Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-10
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

The British cabinet is now almost en-
/ tirely composed of journalists.
Prof Robert T. Hill, the geologist
whose Investigations at the scene of
1 the Martinique horror have attracted
widespread attention, was a printer in
his youth. He is a Texan and worked
at his trade in several newspaper offices
of the Lone Stare state.
Three hundred thousand dollars for
Kitchener and a discharge for Tommy
Atkins seems to be the program of re-
ward in Great Britain.
Governor Wood brought from Cuba a
souvenir in the form of machete pre-
sented to him by veterans of the Cuban
war. The hilt has the Cuban coat of
arms and single gold star on one side
and the generals initials on the other
in gold.
BY decision just rendered by the
supreme court of Kansas the antitrust
law of that state has been upheld in it's
APPLICATION to the Kansas Grain Dealers
association, which is adjudged to be a
combination in abridgement of compe-
tition and against public policy. The
court upholds the right of the legisla-
| ture to fix penalties for the preparation
of unlawful agreement, altho one of the
| judges dissents on the ground that it
seeks to make criminal the ordinary
| transactions of every day business life.
| It is intimated that the federal courts
may be invoked to pass upon the val
| idity of the statue before the litigation
is ended.
The Kansas City democratic platform
seems to have been frost bitten.
Teacher-Johnny, can you tell me
| how iron was first discovered?
| Johnny--Yes, sir.
well, just tell the class what your
| Information is on that point"
Il heard Pa say yesterday that they
smelt it,
| The new English verb "to maffick"
means to celebrate a victory in a tu-
multuous and disorderly fashion. 1t is
derived from Mafeking. And thus the
| language continues to grow from uneX-
| pected sources.
| That there is luck in leisure has been
amply proven by the Beers. The bonus
offered by the British for peace was
raised from $5,o00,O00 to s15,o00,O00 af-
ter year of waiting.
| According to the Globe-Democrat,
| the Klondike's biggest gold nugget,
weighing 800 ounces and containing
$4,000 worth of gold. just picked up on
a hillside, ought to be included in the
Alaska exhibit at the worlds fair. But
until St Louis has taken definite action
on It's boodling cases owners of $4,000
nuggets will do well to shy at such
propositions.
An eastern paper tells Of the break"
made by tot of the family who was
one Of party of little girls at a recent
strawberry festival in the vicinity of
her home. She had been valiantly
boasting of the manifold advantages of
belonging to her family, and had man
aged to hold her own against the vain
glorious and ingenious discourses of her
companions. They had gone from
clothes to personal appearances, then
to interior furnishings, then to the
number of tons of coal consumed in the
home of each during the last winter
and finally brought up at parental Dig
nifty. The minister's little girl boas,ed:
Every package that comes for my pa
Is marked ID. DE-" "An' every pack
a gethat comes for my pa is marked
M. Dr." retorted the daughter of
physician of the neighborhood. Then
came fine snort of contempt from the
heroine of this anecdote. "Huh!" size
exclaimed, Every package that comes
to our house is marked &C. o. d.
There, noW!"
A Pennsylvania professor is trying to
brighten Hudson river people by telling
that the Anthony's Nose was once an
active volcano and that he is liable at
any time to blow it.
Mrs. Gunning-Oh, Harry! Surely
you weren't cruel enough to shoot this
poor little bird?
Mr.. Gunning-Why, yes; thought
you might have it stuffed and put on a
bonnet
Mrs. Gunnng-oh, how kind and
thoughtful of you!-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The form of service authorized for
use in Anglican churches on coronation
day and the Sunday following has not
met with universal appreciation. Ex-
ception has been taken to the omission