Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-17
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

1t is hardly probable that the Iowa
the resolution to adjourn to June on &C
count of the smallpox. The present ac-
tivity of Des Moines health officers
promises to stamp out and isolate the
disease
Tennessee has just been favored with
a snowfall from three to ten inches In
depth, the heaviest of the winter.
new story at the expense of the
Honest Farmer: He was summoned
as iuryman in the trial of man
stealing money Are you guilty or
not guilty." asked the judge, when all
the preliminaries of the trial were
complete Not guilty, Your Honor"
replied the prisoner. With these words
the honest farmer arose from the jury
box and started to leave. Where are
You going?" inquired the judge
Home" said the farmer. But you
must try the prisoner first explained
the judge. Why" said the farmer
with q puzzled look, "he says he isn't
guilty"
Lord Rosebery in speech in London
said recently no sane person would
think of granting a separate parlia-
ment to Ireland.
The indication from the advanced
statements is that President Roosevelt
has ruled against Admiral Schley. The
latter did his duty but was no Drawer
than his comrades of other ships and
was not in command. The battle was
fought out along lines laid down by Ad-
miral Sampson, tho he was not near
when the contest ragged. This is stated
report of which will soon appear.
farmer near Minneapolis was re-
Gently freed by four wolves. They We're
rot of the kind that tarry at the door.
DIR. Finders Petrie, the archaeolo
gist, announces that he has deciphered
the cuneiform inscription on q tablet
he excayated in the plans of Assyria,
and believes that 1t is copy of
prehistoric comic paper. Among other
items it contains the following merry
jest, which bears a strangely familiar
sound: Now, there We're gathered to-
gether at the place of the telling OF
stories many of them that have lived
long in the land, and one of them
lifted up his voice and said: Behold
it groweth cold with much extreme
ness Whereupon another made an
swer saying: Verify, it doth. But let
us separate and get hence, for here
cometh Methuselem, the aged. and If
we tarry he will even tell us again of
the cold spell of the year 40 And
they got hence with much speed.
This item of news, which occurs ex-
clusively in the Baltimore American.
is not, however, accompanied with an
affidavit.
Some boys were asked what they
knew about the Pharisees. They are
a mean lot, sir" said one boy. Why
do you say 500" Because some of
them brought penny to Christ once,
and He took it in His hand, looked at
1t. and said Whose subscription is
this ?'"-Buffalo Commercial.
The police of indianapolis have been
shorn of their belts and clubs In
stead they will wear an additional row
Of shining buttons and carry a leather
covered knocker in their pockets.
In Chicago, with the extra business
incident to ST. Valentines day and the
opening of the spring trade with the
houses of the city, the rush
of mail at the postoffice Thursday made
a new record. This is now called the
banner day by Postmaster Coyne and
his assistants. The clerks cancelled L.
61l,395 letters. Second-class mail ham
died amountd to $4,000 pounds, and
third and fourth classes 14S,000 pounds
Seventy mine extra men We're needed to
prevent an accumulation of this great
pile of letters and circulars.
A Massachusetts street railway was
recently fined s25 each for seven cars
which the company failed to properly
heat, showing that the people of
Yankeland are inclined to keep them
on the right track"
United States Minister Beck. at To-
l<io, has informed the state department |
by cable that the Japanese government
has reconsidered it's action on the |
worlds fair invitation, and has assured |
him that 1T will be represented at ST. |
Louis by worlds fair commission.
Commissioner Barrett holds that this |
lnsures full representation from all |
Asiatic governments.
Marshalltown homes have been sad
dened by the shocking railroad accident /
reported elsewhere. The uncertainty of
life is again impressed upon the people,
and the hazards of those lonely and
faithful sentinels. engineers and fire.
men, are disclosed anew to the public
ing horses appearing in Carthage the
other day We're thought to be string
nalted'' until 1t was learned that the
animals had been workil b 70 ~ "a hky |