Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-26
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

TOPICS OF THE TIMES ;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The celluloid comb in Boston wom-
ans hair caught fire from the hot draft
of a register the other night and severe
Is burned her. These ornaments are
becoming dangerous.
Mark Twain has added two new max
inns to the worlds stock. They are:
I'VE ought never to do wrong when
people are looking" and mo real gen.
tleman will tell the naked truth in the
presence of ladies' To which may be
added Marks tribute to deceased
friend: He didn't possess an interest
ing vice to brighten his sombre vir-
tues
The pension agency at Topeka, Kan
sas, paid out s3,4S3,74O.35 this month
10000 persons being benefited.
In Illinois a Rushville man bought
thirty Missouri mules for s64 head.
fed them three months and sold them
at S112 head, netting $1,000 profit.
Over in England the city of London
has smallpox scare, and it is said the
hotels are already feeling the bad eff
fects of 1t. The number of victims
picked up creates alarm this week,
and the health authorities have been
hampered by the enormous number
of cases of influenza, which has pros
trated nurses and doctors in many
hospitals and spread to all parts of
the metropolis.
Andrew Carnegie continues his good
wor knad has offered Upton. indiana.
$4,000 for building for its new public
library, just opened.
The Des Moines Capital makes a
disparaging comparison between Hull
and the Fifth district congressman in
order to boost Hull for a denomination
altho 1t pays a tribute to Cousins.
Hands off, please.
Comendng on Representative Wheel
er's reference to Prince Henry as Tit
tie Dutchman,' the Chicago Record
Herald says: The prince is six feet and
half an inch tall weighs 1S2 pounds,
and always keeps in the pink of physi-
cal condition. What do they call a good
sized man in Kentucky, anyway"
The custom of throwing rice at the
departing bride and bridegroom is said
TO be Chinese. A famous sorcerer named
Chao became jealous of the power of
another sorcerer, woman. and, con-
teiving plan TO destroy her, he per-
suaded her parents to bestow her upon
his supposed SON. The crafty Chao
{ hose the most unlucky day for the
wedding, the day when the Golden
Pheasant" was in the ascendant, so that
when the bride entered the red chair
the spirit bird would destroy her with
his powerful beak. But Peachblossom
gave directions to have rice thrown out
at the door, and she passed out un-
harmed while the spirit bird was de-
vouring It,
II Is stated that depression in Brit
ish trade is causing the sale of many
old liners and merchant vessels for
the purposes of dismantling.
The merger suit against the combina-
ton of the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern was knocked out of the U. s.
supreme court. The real scope of the
decision is that the supreme court can
not be compelled to do police duty in
New Jersey for the benefit of Minneso-
TIA.
yanqushed Interest-"Charley. dear"
said young Mrs. Torkins, do you think
that women ought to be prevented from
voting?"
Certainly not"
Wouldn't you try to stop me If 1
wanted to go to the polls?"
Not for AN instant"
well, then. what in the world is the
use of wanting to vote. Washington
Star.