prophet, and dis
patched at Bearing. Having without
loss of time paid the postage and re-
! ceived the letter, you Will read II, ana
/ having abstained from food or drink
considering it forbidden to you, you
will convey yourself to Jaunpoor, and
you will know this to be strict IN
junction"
She-Have you noticed that have a
faculty for falling in love?
4 He-Faculty? No, ficklety.-9ale
Record.
One thousand Missourians, according
to the plans of several wealthy Trenton
men. will leave Trenton on Aug. 10 for
Custer county, Oklahoma, to build u
town. Some surprise is expressed in
different parts of the state that the pro-
motors could get a thousand men to
leave Missouri
I Growing suspicious-"I wonder who
it was that said politeness doesn't cost
ANYTHING" said Farmer Corntossel.
!. Don't you believe it?"
, ..Well. I have my doubts. Whenever
go to town and some stranger is es-
pecially polite to me / always feel as If
lit was liable to cost me anywhere from
ISL to SIS, accordin to how much / hap
pen to have"
Washington Star.
H. B. Carpenter, a civil engineer who
has lust completed the survey of the
southern line of Utah, says the boun-
Diary between that state and Arizona
does not cross foot of cultivated land.
1t traverses a desert, which is cut up
by great canyons that are almost inn
: passable The length of the line is 2ii
, miles. Landmarks along the line VIII
make it possible for the boundary TO be
| located without any difficulty in the flu
. ture Just east of the Colorado river a
sandstone butte rises 1000 feet above
the plain, and the very peak of this
butte is exactly on the boundary. Mr..
Carpenter named the peak State Line
Butte. Nor far from this butte is an
other. which stands 1900 feet above the
plain, and was named Tower Peak
These two gigantic stones will always
be a guide to persons who have enough