Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-19
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Panama canal treaty With the govern
ment of Colombia ready for the senate
in December.
Marconis latest triumph was in
sending a wireless message fourteen
| hundred miles.
Advices from he hard coal mining
region show that the companies gradu-
ally are breaking the strike of the an
thracite miners. and only await the ac-
ton of the Indianapolis convention to
make II general move toward resuming
operations Large numbers have re-
turned TO work.
The three systems composing the
Northern Securities Company show an
increase in gross earnings of S19.60S,-
| 600. or / s per cent, for the fiscal year.
which is the best view that can be ta-
ken of this great combination.
The rain, clouds and temperature
are almost exactly the same now as in
June in the early morning hours.
When railroad attorneys find the eX-
ecutive council so Well posted on rail-
way values and assessments that they
can not teach them. it is apparent that
the members of the council have been
studying the subject earnestly and etii-
GENTLY.
/ N nj, Rot, K,
written some Confessions" for the In
dependent tells this story about him
self: II received request to call from
an old patient who was afraid she was
taking scarlet fever [ responded at
once. The patient was one of two ell
derby sisters whom l had attended for
many years. / greeted her in the sit
ting room and noted her pulse While in
the act of shaking hands With her. BY
some witty remarks I contrived to
make her laugh, which enabled me to
see her tongue. Then l said in a play
| full tone: If you will get me a glass [
| will treat you to some of my patent So
da water She did so. | put tablet
| in the water, and she drank it. | want
you to know that take pride in my or
| iginal methods. l try to educate my
patients to like. and not to dread. the
visits of the doctor. In this case all of
my work has been done without the di-
rect knowledge of the patient, and I
felt very good over it. SO l babe my
patient good-hy with extreme cheer
fulness She looked surprised and then
said: "Of course, you will come up
stairs and see my sister, Not today l
said. Give her my respects. Why,
she said looking mystified and startled,
how strangely you talk! 'Strangely?'
echoed. 'Why?' Because l sent for
you to prescribe for my sister and you
decline to see her 1t flashed over my
mind in an instant. / had prescribed
for the wrong sister. was entirely
too clever"
Senator Vest, of Missouri is appre-
hensive that unless the democracy
drops 16 to /" the democracy will hear
something else drop.
The Texas democratic state conven-
ton on Wednesday failed to mention
either free silver or Bryan. Texas is so
big that it is liable to overlook some of
the small things of the party.
Governor Gage. of California, has
reused storm Of disapproval by secur-
ing the parole from San Quentin prison
of Nah Noon, a highlander. Nah is a
fine cook, and the governor has in
Stalled him as chef in his own home.
The Chinaman was sentenced not long
ago to fourteen years for attempting to
murder another Celestial. He also shot
and dangerously wounded an officer
who went to arrest him.
The Chicago freight handlers strike
cost the business men o.. that city ten
millions of dollars, so It's said, and not
much was accomplished on either side
to brag about.
In Chicago the board of review dis
covered only seven automobiles sched-
uled with the assessors, while us have
city licenses. Possibly their speed has
enabled them to keep out of sight.
The London Globe is indebted to an
Irish correspondent for the following
pleasant cutting from the Limerick
Chronicle:
"Curious Misprint.-In our leader on
Saturday appears the sentence 'roars
gently as any sucking dove The last
world should be calf"
This calf, we take it, says the Globe,
is descendant of the original Irish
bull,
The Wyoming republican platform in
dorses the progressive and patriotic
administration of President Roosevelt"
and expresses satisfaction in the rec
ognition and assistance he has given
the west.
The late heavy rains in Iowa have in
terfered with the hay harvest and dam
aged the crop greatly In certain Sec
tons.
Besides harvesting peas with now
ing machine and raising asparagus in
beds of 100 acres, Colorado now boasts
n currant patch of eighty acres, the
largest in the world. There are 1876, 900
plants in ALL
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