Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

A merry Christmas! Let the greet
ing be a joyful one.
To arbitrate or not to arbitrate, that's
the question with President Roose-
welt.
Mother-Are your Christmas prepar-
ations quite complete, dear?
Daughter (home from boarding
school for the holidays)-Oh, yes,
mother! / have one stocking all mend
ed.-Detroit Free Press.
No public document bearing King
Edwards signature is ever carried by
postmen, tho the kings private letters
are usually intrusted to the ordinary
post. Wherever the king may be two
kings messengers or more leave Lon
don every day bearing official papers
that his majesty must deal with i'm
mediately.
Santa Claus will surely need all
his fur wraps this year.
Altho President Roosevelt still urges
upon powers reference of Venezuelan
dispute to the Hague court, it is ex-
pected he will act as arbitrator rather
than have arbitration fail. If he ac-
cepts conditions ought to be made easy
for him to avoid international difficult
ties as mediator.
Secretary Wilson believes that the
danger of the spread of the foot and
mouth disease among cattle in New
England is now practically over. He
says the epidemic is about stamped out
altho there is still some serious work to
be done to remove the danger of it's re-
currence. Prompt action thus far has
been very effective.
The people of Spain have discovered
that King Alfonso is not only dfplo-
matte, but seems to have a will of his
own.
Is it true that the new American con-
tinent contributes nothing to the old?
An American brewery has been estab-
lished at Client, Belgium. The entire
plant of the American brewery, with
the exception Of some copper vessels,
has been brought from America. The
nine ass-enamelled steel tanks, each
weighing $500 pounds empty and hold
ing 1876 hectolitres (3,445 gallons) when
full. were likewise sent from America.
The beer never comes in contact with
the atmosphere. Sterilized air only is
admitted, under perfect regulation,
during fermentation. The yearly out
put will be about 100000 gallons.
The convention for the revision of the
constitution of New Hampshire has de-
feated proposition to adopt the initi-
alive and referendum.
There has been an unusually large
number of cases of appendicitis among
the men of the navy of late. At the
naval hospital in Portsmouth there are
at present five patients upon whom 1t
was found necessary to operate. The
men are all getting well.
How would this sign do: Theodore
Roosevelt. international Arbitrator.
Cases disposed of with neatness and
Dispatch
Like several other members of the
national house, notably Uncle Joe"
Cannon, Carter Glass, the new member
from Virginia, is long-sufferins vic
tim of his name. Pun after pun has
been showered upon him. The clerks
at The desk are the most Hagrant
offenders. When the roll was called
The other days on Mr.. Richardson's mo-
tion 10 recomnit the Philippine tariff
hill with instructions, the reading clerk
called: Mr.. Glass!"
"Aye,o answered Mr.. Glass. quickly,
with a pronunciation like eye"
ave, repeated another of the clerks,
for the instruction of the tallyman.
..rhat's wrong" exclaimed another
clerk. ..There is not a glass eye IN TINS
house"
Governor Stanley, or KANSAS, VIII
issue no Christmas pardon this year.
His last Christmas pardon turned out
bad. "There ought not to be any senti-
ment about pardon" he says.
To a group of friends Ellen Terry
once said: acting is not like drawing.
you make a line. If it is wrong you
RIB 1t out at once and make another
With acting that is impossible; there
is no altering-it must stand. often
feel as If I must cry to the audience:
ooh that is wrong, not as meant 1t to
he. let me act that part or sentence
over again.
"Those people across the way must
be getting poorer all the time
what makes you think that?"
"why. I see their stock of dogs Is
steadily increasing" Judge.
$50
Young and inexperienced Missouri
nreacher while performing marriage
ceremony became ratified and made the
groom swear to 'love, cherish and
obey" After the service the groom de-
manded an explanation. Whats the
difference 2" asked the minister. You'll
have to come to it anyway"
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