Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01

were no stoves then. only a large crane
with a pot hanging upon the hooks,
while in the corner stood the oom. The
attic was the bed of the future
senator and his brother. 1t was q cold
room, with crevices thru which the
snow drifted, and the boys came to the
conclusion hat they would find some
thing warmer than the mattress on, the
floor. They took a large firebox, filed 1t
with hay, got inside, pulled the Of
the box I'VE them, and slept like tops.
In those days" said Senator Warren,
II used to get up at 8 o'clock In the
morning inc fed the cows. clean the
barn. split wood, get my breakfast, and
then walk three miles to school,"
As a note of progress or improve
ment the Bee of Omaha states that only
156 bankruptcy cases LAY been filed
in its district for the year just closing,
us against 229 for 1900.
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Senator Allison's thirty consecutive
years in the senate will expire on March
4, 1903, and 1t will be one of Iowa's most
gracious acts to re-elect him enthusiasts
tically for another year. He is 70 years
of age ard is as young as he was TWEEN
ty years ago. Senator Morgan, who is
IS years old ard Senator Hoar. who is
76, did not enter the senate until 1877.
The value of a Mexican silver dollar
was fixed Monday for the next three
months at 44.9 cents. The price on Oct.
/ was aga cents. This is another object
lesson on the intrinsic value Of the white
metal as money.
Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, of IL
linois, has completed the purchase Of
10000 acres of land in Cass and Saun-
ders counties, Neb., which Is another
proof that he is n OF the great guns
of the country.
In doing your best this year you will
only be accomplishing what you ,02.
Here Is one trust for which a good
word must be said. The Central Trust
Company Of New York not only gave
Its president $4,000 as a Christmas gift,
but gave every employe a sum equal to
so per cent OF his annual salary
After a great deal Of precautionary
talk and effort to bring 1t about, the
Cuban election is expected to pass of
smoothly.
A man named Carpenter in Philadel-
phia is the recipient Of a queer missive
from his old chum, NJ. d. Gleeson, now
employed as q mason on a sugar re-
flnery erected at Guayabal, Santa Cruz
del Sur. Cuba. This point is forty miles
from the nearest p~ostofice, and station
cry is naturally scarce. Having one
white shirt, Gleason came to the conclu-
sion that the cuffs were superfluous, and
in lieu OF writing paper he scrubbed a
message to Carpenter on the inside Of
one of them. Then he folded it over,
fastened the ends with a celluloid but
ton, and wrote the address on the out
side. This unique letter was intrusted
to a native runner, and with a 2-cent
stamp Uncle Sam did not resent. t was
delivered to Carpenter in good condition.
That proposed bargain-counter Pana-
ma offer will give the enemies OF canal
legislation an opportunity to attempt to
thwart the Nicaragua scheme.
Rev. James A. Heath has been deposed
from the pastorate of the Calvary Bap-
fist church. Kansas City, No., and de-
prived Of membership in the congrega-
ton as the result OF charges that he ille-
gally secured a divorce from. his wife in
CASTLE. N. T., in order to marry a Kan
sas City oma The church honors it,
self when It clears Its ranks Of such UNI
worthy characters.
Keep your eye on the Times-Republi
can in 1902 and be posted.
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The Kansas City Journal says:
Grant Hallett of Rush county has mar
keted thirty fat hogs which were fed
nothing but wheat. On commencing this
feed MI. Hallett weighed the hogs. as he
did again when he marketed them.
The different in weight showed that
received exactly 81 a bushel for the
which they had consumed"
For Over Sixty Years
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children while teething.
It sothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and is